Escape the Library

【Not Guilty Defense-11】

Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong were discussing when they saw two college students being brought back to the police force for questioning. One of them was a gentle-looking boy named Chen Kaiming from the School of Chemistry; the other girl with short hair was pretty and pale, and was Chen Kaiming's girlfriend, Lin Xuefei. .

Yue Xingwen was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and asked, "Team Chen, who are these two?"

Team Chen said, "Students from Beishan University brought them back for investigation."

Lan Yarong asked: "On the day Liu Jiajia died, did these two also go to the beach to have a barbecue? Has the beach case progressed, confirming that my client, Zhu Xiaoting, is not the murderer?"

Team Chen said with a smile, "Sorry, the police's handling of the case is classified, and I can't reveal too much to you."

Seeing the two being escorted into the interrogation room by Team Chen, Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong looked at each other.

On the way back to the law firm after leaving the police force, Lan Yarong said suspiciously: "The police brought back Chen Kaiming and Lin Xuefei, the two suspects in the beach case, for questioning. Could it be that the police have already found the potassium cyanide that poisoned Liu Jiajia? origin of?"

Yue Xingwen said: "It should be. Liu Jiajia was poisoned and Xie Xiangqin was stabbed to death. The methods of committing crimes in the two cases are very different. At first glance, they are not the work of the same person. In addition, Zhu Xiaoting is an ordinary student of the Translation Institute. Students, it is difficult to get a controlled drug such as potassium cyanide, the police should not rashly regard the murderer of the beach case as Zhu Xiaoting, there is not enough evidence."

Lan Yarong nodded: "It makes sense, the beach case is just Zhu Xiaoting's fingerprints on the bottle, there are no witnesses and no other physical evidence, which is not enough to convict Zhu Xiaoting. As long as the source of the poison is found, it is easy to pinpoint the murderer. So, the beach case is actually just confusing us and making the investigation more difficult? The key is the dormitory case, right?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Well, although the police in this world will not try their best to solve the case and let us lie down and win, but they will not mess up. From the police's point of view, the evidence chain in the dormitory case is indeed very complete. We must find 703 as soon as possible. The last person in the dormitory, Li Huijuan, please try to ask her to testify in court if possible."

After Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong returned to the law firm, they took the time to sort out the materials of Zhu Xiaoting's case and prepare for court defense.

The normal criminal case process, from the police arresting the suspect, investigating and collecting evidence, submitting it to the procuratorate for review, and then formally filing a public prosecution with the court, usually takes about a month, and it is common for complex cases to be investigated for half a year.

The case of Zhu Xiaoting went to the procuratorate so quickly. The library obviously deliberately accelerated the speed to make it difficult for candidates and not give them too much time to slowly search for evidence.

There are only two days left before the court session, and the time is very tight.

Yue Xingwen quickly arranged in the group: "The four people in boyfriend Zou Yijia's dormitory will be handed over to Pingce, Ke Shao and Xin Yan for investigation. Senior Brother Xu and Senior Brother Liu are at the hospital to find out the situation of the two medical school girls. . Pay close attention to whether Li Huijuan is back, we only have one day tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will start the court!"

Jiang Pingce asked, "What about the beach case? Don't the couples from the Chemistry College need to investigate?"

Yue Xingwen replied: "The police have brought the couple from the Chemistry College back for questioning. They must have found clues related to potassium cyanide. We don't need to spend too much energy to investigate."

Lan Yarong said: "These two cases should be tried separately, not as a combined case of serial homicide. Zhu Xiaoting did not have a motive for killing Liu Jiajia, and the modus operandi is also very different, which is not in line with the combined case of serial homicide. condition."

Jiang Pingce said clearly: "This is the best way, so that Zhu Xiaoting will not bear two lives on her body."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously, "On the day of the trial, the attorney on Zhu Xiaoting's side, only Senior Sister Lan can speak?"

Lan Yarong explained: "The court stipulates that a defendant can entrust a maximum of two defense lawyers to participate in court defense. I would like to ask Xingwen to assist me. Although Xingwen is not a professional lawyer, he has clear logic and is also the captain of the Hua'an University debate team. , the eloquence is also very good. We two go together, should we be more confident? "

Jiang Pingce was the first to stand up and support: "I think Xingwen can."

Ke Shaobin said, "I also think that Xingwen and Senior Sister Lan have a better chance of winning!"

The approval of senior sister made Yue Xingwen flattered: "Sister, I used to participate in college debates, but I have never participated in court defense!"

Lan Yarong smiled and said: "It's okay, in this world, you have a lawyer's qualification certificate. I'll give you emergency training in the past two days to explain the rules of the court. I know enough about this case, and we work together to convince the judge more easily than me alone."

Yue Xingwen had no choice but to stop rejecting: "Yes, then I will participate in the defense with Senior Sister Lan!"

Lan Yarong followed closely and arranged: "Man Luo, as an assistant lawyer, can sit next to the hearing and help us sort out some materials. The others, because you don't have a lawyer's qualification certificate, can't sit on the lawyer's seat, but can sit in the auditorium. "

Lin Manluo immediately agreed: "No problem, I'm quite good at collating data." She also often helped Zhuo Feng compile data when she was in the student council, and the data compiled were very clear and clear.

Yue Xingwen said: "Then it's arranged like this. Students who are not assigned tasks will go to help wherever they are missing. If you have any new clues and ideas, please communicate in the group at any time!"

The crowd started to get busy.

Yue Xingwen, Lan Yarong and Lin Manluo only ate a bowl of instant noodles at noon that day. Lan Yarong gave them a lot of popularization tips for court defense, such as when to interrupt the prosecution lawyer, how to ask the client, Witnesses wait, Yue Xingwen and Lin Manluo listen and take notes.

At night, the three of them stayed in the law firm to work overtime together.

Lan Yarong said: "The defendant has a chance to make a statement. Zhu Xiaoting is timid and introverted. We have to write her statement in advance, and we can't let her speak by herself. I'm afraid she will make a mistake when she gets nervous. There is a logical loophole."

Lin Manluo asked, "Will the judge feel fake if you read the manuscript directly?"

Lan Yarong nodded and said, "That's right, it's best to let Zhu Xiaoting recite the whole text so that she can memorize it thoroughly, plus some expressions of true feelings, so that the judge can easily believe it."

Yue Xingwen took the initiative to take over the task: "I will write a speech in Zhu Xiaoting's tone tonight, and Senior Sister Lan will revise it at the end. You have to prepare questions about Zhu Xiaoting and other witnesses in court. I'm afraid you will be too busy. Come."

Lan Yarong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "This is the best, hard work Xingwen!"

Yue Xingwen said: "It's okay, I often wrote speeches when I was in school."

Lin Manluo asked, "Which witnesses do we need? Zhuo Feng has no assignment, let Zhuo Feng and Zhang Xiaonian contact him."

Lan Yarong thought about it for a moment and said, "Mao Yue is a witness for the prosecution. As a witness at the crime scene, she will definitely appear in court at that time. We can just ask her directly. On our side, we need the uncle with the key, The last person in the 703 dormitory, Li Huijuan, was invited to court, and it is best if they are willing to appear in court!"

The three of them worked overtime until late at night before returning to their residence at the Xinghe Apartment together.

At the same time, students at school are also working overtime.

Xin Yan searched the Student Affairs Office for information on the family background, clubs and so on of the owners of the 105 dormitory.

Jiang Pingce sorted and summarized.

Ke Shaobin bought a trumpet from the Internet and went to the boys in the 105 dormitory to play hack games with them. By the way, he listened to the news. He soon learned that on the day of the incident, the four boys in the 105 dormitory were playing hacks on a computer. Shooting game, similar to "Jedi Survival", a team of four parachutes to a deserted island, collects weapons to survive to the safety zone, and kills all other players to win.

Usually, the four of them took Xie Xiangqin to play the black five-player game, which is a mobile tower pushing game, similar to "Honor of Kings", where five people can team up to play qualifying matches.

Ke Shaobin is very good at playing games. Five people played black rankings and won 10 games in a row. Everyone was very happy. He played games with these people for one night and soon became a "good brother". Four friends have been added, which is convenient for private chatting.

Ke Shaobin asked classmate Zhang Bin in dormitory 105: "Dude, I heard that you have a very beautiful girlfriend? I'm envious!"

The other party quickly replied: "Hey, my girlfriend is from the next-door Academy of Fine Arts. She is beautiful and has a good temperament. She can paint Chinese paintings and often sketches outside."

Ke Shaobin clicked into each other's circle of friends and found that classmate Zhang often showed affection in the circle of friends, and he would post a few photos of dating his girlfriend every two days. Judging from the photos, his girlfriend was indeed very beautiful, more temperamental than Xie Xiangqin.

He had no motive to kill Xie Xiangqin.

Another roommate named Zhong Jian, his circle of friends is full of basketball, badminton, or a screenshot of the record of winning streak and losing streak in qualifying, and has never sent any information about girls. The pimple-faced boy is still single.

Zou Yijia's Moments "This friend only shows the Moments of the last three days", and can't understand anything.

Ji Xiaohui's circle of friends also "only shows the last three days", and Ke Shaobin clicked in and it was empty.

Of the four people in dormitory 105, Zhang Bin, who has a girlfriend, is the least suspect, and the other three cannot be completely ruled out.

Ke Shaobin sent a screenshot of Zhong Jian's game record to Jiang Pingce, saying: "Xie Xiangqin plays games with the four people in the 105 dormitory, and rarely plays alone with her boyfriend. I asked Zhang Bin, and he said , because Zou Yijia's own strength is limited, and Xie Xiangqin is very good, if two people play alone, Zou Yijia can't bring this girlfriend and often loses, so he is used to dragging other roommates and playing with 5 people."

Jiang Pingce directly compiled a table of their playing time and winning percentage, and soon discovered the pattern: "Through September, every night from 22 to 24 o'clock, the four people in the 105 dormitory will bring Xie Xiangqin to play the black game together. Ranking. But since October, Zhong Jian’s circle of friends only has screenshots of four people playing computer shooting games, or screenshots of playing mobile games alone, and the five people have never played mobile games together.”

This is certainly no coincidence. What happened in late September and early October?

Ke Shaobin approached classmate Zhang Bin and scolded him: "I saw Senior Brother Zhong's circle of friends. You used to play with five people in the rankings. Why haven't you ranked together recently?"

Zhang Bin replied: "Cough, it's not because Zou Yijia has to bring a girlfriend. His girlfriend is really good, you know, the higher the rank, the higher the requirements for support, and the 4 of us can't play with one. It's very difficult to win every game. Sometimes his girlfriend doesn't release his ultimate move even though he is about to start a team, and he just hangs up. We 4v5 and we're too tired."

Ke Shaobin: "So, you don't agree with him taking his girlfriend?"

Zhang Bin said: "Our headmaster Zhong Jian has a very straight temper. Once, in a game with a big advantage, Xie Xiangqin made a serious mistake and was overturned by the other side. He asked Zou Yijia and said, 'Your girlfriend is too bad, the four of us can't take it with you. Move her. Zou Yijia's face was dark at the time, so she ran out to make a phone call. After we came back, we reached an agreement to take her to the king. No matter how difficult the peak game is, we won't take her to play, we will play by ourselves, she is too pitiful and easy to fall. part."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously, "Did Zou Yijia quarrel with Xie Xiangqin after going out? The dormitory director said that his girlfriend was too bad, but you and Ji Xiaohui didn't persuade him?"

Zhang Bin reluctantly said: "I persuaded, I just said the girl, it's okay to take the area, don't take the outcome too seriously. Ji Xiaohui didn't respond, he didn't talk much in the dormitory, but he was the best player among the four of us. awesome."

Ke Shaobin played with them all night, and he really felt that Ji Xiaohui, who was taciturn, was the strongest one. Zou Yijia was actually the best among the four. He couldn't bring his girlfriend, so he asked his roommate to help him. , it is no wonder that this operation will arouse the resentment of roommates.

The next morning, Ke Shaobin, Jiang Pingce, and Xin Yan's investigation results were quickly gathered into the group.

Jiang Pingce concluded: "The 4 people in the 105 dormitory have played with Xie Xiangqin for a long time, and they are all very familiar with Xie Xiangqin. Among them, Zhong Jian attaches great importance to the outcome of the game, and often thinks that Xie Xiangqin is a rookie and can't carry it. Zhang Bin has a fixed Girlfriend, with stable relationship, when encountering things, they should be old friends. His girlfriend is prettier than Xie Xiangqin, and he has no motive to kill Xie Xiangqin."

"Zou Yijia and Xie Xiangqin are superficially in love, but whether there is a conflict in private, it is still unclear, but they will not play with Xie Xiangqin in their dormitory since October. Ji Xiaohui, the most taciturn one in the entire dormitory, has the strongest game strength. Xie Xiangqin is for convenience. Playing games, I have added four male friends, and it is unknown whether I have contacted anyone privately."

The investigation of the 105 dormitory cannot directly identify the suspect.

But the result given by Xin Yan surprised everyone: "I checked the information on the school club, Zhong Jian is from the school basketball club, and his teammates said that he has this kind of straight temper, quick-talking, and he said it directly when he was upset. It's not the first time I've scolded someone, but I don't have any bad intentions, and I never hold grudges."

"Ji Xiaohui is a member of the school's animation club. He likes watching anime. He has a lot of pictures of anime beauties in his computer. He also participated in the cosplay organized by the animation club. By the way, the president of the animation club is called Qi Xinyu."

Yue Xingwen was slightly startled, and quickly typed: "Qi Xinyu? I remember she was from the Law School Student Union, and they organized this beach barbecue. I even added her as a friend during the beach barbecue at that time."

Yue Xingwen quickly found the girl from the WeChat address book of her mobile phone.

Ke Shaobin said: "I remember, she seems to be a witness to the beach case, right? Watching the sunrise early in the morning, and then seeing the floating corpse in the sea, she screamed and woke us up?"

Yue Xingwen nodded: "Yes, it seems that the friends did not add in vain at that time, this is a very key clue person!"

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【Not Guilty Defense-12】

Yue Xingwen contacted Qi Xinyu through WeChat early in the morning: "Hello, senior sister, I am the junior and senior brother who joined you at the beach that day."

Qi Xinyu quickly replied: "Oh, I remember you! Junior brother is looking for me for anything?"

Yue Xingwen went straight to the topic and said, "What happened to the corpse at sea that morning? Did the police ask you to question it?" Since she screamed at the time, Yue Xingwen also came to the scene immediately. for witnesses.

Qi Xinyu sent a split expression: "Oh, it's really bad luck, teachers, school leaders, and police have been asking me questions these days. After all, I'm one of the organizers of this event. My classmates had an accident. I'm also responsible!" She paused, then added: "Fortunately, this case is going to court soon, and the police asked me to testify in court, so the case should be closed soon."

"That's good, I hope this thing will pass as soon as possible."

Yue Xingwen continued to ask: "By the way, senior sister, do you know Ji Xiaohui?"

Qi Xinyu was stunned: "Why did you ask Ji Xiaohui all of a sudden?"

Yuexing Wendao: "I am very interested in the animation club, and I want to join your animation club next semester. Ji Xiaohui is also a member of the animation club, right? I heard that you often hold cosplays, do you have any photos?"

Qi Xinyu did not doubt and immediately sent a few photos: "We will participate in the city's comic exhibition every semester, you can learn about it first! After I graduate, Xiaohui will be our next president, and the animation club will still be It was fun."

Yuexingwen opens the photo——

In the photo, I saw a slender girl in a pink cake dress, with a golden wig, long eyelashes, red lips, fair skin, smiling gently at the camera, like she came out of an anime doll.

Yue Xingwen wondered: "Who is this? So beautiful."

Qi Xinyu sent a smiley expression: "This is Ji Xiaohui!"

Yue Xingwen: "..."

If it wasn't for the president of the animation club saying that this is Ji Xiaohui, he would hardly recognize him...

This is actually a boy! A boy who is more watery and beautiful than a girl!

Yue Xingwen immediately posted Ji Xiaohui's photo to the group: "Ke Shao, search the Internet and find all the photos of Ji Xiaohui participating in cosplay. I suspect that he sneaked into the girls' dormitory disguised as a woman!"

Zhuo Feng was stunned: "This, this is Ji Xiaohui? It's completely different from the ID photo!"

Jiang Pingce: "...Women's clothing boss."

Lin Manluo knows COS well, she said: "There are quite a lot of boys who like to play COS, and they are really more beautiful when they dress up as women. This time Ji Xiaohui has a gentle appearance and fair skin, so there is no sense of disobedience in dressing up as a woman. "

Qin Miao sent a forehead emoji: "As a girl, I feel ashamed."

Qin Lu said: "The skin is better than mine, envy!"

Jiang Pingce brought the topic right back: "Does Xie Xiangqin like anime very much?"

Qin Miao said: "I passed by her dormitory at the time and saw some cartoon posters on her wall and cute cartoon figures on the shelf. So, she and Ji Xiaohui have a lot of common hobbies?"

Jiang Pingce followed with a message: "Xin Yan found out yesterday that Ji Xiaohui was born in a single-parent family, his father divorced his mother due to an affair, his mother is a nurse, and there should be books on anatomy at home. He may also understand the structure of the human body and do To a stab to death."

Ji Xiaohui's suspicion skyrocketed.

The big guy who can dress up as a woman at will should not be underestimated.

Building 6 has a total of 10 floors, with 30 dormitories on each floor. There are so many students that the dormitory aunt may not recognize them all. If Ji Xiaohui dressed as a woman to enter and leave the student dormitory, even if the surveillance is not broken, there is no need to register, and she can be open and aboveboard. walk into.

However, Ji Xiaohui's motive for committing the crime has not yet been found.

Yue Xingwen immediately asked, "Where's Li Huijuan? The day after tomorrow, the court will be held. Has she not returned yet?"

Qin Miao said, "There is only Mao Yue in the dormitory 703, and Li Huijuan has not been seen."

Xin Yan said: "She is an intern at a bioengineering institute from the Academy of Biological Sciences. I found her phone number. If she can't come back, do you want to call and ask her?"

Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong looked at each other, picked up the phone and dialed Li Huijuan.

As soon as the phone was connected, a calm voice came from my ear: "Hello, who is it?"

Yue Xingwen said, "Hello, is this classmate Li Huijuan? I'm Zhu Xiaoting's defense attorney."

Li Huijuan was stunned for a moment: "Lawyer? What are you looking for from me?"

Yue Xingwen said: "The case of Zhu Xiaoting, the police should have asked you something, right?"

Li Huijuan nodded: "Yes. I heard Mao Yue say that she saw Xiaoting killing with a knife. The police called me later to ask me about the relationship between Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin. Of course, I have to tell the truth. The two never got along. Yue Xiaoting smashed Xie Xiangqin's cup, Xie Xiangqin scolded her face to face and made her lose money; later Xiaoting accidentally knocked over a bottle of Xie Xiangqin's limited edition perfume, and the two of them had a very unpleasant fight." She paused, her voice Shen down: "But I didn't expect Xiaoting to kill people. For this trivial matter, she is really too impulsive, it's not worth it."

Yue Xingwen immediately said, "The murderer is not Zhu Xiaoting."

Li Huijuan was stunned for a while, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Yue Xingwen asked, "Have Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia ever quarreled?"

Li Huijuan frowned, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I should have quarreled. Once I went back to the dormitory and heard Xie Xiangqin arguing with someone on the phone. Her eyes were red and she seemed to be crying. She saw me entering the room and threw the phone. , I looked at the caller ID, and it was Zou Yijia."

Yue Xingwen: "Are you sure that the caller ID is Zou Yijia?"

Li Huijuan nodded: "Sure. Xie Xiangqin talks with Zou Yijia on the phone every day, and I recognize that picture very well. However, it is normal for couples to have conflicts. Zou Yijia is usually very kind to her, and often buys her snacks."

Yue Xingwen: "Didn't Zou Yijia buy the figurines on her desk for her?"

Li Huijuan said: "It shouldn't be. Every time Zou Yijia buys her something, she will show it off to us. She has never said anything about animation figures. Zou Yijia often gives her gifts, including perfume, lipstick and snacks."

Yue Xingwen said sincerely: "Student Li Huijuan, are you willing to testify in court? Zhu Xiaoting is innocent. Your testimony is very important and may save her life."

Li Huijuan said in surprise: "Isn't Xiaoting the murderer? Mao Yue saw her murder with her own eyes. You are her defense lawyer. I can understand your desire to help him clear his name, but the court has to tell evidence, so I can't talk nonsense. ."

Yue Xingwen: "You don't need to perjury, just tell the truth you know."

Li Huijuan was at a loss: "Then what can I prove?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Prove that Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia had a fight. Was the day they quarreled at the end of September?"

Li Huijuan thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, it's September 30th, Saturday night. I was going to study for oneself, but because the computer forgot to charge, I came back early, and then I saw her quarreling with Zou Yijia. Very vicious."

At this point in time, it just matched the testimony of classmate Zhang from dormitory 105, and it also corresponded to the change in game habits of classmate Zhong Jian's circle of friends.

On the night of September 30 last month, something very unpleasant must have happened.

The fierce quarrel between Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia may be the real fuse of Xie Xiangqin's death case.