After the trace expert Golo left, Gaunt immediately invited a new witness, eager to give Gu Yan a counterattack.
So much so that he didn't even notice that his best rhythm had been disrupted, and the entire court trial began to follow Gu Yan's unique rhythm.
The witness was a middle-aged man, slightly fat, with swollen eyes. Without exaggerated expressions, he seemed a little lackluster, and it could be seen that he did not exercise often.
He was a road keeper in the Emerald Valley, and his name was Matthew Crow.
Gaunt took a deep breath, stood up, nodded to Matthew Crow, and asked, "Mr. Crow?"
"It's me," Matthew Crow said slowly.
Maybe it's because of the lack of expression and the dragging tone, he feels a little arrogant.
But Attorney Gunter didn't mind.
As long as he can add leverage to his arguments, he doesn't mind what he says.
"Are you Lubao in the Emerald Valley?" Gaunt smiled. "Would you like to give us a general introduction to your work?"
Matthew Crow said: "Yes. As we all know, the area around the Emerald Valley of Helan Star is very rainy, quake, and extremely humid. To what extent? Even the energy pool can't handle it, and it breaks down twice in three days, so that our area The monitoring device keeps failing. My duty is to stay in the duty booth and stare at the valley driveway all day. If there is a simple failure of the energy pool, I can repair it, and I can report for repairs in time for major troubles, and it also has the role of manual monitoring.”
"In other words, you can see all the cars passing in that lane, right?" Attorney Gaunt refined the point and asked again to make sure everyone knew.
Matthew Crow nodded: "Yes, that's right."
"On the day of the incident, September 19, what did you see?" Gaunt asked.
Matthew Crow did not hesitate: "A white Silver Leopard GTX3, coming from 013 Mountain Road."
Gaunt asked, "Any other records? Like surveillance?"
Matthew Crowe snorted: "All I can say is that the defendant was very shrewd and chose rainy days, knowing that the damn surveillance would always fail at that time, so there is no other record."
Ganga nodded: "Where does this mountain road lead to?"
"Directly to the abandoned warehouse on the west side of the Emerald Valley."
"Can it lead anywhere else?"
Matthew Crow thought for a while, then curled his lips: "Originally, it could lead to other places, but before that, a heavy rain caused a landslide in front of the mountain road, blocking the way to continue, so after passing my duty booth, the only way to The only destination to go is the warehouse. Um... or go back the same way."
"Is there any other road nearby that leads to Site 7, which is the warehouse?" Lawyer Gunter asked.
"There were originally, just come from the other direction." Matthew Crow may feel that the question is a bit silly, and said angrily: "But as I said just now, the other side was blocked by the landslide, and this is the only one left. ."
"Okay." Attorney Gunter nodded and asked again, "When did you see that Silver Leopard GTX3?"
"Pass under the duty tower at 5:15 p.m., head to the warehouse, and leave at 9:10 p.m. in four hours," Matthew Crow said.
Gaunt nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the jury, and said politely: "I will take the liberty to repeat, the evidence presented initially mentioned that the time of the crime at scene 7 can be accurate to the evening of September 19. Point to 7 o'clock. That is to say, this Silver Leopard GTX3 stays for enough time to complete the entire infringement process."
He paused for a while, and then brought over the conversation between Gu Yan and Goluo before, "Also, the defendant still has enough time to stay at the scene and slowly appreciate his masterpiece."
After speaking, he turned out another trace inspection report, cast it on the holographic screen, marked all the key words in red, and showed them clearly to everyone: "In order to understand the entire case process smoothly, I keep this trace inspection report. At this time, the testimony of Mr. Crow is presented. This is the car found by the traffic police on a section of 013 Mountain Road three days after the incident."
Gaunt made an "ah" and added: "It is worth emphasizing that there was no rain for the next three days, and the traffic police at the time did not realize that this car was related to a larger case. But this is not the point, the point is The car was abandoned in the woods by the roadside, the model is Silver Leopard GTX3, and the hair and clothing fibers of the defendant Horace Ji were detected in the car."
On the huge holographic screen, several photos of the vehicle were displayed one after another. The body was dirty, sticky with dry and hard muddy water, and the wheels were a mess.
"Okay, here's my inquiry." After showing everything, Attorney Gaunt sat back.
He leaned back in his chair and looked at the defense bench with all his might.
This round of evidence has nothing to do with Defendant No. 1. Dean's lawyer was happy to see it, and immediately got up and said, "I have no problem."
So the eyes of the audience focused on Gu Yan again.
The judge raised his hand, and Gu Yan stood up.
On the holographic screen, the abandoned Silver Leopard GTX3 was not put away, and was still displayed to everyone without reservation, as if to constantly remind everyone that this car belonged to Horace Ji, and it was at the scene at the time of the incident. .
When Gu Yan got up, his eyes calmly focused on the few photos, stopped for a moment, and then pulled it back steadily.
He looked at Matthew Crowe, nodded politely as a greeting, and then asked in a low voice, "You said just now that your job is to stay in the duty booth and stare at Valley Drive all day, right?"
"right."
"Shift system?"
"Yes, I work two shifts with another colleague."
Gu Yan: "The specific shift time?"
"Usually one person comes in the morning and is on duty until the evening, and then another person from the evening to the morning. The specific time is not fixed, and many situations must be taken into account. After all, it often rains there and there are often earthquakes."
"Then what are your shift hours on the day of the crime?"
"2pm to 6am the next day. It was forecast to rain later that day and I arrived early," Crowe said.
"Will there be anyone else beside me during the shift?"
"No, it's just me."
"You were on duty for a long time that day, did you fall asleep because of fatigue in the middle?" Gu Yan asked.
Matthew Crowe denied it almost immediately: "No!"
"Don't sleep at night?"
Again Matthew Crowe denied it instantly: "No, I didn't sleep."
Gu Yan looked at him quietly for a moment, and then withdrew his gaze.
"September 19th, it's been more than 3 months now, can you make sure that the memory of that day is complete and clear?" He changed the subject and continued to ask: "Is it possible to remember the wrong date and time? Or confused with a day before and after?"
Matthew Crowe sneered and raised his eyebrows. Those swollen eyes that were always inactive actually showed an aggressive taste: "Mr. Lawyer, you may have misunderstood the situation in the Emerald Valley. Not many people pass by there in a year, and you can count them with two hands. !"
His tone was a bit choking and a bit sarcastic: "I wonder if you stare at the same things every day, and if you see a living person every thirty or fifty days, is it possible to remember the wrong day? If you forget it after three or five years, it's fine. It's only been a few months, how can I not remember? Or do you think that there is a serious problem with my memory ability, and I just turn my head and forget it?"
Gu Yan was choked for such a period of time, he didn't show any emotion, he just nodded his head to show his understanding.
He remained calm, turned his eyes down a page of information, and then calmly asked the next question: "The previous witness, Mr. Golo, even mentioned in your speech just now, did it rain on the day of the crime? "
"Yes," replied Matthew Crow.
"I also checked the weather records of the day, and the records show that there were two rains that day?" Gu Yan asked.
Matthew was stunned for a moment, but quickly replied: "In the evening, I started to get off around four o'clock and went down until the evening. The car stopped not long after it left, about 9:20? Midnight again? The next one."
"It's raining a lot?"
"It was very strong and the wind was very strong. It was blowing diagonally. The window glass of the duty booth was beaten for five hours. I was worried that it would be broken." In order to show that he really remembered it clearly, he described a few more sentences. .
Gu Yan finally raised his eyes from the document: "Then I have a question."
"what?"
"You said with great certainty before that the car you saw on the day of the crime was a white silver leopard, and the model was even accurate to a GTX3. Please tell me, how did you see through the torrential rain within seconds of the car speeding by? Clear model?"
Matthew Crow was stunned for a moment, then raised his voice: "My job is to watch the road! I've been working for nearly 60 years, and I've been staring at passing cars every day for 60 years. To be honest, I don't need my eyes anymore! Just listen With the sound of the engine, combined with the general outline, I can tell what model car it is with my eyes closed, and I have enough experience to do that."
Gu Yan was noncommittal after hearing this.
He just threw away the page of information in his hand, looked at Matthew Crow, and said, "Then you may need to explain a little more."
"Explain what?" Crowe was almost anxious.
Gu Yan called up the court record that was being updated simultaneously, displayed it on the holographic screen, pulled up a few lines, and drew one of the words, "Three minutes ago, you just said that I may have misunderstood the situation in the Emerald Valley. Not many people pass by there in a year, you can count them with both hands, and you see a living person every 30 to 50 days. According to this frequency, with all due respect, most of the people here have seen cars that you have worked for 60 years. too much."
"Excuse me, where are you experienced?"