Lu Ming's interrogation continued. He stood in front of Zhao Jinsong and said loudly, "Because you are relatives, you planned to frame Long Daxing a long time ago. Because the new police chief deliberately targeted Long Daxing, you played to his will. The new police chief targeted Long Daxing. This is something we all know. All legal gambling houses and tobacco houses have been closed. After this lawsuit, we will formally file a complaint against the Wu'an Police Station..."
"Objection! What the defense said has nothing to do with this case!" Li Mingxuan stood up suddenly.
Boris nodded and said, "The objection is valid. Defense, please pay attention to the direction of the question." He then said to the jury, "I will now give the court instructions. When judging this case, you should pretend that you did not hear the defense's questions just now."
Lu Ming turned around and glanced at Li Mingxuan. "Yes, you are the chief prosecutor of this case. You also have a gambling house and a tobacco shop at home. After the police took action against Long Daxing, your tobacco shop and gambling house should have made a lot more money, right?"
Li Mingxuan, who had just sat down, stood up suddenly.
Lu Ming has already raised his hand, "I take back my question."
Boris waved his hand, and Lu Ming walked forward. Boris said coldly, "Don't play these little tricks in my court."
"Okay, Your Honor!" Lu Ming nodded.
Li Mingxuan's face turned pale as he looked at the jury, only to see that they all had confusion on their faces, and some were pointing at him and discussing something. Although Lu Ming said he would take back his words, in fact, this had already shaken the jurors' logic.
Look at Lu Ming, then look at Xie Wenquan.
Xie Wenquan still had a blank expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Li Mingxuan gritted his teeth. If he was the one behind all this, then he was too powerful and a very scary opponent.
Anticipating that he would voice his objection, the teacher Lu Ming took the opportunity to naturally mention the conflict of interest between his family's business and Long Daxing's business.
Lu Ming, however, was probably only six or seven years old when he had such a clear mind and was able to remember such complicated behaviors.
I have to cheer myself up!
Li Mingxuan gritted his teeth.
Lu Ming looked at the jury and nodded as well. Nowadays, the requirements for jurors were not that high. Even during the trial, whispering and discussing the case was not strictly prohibited.
"Witness, please answer me, did you and Zhao Yuancheng plan the whole frame-up incident? By the way, you also got rid of Long Daxing, the person the police have always wanted to deal with but have been repeatedly frustrated in using legitimate legal means to achieve their goals, the person you hate the most?!" Lu Ming waved his hand in front of Zhao Jinsong provocatively, with a frivolous look on his face.
Li Mingxuan's heart immediately tightened.
Zhao Jinsong's eyelids twitched, his face turned red, and his fists clenched tighter. It looked like he was about to explode.
Li Mingxuan suddenly stood up and said, "Jinsong, calm down!" He would rather be scolded by the judge than not do nothing at this critical moment. Otherwise, if this witness was deprived of the qualification to testify, this case would be difficult.
After all, it is better not to use tricks if you can.
This case was supposed to be easy to handle, and if he had to resort to unconventional tactics, Director Shi Zaixin would have to re-evaluate his abilities.
"Prosecution!" Boris banged the gavel impatiently.
In fact, in the north, because the police station's actions are incompatible with Western styles, most Western judges have a bad impression of the police.
However, how much good did Boris receive from me? The mistress he loves most now was given to him by me.
Li Mingxuan cursed secretly in his heart. Westerners are all like this. They appear to be righteous on the surface, but they are actually hypocrites.
He had privately hinted that he would not only lead the jury to convict Lu Ming, but also sentence Lu Ming and his partner to heavy sentences and send them to the gallows together.
He also promised that even if the jury found the two not guilty, he would exercise the judge's final arbitration power to overturn the jury's decision.
It is not common for a judge to overturn a jury's decision, but Boris was bewitched by his mistress and agreed reluctantly.
But now, on the surface, everyone pretends to be a decent person.
Li Mingxuan was full of disdain, but watched Zhao Jinsong's reaction nervously.
Zhao Jinsong, as if awakened by Li Mingxuan's words, took a long breath and looked at Lu Ming coldly, "What you said is all imaginary. Do you have any evidence?"
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, a trace of disappointment appeared on his face, and he stood there blankly.
"Defense, do you have any more questions?" After waiting for a minute, Boris asked with a smile.
"Not available for now!" Lu Ming walked slowly to his seat with a look of disappointment on his face.
Li Mingxuan stood up and walked in front of Zhao Jinsong. "Witness, please tell us in detail about your relationship with Zhao Yuancheng."
"Zhao Yuancheng and I have the same great grandfather, but my great grandfather and Zhao Yuancheng's great grandfather had a lawsuit over a land division, and they even fought each other. My great grandmother died of fright that year. When it came to my generation, although we didn't want the hatred to be passed down forever, Zhao Yuancheng and I had never spoken a word before this case, and we had sued each other before."
Li Mingxuan nodded and looked at Boris. "In court, I have more than a dozen witnesses who can prove this." He suddenly pointed to a middle-aged man in the jury and said, "In fact, Wang Xiangli knows it best."
Lu Ming stood up suddenly. "Objection, I request to re-select the jurors because this juror violated the principle of neutrality and had a vested interest in the witness!"
Li Mingxuan was delighted. Looking at Lu Ming who was still struggling, he said with a smile, "I said that Wang Xiangli knew the most, not because Wang Xiangli knew the two witnesses Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng, but because when Wang Xiangli worked at the Bac Ninh Evening News, the newspaper published an apology statement from Zhao Jinsong's father. After Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng's father lost the lawsuit, they had to apologize in the newspaper and later fell seriously ill. Of course, Wang Xiangli has no impression of this apology statement, but I have the newspaper from that year here."
He went back to the table, picked up an old newspaper, and placed it on Boris's high table. "Exhibit A of the miscellaneous evidence is this newspaper."
Boris looked at it, nodded, and signaled the bailiff to show the newspaper to each jury member one by one. He frowned and said to Li Mingxuan: "If you talk directly to the jurors again, I will declare this case a mistrial. You need to re-sue the defendant and the court will reorganize the jury."
"Okay your honor, but I didn't speak to the jurors except to point out that one of the jurors used to work at the newspaper in evidence."
Li Mingxuan said, raising his voice, "Just think about it, how could two people with such bad relations conspire to frame someone? Moreover, before this case, Zhao Yuancheng was Long Daxing's confidant, with a good income, and he looked down on the little police officer, even though Officer Zhao Jinsong was a very upright person!"
Looking back at Lu Ming, he slowly walked back to the prosecution seat and glanced at the audience seats.
The new director Shi Zaixin was nodding with satisfaction.
Li Mingxuan sat down slowly and closed his eyes slightly. This Lu Ming had offended the jurors, so he was doomed to lose the case; he also offended Director Shi Zaixin, so he might not even have to go to the gallows. Even if he wanted to appeal to delay time, he would probably lose his life in prison during this period. Who told him that he was a heavy smoker? Everyone knew that he was in poor health.
The Shuanglong Society will never let him off, and Director Shi Zaixin will also tell the warden to turn a blind eye.
"The defense requests to cross-examine the witness again!" Lu Ming raised his hand.
Boris nodded.
According to the Imperial Procedural Law, during the witness's appearance, the defense and the prosecution can take turns cross-examining the witness and ask their own questions in response to the other party's previous unfavorable questions, with no limit on the number of times they can ask.
Of course, if no new doubts are raised, the judge will naturally call a halt.
Lu Ming came to Zhao Jinsong again and said, "So, Officer Zhao Jinsong, you and Zhao Yuancheng were strangers before this incident, right?"
Zhao Jinsong sneered and nodded.
"Please answer my question." Lu Ming stared at him.
"Yes, you can say that we are strangers." Zhao Jinsong looked a little impatient.
Lu Ming nodded. "So, you didn't have any premeditated plan? The collision between your bicycle and Zhao Yuancheng's car was just an accident, right?"
"Objection. I object to the defense asking two questions at the same time when cross-examining the witness." Li Mingxuan suddenly raised his hand.
When cross-examining a witness in court, one question is asked at a time, and the next question can only be asked after the witness has answered it. For lawyers, this is basic common sense.
A police officer in the prosecution seat said sarcastically: "I now suspect that the defense does not understand the law at all, so it violated the law. The adulterer and the adulterer conspired to murder."
"Court, my two questions are actually one question." Lu Ming said to Boris, then turned to look at the police officer and said with a smile: "Please note that I am now defending myself. If I lack basic legal knowledge and the court allows me to defend myself, then I have sufficient reasons to appeal the trial result of this case. Does the prosecution understand this? Why give me such an obvious reason for appeal?"
Li Mingxuan frowned and glared at the police officer. The police officer was an old man in his fifties. His face turned purple and he was speechless.
"Go on... The witness answers the defense's questions." Boris waved his hand as if shooing away a fly.
Zhao Jinsong sneered at Lu Ming, "Yes, it's clearly stated in the testimony. I rode my bicycle into Zhongjie Street, but I didn't expect to run into a car driven by Zhao Yuancheng who was going the wrong way, and that's why we collided."
Lu Ming nodded and murmured, "It seems that Zhao Yuancheng did not deliberately go against the flow to create an opportunity for you."
Xie Wenquan, who was sitting in the defense seat as a spectator, immediately shook his head helplessly.
Originally, I suddenly noticed the quarrel was getting intense, and then I came to my senses and paid attention to this case again.
I hadn't expected that Lu Ming, this heavy smoker, seemed to have received guidance from an expert. He had a unique breakthrough point. He wanted to frame the police and attack the prosecution witness who lost his composure. The situation might very well change subtly.
He didn't want to be cracked by the chief police officer Li Mingxuan so quickly.
Up to now, Lu Ming said to himself that he had admitted this and even said it out loud, which meant that all the previous efforts were in vain.
This was simply the most basic mistake, admitting in court that he had made a mistake in judgment, and the jurors could hear him talking to himself.
Li Mingxuan showed a smug smile on his face, glanced at Xie Wenquan, and thought to himself, you didn't tell me about the details of the scene, didn't you expect him to be such an idiot? No matter how powerful you are, can you really help the mud climb the wall