Jinshun Hotel "Conference Room".
Lu Ming picked up the photos on the table, looked at them one by one, and frowned.
It was a photo of Cheng Lingyu stabbing a man dressed as a servant to death with a knife.
Yesterday, the prosecution temporarily provided the defense with existing evidence, including photos of Kato Shoichi killing the boy.
Today, Kato Masaichi's lawyer, Shan Jingfan, brought a stack of photos to Cheng Lingyu.
Now, Cheng Lingyu's face turned pale, "Shan Jingfan said that these photos of his are fake, and they are pieced together using different bases. If the photos we use as evidence do not have bases, then our photos are not credible at all and can be completely forged!"
He looked at Lu Ming: "How did you get these photos? Are there really no negatives?"
Lu Ming shook his head. This Shan Jing rice was indeed amazing.
The darkroom "PS" technology was probably in its infancy, but he could think of it, and his knowledge was very broad.
Moreover, being able to find a photographer with such advanced darkroom skills in such a short period of time shows how deep the connections of people at this level are.
He seems to be one of the Kato family's personal lawyers and one of the most powerful lawyers among the Japanese. In terms of rank, he is several levels higher than Liu Hanming.
Liu Hanming has just been promoted to the fourth level as a lawyer, which is unique in the history of Beiguan.
Shan Jingfan is a sixth-level lawyer, a real "big lawyer".
The legal profession has a pyramid structure, and it becomes increasingly difficult to advance as one moves up the ladder. The gap between a fourth-level senior lawyer and a fifth-level super lawyer is already huge.
It is even more difficult to go from a super lawyer to a barrister.
Over there, Cheng Lingyu saw Lu Ming shaking his head, and his eyes were filled with disdain. He snorted and looked at the other prosecutors, "What new discoveries have you made?"
Everyone was silent, and it seemed that there was no substantial progress.
"Get moving, everyone! What are you still standing there for?" Cheng Lingyu waved his hand impatiently.
Everyone hurriedly got up and left.
…
Sitting in the car, Lu Ming was still thinking, since Jin Zhengyi knew that he might be in danger and hid the evidence, why was there no base plate in the file
Is it a separate release? Or is there something wrong with the original version
Or maybe, it can’t really be pieced together
It is true that Kato Masakazu tortured and killed a boy, but in fact, he had no real evidence. After all, today's cameras are not as small as those in later generations, and the chances of Kato Masakazu secretly taking pictures of him killing someone were slim.
But if it is fake, why make it so mysterious and hide it in a place where ordinary people can't find it
…
I had just returned to Room 408 of the Wendebao Club when I received a call from Wang Xiaohu.
Because I was worried that I would miss any new information, I would inform Wang Xiaohu of my day's itinerary and what I was going to do, and I also made notes for him on various contact methods.
Lu Ming had a very good impression of Wang Xiaohu, especially since Wang Xiaohu's hometown was a resident of the fishing town in Wolong Bay, which was very close to his new company building, so he could be considered a neighbor.
Of course, he didn't know who owned the land, and he wouldn't pay attention to these things.
"Brother, something happened again!" Wang Xiaohu said anxiously.
Lu Ming frowned: "What's wrong again?"
"It turns out that there is a blackmail letter from the Japanese. It is from Jin Zhengyi, who is blackmailing Kato Masakazu, saying that he has solid evidence and wants Kato Masakazu to pay 5,000 yuan to redeem him." Wang Xiaohu sighed and cursed in anger, "This reporter Jin is called Zhengyi?! I am so angry!"
"When they exchanged evidence with Prosecutor Cheng, they didn't mention this letter at all. They probably wanted to bring it out suddenly during the trial to catch us off guard."
"Fortunately, Prosecutor Cheng is very capable, and their legal team is familiar with Prosecutor Cheng, but now, he has been expelled."
Lu Ming nodded slightly. His side had no evidence at all, and the case could only be established at the court hearing based on this pile of photos.
Therefore, the other party also knows that there are these photo evidences, and it is impossible not to show them to the other party.
But the defense is different. They can delay the blackmail letter until the critical moment of the trial. They just need to forge it to be a blackmail letter and it will be fine as long as it is discovered by accident.
The prosecution will certainly conduct a handwriting identification, which cannot be faked, so this letter is most likely authentic.
This is Jin Zhengyi.
Lu Ming hung up the phone and cursed in his heart just like Wang Xiaohu.
I don’t know what Jin Zhengyi’s intention is. Maybe it’s not what Wang Xiaohu thinks, but he has other plans, but unfortunately they did not succeed. However, his actions have made the prosecution increasingly disadvantageous.
If the trial were to be held now, we would be doomed to fail. Fortunately, the court is somewhat biased towards the prosecution. On the grounds that the court has other recent trial plans, the first hearing of this case will be scheduled in half a month.
There is still half a month left.
On the balcony, Lu Ming paced back and forth, his brows furrowed more and more.
"Sir, the phone is ringing!" Park Soo-na's sweet voice came from outside the bedroom.
When Lu Ming was working in Room 408, she would wait in the servant's room, serving as the switchboard operator and also the room attendant.
Lu Ming went out to answer the phone, and it turned out to be Wen Lao Er, Wen Liangren, who called and said that he had made some discoveries.
Lu Ming immediately perked up. This guy was so efficient. He told me at noon, and I already had a clue in the evening
…
The place where Wen Lao Er asked Lu Ming to meet was not Dashunfa, but his residence in the suburbs, a garden villa by the green lake. There are dozens of such garden villas in this area, which is considered one of the gathering places for the wealthy class in Beiguan.
But most of the truly powerful and wealthy live in Hepu Road.
Lu Ming came to Wen Laoer's garden villa, and was soon led by Wen Laoer's subordinates directly into a dim basement.
"Hey!" "Hey!" In a corner of the basement, a man was tied up and was being beaten with a belt.
After getting used to the light, Lu Ming could see clearly that the person tied to the rack was a white-haired old man. His shirt was stained with blood. He had his eyes closed and his face was full of pain, but he was obviously not fainted. He was being beaten heavily but did not make a sound.
Lu Ming frowned slightly. This Wen Lao Er was really a bit brainless. If it were Wen Liangyu, he would never let himself see such a scene.
"Lawyer Lu, come here!" The burly figure of Wen Liangren stood in another corner. He smiled and waved to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming walked over slowly and noticed that there was a skinny man kneeling in front of Wen Liangren. He had a wretched face and looked like he was scared to the point of peeing his pants. His face was pale.
"Come on, kid, tell Lawyer Lu everything you know. If you dare to tell a lie, I'll show you another example!" Wen Liangren shouted.
On the other side, a burly man with his upper body naked immediately took out a red-hot iron from the brazier and slammed it on the chest of the old man who was tied to the rack. The old man groaned, and with a sizzling sound, the smell of burnt flesh came.
The kneeling wretched skinny monkey was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, "Second Master, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I dare not tell a single lie, I dare not! Second Master, please spare me!... Second Master..." He begged bitterly, with snot and tears streaming down his face, his face was frighteningly pale, and he looked like he was going to faint at any time.
It seems that he has been scared for a long time.
Wen Liangren turned to Lu Ming and smiled: "How coincidental! When I went back to ask around, I found out there really is such a guy. He specializes in looking for seven or eight-year-old boys with birthmarks on their legs. He has recently asked many halls about buying them. He came again this afternoon. It's this guy!" He pointed at the skinny monkey who was almost dead from fright.
Lu Ming's heart, which had been a little excited, immediately cooled down.
“Uncle, I, I’m here to help someone find out, to help someone find out!” The skinny monkey squeezed his tears, feeling extremely aggrieved. “I heard that a rich man’s child got lost near my home. I don’t know anything else, but I know that he had a birthmark on his leg, so I came here to try my luck. I don’t know that rich man, and I will definitely not say anything when I go back, nothing at all!… Second Master, please let me go… Second Master, Second Master…”
He cried and tried to hug Wen Liangren's legs, but Wen Liangren kicked him away and grinned at Lu Ming, "Lawyer Lu, you are also looking for that rich man's child, right? This kid must be hiding something, he deserves a beating!"
The skinny monkey was so scared that he started crying and waving his hands to the ground, "No, I didn't lie! Sirs, Sirs..."
Lu Ming waved his hands helplessly, "Forget it! Don't make things difficult for him!"
It’s not Wen Laoer’s fault. After all, Wen Liangyu seemed to be very tight-lipped and never told his second brother what he was doing.
"It's not him!" Wen Liangren rolled his eyes and cursed, "Take him out and give him a good beating. He wasted my expression and made Lawyer Lu make a wasted trip!"
The two big men dragged the crying skinny monkey out. Lu Ming took a look and said, "Second brother, forget it. It was me who brought him such misfortune."
As he spoke, Lu Ming walked out. When he passed the rack, he stopped and asked, "Second brother, what happened to this guy?"
Wen Liangren just walked up to the old man and spat at him. The old man closed his eyes and remained unmoved.
Wen Liangren walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Lu Ming, grinning: "This old bastard also came to Dashunfa to look for his grandson, and found him in my hall. He said that you are so violent and domineering, so you can just take the man away, but he didn't. After taking the grandson away for a few days, he came back to beat and kill him! How can we indulge him? Wait until I peel off a layer of skin from him, and then bury him alive!"
Lu Ming frowned slightly, and when he walked out of the basement, he said, "It's not his fault that his loved one was abducted by human traffickers. Second brother, when we do things, we should leave room for others to avoid hurting Tianhe. Otherwise, let him go."
"Let him go?!" Wen Liangren looked at Lu Ming in surprise, then smiled and said, "Come here, Lawyer Lu, I'll show you something!"
Leading Lu Ming, they came to the back garden. There were several cars parked in the colorful tile carport next to the lawn. One of the cars was dented and uneven, as if it had been in a car accident.
"Lawyer Lu, come and take a look! Look carefully!" Wen Liangren stretched out his hand and pointed at the car that had been in the accident.
Lu Ming was puzzled at first, but when he walked closer and looked carefully, he was stunned. The indented marks looked like fingerprints, as if they were made by someone punching.