This question came suddenly. Zhang Mazi didn't understand why he asked this for a while, but he still replied: "Sir, Hu Er once opened a cabinet for the grassroots two years ago. That's when Hu Er and I met."
Song Que asked: "I heard that you once invited him to drink. Do you have a good relationship?"
Zhang Mazi opened his mouth, very similar to the way Gao Fenglin hesitated just now, and finally said: "One of us is a thug in a gambling house, and the other is a gambler who owes money. How can we have any friendship?"
Song Que became excited as soon as he heard this rhetorical question, and whispered a few words into Gao Fenglin's ear, and Gao Fenglin asked the guards to retreat.
There were only three people left in the interrogation hall, and Zhang Mazi became obviously uncomfortable.
Song Que said: "There are only three of us here. You have to think carefully. All the concealments and lies may make you guilty of murder and your head will be in a different place."
Gao Fenglin asked again: "Do you have any friendship with Hu Er?"
Zhang Mazi was so frightened by the two men's singing that he started to beat up in his heart. He also thought that there were only the county master and Mr. Song here, so they were not overly crowded. He couldn't help but said: "Actually, Hu Er and I have a good relationship. He beat me The furniture was much better than others. I saw that he was an honest person, so I made friends with him, and later I even had a fight with him. But later he became addicted to gambling, and he often came to the gambling shop where I was, sometimes I owed money and couldn't get it out for a while. The steward wanted to send someone to teach him a lesson, so I took the initiative to ask for help and play tricks with him. If the steward found out about this, I would probably die if I could get out of prison alive. In the gambling house."
Gao Fenglin frowned deeply when he heard that there was such a thing. Businesses like gambling houses are backed by people behind them, making them seem like punishments of their own. Gao Fenglin wanted to take care of it, but he was new here and couldn't really intervene for a while.
Song Que said: "Can anyone prove it?"
Zhang Mazi said: "If anyone could prove it, my little life would have been lost long ago."
Song Que asked again: "On the day of the incident, were you and Hu Er acting as usual?"
Zhang Mazi said: "The few punches he threw in front of the steward were real, but they all avoided the vital points. It was just a show after leaving the gambling house."
Thugs like them have a sense of proportion and know where it will cause pain but not easily lead to death. After all, gambling houses are also afraid of trouble and want money rather than life. Not to mention that Zhang Mazi wanted to help Hu Er, but he used all his skills to do so.
Song Que said: "Did you know that Hu Er wanted to quit gambling a few days ago?"
Zhang Mazi nodded. It was risky for him to help Hu Er, and after helping him once, he was destined to help again and again. Although Hu Er didn't seem like the kind of person who would blackmail him in turn, he couldn't afford to bet on that millionaire. one. Hu Er wanted to quit gambling, and he was the happiest person.
"He said that he originally wanted his wife and mother to live a good life, but now that he has sobered up, he has found that not to mention making a fortune, he will even lose his original family fortune. So he plans to stop gambling at all, and he also said that if he does it again If you want to gamble, let me beat him to death. Although he came to the gambling house on the day he died, he was not here to gamble... "
When Zhang Mazi hesitated, Gao Fenglin frowned viciously. As expected, Zhang Mazi did not dare to hesitate any more and immediately said: "He didn't know who he heard from someone about the gambling house selling thousands, so he came to the steward and wanted to get some money back." The manager asked me to kick him out because of the money here, and also said not to let him talk nonsense."
No wonder Zhang Mazi didn't say it at first. If Gao Fenglin became interested in rectifying the gambling house and the steward found out that he had something to do with him, Zhang Mazi would be finished. Even now, Zhang Mazi wanted to ask Gao Fenglin to pretend not to know. In his opinion, every day people questioned the gambling house's cheating, and the manager really didn't want to murder Hu Er.
Zhang Mazi's side was pretty much straightened out, but Song only asked two final questions.
"You have been in the gambling house for so many years. What kind of gambler do you think Hu Er is?"
Zhang Mazi thought for a while and said: "He is very honest. I have seen many gamblers who, after getting jealous from gambling, will do anything to cheat, kidnap, or sell their wives and daughters. Although Hu Er can't get rid of his gambling addiction, he has never been able to stop gambling. Take this step. And he values friendship very much. Over the years, when he won gambling but was willing to leave the table, he would share some with me. If he wants to quit gambling, I think he may not be able to succeed."
Song Que asked again: "Do you know who made Hu Er addicted to gambling?"
Zhang Mazi said a name: "Li Xiaowu."
Zhang Mazi was escorted back to prison, and the police officer brought Li Xiaowu up. When things got to this point, even Gao Fenglin had basically figured it out. Even if there is no guarantee that everyone's words are the truth, the general direction is already clear. As long as you confront Li Xiaowu, you can get to the bottom of it.
Mrs. Hu said that Li Xiaowu and Hu Er once learned carpentry together, but Li Xiaowu didn't have this talent. Instead, he was good at cooking, and finally set up a wonton stall, which was run by Hu Er.
The two have such a relationship, so Hu Er was introduced to the casino by Li Xiaowu.
Gao Fenglin glanced at Song Que, asking him to tell him the autopsy results first. After all, he couldn't remember the details clearly. Song Que then said: "Li Xiaowu, do you know that the wounds will be different between injuries during life and after death?"
When Li Xiaowu heard this, his face turned pale, but he forced himself to calm down and said, "Why do you want to tell me this, sir?"
But Song felt that he had a good mentality, as if he could calm down and frame the crime after killing someone.
"When you stabbed him in the back, the wound was shrunk and the bones were exposed, which is characteristic of an injury before death. However, the wound stabbed with Zhang Mazi's knife was neatly cut and the bones were not exposed, which is characteristic of injuries after death. In other words, you The stabbing was the last injury he suffered during his lifetime."
Li Xiaowu was shocked, his body was shaking like a sieve, he held on without saying a word, and finally said: "Sir, if you use such an unheard-of thing to convict me, wouldn't it be impossible to prove it?"
This is what Gao Fenglin is worried about. Although he believes in Song Que's intelligence, many of his methods are not well known and are not convincing as evidence.
Song Que smiled and said: "The truth actually exists and can be reproduced. If someone doesn't believe it, just prove it to him. If there are no accidents, this phenomenon can be reproduced a hundred times after a hundred experiments." "
The vocabulary used by Song Que sounded a bit unfamiliar to them, but it was not difficult to understand. After hearing this, Gao Fenglin couldn't help but glance at Song Que. It was easy for him to say, how could he really try this on a corpse and humiliate it? The crime is not light!
Song Qing pretended not to feel Gao Fenglin's glare and looked at Li Xiaowu calmly, smiling slightly.
Li Xiaowu tried his best to come up with that answer. At this moment, he naturally couldn't think of what Gao Fenglin thought of, nor could he guess that Song was lying to him. He was obviously a little shaken and not as firm as at the beginning.
Seeing him like this, Song Que knew it was a good time and kept saying: "Li Xiaowu, you and Hu Er met because they were studying carpentry. You are not as talented as Hu Er, but you have other strengths. You opened a wonton stall, and Hu Er returned You hit the table. Although you were a little jealous of his talent, you also appreciated his friendship. You were a little smart, and more importantly, you had self-control. You would occasionally go to the gambling house to play. Once, you took Hu Er with you. Then, who would have thought that he would win a big one in one go? Such good luck makes it difficult for you to calm down. But at this time, Hu Er did something that moved you again. He lent a large sum of money to You have solved your urgent need and allowed your business to be fully launched. And he said that he was lending you money, but in fact it was no different from giving it to you. He has never asked for it from you in these years. But a few days ago, , Hu Er decided to quit gambling and start carpentry again. Because of gambling, his family was empty, and he needed some money to start from scratch, so he thought of you. And you had long forgotten that the money was borrowed. To the end of the world.”
Li Xiaowu looked at Song Que with some horror, as if he didn't know why he knew these details.
Song Que smiled slightly, knowing that he was mostly right, so he struck while the iron was hot: "Hu Er came to you to ask for money, and you were naturally unwilling to give it. You told him that the gambling house offered thousands, so he went there stupidly, hoping to get his money back. Unfortunately, nothing happened to him and he didn’t get any money, so he naturally came back to you. When he came to find you, you invited him to the kitchen and ordered him a bowl of wontons, trying to make friends to get over the matter. But Hu Er is very resolute this time and has a clear attitude. He does not ask you to pay it back all at once, but he must pay it back. You were already dissatisfied with him. When we were apprentices together, he was more talented than you and was more relied upon by the master. That's it. He even had better luck than you when it came to gambling houses. You had tolerated these dissatisfactions because he was kind to you, but now you couldn't stand it at all. When Hu Er's back was turned to you, he stabbed you hard. Hu Er was taller than you. He struggled away, turned around and ran. Originally, Hu Er was injured and couldn't run away from you, but he went out. When you bumped into your neighbor, you were afraid of being seen, so you didn't go out immediately. After a while, you ran out to chase him. When you chased him, it was just instinct, and you didn't know what you were going to do after you caught up. But when you saw Hu Er By the time, he was already dead and fell to the ground with no breath. The only wound was the wound on the vest. You killed someone. The knife was a boning knife with a special shape. You quickly thought that you would be exposed and decided to frame Zhang. Mazi. You grabbed Hu Er's feet and dragged his body to the woods near Zhang Mazi's home. You also went to Zhang Mazi's home to steal his knife. Throw the knife back into Zhang Mazi's yard."
When Song Que said this, Li Xiaowu was scared out of his wits and said tremblingly: "You saw it all, right? There was someone! There was someone that night!"
Song Que's description was like recreating the scene. Even though Li Xiaowu had excellent psychological quality, he couldn't help but feel horrified at this moment, as if there were a pair of eyes watching him closely on the night when he killed someone and dumped his body.
Song went through the questions and personalities of each person and worked it out several times before he came up with a satisfactory version. The description of some details in it was actually a bit guessing, and he was not completely sure, just to strengthen his understanding of Li. Xiaowu's blow. Sure enough, after he told many details, Li Xiaowu's psychological defense collapsed, and what he said in panic was no different from a confession.
Gao Fenglin was stunned as he watched on the sidelines. At this moment, he calmed down and quickly asked Li Xiaowu to sign a confession.
The case that had troubled Gao Fenglin for a long time was solved like this. Li Xiaowu was guilty of murder, and Zhang Mazi was convicted of assault. One was imprisoned to await execution, and the other was released after being punished.
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Gao Fenglin was a little hesitant to go to Hu Er's house, but Song said, "Just go. If you don't go, you may not be able to sleep at night."
Gao Fenglin thought about it and asked, "Aren't you going?"
Song Qing shook his head, looking a little disappointed.