I called Xiaoxia and told her truthfully that Jiang Biao was taken into the Public Security Bureau not because of a fight, but because he was suspected of being related to a case of rape of an underage girl. On the other end of the phone, Xiao Xia yelled "My God" and fell silent. This sound made me feel dizzy, and I don't know what to say next. Both parties fell silent when calling, which made people feel weird and even a little choking... I thought that under normal circumstances, she should shout "How is this possible", "It must be a mistake"... and so on. But she didn't. In the silence, I guessed for no reason, whether Jiang Biao also told Xiaoxia, the story that happened on the road that summer
After a while, it was Xiao Xia who came back to her senses first and asked me: "What day did it happen?"
I recalled it and told her accurately: "The 13th of last month... It was Saturday, and it suddenly became hot. That case happened in Xiangshuitai. You should know that place."
I was impressed by the heat that day. It's been more than a month since winter, and according to the solar terms, it was a gap between a small snowfall, and the heat that day was surprisingly hot. I remember accompany Diqing to choose a wedding dress that day. She picked up a wedding dress with a low neckline due to a brief warming up. I told her honestly that her figure was not suitable for wearing a low-cut wedding dress, which made her feel a little emotional. Rebellious, not only low-cut, but also backless. So I had to find another reason: at this time, the temperature will drop every minute. Find a thicker wedding dress, grandma!
On the same day, there was a rape case of an underage girl in Xiangshuitai. The little girl was Wenwen, Hu Shuanzhu's illegitimate daughter. She had nothing to do with me at the time of the crime, but now that I am married to Diqing, I naturally have relatives with the little girl. She is Diqing's cousin. Of course, Diqing doesn't know that there is such a cousin in this world.
Xiaoxia didn't say much at the time, her calmness made my heart frightened for a while. In the evening, she called me to go to No. 21 Jiangyang Avenue to discuss matters, so I went. When I went there, Jiang Biao's uncle was also there. The first time I saw him, as I expected, he also had symptoms of obesity that broke out on his body. He kept talking on his cell phone and making long calls that made his right side face tighter than his left side. Xiaoxia called me, and Shi Julong called a lawyer named Chen to discuss together what to do. I told them what I knew. Attorney Chen had a certain desire to argue. He interrupted me several times, asked for some details, and immediately made a judgment.
When I told me that Lao Xiang found a piece of RMB and told me that it was the evidence, Lawyer Chen sneered: "...What is the relationship between a piece of RMB and the rape case? Tell me." But I couldn't say anything. I just remember that when Lao Xiang shook the banknote at me, his face was clearly as evidenced as a mountain.
"... What about the evidence chain?"
The term is not professional enough, I can understand it. I guess Lao Xiang’s chain of evidence is formed by the concatenation of the evidence in his hand and the memory in his head.
Shi Julong's cell phone rang again, and his business partner urged him to go to the Karaoke room to discuss matters. Before leaving, he stood up and shook Lawyer Chen's hand seriously and shook my hand, and said, "I'll leave it to both of you for this matter. I won't treat you badly when things get settled. I have something to do now. Go ahead." Without letting me respond, he pulled his feet and walked away, talking on the phone as he walked, with a social smile on his face, and a perfunctory phrase in the scene.
Attorney Chen frowned when he turned to look at me, and asked, "Which firm does he work in?"
I said: "I am not a lawyer, but a friend of Jiang Biao."
His expression eased, and he told Xiao Xia that this matter was not in a hurry. He first went to find an acquaintance to understand the situation, and met Jiang Biao as soon as possible and asked him himself. He said: "...Since the situation is not very clear, then I will contact you immediately and call you when I get in touch."
Xiaoxia asked lawyer Chen, how many days can I see Jiang Biao? Attorney Chen pinched his fingers, put on a conservative expression, and said: "I will submit the report of the application meeting immediately. If you hurry, five days." He spread out his palm and opened five stubby fingers, indicating that five days will be certain. OK.
After Lawyer Chen left, Xiao Xia asked me anxiously: "Brother Gu, do you think Jiang Biao really did this thing?"
"... I saw him, and let's see what he said. I believe what he said."
I comforted Xiaoxia for a while, and sent her back to the Mingwafang residence, and then back to the famous city by the water. My mother played games with her father in the room, and Diqing leaned on the sofa to watch TV. Pregnancy made her feel impetuous and she kept sweeping channels. Variety shows made her feel low, TV series made her feel mentally retarded, domestic films made her feel hypocritical, and the excellent production standards of foreign films might hurt her national pride...
"Where have you been all day?"
"Something happened to Jiang Biao."
"I know Jiang Biao had an accident, he was fighting with someone. He had an accident several days ago, and now you are still using this to prevaricate me." Di Qing thought I was perfunctory, and then she allowed me to find another one. Excuses.
"... How many cousins do you have?" I sat next to her and suddenly asked her.
"My two uncles, one aunt, one cousin and three cousins, Sijing, Sijie and Siyu." She thought she knew everything well.
I told her that Hu Shuanzhu also raised one privately, named Hu Siwen. It was the first time Diqing knew the existence of this cousin from my mouth, and was surprised. She didn't expect her uncle Hu Shuanzhu to be such a person.
"What does that have to do with Jiang Biao?" Di Qing was surprised when he spoke. At that time, she asked me what happened to Jiang Biao, but I broke the news with her that her uncle had an illegitimate daughter.
"...It's related." I hesitated, smoking a cigarette to spend time, but then had to tell her, "Jiang Biao was involved in the Public Security Bureau. They suspected that he had raped the girl."
"how so?"
"It's still under trial, Jiang Biao didn't admit it."
"What the hell is going on?" Di Qing is still quite calm. For this sudden cousin, she has not yet established the most basic impression in her mind. She urged me to say, "You tell me."
"People from the Public Security Bureau haven't got the result of the trial, so how do I know?"
Di Qing nodded, and asked other things. Then she stared at me again and said, "You guessed it, could it be him?"
I shook my head. Women always like to ask people for answers straightforwardly, and I can only answer them dumbly. Diqing didn't want to learn too much about this strange cousin, so he stopped asking questions and continued to search the channel.
I remembered the story Jiang Biao told me again. At that moment, I suddenly thought that I didn't know him at all. The various scenes from the previous contact with him flashed through his mind like a phantom for a while. I believe in the sixth sense of women. Hearing this, Diqing's eyes were full of doubts. She didn't say how it was possible, but only asked if it was true. I don't know what kind of impression Jiang Biao kept in her heart. And his own wife had the same doubts.
In the days that followed, I was waiting to meet Jiang Biao with a trace of fear.
In fact, lawyer Chen's estimate is still optimistic. He emphasized to people from the Public Security Bureau that the right to meet is a right granted by law. People from the Public Security Bureau didn't deny it, but they always delayed him for other reasons. After all, the application only works if it is approved by them. At the same time, attorney Chen turned around through the acquaintances, and got a rough idea of what was detected over there.
After Jiang Biao was engaged, it was discovered that the investigation was a case of the rape of a little girl. How could he admit it? At the beginning, he insisted that he did not leave the car on the day of the incident, but the police quickly found out that he did help the lame old Feng in Jie Tianlong to drag the goods into the city that day.
I couldn't hide this, Jiang Biao changed his words and said that he was passing through Xiangshuitai that day, and he saw a little girl on the side of the road, and gave the little girl 20 yuan. Other than that, he didn't do anything to her.
Jiang Biao confessed to this situation, so Lao Xiang went to find evidence with Xiao Jiang to see if he could find the twenty-dollar bill. Xiao Jiang found it as soon as he looked for it. She had discovered the banknote a long time ago, and thought it was Hu Shuanzhu or Batuo stuffed it to Wenwen.
Originally, the circulation of banknotes was too frequent, and the fingerprints on the coupons overlapped innumerably, and it was generally difficult to extract fingerprints effectively. The banknote is brand new and scratchy, with only a dozen fingerprints on it, all of which can be clearly extracted. Five of the fingerprints corresponded closely to Jiang Biao's fingerprints.
During Jiang Biao's detention, Wenwen was treated in the hospital and his condition was brought under control and he was obviously getting better. The police determined that she had the ability to identify and identify, so they took her to the detention center and identified the offender through a single glass. As soon as Wenwen saw Jiang Biao, the color of his entire face changed, and he couldn't stop crying. After being coaxed to stop, Wenwen pointed out that Jiang Biao did it...
Attorney Chen said these things, and I asked: "It seems that he can't escape the relationship?"
"Not really." Attorney Chen said, this kind of case, as long as the procedures are standardized, it is difficult to finalize the case. The little girl’s confession is direct evidence, and the fingerprints on the money are indirect evidence, but these are not enough to convict her. The little girl is too young, and her spirit has been stimulated, and her identification is not effective enough. And fingerprints cannot convict a person as guilty of rape, it can only show that Jiang Biao did touch the money. To convict this kind of crime, one is that there are residues that can be compared with DNA, which is almost ironclad; the other is that witnesses stand up to testify. Now, they still can't find these two things.
Xiaoxia asked: "According to you, Jiang Biao will be released."
Lawyer Chen frowned and said, "No. In our place, the emperor is far away, after all, the more irregular, the more methods the police can use. It can be seen that the police have already gotten into force with Jiang Biao. They basically believe that he did it, so how can they let him go so easily... You also know that when people caught inside, they should do it, leaving no traces, and not telling the truth. If Jiang Biao can't stand to confess, he The confession, the little girl’s confession, and the physical evidence constitute a complete chain of evidence, so Jiang Biao can still be convicted."
"What should I do next."
"... Only by waiting, after meeting Jiang Biao, can we figure out how to proceed. The parties can't see each other, and now they can only be busy. However, I am going to see your man these days, I'm afraid it is. It’s not easy. The right to meet is not in the law, but the people of the Public Security Bureau have the final say. According to the procedures of criminal proceedings, this link is the most difficult to handle and the most headache for our lawyers. I am worried, Now that they think Jiang Biao did it, there is always a way to pry his mouth open these days and let him confess. I guess that if you want to see someone, you probably have to transfer the case file to the prosecutor's office to review the prosecution stage. They How to handle the case is nothing more than the few tricks, these are tacit facts."
He has not been in contact with Lawyer Chen for a long time, and he feels calm. But I guess that he also feels that Jiang Biao is likely to commit the crime. The development of the matter really complied with what Lawyer Chen said. He found various channels, but he has not been able to see Jiang Biao.
Several days later, we didn't see him until Jiang Biao admitted that he had committed a crime and the Public Security Bureau was able to file a case.
I haven't seen Jiang Biao for a long time. His hair is messy, his face is very bad, and his eyes are duller than usual. The three of us faced him across the fence. He slowly looked at Xiao Xia, then attorney Chen, and then me. My arrival surprised him. His eyes hung on my cheeks for a few seconds, then he grinned suddenly and said, "You are here too." I gave him a hum and nodded vigorously.
The time for the meeting was limited. When we came, Lawyer Chen explained that Xiaoxia and I shouldn't talk nonsense. He asked Jiang Biao mainly. Lawyer Chen said frankly: "Since I am defending you, you can't hide anything from me. Now, only facts can save you..."
"I didn't do this." An unexpected calm appeared on Jiang Biao's face. He said, "The twine rope was tied so tightly that I couldn't hold it in pain, and I recognized it when I leaked it. I didn't expect that the twine would hurt so much."
When he said this, he blushed and smiled at us again, as if he was embarrassed because he couldn't bear the pain.
"You really didn't do it?"
"Don't lie to you. If I did it, I would admit it from the beginning. There is no need to carry it with them for so many days."
"Then why are you giving that little girl twenty yuan?"
"Because... She refused to eat sweets and asked me for money. I gave her a piece of money and left."
Lawyer Chen spread out the notebook and asked him to be more specific and not let go of every detail. Jiang Biao nodded and asked me for a cigarette. He smoked a cigarette and recalled the details of the time, and slowly said it for Lawyer Chen's reference. Attorney Chen listened for a while, but didn't write a few words on the paper, but his brows became tighter and tighter.
That day, Jiang Biao drove the car to the city to drag the goods. When he reached Xiangshuitai, he saw the little girl on the roadside playing with grass and mud, wearing green clothes and green pants (this is not what he said, but I have already Know the facts). As soon as his brain convulsed, he stopped the car and beckoned to let the girl over.
He took out the iron box, handed it over, and said to the girl: "Hey, come and eat sweets."
But the little girl refused to eat candy, so she asked Jiang Biao for money. She said: "Uncle, you give me money. With money, I can buy whatever sugar I want."
He said: "This kind of mint is the best."
"Why are you so wordy," the girl said impatiently, "just give me the money."
Jiang Biao was a little troubled, and couldn't figure out why the little girl now wouldn't even eat mints. So he took out his wallet and shook it in front of the little girl. He asked: "What is this?"
The girl said it was a purse. Jiang Biao said, "This is a crow," and threw the wallet into the grass in front of him. The posture of the black wallet sliding in the air is indeed a bit like a bird. But Wenwen was very clever. She knew that a purse was a purse. She walked into the grass in front and picked it up from the ground. She said to Jiang Biao, "I found it, this is mine." She also opened her purse and looked at it. There was a wad of different denominations in it. Jiang Biao asked her to return the wallet to herself. Wenwen is a good boy after all. After adjusting the skin for a while, she returned the wallet to Jiang Biao. Jiang Biao picked out a new twenty-dollar bill from his wallet and gave it to the girl. After that, he got in the car and continued driving into the city.
Lawyer Chen said: "That's it?"
"that's it!"
"Why give twenty? Don't you think you have given too much?" Attorney Chen closed the book and said, "When you encounter a child on the road or a beggar asks for money, it is usually enough to give you five cents. Why are you sending so much?"
"On the stack of change in my bag and pocket, only this one is new, and the others are too old. I'm afraid her hands are dirty. After all, the new money is cleaner... Besides, I wish she would buy more of her. I like to eat sweets." Jiang Biao's expression quietly changed as he explained the problem, and he looked a little irritable. He seemed to disdain to argue for himself constantly, and suddenly changed into a believable tone and said, "I didn't do that thing anyway-I have a daughter myself!"
There was a self-evident sonorous tone in his tone, which made me feel a little relieved.
When we came out, Lawyer Chen was dissatisfied with Jiang Biao's attitude. He said to Xiaoxia, "Look at him like that! Since he has been wronged, he should put on the look of'I am wronged, I am very miserable.' How can he have that kind of insensitive and insensitive expression? Speaking, It's as if I owe him money."
Xiaoxia said: "He is in a bad mood, don't care about him. What should I do in the future?"
"If the confession is really extorted by torture, you are not afraid of it. You can retract the confession. The Public Security Bureau must submit stronger evidence. The money alone should not be convicted. However, the matter of torture can never be found out. How can it be found out? They are familiar with this kind of thing, and will not leave any traces... Seriously, I still don’t believe what he said." Attorney Chen’s meaning has already been written on his face, and he has always been suspicious of his client. .
I reminded him: "Didn't Jiang Biao tell him? He didn't do it."
Lawyer Chen said disdainfully: "Is this important?"
I suddenly felt that this was very important. Although I was full of doubts a while ago, when I saw Jiang Biao's face and listened to his own account, I dispelled my doubts and became affirmative. I know that he is not a treacherous person, his heart is the same as his expression, and he disdains to protect himself with lies.
When I thought I was convinced of Jiang Biao's words, my heart was lost in a blink of an eye. I know that people are animals that seek advantages and avoid harm, let alone face cases. Do I really understand this person? Fortunately there is still time, I thought, what can I do
Xiaoxia's thinking is the same as mine. Before the trial, we both plan to find evidence that is beneficial to Jiang Biao. Since Lawyer Chen has always had doubts, then I think our actions will always make sense. Xiao Xia and I met with Lawyer Chen again and asked him for advice, but he had not yet formed a plan in his head.
"... As far as I see it, the key lies in whether you can find the little girl and ask her about her situation at the time. There is no circumstantial evidence, Jiang Biao does not have her without her, so what she said is the most effective." Lawyer Chen pondered for a while. Thinking of this, he said, "We don't know what kind of state she was on the day she testified Jiang Biao. After all, she was only so old and her mental state was very unstable. The effectiveness of her testimony was very doubtful. If she is in good condition, she should not only testify, but also describe the situation on the day. From her description, we can analyze whether there are loopholes and how reliable."
"Is it a bit... a bit too much for the little girl?"
"So what can I do? Even if it is embarrassing her."
I nodded, saying that it is not too late to go and see the little girl. Attorney Chen smiled bitterly and said: "That's how things are said, things are not easy to handle. Now that they have found this point, they all believe that Jiang Biao did it. How could they willingly let the girl cooperate with us and overturn the results of the current investigation. Start from scratch, and then try to find criminals?"
"If it weren't for Jiang Biao, they wouldn't be reconciled. They don't want to find the real murderer?"
"You only say that if you have less contact. I have handled many cases. Victims and their family members often get into a paranoid mood after the incident. When you find a suspect, you admit him to death, wishing him to die. I'll die right away. What is the truth, how can they calmly consider it?"
I don't believe it. Since he said so, I suggest to find Xiao Jiang to see how Wenwen is in his current state. But attorney Chen got it right, and Wenwen had already left the hospital. Later, Xiaoxia and I hurried to Xiangshuitai to the brick house where Xiao Jiang's mother and daughter lived. In just a few days, grass has grown on the two redstone steps outside the door, with green moss attached to it. The atmosphere of the kind of people going to the empty space is overwhelming. Seeing these scenes in front of me, I knew it was stupid to call the door, but I still yelled loudly. Of course no one responded. Xiangshuitai is a concave area, and my own echoes are endless.
Hu Shuanzhu's phone call is always unreachable. I called Ba Mound and he rang the bell several times before answering it. I asked him about Xiao Jiang, and he said that Xiao Jiang took Wenwen to see a doctor or recuperate. I asked where I went, but Ba Mound said I didn't know.
The weather is very good, and the gray scrambled sand pavement now presents a bright hue. I returned to the road and looked at the fir forest. When I came here with Ba Mound last time, he pointed me to the place where the crime was found. I saw a path that was almost covered by weeds. From the road to the fir forest, it was obviously the only way to go. The grass is growing vigorously, deep, and green to make people startled. The wind can't get in the woods. The grass blades in front of me are not wavering, and the sound of the wind brought out by me walking clearly reaches my ears. At the scene of the crime, there were only grasses, with dense fir trees and shady trees under them. I stood on the side of the road, turned my head to look, the sun was spreading two feet away.
It's been a month, Lao Xiang and they inevitably searched here many times. The case left no traces. I stood on the side of the road and kept looking at the woods, but later I couldn't figure out what I wanted to see.
Xiaoxia's face was full of frustration. She said: "It's easier to hide from people and it's harder to find people."
"Go back first, and then think about any other way."
Xiaoxia nodded weakly. I beckoned to stop the car. Even though Jietianlang started to travel in full swing after the Great Wall was built, most of the vehicles running on this road are still agricultural vehicles, with two rows of seats in the front and a carriage with stretched canvas in the back. When he got into the car, the driver knew Xiao Xia, his face was hesitant to say something, obviously he wanted to inquire about Jiang Biao, but he couldn't ask.
The winter in Jicheng was gloomy. In those few days, Xiaoxia and I went back and forth between Jietianlang and the city many times. Walking on the cold road in the car, looking at the ridge in the distance through the window of the car, the rising brush of the ridge is indistinguishable from the trees. I think Xiao Xia already has the mind to catch life-saving straw at this time, and her imagination has become rich as a result. She pretended to come up with a plan: follow the route that Jiang Biao drove on that day to find witnesses, and find the corresponding time at each point, so as to infer whether Jiang Biao had time to commit the crime. She said to me: "It takes half an hour to rape a little girl? If he can't squeeze out half an hour in the time it takes him to get from Jietianlong to the cargo station, can you infer that he doesn't have the ability to do it? Case time?" How long do I know how long it takes to rape a little girl, and how much time it takes to rape a big girl or a woman? She said for half an hour, I think Xiaoxia will have her basis, because Jiang Biao is her man after all. They have been a husband and wife for many years, and they have known each other a long time ago, and now this familiar energy has turned into individual data. Can you explain the problem? I suggest that she might as well tell Lawyer Chen this idea, and let Lawyer Chen use professional knowledge to make a judgment for her idea. But she was unwilling to tell Lawyer Chen. She only told me: "Lawyer Chen will definitely laugh at my ideas. Besides, he doesn't understand Jiang Biao and is biased."
I felt that this was too blind, so I called Lawyer Chen and told him Xiao Xia's thoughts. As expected, after hearing this, Lawyer Chen sneered and said, "What can I find by looking for it? I really don't understand. In the face of the law, you are actually willing to believe in a collision. Are you two watching too many detective films? Think Sherlock Holmes has as many oil puffs as there are on the street?"
I said: "Anyway, I can't think of other ways to move. After all, it's better than staying at home and doing nothing. As long as people are diligent and mindful, they can always find some clues."
The lawyer hiccups with a laugh. He said: "I believe you two are both mortals and detectives. Your imagination and self-righteousness can make up for your ignorance of professional skills."
"It's nothing great, it's like repairing a septic tank and being a lawyer at the same time." I replied.
When meeting for the first time, Lawyer Chen told me proudly that he had studied engineering before, and his major was called "Sewage Sedimentary Sedimentation and Anaerobic Digestion Treatment Engineering". Later, an acquaintance told me that attorney Chen actually worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, and the string of names he mentioned actually referred to septic tanks. And being a lawyer is his second job.
So, Xiao Xia and I walked on this road in a trance.
That day, Jiang Biao was a farm machinery business lame Lao Feng who helped Jie Tianlong to drag the goods. Lao Feng had a batch of goods arrived at the city goods station, and he called Xiaolin to help him drag the goods. Because it was Saturday, Jiang Biao made it up early in the morning. He left the car and Xiao Lin accompanied Xiao Guo with the children at home. In the past, Jiang Biao had always helped him drag the lame Lao Feng's goods, and they knew each other, and Lao Feng was also relieved. Before Jiang Biao drove away from Jietianlong, he went to get Lao Feng's ID card so that he could hand it in for inspection when picking up the goods. I went to Lao Feng with Xiao Xia. Lao Feng looked like he was willing to help, and recalled repeatedly, only remembering that it was the meeting with Jiang Biao at lunch. At that time, he courteously asked Jiang Biao to eat together, of course Jiang Biao also thanked and refused courteously. I couldn't find the exact moment in Lao Feng, and Lao Feng also asked what effect it had. In front of him, I recounted Xiaoxia's thoughts. Although the idea is hers, it is easier for others to understand when I describe it. This idea is difficult to express, and Xiao Xia has been teaching mathematics in elementary school. Old Feng said: "Look, what time do I say is right? Jiang Biao is a good person, and I know he won't do this. I will just say what you want me to say."
Xiaoxia shook her head in pain. She is a more real woman, who needs the truth and dismisses lies.
The time point of the cargo station was found smoothly. I went to the freight station mentioned by the lame Lao Feng, the 49th station of Shunfa Freight. It was busy there. A 20-ton truck had just entered the station, and a middle-aged man wearing a Ho Chi Minh helmet was instructing a group of migrant workers to unload the goods. I went in and asked about the situation with two women sitting at the desk. One of them is young and the other is very old. I asked Lao Feng, the lame man in Jietian Long, on the afternoon of November 13th that a batch of agricultural machinery was sent to your cargo station, and a driver came to pick up the goods. Who handled it? The old man asked me warily, where are you from? I am... I said, the Public Security Bureau wants me to check something. When the young girl heard that I was a policeman, she hurriedly rummaged through a pile of folders. The way she cooperates makes people feel good. The old woman asked: "Are you really a policeman?" What do I say? I had to tell her: "Well, the working relationship has not officially moved over." They both burst into laughter. The old woman said: "Why should I say so clearly. The one wearing the helmet-style hat outside is responsible for the delivery. Go and ask him." I went out and patted the helmet-style hat, respected a cigarette, and then told what I wanted to ask. He listened. The helmet-style hat recognizes Jiang Biao, and Jiang Biao came here to mention the goods many times, the most recent one was in November. He said, "Anyway, it's afternoon."
"Can you be specific to a few points, preferably a few points."
"I'm crazy?" said the helmet hat, "you think my head is made in Switzerland? It's stuffed with clockwork and gears? How can I remember so many shipments every day? I only remember that Xiaojiang came to me that day Here are a few cultivators and rice transplanters." The helmet-style hat showed a look of helplessness. Someone came to pick up the goods with him again. He turned around and walked to the warehouse, walked a few feet and then turned back, asking me to give him his cell phone number. At the same time, he emphatically said: "Don't expect anything, I'm just asking you for a phone call." I said I know.
The next morning he called the helmet-style cap, and he could hear some cold excitement in his voice. He told me that he thought about it for a long time last night and remembered that when he sent Jiang Biao delivery, his wife used a kiss. My father's landline phone called and asked him to go to his father's home for dinner after get off work. The helmet said: "On November 13th, my wife called me. I remember that there is time on the call bill, and it can be specific to the second. If you want to be precise, look at it, you can be precise. Seconds."
"That's great."
I met with the helmet-style cap at the mobile company. He printed the call details monotonously on a continuous piece of paper, circled the call with a pen, and the time was 1.52 minutes.
Finding this precise time is like giving Xiaoxia a shot in the heart. I accompany her to Jietianlang again, hoping to follow this line of thought to find someone else Jiang Biao met in the town that day, and see if I can get the time for Jiang Biao to leave Jietianlang. It's a bit of a needle in a haystack, even if he meets someone else, others will not remember this bland moment of meeting. Jie Tianlong is so small, and there are acquaintances everywhere on the street. If anyone remembers the moments of each meeting with an acquaintance, it must be a genius who treats his brains as tofu dregs and wastes it wantonly. I basically don't hold out hope, but Xiaoxia will inevitably be a little bit paranoid at this moment. The persistence on her face does not allow me to pour cold water on her. When she met her acquaintances, she asked about the situation. In order to attract enough attention, she dragged others to talk for a quarter of an hour every time to attract the other party's attention and make them try to remember the day's events. "November, on that day is extremely hot, you should have an impression. Don't you have an impression?" She mentioned this to every acquaintance, wanting to awaken her acquaintances' precise memories of that day. Those acquaintances shook their heads without exception. Changes in the weather are always weak in people's impressions, and there are always other more immediate things lingering in their hearts, covering these insignificant things.
Xiao Xia's enthusiasm has cooled down after inquiries, and the light in her benevolent eyes is a little bit dim, unmistakably showing me this change. I spent two days with her in Jietianlong Town. During those two days, she always took me to a restaurant next to the parking lot for dinner. When eating, her eyes didn’t fall into the bowl, but instead looked towards the parking lot. field. As soon as I asked her, her conversation box opened up, and she told me about her relationship with Jiang Biao. Her family lives in the city. After graduating from the normal school, she was assigned to Jietianlong Elementary School. On weekends, she always takes a ride back to the city. "Other drivers yelled at customers, grabbed customers when they saw them, and stubbornly forced them to make a lot of money, and they could do fights. But Jiang Biao never yelled, let alone grabbed customers. At that time, he I don't play cards, I always sit in the cab, seem indifferent to what's happening outside." Recalling this, Xiaoxia's face became a little bit excited. She also told me: "... At that time, I thought Jiang Biao was like a poet. If a driver is like a poet, I pay attention to him. I only ride in his car, no matter how many cars are in front of me, I just need to get there. Here, I just sit on the front of his car and wait for two hours. It doesn’t matter... He is really dull. It took half a year before he realized that I had used his car as a special car."
In fact, I am very afraid to hear women talk about their love. Quite a few women, in their thirties, love to imagine the scene of their love when they were young, regardless of whether the person next to them loves it or not. Xiaoxia talked about Jiang Biao, but I still put my ears up and listened. She suddenly admired Jiang Biao because she felt like a poet. This made me awe. There must be an inevitable connection between her willful choice of her lover back then and the paranoid search for clues nowadays.
And lily of the valley... My thinking jumped again. When we first met, didn't she also think I was like a poet? Like Xiaoxia and Lily of the valley, who feel that they are like poets and feel good about them. How many of them can you find right now
I am willing to accompany Xiao Xia to continue searching. At this time, Xiao Xia needs a person to stand by her side and silently inspire this paranoia. Except for me, it is difficult for her to find another friend with such a leisurely mind. At dinner that day, Director Shen called and said that the unit would get busy immediately after receiving the task. Each unit of the municipal government organs will hold a grand party on New Year's Day. The secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor will all make an appearance at the party. Jing Huixiang may also sing an old drama with female dancers to further enhance his image of being close to the people. The thing about the party is of course the work of the group art gallery. Director Shen may have drunk again, and he was very excited when he talked on the phone, but I asked him if he could ask for leave.
"Ask for leave? Our unit only works a few days a year, and still ask for leave? If you ask for leave again, the annual rest period will be more than 365 days. Do you want me to squeeze out a few days from my old life to supply you?" Curator Shen Somewhat unhappy, asked me what I was up to.
At that moment, I suddenly didn't know how to explain, and didn't want to make up the reason, so I answered him: "I'm solving the case!"
My voice is louder, the restaurant is smaller, and the people at the table next to me all turned their faces to look at me.
Director Shen smiled like a twitch on the phone, and said, "Xiao Gu, it turns out that you will solve the case. Then make a report to the Public Security Bureau. I can't wrong the talent here."
I hurriedly said: "No wronged, no wronged."
Curator Shen said solemnly: "I have been wronged."
So I had no choice but to say: "Well, I'll be back right away to offer ideas and suggestions for this party, and work hard."
"Young man, that's right."
I had to explain the situation to Xiaoxia and go back to the city first, and could not accompany her anymore. She said it didn't matter, Jie Tianlong knew her well and could check it by herself.
When I returned to the unit, I was appointed as one of the seventeen assistant directors of the party, and it became my job to write cross-talks. After a few days of busy work, Xiaoxia called to meet me. When we arrived, it was the three of us. Attorney Chen arrived before me, ordered a cup of cappuccino and drank it with a mixing spoon. Xiaoxia said to him: "...The time when Jiang Biao left Jietianlong that day was around 12:25, the freight station that he arrived within an hour and a half."
"What do you want to explain?"
"All the drivers in Jietianlong know that it takes at least an hour and a half to get to the city from there. If there are guests getting on and off the bus on the way, it will be more than this time. In this hour and a half, he can only drive, at most, stop. Convenience." Xiaoxia found this point in time that she seemed to be able to explain the problem, but there was no joy on her face. As soon as I sat down, I found that Xiao Xia had always been thinking about it, and she hadn't kept her mind, even when she said things. At that time, I estimated that in the few days I left, apart from this point in time, she found out what else.
Xiao Xia further explained to Lawyer Chen how she found it at this point in time. Just like I got the time of Jiangbiao's arrival at the cargo station from the helmet-style cap, the time needed to come by simple reasoning and correspondence. I sat aside, not listening to Xiaoxia's account. Her weak voice was floating in my ears, and I felt a little bit of weakness in my heart. Even as a layman, I have become more and more suspicious that these hard-to-verify inferences about her time can actually bring a turn for the case.
After listening patiently, Lawyer Chen said to Xiao Xia: "How effective is the evidence you found? Have you considered it? You have to know that the fingerprints they collected on the banknotes are actually not enough to convict you. The effectiveness of evidence is much lower than fingerprints. If we use this evidence, I think, it will make the evidence more powerful in comparison... I mean, if you take these things for granted, it is often counterproductive." Look at Xiaoxia's expression Bewildered, Lawyer Chen had to further explain: "You take it seriously when you watch the plot in the movie and TV. It's not the same thing. I know you want to prove that Jiang Biao didn't have time to commit the crime. But we stayed in Jicheng, and Not Hong Kong or the distant United States. We and them are not even in the same legal system."
Xiaoxia asked again: "What should I do?"
"Don't waste your time. I didn't sleep over these few days. I found the little girl who was raped and got some useful things from her that could be used to refute the evidence they had at hand. As long as they No more effective evidence was found, I think Jiang Biao should be able to get it out."
"Are you sure?"
"In the past few days, I have also checked many similar cases. I know how to defend it then. You have to trust me."
The future development of the matter has mostly entered Lawyer Chen's prediction. I have to admit that there is a sequence of learning about the truth, and there is a specialization in the field of surgery. This is really correct. In terms of laws and local judicial operating procedures, Mr. Chen can be regarded as a professional after all. At the very least, he can judge which actions are effective and which are invalid. In this regard, Xiaoxia and I are of course ashamed.
At Wanxi that day, Lawyer Chen came up with a clumsy way to wait and see. He found a farmer in Xiangshuitai, and asked him to go around the road every night to see if the brick house where Xiao Jiang lived on the side of the road was turned on. Lawyer Chen estimates that the two mothers and daughters will return there. If he sees lights, he only has to call to report the news, and Lawyer Chen will pay him fifty yuan. The farmer was quite surprised, saying that he could make fifty? Attorney Chen told him: "This is called intelligence, and intelligence is worth so much money. You do this job as great as the underground party." The farmer is conscientious and walks back and forth on the road several times every day, looking at the building. Does not light up.
On the day of the trial, Jiang Biao reversed his confession and complained to the judge that he was tortured by them during detention. Although the torture is not like the old movies, the instruments of torture are full of tricks, and the punishment makes him dying and pour a bucket of cold water on his head, but it is just a hemp rope that makes him unable to die. Next, Attorney Chen questioned the validity of Wenwen's testimony, and he requested Wenwen to be in a stable condition and to extract a confession from Wenwen again under the condition of notarization. Attorney Chen pointed out that Wenwen's status as an illegitimate daughter has caused her to live in an extremely closed state, and there are not many living people she can see. In her eyes, it is very likely that everyone looks the same, and her reliability in identifying Jiang Biao should be questioned. He raised this question, and there is corresponding evidence to prove it.
On that day, the court did not make a judgment in court, and they did not immediately declare some of the requests made by Lawyer Chen.
A week before the trial, Lawyer Chen had found Xiao Jiang and Wenwen. The stupid method he used really worked. One night the farmer saw the light in the house and quickly called Lawyer Chen. Lawyer Chen was also unambiguous. He took a taxi to Toudaoling that night and saw Xiao Jiang and Wenwen. How he got into the two-story brick house that night is unknown. Afterwards he just smiled lightly and told us: "There is no dog inside, so I went in."
When Xiao Jiang saw Lawyer Chen, out of motherhood, his first reaction was to protect the calf and prevent him from seeing Wenwen. She told him that Wenwen could no longer be irritated, and there could not be a single word about it in front of her. Attorney Chen and Xiao Jiang put on psychology and told her that it was useless to do so. If Wenwen himself hadn't forgotten it, then others would be acting as a deceit for mentioning or not mentioning it. To be reasonable, Xiao Jiang is not Lawyer Chen's opponent. Lawyer Chen makes money by reasoning with people after eight hours of repairing the septic tank. Xiao Jiang had to call Hu Shuanzhu, and Hu Shuanzhu heard that a man had broken in, so he took the eight mounds with him. Lawyer Chen is a resourceful man. After Hu Shuanzhu came that day, he tried every means to get Hu Shuanzhu to sit down. The two talked for a long time. Speaking of Xingtou, Hu Shuanzhu even asked Ba Deng to go to Jietianlong to buy some wine and food, and several people chatted in that brick building. When we talked about Tianming, several people had already drunk like brothers.
Wenwen is emotionally unstable and afraid of meeting strangers. Lawyer Chen is not in a hurry to ask her to answer questions. He stayed patiently in Xiangshuitai for two days, and gradually became familiar with Wenwen, and the two chatted with each other, talking about everything. Finally, under the guidance of Lawyer Chen, Wenwen was able to talk about the situation on the day of the crime in a relatively relaxed state. Although she still has fear in her eyes, the child is still small after all, and there is no such thing as an adult. Clear memory and specific reactions. Everything is vague. It’s like a pill, you tell her it’s sweet, she will eat it as candy; she feels bitter, but you tell her in a firmer tone that it’s very sweet, so it’s a bit bitter, and she will still take the second pill . Lawyer Chen has children. He is familiar with such language skills. He speaks around and makes Wenwen relax unconsciously.
Wenwen's situation confirmed Jiang Biao's words. She said that a driver stopped by her side that day, came down to play with her and give her candy. She didn't like to eat that kind of candy, and asked the driver for money, and the driver gave her a piece of money. After the driver drove the car away, she went to play in the woods and lay in the grass to sleep, when someone suddenly stopped her.
Attorney Chen interjected in time and asked her: "Is that the uncle who gave you the money?"
Wenwen replied: "It's a bit like, but a bit different."
"Then in the Public Security Bureau, how do you say it is him?"
"The uncle police pointed to the man behind the glass and asked me. I didn't see him that day. I said he had met him and he paid me back. I remember. They asked if it was him again. I don't know what the uncle police was referring to. , Shook his head. The police uncle was very upset, and asked me if I looked like, I nodded and said that they looked like. They did look alike too. I nodded, and the police uncle laughed."
Wenwen remembers clearly and speaks clearly. Lawyer Chen recorded it with a voice recorder. This confession was taken out and played a decisive role. Soon after the trial, Jiang Biao was acquitted.