my wife is a consul

Chapter 40
Du Laifu sat on the witness stand again.

He is tall and thin, in his 30s, with a mole on his face, and a wicked brow. He looks very treacherous.

Lu Ming sat, looking at the note in his hand.

It was the information that the big head sent to him just now, from the old ghost's investigation.

According to the above, it turned out that Li Xiaoyan's husband, Liu Shoucheng, the second shareholder of Mingjia Entertainment, went up to the Jincheng Hotel at around four o'clock that night when the incident happened.

However, the witness would not testify in court anyway, and the old ghost also promised that he would never reveal the identity of the witness.

Lu Ming frowned and thought.

"Defense?" Seeing that Lu Ming hadn't moved for a long time, Cao Guan had no choice but to remind him.

"Yes." Lu Ming stuffed the note into his pocket, got up slowly, and walked in front of Du Laifu, "Mr. Du Laifu, what is your relationship with the victim, Ms. Li Xiaoyan?"

Du Laifu leaned over to the microphone, "I'm her cousin."

"Please explain in detail."

Du Laifu looked at Lu Ming with some doubts.

"For example, how did your relationship come about?"

Du Laifu hesitated for a while, and said: "Ms. Li Xiaoyan's mother and my mother are from the same hometown, and they have been good friends since childhood."

These questions had been prepared for a long time. Liu Hanxuan asked his assistant to practice with him and told him not to lie. He just thought that he would be asked by the defense on the first day of the trial, but he didn't expect it to be delayed until today.

Lu Ming nodded: "In other words, you don't have any blood relationship."

"Yes, but she takes good care of me. Since childhood, I have regarded her as my own sister."

"Ms. Li Xiaoyan, what kind of person are you?"

Du Laifu gradually breathed a sigh of relief. She had practiced almost all these questions, "She is kind and kind. She has always been very kind to those close to her."

"Jincheng Hotel is a very simple small hotel, does she often stay there?"

"Yes, in fact, she doesn't like luxurious people very much. She said that she is more comfortable in the Jincheng apartment, and she will think of the time when she was a child and spent time with the neighbors." Du Laifu answered with ease.

"So, she asked Mr. Li Haoran to her room late at night. You will understand that two lonely and poor people will often attract each other, right?"

Du Laifu was stunned, according to the script of the original rehearsal, the next question should be to ask Li Xiaoyan if she often brings men to the Jincheng Hotel.

His answer should be various proofs that Li Xiaoyan is not a slutty woman.

But I don't want to, the other party doesn't follow the routine.

"Because you understand, you don't feel strange about Ms. Li Xiaoyan's abnormal behavior, and you don't think there will be any problems, do you?"

Du Laifu looked at the prosecutor's seat, but saw Liu Hanhuang frowning, his expression was not very good.

"Yes, yes..." Du Laifu replied indiscriminately.

Liu Hanxuan's face was very ugly, and he was still tricked. The original answer was that the defense would try to attack the victim's character in preparation, but he didn't want to. From the very beginning, Lu Qianxing had no intention of attacking Li Xiaoyan's character at all.

In this way, in the eyes of the jury, Li Xiaoyan gradually became a pitiful and kind abandoned woman who was completely ignored by those who loved the new and disliked the old.

This guy Lu Qianxing climbed even more smoothly, and took the opportunity to shape the character of Li Si, which was equally pitiful and pathetic.

He and Li Xiaoyan became the fallen people in the end of the world.

Crimes such as robbery, rape and murder, etc., seem to be very unreasonable.

Even if I am shaken in my heart now, could it be that Li Si really didn't kill people?
I didn't have a deep understanding of this case. It was just going through the motions.

Then Liu Hanxuan was slightly stunned, why did he have such an idea?This is not a good sign!

The cross-examination continued in front of the witness stand.

"According to your testimony, you found out that Li Xiaoyan was killed four hours after Mr. Li Haoran left, at around five in the morning, right?"

Du Laifu nodded slightly, "Yes!"

"During this period, you didn't see a third person enter Li Xiaoyan's room again? Right?"

"Yes."

"Have you been staring at Ms. Li Xiaoyan's room? Even though Mr. Li Haoran has left, according to common sense, Ms. Li Xiaoyan has already gone to sleep, but you are still paying attention to Ms. Li Xiaoyan's room?"

Du Laifu shook his head: "No, because that day I had a few friends who lived in the room opposite to Ms. Li Xiaoyan, so I was there to accompany them, but they were all too good at smoking, so I opened the door and window of the room, and the door opened. It's never been turned off."

"Yes, I saw this in your testimony. According to the testimony of several of your friends, some went to the bedroom to sleep after getting drunk, and some left early. Looking at the timeline, starting at 3 o'clock in the morning, only You yourself, continue to drink in the outer room of the suite, right? The door of the outer room of the suite is open, and your seat is facing the door of Ms. Li Xiaoyan's suite, so you can clearly see the people coming in and out."

"Yes!"

"Then, at [-]:[-] in the morning, you suddenly discovered that the door outside Ms. Li Xiaoyan's apartment was ajar. You wanted to close the door for her, but you smelled blood in the bedroom. That's when you found out that Ms. Li Xiaoyan was murdered."

"Yes."

"At that time, it happened to be windy, because you opened the window and door, so the strong wind blew the door of Ms. Big wind."

"Yes." Du Laifu nodded again.

"How much wine did you drink at that time?" Lu Ming asked suddenly.

"Probably, together, there are two catties of brandy."

"Why do you drink alone? After your friends leave, you still continue to drink by yourself. Is there anything bothering you?"

"No, I usually like to drink." Du Laifu's heart gradually settled down. It seemed that his answer was not bad, and he would not be reprimanded by Liu Hanxuan's lawyer. The question came to an end.

"You like Ms. Li Xiaoyan, right?" Lu Ming asked suddenly.

Du Laifu looked up in astonishment.

"Against the defense's unreasonable speculation!" Liu Hanxuan stood up abruptly.

"In court, my question is very important, and it's not without reason." Lu Ming bowed slightly to Cao Guan.

Cao Guan nodded: "The witness needs to answer this question."

"You like Ms. Li Xiaoyan, don't you?" Staring at Du Laifu.

Du Laifu shook his head, "No, I have always regarded her as my own sister!"

"Then, how do you explain that you have a tattoo of her country name, Xiaohua, on your private parts?"

Du Laifu was stunned, never expecting that the opposing lawyer would know such a secret.

Liu Hanxuan frowned and was about to get up when Du Laifu said, "Even if I have Xiaohua's tattoo on my body, it doesn't mean I'm my cousin. It's also beautiful."

Liu Hanxuan's face was slightly calm, and he answered well. This guy is not completely out of his mind.

Lu Ming nodded: "Actually, you drank too much wine that night, and you still opened the door and drank it to Ms. Li Xiaoyan's door because you were angry, right? Because what you couldn't get was easily obtained by a cripple."

"As I said, there were many people smoking in the room at that time..."

"However, your reason is unreasonable. Your sister-like woman brought her lover into the room, and you left the door open in the opposite room. Your drunk friends can see it when they look up. The door of your own sister's room, you will imagine what is going on inside, do you think this is reasonable?"

"Shouldn't you get over it and close the door tightly? Or, take your friends and change rooms?"

Du Laifu hesitated, "I, I drank too much at the time, I didn't think so much..."

Liu Hanxuan frowned, and he didn't think of the unreasonableness here, and never thought it was unreasonable.

Because, from the objective facts, it seems very logical, the smell of smoke is too strong, there are a few drunks eating and drinking, and the door is open, it is normal, and this kind of scene often happens.

However, this omission is precisely because it is too objective. If Du Laifu's point of view is substituted, the opposite room is a person like a real sister. With a lover, he may turn upside down. How could he allow the door of his room opposite the corridor to open? Now, wouldn't it be embarrassing if you heard the voice?

Even, he should lead his friend to change rooms. After all, he is a hotel operator, so he has this convenience.

The jurors were also discussing in low voices.

Lu Ming looked at Du Laifu, and suddenly said, "You killed Li Xiaoyan, right?!"

Du Laifu shuddered violently and raised his head in astonishment.

"Because love turned into hate, you have been drinking in a dull mood. Under the influence of alcohol, you entered Li Xiaoyan's room and questioned her! However, Li Xiaoyan has always disdained you for being ugly, and just treats you like a human being, so when you are angry, you lose Out of reason, I smashed it down with the flying eagle sculpture, once, twice, three times..."

"She finally stopped moving. You wake up, quickly wipe off your fingerprints, go back to your room, wake up your drunk friend, and say that you found Li Xiaoyan's body."

"And the ready-made scapegoat is the one you hate the most now, Mr. Li Haoran who took away your sister who you have been secretly in love with for many years, isn't it?!"

Lu Ming even opposed Zhujie's question, regardless of Liu Hanxuan's standing up.

There was already an uproar in the jury seats and the auditorium.

Du Laifu turned pale and kept shaking his head, "It's not me, it's not me..."

Lu Ming nodded: "Actually, you may not have time to commit the crime, because that night, a distinguished guest came to your hotel, and you once entertained him, right?"

"Yes, yes..." After Du Laifu finished speaking, his face turned pale immediately.

Lu Ming looked at him, and said in a calm tone, "So, you didn't keep staring at the door of Ms. Li Xiaoyan's room. During this period, if someone came in or out, you wouldn't know."

Du Laifu's face was ashen, and he almost collapsed on the witness stand.

"In court, I have no problem!" Lu Ming bowed slightly, walked towards his seat, then stopped suddenly, and looked at the jury seat: "Actually, the most important witness for the prosecution is a dishonest witness. "

"The prosecution's suspicion of my client is the most important confession from Mr. Du Laifu. In fact, there is no other strong evidence at all."

"The so-called stolen goods that the police found in my client's house are just Ms. Li Xiaoyan's way of venting her life."

"But the police didn't investigate deeply at all. My client was the only one on their list of suspects. Yes, they only investigated my client!"

"There are too many doubts in the evidence provided by the police, and it is impossible to form a closed chain of evidence. Here, there is no need for the principle that the benefit of doubts should be attributed to the defendant. Instead, the prosecution's judgment on the motive of the murder is wrong."

"The prosecution determined that my client's motive for the murder was attempted rape and robbery. According to the available evidence, this is fundamentally wrong."

Lu Ming looked at Cao Guan, "Court, if it's a grand jury hearing now, and I ask to dismiss the case, will you agree? Because if I take ten thousand steps back, even if my client is the murderer, I shouldn't. Accused of premeditated murder, the prosecution did not mention that my client’s motive for the murder may be an emotional dispute, as long as I prove that the motive for the murder identified by the prosecution is wrong, the grand jury hearing will inevitably dismiss the case, right?”

Cao Guan stared at Lu Ming without saying a word, but there was some appreciation in his eyes.

Lu Ming then sighed, "Unfortunately, before the trial of the case, I did not have a lot of evidence, so this case has entered the trial stage. Here, I request all jurors to declare that I The parties involved are not guilty!"

"Although he is despicable and not a good person, he took advantage of the victim, Ms. Li Xiaoyan, but he did not kill Ms. Li Xiaoyan."

"The real murderer is still at large! Only by finding the real murderer, Ms. Li Xiaoyan, can we get real peace!"

Liu Hanxuan's face was livid, this guy, is he making his closing statement here?

However, at this moment, it is really difficult to refute anything.

"Prosecution, can your psychologist witness testify in court?" Cao Guan asked.

"I need time to prepare!" Liu Hanhuang stood up.

It feels like now that a psychologist has come forward to prove that Li Mingxuan is not mentally normal, that's why he killed someone to wipe off his fingerprints and then went back to sleep.

It seems that there is no relief for the current situation in court. Why don't we wait a few more days, and the emotions of the jurors will be different.

But is it really possible to reverse the disadvantage?
I was careless for a while, and it seems to be too late when I pay attention to it now. I was pressed by the opponent step by step, and the case has completely entered the rhythm of the opponent. Now I am afraid that it will be very difficult to recover.

Liu Hanxuan looked at the back of the young lawyer, momentarily at a loss.

On the side, Zhang Jingjing noticed the confusion in the master's eyes, and couldn't help being startled, feeling faintly that the building was about to collapse.

Cao Guan looked at the time, picked up the gavel, "Adjourn! I'll give you a day to prepare new witness statements."

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