Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 187 Ten Thousand Tons of Steel! [A Long Chapter of 4,000 Words!]

Its origins are not simple.
It's really not simple.

Or rather, Cobalt-60 itself is not simple. No matter how it came about, it must be dealt with with the utmost care!
Everyone cursed under their breath while praying that they wouldn't be targeted by Xu Liang.

Because the other party is looking at the defendant's dock at that moment!
Xu Liang stared at Liu Kun and sneered:
"Before presenting the chain of evidence, I'd like to ask the opposing lawyer."

Jinyang Steel Plant

"Was it just a simple wastewater discharge?!"

Jinyang Steel Plant?
What is the relationship between radioactive cobalt-60 and steel mills?
This doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.
Everyone was surprised and glanced at Luo Jun and Liu Kun, pondering to themselves.

Liu Kun's face was ashen, his lips were bitten white, and he remained silent for a long time.

But as Qian Jianye cast his gaze, it became clear that he had no choice but to speak out.

Liu Kun took a deep breath and finally managed to utter a single word through gritted teeth.

"Yes!"

There's no turning back once the arrow is released; you either surrender immediately or stubbornly stick to your guns!
"Ah."

Xu Liang smiled, and suddenly stopped looking at Liu Kun, instead shifting his gaze to Qian Jianye.

Presiding Judge Qian Jianye said, "Plaintiff, regarding the evidence you submitted..."

Has an investigation been conducted?

If the pollution case involves wastewater containing radioactive elements, then the case must be adjourned to reassess the level of environmental pollution and conduct an investigation.
But it's clear that Xu Liang won't give the other party that option.

He had already decided to close the pollution case before the trial even began!

He took a deep breath and pulled out another thick stack of documents.

What are these files?
Qian Jianye was taken aback, but soon the clerk handed him the information.

The file above is...
"Medical examination report!?"

Qian Jianye paused, his brows furrowing as he looked at the words written in black and white.

Yes, this is a medical examination report.

only.
That's a bit too much!

Qian Jianye quickly counted the number of people and realized that there were at least several dozen.

He patiently read through the first few reports and finally discovered that all the autopsy reports were caused by the radioactive source cobalt-60!

But the problem is.
"Qingshi City? Haiyan City?"

Qian Jianye suddenly froze, looking at the locations of these people on the medical examination reports.

That's right.

These people are not locals of Sunzhou, but people from other places!

Are they tourists from out of town?

wrong.

The test report indicates which hospital issued the report. The hospital is not located in Sunzhou, but rather in their local area.

If that's the case, then these people are definitely from out of town!?

"Out-of-towners? Wastewater containing cobalt-60 was discharged into other cities!?"

Qian Jianye immediately felt a headache coming on.

This case involves multiple cities, not to mention its severity, making its subsequent handling bound to be difficult.

The key is
"This isn't my jurisdiction."

Qian Jianye's mood sank deeper and deeper.

Liu Kun and Luo Jun were both on tenterhooks, barely daring to breathe.

Luo Jun dared not imagine what the report Xu Liang had submitted actually contained.

Liu Kun
His mind was already in a mess.

'Damn it. What on earth happened? Shouldn't the body have been disposed of by the early morning of the 11th?!'

Liu Kun was internally screaming, but reality was already before him.

Sun Jin's body is still there.

Most importantly, there's a brand new medical examination report!

He was somewhat desperate, but he was also hoping that, what if, what if the other party only thought that the sewage contained radioactive materials and did not find any steel?
What if a chemical plant is used as a scapegoat?
just in case
But things can never be completely unpredictable.

Xu Liang spoke up.

"According to our investigation, the medium that caused Sun Jin's physical ionizing radiation damage..."

"It's not Yangguang Primary School or Huangyan Village that have contaminated groundwater!"

No, it's not sewage!?
There was no sewage involved? Then where exactly did this radioactive source affect Sun Jin?
Everyone was suddenly surprised, and their faces showed astonishment.

To know.

There are currently two main factors contributing to environmental pollution in Sunzhou.

First, there's the exhaust gas.

Secondly, it is sewage.

You say it's not the latter, but it can't be that Cobalt-60 floated up into the sky and affected others, right?!

Upon hearing this, Luo Jun's face suddenly turned pale.

He vaguely knew what the other person was going to say, and a feeling of despair welled up in his heart.

"What do you mean?"

Presiding Judge Qian Jianye instinctively sensed something was wrong and frowned as he inquired.

"Plaintiff, please provide more details!"

Of course I have to say it.

Xu Liang nodded, smiled, looked meaningfully at the defendant, and slowly began to speak:

"1999, this year should be quite unfamiliar to everyone."

In 1999, everyone was somewhat dazed.

So, six years ago?

This is indeed unfamiliar.

No one, including Qian Jianye, knew what the other person was talking about. Only Liu Kun's eyes narrowed, and he felt anxious.

Others might not know this year, but how could he and Luo Jun not know it?!

1999 was the year they almost died!
"Your Honor, what the other party said is irrelevant to this trial!"

Qian Jianye's face darkened as he waited for the plaintiff's statement.

"A warning!"

There was a hint of anger in Qian Jianye's tone.

"If this happens again, you will be immediately expelled from court!"

Liu Kun's face immediately turned pale.

If you go to court, the case will be completely hopeless.

He couldn't speak, he couldn't interrupt him. He looked helplessly at Xu Liang, as if he himself was falling into an abyss, and no matter how he struggled, he couldn't stop the downward trend.

"Hehe, looks like the opposing lawyer is in a hurry."

Xu Liang smiled, seemingly unconcerned, but then his expression suddenly hardened.

"In 1999, a case occurred that year."

“A parent from Yangguang Primary School once hired a lawyer to sue Jinyang Steel Plant, and the case is similar to the current one, also based on the grounds of environmental pollution!”

Is it also environmental pollution?

A lawyer from 1999? Everyone frowned, feeling that the name sounded vaguely familiar.
It seems to be true.

Just as they were thinking that...

The next second, the voice rang in my ears.

"The lawyer's name is..."

Xu Liang solemnly said:
"Jinbo!"

Jin Bo?

For a moment, the scene paused briefly before everyone was stunned.

"Jin Bo? I vaguely remember him. Isn't he the lawyer who disappeared six years ago?"

"Oh right, I remember Old Sun was in charge of this case back then? The police even got involved in the investigation, but they found nothing. He just disappeared so mysteriously."

"Why bring this up? Aside from both being cases involving environmental pollution, he and the current case don't seem to have anything in common."

"I don't know, but I have a feeling something's not right."

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On the bench, the judge, overwhelmed by a barrage of information, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Several judges whispered among themselves.

Qian Jianye was similar; he frowned, as if pondering the meaning behind the other person's words.

Meanwhile, Sun Chen, the owner of the defendant chemical plant, frowned.

He also remembered this case.

After all, how could you not remember a lawyer who mysteriously disappears during an investigation?
The case that Jin Bo was in charge of back then was naturally a lawsuit against the steel mill.

Back then, Sun Chen and several other factory managers suspected that Luo Cheng was behind it, and that he might have killed them to cover it up!
But then I thought, it's just a case of environmental pollution.

Even if they lose the case, they'll only have to pay some money at most.

Compared to the pollution, this amount of money is just a drop in the ocean!
Would you kill someone for a loss of one dollar? Sun Chen wouldn't, nor would the other factories, and the police thought the same way. So, in the end, the investigation still yielded no results, and they could only classify it as a missing person case.

just.

What none of them noticed was...

At this moment, Luo Cheng's hands were trembling like leaves, and his face was deathly pale!

"Jin Bo was in charge of investigating pollution from steel plants in 1999."

"Initially, the other party suspected that the client's health problems were caused by groundwater pollution, but soon after, he dismissed this suspicion and turned his attention to something else."

Building materials!

talking.

Xu Liang paused, then suddenly said:
"And it was precisely because of this that Jinbo was ultimately murdered to silence him!!!"

Jinbo is dead?

He was silenced!?

In an instant, everyone present was utterly astonished.

Qian Jianye was startled and quickly said:
"Defendant, do you have any evidence?!"

Jin Bo's case is classified as a missing person case, not a murder case!
Even the police didn't know whether he was dead or not, yet the other party dared to say it openly in court. They must have something to rely on!
What do lawyers rely on?
It's evidence! It's irrefutable proof!!!
"This is Jinbo's DNA test result."

Without hesitation, Xu Liang took out the DNA test results that the testing agency had made on Jin Bo.

At the same time, he took out several other photos.

"The murder scene was in a dilapidated temple on a deserted mountain in the suburbs of Sunzhou. There were very clear traces of blood splatter at the crime scene."

"And Jinbo's body"

"They were buried not far from the temple!"

Hear the words.

Qian Jianye immediately became restless.

He wasn't stupid; in fact, he was quite intelligent, so he naturally understood the meaning behind the other person's words.

If Jinbo was silenced, then there must have been some evidence that could support the murderer's crime!

"Present the evidence quickly!" Qian Jianye urged.

The court clerk quickly brought the evidence.

However, the photo clearly showed a dark and dilapidated temple.

However, there was a large area of ​​blue fluorescence in this dilapidated temple!
As a judge, he naturally knew what it was.

Luminol!
Its role in the courts is often manifested in the detection of bloodstains; its appearance now signifies...
Qian Jianye's heart sank, but he continued reading.

The next photo shows a pile of barren soil containing a decaying skeleton devoid of flesh and blood.

The flesh and blood had long since rotted away, but the clothes were still barely recognizable as the suit the person had worn in life.

这 是
Jinbo!

Qian Jianye's body jolted.

"This clue was provided by a resident from out of town who accidentally discovered it while digesting his food. Based on DNA testing, the deceased was ultimately identified as lawyer Jin Bo, who had disappeared six years ago."

Xu Liang said casually.

He paused, then suddenly changed the subject and continued:
"After the discovery, I began investigating Attorney Kim's cause of death."

"Finally, I found irrefutable evidence left behind by the other party before their death!!!"

talking.

Xu Liang presented a bound document.

There's more!?
Everyone, including those in the dock and the defendant, stared at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

How can there be so much evidence in a pollution case?!

And what exactly does this damn evidence represent?!

First, there was Cobalt-60.

Then there were a bunch of people's medical examination reports.

Furthermore, it was even ruled out that the wastewater contained cobalt-60.
Now they've even dragged in lawyer Jin Bo from six years ago, and he's even dead—he was silenced!
Silencing someone? How can it be called 'silencing someone' if nothing is found out?!

But the problem is
Sun Chen and his group know what they've done and what they haven't done.
What does this thing even mean?!

Huang suddenly, including Qian Jianye.

Everyone looked at Xu Liang, their hearts pounding faster as a sense of foreboding and fear enveloped them.

What exactly is this "ironclad evidence"?
"Everyone, please allow me to explain in advance."

"Lawyer Jin Bo has investigated two places."

"First, in 1989, a large number of lawsuits suddenly emerged in the Sunzhou area against Jinyang Steel Plant."

"The plaintiffs are all employees of Workshop No. 1 of Jinyang Steel Plant, including the workshop director, who is also one of the plaintiffs."

"Your Honor, do you recall what I said?"

Xu Liang suddenly asked Qian Jianye a question.

Qian Jianye paused for a moment, then nodded.

He naturally took notice of the large number of cases that emerged.

At the time, he was just a clerk, and he was so busy with this matter that he didn't even have time to eat!
"Have."

Get the answer.

Xu Liang nodded, stopped asking questions, and continued:

"Lawyer Jin Bo discovered something suspicious based on these people's lawsuits."

"Theoretically speaking, in 1989, the environment in Sunzhou would not have caused a large number of people to get sick!"

"And none of the people in this group got sick afterward."

"This is very strange, just like a group of people cursed in mythology!"

He spoke slowly, his language logical and clear.

talking.

Xu Liang's imposing aura suddenly became apparent; his eyes were sharp, and his voice was like a bullet.

It hit Luo Jun squarely between the eyebrows!

"Subsequently, lawyer Jin Bo conducted a more in-depth investigation."

Ultimately, he discovered one thing: these people had all been in contact with a group of others.

"Steel!!!"

"Coincidentally, this same batch of steel was also used in the early stages of the construction of Sunshine Primary School!"

"At this point, Jin Bo shifted his focus from environmental investigations to steel investigations!!!"

steel
Cobalt-60
Suddenly.

The defendant suddenly felt a pang of panic; these two things combined...
"Luo Jun, is this related to you?!"

Sun Chen suddenly gritted his teeth; he dared not even think about the meaning emanating from the other party.

Fear? Panic? Chaos?

No, no words can describe his emotions at this moment!
The others looked at Luo Jun with fear in their eyes.

"You killed Jinbo?!"

"What's the real story with that batch of steel you have? What are you hiding?"

"No way. You're fucking using me as a pawn!!!"

"What's the situation with that batch of steel? Luo Jun, tell me!"

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Everyone gritted their teeth, their eyes bloodshot.

No matter how you asked him, Luo Jun remained silent.

At this point, he could no longer hear anyone's voice.

My brain was buzzing and completely blank; even my head felt throbbing.

He looked at Xu Liang, completely baffled as to how the other knew all this, and muttered to himself.

"How could this be? How could this be?"

Qian Jianye, sitting in the dock, felt a chill run down his spine as he stared intently at Xu Liang.

And at this time.

The other party also spoke up.

"According to the investigation, it was eventually discovered that in 1987, Jinyang Steel Plant had purchased a batch of high-quality scrap steel from overseas."

"However, this scrap steel is..."

talking.

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, Xu Liang uttered a few words.

几句
Words that would terrify everyone to the point of taking their breath away.

"Radioactive contaminated scrap steel!"

"Radioactive cobalt-60 was added during the smelting process, and the contaminated scrap steel was then distributed to several nearby cities!"

The total weight is...

"Ten thousand tons!!!"

(End of this chapter)