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Chapter 252 Prosecutor: Were We Set Up? [Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!]

Sun Hu!?

Who is the owner of Hongyang Civil Engineering Construction Company?

Zhao Qian and Yue Feng frowned, feeling the name sound vaguely familiar. After a moment's thought, Zhao Qian's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Your construction site boss?"

Zhu Dali's construction team belongs to this company.

If the contractor is Zhu Dali's boss, then... Sun Hu is Zhu Dali's boss!

"Yes." Zhu Dali simply told him everything he knew and guessed.

"That's him!"

But a pity.

The judiciary never listens to only one side of the story.

"Where's the evidence?"

When Prosecutor Yue Feng spoke, his brows furrowed into a knot.

Zhu Dali was taken aback. "What evidence?"

"Any evidence will do," Yue Feng replied. "Whether it's killing Zhang Mushan or buying your life, any evidence will suffice."

"I'm referring to physical evidence, something that can be seen and touched, not just your words or casual remarks."

"this....

""

Zhu Dali fell silent, his gaunt face appearing somewhat gloomy. After a long silence, a hint of resentment crept into his voice.

"Does that lawyer count as evidence?"

"Heh, I can't afford to hire him to defend me... I heard it was 500,000? Or 600,000?"

As he spoke, a mocking expression appeared on his face.

Six hundred thousand? He could never earn six hundred thousand in his entire life.

Based on my monthly salary of 800, that's 9,600 a year, and 96,000 in ten years. I've worked on construction sites from age 20 to 60...

Even if you work until you're 80, you still won't save up 600,000!

Of course, this is on the premise that wages will not increase.

Therefore, from this perspective, it is indeed problematic that Sun Hu spent 600,000 yuan to hire a lawyer for him... and the lawyer even advocated for him to plead guilty.

But then again.

"The previous year, 2002, I think it was around October."

"In the neighboring Qingwu Province, in Lusen City, there's a contractor who hired a lawyer for his workers. Do you know how much it cost?"

Prosecutor Zhao Qian spoke expressionlessly.

Zhu Dali was taken aback.

Then, before he could ask, Zhao Qian spoke again, "Two hundred thousand! Including the bonus, it's three hundred thousand in total!"

Three hundred thousand... to stand up for a worker.

Although it's nearly half the amount of Sun Hu's 600,000 hired lawyers, the difference in their scale is enormous; Sun Hu's total assets are several times that of the other party!

If we look at it as a percentage... that foreman actually paid more than Sun Hu!

and so.

"If someone on the construction site gets into an accident, the boss spending money to hire a lawyer doesn't prove anything."

Zhao Qian looked at Zhu Dali and slowly began to speak.

As for pleading guilty?

The lawyer is advocating for a guilty plea?

You also have to look at the client's demands. Zhu Dali first advocated for a guilty plea, and then the lawyer Yan Mi came.

From a social logic perspective, the other party, being a service provider, cannot go against the wishes of the client and do the case according to their own ideas, right?

so.....

"None of these count as evidence."

Prosecutor Zhao Qian shook his head, then his eyes narrowed as he looked at Zhu Dali. "On the contrary, you... you explained very clearly."

Zhu Dali was stunned for a moment, then his pupils suddenly contracted and he became somewhat agitated.

"What do you mean!?"

"Do you think I'm the murderer!?"

The implication of what the other party said was clearly that the murderer was Zhu Dali, and that everything he was saying was just an attempt to obstruct the legal process and prolong his life.

in other words.

The information gathered by the prosecutors and the police, and the indictment they filed, are all correct!

Does the other party want to use me as a stepping stone for their career advancement?

Zhao Qian stared at his reaction, looked at him carefully, then frowned and remained silent.

Instead, prosecutor Yue Feng took over the conversation and steered the topic to another level.

"Tell me about yourself now."

Zhu Dali was somewhat irritated, but he suppressed his anger, pointed at himself, and frowned.

"I?"

"right."

Yue Feng nodded, then leaned forward slightly, crossed his arms, and fixed his deep eyes on the other person, slowly saying, "Why...why did you recant your testimony?"

Why recant your testimony... This question sounds rather harsh.

It's like, if you don't recant your testimony, it won't prove I made a mistake in my work.

But that's not actually what it means.

The question is more about the literal meaning: Why did Zhu Dali recant his testimony and overturn the false evidence he gave?

According to the other party, they have pancreatic cancer and have a 99% chance of not surviving. They are not far from death and want to sell their life for 15 yuan.

It sounds like a good deal, and it makes sense.

But unfortunately...

In the first trial, just as the verdict was about to be announced and the other party was about to achieve their goal... Zhu Dali suddenly changed his tune.

It's just one step away; 15 will be in hand.

So... why did the other party change their mind?

"I..

""

Zhu Dali paused. He was about to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he froze, unsure of what to say, and became hesitant.

Yes.

Why did I change my tune?

Yes, although it was unbelievable, Zhu Dali realized after regaining his senses that he didn't know why he had changed his words.

The two prosecutors in front of him paused, exchanged a glance, and waited silently without urging him on.

After a while.

Zhu Dali then hesitated before speaking, "Because... that lawyer, Yan Mi, he wouldn't let me live!"

As he spoke, he became agitated and shouted angrily, "He...he wants me dead! Why should I die? Why should 15 yuan buy my life? Am I a stray dog?!"

"These bastards...they look down on me, fucking, they look down on me, you know that?!"

Prosecutor Yue Feng quickly raised his hand, "Calm down, calm down."

"My question is why you changed your testimony, not whether the price paid for your life was reasonable."

After saying that.

Zhu Dali finally calmed down. He lowered his head, feeling the sharp pain in his hands from being handcuffed. After a moment, he said in a muffled voice, "He won't defend me."

No defense offered?

The two prosecutors pondered for a moment.

The image of the trial flashed through his mind: Xu Deming had practically laid bare the outcome of the trial on the other side's face, yet the other side stubbornly refused to copy it.

The prosecutor was so confused that he thought he was dealing with two enemies.

"That doesn't make sense."

Zhao Qian thought about it over and over and still felt somewhat suspicious.

"If it's a scapegoat..."

'

"Logically speaking, lawyers should handle cases as if they were normal cases, which would be more discreet."

If Yan Mi wanted Zhu Dali dead, theoretically, shouldn't he have disguised it as a normal case?

He desperately defended Zhu Dali, and then waited for the verdict. In the end, Zhu Dali was sentenced to death, disguised as an ordinary case, making it even less likely to be discovered.

"Have you done anything else?"

Yue Feng also felt there was something wrong, and turned his attention to Zhu Dali.

Zhu Dali hesitated, then tentatively said after thinking for a moment, "I...I want to do a paternity test with Zhu Ming!"

Doing a paternity test?

Then let's do it.

The two prosecutors were still somewhat confused.

Then Zhu Dali added, "Forensic identification report."

Judicial report?

Keep doing it, nobody's stopping you...

Yue Feng was still pondering, but as he thought about it, he suddenly paused, and then he narrowed his eyes.

A forensic report... In a case where there was suspicion based on sensory evidence, right before the trial, someone suddenly requested an official bloodline test report... Is the other party trying to fool the prosecutor?!

"No, why does the test report have to be a legal report?"

Yue Feng suddenly asked again, "Because...we don't...we don't verify identities." Zhu Dali replied.

"Why can't we do this after the case is closed?" Yue Feng asked.

Zhu Dali thought for a moment, his face darkening, his fists clenched, and he hissed angrily in a low voice: "Because I won't live to see the second trial!"

Hypothetical scenario: After the first trial concludes and the presiding judge delivers the verdict, bringing the case to a close, Zhu Dali undergoes further testing and discovers that the child is not his biological son.

So, what can he do at this time?

First of all, Zhu Dali was unwilling to take the blame and give the adulterous couple a huge sum of 15 yuan.

However, since the first trial had already concluded, he did not want to take the blame, so he had no choice but to file for a second trial and have the case retried, claiming that he was there to take the blame.

In the subsequent second trial, the authorities discovered that Zhu Dali had pulled everyone aside and confessed.

Logically, it makes perfect sense.

But that's just logic.

"I have pancreatic cancer... Do you know what pancreatic cancer is? It's the most incurable of incurable diseases!"

Suddenly, Zhu Dali's emotions collapsed again.

Pancreatic cancer, the king of cancers, is both easy to hide and deadly once it develops.

Patients typically have only five years to live after being diagnosed with cancer.

For the first two years, the patient will be like a normal person, without any symptoms. However, starting from the third year, the patient's health will deteriorate rapidly, and they may die within a few months or two or three years!

Zhu Dali covered his face, weeping bitterly, and said, "The second trial... how many years will the second trial take?"

"Do you know I won't live to see the second trial and have my case overturned?!"

The two prosecutors paused.

If the second trial goes wrong, it could take as little as six months, normally less than a year, or even two or three years.

Zhu Dali did not live to see the second trial and the verdict was finalized.

Once he dies, the "rehabilitation" efforts centered around him will be impossible to investigate, even if the authorities wanted to investigate, they would have no way to do so.

and so.

"No wonder they wanted the expert report done before the first trial could finalize the verdict."

The two prosecutors seemed to be deep in thought.

Before a verdict is reached, one can recant their testimony at any time based on the test report results. However, after a verdict is reached, if the test report is unsatisfactory, it will be much more difficult to recant their testimony then.

"Okay, this interrogation is now over. The police will likely interrogate you again later."

"If there are any follow-up leads, the prosecution will contact you again."

Yue Feng stood up, said nothing more, and prepared to walk out.

At present, Zhu Dali only has clues in his mind, but no evidence.

The evidence... they still have to investigate it themselves.

Whether this case is a scapegoat or Zhu Dali's sophistry, we have to take the case ourselves and see for ourselves to know the truth.

The two walked outside.

Before leaving.

Prosecutor Zhao Qian suddenly stopped, as if realizing something. He quickly turned to look at Zhu Dali and asked, "Why did you suddenly want to do a paternity test?"

at this time.

Zhu Dali, who was being escorted by the police and about to leave, paused and replied, "The lawyer gave me a forensic report showing that my son and I are not father and son..."

'

Zhao Qian asked, "Is it secure?"

Zhu Dali shook his head.

Zhao Qian thought for a moment, then asked, "Xu De?"

Zhu Dali recalled for a moment, then nodded, "It was him."

"Um."

Zhao Qian nodded, then said nothing more and walked out of the interrogation room.

"squeak!"

The interrogation room door closed, and the two figures disappeared from Zhu Dali's sight.

In the corridor.

"Hmm, this is a bit tricky."

"I just tested him a bit, and Zhu Dali immediately got angry, so what he said must be true."

"But if it really is..."

'

As Prosecutor Zhao Qian walked out, he smoked a cigarette and frowned, saying, "What can Zhu Dali provide?"

""

"It's all information, but no evidence. It's been a month and a half since the incident, and any evidence that should have disappeared has already disappeared. The so-called middleman probably won't be found anytime soon either..."

'

The people in Pigeon City are all shrewd; you can't catch them.

Or rather, you can forget about catching him anytime soon these days.

Perhaps they will be caught in five or six years due to surveillance and other facilities.

But would being caught at that point still be of any use?

Zhu Dali has died of illness!

They simply deny it, and there's no official evidence, so nothing will happen.

so...

"Let's start with Sun Hu!"

Prosecutor Yue Feng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, his eyes narrowing.

Sun Hu...

The owner of Hongyang Civil Engineering Company... might be the real killer of Zhang Mushan!

But as Zhao Qian said, without catching the middleman, and with a month and a half having passed since the case was filed, all the evidence from the crime scene had disappeared, making it very difficult to determine whether Sun Hu was guilty.

"It's really hard to investigate," Zhao Qian remarked.

but....

"Even if it's difficult to investigate, we have to investigate!"

Yue Feng's face was rather grim. He had almost made a mistake in handling the case, and his anger was unprecedented.

"This person is suspicious. Arrest him first, then take him to the police station for detention!"

The two quickly made up their minds.

Just as I was about to step out.

For a moment, prosecutor Zhao Qian paused slightly, stunned, and then his eye twitched.

Yue Feng noticed the strange behavior of the person beside him, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have a feeling... are we being used as pawns?"

Zhao Qian suddenly seemed to understand, and he hesitated.

"Look."

"The expert report submitted by Zhu Dali before the trial was contradictory... He said that Xu De instigated it."

"Therefore, once the court session begins, the defendant cannot adjourn the proceedings."

"Once the court adjourns, Zhu Dali will still need to conduct an expert evaluation, so the verdict can only be announced in court immediately."

As Zhao Qian reasoned, his thoughts became clearer and clearer.

"but!"

"It seems there was someone who defended Zhu Dali throughout the trial? Hmm... and they were all directly addressing the core content of the prosecution's indictment."

Following the other person's line of thought, Yue Feng's eyes grew increasingly astonished.

Yes.

There really is such a traitorous teammate... no, there really is such a person!

The opposing side provided a perfect defense strategy, teaching them step by step how to dismantle the robbery, reduce their subjective criminal intent, change the charge from intentional homicide to intentional injury resulting in death, thus avoiding the death penalty and giving their teammate a taste of hardship.

But here is the problem.

This path to victory will take at least six months!

Prosecutors will not allow the other party to refute the charge of intentional homicide; they will defend it relentlessly.

Therefore, if this case is a scapegoat case, Yan Mi would be crazy to choose this point. If the opposing side only wants a verdict in court, then this defense logic is unusable.

but.

The defendant is Zhu Dali.

The other party was seething with anger because of the parent-child relationship, but then they saw that they could live, everyone was happy, and everyone benefited.

As a result, Yan Mi refused to defend him, essentially pushing him towards the death penalty...

Would he be willing?

And so...

The case was adjourned, and Zhu Dali suffered a mental breakdown at the last moment.

"Have we been set up?"

Zhao Qian spoke again.

After he finished speaking...

The two fell silent and stopped talking.

They seem to have really been outmaneuvered, outmaneuvered by their own teammates...

They're just using them as pawns!

"Where is the civil litigation agent? Where did he go?"

"I don't know, they've probably gone to investigate the case too..."

'

The two fell silent for a long time.

"never mind."

Prosecutor Yue Fengcai narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suppressed the somewhat aggrieved emotions in his mind.

He paused for a moment, his face darkened, and he said angrily, "Arrest them first."

""

Who to arrest?

"Seize Sun Hu and pin his identity as a defendant and suspect!"

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