Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety Seventh

Before Gu Nianzhi had time to fight back, the judge had already struck the gavel: "I agree with the defendant's lawyer's request, and the court will be temporarily adjourned until the two sides find a neutral third party to conduct another autopsy."

Huo Shaoheng also nodded at this time, "Alright, I hope it won't take too long."

After the adjournment, Gu Nianzhi followed Huo Shaoheng and the others into the military van to return to the station.

In the car, Director Wang, who had been silent all this time, actually praised Gu Nianzhi: "Miss Gu is really smart and quick to respond. I believe you will become a good lawyer and help us win this lawsuit."

Gu Nianzhi quickly expressed his humility: "I just think of what to say, I am immature and need to be tempered."

Even though she said that, the look of disdain on her face seemed full of arrogance.

Huo Shaoheng glanced at her, then turned to Director Wang and said, "She is still young, and Director Wang praised her absurdly."

Gu Nianzhi immediately put away the arrogance on his face, lowered his head, exposing his snow-white neck, the soft curve stretched in front of Huo Shaoheng's eyes, his voice paused slightly, and he stopped talking.

...

Back at the station, Gu Nianzhi hurriedly took a shower, and when she came out of the bedroom, she saw Huo Shaoheng sitting on the sofa in her small living room, staring at her computer in a trance.

"Young Master Huo, I... I locked the door." Gu Nianzhi scratched his head at a loss, wondering if he forgot to lock the door again?

Huo Shaoheng didn't look back, "It's locked, I opened it with a key."

Gu Nianzhi: "..." I don't know what to say.

She sat down next to Huo Shaoheng awkwardly, and shook her head slightly when she saw Huo Shaoheng looking at the pictures of the evidence in Director Wang's file bag on her computer.

"Because this case is too long from now, almost all the evidence has been destroyed. What we see now is the second-hand or even third-hand evidence."

"Yeah, it's really a pity." Huo Shaoheng sat up straight, his long legs reaching under the coffee table, "The bedroom at the scene of the first crime has been completely redecorated, so it has no reference value at all. "

Gu Nianzhi remembered Huo Shaoheng's sound-proof suite in the Huo family's mansion, "Huo Shao, your suite was renovated in those years?"

"Well, almost." Huo Shaoheng played with a round gold coin in his hand, "After I left home, Huo's house began to be renovated and rebuilt intermittently."

"In this case, there is no direct evidence, but indirect evidence is fine." Gu Nianzhi thoughtfully, stroked his chin with one hand, held the mouse with the other, and quickly searched for legal information, "I remember that there was no direct witness or physical evidence. , but ultimately won the case.”

"What circumstantial evidence?"

Gu Nianzhi opened the case, took a look, and pondered: "For example, who asked to redecorate the deceased's room? Who took over the job? The renovation and reconstruction of Huo's house cannot be done by an outside construction team, only the military department Insiders."

Huo Shaoheng understood as soon as he heard it, "I'll ask Ozawa to find the materials of the construction team and send them to Director Wang. He is best at appraising evidence."

Gu Nianzhi laughed, and when he looked at the evidence on the big screen, he became more cordial: "Although these evidences are not first-hand evidence, they can also explain a lot of problems. Director Wang is indeed very powerful. The first thing he found It's Luo Xinxue's psychiatrist."

"Huh? Really?"

"The medical records from her psychiatrist also showed that Luo Xinxue needed sleeping pills to fall asleep after her husband died. Therefore, she has a record of habitually taking sleeping pills." Gu Nianzhi called up a medical record, "However, these medical records and prescriptions show that , The sleeping pills prescribed to Luo Xinxue are not large. Of course, if she has planned for a long time, slowly saving the sleeping pills and taking them all at once, it is also possible."

"So, the difficulty of this lawsuit is not ordinary." Huo Shaoheng sat up straight, his brows became more and more wrinkled.

First of all, it was very difficult to prove that Luo Xinxue had not swallowed the sleeping pills, and finally got the approval, but the other party asked for another autopsy.

Now it is necessary to prove that Luo Xinxue, who has a history of taking sleeping pills for a long time, does not have the suicidal tendency of stealing sleeping pills. No matter how you look at it, it is an impossible task.

And even if the previous two "impossible missions" became possible, it would be even more difficult to prove that the sleeping pill was related to Bai Jinyi.

Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng sympathetically.

Accusing Bai Jinyi of delaying Song Jinning's treatment, causing her to worsen and nearly die, and causing huge losses to the country, is much easier than accusing Bai Jinyi of murdering Luo Xinxue.

But the former could not allow Bai Jinyi to receive the punishment he deserved.

"... Huo Shao, who do you want to be the chief defense lawyer to accuse Bai Jinyi of murdering Luo Xinxue?" Gu Nianzhi asked quietly.

"A lawyer from the military department." Huo Shaoheng casually played with the round gold coins between his fingers, "Luo Xinxue is my uncle's widow, her death is related to his uncle's death, so they will take over the prosecution."

Gu Nianzhi thought of someone: "What about Director Bai? She is the director of your Special Operations Judicial Affairs Department, and also Bai Jinyi's niece. With such a relationship, she should avoid suspicion, right?"

"Yes, that's why I thought it was better not to use people from the Legal Affairs Department at all. You might as well do all the defense."

It turned out to be the next best thing.

Gu Nianzhi felt dissatisfied and nodded slowly, "...that's right."

She stopped talking, but Huo Shaoheng smiled at her, stroked her hair, and said affectionately: "Little girl has a lot of inner drama in her movies."

Gu Nian's face was blank, Huo Shao had already understood her careful thoughts...

"Young Master Huo, I need to borrow someone from you to testify in court next time." Gu Nianzhi was a little embarrassed, so he had to change the subject and talk about their case.

"Who?"

"Huo Jialan." Gu Nianzhi pointed to the evidence on the computer, "She keeps the relics of your uncle and aunt. Her testimony is very important."

Because the next step is definitely a debate about the evidence.

Gu Nianzhi has great confidence in Zhu's forensic medicine, and does not think that any neutral forensic doctor can challenge Zhu's conclusion.

If so, Gu Nianzhi intends to challenge this neutral forensic doctor's "independent" qualifications and practice qualifications.

Since Huo Jialan was taken away by Huo Shaoheng and imprisoned for polygraph testing on New Year's Eve, it has been almost a month since Huo Jialan showed up in front of people.

"Young Master Huo, have you tested her?" Gu Nianzhi asked with concern, "How is she?"

Huo Shaoheng sighed: "Tested, but no flaws were found."

Gu Nianzhi: "..."

so smart?

Or is she really okay?

"...It can't be said that there is no problem." Huo Shaoheng pondered, "Maybe we are asking the wrong direction, and she is not a convicted person after all, nor is she an enemy of the country, so many of our methods cannot be used against her."

Lie detection is inherently a very subjective behavior, and the results of the polygraph cannot be used as direct evidence, but only as indirect reference.

However, if he could not reveal his flaws in front of the lie detector of the Special Operations Department, even if he asked in the wrong direction, he could still say that Huo Jialan was a tough-minded person, although he was not as strong as Huo Shaoheng.

Gu Nianzhi nodded heavily: "I understand. Then I won't meet her in advance, lest she get psychologically defensive."

...

Time passed quickly, and the Bai family found a neutral forensic doctor very quickly. After reading his background, Huo Shaoheng also agreed, and began to arrange an autopsy that was approved by all three parties.

Because the matter was urgent, the forensic doctor took all his time and quickly produced an autopsy report.

A week later, the Imperial Capital Intermediate Court opened again.

The report made by this independent forensic doctor is basically the same as that made by the medical doctor Zhu of the military department, especially the spasm of the throat muscles, and there are obvious scratches and abrasions. This conclusion is almost the same as the conclusion of the medical doctor Zhu.

This shows that there is no problem with Zhu's previous report. The possibility of Luo Xinxue's murder is much higher than the possibility of suicide.

The Jin Dazhuang invited by the Bai family was just a week's delay for them.

Therefore, when the second trial was held, the direction of everyone's debate was no longer entangled in the autopsy report.

Gu Nianzhi asked the court to summon an important witness, Huo Jialan.

In order to prevent Huo Jialan from being mentally prepared, Gu Nianzhi didn't go to see her in advance, let alone ask her any questions in advance.

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