There is a special restaurant in the Xiangjiang High Court, which is divided into a judge's restaurant and a catering restaurant. It is mainly used to solve the dining problem during the noon recess. However, there is no "food supplement" here, and the food is not cheaper than the tea restaurants outside, and the variety is less. It's just a set milk tea or something, don't expect to have any big meal here.

Although both Zhou Yi and Yang Cai are gourmets, they also follow the local customs. They made a set meal each and ate it with relish. Liu Xu and Yang Cai discussed the court debate while eating, and peeked at Zhou Yi from time to time. Zhou Yi saw his wife's face. It was full of happiness, and 'buddy' Yang Cai's face was full of appreciation, and she was really proud of herself.

"Yang Dazhuang, can you introduce me to him?"

A young man wearing a black suit, with bleached silver hair and a very young face came forward. He was looking at Yang Cai with a smile. When he saw Zhou Yi looking at him, he nodded politely, with an elegant and personable demeanor. He is a very well-educated person who is easy to like.

"It's him?"

Zhou Yi had just seen this silver-haired young man surrounded by several barristers, judges and prosecutors. He was talking in high spirits. These well-established people in the legal circle beside him were actually laughing and listening to him. , I was a little curious, but I didn't ask, but I didn't expect that this person actually knew Yang Cai and took the initiative to say hello to them.

"Pang Ban?" Yang Cai frowned slightly, responded to him politely with cooking skills, and then said nothing further, obviously not wanting to have any interaction with this person.

"Zhou Dazhuang, I am Pang Ban. Your defense just now was wonderful and breathtaking, wasn't it?" The silver-haired young man chuckled and extended his hand, with such enthusiasm that people could not refuse.

"You're welcome." The other party flattered him when he came up, which made it hard to refuse. Zhou Yi smiled and shook hands with him. He had nothing to say for a moment, and there was still food in his mouth. This person came at the wrong time.

"Haha. I have heard of Jay Chou for a long time. To be honest with Jay Chou, I am a lawyer and I am also a doctor. We have a lot in common. Let's get to know each other. I hope to have the opportunity to become friends with Jay Chou. .By the way, it seems like we should take a stand? I also support Qin Shuimei. I hope that Jay Chou can help him get rid of the murder charge."

Pang Ban was very discerning and saw that Zhou Yi didn't want to say anything more. He smiled and said a few polite words, then turned and left. Seeing him leave, Yang Cai suddenly showed an expression of relief. Liu Xu smiled and poked her: "This is it. Is that the suitor you mentioned?"

"No way..." Yang Caijiao got angry, and the two beauties burst into laughter. With each other's words, Zhou Yi had a preliminary understanding of this Pang Ban. I have to say, this is really He is a genius, a legend in Hong Kong's legal and medical circles. If there is anything wrong with him, it is that he is too romantic. He likes to show mercy everywhere, and Yang Cai's law firm often receives flowers from him.

What impressed Zhou Yi was that Pang Ban lost his hearing due to meningitis when he was three years old. To communicate with people at close range, he had to rely on hearing aids, and at long distances, he had to rely on looking at the mouth shape to analyze what the other person said. But he He still relied on his own efforts to become a barrister. He was also the only barrister in the Hong Kong court who relied on lip-syncing to work. For this reason, he was once awarded the title of one of the top ten outstanding youths in Hong Kong. Perhaps because of his physical disability, he He had more time to focus on his studies. While making outstanding achievements in law, he also became the first surgeon at Huade Hospital in Xiangjiang. He once completed a difficult operation for the chief executive's wife. Therefore, whether in the legal circle They all have a very high reputation in the medical community...

Zhou Yi also secretly admired that he relied on the system as a cheating device, but others were disabled in body and mind. He had achieved such brilliant achievements through his own efforts and talent, which was a shame.

***

When the court opened in the afternoon, the third witness called by the prosecution was the drug addict. Huang Li, thirty-one years old, has been a beauty for eight years. She is a character with jade arms that can be used by thousands of people and a bit of red lips that can be tasted by thousands of people.

. She sat down on the witness stand, her eyes wandering around, and the jurors immediately frowned. Even if such a person took an oath, few would believe what she said.

Under the guidance of Sun Yuqing, Huang Li very clearly stated a 'fact' - although she had taken drugs at the time, she was still conscious. She also 'clearly' saw Qin Shuimei fighting with the deceased Huang Guangming, and it was Qin Shuimei.

Pushed Huang Guangming downstairs. Judging from the superficial evidence, her testimony was clearer and more powerful than Lin Hui's. If she were a barrister or judge and had not taken drugs at the time, this testimony would be enough to prove Qin Shuimei's testimony.

died!

Zhou Yi stood up slowly and said: "Miss Huang, you must have many benefactors, or in other words, there are many rich people among your benefactors, right?"

"I object!"

Sun Yuqing stood up suddenly: "The questions raised by the defense lawyer have nothing to do with this case, and they are insulting to my client!"

"Your Honor, Hong Kong law recognizes the legality of 'sex workers'. I was just asking about the work of this witness, and I even meant to praise her; and I can guarantee that the questions I raised are absolutely relevant to this case.

Related!" Zhou Yi said.

"invalid objection."

The presiding judge thought for a while and said: "Witnesses must answer. Defense lawyer, please enter the topic as soon as possible and pay attention to how you ask questions."

"Yes, your honor." Zhou Yi smiled at Huang Li and said, "Miss Huang, am I right?"

"Yes, I am beautiful and enthusiastic. Of course I have many guests."

Huang Li was very happy after hearing this. This was a great affirmation for her. What do people who do a job like her fear most? What they fear most is that someone will say that she has no customers, so she has no business.

"That's right, otherwise how could you afford such high-end drugs?"

Zhou Yi smiled and took a stack of evidence materials from Ma Ming: "Your honor, this is the test result of the police. Among the drug components tested in Huang Li's body, heroin, a highly toxic drug, accounts for 4%.

A ratio of 16. In other words, what she was taking at that time was not an ordinary 'soft' drug, but a mixed drug that was very toxic and had a great impact on people!"

"Ms. Huang, please recall, how much of this drug did you take at that time?" Zhou Yi asked Huang Li again after submitting the evidence to the court.

"A pack is about 10 grams. I smoked most of the pack," Huang Li said.

"In other words, you took about seven to eight grams of this drug, right?"

"almost."

"Your Honor, since the defense must make an accurate judgment on the witness's condition at that time, I request to summon our expert witness first. After questioning the expert witness, we will continue to cross-examine Ms. Huang."

"Well, the court accepts the defense lawyer's request, and the defense can call expert witnesses first."

The expert witness Zhou Yi found is named Han Guohua. He is in his fifties. He used to be a forensic officer in the drug investigation department of the police. After leaving the police, he is currently working at a British-funded chemical research institute in Hong Kong. He is an absolute expert in drug identification.

authority.

After listening to Han Guohua's self-report and checking his resume, the presiding judge and the jurors nodded slightly. Such qualifications are enough to serve as an expert witness.

"Mr. Han, based on your research on drugs in the past thirty years, can you tell me how toxic the drugs taken by the prosecution witness Miss Huang Li are? Which kind of mixed drugs is it?" Zhou Yi began to guide the witness.

"Haha, there are no types of mixed drugs. Currently, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs divides drugs into six categories, namely: morphine-type drugs, including the most dangerous drugs such as opium, morphine, cocaine, heroin and poppy plants; cocaine

and coca leaves; marijuana; amphetamines and other synthetic stimulants; sedatives, including barbiturates and methaqualone; psychotropic drugs, namely tranquillizers..."

South Korea Huadao: "Among them, the most addictive and the most harmful to the human body are morphine-type drugs, and heroin is the most dangerous one. I have read Ms. Huang's appraisal report and found that the drugs she took contained

, the heroin content is as high as 46%, and the remaining ingredients are also morphine-type drugs."

"According to Ms. Huang, she took seven to eight grams of this drug at the time. Based on your experience, how will she be affected?"

"First of all, it is a strong stimulation. The central nervous system of the brain is affected by drugs and produces hallucinations. The drug users will have visual and auditory hallucinations due to the effects of the drugs, and will get great enjoyment from it; and it is not ruled out that the drug users will have hallucinations due to the influence of the drugs.

Under the influence of environmental triggers, aggressive behavior occurs!" Han Guohua said with certainty.

"In other words, Miss Huang would have hallucinations and behave aggressively at that time?" Zhou Yi asked.

Han Guohua shook his head and said: "That's not true. After Ms. Huang took a large amount of mixed drugs, she will definitely have hallucinations, but whether she will have aggressive behavior depends on the environmental triggers at the time. It cannot be generalized."

"Mr. Han, can you explain the impact of environmental triggers on drug addicts?"

"Can."

Han Guohua sorted out his thoughts slightly: "If a drug addict closes himself in a quiet space, he will generally only have various hallucinations caused by drugs, but will not have the illusion of being attacked, and then attack others. However,

If there are enough stimulating sounds and images around a drug addict, then this environmental inducement is likely to make the drug addict aggressive. In reality, there are also examples of drug addicts attacking others after taking drugs, causing serious injuries and deaths."

"So if someone like Ms. Huang takes drugs and finds someone arguing or even fighting around her, will this trigger her to attack others?"

The real murderer in this case is actually the unknown female killer, and it has nothing to do with Qin Shuimei and Huang Li. However, if Zhou Yi proposed that there was a fourth person in this case, it would not only be difficult to gain the approval of the jury, but also alert the snake. Therefore, he

He adopted the expedient method of attacking Huang Li instead. He was sure to use Huang Li to get Qin Shuimei off the hook, and at the same time he would not really unjustly accuse Huang Li. Otherwise, rescuing one but unjustly killing the other would not be in line with Zhou Yi's behavior.

in principle.

"Absolutely! Under the circumstances at that time, the possibility of Ms. Huang committing aggressive behavior was as high as 70%."

"Thank you, I have no other questions."

After Zhou Yi finished asking questions, Sun Yuqing only asked one question: "Mr. Han, you just said that under the circumstances at that time, Miss Huang might have acted aggressively more than 70% of the time. That means there is still a 30% chance that it was her.

You won't be aggressive and behave aggressively, right?" South Korea Hua responded affirmatively.

In fact, Sun Yuqing is just going through the motions. In Xiangjiang, "the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant", not to mention that only 30% of the doubts that are beneficial to him account for?

"Ms. Huang, I have here a case file obtained from the Mong Kok Branch, which proves that at about 10 pm on March 10, 2011, you had an aggressive behavior due to confusion after taking drugs, and scratched and injured with a fruit knife.

A sister you rented together, right?" Zhou Yi shook the information in his hand and said.

"Yes, but..."

"Thank you. I've finished asking my questions."

Zhou Yi ended the interrogation without giving her a chance to tell.

When interrogating Qin Shuimei, Sun Yuqing very skillfully guided her to admit the fact that her daughter Ge Meimei was seduced by Huang Guangming to become a "chicken". This confirmed that Qin Shuimei had a motive for murder.

Zhou Yi did not refute this too much. A motive does not mean a result. He did not need to deal with Sun Yuqing on this kind of matter. His focus was on Qin Shuimei's previous confession.

"Ms. Qin, your statement at the police station said that the deceased Huang Guangming lost his footing and fell. What happened to him before he stumbled and fell?" Zhou Yi said.

"At that time...it was very chaotic. Huang Guangming and I struggled, but I didn't push him. Then he fell..." Qin Xiangling said: "That's why I said, he

He slipped and fell..."

"Did you see Huang Li at that time? What was Huang Li doing when you and Huang Guangming were scuffling?" Zhou Yi said: "Did she lose her normalcy and come over or rush over, and come into contact with your two bodies?

?”

This is not to frame Huang Li. According to Zhou Yi's defense idea, the final result is that Qin Shuimei is acquitted, and Huang Li will not bear any responsibility. This is a technique commonly used by lawyers. In Xiangjiang, in the common law system, there are

A term is called 'reasonable telling'.

The so-called reasonable narrative means that the defense lawyer understands the truth of the matter and guides the defendant to rationalize the confession while ensuring that it will not harm a third party. This is essentially different from perjury, which is done to distort the truth.

The truth, and 'reasonable telling' is to ensure the restoration of the truth or the restoration of part of the truth.

Therefore, the defense lawyer sometimes says to the defendant: "I need a reasonable story." Many people regard this as the lawyer leading the witness to commit perjury, which is very ridiculous.

"She...she seemed to have moved. At first, I just argued with Huang Guangming and didn't notice her. Later..." Qin Shuimei tried hard to recall Zhou Yi's guidance to her at the Correctional Department.

: "Later, Huang Guangming and I had a fierce argument. She seemed to move at that time, but it was too chaotic and I can't remember clearly. Maybe she came over and had contact with us, maybe she didn't move at all.

..."

"Why didn't you say that at the police station?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Because I'm not sure, I don't want to say it, and I don't want her to be implicated," Qin Shuimei said.

It's okay if her words are Professor Zhou Yi's "reasonable narration". But if you analyze it carefully, every sentence is correct and seems to be the truth. Huang Li must have been moved at that time, otherwise she would be dead. As for whether Huang Li had any
To be continued...