At the end of the trial, Liu Handong was escorted away by the bailiffs. Suddenly, an incredible scene appeared. Ma Ling jumped over the fence of the auditorium, rushed over and hugged Liu Handong tightly. Two tall and heavily armed bailiffs were helpless. It took a minute to arrest the two.
Pull open.
"I've been waiting for you! How many years have I been waiting!" Ma Ling shouted in a crying voice. He wanted to rush forward, but was held tightly by Ma Guoqing and Wang Yulan.
Liu Handong glanced at his relatives in the auditorium with a complicated expression, then turned back and left. His injuries have basically recovered. Before entering prison to serve his sentence, he will be temporarily detained in a detention center to await the second trial.
The prison car drove away and relatives left one after another. Ma Ling suddenly walked up to Shui Qin and He Jian. He didn't know what he said. They both hugged each other in tears. Ma Guoqing could only sigh when he saw it. He understood that his daughter would never
Looking for someone else, Liu Handong helped Ma Ling bear the crime of murder. This crime cannot be repaid no matter what.
Omi Public Security Bureau No. 1 Detention Center, Liu Handong’s next stop was here. When he walked into the cell, all the inmates were standing against the wall, silent. They had already heard about Omi’s most powerful man who killed Zhan Ziyu and Zhang Zongwei.
When you are about to come to this place, don't worry about the many thorns, they will all turn into little sheep.
During a walk in the detention center, Liu Handong saw Duan Erpao, whom he had not seen for a long time. After Zhan Ziyu was destroyed, Duan Erpao was arrested. The procuratorate prosecuted him for multiple crimes of intentional injury. The first trial lasted fifteen years. Like Liu Handong, he was also here
Waiting for the second trial, Duan Erpao today is no longer as domineering and arrogant as he was in the summer when he wore a mink cloak, hung a dung bag, looked sluggish, and pretended to be stupid. Only the occasional resentful eyes revealed his inner unwillingness.
Duan Erpao also discovered Liu Handong and bumped into him intentionally while he was cooking, and poured the soup all over Liu Handong.
Liu Handong was not polite to him, he knocked him down and beat him up on the spot. The police came and pulled the two apart, severely scolded Liu Handong, and sent Duan Erpao, who caused the trouble first, to a small cell.
At this point, all the prisoners understood one thing. Brother Dong had a background. Many people began to fawn over him, helping him wash clothes, prepare meals, and pay tribute with cigarettes, snacks, socks, underwear and other items sent by his family members. Liu Handong lived up to expectations and managed the prison building.
It was well organized and received continuous red flags.
While Liu Handong was in the detention center, another major incident happened outside. The former Omi City Public Security Director, Zhan Shusen, was double-crossed. It is said that this was the result of the operation of the new deputy director Shen Hongyi. A group of people who originally hoped that Zhan Shusen would be resurrected fell into a tree.
If we break up, we will no longer be able to stir up trouble.
Shen Hongyi vigorously launched a competitive recruitment system and changed the city's police station chiefs again. Xu Gongtie became the director of the bureau office, Hu Peng became the deputy chief of the criminal police detachment, and Shi Guoping was on the ground, but rumors said that he was expected to be the deputy director.
One position.
This year's Spring Festival, Liu Handong spent the Spring Festival in the detention center. The prison provided extra food for everyone and organized entertainment performances for prisoners, but this year was still extremely bitter.
Two months later, it was already the spring season, and the Provincial High Court held a retrial on the October 20 case. Standing in the dock was Liu Handong, wearing an orange vest from the detention center. He had lost weight, his hair was shaved short, and his eyes were cold.
Wearing handcuffs.
Shui Qin in the auditorium couldn't stop crying when she saw her son become so thin. Across the aisle were Zhang Zongwei's father and son. They glared at Liu Handong fiercely and suddenly stood up and shouted: "Shoot the murderer."
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The bailiff stepped forward to stop their noise and warned them that they would be kicked out if they made any noise. Only then did the Zhang family's grandparents stop and sit down angrily.
He Jian patted Shui Qin's hand and told her not to be sad. Today's trial is the final trial, and she must accept the result no matter what.
They had heard before that Zhan Ziyu's family had done a lot of work to severely sentence Liu Handong. The Municipal Intermediate People's Court determined that Liu Handong's two crimes were sentenced to the maximum sentence limit. Even so, they still could not satisfy Zhan's family and insisted on the death penalty.
Just give up.
Therefore, everyone does not have high hopes for this trial.
At the beginning of the trial, it was still a confrontation between the prosecution and the defense. Witnesses appeared in court to testify. This time Baina also appeared in court to testify for Liu Handong, proving that he was not an unemployed vagrant as the prosecutor claimed, but an employee of the undercover column of Jiangbei TV Station.
From the morning to the afternoon, the presiding judge announced the conclusion of the trial and selected a day to pronounce the verdict.
At the last moment when Liu Handong was taken away and walked out of the trial hall, he looked back and saw a slender woman wearing sunglasses standing alone in the last row of the auditorium. It was Xin Xiaowan. She also saw Liu Handong and stretched out her hand.
After shaking it as if he wanted to make some gesture, the bailiff urged him to leave quickly, so Liu Handong could only step out.
This was the last time he saw Xin Xiaowan.
Back at the detention center, Liu Handong ate and drank as much as he wanted, without thinking about anything, until a week later, someone from the court announced his sentence.
The verdict was very long, and Liu Handong was not in the mood to read it from beginning to end, so he went straight to the last paragraph.
"The defendant Liu Handong was guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison with three years of probation."
Liu Handong's heart was beating wildly. He was sentenced to 2 and 3, which means he can regain his freedom now!
After returning to the prison cell, all the inmates came to congratulate him. Liu Handong hugged everyone one by one and said goodbye, leaving each other's addresses and phone numbers. At the same time, the detention center also completed the procedures, returned personal belongings, and returned the clothes he wore before entering the detention center.
There is an Omega Planet Ocean diving watch that has stopped running.
Liu Handong rubbed his watch and resolutely put it on his left wrist. It was late autumn when he entered the prison, and now it is mid-spring. He walked out of the No. 1 Detention Center wearing a shirt given by an inmate.
The detention center was located in a remote area. There was only one bus going back and forth. There were no taxis at the entrance. There were only a row of small restaurants and cigarette shops. Liu Handong used the public phone of the cigarette shop to call home, but no one answered. He called his mother's mobile phone and was owed money.
The machine was shut down for free, and when I called Uncle He again, the machine was also shut down.
He was puzzled, so he took out a coin from his pocket and stood alone on the roadside waiting for the bus. The white sun was shining in the sky and the wheat ears were green in the fields on the roadside, which made him feel as if he was in another world.
The bus came, and a few passengers got off. Liu Handong got on the bus, and after a bumpy half-hour ride back to the city, he transferred to No. 520. The driver was an unfamiliar face, and he waved to the passengers to go inside and not to crowd at the door. Everything was fine.
So familiar, yet so strange.
Route 520 arrived at the terminal. Liu Handong walked to Tiezha Street. The street was still noisy with cars coming and going. The big brand of Handong Auto Repair was no longer there. The car repair shop turned into a newly decorated small supermarket. Not far away
In the hair washing room, Sister Mei was sitting behind the curtain smoking. When she saw Liu Handong appear, she rubbed her eyes in disbelief and rushed out of the room shouting: "Dadong, you're out!"
"Low-key, low-key." Liu Handong said with a smile.
"Was he acquitted or..." Sister Mei looked around and lowered her voice, "Or did she sneak out?"
"It was officially released." Liu Handong explained.
Sister Mei patted her heart and said, "I'm relieved now. If you run away, sister will give you the money to prepare for your escape."
Shan Pao's wife came out with a basin and saw Liu Handong and Sister Mei talking on the street. She quickly put the basin away and ran into the hotel to call Shan Pao and his two younger brothers out. Shan Pao shouted with a loud voice: "Dadong, Dadong!
Sit in the room, have you eaten? Xiaoyue, quickly cut a plate of beef, get two bottles of beer, and see how hungry Dadong is."
Sister Mei said: "Don't come here, I won't be able to see my parents first when I come back."
Liu Handong asked curiously: "Where is my mother?"
Sister Mei said: "Your mother and your Uncle He live in Huo Lianhe's house, the house you rented before."
When Liu Handong heard this, he hurried over and entered the yard. The landlady was playing mahjong as usual. When she saw Liu Handong coming in, she hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Sister, your son is back."
Shuiqin did live here. She didn't dare to live in the dormitory of Jiangbei Coal Machinery Factory anymore, and she was worried about her son's lawsuit, so she moved to the provincial capital with He Jian. Their retirement salary was limited, and they didn't want to disturb Tan Shaohong, so
Continuing to rent the house of Tie Zha Street Huo Lian's house, He Jian found a job as a security guard and Shu Qin worked as a cleaner. The salary was not high, but they could barely make ends meet.
Hearing the shouts of the tenant woman downstairs, Shuiqin looked out, but saw nothing. She only heard the sound of pedaling upstairs. Liu Handong appeared in front of him in a moment. His son was thin, white, and poorly dressed.
Wearing a fitted shirt and carrying a plastic bag, he whispered: "Mom, I'm back."
"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Shui Qin's nose became sore and tears flowed out uncontrollably. A group of neighbors gathered around and said, Sister Shui, don't cry. It's a good thing that your son is back. You should laugh.
Huo Lei, who was sleeping late at home, heard that Brother Dong had been released, so he rushed out of the house in his shorts, shouting that he wanted to drink wine to celebrate and set off firecrackers to remove bad luck. Huo Lianhe was even more unambiguous and immediately took out the leftovers from the Spring Festival.
I set off the firecrackers, walked to the door, spread them on the ground, and let them crackle for five minutes, with red confetti flying all over the floor.
Liu Handong took out the verdict and showed it to his mother. Shui Qin read it several times and repeatedly said that the court was wise and did not wrongly accuse my son.
"I still want to appeal. I am innocent." Liu Handong is still not satisfied with the verdict.
"Let's talk about the appeal later. First call Xiao Ma and give it to your grandfather." Shui Qin took out her mobile phone and handed it to Liu Handong. This was her new number. No wonder the old number couldn't be reached.
Liu Handong first called his grandfather Liu Xiaoyong. The old man didn't seem surprised. He just said that it was good. He would learn from mistakes and don't be so impulsive in the future.
Then Liu Handong called Ma Ling again. The phone was busy and noisy. He must be in class.
"Auntie, what happened? Has the verdict been passed?" Ma Ling's tone was urgent.
"It's me. I got out and was suspended for three years." Liu Handong said.
There was no answer for a long time, and there was a faint sound of sobbing.