At seven o'clock the next morning, Ma Yan, who had slept for less than four hours, knocked on Xu Wen's door.
Xu Wen opened the door and saw Ma Yan with a tired face. He immediately stretched out his finger and made a silent gesture on his mouth, because his sister Xu Ying was still sleeping in at this time.
"Okay, then let's go out and talk?" Xu Wen pointed outside.
Ma Yan glanced around the room and saw nothing unusual, so she nodded.
Sitting on the bench in the small garden downstairs, Xu Wen said apologetically:
"Sorry, my sister is sleeping in. I don't want to disturb her."
"I understand. I also liked to sleep in when I was not a detective, but since I became a detective, I have never had a good night's sleep." Ma Yan said with a bitter smile.
"It's really hard for you to be detectives."
"It doesn't matter if you work hard. As long as you can cooperate with the work, I will be satisfied."
"Tell me, Officer Ma, what do you need me to do?"
Ma Yan turned to look at Xu Wen and said:
"Where is Lao Qiang?"
"Lao Qiang? We are still looking for him. We originally wanted to talk to him about understanding and compensation, but we couldn't find anyone." Of course Xu Wen knew that Ma Yan was looking for Lao Qiang, but he didn't understand why Ma Yan
Come and ask for help for yourself.
"Where were you between 11 and 12 noon the day before yesterday?" Ma Yan stared at Xu Wen and asked.
"Do you consider this a formal interrogation?" Xu Wen said with a smile.
"It's not an interrogation, it's just to understand the situation. Of course, if you understand it this way, have you done something illegal?" There was something in Ma Yan's words.
"Okay, then I'll assume that you understand the situation. It was 11 o'clock at noon the day before yesterday, let me think about it?" At this point, Xu Wen paused and suddenly asked:
"Did something happen? Are you asking about my alibi?"
"Absolutely. You'd better tell the truth, and we will implement every word you say."
"Well, it seems that things are getting more and more interesting. This matter must have something to do with Lao Qiang. To tell you the truth, I was at the Xu family ancestral hall in Wangxu Village between 11 and 12 noon the day before yesterday."
"Did you drive there?"
"Yes."
After Ma Yan heard Xu Wen's answer, she did not continue to ask any more questions, but evaluated the credibility of Xu Wen's words in her heart. In the ancestral hall? By car? He could never be the only one in the ancestral hall. In that case
He must have evidence of alibi. Was this evidence deliberately created by him?
"Do you know where Lao Qiang is?" Xu Wen asked deliberately. He thought he had sent her the video, and she came to me again to ask for Lao Qiang. Didn't she find Lao Qiang in that villa? Or not?
Looking for it?
"Didn't you take him away?" Ma Yan asked, staring into Xu Wen's eyes, trying to tell something from his emotional changes.
"Did I take it away?" Xu Wen also turned to look at Ma Yan, his brows slightly furrowed and his expression calm.
"We have evidence to prove that at 11:35 the day before yesterday, Lao Qiang and his wife Li Ping got into your car." Ma Yan met Xu Wen's gaze and said the above words word for word.
"Where? How did you prove it?" Xu Wen asked calmly.
"At the east gate of People's Park, we have security camera video as evidence."
"Oh, there is such a thing." Xu Wen stood up and walked back and forth in front of the bench, lit a cigarette and took two puffs. Then he asked:
"Did the driver of the car be caught on video?"
"You can't see clearly. From a rough outline, it looks similar to yours."
"Have you traced the whereabouts of that car again?"
"Not yet. I just found this evidence. I lay on the table and squinted for a while and then came to find you."
"Officer Ma, I can responsibly tell you that the person driving the car was not me, and the car was not my car. Because I was really in the Xu family ancestral hall at that time, and we are not the only ones who can prove it to me.
There are people from the Xu family and a dozen policemen."
"Are the police present?" Ma Yan asked confused.
"Yes, you don't need to collect evidence on the spot at all. I saw that the police officers were all wearing law enforcement recorders. Not only could they photograph me, they must also have photographed my Audi car parked at the gate of the ancestral hall." Xu Wen suddenly felt happy secretly.
I went to Wangxucun myself and was secretly grateful to Wang Haijie for bringing a group of policemen to arrest them.
"I will carry out every word you say."
Ma Yan glared at Xu Wen and turned to leave. The first thing she had to do now was to confirm Xu Wen's alibi, and then trace the movement of the car that picked up Lao Qiang.
While Ma Yan was tracing the whereabouts of Lao Qiang, the court also started communicating with the procuratorate about the case. The judge in charge of this case, Du Tao, was a young judge. In his work experience, he had never encountered such a situation.
Unable to contact the victim, he called Bao Guiping, the prosecutor in charge of the case.
"Hello, Inspector Bao, is the contact information of Lao Qiang in Lao Qiang's case file wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Bao Guiping is a senior prosecutor with many years of work experience and high prestige in the prosecutorial system.
"It's like this, Inspector Bao, now the defendant requests pre-trial mediation, but we can't contact the victim Lao Qiang."
"That's right, the contact information is provided by the police, you can ask them to implement it."
"They can't find any labor now."
"That doesn't matter. This case is a public prosecution case. The victim is only a witness. If you can't contact the witness, you can still try it. I have carefully reviewed and found that all the evidence in the case is complete."
"However, the defendant hopes to sign a letter of understanding through mediation."
"This is their business! There is no need for pre-trial mediation in this case. If the defendant cannot get a letter of understanding before trial, you can just try it in accordance with the law."
"But where will Lao Qiang go?" Du Tao did not dare to say that he suspected there was a problem with this case, so he could only bring the topic to Lao Qiang.
"Judge Du, do you suspect that there is something wrong with the case I am handling?" Bao Guiping also understood the meaning of Du Tao's words.
"No, no, I just feel that it is difficult to find the victim."
"Officer Du, have you ever tried a homicide case?" Bao Guiping asked.
"No, Inspector Bao, I have never tried such a big case."
"Then let me ask you, when you try a homicide case, do you also ask the victim to come to court? Do you also organize pre-trial mediation? Do you know what a public prosecution case is?" Bao Guiping's words became very rude.
"Ah, um, I'm sorry, Bao Jian, I was just asking." Du Tao couldn't resist.
"Young people, you should do your own thing well, handle cases in accordance with the law, and don't think of so many crooked ideas!" Bao Guiping's tone turned into a lecture in the end.
After hanging up the phone with Bao Guiping, Du Tao had beads of sweat on his forehead. He was well aware of Bao Guiping's prestige within the prosecutorial system. If he offended him, a call to the dean might affect his future prospects. But
If the trial goes to trial without finding Lao Qiang, I will feel uneasy. Besides, Lawyer Liu is not a fuel-efficient person. What should I do?