Escape From the Library

【Innocence Defense-06】

At noon, in Yue Xingwen's room in Xinghe Apartment, all the teammates were present.

His bachelor apartment is fairly spacious, and 12 people can sit and stand without being too crowded.

Xu Yishen shrugged helplessly, and said, "The current evidence is very unfavorable to Zhu Xiaoting."

Yue Xingwen said: "Indeed, all the spearheads are pointed at her. As a policeman, I think she is the most suspect."

Jiang Pingce frowned, and said in a low voice, "If the murderer deliberately framed him, there would be too little time. Because Zhu Xiaoting lived in a tent with Liu Jiajia, and Liu Jiajia was still alive when she left the beach, the murderer must have been there before she left." It was only later that Liu Jiajia was attacked. But when Zhu Xiaoting came to the school, her roommate Xie Xiangqin had already been stabbed."

Yue Xingwen agreed: "That's right. It was 4:40 in the morning. There was no traffic jam along the road. It took 4 minutes to take a taxi from the beach to Beishan University. Zhu Xiaoting took the taxi at 30:5 and arrived at the school at 10:5." At the gate, we arrived at the dormitory at 20:[-]. If the murderer took a taxi back to school after killing Liu Jiajia, it would be impossible to kill Xie Xiangqin before Zhu Xiaoting."

Qin Lu nodded and said: "Unless the murderer has supernatural powers, he can just teleport back to the school to catch up with Zhu Xiaoting. But we are in a normal world. Except for us candidates, it is impossible for the murderer to have supernatural powers. "

The same murderer killed two people in a row and blamed Zhu Xiaoting?This is impossible.

After Zhu Xiaoting left, the murderer first poisoned Liu Jiajia to death and dragged her into the sea. This took at least 10 minutes, and then took a taxi back to school. The time to get to school would definitely be more than 5:30, and it would be too late to kill Xie Xiangqin.

Lan Yarong rubbed her chin thoughtfully: "So, the two cases are likely to be two murderers?"

Yue Xingwen said: "I really tend to think that these are two cases. The person who killed Liu Jiajia on the beach side is not the same person who killed Xie Xiangqin on the dormitory side. It may be a coincidence to frame Zhu Xiaoting."

Jiang Pingce analyzed: "The murderer's method of committing the crime is very different. One used poison and the other used a knife. Judging from Zhu Xiaoting's confession, she didn't know who would harm her, which shows that she usually did not offend too many people. On the beach side It may be the coincidence that Xingwen said, the murderer just poisoned the bottle of water that Zhu Xiaoting gave Liu Jiajia, so it seems that the dormitory side deliberately set the blame."

Everyone thought about Jiang Pingce's reasoning carefully, and they all felt that it made sense.

The two murderers committed the crime at the same time, and they also agreed to blame Zhu Xiaoting. How much hatred is that for Zhu Xiaoting?However, Zhu Xiaoting doesn't think she has such an enemy. She looks relatively introverted, so she probably won't deliberately offend anyone.

Judging from the murderer's method of committing the crime, the difference between the two cases is obvious, and the two murderers are more likely.

Liu Zhaoqing said: "In the case of Xie Xiangqin, the deceased was killed with a single knife. First of all, it is very difficult for a thin girl like Zhu Xiaoting to stab someone in the chest with a fruit knife. It is almost impossible to accurately pierce the aorta of the heart. If there was a physical conflict, then she should have stabbed the opponent several times before hitting the vital point. But the forensic doctor only found one fatal injury, and the murderer is obviously a professional who understands the structure of the human body."

Senior Brother Liu's words made everyone's eyes light up.

Normal people don't understand the structure of the human body, and the probability of stabbing someone's heart with a knife is very low, let alone two girls having a quarrel.When girls fight, don't they usually tear their hair and slap them first?If you really use the knife, you will definitely stab the opponent several times in agitation before you can stab the opponent's heart.

It was too ruthless to kill with a knife, it was more like a professional committing a crime.

Xin Yan reminded: "In the girls' dormitory in 703, there is a girl named Li Huijuan from the School of Life Sciences. Could it be her?"

Xu Yishen said: "Our Faculty of Biological Sciences doesn't study human anatomy, and only dissects animals such as frogs and rabbits for experiments. Girls in the Faculty of Biological Sciences don't necessarily understand the structure of the human body."

Liu Zhaoqing nodded and said, "It's more likely that it's the active hands of medicine. We need to expand our investigation to see if there are any girls from medical school in No. 6 dormitory building, or whether there are any of Xie Xiangqin's friends and enemies who study medicine. .”

Xin Yan followed the topic and said, "On the beach, Liu Jiajia's cause of death was poisoning. Cyanide, a professional highly toxic substance, is difficult for ordinary people to buy. The person who killed her has to investigate where he got the cyanide. .”

After confirming the idea, Yue Xingwen arranged: "First focus on investigating the students in the school, Xin Yan, Senior Brother Xu, and Young Master Ke, please go to the school to check the cyanide, and pay attention to the School of Chemistry; Senior Brother Zhuo, you should visit In the boys’ dormitory area, pay attention to Xie Xiangqin’s boyfriend Zou Yijia; Qin Miao and Qin Lu focus on the girls’ dormitory; Senior Brother Liu and Zhang Xiaonian go to the medical school for a walk; Senior Sister Lan and I have to hurry up and meet Zhu Xiaoting at the police force, Sister Manluo Stay in the law firm and help everyone gather information."

Lan Yarong said: "Zhu Xiaoting's mood fluctuates too much. We have to stabilize her first. In addition, we need to ask more valuable information from her. I feel that she has not fully explained to the police."

Yue Xingwen nodded: "Well, everyone, get ready to go."

Everyone had no opinion on the assignment of tasks, and began to investigate in groups.

Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen came to the police force together. Lan Yarong was dressed in a professional navy blue suit skirt with black high heels, her hair was pulled up, and she was neat and tidy.Yue Xingwen wore trousers with a white shirt, leather shoes on his feet, and a briefcase in his hand. He also looked like a young and handsome professional lawyer.

Lan Yarong shook hands with Team Chen, and said politely: "Hi Team Chen, I'm Zhu Xiaoting's lawyer, Lan Yarong. I have something I want to ask my client. Please, Team Chen, help me." She showed Team Chen her lawyer qualification certificate.

Team Chen asked in surprise, "Lawyer? Has Zhu Xiaoting hired a lawyer?"

Lan Yarong nodded: "She asked her friend to hire me to be her defense lawyer." By the way, she introduced: "This is my assistant, lawyer Yue Xingwen."

Yue Xingwen took the initiative to shake his hand and said, "Hello, Captain Chen."

Chen Dui whispered a few words to the policeman beside him, who turned to ask Zhu Xiaoting, returned after a while, and nodded to Chen Dui.Team Chen then said: "Okay, take the two lawyers over and give you 30 minutes."

The two followed the young police officer to the interrogation room.

A moment later, Zhu Xiaoting was also brought in.

She was in handcuffs, with a depressed expression and wet tears on her face.She glanced at Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen, then obediently sat across the table.After the police left, she asked, "Are you free lawyers?"

Lan Yarong nodded and said: "Yes, we are here to help your lawyer and provide you with free legal aid. We are on the same front with you. If you have any grievances, you can tell me."

Zhu Xiaoting's eyes turned red instantly, and she choked up and said, "I didn't kill anyone."

Yue Xingwen's voice was gentle: "Of course we believe you. However, the current evidence is very unfavorable to you. If you want to clear your name, you'd better not hide anything from us. When the time comes to defend you in court, if you hide If the anti-prosecution lawyer asks a logical loophole, we will be in a very disadvantageous situation."

Lan Yarong glanced at Xingwen appreciatively, nodded and said, "Yes, you must tell us frankly—do you and Xie Xiangqin have any other grievances besides liking the same boy? The more detailed the better."

Zhu Xiaoting was silent for a moment, then said: "I hate Xie Xiangqin very much. Her family is rich, and she wears expensive clothes and bags. She often shows off in front of us, and often says that I dress very rustic, I don't even know how to make up, and I'm a bumpkin." When I was cooking noodles in the dormitory on Sunday, I accidentally broke a cup of hers. She said it was a limited edition, and it cost several thousand. I will work hard to make money and compensate her..."

The girl began to cry as she spoke.

These are small disputes in the girls' dormitory. When a rich girl and a poor girl are roommates, it is indeed easy to cause conflicts.Accumulated for a long time, her dislike for Xie Xiangqin gradually fermented, and she had the motive to kill Xie Xiangqin to vent her anger.

Yue Xingwen grasped the key point: "Is Xie Xiangqin's attitude towards all three of your roommates the same?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded: "Yes."

Yue Xingwen: "So, your other two roommates, Mao Yue and Li Huijuan, actually hate her too, right?"

Zhu Xiaoting was stunned for a moment, then raised her head suddenly: "Yes! They may also kill people. Mao Yue had a fight with Xie Xiangqin last week, and Li Huijuan and Xie Xiangqin hadn't spoken for half a month. They knew I had a fruit knife, so Knowing where the knife is, if they wear a pair of plastic gloves and stab Xie Xiangqin to death with my fruit knife, will they be able to plant it on me?"

Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen looked at each other, and the girl finally regained her senses.

Yue Xingwen looked at her encouragingly and said, "Yes. So, if you think about it carefully, who are the people who know you and hate Xie Xiangqin?"

Zhu Xiaoting thought for a while and said, "In addition to my two roommates, there is also Zhao Jianan. She is from the medical school. She knew me. She was robbed of her boyfriend by Xie Xiangqin last year!"

Yue Xingwen immediately sent this information to Liu Zhaoqing and his group who were visiting at the medical school.

Lan Yarong continued to ask: "Does Zhao Jianan know that you have a fruit knife?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded vigorously: "Yes, we bought it together at the time, and she and I were classmates in high school."

Lan Yarong: "Where's Liu Jiajia? Has she provoked any enemies?"

Zhu Xiaoting: "I'm not sure, I only know that she is good-looking and likes to wear beautiful skirts. There are a lot of people chasing her in law school, but she is still single now, maybe she is jealous?"

Yue Xingwen quickly wrote down in the notebook, while continuing to ask: "When you walked into the dormitory, Xie Xiangqin was still breathing, did she call you for help?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded: "Yes, I thought she was injured by accident. I wanted to help her hold down the knife and call an ambulance. I didn't expect her, she would die..."

Yue Xingwen said: "Your dormitory is on the seventh floor, did you take the elevator up or climb the stairs?"

Zhu Xiaoting said without hesitation, "The elevator."

"Which floor did the elevator stop at?"

"On the first floor, I pressed the door button, and the elevator opened. Then I sat on the seventh floor and went to dormitory 1."

"When you got out of the elevator, did you hear footsteps in the corridor or stairwell?"

Zhu Xiaoting recalled it carefully for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Yes! I heard light footsteps in the stairwell on the side. It must be that someone... went upstairs?"

Yue Xingwen: "Are you sure you are going upstairs?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded vigorously: "Sure, the voice is going up!"

The girls' dormitory has a total of 10 floors. It is easy for the murderer to linger in the corridor after killing someone, so it is easy to attract suspicion. She should quickly escape back to her dormitory.Yue Xingwen sent a message to Sister Qin Miao: "Narrow down the scope of the investigation, 8th to 10th floors, investigate who went out at 5:[-] this morning, and pay attention to the sound of footsteps."

Lan Yarong said: "Recall again, what did Xie Xiangqin call you at around 5:20 in the morning?"

Zhu Xiaoting said: "I answered the phone after she called me, but there was no sound. I fed her several times, but she didn't speak. I thought it was a problem with the mobile phone signal. Sometimes the mobile phone signal in our dormitory building is not very good. "

Lan Yarong said: "Then, she sent you another WeChat message?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded: "Yes, it's the 'come back and talk, the matter between us should be settled'."

Yue Xingwen frowned, and asked in a low voice, "Were you downstairs in the dormitory?"

Zhu Xiaoting was taken aback: "How do you know?"

Yue Xingwen said: "The murderer saw you from the window, so he used Xie Xiangqin's mobile phone to call and send you WeChat messages. The murderer didn't necessarily have any grudge against you, but when you just came back, she thought of this good thing that was planted on you." Method."

Remembering that the murderer was watching her upstairs, Zhu Xiaoting was terrified, and her back was drenched in cold sweat.

Yue Xingwen said: "Are there many people who know about your return?"

Zhu Xiaoting shook her head: "Only Liu Jiajia knows that I feel bad after eating, and I want to go back early. Jiajia is worried that it will be unsafe for me to be alone early in the morning. I said, I will directly make an appointment with Didi and send her the license plate number. Nothing will happen."

After four o'clock, the sky is already dark.

Yue Xingwen said: "So, your return to the dormitory is random. Except for the dead Liu Jiajia and the murderer who killed Liu Jiajia, no one else knows. The murderer at the school can't predict your fate in advance. Action, she saw you upstairs at that time, so she improvised to plant it on you, what do you think?"

Zhu Xiaoting was completely convinced by Yue Xingwen's logic: "That's right! Xie Xiangqin didn't even know about my going back to school! Why did she call me at 5:20? The murderer saw me from the window and called me on her mobile phone. Call!"

Yue Xingwen said gently: "So, don't be afraid. Although the evidence is against you, there are still many details that cannot be justified. We will find the real culprit and give you justice."

Lan Yarong said: "Now carefully recall all the girls above the seventh floor who knew you and Xie Xiangqin at the same time, and give us a list."

Zhu Xiaoting said: "The girls' dormitory of our School of Translation is on the 8th floor, and they all know me. There are also a lot of people from the medical school who know me, because I have been working and studying at the school from freshman to senior year, and I have also worked as an assistant in the Academic Affairs Office. , There are really a lot of people who know me..."

Yue Xingwen: "We will investigate everyone in the translation school, focusing on the medical school."

Zhu Xiaoting sorted out her thoughts and named a few names, Yue Xingwen quickly wrote them down and sent them to the visiting teammates in the school.

It is impossible for the murderer to frame the crime perfectly, and the details have left many loopholes.

This unlucky girl will definitely clear her grievances with their help!