Same crime

Chapter 39

Although it is a sunny day, but the spring is cold, the north wind blows the willow branches that have just turned green, and it looks very pitiful.

Gong Yuechao woke up early, applied to the guards for shaving, changed into fairly neat clothes, put heavy shackles on his feet and wrists, and was taken to the escort car from the court.To say that the shackles were too heavy, they made a lot of noise when walking, and almost tripped him when he got in the car, and if he took a few of them, he would have torn his ankles, which made him very annoyed.

This car was refitted by Dajinbei. The original rear seat was removed and replaced with a bench seat on the side, and a fence was used to separate the driver's cab.There were four bailiffs including the driver who came to escort, and he was accompanied by two people from other cells, and they all held court together today.Compared with the discipline in the detention center, although the attitude of the court bailiffs is not necessarily very good, it is obviously softer. When sitting in the car, an elderly man asked them if they would smoke.

Gong Yuezhao didn't smoke, and the other two took the cigarettes handed over by the bailiff with a shy face. For a while, the whole car was filled with smog, and Gong Yuezhao couldn't breathe.Seeing that he was silent, the bailiff asked, "Young man, you are young and honest, what crime have you committed?"

Just as Gong Yuechao was about to open his mouth, he inhaled a puff of cigarettes, choked and coughed, and the driver of the car heard it and said: "Brother Li, I told you not to smoke, the car is full of cigarettes, we will go back later It's time for the captain to be nagging again." As he spoke, he opened the car window on his side.A gust of bitter air instantly blew away the miasma in the carriage, Gong Yuechao quickly took a few breaths, and the coughing eased.

"Intentionally hurt." Gong Yuechao replied.

The old bailiff asked again: "Then what did you do before?" As he spoke, he dusted the cigarette ash onto the car.

Gong Yuechao said, "Teacher."

"Hey." He sighed, and said, "There are some things, don't be impulsive, you see that you even got a job at a young age, and you don't even have a way out after you go out." Take a drag on a cigarette.

Gong Yuechao just listened and didn't speak. These bailiffs who had seen too many old criminals always had a stomach full of chicken soup stewed from life principles, and they wanted to drink a few mouthfuls of everyone they saw. This has almost become an unconscious habit.

Seeing that he didn't talk much, the old bailiff asked the other two. One of them was a fraudster who ran the train with his mouth full. Gong Yuezhao felt that the lies made up by this person had brainwashed him.

There is also a young man who gathers people to fight, he looks eighteen or nine years old, he said that he was called by his brother to stand up and cheer, and the police came before he had the murder weapon in his hand. He felt that his bad luck was the other party There was a child who was gouged on the back of the head with an iron rod, and died as soon as he was sent to the hospital. He cried again as he spoke: "The day I committed the crime was my birthday, and the front foot just became an adult, and the back foot caught up with this incident." , I ran away for more than a year. I waited until the trial of the same case was over. I returned to Suijiang when the rumors died down. Unexpectedly, I was arrested by the police as soon as I got off the train. My parents didn’t care about me. How can I pay them for compensation? ah."

Gong Yue said to her heart that she deserved it, but then she thought about what position she had to criticize others.

Chatting casually along the way, the car quickly drove into the gate of the People's Court of Lixia District, Suijiang City. Their car was parked at the back door of the trial building. Several bailiffs were waiting at the door, and then the three of them were taken to The detention room is located in the northeast corner of the first floor.

There were quite a few family members standing near the detention room. Gong Yuechao saw his mother and stepfather from a distance. They hadn't seen each other for several months. His mother was almost skinny. Her eye circles were red. After seeing him, she shed tears It flowed down her cheeks, but she didn't dare to come over, she just looked at him from afar, almost full of words to say.Gong Yuechao kept looking at his mother while walking like this, until finally he entered the gate of the detention room, and then looked away.

No matter how many complaints and dissatisfaction I had in my heart over the years, it all disappeared in just those few glances.

"The Criminal Tribunal of the Lixia District People's Court of Suijiang City is now announcing the opening of the trial..." With the sound of the gavel from the presiding judge sitting on the trial bench, the noisy courtroom fell silent in an instant.

This is a trial room of about [-] square meters. On Gong Yuechao's left are two public prosecutors and a lawyer from the procuratorate. He has met these two public prosecutors before. They went to the detention center to interrogate the case. The person is quite professional, and I don't have any prejudice against him. At the end, I asked him if he needed legal help or something, which gave a good impression.

The victim's lawyer with the civil part was a middle-aged woman in her 50s. When she checked her identity before the court, she said that she was a lawyer from a law firm in Beijing. Her surname was Zhang. She was tall and a typical Northeast woman. That kind of stout figure, wearing a crimson woolen coat, with big waves permed, speaks in a harsh tone, which makes people feel uncomfortable, no wonder he looks good-tempered Qiao He was furious.

Qiao He was on his right, and Wei Jiangyuan was sitting next to Qiao He. Gong Yuechao casually glanced at Wei Jiangyuan, but found that this person kept looking behind him. Gong Yuechao subconsciously followed Wei Jiangyuan's gaze. Looking back, I found that what Wei Jiangyuan was looking at was Chen Yusheng, but where was Chen Yusheng?Looking at him again, when the eyes of the two met, Chen Yusheng squinted his eyes and smiled straight. He pointed to his injured leg and told him with his mouth that it was healed.Gong Yuechao was comforted by Chen Yusheng's smile, and the nervousness that he had in this solemn court all of a sudden dissipated.

Today is a working day, and there are many more people who come to listen than he expected. There are a few strangers, and I don't know if they are some social organizations or the like.His mother and stepfather were sitting in the first row of the auditorium, Qin Zhengzheng was also there, and he was sitting in the last row, trying extremely hard to reduce his sense of existence, but he had been watching him since the moment he came in , Gong Yuechao was stared at by one line of sight after another, and couldn't help but care about Qin Zhengzheng's burning eyes, he felt uncomfortable.

"Bailiff, you have removed the defendant's restraints." The judge cleared his throat and was about to let the prosecution read the indictment when he saw that his hands and feet were still bound by restraints, so he told the bailiff sitting beside him.

"Thank you, presiding judge." Gong Yuechao stretched out his hand, made a few clatters, moved his wrist a few times, and instantly felt much more relaxed.

As soon as the trial started, there was a smell of gunpowder, and the pace was very fast. Whether it was the public prosecutor, Qiao He, or that lawyer Zhang, the tit-for-tat confrontation was extremely fierce.He completely trusted Lawyer Qiao, and he was still erratic at first. After several cross-examinations, he had to sink his mind into this court trial, because that lawyer Zhang always wanted to turn the topic to Zhang. The cases of Mingfeng and the others are up.Gong Yuechao was caught in a brainstorm, trying to avoid this lawyer Zhang's assassination.At the same time, he also discovered an interesting thing. Lawyer Qiao, a man with a gentle appearance and a good temper, seemed to add a few barrels of gunpowder at this time. Lawyer Zhang repeatedly refuted the loopholes in his speech. It was basically an unpleasant revenge that occurred during the mediation some time ago. For a while, the woman was obviously in a weak position. She frowned when she expressed her opinion, and emphasized several times during the period that she must abide by court discipline.

Gong Yuechao wanted to laugh but couldn't, and had to hold back even if he wanted to applaud.Just after the public prosecutor finished presenting the last piece of evidence, the presiding judge asked Gong Yuechao, "Defendant, do you have any new evidence to present to the court?"

Gong Yuechao said, "No."

He asked Qiao He again: "Defender, do you have any new evidence to present to the court?"

Qiao He thought for a while and said, "No." In the end, he didn't take out the useless mental appraisal.

The court entered the debate stage. The public prosecutor just made a concluding speech and issued a formulaic sentencing suggestion. Attorney Zhang had already said a lot of incoherent words, and was stopped by the judge amidst endless repetition.It was Gong Yuechao's turn, and Gong Yuechao said: "Respected presiding judge, people's juror, I stand here and always insist on one point: I believe that the victim Wang Xuejiang ordered others to cause a car accident to cause harm to my friend Chen Yusheng, and the police did not I made an in-depth investigation and was perfunctory, so I came forward to avenge him. I plead guilty and repent, and I also hope that the police can take responsibility for every case. If the police can track down the case to the end, I will not take any risks. I'm done."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lawyer Zhang, who had been suppressed throughout the trial, stood up, pointed at Gong Yuechao and said, "Judge, is this an attitude of confession and repentance? I ask the judge to impose a heavier punishment!"

The presiding judge was obviously impatient listening to her speech, and he knocked the gavel a few times to warn her: "Attorneys with attached civil lawsuits, please abide by the court discipline. Our collegial panel will discuss it, so don't bother you to interfere too much, you are an old lawyer, pay attention." After that, he looked at Qiao He and said, "Defender, come and express your defense opinion."

Qiao He cleared his throat and said, "As the defender of the defendant, Gong Yuechao, I would like to express the following defense opinions, please refer to the court." After speaking, he glanced at Gong Yuechao, who nodded at him with a grateful smile, and Qiao He continued. : "The cause of this case is that..."

The trial, which lasted almost two hours, was finally over, and Gong Yuechao's restraints were added again. After he signed and stamped the trial transcript, he said a few words to his mother and walked out of the court.

He just went out when he saw a familiar face in the corridor, it was Wang Yurou.She has intellectual short hair, a short white cotton coat, a pair of slim blue jeans, and a pair of ankle boots underneath. Gong Yuechao looked at her and found that he didn't have any hatred for her, just smiled He nodded at her, and then prepared to follow the bailiff.After returning home, he can serve his sentence when the verdict is issued. The final result of being in prison will not change because of a person's testimony, but he can see through a person's heart.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped, "Teacher Gong..." Her voice was a little hoarse, Gong Yue turned her head and saw tears on her face, she said, "I'm sorry."

Gong Yuechao shook his head helplessly, turned his head, and left. He clearly heard three more words: "Forgive me."

When he arrived at the detention room, one of the other two cases was still unfinished. He had to wait for them and then sent them back to the detention center. Several bailiffs were smoking and chatting. After a while, a head came in from the door. There was a bailiff When they saw it, they went out. The two were talking outside, and after a while, Qin Zhengzheng came in.

He stood outside the iron door of the cubicle, looking at Gong Yuechao with eyes full of melancholy, Gong Yuechao sat there, looked up at him, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Qin Zhengzheng bit his lips with his teeth, as if he was about to cry, he put his hands on the iron door, muttered for a long time, and finally said a few words: "Teacher, take care of yourself inside, you've lost weight."

Gong Yuechao looked down at herself, smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Thank you."

"I'll visit you again after your verdict is passed. If you're short of money or something, just tell me..."

Gong Yuechao nodded, and said again: "Thank you, you can live your own life well, don't worry about money, my friend will help me."

Qin Zhengzheng shook his head, insisting, "What's his is his, what's mine is mine."

Gong Yuechao couldn't see that he was being childish and wanted to divide the money so clearly, so she said: "Qin Zhengzheng, you are a policeman, and I look like this, you should stay away from me, it is not good for your future." Then, he raised the handcuffs on his hands.At this time, there was a sound of shackles from a distance, Gong Yue looked outside and said, "Go back quickly, I should go too, I am not a teacher anymore, you don't have to keep remembering the past, then It was my duty as a teacher back then. Now, we have different ways and do not conspire with each other. If you are a good policeman, help those in need more, and be able to distinguish right from wrong, then it is not in vain for me to teach you."