The sky slowly darkened, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to weigh on everyone's hearts.

The door to the court's hearing room's conference room has been closed for half an hour.

The opinions of the 12 jurors remained unanimous.

Peng Yichen stood up slowly, he knew that every step he took in the next step was steady, and one step could be a complete loss.

"You've just spoken out your opinions, and I know as much as you do. Judging from the testimony and evidence, it seems that the young man of the defendant is undoubtedly the murderer. ”

Speaking of which, everyone in the audience wanted to look at him like a monster, and Peng Yichen knew what was going on in their hearts.

"I sat in this courtroom for six days, and all the testimony I heard was against the accused, and the interrogators in the room agreed that the young man was the murderer. But I would like to ask you, is there really no doubt about this case? I will not mention the other things, at least one point is completely inconsistent with the law, and the defendant has not done a complete cross-examination so far. All of them are transcripts of unilateral interrogations provided by the police. Didn't you notice that a lot of details were left out in the defendant's interrogation record......

The nouveau riche said with contempt on his face.

"What little detail? If there is a problem, why didn't the defendant's lawyer bring it up? I tell you, it's because his lawyer thinks he's the murderer. ”

Peng Yichen looked coldly at the arrogant bastard in front of him.

"There is also the possibility that his lawyer is not interested in the case at all, because the teenager simply does not have the money to pay for the lawyer's fees. ”

Peng Yichen raised his voice and focused everyone's attention on himself.

"As soon as the trial was over, I kept putting myself in the shoes of the defendant and thinking about some issues. Note that there was an eyewitness in this case, and an elderly man who claimed to have heard the murder and only saw the child rush out of the house afterwards. The two of them were not at the scene at all at the time of the crime. One was across the street and a tram, and the other just heard something. I would like to ask, what if both of these witnesses are wrong?

The white-collar worker of the company also became impatient, he untied his bow tie, and asked suspiciously: "What do you mean? Isn't it the responsibility of the witness to ensure the truth of the testimony? What does it have to do with us?"

Peng Yichen asked him firmly: "What if they all go wrong?"

The white-collar worker hurriedly said: "They are witnesses, and it is illegal to give false testimony, don't they all know?"

Peng Yichen retorted sharply: "They are just human beings, and human beings will make mistakes, what if they are all wrong?"

The white-collar worker threw the bow tie on the table, "I wasn't at the scene of the crime at the time, how do I know if they made a mistake." ”

Peng Yichen seized the loophole in his words.

"That's right, you're right, none of us were there, and we couldn't confirm whether the two witnesses were wrong, isn't that a suspicion? ”

The stout man immediately stood up and retorted to him.

"Since you think there are doubts about the testimony, then let me ask you, what about the folding knife stuck in the chest of the deceased?"

The stout man seemed to have found the most solid support, and asked loudly.

"That kid himself admitted that he bought a folding knife that night, and this knife was stuck in his father's body, you are so smart, can you tell me who bought him and stuck it in the body he picked up?"

Peng Yichen snorted coldly in his heart, just waiting for your words.

"Okay, let's discuss the issue of this folding knife now, convener, can you bring the murder weapon, let's see. ”

The stout man said angrily: "In the courtroom, we have all seen the murder weapon, why are we looking at it again?"

At this time, the agent helped Peng Yichen say something.

"He has the right to ask to see the evidence again. ”

But then he looked at Peng Yichen and asked, "Don't you think that this folding knife is the best evidence to prove that the defendant is the murderer?"

"You're quite right. Peng Yichen leaned his back on the back of the chair to make himself a little more relaxed, wanting to hear the agent's thoughts.

Seeing that Peng Yichen agreed with his idea, the agent smiled slightly, and quickly became serious again.

"Since you agree, then I'll tell you some clues in the case. ”

He confidently shared his opinion with everyone present.

"1. The boy left the house at eight o'clock because his father slapped him twice.

2. I went to a nearby second-hand store and bought a handful...... Folding knives. Unlike the folding knives with plastic handles found on the street, the handles of this knives are made of metal and are carved with intricate patterns of angels and skeletons. Even the owner of the shop where the defendant bought the folding knife said that he had only one such knife in his shop.

Three, around 8:45, he said he met some friends at the bar, right?"

Peng Yichen was still very relaxed and replied, "You're right. ”

The corners of the agent's mouth rose slightly, and he said affirmatively.

"He chatted with his friend and left at 9:45, during which time his friend saw the folding knife;

Fourth, his friend identified the murder weapon used by the murderer in court as the knife;

5. At about 10 o'clock, he returned home. Note that from here on, the prosecutor's version and the defendant's account began to diverge.

The defendant said that he went out to the movies at 11:30 a.m. and returned home at 3:10 a.m. to find his father dead and he was arrested. ”

The agent slowly became excited when he said this, and for the first time today, he stood up and said his reasoning out loud.

The defendant also said that his knife fell through the hole in his pocket, probably between 11:30 and 3:10, after which he never saw the knife again. ”

He was as excited as if he had successfully bought a skyrocketing stock, and took the murder weapon from the convener's hand.

He said that the knife had been lost, but it had been used to kill his father. He said that he was watching a movie in the cinema at the time of the crime, but no one saw him enter the cinema?

The real fact is that the defendant stayed at home, he got into an argument with his father, and then rose up to kill people. Running out of the house at 12:10, he even wiped the knife clean so that the police could not find fingerprints. ”

Peng Yichen knew that this person was the calmest and most difficult opponent, and he couldn't let him control the rhythm of the court, otherwise he might lose the whole game.

He immediately retorted, "It is very likely that his knife was lost, and someone else killed his father with a similar knife." Whoever told you that the murder weapon must have been the one that the defendant bought!"

The agent seemed to have heard the funniest thing in the world, and he slammed the murder knife in his hand into the table in front of Peng Yichen.

"Please take a closer look at this knife, I have never seen a folding knife of this style, and the shopkeeper who sold it said that it was very rare. Now that the knife is in the chest of the deceased, you say that it is not the one that the defendant bought, is it too coincidental?"

Peng Yichen ignored his question, and replied with a faint smile: "I think that there are sometimes such coincidences in this world. ”

The stout man looked at Peng Yichen's expression, couldn't hold it back, stood up and shouted to him: "I don't think it's a TM coincidence. ”

Peng Yichen looked at the angry bull in front of him, and his expression turned cold. He pulled out a folding knife from his pocket and thrust it next to it.

Obviously, this was prepared by the original owner of the body a long time ago.

It was just said to be a unique murder weapon, but at this time, an identical knife was stuck next to it.

Almost all the auditors in the audience jumped up in shock, and everyone gathered together, staring at the two "twin" knives on the table, and asked in unison.

"Where did you get that?

"Why is this knife exactly the same as the murder weapon?"

As if he had been hit hard, the stout man shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"

Only the agent remained calm and asked Peng Yichen: "Where did you find this knife?"

Peng Yichen looked at everyone calmly and explained slowly: "I went out for a walk last night, and I happened to pass by the village where the defendant lived, and I bought it at a grocery store less than 100 meters away from their house for only 20 yuan. ”

The agent's face was cloudy, and he asked: Don't you know that it is illegal to buy controlled knives. ”

Peng Yichen was not intimidated by him, and said coldly: "I know it's illegal, but everyone can buy it, are you right?"

The stout man still didn't calm down, and shouted: Your trick is really high, and you have all wrapped us in. But tell me, what if there is one of the same knives, maybe ten more of them, will that prove that the bastard didn't kill anyone?"

Peng Yichen sneered in his heart, thank you so much for giving me an assist, and calmly pointed out the loopholes in the stout man's words.

"You're right, maybe there are ten identical knives, so how can you prove that the murder weapon was the one that the young man bought. ”

The stout man was even more angry, and his voice was thick and ruthless.

"What do you mean by that? Don't think that finding a knife like this is a great discovery!"

Every interrogator at the scene was shouting, looking at the identical knife in front of them, their unwavering understanding of this case was slowly collapsing.

Peng Yichen looked at them, but his heart became more and more nervous, he knew that now was a critical period.

The convener saw that everyone was standing and arguing excitedly, and hurriedly maintained order. "Okay, everyone has seen the knife. Don't all stand and talk......"

Although the stout man sat down obediently, he still said indignantly: "No matter what tricks you play, anyway, eleven of us think that bastard is guilty." ”

The nouveau riche changed his strategy and began to persuade Peng Yichen.

"What the hell do you want to do? You're only one and we have eleven? No matter how long you hold on, that little rascal will be punished in the end... Field. ”

Peng Yichen didn't eat him, and said lightly: "Maybe you're right." ”

The salesman kept looking at the time, stood up and asked Peng Yichen impatiently: "What do you want to do? ”

The old gentleman beside Peng Yichen couldn't get used to his impatient appearance, and said angrily: "For the life of a young man, don't you want to spend a night?"

The salesman sneered, "Then why don't we make some marching beds here?" Go and tell the bailiff at the door that he can go." Because we're going to spend the night here. ”

The nouveau riche ignored their arguments and continued to question Peng Yichen about the knife.

"Whether that poor dick killed someone or not has nothing to do with this knife, right? Someone saw him kill his father. What evidence do you need? I really don't want to delay your efforts with you anymore, my company still has a lot of things to do, and I have to do it in a hurry. ”

The engineer stood up and looked at the nouveau riche who opened his mouth and closed his mouth and reminded him: "During the trial, the prosecutor once said that this murder weapon was very important evidence, and he spent a lot of time ......"

The nouveau riche didn't listen to him at all, stood up and retorted loudly: "He's just a small civil servant, and a month's salary is not enough for me to eat a meal, what does he know?"

The white-collar workers on the two sides of them quickly stopped the two of them and persuaded: "We can't waste time arguing. ”

The conference room fell silent again.

Seeing that no one spoke anymore, the convener took the initiative to ask Peng Yichen: "Until now, do you still think that the court's judgment cannot be passed?"

Peng Yichen stood up and slowly put forward his own suggestion.

"I know some of you don't care about this case at all, and some of you are in a hurry to get out. Well, let's vote again, don't raise our hands publicly, just write a note and vote anonymously. This time I abstain, if all of you still pass the court's verdict. Then I will choose to pass the verdict. But as long as one person chooses to 'oppose,' then everyone has to stay here until all the doubts about the case are cleared." ”

Peng Yichen walked to the window, looked at the dark clouds outside the window, and said without looking back.

"Whether you agree to my proposal or not, you can decide for yourself!"

The convener looked at the other jurors: "He has a good idea, does anyone oppose it?"

When no one spoke, the convener assumed that everyone had agreed, and he took out a blank piece of paper, tore it into eleven copies, and passed it to everyone.

Everyone bowed their heads and wrote their decisions on their slips of paper.

Soon the convener took back everyone's note.

He opened them one by one and read the results out loud.

"Guilty"

"Guilty"

"Guilty"

"Guilty",

…… Until he opened the last note and slowly read out the result.

"Not Guilty !!"

The nouveau riche, the stout man, and the salesman were stunned.

The nouveau riche even jumped up and shouted, ", how can this happen?"

Peng Yichen turned his head sharply, looked at the note on the table, and knew that he had finally overcome the first difficulty.

Touching the palm of his hand, it was full of cold sweat......