There were three witnesses, one was a man surnamed Zhang, the administrator of the Liyou Hotel, who saw Qin Shuimei and Huang Guangming enter room 801 at the same time before the crime, and the two had an argument before entering the door. However, his testimony is not strong, because he was not at the scene of the first crime, and it cannot be proved that Qin Shuimei killed Huang Guangming.

The second witness was another groom's 'Belle'. Before Huang Guangming and Qin Shuimei entered the room, she had received a foreign friend in room 801. However, before Huang Qin and the others entered the room, the foreign friend had already put on his pants and left, and the 'beauty' hid in the bathroom to smoke ~ drugs because of drug addiction. When she walked out of the bathroom, she vaguely saw the two arguing and having physical contact, and vaguely saw Huang Guangming falling from the window, when Qin Shuimei was standing in front of the window. The reason why I say 'vague' and 'vague' is because she was taking a lot of drugs at the time and her mind was not very clear.

The third witness is a certified public accountant, which is the most credible of the three witnesses and will be the strongest witness for the prosecution. He lived on the opposite side of the window of room 801 of Liyou Hotel, when he was about to open the window for ventilation because of insomnia, so he clearly saw Huang Guangming's fall from the building; just because his house was on the seventh floor, one floor lower, so he only saw two people fighting in the window of 801 before Huang Guangming fell, and then he saw the deceased fall from the window, and then saw Qin Shuimei standing in the window, one hand pushing out from the inside out!

The chain of evidence formed by the testimony of these three witnesses may indeed allow the jury to find Qin Shuimei guilty of murder. But Zhou Yi clearly knew that Qin Shuimei was not a murderer, there should have been another person in room 801 at that time, this person either knew the drug addict, or had some relationship with Qin Shuimei, or had a grudge against the deceased Huang Guangming. He just couldn't figure it out a little, the drug addict might not have seen this person because she was delirious, or mistook this person for Qin Shuimei, but Qin Shuimei was awake. Why did she hide it for this person? Huang Guangming's statement that he fell from the building could not be established, and he had already judged that Qin Shuimei had lied on this point.

What's the secret behind this?

He must ask Qin Shuimei about this matter, hoping to find the real murderer. But as a defense lawyer, he will not pin all his hopes on this matter, and the police forensic evidence did not find out that there was a fourth person in room 801 at that time, which is very interesting, enough to make Zhou Yi think about it......

The efficiency of the Xiangjiang police was very fast, but in just half a month, Qin Shuimei's case was transferred to the Justice Chamber's Office, which was indeed preparing to prosecute him for murder. The meaning of manslaughter was not considered at all.

"Mr. Zhou, this time it's a bit troublesome, the prosecutor is senior prosecutor Sun Yuqing, this guy is a mad dog, he won't let go if he bites him......"

Ma Ming called as soon as possible. Knowing that half of Zhou Yi's big picture is the meaning of playing tickets, it is impossible to be a lawyer in the future, Ma Ming's title is more casual.

"Oh, the Attorney General's Chambers didn't find an outside contractor this time?"

There are two types of prosecutors in Hong Kong, one is the prosecution under the Attorney General's Chambers. One is outsourcing, which is an initiative of the Department of Justice to reduce expenses and save public funds. The 'outsourcing' is a barrister like Zhou Yi, who appears as a defense lawyer most of the time, during his assignment. The prosecutor is not allowed to investigate the case on his own or to contact the defendant or the defendant's relatives, and if an investigation is required, it must be through the police officer who is handling the case.

So in the criminal proceedings in Xiangjiang. Prosecutors are at a disadvantage, and in their words, "the defender can take the initiative and investigate the case." Their fate is in their own hands, and they can only wait passively, and the police will use whatever evidence they give, and their fate is in the hands of others."

In contrast, some contractors are accustomed to being defenders, and subconsciously are more able to consider issues from the perspective of defenders. For example, in a murder case, if the prosecution is an external assignment, as long as the defense lawyer takes a certain initiative in the trial, he has a great chance to discuss with the prosecutor and admit manslaughter;

So when Ma Ming knew that Sun Yuqing was the prosecutor, he was a little worried. Although Zhou Yi is known as a genius, this is his first case after all, and it is difficult for Ma Ming to have too much confidence in him when he encounters such a tricky case and an old and spicy prosecution.

"It doesn't matter who the prosecutor is, we don't want to fight manslaughter, but not to acquit you!"

Zhou Yi can understand Ma Ming's worries, after all, it is the first time to cooperate, and it seems that he needs to be given some confidence.

"Are you so sure?" Ma Ming was even more worried when he heard this, this apprentice should not be just a big talker, right?

"Hehe, then you can wait and see. Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Old Ma, you can drive over to pick me up, let's go to Liyou Hotel to have a look." ”

"Go to Liyou?" Ma Ming was stunned for a moment before he said: "It's been a week since the crime, is there any point in going to the scene of the crime at this time?"

"Of course there is, and it means a lot. Zhou Yi smiled. In fact, after meeting Qin Shuimei that day, he read the transcript overnight, but he didn't go to the scene of the crime until today, just to prove his speculation, and proving this will affect the direction of his work in this case......

Mong Kok is a sleepless day in Kowloon, and it is also a famous shopping area in Hong Kong, with thriving shopping malls and women's markets. So in some movies that reflect the black ~ society of Xiangjiang, this is a place where various gangs are brave and ruthless, and it seems to be more chaotic than Africa. In fact, Hong Kong is still the safest area in Asia, and it is not an exaggeration to say that "at 12 o'clock at night in Mong Kok, even the police dare not go out on the streets" as depicted in some police movies.

The name of the Liyou Hotel is actually a low-grade hostel, but because it is located near Nathan Road, the business is very hot, of course, it means 'that kind of' business. However, since the murder, there have been few prostitutes~ When Zhou Yi and Ma Ming walked into the hotel, the administrator Zhang Shui was sleeping on the dilapidated and old counter, and half of his sleeves were wet with saliva.

Zhou Yi knocked twice on the counter with his hand, and Zhang Shui raised his head and rubbed his sleepy eyes: "What are you doing, looking for a woman?"

"You're really direct. Aren't you afraid I'm a police officer?"

"Slivers, can you afford such expensive clothes and ties? Boss, are you kidding......"

Zhang Shui smiled: "Two bosses, what kind of woman do you want." Royal sister, Lori or a wife, playing uniforms or playing scene packages, leather whips and candles, ......"

"Do you know Qin Shuimei?" Zhou Yi frowned, too lazy to talk to this turtle ~ Gong, and directly took out a business card and threw it to him: "I'm her defense lawyer......"

"Lawyer?" Zhang Shui shook his head again and again: "I don't know anything." ”

"You're a prosecution witness, how can you not know anything?" Zhou Yi smiled slightly, took out a Hong Kong dollar with a denomination of 500 yuan and handed it over: "Xiangjiang law stipulates that defense lawyers are not allowed to harass prosecution witnesses, but Xiangjiang law also does not prohibit defense lawyers from having normal contact with prosecution witnesses, do you think we are in normal contact?"

"Of course it's normal contact, barrister, you definitely didn't harass me......" Zhang Shui smiled. Putting the money away: "What do you want to know?"

"On the day of the crime, except for the deceased, Qin Shuimei and the drug woman, no one entered room 801, I want to listen to the facts, but I didn't let you lie, if you lie, it is obstructing justice, and the responsibility is borne by yourself. ”

Zhou Yi shook his phone and signaled to him that the recording function had been turned on.

"Absolutely not. Zhang Shui replied resolutely. The police had asked this question many times, so he didn't need to think about it at all.

"Well, thank you for your cooperation. It can be seen that Zhang Shui is not lying.

"Is there any guest in room 801 now? Zhou Yi took out another five hundred yuan.

"No, no, this room is the most luxurious. How can those poor ghosts afford to pay......" Zhang Shui smiled, took out a door card and handed it to Zhou Yi: "You can look at it as long as you want." ”

Room 801 is really the 'presidential' suite of this 'hotel', with its own luxurious bathroom. The overall decoration imitates the European style, and there is actually a fireplace next to the wall.

There are windows in the living room and bedrooms, but the bedrooms have floor-to-ceiling windows. The lower frame of the living room window is about one meter two from the ground, the reason is self-evident, there are many guests who have special hobbies, like to open the curtains on the living room sofa to find excitement, of course, this window can not be opened too low, otherwise how can this luxury suite open such a strange window?

"Zhou Da ......"

"Why don't you call Mr. Zhou, I love to hear it. When he arrived at the scene of the crime, Ma Ming seemed a little nervous, and the title became formal, and Zhou Yi smiled.

"Hehe, okay Mr. Zhou, what do you mean by the question just now? Do you think that there will be a fourth person who entered this room on the day of the crime?" Ma Ming looked around when he entered the room, but the room had already been cleaned, and it was impossible to find anything.

"If I say that a fourth person must have entered here on the day of the crime, and he is the murderer, do you believe it?" Zhou Yi glanced at him and said with a smile.

"How is it possible, Mr. Zhou, you don't really think that the forensic evidence of the police is an idiot, right?" Ma Ming shook his head: "The quality of the Xiangjiang police is among the best in Asia, and the level of forensics is even higher than that of Britain and the United States, which is an undoubted fact. ”

"Hehe......"

Zhou Yi didn't say anything, he looked around the room, measured the distance from the window to the sofa for a while, and walked to the four corners of the living room for a while, observing the room from different angles.

"Mr. Zhou, who are you?" Ma Ming was speechless, isn't this nervous, running here to pretend to be a detective?

The fireplace was cleaned very cleanly, and Zhou Yi searched carefully, and finally picked up a trace of ash from the corners and cracks.

"Old Ma, it's spring now, and the climate in Xiangjiang is warm, but there is still ash in the fireplace, don't you think it's strange?"

"What does this have to do with this case?"

Ma Ming said angrily: "Yes, it's spring now, but can't these ashes be left over from winter? You don't expect this kind of small hotel to be cleaned like a five-star hotel, right? There is a little ash left in the corner of the fireplace, and it is normal." ”

"Really?"

Zhou Yi smiled, looked above the fireplace, and then turned around and said, "But if I'm not mistaken, there was plenty of rain last winter." Xiangjiang is close to the sea, the air is humid, this kind of small hotel can not have dryers and other drying equipment, although there is air conditioning, but according to relevant information, air conditioning can only pump out 40% of the moisture in the air......"

"This ......" Ma Ming looked at him inexplicably: "Mr. Zhou, what do you want to say?"

"According to the above facts, if these furnace ashes were left over from last winter or this spring, then they should be very humid and even turn into furnace mud, but look at these furnace ashes...... Zhou Yi held the furnace ashes in his hand in front of Ma Ming, and with a gentle blow, the furnace ashes immediately scattered in all directions: "These furnace ashes are new, and they will definitely not exceed half a month." In other words, there is a high probability that these furnace ashes did not appear until after this murder!"

PS: Thank you for the support of the "discontinued" and "thief" brothers, thank you for the light. (To be continued......)