The autumn cicadas used their last strength to make a noisy noise, and the maple leaves on Bauhinia Mountain in Hwaseong shook lazily, as if they were recuperating and waiting to bloom the dazzling red. The graceful swaying figure of the willow tree in front of the training department building decorates this solemn blue-gray three-story stone building, revealing a little bit of humanity.

In the dimly lit lecture hall, reflective projectors rustle and click, and old films are projected onto the projection screen on the left side of the blackboard. Physical evidence photos, briefings, and trial records were presented to the 56 students in the audience one by one.

Shepboy, a prominent surgeon in Qingzhou, was arrested seventeen years ago on July 4, 594 in the New Calendar on suspicion of killing his pregnant wife, Xie Li Manyin. He claimed to be innocent and that his wife's death was caused by an outsider breaking into the house and knocking her unconscious. After the case was made public, it immediately attracted great attention from the national and local media, and relevant comments and reports immediately spread all over the world. (Note: A number of years later, Shebold's defense lawyer submitted five volumes of tendentious newspaper clippings to the Federal Supreme Court as evidence that Shebold's right to a fair trial had been violated.) ）

Shepard was charged with second-degree murder and was dismissed in the first instance on the grounds of incomplete evidence. The prosecution and the police spared no effort to continue the investigation and prosecution, and before receiving a retrial in the federal court, Shepherd had spent one year in the police detention center. In 596, Shebernard's case was retried and he was acquitted.

Referring to the media coverage of the case before and during the trial as a "chaotic madhouse," Justice Doilin Lee, who acquitted Shebold, said on behalf of the court: "A responsible press is often seen as an assistant in the effective administration of justice, especially in the field of criminal cases." …… From this case, we can see that there is an increasing number of unfair and biased news reports on pending cases. Due process requires that the defendant be tried by a fair jury that is not subject to outside influence. In view of the universality of the modern media and the difficulty of erasing biased public opinion from the minds of jurors, the trial court should take strong measures to safeguard the rights of the accused, and the court hearing the appeal is obliged to independently evaluate the circumstances of the case.

Of course, this is not to prohibit the press from reporting on what is happening in the courtroom. …… Courts must ensure that their proceedings are free from external interference and bias in accordance with legal principles and rules. Neither the prosecutor, the defence counsel, the accused, the witnesses, the court staff nor the police can undermine this function. The cooperation of lawyers and the press in the area of information affects the fairness of criminal trials and should not only be regulated, but also punished by reproach and court discipline. ”

The case was a sensation at the time, with news agencies, crime experts, lawyers, and prosecutors in half of the federation commenting on it. Because it is an ordinary homicide case at the local level, the Linzi Local Police Department was the first to investigate and prosecute the case. The earliest Li corpse was found by the housekeeper Zhou Liang at 9:17 p.m., and several subordinates such as the maid Myolie Wu, Shefboy's concubine Song, and Ding Si were the first to arrive at the scene.

The testimony recorded that Shepard was "unconscious" in the outer room of the dormitory, with his head facing the dormitory, lying on his stomach and suffering blunt force injuries to the back of the head. Lee's half body was lying outside the bed, and his head was hit in three places similar to a stick, all of which were fatal injuries, and the fetus was 7 months old, and the body was alive and dead.

There are splashes of blood on the bed and the ground, and nearly three liters of blood have coagulated at the bed, and the estimated time of death is between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. The suspected murder weapon was a painted wooden stick that was dumped at the door of the dormitory, between the door and the unconscious Shebourd. The reason why it is called a suspected murder weapon is because no blood stains were found on the wooden stick, and even under the current maximum magnification of 30 times the microscope, the blood stains could not be determined, and no other relevant cleaning or wiping blood stains were found at the scene, and fingerprint collection technology was not widely used at that time when fingerprint collection technology began to be used in recent years, so the local police station could only be sealed as the No. 11 suspected evidence.

In terms of witnesses, the housekeeper, maid, and subordinates all testified that except for Shebourd, no one was found to have gone up to the master room on the second floor after 7 o'clock, and no unusual noise was heard. The windows in the master room were open, but no obvious signs of climbing were found. A large number of short-pile carpets were laid in the Xie Mansion, and no suspected footprints were found. All relatives and friends reported that Li was born in a wealthy family of poetry and books, has a gentle temperament, is kind to others, treats people in partial houses and subordinates very kindly, rarely goes out after 2 months of pregnancy, social relations are extremely simple, and there is no other possibility of vendetta. The items in the room are neatly arranged, and there is no suspicion of theft.

Therefore, in the absence of any human witnesses and valid physical evidence, the only suspect in the murder of a pregnant woman pointed to Dr. Shebold, who was unconscious in the outer room.

Dr. Shepherd was 42 years old at the time of the incident, born in a family of military merits, graduated from the military medical department of the Eastern Infantry Non-commissioned Officer School at the age of 20, served in the army for ten years, participated in the Western War 38 years ago, served for five years and retired due to a leg injury, and was only 26 years old when he was able to hold up a cane. With the ability to perform trauma orthopedic surgery during his service, he quickly became a famous local doctor. Dr. Tse is straightforward, erudite and elegant, highly respected in high society, and has won many awards from the Health Bureau for his pioneering work in orthopaedic and gynaecological surgery.

The only thing that can be called a stain is that he maintains secret relationships with many noble ladies, and he is also a frequent visitor to high-end nightclubs and brothels in Qingzhou. Of course, in today's atmosphere of openness in the upper class, this kind of semi-public secrecy is not a problem, and at most it is a small loss of personal morality. At the age of 34, she married the second Miss Li of the Jinan clan at the age of 20, and the entry was rumored to be a beautiful conversation, and the relationship between the husband and wife has been good, but they have not had children for many years after marriage, so at the age of 39, they accepted their own secretary Song as a concubine for their son, and there were no rumors about discord between husband and wife. After Li became pregnant, he took care of his wife and kept the baby in the house without any doubts.

Such a case, which lacked any direct evidence, caused a carnival in the entire media and even half of Qingzhou back then. In order to investigate the eyewitnesses, the police made the case public and sought help from the community. For a while, the sky was boiling, hiding political enemies, medical opponents, and cuckold husbands began to reveal Dr. Xie's hidden wolf nature, anonymous widows, red cards in Qinglou, nurses explained Dr. Xie's various sexual fetishes and psychological problems, and relatives and friends doxxed Dr. Xie's personality secrets...... The lawyer's opinion, the detective's opinion, and the old prosecutor's opinion, as long as it can be linked to the doctor's case for a while, it can win the attention of the media. The detection of the case has been greatly affected.

Minorities, including the victims' families, insisted that since they could not find evidence that Dr. Xie had killed his wife, they should believe Dr. Xie's confession, and that someone entered through the window and knocked Dr. Xie unconscious as he walked to his bedroom, and killed Dr. Xie's wife, Lee. However, most factions, including the prosecution and the police, believe that there is no evidence to prove Dr. Xie's confession, since there is no evidence of the entry and exit of a third party, the window height of the second-floor Western-style building of Xie Mansion is 6 meters, and it is impossible for someone to trespass without leaving a trace, and other male subordinates of Xie Mansion have been excluded from going up to the second floor, so the only living person on the second floor, Dr. Xie, can only be the murderer. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the murderer brutally killed the Li family, who had a simple social relationship, resulting in two deaths, but spared Dr. Xie, who might have become the target of love or vendetta.

The prosecution took Dr. Xie to court twice without strong evidence, during which time Dr. Xie had been pledged by the police station for a year and a half without parole. Naturally, such a crude accusation could not have passed the jury's deliberations. However, the strange thing is that Dr. Xie has always fallen into deep self-reproach during the fierce court debate, except for answering the necessary questions, not saying a word, not defending himself, and not protesting. After the final judge declared him not guilty, Dr. Xie dismissed his subordinates and his concubine Ms. Song to live a simple hermit life, and half a year later committed suicide by poisoning his wife Li's dead bed, leaving an intriguing three-character suicide note: "I was wrong". Ms. Song, a concubine who received the entire inheritance, also died of grief a month later.

The "doctor's murder case" in Linzi has since become an unsolved case. To this day, there are still various judicial interpretations and novel picture book explanations.

"Stand upright!"

With a slight swing of the doorknob, the clerk's adjutant at the door shouted. Boom, stomping their feet in unison, the 56 non-commissioned officers straightened their bodies like javelins. The gray training uniform is not clean, and the faces that are young or deep are slightly raised and their chins are slightly raised, and they are looking straight ahead without flashing, and they seem to be trying to lift the ribbon on their chests intentionally or unintentionally.

Yu Bule rarely put on his lieutenant colonel's uniform, his eyes flashed from his face with the ceremonial sword in his hand, and he walked to the center of the podium and bowed his head slightly to "take a break".

Motioned to the students near the window to open the window covered by thick black velvet. The bright sunlight poured in, instantly illuminating the pair of clear eyes that revealed confusion or thinking or eagerness to try.

With a bang, together with the clerks, the non-commissioned officers and cadets sat down neatly.

Yu Bule solemnly drank the "Chief's Order".

"Loyalty!" The 57 javelins stood upright again, this time with an additional chest-beating salute.

"The principal ordered all the students of the reconnaissance training class to gather at 5 o'clock after lunch to participate in the graduation ceremony. Ordered. ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Take a break."

Yu Bule looked at the 56 students in front of him with satisfaction. Federal colleges and universities, civil and political colleges and universities can be admitted at the age of 16, military schools need to be at least 18 years old, and the senior training cadets in front of them, except for more than a dozen outstanding non-commissioned officers and students in the current year, are all current training officers, from 20 to 40 years old. However, in the classroom, regardless of whether they are high or low, they all wear cadet military badges.

Yu Bule untied the ceremonial sword and hung it on the hook of the podium, gently soothed the military discipline buckle on the neckline, and the usual smile appeared on his face, and he started today's graduation class.

"I have revised your paper and sent it back to you. For the investigation of this unsolved case fifteen years ago, you have lived up to the title of senior student......"

For his graduation thesis, Yu Bule designated the topic of analysis fifteen years ago, to be precise, the unsolved case in Linzi City, Qingzhou seventeen years ago.

"The reason why this proposition-free short paper is only given you one day is to test your ability to sort out evidence and analyze events in a short period of time. A total of 56 valid papers were received, including 27 on the analysis of various evidence chains, 3 on the psychological profile of the murderer, 4 on the analysis of the judgment of the fairness of the trial on the influence of public opinion, 15 on the possibility of Dr. Shepard committing the crime, 8 on the guilt and 7 on the guilt and innocence, 3 on the debate and analysis of the trial lawyer, 1 on the impact of jury composition on the verdict, 2 on the scene investigation and evidence collection, and the last one on the storage and preservation of evidence. ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Yu Bule smiled and looked at the students in the audience. "There are four excellent papers, and the rest are good. Congratulations on your graduation. ”

Instantly, there was a buzz of discussion and inquiry in the classroom, and in less than three seconds, it returned to silence.

Yu Bule was very satisfied with the effect of militarized discipline, and continued, "The results of this thesis will not be included in your graduation evaluation results, and I will recommend your whereabouts according to your papers and comprehensive performance." The humming returned, and it was calm.

"There's still half an hour to discuss." Yu Bule raised his hand and motioned for the students to take their seats.

"Report! Teacher, how did you judge this case? A non-commissioned officer in his thirties stood up and asked first.

Yu Bule knew that Jiang Weihao, a student, was from Qingzhou police, so it was not surprising that he asked the first question. smiled slightly, "The reason why a suspicious case is a suspicious case is that the judgment only exists in your heart." I remember your argument that Dr. Xie was necessarily connected to Lee's death from the suicide note. It is recommended that you have an after-class discussion with Sun Yijun, Han Qiaosheng, and Li Maolin, whose views are similar to or opposite to yours, and analyzed them from the perspectives of motives, evidence, and the psychology of criminals. ”

Jiang Weihao stared at Yu Bule unwillingly and expectantly, "I will seriously ask them for advice, sir, I just want to know your opinion." "Paused for a moment" My father-in-law participated in the investigation that year, and he was also the detective who initiated the prosecution's accusation, and he couldn't let go of the case even if he died! There was no grief, no longing, only a faint calm.

Yu Bule was slightly stunned, knowing that it was difficult to uncover it, thinking of the investigation record of the old detective in the dossier, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, "I have the honor to read Ling Gong's handwriting, and there has been a detailed discussion of the purpose of the crime, including the hypothetical investigation of the possibility of love murder, inheritance disputes, etc." Free discussion. ”

There was a coax, and the classroom boiled.

"I'll just say it, Shepherd has been lingering in flowers for many years, and there must be something strange." Some people are complacent.

"The background check has long ruled out the possibility of Li's extramarital pregnancy, Lao Xie is very sorry for this fetal baby, it can't be someone else's species." Someone immediately retorted.

"There is a way to kill babies, why kill Li cruelly?" There are doubts.

Yu Bule leaned lightly on the podium, slightly pursed the corners of his mouth and looked at the students in the discussion. Mistresses, inheritance disputes, revenge from others, and other existing unseen views were thrown out layer by layer, and everyone discussed enthusiastically in combination with the views of their own papers. But the crux of the problem is still how the murderer invaded the master room on the second floor, and whether the murder weapon was the magical wooden stick that appeared, these clichés and inconclusive points. Leaning towards Shebourd's view of killing his wife, he became an absolute minority. Jiang Weihao fell into deep thoughts because of his grandfather's accumulation.