Chapter 169: The Trial of the Three Religions
The Panhu City Forensic Institute is the place where Mu Yunxi dreamed of his childhood, he once fantasized that he was wearing a black robe and playing the role of the forensic officer in the most standardized language, and now he has finally fulfilled his wish, under this holy sword of forensics, the judge and the jury will declare their own justice, and finally it is up to him to distinguish whether it is honest or a lie.
However, the assumption is far from reality, especially the embarrassing scene in the courtroom: the tall and thin presiding judge and the other five fat judges have already taken their seats, after reading the testimony of the witnesses, the presiding judge held the lens on the bridge of his nose, and handed the testimony to the other judges for circulation as if he had eliminated superfluous things, and the other judges tried their best to perfunctory the conclusive evidence, some poured a sip of mineral water on the table, some took out the handkerchief in their pockets and wiped the sweat beads on the front and back of their heads, and some whispered to remind the presiding judge that it was time for the defendant to speak。
In the blink of an eye, Ling Wenxuan came to the dock with a calm and unhurried expression, and began to speak: "I am a priest of the Tianyao Sect, and I only recognize the judgment of the gods of the Bright Stars, and you want me to swear to the Code of Lobelen, which is as ridiculous as letting an illiterate person forcibly read the writings of great men. Of course, I am not illiterate, and you are not great men, and I would be glad to defend myself if my words could defend me, but how dare I tell the truth about the wicked villain who hides in the midst of holiness, who is so intent on killing me?"
Under the influence of this sonorous and powerful voice, the jury became more silent, and Shakya Daoan suddenly stood up like a relief. The other jurors squirmed stupidly and restlessly, the Holy Lord Allai muttered something to the tired Pope Zhai Tianfu, Yan Wensha fanned the folding fan in her hand, revealing a thoughtful smile, Zhao Kai on the right side of the seat turned his head to talk to Jiang Weiyi who was shaking on the circle chair, and among the four family masters, Mo Yi was the only one who was silent, quietly listening to how Mu Yunxi wanted to refute.
"Lord Shakya, don't be excited, if the defendant is judged to be white, he will naturally not bother your sect to do it himself. Mu Yunxi motioned for Dao An to sit back in his place, turned his back to the presiding judge, "After my analysis and reasoning and the evidence provided by the witnesses, if it is judged to be black, what awaits him will be the punishment of the law." ”
Knock-knock!
The presiding judge struck the gavel twice, and the witnesses came to court.
A woman with her hair coiled introduced herself to the presiding judge, the judges, and the jury, and began to answer Mu Yunxi's questions.
"Hexiang Pavilion proprietress Sylna, do you still have an impression of this priest in front of you?"
"He is my benefactor, a good man who saved my daughter Kalia in the village of Grancia. ”
Mu Yunxi turned to the Holy Lord Ala'i and said coldly, "It is said that the Miracle Ring has always been kept by your sect, how could it fall into the hands of a wicked person like Lopele and let him do evil?"
"This person is the scum of my Heavenly Gift Sect, I have made all the believers take this as a warning, and now our primary purpose is to recover the artifact of this sect, and we have no intention of taking the life of Father Ling Wenxuan. ”
Between the Holy Lord's words, he glanced at Pope Zhai Tianfu beside him, but the other party was unmoved, and nodded for Mu Yunxi to continue.
"I once went to the Hexiang Pavilion to inquire with you about the whereabouts of Youna, and I happened to hear about the murder in the newspaper, and even further back it was the morning of Father Li Jikui's murder, can you tell me more about the situation on that day?"
"At that time, it was the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Hexiangtei store, and I invited Yuna to sing a song to promote the store, and promised to pay 3,000 bellen as a reward. During this period, Gui Xun'er acted as a temporary waiter to serve tea and pour water for guests, and Ling Wenxuan went to the market to buy food. ”
"And how long did he spend buying food, have you counted?"
Sylna flicked her thumb and thought for a moment, "About an hour and a half." ”
"Okay, I see, you can go down. Mu Yunxi touched the bridge of his nose with his right index finger, turned to the presiding judge, and asked him to call the next witness.
This person was the new prime minister of the Garo Kingdom, Ban Renji, and I saw him salute the judge's bench and the jury respectively, and repeated the inferences Mu Yunxi made that day in the general's mansion with the rank of those present.
"Prime Minister, do you have anything else to add?"
"No, thank you!" Ban Renjian put his right hand on his navel, not daring to look into Mu Yunxi's cold eyes.
"You're lying! If you hadn't cultivated it yourself, how could you be so familiar with the habits of the two-life flower?"
"Mr. Inspector is really extraordinary, and you can see it. Ban Ren sighed, "Yes, my original intention of planting two-life flowers in Suhua Village was to express my longing for my hometown, but I didn't want to be used as a tool to murder the former king. ”
"Since you have repented, we will not pursue it, and it is imperative that you return to your country as soon as possible to explain the truth to the new monarch and convey the spirit of this trial. The presiding judge cleared his throat to make his voice louder in court.
After the two witnesses withdrew from the courtroom, Mu Yunxi continued to examine Ling Wenxuan's guilt, he muttered in his mouth, and stretched out his right hand to Ling Wenxuan: "For a long time, we have not liked each other, I should take the initiative to show my friendly attitude." ”
Ling Wenxuan's face did not show a look of horror, and he calmly opened his palm and let Mu Yunxi touch it.
"It's not the hand that holds the gun, how many people have you killed, how many times have you been killed to wipe away the punishment from you?" Mu Yunxi let go of Ling Wenxuan and turned to the presiding judge with an expressionless face, "Now that the evidence is conclusive, there is no reason why such a criminal should not be punished severely, so I implore Mr. Dean to initiate a public prosecution against the defendant." ”
"You haven't explained the defendant's alibi, with the distance between the Hexiang Pavilion and the Hergrilla Monastery, I'm afraid it won't take two hours, and the defendant only took an hour and a half, how did he get there?"
The principle is very simple, he took the waterway, so it only took half an hour to get from Hexiang Pavilion to Pingchuan Island, and it was only about an hour back and forth, and the remaining half an hour he could go to the market to buy something, and then return to Hexiang Pavilion, pretending that nothing had happened. Mu Yunxi took out a small black notebook from the pocket on the inside of his clothes and asked one of the attendants to hand it to the presiding judge, "The transcripts of the crime scene are all on it, please check it carefully, there is a description of the appearance of the anonymous priest that is highly consistent with the defendant, proving that the defendant did come to the Hergrilla Monastery and killed Father Li Jikui in the confessional room." ”
Before the presiding judge could speak, Ling Wenxuan's arrogant laughter caused a commotion in the jury: "The analysis is very good, but there is one point that you can't explain clearly, if I am the murderer, why would I waste extra time putting on a mask for the deceased? Wouldn't it be better to flee the scene directly? Although the murderer had the same purpose as me at the beginning, you searched my whole body and still did not find the Seven Artifacts, which undoubtedly contributed to the view that I am not the murderer, and such inconsistent logic really makes people laugh. ”
Dao An stood up again and said angrily, "You must have hidden the Seven Artifacts, if you don't hand over the Seven Artifacts, you will be the enemy of our entire Heavenly Liberation Sect." ”
"Lord Shakya doesn't need to put these words down here, the Tianyao Sect and your sect have been fighting openly and secretly for hundreds of years, and they are no longer afraid of you. Ling Wenxuan turned sideways and sneered: "If possible, I would like to see the effect of the Mind Liberation Technique on your own people." ”
"You ......" Dao'an's fingers trembled.
Seeing this, Zhai Tianfu on the side hurriedly pressed his wrist and let him dissipate his anger: "It's all to blame for our Holy See's lack of discipline, and after listening to him finish speaking, it's not too late for us to make a decision." ”
"I said that the seven artifacts are not in my hands, as for whether you believe it or not, it's up to you. Ling Wenxuan showed everyone his handcuffed wrists, and left the dock under the escort of two police officers, "You are not qualified to judge me at all, you want to kill or chop, listen to me, but I will never turn my back on my god and be in the company of you hypocrites." ”
Yes! Ling Wenxuan's words made people half-believe, but Mu Yunxi always thought that believing half of it was equivalent to believing it all.
Every detail of the two murderer cases was played over and over in Mu Yunxi's mind, and he tried to find out the relevant fragments of the clues about the seven artifacts, removing the mistakes and leaving the correct ones, and in the end there was only a blank.
So...... What is right and what is wrong? After so many setbacks, justice was finally served, but he did not have the slightest joy, and when he began to vote, he heard the voice of broken faith in his heart.
Pope Zhai Tianfu had no problem raising a vote for "white" out of consideration for the interests of his own sect, but what he never expected was that as Ling Wenxuan's old friend, Mo Yi, the president of the Scarlet Moon Adventure Guild, would raise his vote as "black" this time, and the votes of the other five jurors were: Holy Lord Arai claimed that he only wanted to retrieve the Miracle Ring and had little interest in other artifacts, so the vote was the same as that of the representative of the Tianyao Sect, and Shakya Dao'an raised the vote as "black" , and the reaction was the most intense, Zhao Kai affirmed his efforts to solve the murder case of the Herculera Monastery, and raised the vote as "black", Jiang Weiyi did not want to get involved too much in the matter, and raised the vote as "white", while Yan Wensha only because she was not used to the defendant's character, she raised the vote as "black".
The final votes were counted as follows: 3 white votes, 4 black votes, and after discussion between the presiding judge and the judges, it was unanimously approved that the forensic officer Mu Yunxi filed a public prosecution of two criminal cases against the defendant Father Ling Wenxuan.
The sound of the gavel falling on the table heralded the successful conclusion of the trial, and the presiding judge announced to everyone that the verdict of the first instance would be handed down within three working days, and that all but the judges would not have to return to the courtroom.
Then the presiding judge and the judges took off their wigs and prepared to leave the table, and Mu Yunxi was also guided by the on-site staff to the gate of the venue, where he saw Mo Yi, who was walking behind the other six jurors, suddenly stopped.
"I know what you want to ask me, although Ling Wenxuan is my friend, I share your opinion that he is guilty. A light smile appeared on the corner of Mo Yi's mouth, and she turned around and stretched out three fingers, "Because I suspect that there are not only two people who died at Ling Wenxuan's hands, but ......"
"What do you mean, why didn't you say it earlier?" Mu Yunxi was so shocked that she couldn't speak, and hurriedly took Mo Yi to the end of a corridor, seeing that there was no one around, she lowered her voice and said, "Tell me honestly, what happened to the third victim?"
So Mo Yi told the story of how Lu Juji died in Qishui Dragon Palace, interspersed with a lot of original words from Gui Xun'er and Lan Lingxiang, and through comparison, she found that Lu Juji's death was extremely similar to the modus operandi of the other two murders.
After listening to Mo Yi's story, Mu Yunxi suddenly realized, he finally understood why Ling Wenxuan chose these three people as the targets of the crime, he used a pen to write down the blood characters on the back of the three masks, and it became:
He disguises his greed with a mask of hypocrisy.
He disguised his jealousy with a mask of loyalty.
He disguises his laziness with a mask of indifference.
......
Li Jikui's death was due to greed caused by wanting to monopolize the Miracle Ring, Lu Juji's death was due to the fact that he was jealous of everything his friend had gained, and King Xuanhuang's death was due to the laziness of ignoring the government for more than 20 years.
"Greed, jealousy, and laziness all belong to one of the seven deadly sins, and the order in which Ling Wenxuan's murder comes from this. ”
Mo Yi's next statement confirmed Mu Yunxi's reasoning, it turned out that the "Ziyun Ancient Scroll" was one of the four pieces of the text of the training world preserved by the Ziwu Mo family, and her ancestors sealed the ancient scroll in the vast library, so that one day future generations could solve the mystery of the prophecy of the destruction of the world, but unfortunately, for many years, she has been powerless, and she had to use Ling Wenxuan to solve the mystery of the ancient scroll for her in the name of the commission to find the dreadnought sword.
In fact, the authentic copy of "Purple Cloud Ancient Scroll" is still in Mo Yi's hands, and the one in the vast library is only a photocopy, and she did it just in case.
In other words, Ling Wenxuan will continue to kill people until he kills seven people. Mu Yunxi tried his best to be calm and not let his fear show on his face, "Fortunately, we stopped him, otherwise it would be ...... for him to complete that evil sacrifice."
Perhaps only the beautiful singing from outside the forensic chamber could heal his mind and relieve his fatigue from overuse of his brain.