Xu Xiaxi found that she had made a fatal mistake, she thought about the world of the mentally ill with the thinking of a normal person.

This in itself is unreasonable!

Xu Xiaxi was silent for a full quarter of an hour, and finally only smiled bitterly: "Probably because I have never handled a compulsory treatment case, I think that these respondents will spend the rest of their lives in a mental hospital."

There will never be a 'forgiveness', and I will panic. ”

In fact, she also knew that such an idea was a bit of a bull's head, but she just couldn't help it.

Fu Lichen couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xia Xi's entangled little look, and said, "Since you want to check, then find out." This is the duty of the lawyer. ”

Find out the truth and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties.

Xu Xiaxi's eyes lit up suddenly, but soon dimmed again, and he muttered sullenly: "However, this case will be tried at nine o'clock next Wednesday morning." Even if you count today, there are less than four days left. ”

At this time, I'm afraid it's too late to find out anything.

What's more, where to start, Xu Xiaxi has no clue now.

"Since you have the heart to check, let's do it little by little!" Fu Lichen was always calm.

"I'll investigate the collection of documentary evidence, physical evidence and other evidence, you and Sheng Ning will go to that community tomorrow, re-investigate all the witnesses in the case file, and make a record."

Xu Xiaxi looked at Fu Lichen in surprise, a little unable to react.

This is obviously just an obsession that she can't even say why, but Fu Lichen put a lot of patience in it, and even offered to take the initiative to verify the authenticity of the documentary evidence for her.

Natsuki opened her mouth, but now everything seemed to be thin and weak.

She nodded heavily at Fu Lichen, "Okay!" ”

The next day, Sunday, Xu Xiaxi and Sheng Ning came to the community where the crime occurred early in the morning.

They first found Li Qiang, the property manager at the time.

According to Li Qiang, he has been working in this community for nearly 20 years, and when the deceased Liang Yingdi moved Chen Youle to live here, he had been working here for two or three years, and he almost watched Chen Youle grow up.

"I heard that Liang Yingdi was still a national civil servant when she was young! It's just that he has such a neurotic son, who has no job and is dragged and can't remarry. But she's a very good person, she has a smile on everyone, and she has a good relationship with the surrounding residents, so I haven't seen her blush with anyone. ”

Xu Xiaxi listened to Li Qiang's narration while taking a pen and recording it on paper.

After Li Qiang finished speaking, he asked, "Do you have a person named 'old ghost' here?" ”

Li Qiang shook his head and replied in the affirmative, "No!" I know all the residents in the community, but I've never heard of the name 'old ghost'. ”

"What about Captain White?"

"Neither!"

Xu Xiaxi didn't get any information from Li Qiang, and according to the idea of the public security inquiry, he found several residents in the same building, and what everyone said was the same-

The young man who lived upstairs said casually: "There seems to be a mother and son living downstairs, the younger one looks sick, and that aunt is very easy to talk to, and she will greet me when they meet." I've never heard of anyone in the community called 'old ghosts'! ”

The middle-aged woman downstairs looked disgusted: "The middle-aged woman upstairs, she is so old and dressed up all day long, she doesn't look serious, no wonder she has such a son." ”

An old woman who was closer to Liang Yingdi said regretfully: "You said Adi! She is a good child, but she is such a crazy son, when I saw that she was not good before, I persuaded her to send people to the hospital, and she didn't listen, otherwise such a thing would not have happened. ”

When Xu Xiaxi heard this, he suddenly woke up and hurriedly asked, "Why was she bad before?" Why did you send Chen Youle to the hospital? ”

The old woman is over 70 years old and still in good health.

Hearing Xia Xi's question, he pretended to lower his voice mysteriously and said, "I once saw a bruise left by a beating under her sleeve, who else would beat her except for her son who was crazy from time to time?" When I asked her, she acquiesced, so I persuaded her to send someone to a psychiatric hospital, and she would suffer less.

After a while, I can help her be a good matchmaker! It's a pity she didn't listen to my ......"

Sheng Ning saw that the old woman started to act as an afterthought again, and asked suspiciously: "Why didn't I see you tell the police about these things?" ”

The old woman's expression froze, and she smiled dryly: "These are inconsequential little things, and there is no need to say them." And these are Adi's privacy, and I'm embarrassed to talk nonsense everywhere! ”

Xu Xiaxi: "......"

Embarrassed to talk nonsense everywhere and tell them casually?

Xu Xiaxi suspected that this matter had already spread in the community.

The old woman stiffly changed the subject, "By the way, didn't the police say that Adi's case has been closed, and even that madman has been locked up, why are you asking these questions again?" ”

"There are still some details of this case that have not been clarified, and they need to be further verified."

"That's it!" The old woman nodded, her wrinkled forehead furrowed slightly, and her shriveled lips opened slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

Xu Xiaxi hurriedly asked, "What did you think of?" ”

"No, nothing." The old woman closed her mouth and shook her head in denial.

Xu Xiaxi saw that the old woman was reluctant to say it, and it was not easy to force it, so she asked a regular question: "You have lived here for so long, have you ever heard of a person called 'old ghost'?" ”

"Nope!" The answer was so quick and sure that it was as if the answer had been prepared in the morning.

Xu Xiaxi didn't express her doubts, but the old woman asked suspiciously: "Why do you everyone ask this question?" ”

"Who else asked 'old ghosts'?"

The old woman said in a hoarse voice: "It's those police comrades! They all asked me twice if I knew the 'old ghost'. The old woman has lived here for more than 40 years, and she knows people called 'Lao Chen', 'Lao Li', 'Lao Wei', and 'Lao He', but she doesn't know what 'Lao Ghost' is.

There must be no such person in our community! ”

Xu Xiaxi looked down at the list recorded in his notebook, and found that the witnesses who had been questioned by the police were not seen by the police, except for Tang Cong, a salesman who often traveled on business trips, and Wei Liangbo, a doctor who was not at home because of work, was left in one of the downstairs households, which they did not see today.

However, the testimony of the two people in the police was just a routine questioning, and it is estimated that they could not ask anything.

Xu Xiaxi closed the book and sighed secretly: I'm afraid I can only go here today.

She thanked the old woman for her cooperation, packed up her things, and got up to leave.

But when she came to the door, the old woman suddenly stopped her: "Little girl, wait a minute? ”

"Anything else?"

The old woman hesitated for a long time before she said, "I have only seen a lawyer on TV before, and I want to ask if you can give me a phone number and ...... in the future."

She spoke in a choppy, staccato voice.

Xu Xiaxi didn't hesitate, he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to the old woman, "My phone number is on the business card, you can call me at any time if you have anything." ”

"Thank you! Thank you! When the old woman took the card, she had that strange, relieved smile on her face.

It was very weird, but Xu Xiaxi didn't think much about it, and left with Sheng Ning.

After getting into the taxi, Sheng Ning saw that Xu Xiaxi was still fascinated by the notebook in his hand, and asked strangely: "Xia Xi, we didn't even make a record for them just now, didn't we run away in vain at the end of the day?" ”

After all, the lawyer's investigation and evidence collection must also make a record of the interrogation in accordance with the procedures, and have the party's signature to confirm it.

Xu Xiaxi helplessly pointed at Sheng Ning, then pointed at himself, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think that with the identities of the two of me, even if I make a record, won't I run in vain?" ”

Both of them are trainee solicitors and it stands to reason that they cannot handle cases alone.

Fu Lichen would not be unaware of this, so asking them to learn about the situation from the residents of the community today was not to collect evidence at all.

Sheng Ning seemed to have just reacted, and said 'ah' stupidly, not knowing what to say.

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When it was almost afternoon on Monday, Xu Xiaxi saw Fu Lichen again.

Fu Lichen directly told her that the evidence collection procedure of the public security this time was legal and formed a relatively complete chain of evidence.

Judging from the materials in the dossier alone, it is indeed possible to corroborate the facts stated in the compulsory treatment application, and Chen Youle intentionally harmed others, causing the death of one person, and was also identified as a mentally ill person who does not bear criminal responsibility, and should be sent to compulsory treatment in accordance with the law.

After Xu Xiaxi listened to Fu Lichen's words, he was silent for a long time.

Sheng Ning also comforted on the side: "Compulsory treatment cases are generally relatively simple, and there are not so many circles. You don't have to think too much about it. ”

Xu Xiaxi actually gradually recognized Sheng Ning's statement, but there seemed to be a subtle voice in her heart asking: Is this really the case?

Is that really the case?

"It's probably the first time I've actually taken on a case, so I'm a little nervous!" Xu Xiaxi tugged at the corners of her mouth.

There are so many difficult cases in the world, and the main reason why Chen Jing's case had such ups and downs was that Chen Jing, as a party, deliberately concealed important facts.

In this case, Chen Youle is a psychopath and will not hide the 'facts'.

Xu Xiaxi closed the file and suddenly thought of a question, "Did you go to the Public Security Bureau to investigate?" Is there a 'white captain' in the Taiyang District Police Station that handles this case? ”

Fu Lichen seemed to have expected Xu Xiaxi to have such a question, shook his head in denial, and explained: "I specially went to ask their director, and he also showed me the personnel roster of their police station, no one is surnamed Bai, their captain is called Bai Cheng, but he has never met Chen Youle at all."

Moreover, after hearing the name of 'old ghost' from Chen Youle's mouth many times, the police also conducted multiple investigations on the residents of the community and determined that no one's name or nickname was 'old ghost'. ”

All kinds of seemingly suspicious points, after checking them one by one, are no longer a problem.