More than half a year passed, and nothing happened at the construction site. The family of the worker who died didn't show up either.
As the houses were about to go on pre - sale soon, a murder suddenly occurred at the construction site.
It was a student named Zhang He who came to the construction site for a summer job, but he hanged a worker in the same dormitory.
The worker who was pushed down by Mr. Huang on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year was named Zhang Ping. Both of them had the surname Zhang, which made people can't help but suspect that they were brothers.
So Mr. Huang asked Xu Min to find a way to be Zhang He's defense lawyer and check his identity information.
Later, when Xu Min came back, he said that Zhang He refused his defense. Although he didn't know the reason, Xu Min got a copy of Zhang He's ID card.
Mr. Huang asked Zhou Qian to get a copy of Zhang Ping's ID card.
When the two copies were compared, it was found that the household registration addresses were the same. They really were brothers.
It could be confirmed that Zhang He came for Zhang Ping.
But Zhang He's murder obviously had nothing to do with his search for Zhang Ping.
Besides, Zhang He was now in the detention center, so Mr. Huang couldn't do anything underhanded. So he decided to take things one step at a time.
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On August 26th, in the first trial, the judge sentenced Zhang He to death.
Mr. Huang let out a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhang He was doomed.
But unexpectedly, not long after, the police started investigating Zhou Qian, because Zhang He accused him of hiring a murderer.
When we heard this news, we had no idea what Zhang He was up to. We could only try to calm Zhou Qian down first.
At that time, Zhou Qian already suspected that Zhang He was related to Zhang Ping.
It was Mr. Huang who lied to him that the two had no relationship, which calmed Zhou Qian down.
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On September 17th, Zhou Qian was detained for disregarding court discipline, and Zhang He also began to gradually guide the police to focus on the construction site.
At this time, Mr. Huang finally understood Zhang He's intention, but it was too late.
Originally, Mr. Huang tried to curry favor with the police, but the time was too tight and the case was too big, so he didn't succeed.
In the end, the police still found a body at the construction site, which was Zhang Ping's.
Seeing that the body was found, there was a high possibility that something would go wrong with Zhou Qian.
So Mr. Huang asked Zhou Qian's wife to write a power of attorney and asked Xu Min to be Zhou Qian's defense lawyer.
In this way, Mr. Huang's intentions could be conveyed to Zhou Qian.
On the day of the fourth trial, Mr. Huang asked Xu Min to tell Zhou Qian: don't admit anything, we will protect you.
But in fact, Mr. Huang didn't do that.
Because Xu Min said the following to Mr. Huang:
"Mr. Huang, Zhou Qian can't be protected. He must be abandoned. Our country's attitude towards homicide cases is that every case must be solved. Now that the police have found Zhang Ping's body, if Zhou Qian is not the murderer, the police will investigate the real murderer. What if they finally find out about you…"
It was this sentence that made Mr. Huang make up his mind.
The best way now is to make Zhou Qian plead guilty.
As long as Zhou Qian pleads guilty, the police will announce that the case is solved, and they won't investigate further.
Xu Min asked Mr. Huang, "How can we make Zhou Qian plead guilty?"
Mr. Huang looked at me and said, "Fengzi, go and bring Zhou Qian's family here. As long as his family is in our hands, we're not afraid that he won't plead guilty."
I had no choice. Things had gotten out of control at this point, so I could only do as told.
Just as I was about to leave, Mr. Huang called me back.
"Wait, Fengzi, since we've started, let's go all the way. Bring Wang Changping's daughter here too."
I hesitated, but still did as told.