Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 561: Chapter 383: Verdict! Adjourned!

"Presiding Judge, please take a look!"

As the words fell, Zhao Yi fixed his gaze on the gun, and even the defendant, Lv Xiong, lifted that bewildered, skull‑like face of his, those turbid eyes staring at the hunting rifle.

Lv Xiong was already old, and his eyesight could no longer be called good.

But years of hunting experience still allowed him to make out, from the blurry outline, what this thing really was.

And from his perspective, this was without a doubt a gun.

And it was the same brand as that once‑sensational Squirrel‑brand hunting rifle!

Coincidentally, Hu Hua had also been precisely shot in the heart by a bullet from this very firearm, dying at the scene on the spot.

Compared to his own gun, this one... had been maintained far more meticulously!

Yes, it’s hard to use the word "meticulous" to describe a gun.

But the gun Dong Tianbao supplied had been waxed, polished to a mirror shine, and judging from the barrel it was regularly serviced; if not for the fact that this model had long been discontinued, most people who saw it would probably think it was a brand‑new gun.

Set against Lv Xiong’s weapon, already covered in signs of wear and damage, it was as if they belonged to two completely different social classes.

Lv Xiong’s eyes were cloudy; he looked on, lost.

"Fingerprint comparison..."

Zhao Yi murmured as he spoke, then knitted his brows, lowering his eyes to the cause‑of‑death report at his side.

The evidence Xu Liang had submitted was actually quite complete.

In addition to the cause‑of‑death report, there were the bullets from the gun, ballistic analysis, and so on, all linked to the crime scene!

After a long moment.

Zhao Yi withdrew his gaze; his brows were drawn tight, and his face assumed an incomparably stern expression.

The court has to look at evidence.

Even if Upper City can buy off over a dozen departments, it still has to look at evidence!

He had originally thought it through: if there wasn’t enough objective evidence to prove that Dong Feiyu was at the scene during the time of the crime, he would adjourn the hearing once more.

But looking at it now...

"Witness, with regard to the events described by the defense above, do you intend to challenge them?"

Zhao Yi fixed his eyes on Dong Feiyu and asked.

Challenge them?

Right now, Dong Feiyu’s breathing was extremely rapid; in those eyes it was as if he had seen something unbelievable. He was staring dead at that gun, the blood vessels spreading across his eyes.

The gun... the gun had appeared in court.

This could only have come from the Dong Clan!

And only someone like Dong Tianbao, who knew every movement of their assets, could personally deliver this thing into Xu Liang’s hands!

But that man was his own father, and yet at this moment he wasn’t even willing to buy him a few more days, let him live a couple more days, couldn’t wait to see him dead right now...

"No, this isn’t my gun!"

Dong Feiyu blurted out, loudly refuting, and there was naked shock in his tone.

"Heh!"

At that, Xu Liang let out a cold, contemptuous snort.

"Suspect, how do you explain the presence of your fingerprints on this firearm?"

"And according to the fingerprint analysis, the time frame when the prints were left coincides exactly with the period of the crime!"

Fingerprint analysis is not just about letting laypeople look at two sets of prints and see where they differ.

This thing can also determine roughly when the fingerprints were left!

Especially in later years—today you leave a trace, and an hour later the police are kicking down your door, and by night the case is closed.

And on this gun, according to the analysis...

It was clearly left around August 14, perfectly matching the time of the crime!

"No... no!"

Panic flickered in Dong Feiyu’s eyes. It was obvious this gun had already knocked his mind off balance; he couldn’t focus, and he was terrified!

"It’s the club’s... right, this is the club’s gun!"

"On August 14, I went to the club. The fingerprints were left there, at the club!"

Dong Feiyu opened his mouth again, trying to wriggle out of it.

But then again—

A single lie often needs countless lies to patch it.

"Fine. Then let me ask, why is it that the police pulled the club’s surveillance footage for nearly three months, and yet on August 14 there is no sign of you, Mr. Dong, at the club?"

Xu Liang’s eyes hardened as he spoke again, tearing through the lie.

"If you’re sure you were at the club..."

"Tell me, what did you do at the club that day, and what little incidents happened there?"

What happened?

He couldn’t think of anything... and there was no way he could.

Dong Feiyu turned his head, his eyes sinking.

He hadn’t gone to the club at all on the 14th; it was something he had blurted out in a panic, completely made up. How could he possibly know what had really happened at the club that day?

Seeing that he said nothing,

Xu Liang spoke up again:

"Mr. Dong, is there anyone who can testify that you were at the club on the 14th?"

Dong Feiyu still said nothing.

If this were a minor case, even if he hadn’t gone to the club, there would have been countless people willing to curry favor with the Dong Clan’s name, lining up to give him false statements.

But now... everyone was terrified they’d grow fewer legs than the next guy, running as far as they could!

Seeing this, Xu Liang asked his final question.

"Based on the fingerprint evidence, Mr. Dong, you fired a round from this gun on the 14th—in other words, you pulled the trigger."

"If you really were at the club, then can you produce the target you hit?"

Dong Feiyu’s heart dropped into an abyss; his eyes were bloodshot.

He couldn’t get a single word out in response!

Seeing this,

Xu Liang abruptly shifted his tone, turning his head to look at the bench.

"Honorable Presiding Judge, the facts are already very clear."

When he finished speaking,

everyone in the courtroom turned their eyes in unison to Zhao Yi on the bench.

Zhao Yi’s lips moved slightly; he fell silent for a moment.

Once he was sure that Dong Feiyu had nothing more to say, he decided not to drag it out any longer. His eyes sharpened.

"Does the prosecution have any further objections?"

Zhao Yi looked over toward Huang Ren’s side.

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