The female judge quickly read the report in her hand, and after conversing with the male judge for a few words, she said to Mueller with a serious expression: "You said the three of them beat you, then why did the police report say that only Did you find binding marks, bruises and bruises?"
Hearing the female judge's question, Dong Qiangqiang and the other two excitedly squeezed each other's hands. Unexpectedly, the application they submitted before was actually accepted by the court.
In fact, ever since they were released by Officer Thomas that day, the three of them had speculated that the police must not have found evidence that Mueller was beaten. Because that evidence simply doesn't exist. Thomas certainly couldn't convict the three of them based solely on Mueller's white-faced words, so he released three more people on the same day of detention. Now it seems that their guess was right.
After being pinched by Dong Qiangqiang, Tong Lele's face turned rosy. Her slender fingers couldn't help but clasp on Dong Qiangqiang's fingers.
This small movement did not escape the eyes of Lei Lanting, who was standing on the right side of Tong Lele. He lowered his head and looked at Tong Lele's hand that he was holding. Tong Lele's fingers were whiter than usual because of his hand, but her fingers But it didn't fall on Lei Lanting's finger.
Seeing that Tong Lele didn't interact with him at all, Lei Lanting couldn't help but feel a little bit disgusted.
But some people are happy and some are nervous.
There was a look of panic on Mueller's face: Thomas only told him at that time that there was insufficient evidence and that Dong Qiangqiang and three others could not be prosecuted for the time being, but he did not tell him what specific aspects of the evidence were insufficient. He never expected that his physical examination results would overturn his accusation.
Mueller's lawyer noticed something strange in his expression and hurriedly lowered his head to talk to him.
"Please answer this question first." The female judge looked majestic.
"Well... maybe the police didn't check carefully enough at the time." Mueller immediately put his head on his hands. "They also hit me on the head. My head still hurts. Oops, don't I remember now? It’s very clear.”
Upon hearing Mueller's sophistry, whispers suddenly broke out in the gallery.
In the view of Dong Qiangqiang and others, Mueller's behavior is tantamount to actively lowering his integrity by one level.
Judging from the current situation, the charge of "beating Mueller" is probably not established. What remains is how to explain to the judge that "forcing Mueller to sign the agreement" does not exist.
All three of them felt that it was a bit difficult to explain this clearly, and the atmosphere in the dock suddenly became tense.
From a distance, Lu Wei saw the man in black following the woman in white named Fang, but the woman in white did not notice anyone following her and was still walking towards the station.
Just as she passed the corner of a teaching building, the man in black suddenly caught up with the woman in white from behind.
Lu Wei's heart was lifted instantly. She saw that the two seemed to be talking about something, and the woman in white pointed in a direction. The two seemed to say goodbye in a friendly way.
Just when Lu Wei felt strange, he saw the man in black who had already turned around suddenly turned around and pushed him violently. The woman in white didn't expect it. Before she could shout, the man in black was walking along the corridor in the blink of an eye. The lawn next to it rolled down.
Lu Wei exclaimed and subconsciously covered his mouth.
Hearing the shout, the man in black looked back warily, then jumped down the corridor.
Since his line of sight was partially blocked by the bushes nearby, Lu Wei could only see the upper part of the man in black's thighs. She saw the man in black making a series of fierce kicks and muttering something.
Lu Wei gasped, her body became motionless due to shock. She didn't dare to breathe, didn't dare to get close, and didn't want to look away. She watched in horror as the man in black punched and kicked the woman in white.
After kicking and beating for almost ten minutes, the man in black finally got tired. He pointed at a certain location down the slope and seemed to be cursing something viciously. Ten seconds later, he clapped his hands, jumped down the slope onto the corridor, and disappeared without a trace in a few seconds.
Lu Wei hesitated for a moment, not daring to chase the man in black. She stared down the slope, feeling anxious and guilty: she knew why the woman in white was beaten, but she didn't expect that the man in black would hit her so hard. But if the woman in white hadn't blackmailed her first, things wouldn't have developed to this point.
After about twenty minutes, she saw the woman in white climbing up from the slope with difficulty.
Her hair had become a mess, and her white coat was stained with blood and stained with a few leaves. She held her left arm with her right hand and managed to climb onto the corridor.
It seemed that the beating was severe. Seeing the woman in white limping away at the end of the corridor, Lu Wei had mixed feelings.
In the court, Mueller insisted that he was forced to sign the agreement, while Dong Qiangqiangfang believed that Mueller was blinded by money, reneged on his promise, and broke the agreement in an attempt to monopolize the wealth he found.
The two sides were arguing with each other, and no one was convinced.
"Your Honor, we didn't know Mueller before, and we didn't know about the treasure in the villa." Dong Qiangqiang looked at the judge and argued, "If Mueller hadn't taken the initiative to tell us, how would we have known? It's just that He didn’t expect us to find so much wealth, so he went back on his word, reneged on the agreement, and even framed us.”
Mueller was getting older, and his quarrels with young people had left him mentally and physically exhausted. He had been so quarreled that he could no longer resist, so he changed the subject and asked the female judge: "They have just admitted that they tied me to a chair and beat me." ..." Mueller suddenly remembered that the assault charge had just been overturned, and hurriedly changed his words: "I was forced to sign. So is this kind of binding guilty? Is the agreement signed under such binding invalid?"
"You said they tied you to a chair and you signed it?" the female judge asked.
"We didn't." Dong Qiangqiang and the other three denied in unison.
"Yes, that's it." Mueller hurriedly confirmed as if he had found a winning weapon.
"How can you sign when your hands are tied with a rope?" Dong Qiangqiang seized on the loophole in the other party's speech and immediately retorted, "Your honor, can I tie Mueller to a chair now, and then please see if he can signature?"
"You..." Mueller was caught off guard by Dong Qiangqiang's request. He panicked and quickly corrected, "You tied me up first, and then you untied my hands after I agreed to sign. But you were afraid that I would run away. , and tied my legs with a rope."
Lei Lanting jumped up excitedly and shouted: "He is lying, he is a liar. A complete liar."
"Quiet! Quiet!" The female judge banged the gavel twice and looked at Dong Qiangqiang, "Please pay attention to your wording."
The court police quickly stepped forward to stop Lei Lanting. Realizing that his behavior was excessive, Lei Lanting immediately saluted the court police and sat back in the dock.
"Are your arms untied?" the female judge confirmed.
"Yes, but they tied my legs again, several times."
"Are you sure that's the case?" The female judge's face darkened, "You remember correctly?"
"It must be right this time." Mueller said smugly, thinking: The judge just said that there are traces of binding on my body.
But Mueller didn't know that people's memories can sometimes be unreliable when experiencing unexpected events.
(Special thanks for this chapter: Shark Wolf, Lanling School students, and Fuji Peng for their recommendation votes)
