Chapter 55 (2/2)

”You know what? Yang Baoguo is dead.” Hu Xing said thoughtlessly.

Aoki was stunned: ”which Yang Baoguo?”

Hu Xing said, ”it's the one in the detention center of Lu county.”

Aoki ”Oh” remembered: ”hasn't it been proved that he was wronged? How did he die?”

”He committed suicide the night before he was ready to release him,” Hu Xing said. ”He covered his mouth and nose with a wet paper towel in the detention center and suffocated to death.”

”So tragic!”

”Yes!” although Hu Xing thought Yang Baoguo was an asshole, she deserved to die! But this kind of death is really unacceptable.

Aoki said, ”it's a little strange!”

Hu Xing said: ”he is addicted to drugs. Although he was given compulsory detoxification, the effect was not good. According to the prison guard, he committed drug addiction again this time.”

”No wonder!” Aoki said, ”drug addicts' tolerance to physical pain is much higher than that of normal people. When drug addiction breaks out, what normal people can't stand may not be very uncomfortable on them. Moreover, he has determined that he will die. In despair, it's understandable to make the choice of suicide. But the time point is still too coincidental!”

He opened his can of wine, took a sip, lit a cigarette and said, ”what's the progress of Ma Fuqing?”

”Oh, Ma Fuquan's psychiatric appraisal results have come out, and the case will be handed over to the procuratorate in two days.” Hu Xing said, ”Ma Fuqing actually hired a good lawyer to defend him. Are you angry?”

Aoki said, ”isn't it normal to hire a lawyer?”

Hu Xing said: ”according to common sense, a filial person like him should be in deep grief and remorse now that his mother is dead, rather than spending money to hire a lawyer to exonerate himself.”

Aoki said, ”is it a little hasty for you to hand over to the procuratorate so soon?”

Hu Xing said: ”the procedures that should go are gone. Thanks for your credit for being so smooth. What else can you do if you don't hand it over to the procuratorate now?”

Aoki said, ”there are still doubts about the case.”

Hu Xing put down the wine jar in his hand and asked curiously, ”what's the doubt?”

Aoki took a deep breath of smoke, spit it out and said, ”Ma Fuqing's daughter-in-law was killed by his brother, but his brother is mentally ill and won't go to jail. Why did he throw his body?”

Hu Xing said, ”didn't Ma Fuqing say it? I'm afraid her mother will be implicated.”

Aoki shook his head and said, ”his daughter-in-law is dead. If they don't say, who will know what his mother has done?”

Hu Xing thought for a while and said, ”maybe he didn't think so much.”

Aoki said, ”even so, why did he throw the body into the abandoned fish pond?”

Hu Xing said, ”it's very simple. It's hidden and not easy to be found.”

Aoki said, ”No. since he will go to the trash can in Yingbi lane to pick up used condoms to disguise sperm spots, it means that he knows that the body will be found. In addition, they buried the dead man's head in their backyard. Why not just bury the whole body? It's even harder to be found.”

”What you said, in fact, the history team talked about when analyzing the case to us, but the evidence chain is very complete, and these doubts are not enough to have any impact on the process of the case. We can only wait for the court's decision,” Hu Xing said.

”What will the court decide?”

”It's hard to say. Ma Fuquan certainly doesn't have to bear criminal responsibility. If the judge finds it to be a manslaughter, Ma Fuqing's behavior is not an accomplice. According to the Ninth Amendment to the criminal law, he at most constitutes the crime of insulting the body.”

Hu Xing analyzed the case and finally said dejectedly, ”the lawyer Ma Fuqing hired is very powerful and has a wild way. He may persuade the procuratorate to give up prosecution.”

”This kind of lawyer is very expensive!” Aoki muttered. He also knew that it was very possible for the procuratorate not to prosecute, because prosecution was meaningless. But it's a matter of law. It has nothing to do with him.

Hu Xing originally wanted to ask about lucid dreams, but when it came to this case, she suddenly lost her mood and felt a little late, so she stood up to go. When I came to the door, I suddenly lost my tongue and exclaimed, ”Oh, no!”

Aoki asked, ”what's the matter?”

Hu Xing stamped his foot and said, ”I shouldn't drink. I want to drive! It's all your fault. How can I go back now!”