Chapter 145 Coercion
According to the system, prisoners who are still under trial are not allowed to meet visitors.
This time, Xing Dongyang explained to the police the relationship between his family and Zhang Yaping's family, saying that he had been her friend since childhood and hoped to meet her.
The public security comrades were very polite to him. Even the Public Security Bureau had heard of this brave and helpful young man.
After asking for approval from his superiors, Xing Dongyang met Zhang Yaping across a railing.
After being locked up for a few days, Zhang Yaping had cried so much that she was unrecognizable. Not only were her eyes and cheeks red and swollen, but her hair was disheveled. She looked completely different from her usual glamorous and refined image. He didn't recognize her for a moment.
The moment she saw Xing Dongyang, she rushed over, hugged the railing and wailed:
"Brother Dongyang! Save me! I don't want to stay here! I was forced! The bandit held a knife to my neck. If I didn't do what he said, he would kill me..."
"And more! Su Tong beat me! She beat me into this state! I told the police here that she beat me, but they didn't care!"
Xing Dongyang looked at Zhang Yaping in front of him and felt heartbroken and desperate.
"Yaping, tell me the truth about your experience, and don't try to blame others first! I can only help you if I understand everything clearly."
But Zhang Yaping seemed to be crazy. Besides crying, she kept saying that she was a victim and was coerced! And Su Tong was not a good person! Su Tong beat her! She was very emotional and could not calm down at all.
Xing Dongyang had no choice but to go to the police station in charge of the case. Zhang Changhai, the captain of the criminal police team, met him in person. He thought about it and consulted Zhang Changhai:
"Captain Zhang, if Zhang Yaping was coerced, does that mean... it's not a crime?"
Zhang Changhai looked at Xing Dongyang and said:
"If the crime was indeed committed under duress, the punishment can be mitigated or exempted depending on the circumstances. However..."
Zhang Changhai turned around and took a document and handed it to him, "Take a look at this first."
These are two transcripts, from Lao Lin and Lao Qi.
Both confessions were concise, but they clearly and consistently described how Zhang Yaping tricked them into the mud house, how she instructed Meng Huzi to prepare anesthetics for Su Tong, and how she required Meng Huzi to destroy Su Tong's innocence after getting her money.
Xing Dongyang's face turned pale, and he felt difficulty breathing and was a little breathless.
How dare she... How could she be so... vicious...
Zhang Changhai had been staring at Xing Dongyang, and then he continued:
"This is from Lao Lin and Lao Qi. We will go to Su Tong's place to record another statement in the next two days. Zhang Yaping's case is basically settled."
Xing Dongyang put down the transcript tremblingly and said to Zhang Changhai:
"Captain Zhang, excuse me for interrupting you!"
Then he slowly walked out of the county bureau's door.
Zhang Changhai looked at Xing Dongyang's back and shook his head.
Xing Dongyang was lying in the temporary dormitory of the county government, staring at the ceiling quietly. He had been lying there for almost a day and a night since he came out of the county bureau.
Secretary Wang from the middle office knocked on the door several times. After all, today was New Year's Eve.
Secretary Wang was left behind on duty. He didn't understand why there would be people who didn't go home for the New Year when their work was clearly finished.
Even for the educated youth, the festivals and holidays in the educated youth camps are more varied and lively.
The main reason was that the canteen of the county bureau did not provide meals during the New Year, so he went home to have a family reunion dinner before returning to work.
When Secretary Wang's voice sounded outside the door again, Xing Dongyang looked at his watch and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
He moved his body and was about to open the door, but it was kicked open with a bang.
Secretary Wang stood in front of the door awkwardly, hesitating:
"Um...Xing Zhiqing, someone is looking for you...they say they are from Beijing."
The room was dark because the lights were off. There was more than one person standing in front of the door. Xing Dongyang squinted his eyes and saw the "culprit" who kicked the door...
"Zhenglin!? Why are you here!?"
Xing Dongyang was quite surprised when he saw this person who shouldn't be here.
Standing next to Secretary Wang was a tall young man. He reached out and turned on the light, which came on brightly, illuminating his angry face.
He looked at Xing Dongyang and said coldly:
"If I hadn't come, my poor sister would have been imprisoned as a criminal!"
"Dongyang! Yaping is still suffering in the Public Security Bureau, how can you still be in the mood to lie here and sleep!"
Then a middle-aged woman pushed Zhang Zhenglin, who was standing at the door, away with a fierce look. It was Zhang Yaping's mother Yang Juan.
It took Xing Dongyang a while to adjust to the bright light. Looking at Zhang Yaping's family who suddenly appeared in front of him, he was a little overwhelmed to react.
"Auntie! Zhenglin! When... did you come?"
"When did you get here? You set off as soon as you hung up the phone!"
Zhang Zhenglin said coldly:
"Luckily I didn't count on you! My dad even advised my mom not to worry, saying that you would handle it here! But you are so good! You are lying on the bed and sleeping soundly!"
Xing Dongyang didn't say anything, but silently pulled over two chairs, "Auntie! Zhenglin! You sit down first!"
Then he said to Secretary Wang who was standing outside the door with a confused look on his face:
"Secretary Wang! Thank you!"
Secretary Wang finally came to his senses, "Ah! Then you guys continue chatting, I, I'll get busy!"
After saying that, he ran away.
Zhang Zhenglin then looked at Xing Dongyang and said:
"No need to sit down. What are you going to do about Yaping's matter?"
Xing Dongyang was silent for a moment, then said, "You should have been to the Public Security Bureau before you found this place!"
"I went there! Yaping saw it too!"
Yang Juan wiped her tears and said, "But Yaping was coerced by the bandit leader. The knife was against her neck. What could she do? How could she, an unarmed little girl, fight against the bandit leader!"
Xing Dongyang just looked at Zhang Zhenglin, "You should have read the witness's statement, right?"
Zhang Zhenglin lowered his head, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and when he looked up again, there was a sinister look in his eyes.
"I saw it! So what! You two stinky old bastards want to drag my sister down with you!"
"You stinky old man, you can also tell the truth."
"Tsk! Xing Dongyang! Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"
Zhang Zhenglin took the cigarette out of his mouth, stared at Xing Dongyang and said:
"I came all the way here not to verify whether Yaping did these things or not, but to save her and let her get out of the police station with a clean record."
He sighed and said, "Alright! There's no need to beat around the bush. I've already made inquiries. Although the two stinky old nines have testimonies, their backgrounds are here, and the credibility of their testimonies is worth considering. As long as there is another testimony from someone else to prove that Yaping was coerced, she can be acquitted."
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