Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 4, "A Prolonged Increase in Emotions!"

Xu Liang was stunned. His usually sharp mind seemed to freeze slightly at those words.

After a while, I realized that the voice belonged to the 'contract worker' police officer from this morning.

On the other end of the phone.

Wang Chao looked up at Chen Changchun, Liu Jin, and the others who were staring blankly at him while making a phone call. He swallowed hard and gave them a fawning smile.

He originally wanted to install a large one.

Unfortunately, he pooped a smelly poop.

Forced by the iron fists of three company commanders and a battalion commander, he had no choice but to confess and try to get further information.

Put away your thoughts.

Wang Chao began:

"That rope, you know."

Seeing that the other person remained silent, Wang Chao anxiously reminded him, "One end is the head, but what about the other end?"

"It's urgent, is it convenient to tell me?"

for this?
Xu Liang frowned as he looked at the sofa next to him, which had been stained with coffee and for which he would have to pay for cleaning.

The image of the law firm surrounded by police and with no one showing up at all flashed through his mind again. He suppressed the nameless anger rising within him and gritted his teeth, saying:
"Brother, my time is very precious."

"Tens of thousands every minute! Do you know how many crazy clients I have to deal with every day?"

"I don't have time to explain that to you!"

In a single case, it can take at least two months of litigation to get the money.

He currently has no cases on his hands and owes two months' rent. Counting the time it will take to finish the lawsuit and get the money, he will owe at least four months!

This is still a perfectly smooth time!

There's no time to think about anything else.
"This involves human lives."

"It will only take one or two days at most!"

Inside the police station, Wang Chao continued speaking at Chen Changchun's prompting.

"Officer Wang, I'm just a lawyer, not a police officer. You are the police, and human lives are your responsibility!"

Xu Liang was speechless.

"I don't have any great abilities. What I said before was just casual talk."

"Solving cases is your job as police officers to make a living. You can't let me not make a living just so you can make a living!?"

“That doesn’t make sense!”

Hear the words.

Wang Chao on the other end of the phone was speechless.

What the other party said is true. If we use morality and obligation to pressure those idle, well-known police officers across the country to come, why don't they come?
Thinking of this, Wang Chao spread his hands, looked up at Chen Changchun, and whispered.

"Master, I told you it wouldn't work."

Chen Changchun frowned at this moment.

He was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

This case is a bit tricky. The police might be able to solve it, but it will take a lot of time.

The golden investigation period is 72 hours; every second wasted increases the difficulty of solving the case!

The police can't afford to waste time.

According to Wang Chao, although this person wasn't a police officer, he was able to organize case information systematically several hours in advance and even anticipate police actions.
Moreover, what the other party said was extremely sharp!
Although it hasn't been verified, what if it's a breakthrough?
Given the other party's current attitude
Just as Chen Changchun was pondering, Wang Chao suddenly covered his phone and whispered:
"Master, how about we spend some money? After all, there's no such thing as a free lunch."

Chen Changchun understands this principle.

However, in criminal investigations, off-site guidance is crucial if the other party possesses genuine skills.
That's not lunch, it's a state banquet!

How much does a state banquet cost? Can you afford it?

"It's possible, but..."

"I remember that being a lawyer isn't cheap."

Chen Changchun pondered for a moment, then hesitated before speaking, "Based on how he positioned his income just now..."

Tens of thousands in minutes?
As a battalion commander, his salary, after deducting benefits, was only two thousand!
Spend 20,000 to 30,000 yuan to find someone to help?

Where would I get the money?

If the case is solved, that's fine, but what if it isn't?
Wang Chao suddenly spoke into the phone: "Consultation fee is sixty per hour, are you in?"

Chen Changchun was stunned, then his expression changed.

Sixty yuan?
Isn't this deliberately provoking them?!

Before he could even reprimand her, a voice came from the other end of the phone.

Xu Liang: "I'll be there in ten minutes!"

Chen Changchun: ?

The legal profession is brutal.

Even if trainee lawyers and top-performing lawyers are only answering questions based on legal provisions, their quotes can be worlds apart.

Xu Lianggang was new to the industry, but he lacked experience, and he lacked the experience to raise his prices. Experience meant cases!

Otherwise, they wouldn't be offering free consultations and searching high and low for cases.

So, now that someone is willing to pay, he has no reason to refuse, even if it's only sixty yuan an hour. This is Dongguo in 2004, with plenty of purchasing power!

Furthermore, he knew that he could talk for seven or eight hours straight, which would be enough to make him a fortune.

ten minutes later.

Eleven o'clock in the morning.

Xu Liang returned to the law firm swiftly.

At this time, there were still many police officers around the law firm, and the alley where the murder took place was surrounded by the police.

Small groups of passersby continued to walk by, while Old Zhang, the owner of the noodle shop across the street, watched the commotion as he cooked his noodles.

Several police officers in white coats and rubber gloves were squatting on the ground, discussing something around the bloodstains.

Liu Jin, who was searching for evidence, noticed Xu Liang, paused slightly, walked to Xu Liang's side, took the cigarette out of his mouth, and said:

"Our boss is waiting for you at your law firm."

Xu Liang nodded, ignoring the look in Lao Zhang's eyes, and walked straight into the law firm.

"Squeak~"

The door opened, and two men in police uniforms sat on the sofa.

Upon seeing him enter, the two paused, then stood up.

"Mr. Xu, we meet again."

Chen Changchun said enthusiastically.

"Captain Chen, Officer Wang."

Xu Liang extended his hand and shook it. He had seen the other person before when he came to give a statement, so he didn't find him unfamiliar.

Wang Chao, who is 1.9 meters tall, was hiding behind Chen Changchun, who is 1.75 meters tall, with an embarrassed smile.

Chen Changchun was about to speak.

The person shaking hands with him pulled their hand away, walked to the printer at the front desk, and typed a few keys.

"Kaka!"

A brand new, freshly printed document was printed out.

Holding the documents, Xu Liang turned to look at Chen Changchun and the other man.

"To make a long story short, I have already made my demands clear over the phone."

“But considering this is specialized consulting, which requires a lot of effort, we’ll need to sign a small contract,” Xu Liang said earnestly. “Of course, it will still be calculated at sixty yuan per hour, with a maximum of forty-eight hours, covering the services provided.”

"Do you see any problems?"

Chen Changchun glanced at Xu Liang, then at the contract on the table.

He pondered for a moment, glanced at the police officers bustling about outside, and then said:

"Can we talk about sixty yuan first?"

Inspection?

Xu Liang maintained his professional smile, suppressing his excitement at closing the deal, and calmly pushed the contract aside.

"of course can."

He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the law firm.

"The current time is June 2nd, 11:07 AM. The countdown will begin from this point."

"Captain Chen, what aspect would you like to know about first?"

Chen Changchun pretended to think for a while, then spoke:

"Let's follow what my apprentice said before and address the issue of classifying the case."

What is the nature of the case?
If I remember correctly, according to what he said before, the Snail Case belongs to the category of crimes of passion, but it does not have the intense emotional characteristics of crimes of passion.

Why is it considered a crime of passion even if there are no specific characteristics?
Xu Liang glanced at the murder scene outside and said:

"Captain Chen, what do you think is the core of a crime of passion?"

"Emotions, that goes without saying."

Chen Changchun spoke up.

Xu Liang nodded.

"That's right, it's about emotions. Crimes of passion are less about a sudden surge of emotion and more about an emotion exceeding the body's control limit."

"In other words, it only stipulates that exceeding the limit will cause a person to lose control, but does not specify the time limit for death."

"A bottle that overflows after three seconds of pouring water actually holds the same amount of water as the same bottle that overflows after three years of pouring water."

Looking at Chen Changchun, Xu Liang smiled as if he were facing God.

"What if a person, like this bottle, could store emotions?"

Emotions can be stored!?
Chen Changchun paused, suddenly thinking of some cases, and narrowed his eyes.

"You mean"

Xu Liang nodded.

Wang Chao looked at the two of them, scratched his head, and muttered, "Why are you still playing riddles?"

"How do you store emotions? Aren't they gone after a good night's sleep?"

He felt that these two people were targeting him.

Xu Liang felt a lump in his throat, but fortunately Chen Changchun offered an explanation.

"He's an idiot," Chen Changchun said softly.

"understand."

Xu Liang nodded, and patiently explained:

"Emotions can be stored!"

for example.

The school shooting in America, Spain.

The cause of the shooting was bullying among students, but the shooting was not caused by a single instance of bullying, but by multiple incidents!

Why doesn't the first instance of bullying lead to an outburst?

Could repeated occurrences lead to murder?
Because for a person who is bullied, the emotions they feel from being targeted once will not exceed their rationality.

It's like filling a 100ml water bottle with 10ml of water; it won't overflow.

Normally, as time goes by, the body's protective mechanism against memory will cause those ten milliliters of water to dry up, and the negative emotions and memories they represent will also fade away.

but.
"Before the water had even dried up, another ten milliliters of water appeared?"

Xu Liang suddenly spoke again.

"At this point, there will be 20 milliliters of water in the bottle. Continue to increase the amount in this way until it reaches 90 milliliters, until the last time 11 milliliters of water are added!"

Has the water overflowed?

"It overflowed."

"But it adds from 90 to 101, instead of going directly from 0 to 101."

Replace water with emotions.

A sudden surge of emotions can cause a person to lose control, but what if it increases gradually?
It takes you three or four years to go from 0 to 90, and you gradually adapt.

In the end, it only increased by 11 points to break through the critical point. Even if they started killing, it would not cause a person to lose control of their mind. In fact, because of adaptation, they would become unusually calm!
"These killers often smile and appear calmer and more composed than anyone else, not at all like someone who has had an emotional breakdown, but their actions are extremely extreme."

"You can look to the American school shooting perpetrators; they were all like that, or at the very least, they were calm!"

Looking at Wang Chao in front of him, Xu Liang didn't waste any time talking nonsense.

He spoke directly:

"As I said before, if one end of the rope of a crime of passion is a 'short-term emotional outburst,' then the other end is..."

"Prolonged emotional escalation!"

This can be understood as an honest person getting angry and often resorting to ruthless methods, while showing no outward emotion.

Wang Chao suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, his eyes lit up, and shouted:

"I understand!"

"The murder was a crime of passion, but no event occurred in the alley that would have caused the number of cases to jump from 0 to 101!"

"The deceased only did something that made the other person's emotions +11. This kind of thing might just be a swear word, which wouldn't cause any ripples in an ordinary person's heart!"

"But it just happened to cross the killer's threshold!"

That is why, even though the murderer committed the crime in a fit of passion, he did not exhibit the emotional outburst that one would expect!
That being said.
"Is there a contradiction between the murderer and the victim that spans an extremely long period of time and dimensions?!"

Chen Changchun sat on the sofa, holding a thermos, his mind racing.

He looked out of the law firm and into the alleyway where the crime scene was filled with police officers.

There were no signs of a struggle at the scene, and no intense emotions were observed, yet the murderer still killed him. Considering the body and the fact that the perpetrator returned to the scene twice, murder and accidental death can be ruled out, leaving only a crime of passion!
Judging from this alone, it perfectly matches what the other party said.

Chen Changchun's heart rate increased, and adrenaline began to be secreted.

He vaguely felt that he seemed to be...
We've found a breakthrough in the case!

"so."

"This was a sudden, impulsive, and unexpected crime of passion, stemming from long-standing grievances?"

He turned around and frowned as he looked at Xu Liang.

"Should the police investigate the past?"

What aspect are you investigating?

Wang Chao was completely confused. His CPU was a bit outdated and he hadn't caught up with the train of thought yet, but he didn't want to lose face, so he put on a serious face and made a thoughtful expression, nodding from time to time.

Xu Liang wasn't in a hurry. He pushed a cup of brewed tea over and waited for the other person to calm down.

He then stared into Chen Changchun's eyes, pointed to the crime scene outside, and suddenly spoke:

"Do you remember what the killer did after he committed the murder?"

"Did anything?"

"Guess why he did that?"

(End of this chapter)