Chapter 535 - 376: This Is the Rhythm of a Trial!
Chapter 535: Chapter 376: This Is the Rhythm of a Trial!
What’s the difference between medicine for humans and animals?
There is a difference, but it’s mainly in the potency of the medicine and the precision of its control isn’t as refined.
In fact, if animal medicine is slightly regulated... it can be used on humans too. After all, all are carbon-based life forms. For things like fever and cold, the solution is the same, so naturally, the medicine is interchangeable.
But here comes the problem.
The potency of animal medicine is truly strong, what kind of person would inject this for no reason!?
"Poor people?"
In a daze, these two words instinctively flashed through everyone’s mind at the scene.
Yes.
Some poor people might choose to inject cheaper animal medicine because they have no money!
Zhao Yi had seen such cases, mostly occurring in some illegal medical practice scenarios.
It’s just....
’Has Sanma Village become this poor!?’
Zhao Yi frowned, his mind instinctively starting to ponder.
Sanma Village is indeed poor, but it doesn’t make sense for everyone to accept animal medicine. Moreover... how did the veterinarian acquire so much thiabendazole?
Even though the control over animal medicine isn’t strict, it is still a regulated item!
No pharmaceutical company or distributor would dare supply a village with such a large quantity of anesthetics!
Prosecution.
"Wait, intentionally given to people? And not intentionally chosen by them!?"
In a daze, Huang Ren suddenly thought of something. His pupils slightly contracted, and he instinctively looked up at Xu Liang, shocked inside.
If he remembered correctly, Xu Liang had described that someone intentionally injected thiabendazole into people....
And it’s not that poor people voluntarily asked for the injection!
What’s the difference?
The difference is huge!
The latter is mostly about having no money to cure illness, so they reluctantly use animal medicine.
But the former represents... blatant crime!
Most crucially, in this crime, from the amount of thiabendazole, it’s evident that there were quite a few victims!
And what does injecting thiabendazole lead to?
As the courtroom fell into silence.
"Defendant, are you saying... someone is intentionally making the people of Sanma Village...."
Huang Ren couldn’t sit still. His brows furrowed, breaking the silence.
All of a sudden, everyone snapped back to reality and instinctively looked at Huang Ren.
Only to see his eyes focused, looking seriously at the other party.
"Exhibit the state of the defendant Lv Xiong!?"
Everyone froze, instinctively turning their heads to look at Lv Xiong.
At this moment, Lv Xiong’s face showed a kind of weariness, pale, entirely sallow, skin rough like sandpaper, eyes vacant.
There’s only one outcome when injecting thiabendazole.
That is addiction to the drug leading to dependency, ultimately exhibiting the state Lv Xiong was in at that time!
"That’s right!"
Sitting in the defendant’s seat, Xu Liang nodded, without any psychological burden.
As soon as he finished speaking.
A young prosecutor from the prosecution side immediately spoke:
"Impossible!"
These three words were abrupt, interrupting everyone’s thoughts.
Zhao Yi and others instinctively turned their heads to look at the young prosecutor.
Feeling the eyes gathering on himself, the young man took a deep breath but still braced himself and spoke:
"From any angle, this kind of behavior... is completely illogical!"
"Defense attorney, we hope you can provide a detailed explanation!"
Upon hearing this.
Judge Zhao Yi nodded, and the audience gradually became restless.
"Indeed, making people exhibit the same state as Lv Xiong... what’s the benefit of that?"
"As long as it’s not mental illness, criminal acts have to be logical. Making a whole village addicted to animal medicine out of sheer idleness... This seems wrong, utterly nonsensical."
"But then again, Lv Xiong’s state is data-backed, it really is addiction to thiabendazole...."
"Maybe it’s just Lv Xiong alone?"
"....."
The audience whispered to each other in private, holding their opinions, yet not exchanging any useful information.
However, it was the Dong Clan....
"Uncle, does this matter relate to Feiyu?"
Sitting in the center of the audience, Dong Jian frowned, turning to Dong Tianbao.
Dong Tianbao’s forehead was already tightly knotted. Upon hearing the voice, he didn’t rush to speak but remained silent for a while, eventually speaking gravely:
"Keep watching."
....
"Bang bang bang!!!"
At the judge’s bench, Zhao Yi’s expression was severe. He drew out the gavel and struck the table three times.
"Silence!"
A loud shout fell, and the whole courtroom gradually returned to calm, with everyone focusing their gaze on Zhao Yi.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yi turned to the defendant’s Xu Liang, opening his mouth to ask solemnly:
"Defendant, regarding the issues raised by the prosecution, would you like to offer an explanation?"
Sound fell.
Xu Liang’s face showed a slight smile, appearing confident.
"Honorable Judge and members of the audience."
"Please remember what I stated earlier; in the murder scene in Sanma Village, the storage amount of thiabendazole and the clue of drug addiction among the people!"
"Next, I will point out two other unreasonable points from the first trial."
He did not rush to explain the issues.
Instead, suddenly changed the topic.
"Firstly, I ask the prosecution, was there any trace of the defendant Lv Xiong at the scene of Hu Hua’s death?"
Generally speaking, according to the ’law of material exchange’, any crime scene will leave a large number of traces of the perpetrator.
Most police investigations also rely on such behavioral traces.
For example, if you hold a sharp knife and stab it into the victim, leading to their death.
From the above description, you might not leave much behind.
But in reality?
From the angle of the knife’s entry, your height can be deduced; from the struggle marks at the scene, the relationship between you and the victim, and even your gender, can be inferred; from the blood splatter, the murder process can be indirectly reconstructed.