Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

In the police station, this room is typical.Worn oak furniture, floor coverings.At first glance, it looks like the ground is covered with caterpillars.Every caterpillar was burnt by accidentally throwing down a cigarette end.The chairs are straight back, uncushioned and uncomfortable to sit on, but sturdy and functional.Furniture dates back to the days when we built things to last.Because the furniture lasts a long time, it has never been replaced. The room is a complete lack of comfort and style.The design works, and it has been used for a long time without changing it. Mi Shanlou kicked the door shut.A spring lock locks the door.

Shanlou turned to me.All right, you deceitful bastard.We're going to get your heart out, and fast. Officer Song was not that active and was very careful.Shanlou, take your time, this Helen Hao is a dynamite.I know her lawyer.Notoriously ruthless.If she invites him, we'll have to live with it. Shanlou looked at me, frowned, and then at Police Officer Song, he said: Before the Ghost Lawyer arrives, we can't deal with him? Officer Song shook his head. I said: Shanlou, you can't deal with anyone.You are now in Arizona.You are not in your own jurisdiction now.You don't even have the right to put a finger on me.You don't even have the right to arrest me.You hurt me, I'm going to sue you, put you on trial for hurt, I have witnesses.

Besides, don't even think that I will go back to California with you until you can complete the extradition procedures.I will also refuse extradition and request a hearing here first. Do you know what I mean?Officer Song said. Shanlou walked towards me.You bluffing little bastard, he said: I'm going to show you if I have rights There was a knock on the door. When knocking on the door for the second time, Officer Song carefully opened the door a crack. A man's voice said: Police officer, someone called you and said it was very important. who?Officer Song asked. mamose. Telling him I'll call him, Officer Song said: I'm busy right now.

OK, officer. The door closed again. Officer Song said to Shanlou, "There is nothing left to do now."Mamose was just the lawyer I thought she'd get. Who is he? He's a lawyer, a smart lawyer.Besides, he was related to the governor. What does the governor have to do with this?Shanlou asked. police officer.You heard what Lai said, Officer Song explained: You are in Arizona now.You have to rely on extradition warrants to bring this guy back. Shanlou said with a cold face: When I settle the matter with this guy, he will automatically waive the extradition right and return to California obediently with me.And go willingly.

Not in this state, nor in this city.Not even this prison, as long as I'm there.Officer Song said: I live here, you don't. Hi, wait a minute.Shanlou said: You say such things in front of this guy, it is not good for this case. Yes, let's find another place to talk.Officer Song said: But I will not change my mind. Shanlou walked towards the door suddenly, and ordered me from behind his shoulder: Little one, you wait here. Take the handcuffs off me.I said: It's too tight, it's stuck to the bone. What a shame.Shanlou said as he opened the door and walked out. Officer Song watched him go out, turned to me and said politely: We won't go for long.Followed out.

The door is locked again. I sat there for half an hour.When Shanlou and Officer Song came back, a third person followed.The third is a short, thick, very handsome man.He has momentum and knows how to juggle it. Hello, Lai, he said: I'm Mamose.I am a lawyer.Your friend Helen Hao asked me to represent you.At the moment they want you to stay here there's a warrant in Los Angeles saying you're a murder suspect.Hold on tight, don't say anything.Don't even answer them when they ask you what day it is today.The governor's criminal adviser has made an appointment to hear me speak on your behalf at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.Your reluctance to extradite can be raised at the hearing.

Because it's a murder case, I can't bail you out before then.You'll be in jail temporarily until tomorrow morning.Don't be afraid, no one dares to hurt you.No matter what they say, they dare not do it. You can rest assured.The governor won't grant your extradition unless they can prove you guilty. Shanlou said: Of course we can prove that he is guilty.I don't want to show you the trump card in my hand now. You are pressing me too hard, so I will show it. All right, take it out.Lawyer Mai told him: The most important thing is that you are absolutely not allowed to touch this person again.

Who said it?Shanlou asked, turning to him hostilely. I said.Brace yourselves forward, said Mamose: If you have any rich friends here, you'd better call 'em all up for bail, because a warrant for your arrest will be in thirty minutes. your hand.The charge is coercion by force.You attack Mr. Laitano who is sitting there.The location is at the apartment kitchen table.You knocked Mr. Lai unconscious, and you hit him in the face with your fists, deliberately hitting his head against the wall.You may be allowed to pay insurance, but I guarantee you the amount will shock you.After I find a doctor to find out what kind of injury Lai Tangnuo actually suffered, I will file a civil compensation lawsuit for you. Anyway, I want you to pay at least 10,000 oceans.If you hit him again, we will pay you 20,000 yuan in compensation, plus 5,000 yuan in warning penalties.

Shanlou's face turned purple.you you you Take it easy, take it easy.Officer Song warns him. Say it.Lawyer Mai asked Shanlou to continue. Officer Song said to Shanlou: This guy was a boxing champion in college, Shanlou.You take your time. For two or three seconds, Shanlou and Mai Mosey stood there glaring at each other without moving.Then Shanlou turned around contemptuously, and said behind his back: You are cruel.Taking two steps forward, he turned back and said to Lawyer Mai: You really think you have two hands, pick a day to come to Los Angeles to have fun. It's not that I haven't been there. Lawyer Mai said: I don't like Los Angeles.Do you have a problem with inmate abuse?

No, we do not abuse prisoners.Shanlou said: You do not understand the facts of this case.I gave this little shrimp every chance.He lied to me.But we're not going to let lawyers come up and tell us what to do.We have plenty of gyms, if you think that's enough. A smile spread across Mamose's face.Oh, how beautifully said.He said: It happens that we also have a very good gym here.Let's go, let's go now.I've been out of practice for far too long. Police officer Song yelled: "Nonsense, Shanlou, you are messing around." Shanlou strode out of the room.Officer Song looked at him and at us, and decided to quickly chase Shanlou out the door.I said to Attorney Mai: Get a brochure for the Desert Community in Palm Springs Mountain.Call up.send someone by plane

The door opened at once.Officer Song said: Mo Sai, please come out.I am in charge here. The two went out and the door was locked again. Ten minutes later, Police Officer Song came back alone. He took off the handcuffs for me and said: Come with me, Lai. They took me to prison and formally took me into custody.I sat in the cell all afternoon, slept soundly at night, and at seven o'clock in the morning the guard lent me a razor.At nine thirty they loaded me into a car.At ten o'clock I was taken into a large room with a high ceiling, which looked like a small courtroom. Five minutes later, a man in his early thirties briskly walked in with a suitcase in his hand.He climbed up to the raised table and sat down.Another door opened, and Mi Shanlou came in; Ling Peizhu came in; Mai Mosey came in, and then Hao Helen came in.I sat next to a uniformed police officer.Hao Helen smiled at me.It means don't worry about it. alright.The young man behind the desk said: Go ahead and do it. He turned to me and said: I am Fajawi.Is the governor's secretary for pardons and secretary for regulation of extradition.Some people say that the evidence against you is to frame you.We usually don't look for evidence, but this time we're going to make an exception. Now, gentlemen, let us hear what is the case against this prisoner.This is an informal hearing.I believe you are in a hurry to present your evidence, Officer Mi? Shanlou stood up. For the sake of record, Secretary Fei said: Your name is Mi Shanlou, and you are a police officer of the Los Angeles Police Department, right? Yes.Shanlou said. Well, what's your case? Mi Shanlou said: Du Hanbo was murdered at the Seaside Day Swim Motel.All evidence points to him being fucked by a guy who's hanging around digging up evidence.Du Hanbo caught him on the spot, and the guy got rid of him. Fei said: How about the evidence? We have both.Shanlou said: I have a female witness here who can prove that Lai Tangnuo was the one who peeked outside when she was undressing in the hotel.Duhamber's car was parked right in front of his motel room, and we found someone had put a car tracker on his car.We followed the trail to Lai Tangnuo.Lydono slipped off to San Francisco to buy a set of trackers to supplement the one he still had in the dead man's car, and our part of the evidence is rock solid. Besides, we have another female witness in California. Although she cannot come today, she gave me a statement to prove it.She could testify that on the night of the murder, apparently a few minutes after the murder, Lydono was peeping at her from the back window of the same hotel.From Lai Tangnuo's photo, she made a 100% identification. Duhambo was killed by a .22 automatic pistol.We found the gun hidden in an apartment owned by Lay Donno.He is a licensed private eye.The name of their company is Ke Lai's Private Detective Agency. Do you need more evidence? Mr. Fei said: Police officer, taking a hostile attitude will not do you any good.I don't want any more evidence.If it is true as you said, all you need is the extradition document. Mammoth stood up and said: Please wait a moment, Mr. Secretary.I also want to name a witness. Officer Mi's should have been addressed beforehand.Fei said: Officer Mi, for the sake of completeness of the record, are you willing to swear that what you just said is the truth? Mi Shanlou stood up, stretched out his right hand, and swore the oath.I swear to what I just said.He said: "Every word is true. Do you have any questions?Fei asked me. Memother said: Mr Secretary, I represent the defendant. Mr. Fei asked: Do you have any questions? Where did he find the gun?I said. Shanlou said: We found it in a set of hidden speakers, that is to say, a set of hidden speakers, which looks like a bookcase on the outside.The gun is behind the stereo. Was it a murder gun?I asked. There is nothing wrong with the murder gun.Shanlou said. Police officer, Mr. Fei reminded him: You have taken an oath. I was under oath, and Shanlou said: The gun has been ballistically tested by experts, and there is nothing wrong with it.It was this gun that killed Du. I think enough is enough.Secretary Fei said to Lawyer Mai: This is an informal hearing, we don't want to waste time, we just need to make things fair. I would also like to call a witness.Attorney Mai said. Officer, are you finished?Fei asked. I'm done.Shanlou said stubbornly. I said: The officer said he had a witness who could prove that I was up to no good in the hotel. she is here.Shanlou said: Ling Peizhu. I want to hear her testimony under oath.I said. Secretary Fei said: Suppose they find the murder gun.Her testimony doesn't really matter. I said: let's count her as saying that.I wish to ask her a few questions. Lawyer Mai whispered to me: Can you handle it? I can handle it.I said. Lawyer Mai said loudly: Let us tentatively assume that this witness did say what the testimony just said.Suppose she took the oath and admitted under oath that what Officer Mi said was true.My client wants to ask her a few questions. You ask?Or is your client asking?Secretary Fei said. my client asked.Attorney Mai said. When a defendant hires a lawyer, it is usually the lawyer who speaks on his behalf.Secretary Fei said. Today is informal, Attorney Mai said: I haven't taken this case long enough. Well, Secretary Fei said: What we want to know is the truth.Where is Ling Peizhu?Ask her to stand up and hold her right hand up. Ling Peizhu stood up, raised her right hand, and made an oath. You heard what Officer Mi said about your testimony.Yeah?Secretary Fei asked. I heard. Is this your own testimony? Yes, that is my testimony. You come to the front and sit here so that the person you're talking to can ask you a few questions.Secretary Fei looked at her beautiful appearance and said kindly. She stepped forward and took the witness stand. I said: Are you saying that I am the one who peeked at you from the window when you were undressing? Yes.she said definitely. I said: When have you seen me since then? She said: "I saw you in Los Angeles and then in Santa Ana.That's when you came to find me at the soul apartment I rented myself in Santa Ana. What name did you rent this apartment under? Wait a minute, wait a minute, Officer Mi said: We can't let him get a little dirt on the names of the female witnesses.Today's hearing is just for extradition.The technique of smearing mud can be left as far as possible for later in court.What name the lady witness used to rent the apartment has nothing to do with extradition or not. I think the officer is right.Fei said: You can only ask about the correctness of the identification. I said: Have you ever negotiated the rent with me for a piece of my corner land? have. For this reason, met me many times? Yes. This was after someone peeked at you at the Sunpool Hotel, and it was before we met in Santa Ana, wasn't it? Yes. So many times we met, didn't you realize that I was the one who spied on you in the hotel? No, I don't.I came to you to rent a piece of your land, and I didn't think in that direction at all.Later, when I had a chance to think in that direction, I realized that that person was you at all.I know where I've seen your face, but I can't remember where.I just didn't connect you to the Sunshine Motel at all. Before Officer Mi Shanlou asked you about this matter, you couldn't have thought of it at all, could you? He did ask me. Then you tell him? Then I remembered why I always had the feeling of seeing you. Want to rent a piece of land from me, who are you bidding on behalf of? Du Hanbo. Is that the dead man? Yes. Secretary Fei said: I don't think we need to involve too much.If they find the murder gun in your apartment, I think the governor will agree to extradite you to them. We have a witness and we want her to be called to the witness stand.Attorney Mai said. who is it? A citizen of this city, Helen Hao.She runs a beauty salon in this city.She is one of the victims of the day swimming incident.She came out of the bathroom just as the voyeur was watching. No matter how you testify, it won't change much.Mi said: There may be more than half a dozen peeping people in that place. In this case, Shang was also involved in the abuse of criminals by the police.Attorney Mai said. Arizona police? no. who? Officer Mi. He's not a police officer in this state.He came to this state as an ordinary citizen.Fei said: If you want to sue him, you can resort to the law.Resolved by legal means. Shanlou said: I was arrested yesterday, and I got it out with a bond of 2,000 yuan. I think this will do the trick.Secretary Fei said. I said: When the police came, I was drawing a picture. Based on the face Ms. Hao saw from the window, she described it as pretty similar to what I drew.Ms. Hao thinks it is really similar.I want to know where the image I drew went.Was it taken by the police? No.Hao Helen said: I brought it. Can you give it to me? What good is that?Secretary Fei said: In order to end this hearing early, I am willing to admit that there were half a dozen peeping people.As long as you have done it once, and this witness Ling Peizhu can identify you again, it is enough for this hearing.Even without this witness.The discovery of the murder gun in your apartment is also a condition of extradition. I said: I'm sorry, Mr. Secretary, I haven't finished questioning Ling Peizhu's witness. I think you're done asking. I beg your pardon, I haven't finished asking.I was in the middle of the question when I was interrupted by you.You say her testimony, plus the murderous gun, is enough. I'm not wrong, enough is enough. I have two more questions to ask her. We do not want to waste too much time on this issue.I just want to find out that asking the governor to approve your extradition is not enough reason.This is an informal hearing. Although we asked this witness to take an oath and recorded it, but now I am satisfied and think it is enough. I know all this, but I still have two questions. Well, you can ask.he said unhappily. I said: You were in my bachelor pad while you were discussing the rental price.You walk over to the front of the bookshelf, you pull open some disguised books and find a stereo.How do you know the stereo is in there? God!She said: I have seen thousands of families hide the stereo behind the bookshelf. answer my question.How do you know it's in there?Have you been to this apartment before?Remember what you swore.Your answer will be investigated later. She hesitated, then said: I've been to this apartment before. Have you ever lived in it? Yes. Before I live in? Yes. You vacated the apartment so I could live in it? Well, yes.I move my stuff out so you can live in it. I said to Helen Hao: Please give me that painting.The last one is the one where you look so much like the man peeping at you from the hotel window. She handed the painting to me. I asked Helen Hao: You think this portrait is the perfect man watching you out of the shower from the window, don't you? Yes, this picture is well drawn.The one who peeped at me out the window when I got out of the shower at the Day Swim motel could not be wrong.she said definitely. I threw this painting in front of Ling Peizhu and said: Do you know this person?To know or not to know? She looked at the painting, at me, and at Helen Hao.She took a deep breath.She said: This face seems a little vaguely familiar.But I can't see from this picture what my acquaintance is like. I turned to Attorney Mamose and asked: Have you got the estate brochure? Yes.He said. Can you give me a moment? He gave it to me. I flipped it to Sun Mengsi's photo, and threw it in front of Ling Peizhu.I said: Do you know this man?Please answer yes or no. She looks at the photo.After a moment of hesitation, he said: Yes, I know him. I said: Is this guy paying the rent for the apartment you rent in Santa Ana under Diane's name? hi, what's the matter?Secretary Fei said: We agreed not to attack privacy anymore, why are you here again. I said: This is not an attack on privacy.Take a look at this photo, and then look at the portrait that Miss Hao has identified.Then let me ask this witness if she was not hired by Du Hanbo at all, but the whole incident was designed by Sun Mengsi to make me believe that I was bargaining with Du Hanbo. Let me tell her again that this case is murder.She has given false testimony.If she returned to California, she could be sent to the gas chamber for her post-murder accomplice, unless she changed her confession now. Suddenly Ling Peizhu sat up straight on the chair and said: Well, I don't want to take the blame for others in this matter.I said okay, no voyeurs at all. Secretary Fei leaned forward.No peepers?he asks. No peepers.she says. I think you should explain it to everyone.Secretary Fei said. Peizhu said: I want to explain to everyone, but I want to use my own method.Mr. Sun asked me to stay in Sunny Motel, and at the appointed time, he asked me to call the police to say that someone was peeping. No one is actually spying on you?I asked. No. Are the curtains drawn? The curtains are drawn up by me.I also took off my coat.I only wear bras and panties and I call the police.Then I put on a bathrobe, which is what I looked like when the police came.What I describe to the police is a shape that would suit anyone.Mr. Sun asked me to speak vaguely, and later changed it to testify against anyone. What is all this for?Secretary Fei asked. Mr. Sun wants to control Mr. Du's company. He has a piece of news that Mr. Du has a secret relationship with a young woman named Shi Yiling.Their trysts were all at the Day Swim Motel.Mr. Sun wanted to understand the situation before making a move. The night Hao Helen met the peepers, Mr. Sun got the news that the two of them would go on a tryst, but the news was incorrect.While he was peeking at each room, Helen Hao came out of the bathroom.The light was shining on Mr. Sun Mengsi's face, and her description afterwards made Mr. Sun think that it might bring him trouble.So he asked me to stay in the same hotel on the night when he arranged the time for the witness to report someone peeping. Everyone was digesting what she said, and there was almost no sound in the audience. But Sun Mengsi arranged a position for Shi Yiling in the office, right?I asked. Of course, he gave her work. Why? In order to arrange another reason, private detectives were invited to follow her, investigate her, and indirectly discover her private affairs with Du Hanbo.So he asked you to investigate, but you are too stupid to find this angle, and I have to send you a secret message. How do you know these things?Secretary Fei asked. It was Sun Mengsi who told me. Why did Sun Mengsi tell you these things?Secretary Fei asked. She looked up into his eyes.Because I am Du Hanbo's mistress, and Sun Mengsi wanted to use me, told me a lot about Du Hanbo, and lied to me a lot, at least now I know he lied to me.In fact, Du Hanbo was really kind to me, and he didn't lie to me.I am no longer interested in Sun Mengsi, nor his sweet talk.I'm done with Sun Mengsi, and I don't have to protect him anymore. Now I am determined to be a lady.Du Hanbo kept telling me that he would provide for me and he would keep his word. Secretary Fei asked: How did you identify Lai Tangnuo as a voyeur. It was Mr. Sun Mengsi who instructed me to do this. Now that I know how he is using me, I quit. Secretary Fei leaned back in his chair and looked at Shanlou.Shanlou was stunned, trying desperately to adapt to this new development. I said: Sun Mengsi sent you to discuss the lease of the corner land with me, right? Yes. You didn't contact Du Hanbo? She was about to answer, but after hesitating for a moment, she added: I didn't contact Du Hanbo for the matter of this land.I was very affectionate with Du Hanbo, and I was happy to be his mistress, the only thing I regret is giving someone the opportunity to lie in front of me, making me suspicious of Hanbo.I am willing to do anything to prove that Du Hanbo is a noble and honest gentleman. Fei said: Are you his mistress? How many times do you want me to say it?I am his mistress. What are you and Sun Mengsi? I am nothing, I am his tool; his cover-up, his deceived person, he uses my jealousy, he says Du Hanbo has another lover. But Sun Mengsi paid you for the Santa Ana apartment, right?I asked. Yes.She blushed and said: He wants a place where no one will disturb me when he meets me. That place is for business, not for the relationship between men and women. I understand now, although it is a bit late. people take advantage of. Regarding the murder of Du Hanbo, did Sun Mengsi say anything to you?I asked. of course not!He asked me to do several things for him, and I did. Secretary Fei asked Shanlou: What are you going to do now? Shanlou looked at me: I think Lai himself should explain something. I shook my head and said: I am now giving up my right to extradition, and I voluntarily go back to California with Officer Mi. What are you going to do?Secretary Fei couldn't believe his ears. I waived the right of extradition, and I said: I voluntarily went to California with Officer Mi, so that he would not have to apply for an extradition warrant.I volunteer.Mi Shanlou is a fair policeman, he is stubborn when he thinks he is right, he is still jealous, he hates liars, sometimes he doesn't like me, but he is a righteous person, I want to go back with him. Secretary Fei frowned. Lawyer Mai stood up and wanted to speak.Hao Helen tugged at the edge of his jacket, gently pulling him to sit down. I think it's time for the hearing to end.Secretary Fei said: If Lai himself waives the extradition right, what else can I say? The hearing is over. Secretary Fei stood up and left the room. Lawyer Mai came over to me and said: Lai, do you know what you are doing? I know what I'm doing. Shanlou said: Well, smart man, thanks for the compliment.You may be right, if you made it this way, I want to know how it is, I don't want to be used. No one is using you.I told him: I waive the extradition right to save your energy, what are you going to do? I'm going to take you on the first flight back before you change your plans. I have a better way.Police officer Song looked at his watch and said: There is a plane going to Los Angeles via Palm Springs, and it will leave in half an hour. I will put you on the plane. Hao Helen walked forward.Tang Nuo, she said: I think you know what you're doing if you need anything Mr. Mai and I are willing to help. Thank you.I told her: I don't need any help, Shanlou is upright, although a bit stubborn. I also believe that I am stubborn.Shanlou said. I think you are a savage!She said to him angrily: You have no reason to beat him at all. Well, aunt, Shanlou said: I was a little impulsive, I got angry. She said: I hope that one day someone will give you back and beat you up, see what you think. Shanlou smiled and said: I know what I think, fight with him.Let's go, Lai. I reached out to Helen Hao.Thanks, I said. She held my hand with both hands: Tell me about the results, Tang Nuo. I will tell you.I said: goodbye, thank you for helping me so much. Officer Song said: If you want to go to the airport by car and want to catch this flight, you have to go. Let's go, Shanlou said: Let's go!rely.