Chapter 247: Innocence

"What evidence?"

"Before the trial, we received a handwritten letter from the deputy chief of law enforcement officers in Aurora City. In the letter, Chief Tan Xin stated that the defendant Han Meng's action of releasing the train into the city that day was secretly prompted by him..."

When the defense lawyer took out the envelope from his bag, a whisper suddenly sounded in the courtroom.

"Han Meng opened the door because he was ordered by Chief Tan Xin? What's going on?"

"I don't know... If that's the case, then this verdict is just a misunderstanding? But why didn't Tan Xin directly order the door to be opened, but let Han Meng let the train in that way? This doesn't make sense?"

"Is there any other concern? For example, there is a disagreement among the law enforcement officers?"

"Anyway, Tan Xin testified for Han Meng, which shows that he is indeed innocent... Accusing him of being a member of the Twilight Society is simply nonsense."

"I felt something was wrong before. A poker card from under the bed is a member of the Twilight Society? Then I have two more decks of cards at home... That Fang Lichang is really problematic!"

"..."

The letter was sent to the trial table. Gu Yuan opened it and just glanced at it lightly, then put it aside.

"The defendant's rebuttal statement is complete." After the defense lawyer finished all this, he looked up at the trial platform, "The accuser has left, and the facts prove that all its accusations are deliberate frame-ups... How to deal with the final judgment of the defendant Han Meng?"

Gu Yuan sat in the judge's seat, slowly flipping through the documents in his hand, and did not answer immediately. The jury around him also whispered, as if discussing something.

At the same time, a noisy commotion came from outside the court door.

Through the glazed glass windows, you can see the figures of residents holding newspapers gathering outside, looking inside...and as time passed, more and more people came outside. After a while, someone suddenly shouted:

"Release Han Meng! Law enforcement officer Han Meng is not guilty!"

The moment this voice sounded, everyone in District 3 in the audience was stunned. They looked out the window blankly, not knowing what happened.

"Resist the inside story of the trial! Resist the deliberate suppression! Law enforcement officer Han Meng won a ray of hope for the survivors and performed his duties faithfully! He should be innocent!!"

"Law enforcement officer Han Meng is a real man! If you even frame him, are you still a human being?"

"We demand that all the details of this case be made public! Clear law enforcement officer Han Meng's name!"

"Release Han Meng! Han Meng is innocent!!"

"..."

More and more figures shouted outside, their voices passed through the open door of the court and echoed inside... Han Meng, standing in the dock, was slightly stunned, with confusion and puzzlement in his eyes.

Xu Chongguo in the audience seemed to have thought of something, and bent down to pick up the newspaper that Fang Lichang had just dropped. The headline was an article that revealed the secrets of the organ trade of the Star Chamber of Commerce, and when he turned the newspaper back to the second page, he was stunned.

"This is..."

"Han Meng is innocent!!" Perhaps influenced by the voices outside, the people in District 3, who were originally depressed because of the lack of banners and loudspeakers, suddenly stood up from the audience seats, their eyes bright as stars!

"Han Meng is innocent!!"

"Han Meng is innocent!!!"

Zhao Yi clenched his fists and shouted with everyone. Even Ling'er stood up, holding Zhao Yi's clothes with one hand and waving with the other hand to their rhythm, with a serious look on her face.

The noise inside and outside the court made the law enforcers who maintained order flustered for a while. Even the passers-by in the audience seats opposite began to shout for Han Meng. So many people disturbed the court, they couldn't handle it at all, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Among the people in District 3 who were shaking their fists and shouting, Chen Ling was the only one who sat quietly in his seat. He looked around the entire courtroom with a slight smile on his face.

He gently pushed his glasses on his nose, stood up gently, and walked out of the court alone amid the chaos and shouting...

His brown coat fluttered in the wind, like a person behind the scenes who had created a wonderful performance and walked out of the backstage amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience.

The performance was over, and perhaps no one would know what happened behind all this, and no one would know the truth, but Chen Ling didn't care... He only cared about one thing -

Today, the victory was decided!

The moment Chen Ling stepped out of the court door, a crisp hammer sound came from behind him.

Dong——!

"After the final trial of the Aurora City Trial Court..."

"The defendant Han Meng is acquitted!"

The moment the last four words were spoken, a cheer resounded through the court. In the warm applause, Han Meng, who was standing in the dock, seemed to feel something and turned his head slightly to look behind him...

On the long road behind him, which was sprinkled with the light of glass, a figure in a brown coat looked back and disappeared at the door of the court.

"Chief Han Meng is really acquitted!"

"I knew that good people will be rewarded! Now we can sleep well!"

"Remember to take the banner and loudspeaker when you go out. Don't forget that those things are worth a lot of money..."

In the joyful conversation of everyone in District 3, Zhao Yi seemed to remember something and his eyes condensed slightly.

He turned and walked straight out of the court.

"Xiao Yi, where are you going?" Xu Chongguo asked puzzledly when he saw this scene while holding Ling'er's hand.

"I have something to do. You go back first."

After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he disappeared outside the courtroom without waiting for Xu Chongguo to speak again...

On the trial platform, Gu Yuan and a group of trial officials stood up and prepared to leave. When his eyes fell on Han Meng below the stage, he still said:

"Han Meng, you can go."

Several law enforcers came forward with Han Meng's clothes and personal belongings. Han Meng was silent for a moment and took them all, "Thank you, Senior Gu Yuan."

"Don't thank me, I just did what I should do." Gu Yuan replied indifferently, "But if someone hadn't helped you secretly, this judgment wouldn't have been so smooth... To some extent, you and I should thank him."

After the voice fell, Gu Yuan, wearing a black windbreaker, turned around and left.

Han Meng's observation and reasoning abilities have always been strong. Even if Gu Yuan didn't remind him, he had already felt the strangeness in the court today. If no one was behind the scenes to fan the flames of this series of reversals and the revenge of the other party Lichang, he would definitely not believe it... But he has hardly known anyone since he entered Aurora City. Who would help him like this?