Chapter 58: False Evidence

  On the first day of the new year, Tang Xiaosheng unexpectedly spent it in a police station's detention center. He thought he was unlucky enough. But little did he know, all this was just the beginning, and even more unfortunate events occurred one after another.

  The next day at noon, he was taken to the police station's interrogation room by two detectives, saying that there had been a major breakthrough in the case. It turned out that the police had received two anonymous packages that morning, which contained some on-site materials related to Xia Bai's murder case last night.

  The materials are divided into two parts, one part is photos and the other part is audio recordings. There were eleven photos in the package, and all the scenes captured in the photos were actually the images of Tang Xiaosheng fighting with Xia Bai last night.

  In the photo, Tang Xiaosheng is seen holding a dagger and is about to stab Xia Bai.

  Tang Xiaosheng did indeed make such a move last night, but at the time he was just scaring Xia Bai, and the dagger ultimately didn't stab Xia Bai, but instead was inserted into the ground beside Xia Bai.

  Among the photos mailed to the police station, only one showed Tang Xiaosheng holding a dagger and stabbing towards Xia Bai, but there was no photo of Tang Xiaosheng stabbing the dagger into the ground afterwards. The police saw these photos and couldn't help but suspect that Tang Xiaosheng had used the dagger to kill Xia Bai.

  "Mr. Tang, how do you explain these photos?" a detective asked.

  Tang Xiaosheng felt a bit unexpected, as he was fighting with Xia Bai, someone was taking photos beside them. Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but feel a chill, wondering who would do such a thing.

  However, he knew he was innocent and slowly and calmly said: "Officer, these photos are real, but I didn't kill Xiaobai. At that time, I was holding the dagger to scare Xiaobai, and the dagger was inserted into the ground, not his body. These photos only captured the front part, but did not capture the back part."

  After listening to his explanation, the interrogating detective's expression didn't change at all, and he said in a loud voice: "Alright, now listen to this recording again." After finishing speaking, the detective took out a recorder and connected it to the audio playback device in the room. A moment later, a loudspeaker in the interrogation room began playing back a conversation between Tang Xiaosheng and Xia Bai from last night:

  "Tang... Tang Xiaosheng, you killed me... and now you'll have to go to prison too!"

  "You're a fugitive. If I tell the police that you took out a dagger to kill me, and in self-defense, I accidentally killed you, what do you think of this idea?"

  "Spare me... spare my life, I'll give you benefits."

  "What's the benefit, tell me and I'll listen."

  "I... I'll let Long Xiaoxue go, and from now on, I won't compete with you anymore."

  "Mr. Xia, you're really joking, Long'er was mine from the start."

  "I'll give you money, I'll give you one million!"

  "Since you're so sincere, I'll just accept this 10 million with a smile."

  "Thanks for sparing my life."

  "Who says I won't kill you? I want your money and your life, so go ahead and rest easy!"

  "Ah, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

  ……

  After listening to the recording, Tang Xiaosheng was stunned. This was indeed his conversation with Xia Bai last night. At that time, he was trying to scare Xia Bai and pretended to kill her with a dagger, which led to this conversation. He didn't expect it to be recorded.

  However, this recording has obviously been processed, with some of the conversation deleted and only the parts that are unfavorable to Tang Xiaosheng remaining.

  "Mr. Tang, how do you interpret this recording?" The interrogating detective asked again.

  Tang Xiaosheng took a light breath, and suddenly had an ominous premonition. He sank his voice and said: "This recording is also true, but it's not complete and has been processed. At that time, I was beaten by Xia Bai, and my heart wasn't feeling well, so I decided to scare him a bit, pretending to kill him with a dagger. But I only scared him, and didn't really kill him."

  Upon hearing this, the interrogating detective remained stern and asked: "You say you didn't kill Xia Bai?"

  Tang Xiaosheng said with absolute certainty: "Absolutely not."

  The interrogating detective stared at him and said in a low voice: "But someone saw you insert the dagger into Xiaobai's chest with their own eyes!"

  "What?"

  Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaosheng was shocked and hastily exclaimed, "This is impossible! I didn't kill Xia Bai at all, how could someone have witnessed it?"

  "The police only believe in evidence. This morning, someone came to the police station and reported that they witnessed you killing Xia Bai last night and are willing to testify in court. Mr. Tang, what explanation do you have for this?"

  Things are getting more and more absurd, Tang Xiaosheng shook his head: "I didn't kill Xia Bai, the person who reported the case is lying. Obviously, someone wants to frame me and found someone to be a false witness."

  "Mr. Tang, as far as we know, you and Xia Bai had some dealings with each other, which also involved economic interests. Regarding the case of Xia Bai's murder, based on the information currently in our possession, you have a motive for the crime, you had the opportunity to commit the crime, and you also have the ability to commit the crime. More importantly, there is sufficient human evidence and physical evidence that all point to you using a dagger to kill Xia Bai. Therefore, the police are preparing to file a criminal lawsuit with the Beijing Municipal People's Court, charging you with intentional homicide."

  When he heard this, Tang Xiaosheng was stunned on the spot and couldn't recover for a long time.

  As a result, due to the appearance of various so-called evidence such as photos and audio recordings, the police believed that Tang Xiaosheng was the suspect in the murder of Xia Bai, and therefore put him under criminal detention, detained him in a detention center, and prepared to accept the court's trial.

  According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, during the period from criminal detention to the end of the court's trial, except for defense lawyers, relatives and friends are not allowed to meet with the crime suspects.

  Tang Xiaosheng was criminally detained that day, and the little dragon girl and Guo Xiang originally brought food and new clothes to the police station, but were told they could not meet, and had to return in vain.

  On New Year's Day, while others were celebrating the Lunar New Year, Tang Xiaosheng could only stare blankly at the cold walls of his cell. In his mind, he kept asking himself two questions:

  Who killed Xia Bai?

  Secondly, who exactly is trying to frame him?

  Now that he thinks about it, Tang Xiaosheng feels a bit chilled to the bone. Last night, when he was fighting with Xia Bai, there were actually people taking pictures and recording audio next to him, which looks more like a trap set up long ago, just waiting for Tang Xiaosheng to fall into it.

  Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that someone wants to frame Tang Xiaosheng for the death of Xia Bai, and even wants to use this to kill him.

  Who would do such a thing?

  Tang Xiaosheng was originally just an ordinary actor, doing his job fairly decently, without offending anyone. If he had to count on one hand, the only people who could be considered as enemies were probably Xia Bai and Long Tianhao.

  Xia Bai is already dead, so he can be ruled out first, which means Long Tianhao is the only possibility. With Long Tianhao's resources, he indeed has the ability to set up such a scheme. If it really is Long Tianhao, Tang Xiaosheng feels that things may not be easy to deal with.

  The evidence that has emerged so far is extremely unfavorable to Tang Xiaosheng, with not only abundant physical evidence but also witness testimony. If the case were to go to court, Tang Xiaosheng's chances of winning would be slim. What's even more frightening is that this is just the beginning, and no one knows whether new incriminating evidence will emerge in the future.

  Thinking of this, Tang Xiaosheng was also in a mess, having never encountered such a thorny matter.

  "What should I do?"

  Although it was already one o'clock in the morning, he had no intention of sleeping. He just sat blankly on the bed in his cell, staring at the wall opposite him and thinking quietly to himself.

  "Go on!"

  Just then, he suddenly heard Xiaolongnv softly calling outside the prison cell.

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