On the last day of 2021, the sensational "father-in-law killed a son-in-law's family of three" retrial verdict was pronounced: The defendant in the original trial, Zhang Zhijun, was finally sentenced to death for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life.
Hearing the news that Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to death, the victim's family members could not cry: "On this day, we have waited too long. ”
Zhang Zhijun, who was serving a prison sentence, kept his head down and did not say anything, as if he knew that this time it was a conclusive conclusion.
No one knows why he was so ruthless as to kill his son-in-law's family, and no one knows whether he is sincerely repentant now.
But what is certain is that he personally ruined the happiness of his daughter's life and the three otherwise happy families.
In fact, some things can be avoided, and all contradictions have not reached the point of endless death.
However, because of the prejudice and interference of Zhang Zhijun and his wife, the daughter began to become paranoid, and the marriage relationship between the daughter and son-in-law also broke down step by step, which eventually led to the tragedy.
And all of this has to start with a false combination.
The victim, Zou Shuo, was from the northeast and lived in a village in Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province.
He has a gentle nature since he was a child, and usually does not talk much, but he has his own opinions.
In 2007, Zou Shuo was admitted to Hebei Chengde Petroleum College.
In his sophomore year, he fell in love with his classmate Zhang Yu, and the relationship between the two has always been like glue.
After graduation, Zou Shuo was assigned to work in Wuhan, while Zhang Yu became an employee of PetroChina's Sichuan branch under the care of his family.
A long-distance relationship is a test for any couple. Many lovers cannot bear the pain of lovesickness.
But Zou Shuo is not willing to give up this feeling easily, in order to be with Zhang Yu, he quit his job in Wuhan and is willing to come to Zhang Yu's city as an ordinary patrolman.
To this end, Zhang Yu was deeply moved, and the feelings of the two people also warmed up rapidly.
However, the first time Zou Shuo went to the Zhang family, he was sneered at by Zhang Yu's father, Zhang Zhijun.
Zhang Zhijun disliked that Zou Shuo was from a rural area, and his parents were just ordinary teachers, powerless and powerless, and they hoped that their daughter could marry a richer and more powerful family, so as to soar.
In fact, it is not wrong for parents to hope that their children are happy, but blindly pursuing material benefits and ignoring feelings will only make children's feelings twist and turn later.
At this time, Zhang Yu's feelings for the two were extremely firm, and he even stole the household registration book from his home and secretly obtained a marriage license with Zou Shuo.
Looking at the household registration book in Zhang Yu's hand, Zou Shuo was very moved and vowed to love her well in the future.
Seeing that the rice has been cooked, Zhang Zhijun and his wife also had to accept this marriage, but the two still look down on Zou Shuo in their hearts.
In contrast, Zou Shuo's parents were very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. They knew that their relatives looked down on their own family, so they tried their best to help their son, hoping to change the Zhang family's attitude towards Zou Shuo.
The two old men took out their life savings to help their son buy a car and a house in Sichuan, and lent Zhang Yu's brother 50,000 yuan for other uses.
The life of Zou Shuo after their marriage was also very sweet at first.
Zou Shuo's monthly salary was all handed over to his wife, and he would never spend a penny except for necessary expenses.
It's just that every month Zou Shuo will travel on business and leave his wife at home alone, which makes him feel extremely guilty.
But at this time, Zhang Yu was also very considerate of her husband and knew that he was running for the family, so every time Zou Shuo came back from a business trip, she took good care of her husband.
But soon, Zhang Yu became pregnant, and Zou Shuo did not trust his wife to be at home alone, so he wanted his father-in-law and mother-in-law to accompany his wife.
He knew that his father-in-law and mother-in-law looked down on him, but for the sake of his wife's safety and happiness, why did he suffer some grievances.
But who would have thought that the arrival of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, although alleviating his wife's loneliness, also made his marriage break up.
The birth of Zou Shuo's child turned the whole family relationship upside down.
Before giving birth, Zhang Yu's daily life was monotonous and relaxed, but after giving birth, she had to go to work and go home to take the baby, and her temper became very irritable, and she gradually complained about her husband who was not at home.
In fact, if you are a normal family's parents, you will accompany your daughter at this time to soothe her daughter's emotions, let her know that her husband's difficulties are not easy, and help her survive this time.
But Zhang Yu's parents already looked down on Zou Shuo, and at this time, they took the opportunity to provoke the relationship between the two, saying that Zou Shuo was not responsible, deliberately looking for excuses to travel and evade responsibility.
Zhang Yu didn't think much of it at first, but after a long time, Zhang Yu's attitude towards Zou Shuo began to change, and he often quarreled with him.
Zou Shuo noticed the change in his wife's attitude toward him, and knowing that it was his in-laws who said bad things about him behind his back, he wanted to consult with Zhang Yu and let his father-in-law and mother-in-law return to his hometown and take care of his wife with his parents.
But Zhang Yu felt that Zou Shuo hated his parents, so he had a big fight with him, and the relationship between husband and wife also began to go downhill from this moment.
Soon after, Zhang Yu not only took away the common property of the two, but also let his brother beat Zou Shuo.
But even so, Zou Shuo still endured, he was unwilling to give up this marriage, nor did he believe that his wife would be so desperate.
However, Zou Shuo's concessions allowed the Zhang family to gain inches.
After a quarrel, Zou Shuo was thrown out of the house by the Zhang family, Zou Shuo's clothes, belongings, graduation certificates, etc. were thrown out of the door by the Zhang family, in order to prevent Zou Shuo from returning home, they also secretly changed the door lock.
Zou Shuo had no choice but to find a room outside to live temporarily.
But even so, the Zhang family still did not let go, and Zhang Zhijun even threatened his daughter, saying that if he did not divorce her, he would break off relations with her.
In the same month, Zhang Yu and Zou Shuo agreed to divorce on the condition that Zou Shuo leave the house.
Zou Shuo naturally did not want to end there, Zou Shuo hoped that Zhang Yu would not divorce for his daughter, but Zhang Yu was unusually resolute and filed a divorce application with the court, but because the child was not yet one year old, the court did not accept it in the end.
Zou Shuo did not think that the woman who once loved herself deeply was now so desperate, and her sincere efforts could not withstand the instigation and use of others.
A year of living alone outside, Let Zou Shuo think a lot, as long as there is the interference of the Zhang family, his marriage will not be as happy as before.
Therefore, Zou Shuo endured pain, took the initiative to file a divorce with the court, requested the division of the couple's common property, and asked Zhang Yu's brother to return the 50,000 yuan loan before the Zou family, considering that the child was young, the custody belonged to Zhang Yu, and Zou Shuo bore the corresponding maintenance fees.
This move angered Zhang Yu's father, Zhang Zhijun, who felt that everything in the family now should be compensation for the Zhang family, and Zou Shuo's request was a provocation to himself.
So during the court's decision, he bought a 20-centimeter-long bone-cutting knife and hid it in a closet at home.
It was the winter vacation, and Zou Shuo's parents, missing their granddaughter and worried about their son, came to Sichuan by train to understand what happened during this time and accompany their son for the New Year.
But no one found it, and Zou Shuo's behavior of taking his parents to visit his daughter made Zhang Zhijun go to extremes.
In just 5 minutes from Zou Shuo's entry into the door, Zhang Zhijun took a bone-cutting knife in his hand and killed the three people one by one.
After forensic identification, Zou Shuo was stabbed 4 times in his body, his mother was 3 times, his father was 1 knife, and the knife was fatal, and the whole process, there was no trace of beating, and the perpetrator Zhang Zhijun did not have any wounds on his body.
At the time of the crime, in addition to Zhang Zhijun, there was also Zou Shuo's mother-in-law and his one-year-old daughter.
Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth.
Emotions are out of control, passionate killing is all disguise, in front of the child, you can also lay such a poisonous hand, such a person can only be described with the heart like a poisonous scorpion.
On the same day, Zhang Zhijun was criminally detained on suspicion of intentional injury, and subsequently, the Chengdu Municipal People's Procuratorate prosecuted Zhang Zhijun for intentional homicide.
The case went into the first instance proceedings as usual, and Zhang Zhijun was also sentenced to death.
In the face of the verdict, the relatives of the Zou family were very pleased, and they thought that the matter had come to an end.
But a year later, they learned another truth.
As early as when Zhang Zhijun was arrested, Zhang Yu had been contacting the relatives of the Zou family, hoping to get them to issue a letter of understanding for his father.
For her husband's death, she was more afraid than remorseful, she just wanted to make money, but she never wanted to kill her life, but now that the matter was over, all she could do was to save her father's life.
However, the relatives of the Zou family saw that under her pitiful appearance, there was no repentance or apology.
They said to Zhang Yu, "You have not divorced Zou Shuo, or you are the daughter-in-law of the Zou family, we recognize." The child also has the blood of the Zou family on his body, and we also recognize it, but Zhang Zhijun, we cannot forgive it. ”
The relatives of the Zou family still refused to issue a letter of understanding, and seeing that the purpose could not be achieved, Zhang Yu put away Chu Chu's pitiful appearance and left without turning his head back.
After the first instance ended, Zhang Zhijun appealed on the grounds that the sentence was too heavy.
In our country, the second-instance final trial system is implemented, and in general, the second-instance trial will not be changed in the absence of any problems in the first-instance trial procedure.
However, no one expected that at the second-instance trial, Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to a suspended death sentence because the victim's family issued a letter of understanding, and the so-called victim's family was Zou Shuo's wife, Zhang Zhijun's daughter Zhang Yu.
Faced with the verdict of the trial, the Zou family was at a loss. At this time, due to the outbreak of the epidemic in the country, everyone restricted travel.
In the end, the relatives who were at a loss decided to go online for help to see if they could make a breakthrough.
With the fermentation of public opinion, more and more netizens and caring people have joined in to find a breakthrough and explore the final truth.
With the revelation of the details of the "second trial", the public began to question the trial.
In this regard, the Sichuan Higher People's Court restarted the investigation, and subsequently sentenced Zhang Zhijun improperly and corrected it according to law.
On December 31, 2021, Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to death by the Sichuan High Court.
The relatives of the Zou family who participated in the retrial and pronouncement at the scene did not show too happy expressions when they heard this result.
They said helplessly: "This is the result that has been waiting for a long time, although the murderer has been brought to justice, we are not happy, and those relatives who have passed away will never come back." ”
The Slovaks are gone, the past is over.
Justice was not absent in the end, but behind this lateness, it left a mess on the ground.
1,086 days have passed since zou shuo's family was exterminated to the time of the final verdict of the retrial.
In these more than a thousand days, it was the twists and turns of the case, and the disappointment and heartbroken struggle of the victim's family countless times.
Fortunately, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, the cold winter will eventually pass, and the darkness will usher in the light.
However, the dawn dispels the darkness of the night, but it does not illuminate the abyss of the human heart.
Looking back at the whole case, the source of all tragedies lies in the greed of the Zhang family.
Parents want their children to marry well and live happily, which is understandable, but only value money, only focus on power, then all feelings, happiness, will be engulfed by desire.
Zhang Zhijun looked down on his son-in-law from the very beginning, and this contempt had long been deeply rooted, and since he could not break up the mandarin ducks before marriage, he would have to make more money from them after marriage.
This greed drove him to manipulate his daughter's marriage; this domineering also made him step by step into the abyss of sin.
In this case, what really made Zou Shuo's relatives hate was not only Zhang Zhijun's greed and cruelty, but also Zhang Yu's coldness and thin feelings.
Until the end of the trial, Zou Shuo and his parents still did not settle down.
Zou Shuo's marriage relationship with Zhang Yu still exists, and all burial procedures require Zhang Yu's cooperation, but since the Zou family refused to issue a letter of understanding, Zhang Yu has not come once.
All of Zou Shuo's property will be inherited by Zhang Yu and his children.
It seems that all of Zhang Zhijun's plans have been realized, zhang Yu has gained everything, but she has also lost everything.
It is often said: "The abyss has a bottom, and the human heart is unpredictable." ”
Although human nature is profit-seeking, once the interests override the feelings, the result is bound to make people chill.
If time can be turned back, let Zhang Yu make a choice again, interests and feelings, she may choose the latter.
After all, every ordinary day deserves respect, and everyone around you deserves to be cherished.
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Author: Lin Xiaoqi
EDIT: Willow Leaf Nagging