In the dock, Chen Zhang felt that his breath had fallen into the dead silence. He didn't know what happened after that, what the judge said, and what kind of inquiries and final statements were made by the lawyers on both sides.
All he knew was that he seemed to have good luck with a crooked hit and met a trainee lawyer who exceeded everyone's expectations.
Before that, he had been trying to hypnotize himself, to convince himself not to have too much hope for the intern, not to put too much pressure on the young man, and to have caused him enough trouble, not to make it difficult for him.
He had already planned for the worst, but he didn't expect that there would be a time when his extravagant hopes would come true.
The judge knocked down the gavel with a solemn expression, and Chen Zhangcai suddenly woke up. When he raised his head, the jury members who had left the seat at some point had already filed in and returned to their seats, bringing the results of their solemn discussion.
"All rise."
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have an answer to the prosecution's accusation of intentional murder against Mr. Chen Zhang? Guilty or not?"
"Not guilty."
At this point, Chen Zhang finally closed his eyes and let out a long breath. Only then did he realize that he was shaking even breathing.
The trainee lawyer on the defense table turned his head, smiled and nodded at him across the distance and the clear glass, like a gentle and free-spirited young gentleman. Even the judge, who had always had a sullen face and had never changed his expression, nodded to him before leaving the table.
Of course, that was actually reminding him and the two bailiffs behind him that the handcuffs could be released.
But he thought that he would never forget this scene in his life.
After the trial, it was a familiar process. The assistant judge ran over with the pages of the trial records and asked the lawyers of both parties to sign on it. Bud looked very bad, with an expression like he had swallowed cat shit. Even when he came to sign, he covered his face with his other hand. I don't know if it was because his head hurts a little bit, and his face hurts a little bit more.
He didn't even look at Yan Suizhi at all. After signing, he shoved the electronic pen into the assistant's hand, turned his head and left, almost trotting away from the courtroom.
"I look so unsightly?" Yan Suizhi watched him disappear outside the door, and turned to ask Gu Yan.
Gu Yan: "..."
When the assistant judge came out of court, he instantly became lively, especially to save face, "How is it possible, the most beautiful people I have seen in court since my work are in front of me."
Yan Suizhi laughed, "Thank you."
As he said that, he glanced at Gu Yan's indifferent face again, and joked to the assistant, "Thank you for him too."
The judge's assistant was delighted, arranged the pages that needed to be signed in front of him, and handed him the electronic pen.
Yan Suizhi took the pen and raised his hand to make a horizontal line.
Gu Yan coughed from the side.
"… "
Yan Suizhi made an emergency brake temporarily, turned a corner at the end of the horizontal line, and twisted the word "Ruan" back, that is, the ears of "Ruan" were twisted a little bit. He adjusted the structure of the two words according to the situation. With big ears, it's actually quite cool to sign.
I don't know, I thought he always signed like this.
The assistant put away all the pages, smiled and nodded at them, sorted out all the court documents, and left the court together with the judge's heels.
Yan Suizhi said to Gu Yan at this time, "Cough earlier next time."
"… "
As if he almost made a typo and it was someone else's fault, shameless
Outside the court, the two reporters from "Honeycomb", Benqi and Hussey, have been waiting on the street for a long time, but they are not the only two. There were reporters from several media lingering on the street outside the courthouse, but the Manson family's attitude of rejection was too obvious, so it was inconvenient for them to be exposed to bad luck, so they could only come up with indirect information in a low-key manner.
"Did you see? You think I'm not right, that's not right-" Ben Qi raised his chin and swept around, "Luyin.com, Taikoo Toutiao, legal news, over there, over there, over there, all of them. Waiting to shoot, so everyone is free? I'm with you—hey!!! Come out!"
He was about to take the opportunity to teach the idealistic young Hussey a lesson in realism when he saw Brewer Manson hurried down the big steps of the courthouse with his assistants and subordinates.
"Oh, that expression..." Ben Qi took a few pictures of Jiao and couldn't help sighing, "Look at Brewer Manson's expression, did you just see a ghost or just drank pesticide? What happened? what?"
For him, the court trial is not allowed to watch or not to shoot, which is simply heart-wrenching.
Especially now that the appearance of Brewer Manson has aroused his deep curiosity and desire to explore, but he can't find any details.
Not only that, the expressions of the relevant people who came out of the court one after another were better than the other, and several of them were chatting with each other in a very excited manner. But if you get close, you will definitely be blocked by the Manson family...
Bunqi splattered on the spot while holding the baby camera, and Hersey was taken aback for a moment.
"This look... Did the defendant win?" Ben Qi guessed, but denied it in the blink of an eye, "It's not like it's not, it's just a trainee lawyer. So what else happened in the court?"
He stared at Hersey for a few seconds, then clapped his hands and said, "Go block that intern, and investigate the court trial without clapping?"
Hersey: "…"
It is said that eating a cut makes you wiser, how could Ben Qi seem to have completely forgotten that the intern played him? Does the intern look like someone who answers questions obediently? What's wrong with Benqi...
After a few more minutes, Bunqi shouted like chicken blood: "Come, come, come! That intern!"
As he said that, he grabbed Hexi and ran to the big steps of the courthouse, but before he took two steps, he saw Yan Suizhi followed Gu Yan.
Yan Suizhi, who was going downstairs, swept his gaze, and happened to see Ben Qi running from a distance and Hexi with an embarrassed expression. Again… "
"Already run away." Gu Yan said.
"Huh?" Yan Suizhi questioned, turned his eyes to look over, and saw that Ben Qi, who was about to go up the steps, looked at Gu Yan like a ghost. He didn't even pause, and immediately turned his toes and turned towards Gu Yan. Run away in the opposite direction.
Yan Suizhi: "...It's really promising."
"I'm done, why can't the barrister stay away!" When he ran to the corner of the street, the wizard muttered angrily, "I can't be bothered, I can't be bothered, let's go, let's go and slap a fart." He hugged his camera tightly.
Hersey: "…"
Seems to be wiser.
Because of Chen Zhang's acquittal and Yan Suizhi's words in court, George Manson's case has once again entered the stage of investigation and evidence collection to confirm the suspect, but now the most suspect has become Zhao Zemu.
A lawyer cannot represent other people in the same case, so no matter how the George Manson case develops, it has nothing to do with Yan Suizhi.
However, he and Gu Yan still stayed at Tianqin Star for a while, because the Southern Cross Law Firm's quarterly flattery meeting was coming again.
The so-called flattery meeting is that the Southern Cross Law Firm came forward to invite judges who have friendships and who will soon have friendships to participate in the banquet and reception, so that the barristers in the firm can keep in touch with many judges on a regular basis, at least they have been drinking and touching. A cup of friendship.
In this way, the barristers in the law firm will be able to gain a little advantage in favorability when they encounter them in court in the future.
This kind of dinner and reception is held once a quarter, four times a year, not too much or not too little. It is just stuck in that degree, which can be close to the judges without crossing the line and causing the judges disgust.
This kind of dinner and wine party is internally dubbed as a flattering party.
In previous years, Gu Yan did not participate in this kind of flattery meeting, and his senior affairs officer did not want him to participate. After all, Gu Yan was not a person who could tell beautiful lies. Second, Gu Yan's strength in court debate did indeed give him a certain degree of willful space.
This time at the flattery meeting, Gu Yan still made excuses to stay away from Decama.
"We may have to wait here to see the outcome of the case," Yan Suizhi told Miss Fitz.
Fitz has taken it all seriously, "Don't explain it, I know you don't want to go to the flattering party, and the result of the case is the same as the truth."
Since it was pointed out by her, Yan Suizhi said calmly: "Yes, you guessed right."
Fitz: "…"
In this way, the two were able to extend their stay in Lyra Star.
However, just after they confirmed that they would stay here for a few more days, they received an invitation from Young Master Qiao, "Aren't you in a hurry to go back? That's great. I have been inconvenient to contact you because of the case investigation and testimony. Now that the ban is lifted, would you like to drink?"
"Drinking again?" Gu Yan asked
The matter of Manson was caused by drinking and drinking before. This young master has not yet had a psychological shadow on the wine, and he is also big-hearted.
"What? Don't want to drink? When you left Yaba Island last time, you agreed to make me a drink?" Joe said, his voice lowered a little, like a sigh, "To be honest, Manson This thing makes me a little bit... Forget it now, let's wait for the police to confirm the evidence. The day after tomorrow, Cherry Manor, how about a couple of drinks? I'll take a break by the way."
This talkative young master has a long list of everything he talks about, and he doesn't give people a chance to refute.
Gu Yan thought about it for a few days anyway, so he nodded, "Yeah."
"By the way, do you mind if I bring Ke Jin? I found that he seems to like your intern very much." Joe said a little frustrated, "After the Manson incident, his state is not very good, I hope you A few words of interns can get a little better.”
"Talk for a second?"
Qiao Gan laughed twice, "Help me ask your intern to have a one-sided chat."
"… "
Gu Yan glanced at Yan Suizhi, nodded and agreed, "Okay."