Huo Shaoheng made a quick decision and immediately stood up and said, "I'll go find Admiral Ji to discuss it. If it can be done, Ms. Song can entrust Nian Zhi to be the representative lawyer."
Song Jinning and Gu Nianzhi were actually each other's targets, but because Huo Shaoheng protected them in time, Gu Nianzhi basically had no danger, so it's hard to say whether he was a victim or not.
But Song Jinning was kidnapped by Deputy Director Jia, and his life was in real danger.
Therefore, in the end, the military court only opened a case against Song Jinning's kidnapping.
After Lu Jin learned about it, he said unhappily: "Then my girl was threatened by them in vain?"
"Uncle Lu, you can help your girl vent her anger." Huo Shaoheng teased with a smile, nodded to Gu Nianzhi, and left his study.
Lu Yuan stood up holding Song Jinning's hand and said, "We just happened to be here. Should we sign the power of attorney today?"
Gu Nianzhi got what he wanted, "I'll get the contract."
She returned to her room, printed out a lawyer's contract from her computer, and brought it over for Song Jinning to sign.
Then make triplicate and save separately.
At the same time, the military court will also receive a power of attorney, and her attorney Gu Nianzhi will be notified of any future court appearances related to Song Jinning.
And because of Song Jinning's special status, she did not have to appear in court in this case, and Gu Nianzhi had full authority to represent her.
…
On New Year's Day, Huo Shaoheng took a special car to General Ji's house to pay New Year's greetings.
He brought two bottles of wine to Admiral Ji's study, put the bottles down with a smile, and said, "Happy New Year to Admiral Ji."
Admiral Ji smiled and asked him to sit down and said, "You are actually free to come to my place today to pay New Year's greetings. Why didn't she come?"
"She still has something to do. She wants to start work on the first day of the new year." Huo Shaoheng sat down and said to Admiral Ji in a deep voice: "I am here today because of official business."
Admiral Ji looked at his serious look and felt a bit toothache.
"Shao Heng, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, can't you let me take a break?"
"We celebrate the Spring Festival, but Americans can't do it." Huo Shaoheng pointed out, "It's been two months and we're still fighting a jurisdictional lawsuit. Do you really not care?"
"What's the point of me caring? There are many obstacles in this matter." Admiral Ji sighed, "Lao Long and Lao Bai were discussing with me a few days ago whether to become dictatorial."
"Are you saying that some people at the top are opposed to hearing this case in China?" Huo Shaoheng actually knew who those people were, but due to the limitations of his authority, he could not take the initiative.
Helping Gu Nianzhi push for an early trial was the limit of what he could do.
And because the kidnapped Song Jinning was his mother, his intervention would not attract attention.
Admiral Ji nodded, tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the seat, and said with a sullen face: "They are very capable, and public opinion is controlled by them. Lao Long, Lao Bai, and I are often blamed. For the time being, we can only wait and see what happens." .”
"Still waiting to see what happens?" Huo Shaoheng said what Gu Nianzhi said, "Two months have passed, enough time for Kevin to become seriously ill."
In this case, Kevin is an American national. Once it is confirmed that he is seriously ill, China may have to release him immediately and allow the United States to extradite him for trial.
If we don't let it go, international public opinion will be very unfavorable to China.
Admiral Ji sneered: "Do you think they don't want to? That Kevin was arrested for two months and only said one sentence, 'I want to see my lawyer.' Other than that, he didn't say a word."
"Also, he has been on a hunger strike since the day he was arrested, refusing to eat any food, including drinking water."
"Three days later, we had to put him on an intravenous drip and add nutritional fluid."
"Later, after his legal team was in place, he started eating."
Huo Shaoheng raised his eyebrows, "...the bones are so hard? That's not an ordinary person."
Admiral Ji laughed angrily at him, "Of course he is not an ordinary person. I have never seen an American who can survive the 'hard-core interrogation' of the Security Bureau!"
Huo Shaoheng also frowned, "Don't talk about the Americans. If all those tactics were used, more than half of the elites of our Special Operations Department would be lost."
Those methods are definitely not low-level torture like the tiger bench or pepper spray.
Rather, it is a high-level torture that directly affects the brain's nerves and consciousness.
There will be no scars on the body, but the person's will is completely destroyed and the health of the body is completely broken.
But Kevin, who looked gentle, gentle and handsome, still maintained a clear consciousness under this kind of torture and did not say a word.
There are only two possibilities. One is that he was really wronged.
The other is that he is really not an ordinary person, but someone who has received special training like Huo Shaoheng and others.
"... We investigated his background and found out some interesting things." Huo Shaoheng said calmly, "I handed in the report two months ago."
"Yes." Admiral Ji nodded, "But the jurisdictional lawsuit is still going on, and there's nothing we can do."
"Actually there is a way." Huo Shaoheng hesitated for a moment, then said: "Nian Zhi said that the two cases can be tried at the same time. While we are fighting a jurisdiction lawsuit with them, we can hold a trial on our own to try Kevin on suspicion of kidnapping and murder for gathering a crowd with a gun. A serious crime against an important scientist of our country.”
"Is this okay?!" Admiral Ji suddenly raised his head, "Is there any legal basis?"
"If Nianzhi says there is, there is." Huo Shaoheng was very confident in Gu Nianzhi and said calmly: "Even if it isn't, she can still quote scriptures to prove that what we are doing is legal."
"You have quite a lot of confidence in her!" General Ji was happy and patted Huo Shaoheng on the shoulder.
"She has proven herself through many difficult lawsuits. Why should I have no confidence in her?" Huo Shaoheng asked, "Just because she is young?"
"Look at you, why are you so anxious? Is it possible that she is perfect and we can't even say a word about her?" Admiral Ji deliberately kept a straight face and looked at Huo Shaoheng angrily.
Huo Shaoheng slowly raised his head and said calmly: "Yes, she is perfect. Don't say anything bad about her, not even a word."
Admiral Ji stared at him for a while, then burst out laughing, banging the table and saying, "Shao Heng, Shao Heng, you have today too!"
"I said before that I wanted to introduce you to a partner, but you had thousands of excuses to shirk it. I thought you would be a bachelor for the rest of your life!"
Huo Shaoheng curled his lips and said, "Admiral Ji is so complimentary."
"I'm not praising you!" Admiral Ji's laughter stopped suddenly, and he was really angry with him.
After Huo Shaoheng left, General Ji invited Speaker Long and Prime Minister Bai to his home. The three of them held a small meeting and decided to follow what Zhu Nianzhi said and officially open the court on the eighth day of the first lunar month.
Because this matter was a surprise, only the three of them knew the time of the trial, not even Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng.
These three people are also people who will never leak secrets.
Because they stand at the top of the empire's food chain, no matter how stupid they are, they will not dismantle themselves.
…
Gu Nianzhi had a very fulfilling year and spent a lot of time every day studying the information about the Book of Changes and chaos mathematics that Lu Jin gave her.
When Huo Shaoheng went to bed at night, he saw that she was still holding the book. He was very curious and asked, "Aren't you going to prepare documents for court?"
Although he didn't know when the court would be held, there would definitely be definite news after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
And today is already the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Gu Nianzhi said without raising his head: "... Do you still need to prepare for the court appearance?"
Huo Shaoheng: "..."
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This is the first update today: Chapter 2098 "Thinking says there is, there is."
Two updates today.
Second update at 9pm.
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