The powerful Lord Luo City is very young, having just ascended the throne and looking to be in his thirties.
The city lord's official residence is a magnificent stone building complex, which is in sharp contrast to the thatched houses and earthen houses in Bat City.
Even though the water resources in Bat City are extremely precious, the water curtain sprayed by the fountain in the garden is half a person's height.
Beside the stone table, Zhongquan Luo, Sherlock, Lu Ming and several members of the economic and trade delegation were eating rare fruits and chatting casually.
The economic and trade delegation has several native translators who were hired in Gravel City. The one who followed the two team leaders to meet the city lord is the most outstanding one.
But despite this, Zhongquan Luo was very interested in the East China Sea, and the topics of their conversation were all over the place, involving many unfamiliar words, and sometimes it was difficult for the native to translate.
Sherlock tried several times to get the topic back on track.
Zhong Quan Luo then lazily opened his briefcase, took out the official letter and looked at it, but his eyes suddenly froze.
Just then, a guard hurried in, knelt on one knee in front of Zhongquan Luo, and muttered something.
Zhong Quan Luo smiled at Lu Ming and said, "Mayor Lu, your servant is here. He said something urgent and he must see you now."
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay."
There are so many things to do. I've been sitting here for nearly two hours without doing anything. I should have arranged for everyone to come at about the same time to give myself a chance to escape.
These people were chatting about business, but there was nothing substantive to talk about.
After glancing at Wen Liangyu and seeing her nod slightly, Lu Ming stood up and walked out.
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There were several carriages outside, and Lu Ming got on one of them.
Although the United Matrix has an open-top off-road jeep, there is no problem with the road conditions here.
He could also requisition this jeep just like taking a helicopter, and Sherlock's excuse would be that he paid for the rental himself.
But gasoline is expensive, so you have to use it sparingly. Otherwise, the nearest place where you can buy gasoline by the barrel is in a city-state more than 200 miles away.
If you want sufficient supply, you have to go to the Gravel City which is thousands of miles away.
Therefore, here, the horse-drawn carriage is king.
However, when he entered the carriage, Lu Ming was slightly stunned.
In the carriage, in addition to Luo Yi who was arranged to report the news, there was also a woman named Papa Ya, who was wearing traditional local clothes and was extremely beautiful.
She didn't dare to look at herself. There seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes. She whispered something carefully.
Luo Yi translated, "Master, Madam Papaya said that Hawkeye Luo sent her a secret letter..." After a pause, Luo Yi said, "Captain Lao Catfish asked me to read the letter first, but the letter asked that Madam Papaya must tell you the news in person."
Lu Ming nodded.
Luo Yi continued to translate, "The letter said that a lawyer named Richard Hansen arrived in Nicolo City early this morning. It seems that he was picked up by someone from the Fila Oil Company. Mr. Hawkeye Luo thinks that he may be related to you, sir."
When Lu Ming heard the name Richard Hansen, his eyelids twitched slightly.
Is this man, who is likely to become an eighth-dan barrister this summer and a legendary giant in the legal world, the opponent he has to face
In the East China Sea, Little Renault once had a brief confrontation with him. He had the advantage of time, place and people, and it can be said that he defeated him technically.
However, he ended that not-so-glorious journey with a speech criticizing the rule of law in the East China Sea.
I had also hoped that one day I could fight him again under completely fair conditions.
He has the same idea, right
The decision-maker of Fila Petroleum here came all the way from the imperial capital, and naturally it cost a lot of money.
Similarly, he was willing to come to this remote place, a barren land with no laws, to file a lawsuit.
Apart from money, the most important thing is that you are the one facing off against another.
Neither he nor I thought that this day would come so soon, right
That's right. In Bat City, neither he nor I can be said to be at home. Moreover, it would be interesting to use local laws to fight a lawsuit that might be very unsuccessful.
But it’s fun, but what if you lose
If the opponent is him, this possibility is very high.
Lu Ming's heart sank slightly. Then, Old Liu was in danger.
Because both he and himself were like blind men groping in the dark, in a short period of time, they had to thoroughly study the local laws from ancient times to the present, and look for clauses that were beneficial to themselves and those that could suppress the other party.
It may be similar to opening a blind box, but Richard has decades of rich legal experience in this world after all, and he has also fought lawsuits in the Western Region city-state before.
Not to mention, he has the support of a great law firm, and the elite lawyers in this law firm's experience in Western Region lawsuits can be transformed into help for him.
Compared to himself, he has an innate advantage.
Moreover, he is also a party to the lawsuit.
What was different from the East China Sea was that his and my roles were reversed.
Last time I was the prosecutor and he was the defendant.
This time, he acted as the prosecutor and represented the defendant.
More importantly, from the perspective of the case, it is extremely disadvantageous to their side.
According to Liu Laocai, he did have sex with Hasan, and it was indeed semi-forced.
Liu Laocai was hesitant and was forced to tell himself all these. He also knew that if he didn't tell the truth to himself, he would be dead.
Liu Laocai said that Hasang was not pretty. She was a woman in her thirties, living at the bottom of society, and her skin was a bit rough.
But she is gentle, kind, hardworking and simple. Liu Laocai said that he has never seen such a good woman in his life.
Hasan was often abused by her husband, but she didn't know how to resist.
As for the customer Liu Laocai, Hasang listened to her husband and served him carefully every day.
Looking at her, Liu Laocai always felt distressed.
Hasang had secretly given her gifts, but she refused to accept any of them. Only once did Liu Laocai pick some wild flowers. She turned around to find a half-broken earthen bowl, put some soil and water in it, put the wild flowers in it, and placed it in her room.
But the next day, he was beaten by a local dog and the "flower pot" was thrown in the yard, breaking into pieces.
It seemed as if the local dog was blinded by the soil in the "flower pot".
Afterwards, Hasang cried secretly for a whole day. Looking at Liu Laocai's eyes, Liu Laocai said that it seemed that she hoped to be forgiven by Liu Laocai for not protecting the gift he gave her.
The day of the accident was the day after the flower pot incident. Hasheng's husband Tugou took Liu Laocai to the house of the extremely beautiful and coquettish woman who had been arranged to have a drink.
However, the woman teased and seduced Liu Laocai, who felt disgusted but couldn't help but drink a few more glasses.
After returning to the residence, Hasang, as usual, helped Liu Laocai take off his shoes and cover him with the quilt as gently as possible, and helped him wipe the dirt from his mouth.
Liu Laocai had drunk too much and was also seduced by the beautiful woman, so he hugged Hasang and pressed her under him.
Liu Laocai felt very regretful when he said this, and said that Hasang did resist, and his resistance was very fierce.
At that time, Tugou was drunk and sleeping soundly in his room. It was not until Liu Laocai finished his business that Tugou discovered the two people.
Lu Ming sighed softly, and thought of what happened when Liu Laocai talked about this scene. He closed his eyes and murmured, his face full of regret. He said that now when he thought of Hasan's eyes at that time, he really deserved it. Perhaps, he deserved to be beheaded
In such a lawsuit, how can we help Liu Laocai get away with it
In fact, it can be heard that Hasang may not really hate Liu Laocai to the core. Moreover, compared with her husband Tugou who often abuses her, she may have some vague feelings towards Liu Laocai.
If Liu Laocai did not have any illusions, there was some ambiguous feeling between the two of them.
But this is definitely not the reason why Liu Laocai forced her.
Even if Hasan did have feelings for him, it was he who brought a ray of light into Hasan's miserable life.
Even though Hasan's resistance was actually just an instinctive reaction to his confusion about the unknown and deep-rooted customs.
But according to the laws of the previous life, Liu Laocai did go against the woman's will.
Not to mention, if it was adultery, their sin would be even greater and both would be beheaded.
Perhaps, I really need to make a plan to break into the prison.
If he really couldn't win the case and Liu Laocai was found guilty, he would just take him away by force.
If Hasan is willing, he can take her with him. After all, if she stays here, her future fate may be even more tragic.
If that were the case, everyone in his group would probably become wanted criminals of the Western Region Alliance.
The top leaders of the East China Sea will certainly be furious, and there will be a fierce game between those who want to protect themselves and those who want to get rid of them.
Moreover, the chances of being taken down might be very high.
Even if he doesn't go to jail, it is inevitable that he will no longer be suitable for politics and will be impeached from positions such as parliamentarian and municipal committee member.
There is no guarantee that even your lawyer’s license will be revoked.
From now on, I can only do business
As for the profits that he originally wanted to obtain in the Western Regions, as well as Liu Laocai’s oil fields and so on, there was no need to even think about it.
Moreover, it was obvious that Tugou knew when Liu Laocai forced Hasang.
The beautiful woman that was originally found was supposed to seduce Liu Laocai and then slander him for rape.
It just so happened that Liu Laocai was not interested in that woman, but he did not want to fall in love with Hasang, so Tugou simply sacrificed Hasang.
This case is really a headache. It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong.