My head is dizzy.
Yesterday, Han Annie still did not accept my invitation, and then, I don’t know how I got drunk, how I got home, and how I fell asleep.
All kinds of unfamiliar images came to my mind, my own, others', men's, women's, high-rise buildings, bungalows, rivers, old buses, convertible jeeps, black box TVs from the 1950s, record halls, and so on.
It felt like a dream, or like slides were flashing in my mind.
"Bang", the sound of a gavel in a court.
Lu Ming sat up straight as if by reflex and looked around blankly.
"Defendant, be careful with your words and actions. Do not behave strangely in this court. Otherwise, I will sentence you to contempt of court!"
This is a very old-fashioned court, the kind you would only see in movies and TV shows, probably from the 1940s or 1950s.
The witness stand was still surrounded by a wooden fence.
The person who spoke was the middle one of the three judges sitting in the bench. He was a foreigner with a hooked nose, a short and thin old man in his fifties.
At this moment, he was looking at himself majestically and pointing at himself while speaking.
Lu Ming looked around and it seemed that this was the middle of a trial of a certain case.
My seat should be the defendant's seat. On my right sat a beautiful young woman in a classical dress. On my left sat a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. The nameplate in front of him read "Defense Attorney".
On the right, where the prosecution sat, sat a row of police officers in black uniforms.
At the back, there were rows of long wooden chairs, where people sat to listen. They all seemed to be celebrities, and their dress and manners were extraordinary.
On the far right front is what appears to be the jury seat, with eight or nine jurors, including men, women, young and old.
Where is this place? Are they filming a movie? Or some short video clip
Lu Ming rubbed his eyes, and was very sure that this was not a dream, because in a dream, when rubbing his eyes, he would not have such a clear feeling of touch.
The Western judge in the court nodded to the prosecution seat at this time, "Prosecution, you may continue!"
Immediately, a graceful female police officer stood up and said in a cold voice, "The first defendant and the second defendant..."
A prosecutor wearing a police uniform? Lu Minggang was stunned. What kind of genius director is this
But when he heard the female police officer's voice, he was suddenly startled and looked up abruptly.
But the female police officer had beautiful features and eyebrows, and she looked even more heroic and charming in the black police uniform.
Isn’t it Han Annie
At this moment, Han Annie's pretty face was filled with indignation, and she was using extremely bad words such as "despicable" and "shameless" to describe the first and second defendants.
Suddenly, she turned sideways and pointed at herself and the beautiful young woman beside her, "It can be said that the first defendant and the second defendant are a pair of adulterers!"
"Objection! I object to the prosecution's use of abusive words to describe my client!" The "defense attorney" next to Lu Ming stood up and habitually pointed at the frame of his gold-rimmed glasses with his finger.
Lu Ming was dumbfounded. The "first defendant" she fiercely criticized was actually herself? What about the "second defendant"
Lu Ming looked at the extremely beautiful classical lady sitting next to him on the left. Is this the “second defendant”
She and I, are we adulterers
"The objection is valid..." the judge in the court responded lazily.
"I take back what I said just now. The first and second defendants have dragged the case for a long time. If they don't have any new witnesses, I request that their closing statements be made today!" Han Annie bowed slightly to the judges.
Lu Ming stood up suddenly: "Han Annie, what are you doing?! Where is this place?"
This scene is really weird.
The courtroom suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Lu Ming as if he were a monster.
Han Annie glared at Lu Ming with disgust on her face.
"Silence, first defendant, sit down!" The judge in the court took a while to come back to his senses and immediately slammed the gavel.
Several ferocious-looking bailiffs in black clothes had surrounded him to arrest him. Lu Ming wanted to resist, but suddenly found himself too weak. He was pressed on the seat like a chicken, handcuffed and legcuffed, and even his mouth was blocked with cloth.
Han Annie has walked back. She is the second in command of the prosecution. Sitting in the main control position is an extremely handsome male police officer, who is graceful and elegant.
At this time he stood up and said, "Your Highness, I request that the first defendant be imprisoned immediately while both the prosecution and the defense make their closing arguments!"
The three judges sitting high on the bench were discussing the case among themselves.
Lu Ming was very depressed. Isn't this illegal detention and personal injury
I struggled hard, and suddenly, I felt a needle piercing my head. It was extremely painful. The slides of various images appeared again, flashing before my eyes.
"Court, the first defendant seems to be unwell. I request a temporary adjournment..."
"Your Honor, the other party is stalling for time again..."
Lu Ming felt as if the world was spinning around him, and everything here was gradually moving away from him.
…
The lounge next to the courtroom.
Lu Ming sat in silence.
Just now, seeing Lu Ming foaming at the mouth and fainting, the judge finally decided to adjourn the court for an hour.
The doctor just left and said that Lu Ming was not seriously ill, but he smoked too much opium and his body was too weak, which was why he occasionally fainted.
There were several people sitting around the round table in the lounge. Lu Ming's defense lawyer, the one wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was named Xie Wenquan, a big lawyer from the provincial capital.
No one spoke at this moment.
Finally, Lu Ming picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.
The tea was cold, and a hint of chill entered his stomach. Lu Ming knew that he could only accept this reality.
Slides are fragments of memory of "myself" in this world.
This is probably some kind of parallel world, a federal empire consisting of many races and five major federations.
This is a small town on the northern border of the empire.
I am a second-generation rich man who indulges in eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking.
The name is also Lu Ming.
Now, he was accused of conspiring with the victim's concubine to kill the victim.
According to the laws of this world, once convicted, the person must be hanged.
The victim was a well-known person. He was the leader of the Shuanglong Society, the largest social organization in the city, and was also known as Long Ye. Long Daxing.
He is really an adulterer
Lu Ming helplessly looked at the beautiful woman who was sitting timidly beside the round table.
I am an adulterer, she is a **...
I was just busy looking at Han Annie.
Looking at her carefully at this time, I have to say that she is really a peerless beauty. She is naturally charming, wearing an exquisite red silk jacket and a delicate green satin skirt. From the hem of her skirt, a pair of attractive small and pointed embroidered shoes are faintly visible.
The snow-white jade hands exposed from the sleeves, the long nails on the ten slender fingers were painted a rare bright rose black color. She was indeed a charming woman who had seen the world. The black gem-like nail art that was rare in this era brought unspeakable stimulation to the men's vision. It was extremely charming and seductive.
She was also extremely beautiful, with a delicate and pink oval face, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of charm.
Her delicate and timid appearance at this moment made the man want to protect her, and he also had the urge to bully her.
Beauty brings disaster, that's how she is described, right
Compared with Han Annie's delicate beauty, they are two extremes.
Zhen family, Zhen Hanzhu.
The cash cow of the city's largest brothel, Wangshan Tower, was cultivated by the owner from seedlings carefully selected from thousands of miles away.
A prostitute who sells her art but not her body, she plays the pipa to perfection, her singing voice is like the sound of nature, and her dancing moves are like a fairy from heaven.
Li Mingxuan, the most famous young talent in the city and the chief prosecutor of this case, fell in love with her at first sight.
He vowed to redeem her and marry her.
This matter is known to the whole upper class of the city.
But how could the owner of Wangshanlou be willing to sell the swan that lays golden eggs? The price he offered was an astronomical figure.
Li Mingxuan could only seek help everywhere, and even borrowed money from loan sharks, but he was still unable to raise enough money to redeem himself.
Then, Lord Long Daxing intercepted the situation, threatened the owner of Wangshan Tower, and half-forced and half-bought Zhen back home.
But I really did not conspire with her to murder Lord Long.
Because Lord Long bought her by force and gave her to himself.
Who told him that Li Mingxuan and he had been rivals since childhood? The two families were fighting each other fiercely, and it was obvious that Lord Long was deliberately humiliating the other party.
The Long family is an old friend of my family. Several generations ago, the ancestors of the Long family were servants of my family before they became rich.
Because his relatives passed away one after another in recent years, Mr. Long became his elder and took good care of him.
However, unexpectedly, something went wrong on the day that Long Ye gave Zhen to him.
I still remember that Master Long invited me to his manor, and asked the maid to bring out Zhen, and said with a smile: "Young Master, you know that I have been practicing boy's skills since I was a child, so I don't have these thoughts. I think this Miss Zhen is good, and you don't have anyone who cares about you, so let her be your foot-washing maid!"
His voice, appearance and smile are still before my eyes, but he is dead.
His driver, who was taking him and Zhen home, collided with a police detective on a bicycle on the road.
Long Ye's driver insulted the detective, and the detective searched the car in anger. He unexpectedly found Long Ye's body and the murder weapon in the trunk. Later, he found out that there were his fingerprints on the murder weapon.
In this way, he and Zhen became the adulterers who murdered Master Long and were brought to court.
Then Long Ye's driver became a tainted witness.
Lu Ming was pondering the case, and in his mind, like a picture, he replayed everything that happened that day.
This is his innate talent.
…
There were many people in the lounge, but the atmosphere was depressing and no one spoke.
Lu Ming understood.
Xie Wenquan adopted the tactic of procrastination. He did not say it explicitly, but it was obvious that if he procrastinated for one more day, he would live one more day.
But there will always be a time when a case can no longer be delayed. Several months have passed, and today is the day for closing arguments and the jury's deliberation.
I probably won't live for more than a few days. Everyone in the room knew this, so no one said anything.
Xie Wenquan was obviously in a bad mood. He was doomed to lose the case, but the cruel reality was that he had not found any reasonable grounds for appeal until now. Even if he appealed, it would probably be rejected quickly.
After the provincial high court confirms it, I will probably be hanged soon. According to normal procedures, I will not survive for more than a month.
Not to mention, if he was imprisoned, it was said that the Double Dragon Society had already sent many thugs into the prison, and they couldn't wait for the day when he would be executed. If he was imprisoned today, his life would be over.
Everyone in the room knew it.
The two loyal servants, Lu Zhong and Jin Baoer, who were standing by, were wiping their tears.
Lu Zhong is the housekeeper and general assistant of the Lu family's businesses, helping him manage the business, but his ability is limited. Besides, he cannot go against the ideas of a playboy, so he can only delay but not stop the rapid decline of the Lu family's wealth.
Jin Baoer, with thick black hair and many scars on her chest revealed in her sweatshirt, is the playmate and bodyguard that Long Ye gave to him since childhood.
As the last disciple of Lord Long, he is the only one who still believes that he is definitely not the murderer, but he is also regarded as a traitor by the Shuanglong Society.
Looking at Xie Wenquan, Lu Ming suddenly asked: "What's the name of the female police officer sitting in the second seat for the prosecution? Where is she from?"
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Young Master Lu’s focus is always so strange.
He is about to die, but he still has eyes only for beautiful women.
Xie Wenquan looked helpless. "Didn't you call out her name? Han Annie, I heard she came from the provincial department to train. She's very capable at a young age, so the prosecution often lets her take the lead. She's almost stealing the limelight from Chief Li Mingxuan."
Lu Ming nodded. In this world, the prosecution and the police have not yet been officially separated. The police station has a special prosecution department to prosecute criminal cases.
Han Annie...
The names are the same
But she was obviously not like this, possessed by a spirit, so why did I meet her? Was it a coincidence
Or, like some theories of parallel worlds, every person exists in countless different worlds
“Master Lu, don’t think about anything else. I’ll find a way to postpone the class for another day. You should have something delicious tonight…” Xie Wenquan’s voice was somewhat bitter. He was powerless to save his master’s mess. He could only tactfully tell this pretty good young man to enjoy his last moments.
Originally, Lu Zhong, the steward of the Lu family, had hired his master, Donald, a famous Western lawyer who was also the best lawyer in the provincial capital, at a high price.
But half a month ago, seeing that he was doomed to lose the lawsuit, Donald suddenly claimed to be ill and sent his favorite disciple to take over, so as not to affect his extremely high chance of winning.
Xie Wenquan also understood this in his heart.
After hearing what Xie Wenquan said, Lu Ming nodded and looked at his pocket watch. "There's still some time. Come on, show me the trial file of this case, including the testimony of the main witness for the prosecution. Find them all and let me take a look..."
In the memory fragments, there are some memories of what I learned in this world. The laws here are similar to the marine laws in my own world. They focus on precedents, but many legal concepts should be in their embryonic stages and are not as perfect as those in my own world.
Take a look for yourself and see if you can save yourself
Xie Wenquan was stunned and thought to himself, can you understand it
But at this time, he can do whatever he wants.
Xie Wenquan nodded to the clerk beside him, and the clerk hurriedly went to look for the trial records and the testimony that Lu Ming wanted to see.
On the table, there were several legal magazines published by the Imperial Capital. Lu Ming saw a title on the cover of the latest issue, his eyes lit up, and he picked it up to take a closer look.
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