NINTH CIRCUIT, Third Department.
Li Guan looked at Lu Ming, who was sitting in the dock as the first defense attorney. The old lady's eyes were full of reproach.
Lu Ming could only pretend not to see it.
To the left of Lu Ming sat the second defense attorney, a tall lawyer from the city named Wen Rentian.
He is a handsome man in his forties, with a shiny slicked-back hair, a black short windbreaker, and a Leo gold watch. He is a successful man.
He looked unhappy and ignored Lu Ming. It was a great shame and humiliation for him to be robbed of the lead defense position by a rookie lawyer.
But since his client Liu Laocai asked him to do so, he had no choice but to sit there sullenly, closing his eyes and resting.
At this time, Liu Keyue took the witness stand.
That is Liu Laocai’s eldest son, whom he calls “the third son”.
Liu Keyue looks a bit like Liu Laocai, with a round face and small eyes. He looks towards his father from time to time, feeling a little uneasy.
The other prosecutor had just stood up when Lu Ming stood up again. "I reiterate that the defense opposes the prosecution calling Liu Keyue as a witness. If Liu Keyue is suspected of illegal behavior, he should be prosecuted by the prosecution. I will be happy to be Mr. Liu Keyue's defense lawyer..."
Li Guan waved his hand and looked at the jury. "The testimony of the new witness is closely related to this case, so you should listen carefully!"
Lu Ming shook his head and sat down.
The prosecutor opposite in dark blue uniform had a smug smile on his face.
He was a young man in his twenties named Hou Dexing. He was very handsome and made Lu Ming feel dazed, as if he had seen another Li Mingxuan.
Unlike the four provinces in the Northern Territory, in the East China Sea, there are already independent prosecutors and a high prosecutor's office directly led by the Municipal Committee.
Prosecutors are used to directly prosecute criminal cases. Of course, sometimes when encountering important cases, the prosecution department will also hire strong independent lawyers to represent the prosecution.
Prosecutors do not have grade points, and the Supreme Procuratorate has a separate system for evaluating their work capabilities.
When it comes to cases involving prosecutors, defense lawyers are assessed 10 points whether they win or lose.
However, Hou Dexing has a high winning rate in the Beiguan Procuratorate Branch and is a rising star prosecutor in the Beiguan Procuratorate Branch.
He slowly walked to Liu Keyue's witness stand and said, "Mr. Liu Keyue, Miss Deng Hongmei reported to me that you had private contact with her several times. Is that true? Many people have seen you two together. If you lie, it will not be good for you or your father."
Liu Keyue's small round face looked very unnatural. She looked in the direction of her father Liu Laocai and said, "I, I just hope that, well, she is still an employee of our New Era after all. I want to see if she needs any help."
"So, you are willing to pay a huge sum of 3,000 yuan just to help her?" Hou Dexing asked calmly.
"Yes, yes..." Liu Keyue nodded hurriedly.
"It wasn't your father, the defendant Liu Gaoyu, who instructed you to do this?"
"No, it's really not!" Liu Keyue looked at the jury, "It's really not my father who asked me to do it..."
Lu Ming looked at his behavior, leaned back slightly, looked at him scrutinizingly, then turned to look at the hot day beside him.
"Your father didn't ask you to do it. So you felt sorry for Ms. Deng Hongmei, so you gave her 3,000 yuan? Then can I assume that you felt that what Deng Hongmei said was true, so you felt sorry for her and wanted to make up for your father's mistakes. You thought she was violated, right? That's the only way to explain your behavior."
Hou Dexing spoke sternly, asking one question after another like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. Lu Ming suddenly stood up.
"Objection! Objection to the prosecution's imaginary questions!"
"I object to the prosecution asking multiple questions at the same time!"
"be opposed to!"
Hou Dexing ignored Lu Ming's series of objections, and also ignored Li Guan's repeated voices that "opposition is effective."
Staring at Liu Keyue, “You do think she is a victim, right?”
Then he turned around and bowed slightly to Li Guan, "Your Honor, I have finished asking questions!" He returned to the plaintiff's seat and smiled provocatively at Lu Ming.
Liu Keyue's face turned pale and he almost collapsed in the witness stand, just looking at his father in fear.
Liu Laocai's face turned pale as he watched the jury in an uproar and whispering to each other.
He knew he was finished.
My son is always causing trouble instead of doing anything good.
What could be more likely to convince the jury that they had discovered the truth than a son's subconscious accusation
The suspect’s son believed that the other party was the victim and went to make amends. So, can the suspect still be wronged
In the courtroom, everyone's eyes were on Lu Ming, the defendant's newly hired chief counsel. It was said that he was a rookie lawyer, but Liu Laocai was not an ordinary person. This young lawyer must have something extraordinary.
Lu Ming frowned, thinking about something.
"Defendant's lawyer! It's your turn!" Li Guan looked at Lu Ming with unfriendly eyes.
Female judges, even this weird old lady, hate crimes like sexual assault the most.
Lu Ming stood up slowly. At this moment, the door of the court was pushed open. Pamela, who was wearing a black professional suit and had proud breasts, hips and curves, walked in. Her long beautiful legs in black stockings immediately attracted the attention of most men.
She came to Lu Ming and handed him a piece of paper. Lu Ming took a look at it and put it in his pocket. He looked at Liu Keyue, then turned back to look at the deputy debater Wen Tian, with a mysterious smile on his face.
Pamela walked to the gallery and sat down, but this still attracted many men to secretly look at her.
Lu Ming slowly walked up to Liu Keyue and said, "Your father did not instruct you to give the 3,000 yuan check to Ms. Deng Hongmei, right?"
"Yes!" It was his friendly lawyer. Liu Keyue came back to his senses and answered quickly.
"Besides, since you are only authorized to write checks for up to 2,000 yuan, you can only spend 1,500 yuan each in two installments. This way, you can hide it from your father, right?"
"Yes!" Liu Keyue nodded again.
"Ms. Deng Hongmei didn't take the money, right?"
"Yes!"
"So, where did the money go now? Is it still in your account?" Lu Ming asked casually.
“…, here!” Liu Keyue nodded quickly.
"How is your relationship with lawyer Wen Gontien, the one sitting in the defense seat, your father's current second defense lawyer, and once your father's lead defense lawyer?" Lu Ming pointed at Wen Gontien.
Gao Wentian frowned, leaned forward, stared at Lu Ming, with vigilance in his eyes.
“It’s, it’s okay…” Liu Keyue looked at Lu Ming with some confusion.
"Did you know each other before?" Lu Ming asked.
Hou Dexing, who was sitting in the prosecution seat, frowned and was about to stand up when Li Guan said, "Defense lawyer, you don't have much time. Let's get to the point."
"Have you and Attorney Gao Wentian known each other before?" Lu Ming continued with his original question and said to Li Guan, "Your Honor, my question is very important."
Liu Laocai looked at the scene suspiciously, then turned to look at Wengwentian. He and Wengwentian were sitting behind the same long table, which was the dock.
He was the deputy debater on a hot day, and there was an empty chair between him and Liu Laocai. That empty chair was the seat of the main debater, Lu Ming.
Wen Gaotian stared at Lu Ming's every move, his brows furrowed even more tightly.
“I don’t know him…” After hesitating for a moment, Liu Keyue answered cautiously.
"Oh, you didn't know each other before... Then, it wasn't you who paid for the lawyer your father hired, Attorney Wen Gontien?"
“Yes, it wasn’t me who paid…” Looking at Lu Ming’s clear eyes, Liu Keyue’s expression suddenly changed.
"Well, my affairs officer found out that you transferred money to lawyer Gao Wentian's account in several installments. Why?!" Lu Ming took out the piece of paper from his pocket and shook it in front of Liu Keyue. There were Western words and some numbers on the paper.
Liu Keyue's face turned pale immediately and he looked towards the hot weather as if asking for help.
Gao Wentian stood up abruptly. "Lu Ming, what do you mean? Don't talk nonsense. He commissioned me to do a case, which involves the privacy regulations of the parties involved. What does it have to do with this case?"
Liu Keyue immediately said anxiously: "Yes, I want to ask lawyer Gao Wentian to fight the lawsuit for me."
"So, what kind of lawsuit is it that requires several thousand yuan in advance payment?" Lu Ming was still so calm.
Liu Keyue paused, his face pale, his eyes rolling around, as if he was thinking desperately, but it seemed that he could not come up with any answer for the time being.
"I said, it has nothing to do with this case. It also involves the confidentiality agreement between Mr. Liu Keyue and me!" Gao Wentian said loudly.
Pamela, who was sitting in the gallery, watched the scene helplessly.
It was just a piece of paper with all sorts of random information printed on it, but it caused chaos in the court.
I looked at Lu Ming again. Although he looked a little thin, he looked so confident and majestic when standing in the court. He seemed like he would never be defeated, giving people a very down-to-earth feeling.
She also vaguely guessed what Lu Ming was doing, because she had been with Lu Ming from beginning to end in this case.
At this moment, Lu Ming looked at the hot day, then at Liu Keyue, and sneered in his heart. Sure enough, having a Western assistant has its advantages.
They all thought that the piece of paper was a transfer record printed out by the bank.
Western affairs officers naturally have extensive social connections and connections, so it is not difficult for them to print out transfer records from the bank.
Liu Keyue didn't know many Western words and was impatient, so he panicked when he was scared.
This guy is just like himself. Although he seems to have an academic degree, he is not interested in learning Western languages. In the area where Central Continent people gather, Western languages are not used most of the time because the empire is a federation with four official languages.
On the contrary, some traditional Western aristocratic families living in the indigenous areas will be proficient in the local linguistics of the four official languages. For example, some traditional aristocratic families living in the East China Sea, because they account for the absolute majority of the Central Continent population, so Chinese is a compulsory course. Pamela is very fluent in Chinese.
On the contrary, the new rich families in the indigenous areas or many ordinary Westerners are usually very arrogant and never willing to learn other languages. If you want to communicate with them, you have to know Western languages. As for the core area of the empire, which is the real gathering area of Westerners in the southwest, there are no other languages.
Therefore, if you want to enter the real upper class of the empire, you cannot do so without knowing Western languages.
As an aspiring lawyer and professional, Wen Gaotian must be good at Western language, but the distance was too far and he couldn't see the contents on the paper clearly. Seeing Liu Keyue so panicked, he thought that what Liu Keyue saw was the accurate transfer record.
Therefore, he assumed that Liu Keyue's transfer of money to him had been exposed.
All we can say is that we took on a lawsuit commissioned by Liu Keyue, which is considered as an admission that we received the remittance from Liu Keyue.
In this way, his deception successfully achieved its goal.
However, if you have enough connections, it would be better to have real evidence, and there is no need to cheat Liu Keyue by saying "a few thousand yuan".
To be a lawyer, you really need to have a wide range of friends and investigate some things, so that you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
But I have just started here, so there is nothing I can do.
Even just a dozen days ago, I wanted to be an ostrich, but I didn't expect that after two cases in succession, I was afraid that I would become famous in the Beiguan lawyer circle.
Fortunately, it is at most a small circle of lawyers, and it is just a small satellite town called Beiguan.
"Okay, I take back my question." Lu Ming smiled at the extremely angry Han Rantian.
Then he looked at Liu Keyue: "Mr. Liu Keyue, if my client Liu Gaoyu is convicted, will you take over the position of chairman of the board of directors of New Era Company?"
It was hot and he snorted coldly and just sat down, but now he stood up again.
But before he could say anything, the chief prosecutor, Hou Dexing, stood up suddenly and said, "Objection, Your Honor, the defense is starting to tell a story!"
Originally, Hou Dexing's face was full of sarcasm, thinking that this rookie lawyer was incomprehensible and he had no idea what he wanted to do.
But now, I finally understand the other party's intention. They were actually planning to fabricate a story that the suspect's son and the suspect's defense lawyer conspired to frame the suspect.
The story of the prince who could not hold back for thirty years and wanted to seize the throne and frame his father is well known in Lu Ming's world. In this world, even if there are similar stories, they are dark legends rather than popular literary works.
"Opposition is effective!" Li Guan waved his hand.
"Your Honor, I have no questions!" Lu Ming bowed slightly.
There was no need for Liu Keyue to actually answer these questions. It was enough for the jury to have doubts in their minds.
At this time, the jurors were looking at Liu Keyue and Wen Gaotian, and were talking to each other.
Hou Dexing frowned as he watched this scene.
Liu Keyue took out a handkerchief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, walked down from the witness stand, looked at his father with a livid face, lowered his head and walked quickly out of the court.
"In court, I request to call witness number one, Ms. Deng Hongmei!" Lu Ming bowed slightly to Li Guan.
Deng Hongmei was sitting in the plaintiff's seat at the prosecution table. She was a young woman in her early twenties, wearing a light blue dress. She looked very pretty, with a faint beauty mole on her snow-white cheek, which added a bit of charm to her.
However, at this moment, she was like a frightened rabbit. She sat in the witness stand, lowered her head, and said nothing.
"In court, I hope this is the last time Ms. Deng Hongmei will appear in court to testify. She has been under great mental pressure, and I hope the court will show sympathy!" Hou Dexing said righteously, and the solemn royal prosecutor badge on the prosecutor's uniform made him seem even more convincing.
"I believe that today should be the last time that Ms. Deng will be invited to testify in court!" Lu Ming gestured slightly to the judge's bench.
Li Guan nodded, "Ms. Deng Hongmei, please go to the witness stand and testify."
Deng Hongmei slowly walked up to the witness stand, looking like a weak and frightened little rabbit, which immediately aroused people's sympathy.
Walking up to Deng Hongmei, Lu Ming sighed softly, "Diabetic patients suffer a lot, right?" Diabetes mellitus, scientifically known as diabetes, is the common name for diabetes among the people.
Deng Hongmei immediately looked up in panic and looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.
Lu Ming shook his head. "Tolbutamide is not a panacea. Although it is known as the first synthetic sulfonylurea hypoglycemic drug, the medical community cheered and believed that diabetes mellitus would finally become history. But in fact, diabetes is difficult to cure. Soon, the medical community will be wailing! I think you have already experienced this."
Deng Hongmei's body gradually began to tremble, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Really? Lawyer Lu?"
"Yes." Lu Ming nodded to Deng Hongmei and said, "I understand what you did. I hope you can understand what you are doing!"
Looking at Deng Hongmei, Lu Ming showed a trace of pity in his eyes, and turned to look at Li Guan, "Your Highness, I have no questions!"
Everyone was confused.
Deng Hongmei looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.
Li Guan also stared at Lu Ming in surprise, then looked at the wall clock, picked up the gavel and knocked it down, "Adjourn! If neither party has any new evidence to provide, the prosecution and defense will make closing statements tomorrow!"