Suite 302, Husky. Lu Ming had just returned from the Wendebao Club when he heard shocking news.
Li Mingxuan and Xiao Cui announced that when the case was over, they would get married regardless of whether he won or lost the case.
"Actually, if we lose, forget it!" Li Mingxuan said with a sigh, holding Xiao Cui's hand.
Under the orange wall lamp, Xiao Cui's face turned even redder. She shook her head shyly, "No, I do..."
Lu Ming looked at Li Mingxuan quietly.
"Lawyer Lu, won't you bless us? I really want your blessing!" Li Mingxuan looked calm and smiled at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Well, I'm going to prepare a big gift for you."
Li Mingxuan paused, "Lawyer Lu, I think we should talk."
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"Do you think Xiao Cui and I are a good match?" Li Mingxuan closed the door of the tea room and turned to ask Lu Ming.
"That depends on you. The judgment of outsiders never means anything." Lu Ming sat at the tea table and boiled water to make tea.
"Don't play tricks on me. What are you thinking? You're giving me hope and then you're going to kill me, right?" Li Mingxuan sneered. "I've always underestimated you, thinking you were a loser, but I didn't expect that you were the most sinister and cunning one. If it weren't for the lawsuit in Wu'an, you would have been forced to reveal your true colors. I'm afraid I wouldn't even know how I died in a few years, right?"
Lu Ming smiled and continued to make tea. From Li Mingxuan's perspective, he was not wrong to look at himself this way. He was a prodigal son who had lost all his family fortune, but he didn't expect that his understanding of the law was more profound than that of this guy who claimed to be the number one young talent in Wuan. Naturally, he would feel that he had been playing the pig and eating the tiger.
"I don't want to continue this lawsuit. Please give me a quick death. I don't want to have a false hope and be buried by a sinister guy like you!" Li Mingxuan stared at Lu Ming, and hatred suddenly rose up in his eyes again.
"There's not much hope in the first place. Do you think you can pass Liu Hanming's test when you go to court tomorrow to be questioned?"
A thin thread of tea poured into the teacup from the teapot that Lu Ming held high, and it swayed gently in the air as if it had a soul.
"Here you go. You should think carefully about how to deal with Liu Hanming tomorrow!" Lu Ming pushed a small teacup in front of Li Mingxuan.
"Perhaps, without my help, you will bury your own hope of living tomorrow."
Lu Ming stood up and pointed at a few pieces of paper on the coffee table. "This is the story of the victim that I wrote. I hope you will read it carefully and experience it seriously! You should treat her as a living person, not a shrew who wants to occupy you, do you understand? Understand it slowly. Whether you live or die depends on you." He glanced at Li Mingxuan, turned around and walked out slowly.
Li Mingxuan sat still for a long time, then picked up the small teacup and drank it down in one gulp.
Then he picked up the pieces of paper and started reading.
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Li Mingxuan, as the suspect in this case and the only person who openly experienced the entire incident, his interrogation is naturally a highlight.
He sat in the witness stand, looking somewhat uneasy, and occasionally glanced at the jury.
Liu Hanming slowly walked to the witness stand and said, "Mr. Li Haoran, would you feel more comfortable if I called you Mr. Li Si?"
Li Mingxuan leaned forward slightly and put his mouth close to the microphone, "Anything is fine..."
"Okay, Mr. Li Si, what is your real name?"
"Objection." Lu Ming raised his hand. "This is a baseless question."
"Okay, let me put it another way. Mr. Li Si, where is your hometown?"
"Objection! This involves the personal safety of my client!" Lu Ming raised his hand again.
Liu Hanming nodded. "So, Mr. Li Si, what do your relatives and friends in your hometown call you by?"
"I object to the prosecution's continued focus on the same false question." Lu Ming raised his hand again.
Liu Hanming shook his head helplessly, "I take back the question."
If it is not retracted, Cao Guan will rule that the objection is valid. By repeating this over and over again, the purpose is to make the jurors question the suspect's integrity, and the purpose has been achieved.
"Mr. Li Si, you admitted at the police station that you murdered Li Xiaoyan, right?"
Lu Ming stood up suddenly. "Objection! The police have already withdrawn the invalid evidence! The prosecution is misleading the jury!"
Cao Guan waved to the two of them, and Lu Ming and Liu Hanming both walked to the judge's seat.
Cao Guan gently covered the black microphone with his hand and frowned at Liu Hanming. "Lawyer Liu Hanming, I have always respected you. I hope you can respect me too and not use this kind of trick in my court!"
If the police did not withdraw the evidence, Lu Ming would threaten to have his injuries examined and so on. Thus, the incident of torture was reduced to a small matter.
Liu Hanming's mention of this matter violated the rules, which naturally affected the jury's judgment.
"Okay, Cao Guan, I understand!" Liu Hanming nodded to Cao Guan.
At the prosecution table, Zhang Jingjing watched all this in amazement. She really couldn't imagine that her master would use such a trick when hearing against the rookie lawyer.
People like the master have always been very concerned about their reputation and have a good reputation among judges. Now he is using tricks that only junior lawyers would use to deceive lawyers. Naturally, he is forced to take real action.
Is this guy really that powerful
Look, he is younger than me.
Zhang Jingjing looked at Lu Ming's back and was speechless for a moment.
"Mr. Li Si, you are an employee of the victim, Ms. Li Xiaoyan, right?"
Everyone returned to their original seats, and Liu Hanming continued to interrogate Li Mingxuan.
"Yes." Li Mingxuan whispered into the microphone.
"Before you were hired by Ms. Li Xiaoyan, you were a homeless person on the street. Because you had no legal status, no place to rent, and no job, you could be evicted at any time, right?"
"Yes."
“Ms. Li Xiaoyan, you can say she is your benefactor, right?”
"Yes..." A sigh flashed across Li Mingxuan's eyes.
"You said that the valuables found in your home during the search were all given to you by Ms. Li Xiaoyan, right?"
Li Mingxuan hesitated for a moment, "Yes, but..."
Liu Hanming had already turned around. "Please present the exhibit D, photos 3-7."
Soon, court assistants handed photos of the evidence to the courtroom and jury box.
Although it is a photo, you can still see how precious the items are, especially the emerald green jade pendant, which is obviously priceless.
Liu Hanming held up the photo of the jade pendant and said, "Let's talk about Exhibit No. 3, Category D. It was a token of love given to Ms. Li Xiaoyan by her husband. Ms. Li Xiaoyan has always treasured it. Many people can testify that Ms. Li Xiaoyan cherished it very much. She even nearly fell into the lake and drowned because of it."
"Regarding Ms. Li Xiaoyan's love for this jade pendant, I have five witnesses who can prove this. They are all on the witness list. If the defense objects, they can be summoned at any time."
He glanced at Lu Ming from a distance, then turned to look at Li Mingxuan, "Ms. Li Xiaoyan gave you such a precious gift? Are you sure?"
"No, she's very precious. Sometimes she'll want to go back after two days. She's very angry..."
When I am extremely angry, I will give away my precious things to others.
Before Li Mingxuan could finish his words, Liu Hanming interrupted him, "Do you think this statement is reasonable?"
In the jury seats, the jurors were whispering to each other and shaking their heads.
Obviously he thought that Li Mingxuan first said that the stolen goods were given to him by Ms. Li Xiaoyan, but now that he thinks they are too precious, he changes his words and says he wants them back
Isn’t this too ridiculous
"You don't understand women..." Li Mingxuan suddenly sighed.
"What did you say?" Liu Hanming was stunned.
"Ms. Li Xiaoyan loved her husband very much, even though she was only the second concubine. Her husband had seven or eight other concubines, and each of those new lovers was younger and prettier than her..."
"Witness, I didn't ask you any questions!" Liu Hanming frowned.
Li Mingxuan sighed and continued, "But Ms. Li Xiaoyan was her husband's first concubine. At that time, she was so young and beautiful, and her husband loved her so much that he bought the jade pendant for her for 15,000 yuan and gave it to her just like that."
When the jury heard the value of the jade pendant, they immediately gasped.
"Objection, witness, I didn't ask you a question, please don't talk nonsense!"
Li Mingxuan shook his head and sighed, "She thought she had won the whole world! But she didn't know that the happiness in life is often short-lived."
"Men are always fickle. Her husband had three, four, and five concubines..."
"She can only numb herself with alcohol and take out the jade pendant to pretend to be the happy girl again!"
"But she is still unhappy. She will throw her jade pendant and all the gifts that man gave her to her followers, and ask them to take her most precious and painful memories and get out of here!"
"But when she sobers up, she will find that no matter whether the memories are painful or happy, they are her life. She does not want to abandon her life and does not want to lose the meaning of living. Therefore, she will ask her servants to send these memories back..."
Li Mingxuan spoke softly, and the entire court seemed to be silent, as everyone was recalling the joys and sorrows of this woman. For the first time, the victim became a living person.
Liu Hanming's voice of "opposition" became somewhat harsh and inappropriate.
Cao Guan initially ignored Liu Hanming's "objection" because he could be led to speak out these words when the defense lawyer asked questions.
It's just that the current narration completely disrupted Liu Hanming's plan and the emotions he wanted to convey to the jury.
Seeing that Li Mingxuan had almost finished his story, Cao Guan nodded and said, "Li Haoran, please control your emotions and just answer the prosecution's questions!"
Li Mingxuan sighed and nodded slightly.
Liu Hanming's face looked a little ugly, and the following series of questions seemed very abrupt when asked at this time.
Staring at Li Mingxuan, this guy is definitely not simple, nor is he an ordinary person. I was wrong to think of him as an ordinary homeless person.
I didn't take this case seriously from the beginning, but now I think I may have made a fatal mistake.
After standing for a while, he looked up and said, "In court, the defendant is a little emotional. I hope to adjourn the court temporarily to give the defendant some time to rest."
Cao Guan nodded slightly.