The middle-aged man who walked in with the umbrella under his arm didn't need to introduce himself too much. Xu Le already knew his identity. The anxiety revealed in the sentence made the atmosphere in the room suddenly become tense and silent.
The umbrella was dripping with water, staining the precious blanket on the ground into a dark color. Xu Le put down his chopsticks and stared blankly at the blanket that was getting wet on the ground. He was not good at legal affairs, but he knew that if Xilin Zhong If the old guys in the family really use such tricks as guardianship rights, then the troubles faced by the little watermelon will be very big.
At this moment, the last participant in the party tonight finally pushed open the door and walked in. The young man's body is still a little thin, and his face is still that unhealthy pale. His hair was wet in the rain, tangled into a few embarrassing black strands, and the water droplets on the cyan fine camel hair windbreaker were strewn to the bones. Rolling down, hitting the blanket softly and silently.
Li Xiaotong reacted at the first time, bowed seriously with a rare sense of restraint, put his hands on his abdomen, and said in accordance with some old etiquette: "I'm Li Xiaotong, thank you very much for coming to our room."
Lawyer He's response was also very quick. He moved out of the way at the first time, pulled out the golden silk wood seat that is said to be able to replace three latest cars, lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly, "Prince, please come here."
Xu Le is still frowning, worrying about his own troubles. For him, Tai Zhiyuan is a very good friend, that's all, but Li Xiaotong, who has always been cold and has no children, and the first acquaintance but the The free-spirited and upright lawyer He showed such a serious reaction to Tai Zhiyuan's arrival, which suddenly reminded him of Tai Zhiyuan's true identity.
He raised his head curiously, looked at Tai Zhiyuan who was taking off his windbreaker, and thought silently, even if the Tai family is a former royal family, but time has passed. The strength should be far less than that of the past. Why do the rest of the seven families still show such respect for the lady in Mochou Houshan, including the thin friend of the prince, this kind of respect with a strong sense of inequality, even... More like some kind of fear.
After many years of acquaintance, probably only himself, and people like Shi Gongzi, really dared not take Tai Zhiyuan in his eyes.
The night was dark, and after dinner, Xu Le and Tai Zhiyuan were holding red wine, leaning against the transparent bar on the top floor of the apartment, looking at all the living beings hurriedly walking under their feet, and remained silent for a long time.
"You looked a little embarrassed when you walked in just now." Xu Le said: "In my previous impression, except when you were in a coma, your appearance was always impeccable, ranging from a villa to a gold pin on your collar. , they are all so clean and tidy, how could they be so wet and look like this."
"Yu Zi should have told you that I had a falling out with my family." Tai Zhiyuan said with a smile: "It's just a recent incident... During this period of time, I have learned a lot of things, such as going to the bank to open a personal account, such as how to crowd the subway with people, and then For example, when the rain is too heavy, how to use an umbrella to cover your head and face as much as possible without worrying about your clothes."
"How does it feel?" Xu Le turned his head and looked at him curiously, "I remember you said before that you can experience the life of the common people, but you don't have extra time to learn or feel it."
"It doesn't feel good." Tai Zhiyuan looked at the rippling red wine in the glass, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, you are back, and Xilin's affairs will naturally be returned to you. I will go back to Mochou Houshan tomorrow and cry bitterly. Be a dutiful son... By the way, I will get married next fall."
"Thank you first, this refers to Xilin's affairs." Xu Le looked at him and said seriously: "If you hadn't come forward, this year at the Zhong's old house would definitely have been more difficult. To be honest, I really didn't expect that, A confident and arrogant guy like you actually has this so-called cheap sympathy."
"At that time, I thought you were dead, and everyone was a little stimulated, so they occasionally went crazy." Tai Zhiyuan responded indifferently.
"Congratulations next." Xu Le raised his glass and teased, "I just hope that after you get married, you don't entrust me with the responsibility of taking care of Miss Bai Qi."
"You seem to have been busy since I met you." Tai Zhiyuan squinted at him, "Now that you come back alive, you must be even more busy, busy attending the press conference, busy going to Philadelphia to see the old man, and in the future. You have to be busy taking care of that little girl, I don't need you to take care of my affairs, you just need to take care of your own crap."
"Attorney He just said that the big problem we are facing now is really difficult to manage. The most fearful thing is our qualifications to manage this matter. According to federal law, it seems that there are problems."
Tai Zhiyuan suddenly smiled and said: "Zhong Huo pushed that unqualified Erlang to the table back then. It was a very old-fashioned but very old-fashioned method. It's a pity that he didn't even think that he would die so early. It's so sudden, otherwise the situation of Xilin Zhong's family wouldn't be as messy as it is now."
"It's really a mess." Thinking of the upcoming hearing of the Federal Supreme Court, Xu Le's brows furrowed very tightly when he thought of the elderly Zhong family who were constantly rushing over from Xilin.
"But you don't need to worry about anything, I have already arranged everything that should be arranged." Tai Zhiyuan took a slow sip of red wine, then took out a few pills from his jacket pocket and swallowed them.
"Still taking medicine? Red wine medicine is not good for your health." Xu Le shrugged and said, "Since you are going back to be your own prince, you should stop participating in this matter."
"Don't believe I can arrange it?" Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a half-smile.
Xu Le said doubtfully, "No barrister dares to take over, and you have already made arrangements for that damned custody battle?"
"Although my short youth is not as dazzling as your Xu Le, anyone who has come into contact with me has never dared to deny my excellence." Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a smile, "Only you, it seems that Didn't think about it, but habitually regarded me as a protected object... Did you know that this feeling is equivalent to humiliation for a man?"
Xu Le was stunned, recalling the friendship over the years, and found that what Tai Zhiyuan had said was nothing wrong. He smiled a little embarrassedly, scratched his head and said, "You are in poor health, so you are used to it."
"Don't forget, I am also an excellent soldier in the army. In the federal military assessment, my total score is the highest, and the calculated score is higher than Zhou Yu."
Tai Zhiyuan squinted and stared at Xu Le's face, like a stubborn teenager competing in the woods to see who climbs the tree faster, and said mockingly, "This lawsuit will take at least three months, but I can tell you the result now, as long as Justice He Ying didn't die, that little girl of yours... it's a win."
"So confident?" Xu Le stared at him.
"Of course." Tai Zhiyuan coughed twice, then poured red wine into his throat, silent for a while, and said with a smile, "I am best at analyzing people, if you have analyzed Justice He Ying, you will know why."
"what reason?"
"The old judge likes pretty little girls."
Tai Zhiyuan looked into his eyes seriously and said word by word.
On the west side of Rabi Avenue in the Capital District is a green forest. Even in winter, this building complex covering an area of about six square kilometers is still shrouded in a solemn but vibrant atmosphere of pine and cypress, representing the The fair scale statue bears pure white snow in the corner of the building, and the stone-made First Charter Ceremony appears and disappears at the end of the secluded forest.
The Supreme Court of the United States and its three subordinate procedural divisions, as well as the two-level circuit court set up here for historical reasons, in these woodlands, in these historic buildings, for federal citizens, this represents fairness , justice and above all the law.
In the empty second courtroom, the sky light came in from the huge glass window more than ten meters high, illuminating the dozens of rows of pure black seats in the courtroom, but lawyer Xiao Wenjing, who was sitting in the front seat, was a His face was extremely gloomy.
In the auditorium of the second court at the moment, there are seventeen senior figures of the Zhong family who came from Xilin. In the front sits the second young master of the Zhong family, Zhong Ziqi. A group of fourteen eminent Commonwealth barristers.
There are only three people on Xiao Wenjing's side, one him, a harmless fat man who looks like a big white bun, and a cute and innocent little girl who looks like an ice sculpture. The huge difference in numbers between the two sides truly reflects the grim situation he is facing at the moment.
For unknown reasons, the legendary Xizhou Law Firm with a profound background withdrew from this century-old lawsuit that shocked the Commonwealth, and the most outstanding lawyer He in the Commonwealth was forced to leave for well-known reasons. The lawyers of the Zhong family's old house.
Under the pressure of those big families, and despite the vague hints of the federal government, no law firm dared to take over the case, and when Xiao Wenjing received the agency contract, she couldn't help but doubt her eyes. .
The beautiful new wife Xu Songzi talked with him anxiously all night, but there was no way to change his decision.
Xiao Wenjing's teachers and classmates are all over the entire judicial system. Even if no one is willing to stand in front of the stage to help him, countless information and materials are still secretly collected into his hands. Although he is facing the most terrifying legal team in the Federation, he still has the ability to put this in his hands. The confidence to fight the lawsuit.
More importantly, he is now a lawyer Xiao Wenjing, and a few years ago, he was the most famous prosecutor of the District Attorney's Office, Xiao Wenjing. He once assisted the teacher in presiding over the investigation of the Medellin project, even when the federal politicians were shameless. After compromising his interests, he still tried to continue his investigation secretly, but in the evening of that day, he was imprisoned by several FBI officers on charges of molesting a young girl...
I don't know if Inspector Xiao Wenjing at that time thought about the words that the small-eyed man named Xu Le once said to him in the spring when the flowers were blooming, the words about law and morality.
But Xiao Wenjing did not give up his respect for the law. He left the local prosecutor's office and became a truly independent lawyer. Today, he will fight a lawsuit destined to go down in history for the orphan girl in Xilin.