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Chapter 243 Backstab! Courtroom Tactics! [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

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You're going to report bribery too!?

Why did you say 'also'?
In an instant.

The noise in the courtroom gradually subsided, and Zhang Tao, Li Ye, and the others stared blankly at the two sides with their mouths agape, forming an "o" shape.

On the bench, Zhao Jiaqi glanced at Xu Liang, then at Sha Jin in the plaintiff's seat, and finally a question popped into her mind.

Bribery was something he had seen all too often in his decades-long career.

There have been instances of people making accusations in court; in fact, not long ago, I heard that Xu Liang reported Liu Shengnan for accepting bribes.

but.
He had never seen anything like this before, where both sides were reporting each other!
Sha Jin accused Xu Liang of bribery, and Xu Liang in turn accused Sha Jin of bribery. So the question is, who bribed whom, and who was bribed by whom?

On the plaintiff's side.

"What the hell is this?"

Chai Shirong suddenly frowned. He glanced at Xu Liang, then turned his gaze to Sha Jin.

Shajin was stunned; he even forgot to say the rest of his words.
Business card? The other person still has their own business card!
Wait, shouldn't this thing just be tossed away casually? Unless, in the first place, the other party planned to use the business card to set him up!?
In an instant, Sha Jin's brows furrowed.

"The information is wrong. Didn't the news say he used very old-fashioned methods in litigation?"

Sha Jin murmured to himself, knowing he had investigated the other party.

Based on the information gathered so far, the opposing lawyer seems to be a rigid, old-fashioned type who only looks at evidence and doesn't use any methods outside of the case. But how come...?
Chai Shirong's eyes flickered, and he suddenly had another idea. He turned to look at Sha Jin.

Do you know what to do next?

Shajin paused for a moment, then nodded. "I understand."

Reporting each other?

You're just an individual lawyer, you don't even have a gang.
Blue Shield Law Firm will make your life miserable!

Thinking of this, Chai Shirong revealed a cold smile, while Han Chengguang beside him still wore a gentle smile, as if nothing had changed.

Everyone then continued to listen to the proceedings.

At this moment, in the judge's dock.

"Defendant, you..."

Zhao Jiaqi's mind went blank. Her lips moved for a moment, then she shook her head, looked at Xu Liang, and said with a strange expression:
"Can you take responsibility for what you've said?!"

"I vouch for the court and the members of the hearing room with my professional ethics!"

Xu Liang stood up, his expression extremely serious, and his sharp gaze instantly pierced the sand gold.

"On April 21, the plaintiff's lawyer, Sha Jin, attempted to bribe us."

"And the bribery took place at the Qingshi City Detention Center!"

"Furthermore, before bribing me, their defense lawyer, they also attempted to bribe my clients, Wu Fang and Kong Jian!"

Detention center?

In other words, there is a third party who can act as a guarantor!
In an instant, Zhao Jiaqi's expression turned serious, and she said in a deep voice, "Do you have any surveillance video that can serve as evidence?"

"I'm sorry, but because the location chosen by Attorney Sha was in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, there is no video evidence to prove it."

Xu Liang shook his head, which immediately made everyone frown.

There is no objective evidence, only eyewitness testimony.
The key witness is still the person being tried, which significantly reduces the value of the testimony.

Zhao Jiaqi was a little annoyed. How did a perfectly good case of fake medicine turn into a case where the lawyers of both sides were attacking each other?

But he patiently turned to look at the person being interrogated.

"Defendants Wu Fang and Kong Jian, is what the defense lawyers said above true?"

"Did Attorney Sha meet with your side privately on the afternoon of April 21?"

Hear the words.

In the dock, Kong Jian hurriedly spoke up in agreement.

"They contacted us!"

"I remember looking for it around 12 o'clock."

Zhao Jiaqi then asked, "Did you say that you would collude with your side, or that you would offer bribes?"

"Said!"

Kong Jian thought for a moment, then said:

"The plaintiff's lawyer, Sha Jin, personally promised Wu Fang and me in the detention center's reception room that as long as we pleaded guilty according to their wishes, they would cover all of the defendant's medical expenses!"

这 是
Inducing a confession?!
In an instant, Zhao Jiaqi's gaze sharpened, and she spoke again:
Were there any other people who acted as his bodyguards at the time?

Kong Jian hesitated.

There were police officers watching them make phone calls in the reception room, but it's been more than ten days, so the other party might not remember.

The surveillance camera lacked recording capabilities, and the sand even made a gesture of covering its lips.
"No." Kong Jian shook his head helplessly.

Zhao Jiaqi did not lose heart.

After thinking for a moment, he asked the clerk to contact the detention center in Qingshi City.

To visit someone in the detention center, you must apply, and to do so, you must leave a signature!
Even if this cannot prove that bribery actually occurred in the case of gold.

However, the fact that the plaintiff's lawyer bypassed the defendant's lawyer and went to meet with the defendant's client privately is enough to raise suspicion!

A moment later, the clerk handed over the information about the detention center to the three judges on the bench.

"Plaintiff, do you have any objection to the defendant's statement that he bypassed the defense lawyer and met with the defendant privately?"

Zhao Jiaqi turned her head to look at the plaintiff's seat.

More accurately, they were looking at the gold dust!
Sha Jin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Your Honorable Judge, as of 1:17 PM on April 21, the opposing party's representative had not yet accepted the case."

"There is no suspicion that we met privately without the consent of our defense lawyers."

"Secondly, regarding the bribery allegation made by the defendant."

talking.

Shajin paused for a moment, then uttered an answer that no one present had expected.

"That's completely taking things out of context!"

Taking things out of context means, in other words, he did say something similar!?

There was an uproar at the scene.

This is practically tantamount to admitting that he or she committed bribery!
This time, Zhao Jiaqi didn't even need to speak; Sha Jin continued, his voice booming and drowning out the noise of the room as he spoke:

"First, regarding the so-called responsibility for the family's medical expenses."

"This responsibility will not be borne by me, that is, not by Blue Shield Law Firm!"

"Instead, our client, 'Juxing Pharmaceutical Group,' seeing that our client was in trouble, decided to provide free medical assistance to their family regardless of whether the case is won or lost!"

"This was a humanitarian act of medical care, not a bribe!"

"Our meeting with Wu Fang and Kong Jian was to understand the details of the case, and the claim of bribing the defendant is completely unfounded!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Fang and Kong Jian were immediately filled with anger.

"Bullshit! You clearly said back then that you would cover the medical expenses as long as I confessed!"

This is the stark reality of blurring boundaries, but they are powerless to change it.

It's just a matter of a single sentence, and without objective evidence to prove it, it's impossible to verify it at all.

In fact, if Juxing Pharmaceutical Group really does provide treatment to the family members regardless of winning or losing, then even if Sha Jin's words are false, they will become true!

As for whether Han Chengguang is willing or not?
He was more than willing!

Only a fool wouldn't spend a tiny amount of money to bring huge positive publicity to the entire company!
Sha Jin ignored the judge's seat and looked at Zhao Jiaqi instead.

"Your Honor, the opposing counsel is suspected of bribery and collusion. The plaintiff requests that the statements made by the defendant be rejected!"

Zhao Jiaqi had a headache.

Keep stirring things up, the case is getting more and more complicated.
"Plaintiff, do you have any objective evidence to support your claims?" Zhao Jiaqi suddenly asked.

Sha Jin smiled and said:
"Your Honor, we also have witnesses on our side!"

There are witnesses too!?
In an instant.

The scene was instantly filled with astonishment.

If both sides accuse each other of bribery, one of them must be lying, and if it is lying, there is probably no evidence.

But right now, it seems like both sides have evidence!

"Who are the witnesses?" Feng Nan, who was on the bench, looked uneasy.

Xu Liang narrowed his eyes, realizing what the other party was going to do, but he wasn't in a hurry.

Sha Jin began, "The defendant's representatives are not Feng Nan, Wu Fang, and Kong Jian, but rather the more than seventy victims involved in this case who are users of counterfeit drugs!"

"Before the trial, some members of the mutual aid association, driven by a sense of justice, communicated with us."

"The content of the exchange was that the defendant's defense lawyer demanded that all of them collude to fabricate false evidence!"

Fake document!?
"Where are the witnesses now?!" Zhao Jiaqi asked seriously.

“The witnesses are in the intermediate court, in a separate waiting room. There are three of them in total, and they are ready to be heard at any time,” Sha Jin said.

Without hesitation, Zhao Jiaqi immediately announced that the witnesses should enter the arena.

Not long after.

Three witnesses entered the courtroom from the side and eventually settled in the witness stand.

Before they came up, everyone was curious about who these three people were, including Feng Nan!

After all, Xu Liang hadn't contacted anyone unrelated to the case from beginning to end. But if they were related to the case, then who were these people?

When the three people were in court, Feng Nan's pupils suddenly contracted.

They were emaciated, pale-faced, and dressed in faded clothes, exuding a sickly air of terminal illness.

Absolutely.
Three out of the 72 members of the mutual aid group!
"Jiang Yu!? Lin Shu? And Yang Hao!?"

Feng Nan was instantly shocked, her eyes wide with astonishment, as if she had seen something incredible.

These are our own people!
Li Ye, Wu Fang, and Kong Jian were smuggling cheap generic drugs, and these three also had food to eat!

If Yang Hao's mother hadn't received a bottle of medicine from Li Ye last year, she wouldn't have even survived to see the New Year!
But what about now?
"Your Honor, all of our witnesses have come forward," Sha Jin said with a smile.

The witnesses are indeed the plaintiff's witnesses!
Feng Nan looked at the three of them in disbelief, while Yang Hao and the other two guiltily looked away.

Zhao Jiaqi didn't care about all that. After thinking for a moment, he asked.

"Witness, according to the plaintiff, the defendant's lawyer asked your side to collude in giving testimonies?"

Is this true?

As soon as these words came out.

Feng Nan's face was ashen as he stared intently at the three 'traitors,' wishing he could devour them.

Yang Hao swallowed hard, gave an awkward smile, recalled Sha Jin's instructions in his mind, then looked at Zhao Jiaqi and spoke first:

"Yes."

"Your Honor, before the trial began, the lawyer named Xu Liang gathered everyone in the mutual aid society and asked them to return all the profits that Wu Fang, Kong Jian, and the others had made."

"Then they said that when they got to court, they said that the three of them hadn't made any profit."

"They then said the medicine was fine, and had several patients who had recovered at the hospital fabricate recovery data to make it appear as if the fake medicine was effective."

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The three of them talked more and more.

Somehow, they even dumped some of the false accusations that Sha Jin clearly hadn't taught him onto Xu Liang.

It was as if the three of them were even more eager than Sha Jin to see Xu Liang and Feng Nan lose the case!
"Were these the three people that Sha Jin had contact with at the hospital before?"

Xu Liang seemed to be deep in thought, but instead of panicking, he guessed the timeline for bribing the three people.

Feng Nan, however, only felt a sense of 'betrayal'.

Her husband purchased the generic drugs for the other party with zero profit, and even Li Ye himself couldn't bear to take these generic drugs.
But in the end, he was betrayed and stabbed in the back. The force used was even greater than that of the gold dust!
Feng Nan closed her eyes, her expression showing great pain.

Voices continued to come from the witness stand.

"Your Honor, the defendant made us say these things!"

"Li Ye and his two companions sold the medicine to us for nine thousand a bottle, making a profit of six thousand per bottle. Moreover, the medicine was completely ineffective; in fact, Li Guang was poisoned to death!!!"

Yang Hao spoke to Zhao Jiaqi with heartfelt sincerity, his voice so loud it resounded throughout the entire venue.

Zhao Jiaqi fell silent.

One side accuses the other of bribery, while the other side claims that the briber was the other party.

On one hand, they say the other party is suspected of inducing a confession; on the other hand, they say the other party is the one colluding with others to give a false testimony.

If there is no evidence, it's fine; we can simply refuse to acknowledge it. But unfortunately, there is evidence!

The problem is that all the evidence is presented in the form of eyewitness accounts and testimonies!
Verifying this thing is incredibly time-consuming.
Just as the scene fell silent and everyone was utterly shocked.

Sha Jin, who seemed to have the advantage, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Your Honor, I propose that this trial proceed in order to ensure fairness and impartiality."

"Please recuse me and the opposing lawyer!"

For a moment, everyone present paused, then looked up immediately.

On the plaintiff's seat, Sha Jin smiled, clearly indicating that the words he had just spoken were those of the other party.

just
"avoid?"

Zhao Jiaqi paused, her brows furrowed, staring at the sand gold for a long time before finally speaking:

"Plaintiff, please repeat what you just said!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Jin took a deep breath and slowly spoke:

"I request that, in order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of this trial, the court make a decision regarding the defendant Xu Liang and the plaintiff Sha Jin."

"Requiring recusal!"

The moment these words were spoken, everyone present was instantly stunned.

avoid?

What is avoidance?

It's no different from being expelled!
He was expelled from the courtroom and will no longer participate in the investigation and trial of the case!
Logically, no lawyer wants to encounter this situation unless the opposing lawyer is the one being recused, but Shajin recused himself as well.
What does this mean!?

In a daze, just as the audience below the stage were wondering what was going on, reporter Zhang Tao seemed to realize something, and his gaze toward the plaintiff turned to one of surprise.

Chai Shirong looked at Xu Liang with a gentle smile on his face, but a murderous intent was hidden behind it!
"The case was handled by Blue Shield Law Firm. The firm has nine top-performing lawyers and dozens of elites. If Dong Jianbao withdraws from the trial, Sha Jin will fill his place. If Sha Jin withdraws, other highly capable lawyers will be appointed to replace him."

'But what about the other side?'

Chai Shirong glanced at the defendant's seat, where only lawyer Xu Liang was sitting, and a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes.

If the other party is gone
Who will replace him?!

Yang Ruoxi? Or Su Yu?
Or perhaps it's those interns!?
Don't be ridiculous, these newbies can't even beat Chen Liang, how could they possibly compete with Dong Jianbao and his team!?

Xu Liang is the only capable lawyer in the entire Conscience Law Firm. Even if Chai Shirong were to use the entire firm, a team of top lawyers, to replace the other party, he would still make a huge profit!
This is the difference in the foundation of law firms.

Even if it's just a simple exchange tactic, you can't do anything about it if they drag you out of the courtroom with them!

so.
Sha Jin looked at Zhao Jiaqi and spoke.

"Your Honor, please approve."

"The plaintiff requests that some of the lawyers for both sides recuse themselves!"

Suddenly.

A vast sea of ​​gazes swept towards Zhao Jiaqi like a tsunami!

(End of this chapter)