Great Lawyer

Chapter 420
On the second day, Dali Temple was promoted, and the chief judge of the third division sat in court.

The third trial of the embezzlement case in Shanghe Township, Shaoyang.

Because Jin Rong and others have been convicted, only Qian Yu and Mao Wenyuan, who did not find evidence of corruption the previous time, are awaiting trial.

But because Bian Wenqing hired a litigator to defend the lawsuit, Bian Wenqing was tried first.

As a witness, Jin Rong knelt on the side together, while Qian Yu and Mao Wenyuan waited in the back office.

Dali Temple is not on the side of the road, but behind Qipan Street. The road in front of the gate is not particularly spacious. In the morning, many people come to stand, just to wait for a good position in a while.

Someone commented in a low voice: "Mr. Du is really powerful, he dares to take any case."

"He has real skills, so there is nothing he dare not accept."

"You don't understand that. These are officials ordered by the imperial court. No matter how capable Mr. Du is, he is still a powerless litigator. If he offends someone... if he doesn't keep it, someone will lay hands on her."

"You said that someone assassinated Mr. Du with a grudge." The speaker gasped.

Not to mention unexpected, it really is.

It's all about life, who knows if someone will jump over the wall in a hurry.

"It's okay, Mr. Du is not suing corrupt officials this time, but defending Mr. Bian. This will not offend others."

"You can't look at the surface of a problem. If Bian Wenqing was framed, what is the purpose of those who framed him? And who is framed him? Mr. Du is still in danger."

The person who spoke just now thought it made sense, nodded and said: "Don't say it, what you said just now does have some truth."

"Mr. Du is here." Someone pointed to Du Jiuyan who was walking along the street. She was wearing a brand-new lawyer's uniform and walked towards this side with a smile.

If someone wanted to harm her, she would definitely not be able to resist.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Mr. Du, don't be afraid, we will protect you."

"Thank you very much!" Du Jiuyan cupped his hands at everyone, and said with a smile: "It's been cold recently, and I've started to miss home. I also think about the people in Shaoyang. Whenever I go to church, everyone will wait for me outside the door early. Give me encouragement and confidence."

"I heard someone protect me just now, and I feel very warm in my heart. It makes me feel like I'm back in Shaoyang. Thank you everyone, it makes me feel homesick a lot!"

Everyone was moved. She brought her son Jingcheng and had to defend such a big case by herself. How could she not feel panic or flustered.

Said it was an idea, but he was just covering it up.

"Mr. Du, don't be afraid. Although we are not as familiar with you as Shaoyang people, we respect you just as much. As long as you have something to do, just say hello and we will definitely help."

"Yes, just treat the capital as your home, and don't be afraid of anything."

Du Jiuyan saluted everyone and said, "Thank you, Du, sincerely."

"It's still the same sentence, if you encounter disputes in life, if you don't understand the law, you can come to me at any time." Du Jiuyan said: "No charge!"

Everyone should follow suit.

Du Jiuyan entered the yamen of Dali Temple.

In the courtroom, it was very lively.

Lu Zhangzhi and Ren Yanhui sat on one side, and An Guogong sat opposite.

Bian Wenqing and Jin Rong knelt in the hall.

Du Jiuyan stepped forward to salute.

Wu Wenjun sat in the middle, with Liao Zheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment on the left, and Xie Yun, the left censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, on the right.

"The water conservancy corruption case in Shanghe Township, Shaoyang is so big that five officials from the court have been involved, from Qian Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment to a small Cao official from the Ministry of Industry. The amount of money embezzled is also jaw-dropping."

"Twice before and after, in just five years, on the same embankment, 40 taels of silver were embezzled."

"The emperor's kindness is great, and the Holy One is sympathetic to the suffering of the people. He saves money and allocates funds to repair the dams, but is eaten up and divided by the moths of these countries. It is really sad and indignant. If such corrupt officials are not severely punished, the emperor will be sorry, and the people will be sorry."

"That's why today, my third division was ordered by the emperor to have a third trial in Dali Temple." He said, looking at Bian Wenqing, "Bian Wenqing, Jin Rong has pleaded guilty and handed over your correspondence with him, and A copy of the account book, the evidence is solid, can you plead guilty?!"

Bian Wenqing replied: "In the words of your lord, the lower officials are not corrupt, and you can plead not guilty."

"In order to prove my innocence, I specially invited Mr. Du to be a litigator, and asked the three adults to make a fair judgment after listening to the argument." Bian Wenqing said.

Wu Wenjun looked at Du Jiuyan. There was no lawyer in this class, and there was no need to hire a lawyer. Unless Du Jiuyan asked Jin Rong to retract the confession, she would not be able to prove Bian Wenqing's innocence.

But Jin Rong retracted his confession?Wu Wenjun looked at Jin Rong.

He didn't dare, because everyone in the Jin family except Mrs. Jin was under his control. As long as Jin Rong retracted his confession, his children, grandchildren, daughter and son-in-law would all die.

Jin Rong kept his eyes down, his face ashen.

"My lord, shall I start?" Du Jiuyan asked with cupped hands.

Wu Wenjun looked at Du Jiuyan, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "Mr. Du, I hope you abide by the rules of litigators and don't forget your original intention."

"Thank you for your encouragement, sir. The students will never forget it." She said with a smile, and saluted Lu Zhangzhi. Lu Zhangzhi looked at her and nodded slightly. She turned around and handed over to An Guogong. Thank you, we are all ears."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "This case is a major corruption case, which lasted four years and involved many officials. But because the evidence of my petitioner, Bian Wenqing, was only four years ago, I only focus on his two pieces of evidence. , expand the explanation."

Du Jiuyan took two steps and obtained two pieces of evidence against Bian Wenqing from the clerk, "The two pieces of evidence, one is a letter written by Bian Wenqing to Jin Rong. The letter was written on the first day of June in the sixth year of Shuntian. , The main content of the letter is to tell Jin Rong that 30 taels of silver are hidden in the backyard of Fahua Temple, and Jin Rong, Huguangdao of the Duchayuan, and Qiu Wenli, the doctor of Huguang Qingli Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs, went to get it together."

"Where did the money come from? This was the sixth year of Shuntian, when the dam in Shaoyang was unstable. Mao Wenyuan of Shaoyang County at that time submitted a repair document, and the imperial court finally allocated 60 taels of silver."

"According to Mr. Jin's confession, only 60 taels of the 30 taels of silver were sent to Shaoyang, and the remaining 30 taels were hidden in Fahua after clearing accounts in the hands of Bian Wenqing from the Ministry of Households and Qiu Wenli from the Ministry of Industry. Temple."

"Thus, there was the so-called incident of Bian Wenqing writing a letter to Jin Rong and Qiu Wenli to share the spoils."

Du Jiuyan didn't ask the two parties, but shook the letter in his hand, "My petitioner believes that this letter is fake. He has never written such a letter. It is Jin Rong who slandered him."

"However, he can't deny that the handwriting on this letter is indeed like his." Du Jiuyan took out another letter from Qian Daoan's hand and showed it to everyone, "I compared the two letters carefully. There is no difference in the handwriting, so even Bian Wenqing himself cannot prove that this letter was not written by him."

Wu Wenjun patted the table, and said: "The notebook officer has asked someone to identify it, and there is no doubt that Bian Wenqing's handwriting is there. If it weren't for this, how could this officer judge that he was hiding in corruption."

As he spoke, he looked at Du Jiuyan with determination.

Du Jiuyan nodded slightly, and said: "Yes. With this ironclad evidence, I can't prove Bian Wenqing's innocence. However, I believe him somehow."

"So, this road doesn't work, so I have to go." She said, and took out another letter from Qian Daoan's hand, shaking it open, "So, I got another letter like this. "

As she spoke, she handed the letter to the scribe, and the clerk handed it to Wu Wenjun and the three of them.

The three of them spread out the letter, and the handwriting on the three pieces of paper was exactly the same.

Wu Wenjun narrowed his eyes, looked at Du Jiuyan and said, "Du Jiuyan, you took out three letters written by one person, what do you want to compare?"

"Your Excellency is wrong. These three letters were written by three people." She said: "Three letters, two of them have red and black marks on the corners, the red ones are from Bian Wenqing's study, and the black ones Mark this and find someone to copy it."

"The other one is unmarked. This is the evidence sealed by the Yamen."

The scribes showed the letters to Lu Zhangzhi, An Guogong and Ren Yanhui respectively.

Ren Yanhui looked back at Du Jiuyan expressionlessly.

"What can this prove?" Wu Wenjun said: "We all know that there are people who are good at copying, and there are many handwriting that are fake. But you can't prove that the letters seized by the yamen are not from Bian Wenqing."

"Yeah, the problem seems to be back to the original point." Du Jiuyan frowned slightly, showing a slightly sad expression.

Wu Wenjun sneered in his heart, and even found someone to copy it on purpose. Since you know that it is difficult to tell the truth from the fake, what is the point of writing another copy?But in vain.

Lu Zhangzhi also frowned slightly, and looked at Du Jiuyan worriedly. Her angle made him worry.

It's better to go directly to Jin Rong, as long as Jin Rong changes his words, Bian Wenqing will be innocent.

There were also murmurs of discussion outside the door.

Du Jiuyan walked around with his hands behind his back, and suddenly stopped in front of Bian Wenqing, and asked, "Master Bian, whose ink do you like?"

"Feng Shoumo of She County," Bian Wenqing said.

Wu Wenjun's eyes narrowed, he didn't expect that she would ask about Mo.

What does she want to do?
(End of this chapter)