Lawyer: Start with legal retaliation against infidelity!

Please make the decision, Your Honor!

After those six words were spoken, the room fell silent.

After a long while, a voice finally came from the judge's bench.

"Court will be adjourned for twenty minutes."

Judge Zhao De spoke truthfully with a blank expression, and immediately, the scene fell silent.

The court began contacting police officers outside the courtroom to verify the veracity of the testimonies given during the trial.

To be honest, under normal circumstances, such a court case would require a week's recess for confirmation.

But... this case is different.

Firstly, the case has taken many twists and turns, and if it continues to be adjourned, the residents of Yanzhou City may have a lot of complaints about the court. In addition, the case has been pushed to this point, so there is no need to adjourn it.

as well as.

The statement the other party gave was less of a statement and more of a "confession."

In other words, if the authorities come to you with evidence and ask if you admit to a crime, you usually don't need to conduct any further investigation after you answer "yes".

as predicted.

Twenty minutes later.

After verifying the testimonies, the case was reopened for trial.

Regarding this case...

Just as Judge Zhao De was about to speak, another voice suddenly broke the proceedings.

"presiding judge!"

"Regarding this case, our client... or rather, the client who signed a commission contract with us on June 15th during the 'Mushan Case' period, has a question they would like to ask us to inquire about the defendant, Sun Hu."

The seat for civil litigation agents.

In a daze, Xu De interrupted Zhao De at the last moment before the trial.

"Please grant my permission, judge!"

Zhao De paused slightly, then nodded. "Permission granted."

Two words were uttered.

Surprise was evident on everyone's faces, and their gazes toward each other were somewhat strange.

The previous client?

The deceased was Zhang Xiuning? Oh no, theoretically, someone who died of old age shouldn't be referred to that in a criminal case.

But it doesn't matter, since there are many factors that contributed to the other party's death.

As for Sun Hu himself...

In the defendant's seat.

Sun Hu, handcuffed in the very center of the trial area, looked around and a sense of desolation and despair welled up from the bottom of his heart. He felt that his figure was becoming smaller and smaller.

The seats surrounding him kept getting taller, and the prosecutors, judges, court clerks... these people around him seemed to have become giants a thousand meters tall!

These giants looked down at him, pressing down on him so much that he could hardly breathe.

In a daze.

"The defendant is Sun Hu!"

The seat for civil litigation agents.

In a daze, a series of sounds came.

"Regarding this case, when you murdered the victim Zhang Mushan... I want to ask you, in your eyes, did Zhang Mushan even qualify as a person?"

Sun Hu suddenly woke up, looked up and looked at Xu De.

Does Zhang Mushan count as a person?

It should be counted.

"I..." Sun Hu opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Xu De turned around, glanced around at the crowd, shook his head, and said:

"To be honest, gentlemen, the most absurd thing about this case is a statement made by the defendant's lawyer."

"In other words... the money spent on Wu Tao's life was too little, only 4.7!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Mi, sitting in the defendant's seat, paused slightly and subconsciously looked up.

He said that.

I did say that when the other side argued that taxis were used as money to buy lives.

But right now... why is the other party bringing this up?

"A used taxi for 4.7 yuan is indeed cheap, to be honest, but..."

"Even worse is the absurdity of killing someone over a thousand dollars!"

Xu De took a deep breath, his face showing confusion. He looked at Sun Hu, who was now obese and bloated, and said with great bewilderment:

"therefore."

"Defendant Sun Hu, my former representative asked me to ask you a question on her behalf, which is..."

"Why did you kill him?"

"Why would you kill her grandson over a thousand dollars?"

"If he annoys you, you can beat him up or deduct his money. You can do whatever you want, like those people who have bullied him for decades, kick him a couple of times or curse him a couple of times."

"But...why would you kill her grandson for just one thousand dollars?"

His tone was calm, but filled with deep confusion, as if it were truly Zhang Xiuning asking the question.

On the prosecutor's bench, prosecutor Zhao Qian appeared dazed.

He seemed to see Zhang Xiuning, who was already dead, withered and hunched over, sitting in the plaintiff's seat, questioning the defendant.

To be honest, people around a person can sense when they are about to die.

On June 16th, Xu De sensed that Zhang Xiuning might be experiencing a brief resurgence of energy before death and wouldn't live much longer.

And indeed, Zhang Xiuning died quietly in her bed not long after, but on the night before her death.

He asked Xu De these questions.

Why?

Why?!

Three words, 74-year-old Zhang Xiuning asked many times, she didn't understand... she really didn't understand.

That was a child I raised from a baby... The child suffered intellectual impairment due to encephalitis and was thrown into the trash can at an age when he couldn't even crawl.

Zhang Xiuning was a scavenger, and he was nearly sixty years old at the time.

Others threw Zhang Mushan away like trash, but she took him from the trash can and treated him like her own child.

She couldn't bear to eat or wear anything, and wanted to salvage some things to pay back the money and raise her child.

When her child couldn't eat, she dragged her frail body from door to door, begging, bending her already hunched back even further, her face displaying a fawning, ingratiating expression like a stray dog!

Every time she managed to get a little milk, she would hurriedly feed it to Zhang Mushan.

The child, fed by her, grew strong and sturdy, from the size of a forearm to a grown adult, with an honest and kind personality.

Zhang Xiuning's body, which originally had some "oil" (referring to the body's vitality), gradually shrank and became smaller, with muscles atrophying and curling up little by little.

She thought that her life had been worthwhile; having a well-behaved grandson before she died was something others could only envy.

after......

Zhang Xiuning received some news.

Zhang Mushan is dead.

That fool, whom I had poured my heart and soul into, and whom I had fed with milk for nearly 20 years, crushing my dignity into milk... died so easily.

An ashtray, struck on the head, in just a couple of blows, in a few seconds, the past twenty years vanished in an instant.

It was just a hit or two!

The real reason was just over a thousand yuan... This amount of money doesn't even compare to the money the other party spends feeding their dog!

As a result, Zhang Mushan was killed because of this.

Zhang Xiuning was puzzled, Lin Yue was puzzled, and Wang Chao, Wu Xin, and the others were speechless.

Finally, after much thought, Xu De spoke to the other party, asking:

Why?

Xu De looked at Sun Hu, frowned, and asked again.

"Why would you kill someone just because of this thousand dollars?"

Suddenly.

The entire scene fell silent instantly, with countless people looking at Sun Hu, quietly waiting for his reply.

Sun Hu remained silent for a long time. In a daze, his throat moved, and he opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. After a long while, he finally spoke:

"The company... doesn't have that much money..."

The company doesn't have that much money.

Yes, almost all the company's money has been embezzled by everyone, so there's really no money left to pay salaries. Salaries can only be paid when project payments arrive.

Demanding payment before settlement can indeed disrupt a company's cash flow.

but......

"No, you can lend him money."

Xu De suddenly spoke, his tone calm and devoid of any emotion. His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Just like what you told the police in the early stages of the incident."

"You lend money to the victim Zhang Mushan, and after the project is completed, you will use his wages as repayment."

The other party was afraid that after settling the money, a lot of people would follow suit.

But in reality, it's perfectly acceptable to do it under the guise of borrowing money.

Sun Hu also had money. If he wanted to use his own money, he wouldn't even need to set up the "three-for-seven" system for the hundred or so people on the construction site.

This can be seen from the fact that during the strike, the other side came up with millions within ten days to resolve the matter.

so......

"Why did you kill him?"

Xu De asked again.

The words were spoken.

Sun Hu clenched his fists, his breathing became slightly rapid, his eyes turned red, and he stared at him fiercely. After a long while, he squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"His salary has already been almost entirely deducted..."

"What's the reason for the deduction!?"

Xu De calmly questioned again, "Heh, Mr. Sun, you'd better stop lying to me."

"Actually, you're not afraid of striking, and you're not unable to come up with the money."

"You just... don't see the other person as a human being!"

They didn't treat it like a human being!?

Suddenly, everyone in the audience's seats had a moment of shock, and before they could even register it, Xu De spoke again.

"Aren't you right?"

Sun Hu's face grew increasingly ashen, his fists clenched, and he forced out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"It was agreed beforehand that the construction site would hold onto the money for several months!"

Xu Dedao: "So?"

Sun Hu added, "I gave him an IOU, and he kept asking for it, kept asking for it..."

Xu Dedao said, "Legally speaking, 'sending 3 and pressing 7' is illegal. His asking you for money is perfectly legal and compliant!"

"On the contrary, you have tens of millions, yet you won't even give a thousand dollars!"

In a daze.

These words seemed to have touched a nerve with Sun Hu.

His expression immediately twisted slightly, his eyes turned red, and his emotions were no longer as calm as before; instead, they were... hysterical!?

"A thousand? Why should I give him money?!"

"He's an idiot, an idiot who can't even speak properly and has trouble communicating!"

"Why the hell should I follow the rules and do things for him? I have tens of millions? What the hell does my having tens of millions have to do with him?!"

"Why should I pay?"

"If he were begging me, wagging his tail like a dog, maybe I could get rid of him. But he dared to ask me for it!"

Sun Hu seemed to have completely given up on himself, and he began to hysterically vent his long-suppressed emotions.

He sat in the defendant's dock and roared angrily:

"How dare he?!"

"He even asked me why I killed him...why I couldn't kill him? He's an idiot!"

"You high-sounding people, don't tell me you respect someone who can't even speak properly. What's the difference between killing him and killing a dog?!"

"Go to hell, you stray dog-like beggar, you idiot..."

"I can kill if I want!"

When these roars of anger,

The First Courtroom fell into a long silence, with only the sound of breathing audible.

Everyone in the trial area remained expressionless, their eyes revealing no emotional fluctuation.

In the defendant's dock, lawyers Yan Mi and Zhou Ning fell silent. They offered no defense or objections, only sighed and said nothing.

After a while.

Xu Decai took a deep breath, sat back down in the civil litigation seat, and spoke calmly:

"Your Honor, we... have no further objections."

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

After a while.

Only then did a voice rang out from the judge's bench.

"Bang!"

The gavel fell, producing a crisp sound.

On the judges' bench, it was clear that they had already communicated, discussed the matter in the collegial panel, and reached a conclusion.

"Now, let's begin the sentencing!"

Judge Zhao De stood up, his expression serious, looking down at the documents in his hands.

In this solemn and respectful moment, everyone in the courtroom stood up.

Followed by.

A series of authoritative and resonant voices echoed throughout the First Courtroom, reaching the ears of everyone present.

"After a lawful trial, including the presentation and cross-examination of evidence by both the prosecution and the defense, as well as their court arguments and final statements, the trial has now concluded."

"The facts were ascertained after the trial."

"On June 2, 2000, defendants Sun Hu, Wang Zhou, and Zhao Ershan, due to embezzlement and corruption related to project funds, murdered Huang Chengwei, a supervisor appointed by a third-party contracting company. Subsequently, on July 1, 2000, they murdered eyewitness Wang Han by hiring a hitman..."

"Then, on May 7, 2003, due to a personal grudge, he murdered Zhang Mushan, a vulnerable person with intellectual disabilities..."

"The defendant, Zhu Dali, took the blame for him with the intention of..."

"The prosecution alleges that the four defendants are guilty of perjury under Article 305 of the Criminal Law, harboring and shielding criminals under Article 310 of the Criminal Law, and intentional homicide under Article 232 of the Criminal Law..."

Article 271 of the Criminal Law, "Embezzlement"; Article 272 of the Criminal Law, "Misappropriation of Funds"; Article 137 of the Criminal Law, "Major Safety Accident in Engineering Projects"...

"After review."

talking.

Judge Zhao De paused slightly, and then a series of words came out of his mouth.

"The defendant, Zhu Dali, clearly violated..."

"Now, the defendant Zhu Dali is sentenced to seven years in prison for violating Article 305 of the Criminal Law, the crime of perjury, and in accordance with the law, due to the extremely serious nature of the circumstances; he is also sentenced to three years in prison for violating Article 310 of the Criminal Law, the crime of harboring and shielding criminals."

"The defendant, Wang Zhou, has violated Article 310 of the Criminal Law, the crime of 'harboring or concealing a criminal,' and Article 234 of the Criminal Law, the crime of 'intentional injury'..."

"Based on the law, he is sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and deprived of his political rights for life!"

"All personal illegal gains will be confiscated."

"The defendant, Zhao Ershan, has clearly violated Article 310 of the Criminal Law..."

"Based on relevant laws, he is sentenced to life imprisonment!"

One died in prison, one received a suspended death sentence, and one was sentenced to life imprisonment...

Speaking of which...

The faces of the crowd were already showing astonishment.

A suspended death sentence... Good heavens, Wang Zhou's crimes are actually enough to warrant a suspended death sentence!

On the contrary, Zhao Ershan, because of his meritorious act of reporting the crime, was sentenced to life imprisonment instead of a suspended death sentence.

But there is still one person who has not been sentenced.

Thinking of this.

In an instant.

In the entire First Courtroom, everyone held their breath, watching Judge Zhao De standing high on the judge's bench, their hearts pounding and their breathing rapid.

In a daze.

A series of sounds came out.

"The defendant, Sun Hu, has committed the crimes of perjury, harboring and shielding criminals, intentional homicide, intentional injury (Article 234), embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and causing a major safety accident in engineering projects..."

Judge Zhao De paused slightly, then his gaze sharpened, and he uttered a few words.

"He was sentenced to..."

"death penalty!"

"Deprivation of political rights for life!!!"

The moment those words were spoken.

The entire First Court.

Everyone was suddenly jolted!