Lawyer: Start with legal retaliation against infidelity!

Chapter 334 Madness! [Two-part series, please vote!]

Xu De never hides his personality and abilities when he has nothing to do, and he will never change his purpose because of others.

It's true that Zhao Rui is the heir of Hengyu Industrial Group, and the other party does indeed have very capable lawyers.

From the time the incident occurred to the time it took for the other party to complete their defense procedures, it only took one night!

This is not simply about considering feasibility.

Instead, they actually implemented the plan!

The efficiency is astonishing.

Although we haven't met yet, there's no doubt that our opponents are all elites!

but...

As just mentioned.

"Should I avoid his sharp edge?!"

On September 25, with just one sentence, lawyer Ding Yan began contacting the local detention center in Haicheng.

On September 26, news came from the detention center.

Due to the extreme severity of the case, the defendant is not allowed to meet with anyone other than officials and his defense counsel in the short term.

This news was not surprising.

Ding Yan started the application process again.

September 29, the fifth day after the incident.

The victim, Wang Xingxing, is the son of Wang Fuwei and Dong Fen. His family member, Dong Fen, has contacted a lawyer again.

The result was still that payment was required to accept cases.

Wang Fuwei was so angry that he cursed Xu De, but there was nothing he could do about it. He could only prepare to spend money to find a reliable lawyer.

10 month 3 day.

The case review phase has ended, and the case is being transferred to the procuratorate.

Subsequently, as expected, the case was handled by prosecutors Zheng Tong and Liang Bingxin.

The two have begun to reinvestigate the current case.

until..

10 Month 4 Day!

National Day.

With the arrival of the holiday, Haicheng was able to release the pressure of the financial environment in a short period of time, and the fatigue disappeared.

Even though it was still sweltering, it couldn't stop the residents from having fun. Countless people dressed in bright clothes strolled through the streets and alleys, which looked chaotic and noisy, yet prosperous and lively.

at the same time.

In the detention center, isolated from the hustle and bustle and sweltering heat of the outside world.

"Hello comrade, we're here to meet with the defendant, Zhao Rui... This is my identification."

In the cold, empty lobby of the detention center, a single sentence echoed.

Xu De, Zhang Wei, and Lin Yue were standing in front of a police officer.

"Zhao Rui?"

The police officer checked the identification, then turned to Xu De to confirm it again.

"Yes, it's Zhao Rui, the suspect in the 'Yangcan Kindergarten Car Accident Case'."

Xu De nodded.

"Our scheduled meeting time is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m."

After checking and finding nothing wrong, the police nodded and began making arrangements.

Xu De and the other two sat on chairs in the cool hall, enjoying the air conditioning and waiting silently.

Zhang Wei looked around, then looked up at the ceiling and said wearily, "Sigh, it's tough being a lawyer in Haicheng. The authorities have too much authority, making it difficult for lawyers to operate. Even meeting a defendant requires going through layers of censorship."

Upon hearing this...

Xu De smiled but didn't say anything.

Lin Yue, standing to the side, replied casually.

"Actually, it's because the case is too big; normally it wouldn't be like this."

"After all, Zhao Rui's side is indeed a bit special. His father, Zhao Tianhe, founded Hengyu Industrial Group single-handedly."

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"The authorities can't afford to be careless; who knows where Zhao Tianhe will strike from?"

Upon hearing this...

Zhang Wei glanced around the detention center, and seeing that no one was eavesdropping, he frowned and said, "This case is so big, can his father, Zhao Tianhe, protect him?"

"The case involved three people seriously injured and two dead!"

"And he's even suspected of driving under the influence of drugs... Zhao Rui is being ridiculously arrogant, especially since the case has already been exposed... Can his father really suppress this case!?"

Zhang Wei was a little surprised.

Some things are only a few ounces on the scale, but once they're on the scale, they weigh a ton!

It's obvious that Zhao Rui's case has been brought into the open. No matter how much power Zhao Tianhe has... what can he do?

"Money is everything, and Zhao Tianhe is the least short of money."

"His Hengyu Industrial Group... is no small-scale operation like Wang Hu's in Yanzhou City; it's a true behemoth, and calling it a 'business empire' wouldn't be an exaggeration!"

Lin Yue shook her head, took a document out of her briefcase, and handed one copy to Zhang Wei and one to Xu De.

"Take a look."

"This year, the State Council's Document No. 18 designated the real estate industry as a pillar industry of the national economy for the first time," leading to fierce competition among domestic companies.

"Among them, Zhao Tianhe was the most arrogant."

"They dare to acquire land and expand their holdings. Various institutions estimate their sales this year will only reach 4 billion, yet they dare to set a target of exceeding 10 billion next year!"

"His colleagues in Haicheng all describe him as a real estate tycoon."

"Right now, his only son has committed a crime... Do you think he won't take any action?"

It's obviously moving.

The bad news is that the other party has such a powerful background that the obstacles they face will be difficult to overcome.

The good news is... it's 2003 now, and Hengyu Industrial Group hasn't completely become a nationwide behemoth, so it still has to maintain a basic "face" on the surface.

"besides."

Do you think Zhao Tianhe has anyone on his hands?

Lin Yue waved her hand and said casually.

These days, almost everyone in the civil engineering field has blood on their hands. Lin Yue doesn't believe Zhao Tianhe has gotten to where he is today without having taken several lives.

maybe.

The two lives Zhao Rui had taken were nothing to him.

"this..

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Zhang Wei hesitated for a moment, as he had never handled cases at this level before.

Having come here so abruptly, I was shocked.

A target of 10 billion... It doesn't mean the company is only worth 10 billion, but that annual sales will exceed 10 billion, and subsequent growth will increase exponentially!

Fortunately, it's alright.

Shallow ponds breed many turtles; Haicheng has no shortage of business tycoons. Zhao Tianhe might be able to control everything in a small place, but in Haicheng…

They can still manipulate the city.

Just now.

A police officer in a blue uniform walked towards Xu De from the corner.

He stopped three or four steps away and said to Xu De, "The meeting room is ready; you may meet with the defendant now."

"it is good."

Xu De stood up and was about to follow.

However, just as he was about to get up, Lin Yue tugged at his sleeve from behind.

Xu De looked back at her suspiciously.

Lin Yue's delicate face, adorned with light makeup, showed worry as she cautioned, "Be careful, don't provoke Zhao Rui."

"Judging from the clues we've gathered, he's...very arrogant."

She repeated herself as if it were a certainty.

"That's arrogant!"

Arrogant...

Xu De paused, then nodded and made a note of it. He then followed the police officer toward the meeting room.

"Da da da..."

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Crisp footsteps echoed in the quiet corridor.

About half a day later.

Xu De stepped onto the smooth floor tiles. He stood in front of an iron gate, and a chill rose up from the tiles.

He took a deep breath, placed his hand on the doorknob, and the next second...

"Squeak~"

A tiny crack was visible through the closed door.

Inside the meeting room, the person who had been somewhat bored seemed to sense something, raised an eyebrow, and turned his gaze to the gradually opening main door.

"Bang!"

The door opened.

Xu De looked up.

The meeting room in Haicheng still uses transparent glass to separate the two sides, and they can only communicate by telephone. On the other side of the glass, there is a person sitting.

The other party was wearing a suspect uniform, was 26 years old, thin, about 1.8 meters tall, had a buzz cut, single eyelids, and a fairly high nose bridge.

What's most noticeable is a finger-length scar on the other person's forehead. The scar is very fresh and must have been left recently.

at this time.

Zhao Rui had his right ankle draped over his left thigh, leaning against the chair, his handcuffed hands placed undignifiedly in his abdomen.

"Sizzle."

Xu De sat down calmly in front of him, then placed his briefcase to the side.

then.

He leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and looked at the other person, saying, "Zhao Rui, right? Heh... It's really not easy to see you."

Inside the glass wall.

Zhao Rui raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Who are you?"

His voice was filled with laughter, showing no concern for his situation whatsoever, as if he were the lawyer who had come to meet the suspect.

"Xu De".

Xu De casually remarked, "The civil litigation lawyer appointed by the victim in the case."

"You can call me Attorney Xu."

"As for which case the victim was... I think Mr. Zhao should know the answer."

Zhao Rui was taken aback, put down his crossed leg, and looked at Xu De with a puzzled expression, asking, "What do you want with me?"

What do you want with him?

Xu De frowned slightly, a sense of impatience rising in his heart. He said, "You killed two people with your car, and in addition, three were seriously injured and five were slightly injured. All eight people are still in the hospital."

"Why do you think I came to see you?"

Upon hearing this...

"If you had said so earlier, I would have known!"

Zhao Rui understood, and sat down in his chair with a smile, saying, "What happened on the 24th was my fault, but it's also the fault of that black car. Why was it parked there for no reason?"

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"I guess I've let them down."

As he spoke, he shook his head, a look of astonishment on his face.

Upon hearing this...

Xu De frowned deeply, his posture gradually becoming more serious, and his upper body leaned slightly forward.

"sorry?"

"Did you hear me? Two people died in this case. One was a person on the roadside who was deliberately run over and killed by you, and the other was a kindergarten teacher who was hit and killed by you while speeding and driving against traffic."

"You think you can just brush off the family with a flimsy 'I'm sorry'?"

Zhao Rui shrugged. "What else?"

"If all else fails, I'll sell the car to compensate them... Just tell me, how much money do you want before you sign a letter of understanding?"

This person.

Xu De frowned, his eyes showing impatience, and he rubbed his temples.

The image of Wu Jianjiang and his grandson flashed through his mind.

Then the image of Shi Tou squatting by the roadside, dipping his hand in the cream that had been carelessly thrown on the ground and sipping it into his mouth reappeared.

finally.

The image freezes on Zhao Rui's nonchalant "I'm sorry" in front of me.

"Mr. Zhao, I think there's something you should know."

"I'm here... to pursue criminal charges!"

Xu De took a deep breath, his tone becoming more serious, and said in a deep voice, "According to the blood test report that the police received on the 25th, the cause of the case... seems somewhat suspicious, doesn't it?"

"Your blood morphine levels are dangerously high... Clearly, this isn't a typical case of a runaway out of spite."

His gaze was fixed on Zhao Rui.

"It was driving under the influence of drugs!"

"On September 24th, you used illicit drugs and drove a car, ultimately resulting in two deaths and three serious injuries!"

Speaking of which...

He paused, his tone turning low again.

"This is no small matter."

"The families of the two deceased and the relatives of the three seriously injured victims are waiting for you to provide an answer!"

"You just casually toss out an 'I'm sorry'?"

Zhao Rui frowned, somewhat impatient upon hearing this, and resumed his previous leg-crossing posture.

"I've seen those people's files."

"Eight of them came from rural areas to work, and two of them were locals."

Xu Dedao: "So?"

"What do you mean, 'so'? I've finished speaking. What explanation do you expect me to give?"

Zhao Rui shrugged, thinking that the person in front of him was stubborn and inflexible.

"They're just ordinary people. Besides, I didn't do it on purpose. Why did they have to gather there?"

"And I don't smoke drugs."

Zhao Rui paused, a smile appearing on his face, but not at Xu De; it seemed he simply found the statement amusing. He chuckled, "And another thing..."

"I have a mental illness, and I couldn't control myself on the afternoon of the 24th."

"The so-called morphine was only detected because the patient had a chronic illness and needed to take cough syrup for a long time."

o

The words were spoken.

Zhao Rui smiled again, and only after realizing that Xu De was a lawyer seeking accountability did he restrain himself slightly.

But he didn't seem to care much, and still had a smile on his face.

Seeing this.

I'll say it again.

"Zhao Rui".

Xu De took a deep breath, suppressing the nameless anger in his heart, and emphasized, "You killed two people."

Two lives lost!!!

I heard him ask the same question over and over again.

Zhao Rui was getting a little impatient. He replied, "I really didn't mean to, why can't you understand me?"

"Can't I pay for the accident that killed someone? It's not like I'm not willing to pay. Two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, four hundred thousand is fine too."

"Both of the dead men were migrant workers from the countryside; they couldn't earn that much money in their entire lives. 400,000 yuan is equivalent to me buying decades of their lives in advance, isn't that enough?!"

But unexpectedly.

Xu De's voice drowned out his, tinged with anger, "That's life! Human life!"

As for driving under the influence of drugs...

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"I think you know the circumstances of the incident better than I do. You know in your heart whether it was a mental breakdown or not!"

"And...you can't escape the fact that you used drugs. The police have already checked your hair; you were involved in..."

'

"It's heroin, right?"

Zhao Rui rolled his eyes; he was getting a little impatient with the person in front of him.

In the end, he simply shut his mouth and offered no response.

Seeing this scene.

Xu De didn't press further, but instead gave him a deep look and said meaningfully, "Mr. Zhao, I've handled many cases, including some involving people like you, but their fates... weren't good."

"Hopefully you are an isolated case."

"This meeting is now over... I think we'll meet again soon."

The words were spoken.

Xu De had no intention of continuing the conversation. He picked up his briefcase, got up, and walked out.

"Bang!"

The door to the meeting room was closed, and he walked back to the lobby expressionlessly.

The two people resting in the lobby saw him return and quickly got up and went to him.

"How is it? What's the defendant's attitude?" Lin Yue asked urgently.

Xu De shook his head.

Just as Lin Yue said, Zhao Rui... is indeed very arrogant, but not in a presumptuous way; rather, it's a kind of contemptuous disdain for others!

The death of someone is treated as a trivial matter to the other party, who only needs to say sorry and pay some money, without realizing what the word "death" really means!

"Is there any valid information recorded?"

Zhang Wei, on the other hand, was more pragmatic. He stroked his chin and frowned in thought, saying, "The defendant's defense measures are quite comprehensive."

"As for driving under the influence of drugs, there is currently no evidence to suggest he had them; existing hair follicle tests can only detect heroin use."

"The psychiatric evaluation report...the hospital has already completed that; the police and prosecutors have little say in it!"

The judiciary requires evidence, and in this situation... it is indeed a difficult case for the prosecution to handle.

"Which hospital provided the test results?"

Xu De pondered for a moment and then asked.

"The Seventh General Hospital," Lin Yue said. "The assessment was conducted by a doctor appointed by the higher court."

The Seventh General Hospital... Could the doctors there diagnose Zhao Rui with a mental illness? Is it a genuine mental illness, or is there another reason?

"What do we do now?"

Zhang Wei said suspiciously, "To be honest... the defendant's defense... is indeed somewhat impeccable."

"They've already done everything they need to, and the job is done. Even if they meet with the expert witness, it won't make a difference; they're not going to tell you the truth, are they?"

That's definitely impossible.

only..

"Prosecutors Zheng and Liang, these white-gloves, must be getting really anxious now."

Xu De suddenly spoke up for no apparent reason.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue and Zhang Wei nodded subconsciously.

The prosecutor really couldn't do anything about this. The two were constrained by their authority. You can't expect them to investigate corruption first, then perjury, and finally investigate the case, can you?

That's impossible; I don't have the authority.

Therefore, the two of them can only worry anxiously about the current situation of the case.

in this way..

"You guys said...they should understand how I...no, they should understand how I obtained the evidence...right?"

Xu De suddenly said something out of the blue.

Understand you? Understand what?

Lin Yue and Zhang Wei were taken aback.

Before the two could figure it out, Xu De pondered for a moment and then turned his gaze to Zhang Wei.

"Attorney Zhang, could you please go and buy a camera?"

camera?

Three things almost gave Zhang Wei PTSD.

In an instant, a series of unfriendly images flashed through his mind.

Zhang Wei felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and almost jumped up. He suddenly opened his eyes, his eye twitching, and exclaimed in surprise, "A camera?"

"What do you need a camera for?!"