Early the next morning, Zhou Ming and Allen went to the Fenway District Court together and submitted an application to the court, asking the court to support Wharton's request to extend the time limit for the investigation. The court accepted the request and set a hearing at 2 p.m. on the same day, which was for the special consideration of the case, and of course, because the trial was a temporary arrangement, Zhou Ming also paid a large amount of emergency court fees to the court.

The time soon came to two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ming and Allen came to the court again to appear, and they were naturally arranged to be just a small courtroom with only them, a judge and a clerk.

The judge glanced at the application and said, "You are Wharton Insurance Company, and you need to apply for an extension of the investigation period because there is a dispute in a claim case, so please state your point of view and provide the court with corresponding supporting evidence." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. Alan nodded, and at the same time he handed a document directly to the judge, and then continued, "This is the transcript of the investigation that I seconded from the Brighton City Police through legal means, according to the Brighton City Police, there are many suspicions about the collective poisoning of the processing plant this time, and it does not rule out the possibility that someone deliberately poisoned it." ”

"Your Excellency, there is also a copy of the insurance company's contract," Allen said to the judge, "according to the insurance company's contract and the insurance law, if there is really any illegal or criminal act, and the collective poisoning of the processing plant is indeed man-made, then it will not fall within the scope of the insurance company's claim, or you must wait until the criminal investigation is completed before you can enter the formal insurance claim procedure." ”

The judge took the document handed over by Allen, he looked left and right, and was about to say something, but at this time, the door of the courtroom was opened, and someone quickly came in and whispered something in the judge's ear, and the judge immediately stood up and said to Zhou Ming: "I'm sorry, because I have something to do temporarily, I am temporarily adjourned now, and there will be other judges to take over from me to continue the trial of the case." ”

After the judge finished speaking, he left the courtroom, leaving Zhou Ming and Alan looking at each other.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, don't worry, although such a thing is extremely rare, but maybe the judge just now really wants to deal with other things, let's wait for the next successor judge, after all, once a case is accepted and a judge is arranged, it cannot be revoked, we will wait patiently for a while." Alan comforted Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming smiled and said to Allen: "I understand, but I just have a bad premonition in my heart. ”

As if to prove something, when Zhou Ming's words fell, a fat judge walked in, he sat on the judge's bench and said to Zhou Ming and Allen: "Hello, I am the judge who came to replace this case, I don't know how far the previous case has been tried, but please start again, then please state your views now, and provide the court with corresponding supporting evidence." ”

Hearing this for the second time, Alan also had a very bad premonition, and as a last resort, Alan could only repeat what he had just said, and the new judge pointed to the documents left in the judge's seat.

He picked up the document on the table and looked at it a few times, and said: "This is true, but please be aware of the problem here, neither you nor the police can be sure that the collective poisoning of the processing plant is a criminal case, everyone is just a guess, so your request is not valid." ”

"Your Excellency," said Allen, "I admit that the reason for our application is speculation, but isn't the source of all cases speculation? If there is no speculation, there will be no suspects, and all those who are not convicted are called suspects, does this not mean that the law itself supports suspicion and speculation? Now that such a serious thing has happened in the processing plant, our suspicions should also be supported and protected by the law." ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Allen, your reasons were not convincing to this court, so the court ruled ......"

Saying that, the court was about to knock down the gavel, but at this time Alan quickly interrupted him and said: "Your Excellency, I have more strong evidence here, which is that there is a very big contradiction between the chairman of the processing plant and my client, and he has been taking revenge on my client, whether it is in business, or using his power as a senator to dispatch the FBI, and now he has frozen all the assets of my client's company." ”

"His purpose in doing this is to block my client, and now he is poisoning my client's company to pay the claim, which is a series of conspiracy!" Allen said in a sonorous voice.

But the fat judge leaned back in his chair and said, "Lawyer Allen's story is very good, but don't you think it's your wishful thinking?

"That's right, that's what he told me personally!" Zhou Ming said suddenly, "On the day when the Bureau of Justice froze my company's property, he came over to take the opportunity to buy my company, and told me all the truth, and I happened to have a tape recorder with me that day, which can be used as evidence." ”

Zhou Ming said as he took out a box of tapes from his pocket and put them on his desk.

Seeing this cassette, the fat judge was shocked at the time, and he subconsciously muttered: "I really have it by you!"

Zhou Ming smiled and said: "Of course I have, I'm afraid he didn't expect that I would have a miniature tape recorder on him at that time, so he said that to me, but it happened to be recorded by me." ”

Alan handed the tape to the judge, and then he came back to his senses, picked up the tape, took a deep breath and said: "But this does not prove anything, because if there is a contradiction between you, then it is very likely that the other party deliberately said it in a hurry, and it cannot be used as evidence, so this court made a ruling to reject Wharton's application for an extension of the time limit for investigation." ”

After Allen finished speaking, he struck the gavel, not giving Zhou Ming any chance to explain again, after the gavel was finalized, Zhou Ming and Alan got up angrily and blocked the judge's way, asking him why?

"Mr. Judge, we need an explanation, regarding today's case, we obviously have sufficient evidence to support our speculation, and I believe that this evidence can be filed at the police station, I don't understand why in court, you can't even support our claim, Mr. Judge, we think your ruling is against the spirit of the Constitution!" Allen accused.

"Are you doubting my ruling?" the judge said, "I tell you that I have my own considerations, and if you have any objections to my ruling, you can always appeal to a higher court, but this time, I am going to dismiss your claim!"

After speaking, the judge left the courtroom, and Alan wanted to chase him out, but he was stopped by Zhou Ming.

"This judge is really too bastard, how can he make such a hasty ruling, I must appeal to the higher court, and at the same time, I have to appeal to this judge for irresponsibility!" Alan said indignantly, he then remembered something, and asked Zhou Ming, "Mr. Zhou Ming, why did you hold me in the end? I think we have the advantage now." ”

"The premise of the preponderance is that the judge is on an impartial standpoint. Zhou Ming said.

Alan was very surprised: "Zhou Ming, are you suspicious of this judge? The temporary replacement of the judge in the court just now is indeed a bit strange, and the attitude of this new judge is indeed very bad, but this is the Fenway District Court, no one should have the ability to dominate the judge, right?"

Zhou Ming shook his head lightly: "I don't know who has this ability, but I can be sure of my thoughts, just because of that cassette." ”

Alan suddenly remembered: "Yes, Mr. Zhou Ming, when did you have that cassette tape, I am your lawyer, you should tell me in advance, so that I can formulate a better court strategy." ”

Alan said and was anxious again: "But now that the tape and other evidence have been taken away by the judge, that is very important evidence! He shouldn't have gone far now, I'll go and chase it back." ”

After saying that, Alan was about to chase out the door, but he was once again stopped by Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming said to him: "There is no need for this, let him take it if he wants, let him listen if he wants to listen, no matter what he wants to do, let him do it, because there is nothing in that tape." ”

......

Meanwhile, in the room on the other side of the courthouse, Judge Fat was meeting with Old Brooke.

"Judge Will, thank you so much this time, if it weren't for your help, I'm afraid this time they would have succeeded, you know that there are still so many workers in my processing plant waiting for me to rescue, I have to get the insurance company's claim, but these Chinese, they didn't let me do it at all, and deliberately slandered me for this......"

Old Brooke's words were interrupted by the judge before he could finish speaking, only to see him take out a cassette tape from his pocket Old Brooke said: "This is the tape that the Chinese gave me just now, saying that you told him the truth in person, and also recorded the audio." ”

"What? That Chinese chop is so insidious!" said Old Brooke.

"Okay, don't complain in front of me, you have more snacks in the future, don't make such stupid mistakes, this time I helped you dismiss their lawsuits, and also helped you bring all their evidence, and the rest is up to you." Fat Judge said.

Old Brooke thanked him again, and then he called the secretary who accompanied him and asked him to bring his tape recorder, and Old Brooke put the tape inside: "Let me hear what that Chinese miscellaneous has recorded." ”

"Then you can listen here slowly, I still have to leave beforehand. ”

After saying that, the fat judge was about to leave, but after five or six minutes in a row, there was still no sound on the tape recorder, which made the fat judge very surprised: "It can't be like this, I haven't touched this tape since I got it, how can it be broken? ”

Compared with the fat judge's surprise, Old Brook seemed to think of something: "Maybe it's not necessarily like this, I guess this cassette tape may be empty at all, that Chinese has no recording at all, he is lying to you." ”

"What does he mean by this, damn bastard? Doesn't he know that perjury is punishable by jail time?" said the fat judge.

Old Brooke smiled at this time: "Judge Will, I think he did this, maybe he has seen that your position is wrong, so he deliberately took out this empty tape, the purpose is to make you show your original form, it's a pity that you fell for his trick." ”

The fat judge also smiled at this time: "That Chinese actually dares to calculate me, but even if he knows that I deliberately sentenced me like this, what can he do? Whether he appeals or complains, he can't do anything about me after all." ”

"Of course he can't help it, who made you a member of the Addams family?" said Old Brooke at last.