Lan Yun, a violent criminal in Thailand's second palace, used to be a Thai black, 42 years old this year. Three years ago, 522 was sentenced to two years of probation for a traffic accident that led to the death of an important witness, engineer Lake.

After Lan Yun appeared in court, Sima Luo still asked Lan Yun to explain his identity and the relationship between the situation and the case by asking questions. According to Lan Yun, after he was released from prison for the second time, he temporarily worked for a car transport company because his Taihei territory was annexed. Someone approached him, gave him $50,000, and asked him to help him do a bad deed.

Blue Cloud's company, near the airport, is a minivan company that transports air supplies to businesses in downtown Bangkok. Or transport goods from downtown Bangkok to the airport. According to the time, place, and license plate number, Blue Cloud ambushed the taxi in which the engineer was riding. At a speed of 110 kilometers per hour, the driver and passengers of the taxi were all killed. Lan Yun was convicted of improper driving and sentenced to two years of probation, with his company and insurance company responsible for the damages.

According to Lan Yun, the person who gave the money met for the first time, he was drinking at a bar that night, someone called him, he went to the parking lot, and met with the other party. The other party wore a mask, a windbreaker, and a hood, so he couldn't see his face clearly. Give 10,000 first, and then 40,000 later.

Although this person has a disguise, Lan Yun is an old Jianghu, where would he accept a job so easily. After collecting $10,000, he returns to the bar and asks a little brother to follow the taxi he was in. This Tai Hei told Lan Yun that the other party got off the car two blocks away, went to the underground parking lot of the commercial building, and got into a luxury car, which was in the driver's seat. Lan Yun only needed this information at that time, and did not investigate the identity of the owner of the luxury car.

On the morning of 522, Lan Yun received a call asking him to prepare that the target would leave the airport at nine o'clock, and explained the license plate number at nine o'clock. A number where the caller ID cannot be checked.

In the end, Sima Luo asked, and Lan Yun said the license plate number of the luxury car, and the license plate number was an auspicious number, four eights. The price of four eighth-class auspicious numbers in Thailand is about 300,000, and it is a number that many superstitious rich people like. The most expensive is the number with the same two letters, all of which are 1.

After Sima Luo asked, he explained: "It's the license plate number of Bassoon's private car." ”

Cao Yun wants to scold his mother, will he do bad things? How to wipe his ass, being a lawyer is very tiring. Trouble you rich people to use your brains more when you do bad things, okay?

But whether Bassoon is a murderer or not is none of his business. It seems that Bassoon and Xie Lu are grasshoppers on the same rope, but there are still many differences in details. If Lan Yun's testimony is established, it can prove that Bassoon killed the engineer, which is in line with Jin Lei's previous confession, and Bassoon's argument for killing people can be established. But Bassoon's murder is not directly related to Xie Lu.

Ba Zuo looked to the side, Cao Yun and Ling Hulan looked down at the information, without the slightest intention of showing up, and said: "Your Excellency, although Lan Yun is on the list of witnesses, he has not explained his identity in the case. I am applying for a temporary adjournment. ”

Judge No. 1 said: "It's past eleven o'clock in the evening, and everyone should rest." There will be no court session tomorrow morning, but it will resume tomorrow at 2 p.m. By the way, there are some entertainment activities on board, if you are interested, you can participate in it at will, or you can take a boat to a desert island to rest. I know it's not a good feeling to be away from land for so many days. Withdraw from court. ”

Cao Yun packed up the materials and whispered: "Why is the judge so cooperative with the adjournment? And the court will not be held tomorrow morning." ”

Ling Hulan: "Don't think it's too complicated, the five judges are all people with ID cards, and they are sometimes very busy. ”

Cao Yun nodded: "This explanation makes sense, Shuangba seems to want to ask for help." ”

Ling Hulan: "I can't help." So far in the trial, once the two of us colluded to testify, Sima Luo easily persuaded the court to tie up our two groups of lawyers, which meant that Xie Lu and Bassoon were tied together. ”

Cao Yun was a little surprised: "Could it be?"

Ling Hulan put the information into the briefcase: "Looking at the overall situation, I currently think that Xie Lu is not actually involved in anything, that is, verbal talk. It is very difficult for Bassoon to overturn the case, and we will work overtime in the evening to find a way to separate the relationship between Xie Lu and Bassoon. ”

Ling Hulan means that the evidence of Xie Lu's guilt comes from all confessions, and it is unlikely that there will be empirical evidence, after all, it happened in Taiyue, and Bassoon must be the executor. Bassoon is different, first Jin Lei is his right-hand man, and now there is a driver to buy the murderer, the situation is very complicated. After Ling Hulan explained to Lan Yun, she immediately decided to jump out of Xie Ba's circle of interests.

Cao Yun admitted that Ling Hulan had a point, and Bassoon, as a decision-maker and executor, was very suitable for blocking bullets in front. However, Cao Yun thought in his heart that it would not be so simple.

After the adjournment, Cao Yun contacted the Flame Court and took a boat with Ling Hulan to a desert island. The Sea Lion provided tents, food, and even security on a desert island.

The security guards helped light the fire, stacked the wood, and walked out ten meters away without disturbing them.

Cao Yun asked to go to a desert island, not for other reasons, but because he missed the land. It's good, the fire, food, and safety are guaranteed, and it's interesting to relax and talk about the case on a primitive desert island.

"When you have the money to buy a yacht, you can enjoy this life at any time. Ling Hulan said: "But if you are really so rich, you will be very busy and have no time to enjoy life." ”

"Haha" Cao Yun: "Lawyer Lan, now is the decision-making moment, is it the two of us dragging together, or are we flying alone?"

"What do you think?" Cao Yun asked the question again, obviously with a different opinion.

Cao Yundao: "At present, there is only a list of witnesses, and the specific identities of the witnesses behind are not clear. Isn't it too early to fly solo now? In the event of a witness who is alone against Xie Lu in the future, it will be difficult for us to shift the blame to Bassoon. From my point of view, we will not take a position for the time being, and we can give some support to lawyer Bassoon. Assuming that Bassoon is crucified, it will be too late for us to withdraw. ”

"What specific ideas do you have?"

Cao Yun said: "After the adjournment, I have been thinking about one person, the fourth witness. Witness No. 4 is the only person from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and is a private detective, and when he asked Xie Lu last night, Xie Lu had no impression of this person at all. Hanzi has never heard of this person, and does not rule out any possibility. There is also a strange thing, why did he kill Xie Yu? Why didn't he kill Bassoon's child? From this point of analysis, Jin Jun seemed to hate Xie Lu even more. ”

Ling Hulan thought for a long time: "There is a certain truth in what you say, okay, we won't fly alone for the time being." ”

Cao Yun said: "I just think that Sima Luo seems to be inducing us to fly solo, and the main target of the witness attack he has invited at present is Bassoon." As a prosecutor of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, he took the initiative to participate in the trial of the Flame Court, and he was more concerned about Xie Lu and Xiaoyu. ”

Ling Hulan smiled: "Cao Yun, not everyone's interests determine their position. Sima Luo is a person with a certain sense of justice, and the mudslide case is a key case for people like him, alas, and he has to stay at sea for a few days, and the salt in the sea breeze is very annoying, which makes my skin feel very uncomfortable. ”

Cao Yun said: "Lawyer Lan, even if your skin is soaked in seawater for three days, it is still smoother than a young girl's skin. ”

"Go, go, go, don't seduce me. Ling Hulan smiled to herself, and was a little lonely for a while: "What is the skin and body? I know that I can't go back to twenty years ago, and twenty years ago, I can't feel tired because of this amount of work." Years are years, even if you don't want to admit it, even if you want to keep it, it still passes inexorably. Birth, old age, sickness and death, no one can escape, no one can hide. What is the meaning of human existence?"

Cao Yun thought for a long time: "I'm afraid no one can answer this question." ”

Ling Hulan clasped her hands and knees and watched the fire for a long time: "I want to retire, I want to do something I really want to do." Life is too short, I don't want to waste my life making money for the rest of my life, and it's impossible for me to go beyond my current career peak. Even just maintaining my current professional state makes me feel very happy. ”

Cao Yun: "What do you want to do?"

"I want to travel around the world, live in different countries for three to five months, and experience the customs and culture. As a human being, I want to be able to learn more about the world during my life's journey. ”

Cao Yun nodded, didn't say anything, and looked at the fire in a daze. He is not qualified to say this, he does not have the money to say this, he does not have the money to think about retirement life. Cao Yun can understand Ling Hulan's mentality and thoughts. As a human being, she felt insufficient, insufficient, wanting and knowing more, not just money, but more than anything else. Maybe it's looking for an answer to life.

Early in the morning, Ling Hulan came out of the tent, her skin was really good, and her forty-year-old appearance was still quite attractive. Cao Yun was cooking porridge, Ling Hulan picked up the lid of the pot and glanced at it, smiled, and went to the simple bathroom that had been set up.

Ten minutes later, Ling Hulan was already refreshed, her clothes were arranged very clearly, her hair was neat, and her makeup was on. Cao Yun made a small bowl of porridge and handed it to Ling Hulan, and put scrambled eggs on the iron pot.

Ling Hulan: "Porridge?"

Cao Yun said: "I like porridge, I don't like porridge. As he spoke, the boat docked, and a seaman disembarked with a buffet and placed it in front of them. Cao Yun opened it, and inside was bacon, shredded potatoes, and black pepper beef.

Cao Yun asked curiously, "Who asked you to send it over?"

The seafarer smiled, waved his hand, took some food boxes from the ship, and handed them to the three seafarer security guards on duty last night.

Cao Yun looked at the Sea Lion and saw a man with no clothes on his upper body jumping into the sea from the boat, his physical strength was quite good, and he swam all the way to the desert island.

Ling Hulan asked, "Who?"

"It's either left or right. Cao Yun replied.

Sure enough, it was Ba You, who was only wearing a pair of swimming trunks, came out of the water, stretched his muscles and walked to the fire: "Breakfast?"

Cao Yun made a bowl of porridge and handed it to Ba You, who sat directly on the sand, and his eight-pack abs were obvious. Cao Yun was a little jealous: "Good figure and physical strength." ”

Ba You smiled: "Lawyer Cao, you are too busy, my brother and I are a law firm, we only take two or three cases a year, and we spend most of the rest of the time playing." With your strength, Mr. Cao, your work should be relatively easy. ”

They all know each other in detail, and Cao Yun knows the situation of Ba You. Ba Youjin Chinese New Year's Eve six years old, he became famous at the age of thirty-two, and after becoming famous, he did not take on a lot of business, but worked hard to push the business that was delivered to the door. People are just strange, because of this, he is more famous, and even bigwig-level figures come to the door to find him and Ba Zuo in person.

Neither Ba Zuo nor Ba Zuo were married, and they were proponents of hedonistic singleness. When understanding the details, Cao Yun knew that Ba Zuo had a motto: If you don't have money, you get married, why should you get married if you have money?

The number of cases they take on every year, as Ba You said, is very few, one, at most three. They also do not have a luxurious standard of living, but they have a higher income and lower burdens than the average middle class. To maintain a high income, they must handle cases that satisfy their employers.

Ba You: "Lawyer Cao, Lawyer Linghu, let me get straight to the point, do you have any thoughts and suggestions?"

Cao Yun asked rhetorically, "What do you think?"

"This case is divided into two parts, and our common interests are the first part, the mudslide part. In the second part, we will wash away the grievances of Bassoon. You have to clear up the relationship between Xie Lu and Fan Shiyi's death. At least we can still cooperate with the first part. ”

Ling Hulan asked, "How to cooperate?"

Ba You said: "There are only two prosecutors, in fact, there is only Sima Luo alone, there are four of us, and we can find problems, dialectical problems, enough for him to be tired of coping." For example, in the court defense with Lan Yun, a witness, we are the defender and must defend against Sima Luo's attack. You can look for opportunities to ask some counter-questions. ”

Ling Hulan's expression was a little weird, looking at Cao Yun.

Cao Yun explained: "Lawyer Ba You doesn't mean that he hopes that we can help him, but that he hopes that we won't fall into the trap. ”

Bayou: "That's not what I meant. ”

Cao Yun smiled: "Yes? Lawyer Ba You doesn't get enough sleep, he has people bring food early in the morning, and he swims over in person, and it is not profitable to see each other sincerely, right? Especially Lan Yun's testimony has a constant nature. ”

In Lan Yun's confession, there was no unfavorable testimony involving Xie Lu, and Xie Lu flew back to Dongtang at 11 o'clock in the evening of 520. The time that Blue Cloud killed the Ryker Engineer was 522. As long as Cao Yun puts forward an argument, he can come to a conclusion that Bassoon does any bad thing, and he does not need Xie Lu's approval or Xie Lu's participation.

Or it will be argued that Xie Lu is the strategist and Bassoon is the executor. According to legal principles, the executor is guilty first, and the person who makes the plan can be guilty.

For example, A hires a killer to kill B, and if the killer is not guilty, it is difficult to hold A accountable. Even if the recording of A's transaction with the killer is sent to court, as long as the killer's crime is not established, A's crime will naturally not be established. Even if the killer is convicted, it is questionable whether A's charge can be established.

Lan Yun's witness testimony was an excellent opportunity for Cao Yun to separate Xie Lu and Bassoon, and once Cao Yun fell into the ground, Ba Zuo and Ba You would be difficult to parry. As far as Cao Yun's interests are concerned, he must take advantage of the topic.

As a good lawyer, you will be very honest in communicating with your clients. In fact, honesty is not easy, and honesty will always make people unhappy and hurt. When the other person is unhappy, your honesty is not a virtue. The worst thing is that the other party will also accuse you of lying to cover up that you can't accept honesty.

For example, now, Cao Yun is very honest and frank to explain his thoughts and opinions, which makes Ba You very embarrassed. There is no way, if you don't spread it out and cover it up, it will be difficult for the dialogue to make substantive progress.

Cao Yun: "That's the case, the question I want to ask is, what benefits can you give us?" Will you stand up in our troubles in the future?"