"Calais, what the hell are you doing?" When the elder Ciano saw the newspaper, he picked up the telephone and scolded Contini, "Are you so engaged in political struggle?" This is the level of street abuse! ”

"Father, how do you say you should fight?"

"Analyze the other side's program and policies, find out the problems, and then ......"

"Father, can I win this way?" Contini interrupted Ciano Sr. in time and said, "In terms of age, Matteotti is about the same age as you; In terms of seniority, I was just born when he became a councillor; In terms of status, he is the secretary general of the Socialist Party, and although I have the title of chairman of the Youth League, it is not an order of magnitude at all; In terms of experience, he has been in politics many times with other people, but I am a young man who has not even graduated from university...... If you really fight the pen according to your ideas, who do you think will win if you stand on the side of an impartial third party? ”

"This ......" Old Chiano was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed helplessly, "It's really not a big chance to win, you shouldn't take this job, even if you do, at least you have to discuss it with me before ......"

"But now I'm fighting like this, but I may not lose." "Have you read the Socialist newspapers," said Contini, "which are basically invulnerable, unpleasant and unsightly, and it seems that Monsieur Matteotti is in a state of madness. ”

"How can you play like this in political struggle? How many people do you know who are watching jokes? ”

"Look at the joke...... It's a good look...... I'm worried that no one is reading the joke! ”

After more than half an hour of Contini's explanation, the elder Chiano finally figured out the thinking of this precious son: this kid who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic is to use the situation of loud and loud arguments to set off a scolding war with Matteotti.

"Father, Matteotti can't scold me, because I don't have any shortcomings because he has them...... In other words, I'm too young to have the shortcomings that adults should have. ”

"But Matteotti doesn't have any vices......"

"Vices are not about whether they have or not, if I say yes, he can have them! Father, ask yourself, you have served in the army for many years, and then followed the leader, and you have not made a mistake or caused a stain in the 30 years or so that you have become an adult? ”

"I ......" Old Ciano was flustered by his son's question, who is not a sage or a sage, how can he not make mistakes, his son has mastered some deeds?

Hearing his father silent on the other end of the phone, Contini knew that he must have thought of something, and hurriedly reminded: "Since Matteotti is the secretary general of the Socialist Party and a member of parliament, he has to deal with all aspects, a saint, a moral model is impossible to be qualified for this position, and it is difficult for even a teacher to continue in the position of minister, let alone him?" Do you think there are really white and flawless politicians in this world? Even the Pope's cardinal would not dare to brag about himself in front of God, let alone a single Matteotti. ”

"Since accepting the task of leadership, your son has not been idle, I have used a lot of manpower and material resources to turn over all the history of Matteotti, his black history is indeed not much, but there are a few things that cannot be escaped no matter what, and your son, a well-educated, deeply influenced by the aristocratic tradition, a representative of the younger generation of Italy, so far, there is no black history at all, everyone stands on the position of political competition, I am not an opponent, but when it comes to occupying the moral high ground, how can your son be afraid of an old politician?"

Old Ziano was speechless, his son did not have black history, but he believed that these black histories were still very short and could not be exposed at all. Actually, Matteotti didn't want to go back, but he found that he couldn't deal with Contini on political issues - this guy had neither a party nor a parliamentarian, even if he showed a position inclined to fascism, it was useless, there was no way to make a fuss about this place. Therefore, it can only be a-for-tat scolding war.

Old Ziano frowned and asked, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"Quarrel for a few more days, and then you can go to court."

"Lawsuit?" Old Ciano was stunned, "You want to use the law to solve political problems?" It's a strange thing, I've never heard of anyone doing that. ”

"Nope! Solve the problem between me and Matteotti......" Contini smiled slightly, "I'm not going to the Socialist Party, that's the conclusion that the leader should worry about, I'm going to go to Matteotti as a person, as long as I defeat his prestige, I will win." I have just formed a team of lawyers and hired four of the most famous Italian lawyers, who are carefully looking for loopholes in Matteotti's unscrupulous rhetoric, you know, the Italian judicial system is very interesting, good lawyers can say black and white and good bad...... Besides, the whole thing that holds the judicial and executive power is the fascist power, what position do you think they should take? ”

"Hello for yourself, it's not cheap to hire a lawyer......"

"It's fine." Contini proudly said, "The German money has arrived, and your son has more than $2 million at his disposal!" ”

Old Ziano was speechless, being rich is capricious!

On January 21, the "war" between political veterans and political rookies, who were almost shrewds, finally evolved in different directions, and Contini filed a lawsuit with the First District Court of Rome on the grounds of "personal insult, slander, defamation, and rumor-mongering", demanding that Matteotti publicly apologize in the Socialist Party newspaper and compensate 10 million lire for moral damages, and the court immediately announced that it accepted it, and quickly issued a summons to prepare for the first trial on January 30.

Since Contini is filing a civil lawsuit, Matteotti's parliamentarian immunity cannot be effective, but he is not stage frightened, he thinks that this is a thief scolding but is ready to jump over the wall in a hurry, even if he goes through legal proceedings, what is there to fear? He apparently did not pay enough attention to the area of responding to the lawsuit, and only hired two friends who were lawyers in Rome, and although they had some experience, they were not first-rate in Italian legal circles.

"Silence, the trial is now open for the trial of Mr. Galeazzo Ziano v. Mr. Giacomo Matteotti's defamation infringement...... Do the parties need to apply for recusal? ”

Contini shook his head: "No. ”

Matteotti shook his head in the same way.

"Bang", the judge rang the gavel, officially announced the start of the trial, because this case involved a lot of people, so the first district court of Rome not only selected the most experienced three judges, but also deliberately placed in the largest courtroom, enough to accommodate more than 300 people of the auditorium seats, except for a few supporters of both sides, most of the observers are actually media reporters and citizens who want to see the excitement.

"First ask the prosecution's lawyer to read out the indictment and speak."

Italy's number one ace lawyer, Sergio, stood up unhurriedly and spoke first, and when he saw that the lawyers on Contini's side were all the most famous figures in the Italian legal world, Matteotti frowned a little, as if he felt a little tricky.

“…… On 16 January, Mr. Matteotti published an article in the newspaper Socialist, insulting my client as 'Mussolini's son of a bitch', which seriously violated the client's right to honour and consequentially damaged the right to honour of others. ”

"What do the defense counsel have to say?"

"Oppose the plaintiff's taking the quote out of context."

"Please explain the reasons for the plaintiff."

"Your Excellency, this sentence is very short, but it involves a complex relationship, first, that he insulted Mr. Benito Mussolini as a dog; second, he insulted my client as a bitch; Thirdly, he insinuated that Mr. Mussolini had an improper relationship with the plaintiff's mother...... In order to prove my point, allow the court to call the following three groups of witnesses: the first group is Professor Valero and Professor Ricci of the Italian Higher School of Medicine, and they are asked to prove that Mr. Mussolini is not a dog and that my client is not a dog cub, both of whom are common human characteristics; The second group of witnesses, Mr. Benito Mussolini, was asked to testify that he had nothing to do with the client's mother; The third group of witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Costanzo Ziano, the parents of the parties, asked them to prove that there was no improper relationship with Mr. Mussolini......"

"Bastard, that's just a metaphor, don't ......"

"Objections, the defense lawyer made no statement in court and insulted the prosecution lawyer."

The judge nodded: "Defendant lawyer, please restrain your temper, do you think it is necessary to summon the above-mentioned relevant witnesses?" ”

"I ......" Matteotti was also speechless, what the fuck does this prove? Does this still need to be proven?

There was an uproar in the auditorium at first, and then they all laughed, which was so interesting, and several members of the youth alliance of the law department nodded again and again: It turns out that the law can still be played like this, what a long insight......