Nelles closed the door and sat down on the couch, and the rooms in the Doge's Palace were much more luxurious than ordinary houses, with bedrooms, separate dressing rooms, and a living room.

He rubbed his face, buried his face deep between his hands, and his whole body exuded an air of decadence. He had already contacted his family before he came, after all, his wife and children would definitely be worried if he didn't go back overnight, and maybe they wouldn't be worried after a while, because he would be in prison for a long time, and it might be difficult for him to get out of this life.

"What should I do?", Niles lowered his hands and looked at Kevin in confusion, "What should I do to get the judge to sympathize with me?"

Kevin closed the notebook on the table, he opened the curtains to let in more sunlight, "You put the blame on Vivien's brothers, in fact, to put it simply, tell the truth, and then add a little pathos and helplessness, as long as the jury sympathizes with you, they can even consider you innocent." ”

When Niles heard Kevin say this, he was immediately full of hope, and he just stood up and was about to walk to Kevin's side, but he felt that it was a bit reckless to do so, and sat back down, "You're going to help me fight this lawsuit, right?"

Kevin nodded indifferently, "As long as you can afford it, you're my boss!"

"How much?"

"No less than 300,000!"

Nells, who was full of hope a moment ago, suddenly fell into the ice cave, the number of 300,000 made him feel that the light had become a lot weaker, he couldn't take out the money, or he could take it, but his family was about to lose their current life. Over the years, the artworks they stole had been sold for about fifteen or six million in private transactions on the federal side, and he and another craftsman had probably more than 400,000 each.

Almost half of this money was used by him to buy a house and enjoy life, and there are still 200,000 yuan lying in the bank. If he wants to raise 300,000 yuan, he must sell his current house and two cars, and sell all the expensive luxuries to make 300,000 yuan. This money is too much for him to pay, and more importantly, paying the 300,000 does not mean that he can be acquitted, maybe it is just a reduction in his sentence.

"Actually...... , you have another way to get away with it, and that is to get Mrs. Vivien's forgiveness!", Kevin took a cigarette and lit it, his elbow pressed against the arm of the chair, the high-backed chair with a big red upholstered bag stood behind him, his forearm was erect, and his fingers were holding the cigarette, which looked like an indescribable visual impact, especially his smile, which made Nells feel that the red leather surface of the chair behind him was like flowing blood, full of sin and desire.

He moved his ass toward Kevin, sat down at the end of the couch, leaned forward, poked his head out, "What should I do?"

The next court session was three days away, a time for both sides and their lawyers to find more evidence to support their arguments, and as the third day approached, Vivien's two older brothers sat together and discussed the next few things.

The presiding defense lawyer of the luxury lawyer group told them that they were very likely to win this lawsuit, and these lawyers turned red with excitement, regardless of whether the outside world would think that they used their collective strength to win Kevin, it would be a huge victory for them! Once the lawsuit is settled, their value and status will skyrocket. Even if the brothers decide not to pay them any legal fees now, they will gladly represent the case for free.

"I've asked someone to evaluate it, and the old man's things add up to about 30 million. Vivien's eldest brother kept his eyes on a waitress, the girl was young and beautiful, but unfortunately she had a menial job, and he wouldn't mind keeping this girl up if she wanted to.

Vivien's second brother frowned and asked, "So little, didn't we sell all those things for sixteen million yuan before?"

Vivien's eldest brother retracted his gaze, "Alex, you have to know that although those old men don't like those things, it doesn't mean that those things are not good. One of the stone carvings from the Origin Period sold for nearly 8 million, which is more than the sum of the remaining 20 or so pieces! There are no more things in the warehouse that can sell so high, most of them are tens of thousands of things, and I think it is very remarkable to have 30 million. ”

Alex, that is, Vivien's second brother, nodded knowingly, "So it's no problem, this time are we going to sell it in the empire or send it to the Federation as before?"

"Of course, if we send it to the Federation, if we sell it in the empire, we won't look too good, and we will sell his things as soon as the old man dies, what will others think of us?"

Alex nodded, he hesitated, "I don't think my sister will forget about it, she will definitely find a way to get those things back." ”

Vivien's eldest brother Ed smiled lightly, "She? what can she do but go around claiming that she's a feminist fighter? Let those women attack us? If so, I think it's a good idea, I really need aggressive women to calm my restlessness." He patted the back of Alex's hand as he spoke, "Don't worry, she can't do anything, just like before, a useless child!"

As he said this, Ed's eyes flashed with jealousy and hatred, and he remembered what had happened at home as a child. His Excellency the Governor did not have so much time to educate them, and their daily lives were decided by the Governor's wife. But every time His Excellency the Governor returned home, he would severely reprimand the two boys, and even beat them for a trivial matter. On the contrary, His Excellency the Governor "doted on" Vivien, who was actually not so honest and obedient.

From that time on, Ed didn't like the old man, and when he grew up, he understood that this was a sign of the old man's love for him, and he hoped to set himself on a path to success by being strict. But understanding is understanding, hatred will not be reduced by half a point, just like someone slaps you and tells you that it is for your good, even if it is really like that, it will not be happy, only disgust or hatred.

The old man pressed them for forty years, how many forty years can one person have? two, or one and a half?

Ed had lived in the shadow of His Excellency the Governor all his life, and he had had enough of it, and if it weren't for the old man's connections and friends, he might have done something he shouldn't have done.

Alex disagreed with the contempt in Ed's tone, "She's brought in at least a lawyer named Kevin, who is said to be the best lawyer in the Empire, so we should always be careful." ”

Eddard was no longer as careful as his predecessors when the Governor was still alive, and he raised his head, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs. One hand pressed on the back of the chair, the other on the edge of the table, "What's the matter? This is Ordo, our family's Ordo, not the imperial capital." If there really is an accident, just let him disappear. ”

"You mean to kill him?", Alex's tone was a little strange, after all, he was engaged in administrative work, far less evil than a soldier like Ed, "Will this cause trouble?"

"Trouble, Alex, you're being too careful. Find a place where no one is and slaughter him and send him out of the city to be burned to ashes, I don't believe anyone can find evidence against us from a pile of ashes. He swore as if he had done something like this, which made Alex a little better.

If Ed knew a guy named Amp, he probably wouldn't have had that idea, and he would not only burn Kevin to ashes, but also throw Kevin's ashes into the ocean along with the real ashes.

The conversation gradually shifted to the woman, and at that moment a little kid with a cap and some traces of dry snot above his lips came running, holding an envelope in his hand and placing it on the table.

"Two gentlemen, someone asked me to hand over this letter to you......", he did not leave, but looked at the two men expectantly.

Alex took a dollar of change from his pocket and gave it to the kid, and when he turned around, Ed had opened the envelope and read the contents. His face became more and more terrifying, and finally he directly tore the letter to shreds!

"What's wrong?", Alex glanced at the shredded letters, bent down to pick them up, and tried to put the letters back together based on the tooth marks on the edges of each fragment.

Ed didn't stop him, just lowered his voice and whispered in a tone full of anger, "You're right, that female cousin won't end like this. You don't have to look at it, she knows about us stealing from the warehouse in partnership with those two idiots, and he wants us to withdraw the case and end the dispute. After he finished speaking, his chest rose and fell violently, "How many things are hanging on the wall?"

"There were about sixty or seventy of them...... And it's all good kind!"

The Doge's Palace was too big, so more works of art were needed to embellish His Excellency's taste and appreciation of art, and as the host, His Excellency the Doge could not hang all those cheap things on the walls for the great nobles who came and went to laugh at his shitty artistic taste, so he hung the best things outside, except for the ones he didn't like.

Although there are only sixty or seventy pieces outside, these sixty or seventy pieces are definitely the most precious in the collection of His Excellency the Governor, and this is also the root of the dispute between the two brothers!