Soon, the group returned to the courtroom and sat down again.

The presiding judge glanced at the empty witness stand, asked the clerk beside him in a low voice, and after a while, he said: "The prosecution witness is ill and disordered, and cannot appear in court to testify for the time being. The parties are now invited to continue their representations, and if there are no new objections, the parties may also make their closing arguments. ”

As soon as the presiding judge finished speaking, Li Qiuhe stood up and bowed slightly to the presiding judge and all parties: "Honorable presiding judge and jurors, in view of the fact that the witness Ms. Liu is temporarily unable to appear in court due to her own reasons, then I will ask my client, that is, Mr. Liao Qiang, a few questions, I believe that after I finish asking, everyone will have a fundamental understanding of the nature of this case." ”

Hearing that Li Qiuhe was going to ask Liao Qiang, Chen Yang's already small confidence was once again eroded. Lawyer Bian whispered to his assistant, apparently starting to work on how to claim compensation.

"Okay, you ask." The presiding judge approved Li Qiuhe's request.

"Thank you." Li Qiuhe smiled and nodded, slowly walked to the defendant's dock, and asked, "Mr. Liao, may I ask if the relationship between her and you mentioned by the witness Ms. Liu in her testimony just now is true?" ”

"It's true!" Liao Qiang is quite cooperative.

"So, you've known her for a long time, right?"

"Yes."

"So have you ever had an inappropriate sex+ relationship?"

"Uh, there were!" Liao Qiang looked innocent.

"Is there any money entanglement afterwards?"

"No, this one doesn't."

"Then why did you pester Ms. Liu on the day of the crime?"

"No, I just happened to meet Xiaoyanagi, because I was a friend before, so I went up and chatted with her for a while, I didn't pester her, it shouldn't be illegal to say hello to a friend, right? And the situation in the dance hall was complicated, I saw that she was a single woman inside, and I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I chatted a few more words. Liao Qiang explained calmly.

"A single woman? Don't you know that Ms. Liu, she is married? ”

"I don't know." Liao Qiang shook his head, looking dazed.

"Oh, then can I understand that because the two of you have known each other before, in the process of engaging in immoral interactions, you have developed a love for Ms. Liu, so you will take the initiative to talk to her when you meet by chance, and have an urge to protect her?"

"It can be understood that way."

"I'm against it!" Lawyer Bian stood up angrily, "The defense lawyer is completely distorting the facts, and I ask the court to delete this question and answer from the trial record." ”

"Presiding judge, this is the cause of the case, if this paragraph is removed, it will have a serious impact on the outcome of the trial, if the prosecution believes that the defendant's unilateral confession is unfair, then I don't mind inviting the witness Ms. Liu to testify in court again and confront him face to face." Li Qiuhe calmly responded to lawyer Bian's accusations and gave the other party an impossible task.

"Hehe, that's naïve." Lawyer Bian sneered twice, stared at Li Qiuhe and said, "Lawyer Li, I believe that as long as people with a little brain, they will not believe the question you just asked, a prostitute + customer has a love for a prostitute + woman, haha, I really can't think of it?" I'm afraid you're the only one who believes this kind of nonsense! ”

"Of course I do." Li Qiuhe just smiled, and then sneered at each other, "Is there really no one to love prostitutes + women?" So, how do you explain the relationship between Ms. Liu and Mr. Wang? Can you deny that there is no love between them? ”

Lawyer Bian was dumbfounded, but he didn't expect that he would let the other party catch the handle without paying attention.

The corners of Li Qiuhe's mouth hooked, and he said loudly: "Lawyer Bian, I have to remind you that as a professional lawyer, what you just said is very lax, and you have a tendency to discriminate against women. That's right, in our country, prostitutes + women are indeed illegal professions, but this does not mean that they have no human rights, on the contrary, they are a vulnerable group, and they need the care and guidance of our whole society, what we have to do is not to discriminate against these helpless women, but to help them build confidence and re-enter society. ”

"I" Lawyer Bian was speechless for a while, and his heart was depressed.

And Li Qiuhe's words aroused the resonance of the female comrades at the scene, many people even applauded, and even the presiding judge nodded slightly. I forgot to mention that the presiding judge is also a middle-aged woman.

In this confrontation, lawyer Bian lost completely.

The solemn and quiet courtroom seems to have become a stage for Li Qiuhe alone at this moment.

After Lawyer Bian sat down, she continued to ask, "Mr. Liao, could you please repeat in detail the passage before you smashed the plaintiff Mr. Wang with a wine bottle?" ”

"Okay." Liao Qiang nodded, "On the night of the crime, I went to the Tycoon Song and Dance Hall with a few friends to consume, and I happened to meet my old friend Miss Liu, so I went up to talk a few words, I wanted to invite her to have a light meal with me, but she refused." I wanted to leave after being rejected, but I saw that she was just a person, and asked her who she was waiting for and refused to say, everyone knows that the security in the dance hall is not very good, I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I persuaded her to go home as much as possible, but at this moment, a tall man rushed over inexplicably, that is, Mr. Wang, he was angry and wanted to pull Miss Liu away, I saw that he didn't look like a good person, and I was afraid that something would happen to Miss Liu, so I stopped them, and there was a fierce quarrel. During the quarrel, everyone scolded very badly. At the end of the quarrel, I learned that Mr. Wang was Miss Liu's husband, after the matter was clarified, I wanted to leave immediately, but I didn't expect that at this time, Mr. Wang suddenly pushed me very hard, I hit the back edge of the card seat to stand still, followed by, he rushed up again, the scene was very chaotic, I saw that there were people all around, I was very flustered, and I was in a hurry"

Liao Qiang told the story like an endorsement, and almost confiscated it.

"Alright, that's it." Li Qiuhe stopped at the point, interrupted Liao Qiang's words in time, and asked, "According to what you say, it was Mr. Wang who made the first move, right?" ”

"Yes." Liao Qiang nodded.

"Okay, I'm done with my question." Li Qiuhe said and walked back to the defense seat.

As soon as the question-and-answer scene between Li Qiuhe and Liao Qiang was finished, Chen Yang's face sank even more, and the presiding judge and the jurors on the stage exchanged ideas one after another.

Next, she again asked for several eyewitnesses to appear in court.

The presiding judge nodded in agreement with her request.

After a while, at the request of the defense, Liu Fatzi, an eyewitness on the day of the crime, was brought to the witness stand.

"Mr. Liu, you testified in the previous trial that on the night of the crime, you saw my client smash the head of the plaintiff, Mr. Wang, with a Rémy Martin wine bottle, right?"

"Yes." Liu Fatzi was not shocked on the surface, but in fact, his vest was soaked. These two groups of people are not good stubble, and no one can afford to offend them. It's unfortunate that this kind of sandwich cake is really unreasonable.

"So, how did my client get into a quarrel with the plaintiff, which led to a dispute and pushed each other, do you know the whole process?"

"I" Liu Fatzi was a little caught off guard, and after thinking about it, he decided to answer truthfully, "At that time, it was very noisy and dark in the song hall, and I, I didn't see it clearly." ”

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation." Li Qiuhe nodded and signaled, and Liu Fatzi hurried down as if he had been amnestied.

Next, Li Qiuhe quickly interrogated seven or eight witnesses in a row, and the answers he got were all similar to those of Liu Fatzi.

The last one was Chen Yang's turn.

After Chen Yang sat down on the witness stand, Li Qiuhe smiled at Chen Yang and gestured: "Hello, this gentleman, can you sue the court for your name?" ”

Ho, can you really pretend? Chen Yang sneered in his heart, raised his eyes to look at Li Qiuhe, and replied expressionlessly: "Lawyer Li, I don't have much time, you can ask the key points directly." ”

In fact, Li Qiuhe is really not pretending, this is just a court practice, a kind of politeness and etiquette. Fortunately, she had already cultivated to perfection, so she directly ignored Chen Yang's ridicule and asked with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Chen, I will ask you a few simple questions next, and I hope you can answer them truthfully." ”

"Just ask." Chen Yang was still expressionless, but his eyes were staring at Li Qiuhe tightly, as if he wanted to see what kind of person this woman was?

Beautiful appearance, superior intelligence, super observation, extremely quick thinking and reflexes, and of course, a dirty soul with a clear conscience!

This was the conclusion he finally came to conclusion.

"Mr. Chen, what is your relationship with the plaintiff?"

"Friends."

"There are several kinds of friends"

"Good friends!"

Chen Yang interrupted Li Qiuhe very unceremoniously, he knew that Li Qiuhe asked this question was the next trick, and if she made a false confession in *, she could ask the court to ignore her testimony. It seems that even with the victory in hand, she is still very cautious and unusually cool-headed. Chen Yang also has to admit that from a professional point of view, she is indeed an excellent lawyer.

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Li Qiuhe's eyes, this was the first time she had been interrupted very impolitely today, even in her entire career, this was a unique unpleasant experience.

She gently pinched the barrel of the pen and continued to ask, "Mr. Chen, as an eyewitness to this case, do you know?"

"Yes, I know."

Sure enough, once everything is broken, the rest is not worth much.

Li Qiuhe, who was interrupted again, had a slight scorn in his eyes, but he still kept a smile on his face, "Mr. Chen, I understand your eagerness to help your friend, and I am also very sympathetic to Mr. Wang's plight, but I also ask you to cooperate with our work." The word "work" was bitten hard by her.

"What's more, I haven't even finished asking, do you know what I want to ask? Do you have special abilities? Li Qiuhe continued to snatch white, looking unforgiving.

"Miss Li, I know that you are a professional lawyer, but I still have to doubt your character. Indeed, it is your duty to try your best to help the client in the lawsuit, and it is only right. However, there is a moral bottom line in everything, and I believe that you lawyers are the same, and it is immoral to cross this bottom line. Chen Yang seems to have forgotten his identity as a witness.

Li Qiuhe's face became a little embarrassed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Chen, please pay attention to what occasion this is, and also, please pay attention to your words." The words are threatening.

Of course, Chen Yang knew what the occasion was, but after watching the entire trial process in the auditorium just now, he estimated that he would not be able to win the lawsuit, and it was no longer meaningful for him to appear in court. He didn't plan to waste any more time, but in order to disgust Li Qiuhe and help Lao Wang and his wife vent their evil anger, he finally decided to go to court.

"Lawyer Li Qiuhe, just now you kept saying that prostitutes + women are a vulnerable group and need people's care and help, but I want to ask you, since you say it so well, what did you do to Liu Xiaohuan in France* before? Say one thing and do another, you're a hypocrisy! ”

Chen Yang's cynicism made Li Qiuhe's face darker and darker, and the pen in his hand was almost broken by her.

"Lawyer Li, I don't mind if you use normal means to win the lawsuit in the normal way, but you reverse right and wrong, and even attack witnesses by unscrupulous means, have you ever thought about how much damage you will cause to her future life if you unceremoniously uncovered the mental scars of a mentally handicapped woman in *? As a lawyer, where is your so-called professional ethics of upholding justice and helping the weak? Could it be that in your eyes, as long as you can win the lawsuit, as long as you can receive your lawyer's fees, you can ignore all of this? ”

Chen Yang's continuous questioning made Li Qiuhe feel as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, but she couldn't find the words to refute it. Have not a leg to stand on? For her, this is absolutely unprecedented.

"Lawyer Li, I wonder, how much lawyer fee can you get if you win the lawsuit? Oh, let me ask you one more thing, don't you feel hot at all with this kind of money? Is it worth it for your conscience? ”

Li Qiuhe finally understands now that this man is purely here to make trouble, or to disgust himself. Fortunately, she was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and her mentality was not completely disturbed, so she wisely did not continue to entangle with Chen Yang, and immediately turned around and applied to the judge: "Presiding judge, this witness has insulted my personality and my professional ethics as a professional lawyer, and I request the court to expel him immediately, and in addition, I reserve the right to sue him for violating my right to reputation!" ”

The solemn and mighty law*, the presiding judge could not tolerate Chen Yang's words, and immediately agreed to Li Qiuhe's request.

Soon, the bailiff who received the order politely signaled to Chen Yang that you can leave.

After Chen Yang vented his anger at Li Qiuhe, he was no longer so depressed at the moment, and stood up from his chair very cooperatively, looked at Li Qiuhe with a smile and said, "Lawyer Li, believe me, you will definitely pay the due price for what you did today." ”

"Mr. Chen, just what you just said, I can already sue you for the crime of intimidation, you must apologize to me immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences." Li Qiuhe forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly.

Apologize?

Chen Yang sneered, "Hehe, if you want to sue me, please do it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode out of the courtroom without looking back.

Chen Yang's thought-provoking remarks have no practical effect, as it is often said that the law is fair and evidence-oriented.

After all the closing procedures, the lawyers representing both parties made their final closing arguments.

After the previous battle, the plaintiff's lawyer, Mr. Bian, has given up the first claim for criminal charges against the defendant and has focused on seeking damages.

What is quite surprising is that the defendant only made a slight gesture to fight for it, and relented on the compensation amount of 800,000 yuan. Then the two sides easily came to an agreement.

The court's final decision is as follows:

1. Defendant Liao Qiang was not convicted of intentionally injuring others and was released in court.

2. Although the defendant Liao Qiang's subjective motive for hurting others was insufficient, he objectively caused substantial harm to the plaintiff, causing him physical damage, which was negligent and injured others, and he should bear most of the responsibility.

3. After the consensus of both parties, the defendant Liao Qiang paid the plaintiff Wang Zhonghe's medical expenses, lost work expenses and other related expenses totaling 800,000 yuan.

4. The defendant shall bear the full cost of the trial.

After the dust settled, lawyer Bian breathed a sigh of relief. From the perspective of his professional lawyer, it is quite good to be able to win this amount. At the same time, he also felt a little puzzled, because he knew that Li Qiuhe was not so easy to deal with, and he was actually mentally prepared for the worst, that is, he could only get about 200,000 yuan in compensation.

Of course, lawyer Bian didn't know that the extra 600,000 yuan was not given for nothing.

This 600,000 is a step, a step to show favor to Chen Yang.

In other words, if it weren't for Chen Yang's relationship, with Li Qiuhe's ability, I'm afraid that lawyer Bian would only be able to win medical expenses and lost work expenses at most, and it would be good to have 20,000 yuan, so don't even think about any mental damages.

It's just that the other party is enough, but whether Chen Yang accepts it or not is another matter.

As soon as Chen Yang and lawyer Bian and his party came out of the courthouse, they received a call from Wu Gang.

"Hey buddy, how's the lawsuit?"

"What else can I do if I lose." Chen Yang replied lightly.

"Lost? How can it be? Wu Gang raised his voice in surprise, "Bian Heping is the best at fighting this kind of money lawsuit!" ”

"The other party agreed to pay 800,000 yuan in compensation, but the person was released in court." Chen Yang replied with a wry smile.

"Damn! I said it earlier, I still said it, how could I lose! Wu Gang was obviously quite satisfied with this result, and it was in vain that he recommended one, this favor was worthwhile.

"Do you think I'm fighting this lawsuit just for that money?" Chen Yang asked rhetorically.

"What? Do you really want to send Liao Qiang to the bureau? Hey, let me tell you, that Liao Qiang is Ding Jianguo's iron, it's okay to don't bird those people, it's not worth it. Besides, isn't Lao Wang nothing? Wu Gang was a little reassuring.

"Really?" Chen Yang smiled noncommittally.

"Why don't I find a rut to help you get it back?" Wu Gang seemed to hear that Chen Yang was quite unhappy, so he changed his tone again.

"That's not necessary." Chen Yang immediately refused, he hadn't gotten involved enough to let Wu Gang help him out.

"No, it's better." Wu Gang said with a smile, and then said sourly, "Hey, but then again, your face is really big enough, you went around the court and blackmailed 800,000 people, if it was me, Ding Jianguo's stupid fork would not pull out a dime!" ”

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hang up." Chen Yang was also a little strange, secretly pondering Ding Jianguo's intentions. He currently has no actual status in the Chen family, and he can't get in touch with the inner circle, so naturally he won't know that Vice Governor Ding is actually a member of the Chen family.

"Hey, don't hang it yet." Wu Gang hurriedly shouted, "I set up a table at Sheraton to celebrate the banquet, Bian Heping and I called them, you can't do it if you don't come." ”

Celebration?

Chen Yang was not in the mood for this, so he immediately refused.

When I hung up the phone, two limousines stopped in front of the courthouse, one Audi and one Daben.

He turned his head and saw that he was here to pick up Liao Qiang and others, and Ding Jianguo was actually there, and he didn't know when he came.

Chen Yang subconsciously glanced at Li Qiuhe not far away, but found that Li Qiuhe's gaze quickly locked on him.

Unlike before, who had always maintained a very restrained politeness, Li Qiuhe, who appeared in court, seemed to no longer be so taboo, and glanced at Chen Yang with a cold gaze, making no secret of his disdain for Chen Yang.

Ding Jianguo first broke the awkward atmosphere, he walked towards Chen Yang with a smile, stretched out his hand and greeted, "Director Chen, hello." ”

"Hello." Chen Yang also smiled and shook hands with Ding Jianguo politely.

"Since we met, why don't we go to eat together, this little thing can be revealed, OK?" Ding Jianguo sent out an invitation.

"Let's eat another day, it's really not suitable today." Chen Yang smiled and refused.

Seeing that Chen Yang didn't say anything to death, Ding Jianguo was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's talk about it first, and Director Chen won't refuse people thousands of miles away another day." ”

Chen Yang glanced at Liao Qiang out of the corner of his eye, and Liao Qiang immediately sighed, scolding in his heart, and at the same time couldn't figure it out, why was Brother Ding, who was omnipotent in his eyes, so polite to this little director? 800,000 is not too much, not too much, and it is enough for my own flesh to ache for a long time, especially when this money is spent so unclearly, blame the wronged, isn't it just a smash on the head, that hillbilly is worth so much money.

Chen Yang retracted his gaze and turned to Ding Jianguo, and responded very cheerfully: "Okay, let's talk about it another day when I have time!" ”

After saying that, turn around and leave.

When passing by Li Qiuhe's side, his footsteps paused slightly, and he turned his head to play with the taste: "Lawyer Li, I heard you say that you want to sue me for intimidation just now, we are also neighbors, give face, just stuff the lawyer's letter in my mailbox, don't send it to my unit, okay?" ”

Li Qiuhe's face darkened, snorted lightly, and turned his gaze aside.

Chen Yang smiled slightly and strode away.