After Lao Mi walked out of the gate of the detention center, he stood in front of the door, a little excited, squinted, and took a deep breath, this was the first time in his life that he really felt "freedom", and the first time he felt that "freedom" was really a good thing.

He suddenly remembered a sentence: life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away. Although he has not yet cultivated to the realm of throwing away life and love, he really feels the preciousness of freedom.

Not far away, Tao Xuehong, who was standing in the shade of a tree outside the car, looked at Mi Jiahong with red eyes, and there were faint tears in her eyes. She quietly looked at Mi Jiahong under the iron gate and didn't disturb him.

Lao Mi stood in the scorching sun for a full minute before looking at Tao Xuehong.

Fang Yi and Yun Qiao did not go back and continued to stay in the hotel. In the evening, Mi Jiahong and his wife invited Fang Yi and Yun Qiao to dinner at a high-end restaurant in the city.

After a period of unnutritious opening remarks, the wine and dishes were put on the table, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors, Fang Yi once again asked Tao Xuehong the question he asked Tao Xuehong, do you want to appeal?

"Appeal! Of course, I have to appeal, my Mi Jiahong has worked honestly all my life, and I have become a prisoner, why? If I did, I would admit it, but I didn't! Isn't this a basin for me?

This lawsuit is about my reputation, and I have to appeal, even if I go to the capital, I have to fight with them. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get out of this breath.

Why should you sentence me to three years and fine me 800,000 yuan! ......" The more noisy Mi Jiahong became, the louder it became, and Yun Qiao, who was eating on the side, had a buzzing head and a pain in his eardrum.

Yun Qiao looked at the old rice in front of him, who was dancing with his hands and foaming at the corners of his mouth, and said secretly in his heart: This guy has been locked up for so long, why is he still so angry. This temper is violent enough!

"Lawyer Fang, since our old rice said that he would appeal, you can make a price." Tao Xuehong felt that what her husband said made sense, and she was angry in her heart.

She knows that this is no longer a problem of money, if Lao Mi can't get over this hurdle in her heart, it is estimated that she will die for the rest of her life, and she must be insane.

"I handled this case in the first instance, and I know the case very well, and the lawyer's fee for the second instance is reduced by half to 100,000 yuan with reference to the law firm fee of the first instance. If you think it's okay, I'll have someone prepare the order right away. Fang Yi said.

"Okay, go with them, you go through the formalities. I sign. Before Tao Xuehong could speak, Mi Jiahong slapped his thigh and settled the matter.

"Okay, I'll give you the formalities tomorrow, you sign it first, and I'll stamp it as soon as I go back, and mail the entrustment agreement and invoice to you." Fang Yi climbed along the pole and said.

"It's okay, after signing tomorrow, I'll pay you first, and you prepare the appeal first. When you come back again, you can just bring the invoice and agreement to me, don't worry. Tao Xuehong said.

After eating, Yun Qiao returned to the hotel room, dressed in a nightdress for nothing, and wanted to chat with her sister Yunmei with her mobile phone, but Yunmei was not very active, and often replied to a WeChat message for more than half a minute.

Yun Mei was very busy at night, and she was in no mood to talk nonsense with Yun Qiao at all, because Fang Yi was chatting with her about her deep love, and the two couldn't wait to talk face-to-face, and the more they chatted at night, the more energetic they became.

And after harassing Zhou Ying, who was eating chicken, the bored Yun Qiao began to work overtime to prepare for Lao Mi's entrustment procedures.

Early the next morning, Yun Qiao took the revised electronic version of the entrustment procedures and found Fang Yi, and after Fang Yi read it, he directly asked Yun Qiao to print two copies in a printing shop near the hotel.

After Fang Yi called to make an appointment with Mi Jiahong, Yun Qiao assisted him in handling the entrustment procedures and paid the relevant fees. The travel expenses are still lump sum, 5,000 yuan.

Early the next morning, when the morning sun shone on the earth and a new day began, Fang Yi walked into the office with a sigh of relief, and he chatted with Yunmei for most of the night with his mobile phone last night, why didn't they meet? Because...... Yunmei is on a business trip!

Just when Fang Yi made tea and was about to draft an appeal petition for Mi Jiahong's tax evasion case, Du Yong walked in.

"Lawyer Du, your face is not very good! What's wrong? Fang Yi looked up at Du Yong.

"The case of abduction and trafficking of women that I discussed with you last time was decided by the Intermediate People's Court." Du Yong's mood was a little low.

"Isn't it not going to turn out well?" Fang Yi looked at him and asked.

"Well, the Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Tong Zhonglai's act of buying and selling Tian Jiafeng to another person as his wife after buying and selling her to others constituted the crime of abducting and trafficking women. Final verdict: Defendant Tong Zhonglai committed the crime of abducting and trafficking women, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 yuan.

When sentencing, the collegial panel did not consider at all the circumstances in which the defendant was ready to send Tian Jiafeng home, and Tian Jiafeng asked the defendant to resell himself.

I'm not complaining about the defendants of human trafficking, but I just think that since the law stipulates so, the court should always consider the specific circumstances of the case in sentencing, otherwise what does the law do, and it would be good for all the defendants of human trafficking to be shot directly. It's soft or hard, what kind of thing is this! Du Yong's tone of voice was a little dissatisfied.

"What do you say? Want to appeal? Fang Yi asked.

"I have communicated with the defendant and his daughter-in-law, and he wants to appeal, and I also feel that this case should be appealed." Du Yong said.

"Well, I don't have much advice, it's still the opinion from last time. But...... Sometimes luck is also important. Fang Yi thought for a moment and said.

He read something from Du Yong's eyes, and the reason why Du Yong came to inform him of the verdict of the case was not to complain, but to get encouragement and affirmation from him, so that his wavering heart would have more confidence in appealing.

Sometimes a lawyer is obsessed with a certain case, not because of money or justice, but because of his obsession with the law, he needs to use litigation to confirm his judgment, which is the case with Du Yong. He wanted to use the second-instance verdict to confirm the results of his discussion with Fang Yi.

The day after the verdict in Mi Jiahong's case was issued, a middle-level manager of a pharmaceutical company who had a good relationship with Lao Mi called Lao Mi, saying that the company wanted to talk to him and asked him to chat at a teahouse near his home in the evening. Lao Mi didn't know what medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, and wanted to hear what the other party had to say, so he agreed.

At eight o'clock in the evening, in the private room of the teahouse, Lao Mi did not see anyone from the pharmaceutical company, only the defender of the pharmaceutical company at the time of the trial, the lawyer Zhou wearing gold wire glasses.

Originally, Lawyer Zhou didn't want to come, but Director Gao of Lao Youtiao was afraid that others would come to see Lao Mi and say that he was unclear and the deterrent effect was not enough, so he pushed Lawyer Zhou over on the grounds that Lawyer Zhou was familiar with the relevant situation and knew the law and understood the law.

(End of chapter)