The middle-aged man who walked in with an umbrella under his arm didn't need to introduce himself too much, Xu Le already knew his identity, the son of the chief federal officer, the most famous lawyer in the capital star circle, the worry revealed in a few consecutive sentences, which made the atmosphere in the room suddenly tense and silent.
The umbrella was dripping with water, staining the precious blanket on the ground into a dark color, Xu Le put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at the wet blanket on the ground in a daze, he was not good at legal affairs, but he knew that if those old guys of the Xilin Zhong family really used such means as fighting for custody, then the little watermelon would face very big trouble.
At this moment, the last participant of tonight's party finally pushed open the door and walked in, the young man's body was still slightly thin, his face was still unhealthily pale, his hair was wet in the rain, tangled into a few embarrassing black silks, and the water droplets on the thin blue camel hair trench coat were rolling down and smashing softly on the blanket.
Li Xiaotong reacted immediately, bowed seriously with a rare restraint, put his hands on his abdomen, and said respectfully according to some old etiquette: "I am Li Xiaotong, thank you very much for coming to our room." ” Barrister He's reaction was also very fast, he got out of the way as soon as possible, pulled open the wooden seat that was said to be able to change to three of the latest cars, and said with low eyebrows: "Prince, please here." ” Xu Le was still frowning, annoying about his troubles, for him, Tai Zhiyuan was an excellent friend, nothing more, but Li Xiaotong, who had always been cold and had no eyes to spare, and the lawyer He who had just met, but who was free and easy to fall into Xi's face, showed such a serious reaction to Tai Zhiyuan's arrival, which suddenly reminded him of Tai Zhiyuan's true identity.
He raised his head curiously, looked at Tai Zhiyuan, who was taking off his windbreaker, and thought silently, even if the Tai family is a former royal family, but I don't know how many years have passed, at the moment when crystal ore resources are becoming scarce, the Tai family's influence on the federation should be far less than back then, why the rest of the families in the Seven Families still seem so respectful to the lady in Mochou Houshan, including his own thin prince friend, this kind of respect with a strong sense of inequality is even more like some kind of fear. has known each other for many years, and probably only himself, as well as characters like Shi Gongzi, really dare not to put Tai Zhiyuan in his eyes.
The night was dark, and after dinner, Xu Le and Tai Zhiyuan held red wine, leaned against the transparent railing on the top floor of the apartment, looked at the crowd of people walking hurriedly at their feet, and were silent for a long time.
"You walked in a bit of a mess."
Xu Le said: "In my previous impression, except for when you were in a coma, your appearance has always been impeccable, from the villa to the gold pin on the collar, it is all clean and tidy, where can you get wet like this." ” "Yuzi should have told you that I had a falling out with my family."
Tai Zhiyuan smiled and said: "It's the recent things that I have learned a lot of things, such as going to the bank to open a personal account, such as how to squeeze the subway with people, and how to use an umbrella to cover my head and face as much as possible when the rain is too heavy, without worrying about clothes." ” "How do you feel" Xu Le turned his head and looked at him curiously, "I remember you said before that you can experience the life of ordinary people, but you don't have time to learn or feel." ” "It doesn't feel good."
Tai Zhiyuan looked at the rippling red wine in the cup, smiled and said: "Fortunately, you are back, Xilin's matter will naturally be lost and returned to you, I will go back to Mochou Houshan tomorrow and cry bitterly, redo filial piety, I will get married next autumn." ” "First of all, thank you, this refers to Xilin's thing."
Xu Le looked at him and said very seriously: "If you didn't come forward, the Zhong family's old mansion would definitely have a more difficult year this year, to be honest, I really didn't expect that a confident and arrogant guy like you would have this so-called cheap sympathy." ” "At that time, I thought you were dead, and everyone was a little irritated, so they occasionally went crazy."
Tai Zhiyuan responded indifferently.
"Then congratulations."
Xu Le raised his wine glass and teased: "I just hope that after you get married, you don't give me the responsibility of taking care of Miss Bai Qi." ” "You've been busy since I knew you."
Tai Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and looked at him, "Now that you come back alive, you must be even busier, busy attending the press conference, busy going to Philadelphia to see the old man, and busy taking care of that little girl in the future, I don't need you to take care of my affairs, you just take care of your own." ” "Just now Lawyer He said that the big problem we are facing now, this is really difficult to manage, and what I am most afraid of is our qualifications to manage this matter, according to federal law, it seems that it is very problematic."
Tai Zhiyuan suddenly smiled and said: "Zhong Laohu pushed that immature Erlang to the table back then, it was a very old-fashioned but old-fashioned and very wise means, but unfortunately I am afraid that he himself did not expect that he would die so early and die so suddenly, otherwise the situation of the Xilin Zhong family would not be as messy as it is now." ” "It's a mess indeed."
Xu Le thought of the upcoming hearing of the Federal Supreme Court, and thought of the old people of the Zhong family who were constantly rushing over from Xilin, and his brows furrowed extremely tightly.
"But you don't need to worry about anything, I've already arranged everything that should be arranged."
Tai Zhiyuan slowly took a sip of red wine, then took out a few pills from his jacket pocket and swallowed them.
"I'm still taking medicine, red wine, and taking medicine is not good for my health."
Xu Le shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since you want to go back and be your own prince, it's better for you not to get involved in this side anymore." ” "I don't believe I can arrange it," Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a smile.
Xu Le said suspiciously: "No barrister dares to take over, and there is that hellish guardianship battle, you have already made arrangements" "Although my short youth is not as dazzling as your Xu Le, anyone who has come into contact with me has never dared to deny my excellence."
Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a smile, "It's just you, it seems that you have never thought about this, but you are used to treating me as a protected object, do you know, this feeling is equivalent to humiliation for a man" Xu Le was stunned, thinking carefully about the friendship over the years, and found that what Tai Zhiyuan said was really not wrong, he smiled a little embarrassedly, scratched his head and said, "You are in poor health, so you are used to it." ” "Don't forget, I am also an excellent soldier in the army, and in the federal military assessment, my total score is the highest, and my estimated score is higher than Zhou Yu."
Tai Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and stared at Xu Le's face, like a stubborn young man in the woods who competed to see who climbed the tree faster, and said mockingly: "This lawsuit will last at least three months, but I can tell you the result now, as long as He Yingguan does not die, your little girl will win." ” "So confident," Xu Le glared at him.
"Of course."
Tai Zhiyuan coughed lightly twice, then poured a mouthful of red wine that was more than bloody into his throat, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and said: "What I am best at is analyzing people, if you have analyzed He Yingguan, you will know the reason." ” "What is the reason?"
"The old judge likes pretty little girls."
Tai Zhiyuan looked at his eyes seriously and said word by word.
On the west side of Rabbi Avenue in the capital district is a green woodland, and even in winter, the six-square-kilometer complex is still shrouded in the solemn but vibrant atmosphere of pine and cypress, the statue of the balance of fairness bears the white snow in the corners of the building, and the stone First Charter ceremony disappears at the end of the forest.
The Federal Supreme Court and its three procedural chambers, as well as the two circuit courts located here for historical reasons, are located in these woodlands, in these historic complexes, which represent fairness, justice and, above all, law for the citizens of the Federation.
In the empty second courtroom, the skylight came in through the huge glass windows more than ten meters high, illuminating the more than a dozen rows of pure black seats in the courtroom, but lawyer Xiao Wenjing, who was sitting in the front seat, had an extremely gloomy face.
At this moment, in the auditorium of the second courtroom, there were seventeen veterans of the Zhong family who had come all the way from Xilin, and at the front sat the second young master of the Zhong family, Zhong Ziqi, and in front of them was a terrifying lawyer group composed of twenty-four famous federal barristers.
There are only three people on Xiao Wenjing's side, one is him, a harmless fat man who looks like a big white steamed bun, and a little girl who looks as cute and innocent as ice carving, the huge difference in the number of people between the two sides truly reflects the grim form he is facing at this moment.
The Xizhou Law Firm, which has a very deep background, for some reason, withdrew from this family property lawsuit that shocked the Federation, and the most outstanding lawyer in the Federation, He Barrister, was forced to leave the lawyer group of the Zhong family's old mansion for well-known reasons.
Under the pressure of those big families, under the implication of the federal political axe, no law firm dared to take over the case, and when Xiao Wenjing received the agency contract, she couldn't help but doubt her eyes.
The beautiful new wife, Xu Songzi, had a worried conversation with him all night, but there was no way to reverse his decision.
Xiao Wenjing's teachers and classmates are all over the judicial system, even if no one is willing to stand in front of the stage to help him, there are still countless information and materials secretly gathered in his hands, although in the face of the most terrifying lawyer group in the Federation, he still has the confidence to fight this lawsuit.
What's more, he is now a lawyer, Xiao Wenjing, and a few years ago, he was Xiao Wenjing, the most famous prosecutor in the District Attorney's Office, who once assisted his teacher in presiding over the Medellín investigation, even when the federal political circles shamelessly compromised their interests, he still tried to continue his investigation secretly, but that evening, he was imprisoned by several FBI officials on charges of molesting an underage girl I don't know if Prosecutor Xiao Wenjing at that time thought of the words that the small-eyed man named Xu Le once said to him in the spring when the flowers were in full bloom, those words about law and morality.
But Xiao Wenjing did not give up his respect for the law, he left the District Prosecutor's Office, became a truly independent lawyer, and today, he will fight a lawsuit destined to go down in history for the orphan girl of Xilin.
To be continued: