My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 40: Dahongpao
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At the service station, Lu Ming came to work early in the morning.
Looking at the list of judges and prosecutors and defense lawyers for the special military court that was quickly finalized last night, Lu Ming couldn't help but shake his head.
I am one of the three judges, and the other two are Brigadier General Shefton, the vice president of the Internal Guard Military Academy; and Major General Brown, the deputy chief of staff of the National Guard.
The lawyer defending Cynthia is Liu Hanhuan.
The prosecution lawyer is military lawyer Kanhara.
As a judge, I and defense lawyer Liu Hanxuan belong to the same law firm.
Martial courts are so stubborn sometimes.
However, the three military court systems in the East China Sea are similar to those of a major Western country in my previous life, but the Military Court in the East China Sea is better than that of that major country. In the military court of that Western major country, the commander of the military personnel involved has the final decision-making power. No matter what the court decides, the commander still enjoys wide discretion in this matter. He has the right to decide to reduce the punishment of criminal soldiers or even to revoke the conviction.
Therefore, there are deep-seated reasons for the frequent scandals in the country's military.
As for this case, because the deceased had committed many crimes, the senior officials of the Eastern Navy had a desire to protect the people involved.
The sporadic reports in the public opinion also have a vague sense that the deceased deserved what he deserved. This is one of the reasons why the establishment of this special military court was so careless.
In the school’s files, the reason Cynthia used casually when skipping class in the third group was to conduct investigation training. This move was acquiesced. In this way, Cynthia harmed civilians during military operations and prevented the deceased from applying for civil court intervention. possible.
Because according to the laws of the East China Sea, even if you are a soldier, the civil court has the right to try crimes against civilians committed during non-military operations.
From a legal perspective, although Cynthia and others used the investigation training as a reason to skip class, since they had reported to the instructor in a grand manner and received Mary's approval at the time, there was no problem with the procedure.
Lu Ming looked at the file and wondered how he would judge if the prosecution lawyer focused on this point.
Will it be ruled that this case does not fall under the jurisdiction of a military court?
It's hard to say. It depends on whether the prosecution lawyers can convince themselves that there is a clear line between the military academy course procedures and the cadets' behavior of skipping classes.
It is necessary to prove that the students are indeed skipping classes.
As for what you know in advance, when you sit on the judge's bench, you should act as if you have never heard anything Mary and the students said to you, and instead judge the case based on the evidence presented by the prosecution and defense.
In fact, having known a lot of inside information in advance and made a preliminary assessment of the case, I should not have become one of the three judges. However, military courts are sometimes so lax, and this did not happen overnight. , and it cannot be changed overnight.
While I was thinking about it, the hourly music of the clock on the wall rang.
Lu Ming looked up at the time and said, "Remind me at eleven o'clock that I am going to attend the wedding banquet."
Today, February 29, is also the big day for Liu Laocai’s wedding.
"Yes!" The two little affairs officers agreed abruptly.
"Huh? Come in!" Lu Ming smiled and waved to the people who were peeking at the door.
Wearing a blue denim skirt with suspenders, pale white pencil pants covering her slender legs, and wearing a baseball cap, she looks very youthful and beautiful. It is Kim Mi-yeon.
After several months of not seeing each other, she seems to have become less childish and more like a beautiful girl.
"Oh..." Jin Meiyan pushed open the glass door, bowed to the two affairs officers, and then came to Lu Ming: "Uncle..."
Lu Ming asked: "Do you have anything to do with me? Or are you visiting your relatives?" Jin Meiyan used to live here, and her relatives who once stayed there still live in this community.
"I signed up as a volunteer. Today is my day off. Let's see if there is any work?" Jin Meiyan said cautiously.
"Oh..." Lu Ming nodded. He had not noticed the list of volunteers.
Looking at Jin Meiyan, it was obvious that the little girl was not here to find him, but she was too timid to come in because she found out that she was there.
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Where is your sister? How are you doing now?" I haven't been to school for a long time, and I didn't even go to the final exam before the annual vacation. It was the congressman who had just won the election and was very busy. When we started to have good relations with each other, various things happened after the New Year, and then we went to the Western Regions.
"She, she went to college in Hanzhou..." Jin Meiyan whispered, secretly looking at Lu Ming's expression.
Lu Ming was stunned: "I have only been in the second year of secondary school for one year. What university are you studying in? Specially recruited? Are you not a liar?"
"It's probably not a liar. It was recommended by Mrs. Fernald. Hanzhou University is a specially recruited seventh-year class. The students were recruited before the New Year. Only thirty students were selected in the entire empire. I heard they are not very young. " Jin Meiyan answered carefully, fearing that if she said something wrong, she would be blamed for her anger. She had tried to persuade her sister and asked Uncle Qianxing's opinion, but she could not persuade her sister when she made up her mind.
Lu Ming frowned: "Old lady Fernald!" Then he laughed dumbly. It was originally a good thing, but his reaction was not right, just because it was too sudden, and he still had something to say to the little girl. Well, there was no time.
Hanzhou University, a well-known brand, is also the only one among the top ten universities in the empire located in the imperial capital and Donghai.
The top ten universities in the empire include five in the imperial capital, four in Donghai, and in addition, Hanzhou University.
However, Hanzhou is a bit chaotic. It seemed to be the front line of the confrontation between the Western Kingdom and the Central Continent Empire. Nowadays, the ethnic groups are relatively mixed, and there are a large number of mixed races. It is a state with strange customs and customs in the empire.
But as a place where the north and the south meet, the economy is also relatively strong, especially since the Imperial Railway ran from east to west, north to south, and as a transportation hub city, it has developed rapidly.
Hanzhou City, the capital of Hanzhou, is the third largest city in the empire.
Of course, as a metropolitan area, Donghai’s economic size is second to none among all major regions, states, and provinces. Comparing it with separate cities under the jurisdiction of states is not at all an order of magnitude.
"She is over there. Is she writing to you or calling you? Are you still used to it?" Lu Ming asked.
"It's good. My sister was very happy when she called..." Jin Meiyan hurriedly stopped talking and secretly looked up at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming was helpless. Did he think that his sister had abandoned him? But he was too lazy to argue with a little girl and was just about to talk.
Jin Meiyan added: "My sister has a letter to give to my uncle. She said that when I see my uncle in the future, she will give the letter to you if he asks. If you don't ask, forget it. I will take the letter with me!" I just want to give it to the sisters who are the affairs officers. I will pass it on to you regardless of whether my uncle asks."
Jin Meiyan took out a pink envelope from the small bag behind her and handed it to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming took it and looked at the beautiful cartoon pattern on the envelope and couldn't help but laugh. He thought that the little girl two thousand miles away was originally strong, brave and optimistic, but she might have encountered something very bad when he met him. experience, I couldn’t help but sigh in my heart.
"You can send her 10,000 yuan later. Oh, don't send it together. It's too dangerous for the little girl to carry that much money. Just send her 500 yuan every month. I'll ask someone to give it to you in advance at the beginning of the month. Check."
Before Jin Meiyan could say anything, the wind chimes rang, and the two stewards stood up and bowed respectfully, "Third Madam!"
The graceful beauty who came in from the outside was none other than Pan Mila. She was dressed in a gorgeous and **** black gauze dress, which outlined her seductive figure. Between her charming snow-white collarbones, a sapphire necklace was dazzling. She was already tall.廻, another pair of black stiletto heels, carrying the beautiful curves of her feet, the gorgeous girl with blond hair and blue eyes, made other colors in the whole room disappear.
Lu Ming subconsciously stuffed the letter into his pocket and waved to Jin Meiyan.
The person Jin Meiyan was most afraid of was Pan Mila. She left early and slipped out quietly, not even daring to salute and say hello.
"You're a little early!" Lu Ming said with a smile, and made an appointment to attend Liu Laocai's wedding with Pan Mira.
"Are you disturbing your business?" Pan Mila said with a half-smile.
Lu Ming waved his hand, "What good can I do?!" He walked out and when he passed by Pan Mila, Pan Mila naturally took his arm and raised her jade neck high. Da walked beside him confidently and gracefully.
The two little clerks looked at this scene with starry eyes. The real talented man and the beautiful girl made others envious.
But legend has it that the boss's second wife is more beautiful, but she never shows off easily. She is a very traditional oriental noblewoman.
I don’t know why, but when I think of this, I don’t feel that the boss is bothering, probably because the boss and his wife live in the high clouds. At that level, even ordinary people can’t understand it.
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Liu Laocai's wedding was held at Wolong Pavilion. He only invited some of his closest friends, but it was extremely grand. In accordance with today's fashionable practices, reporters were invited to take photos, advertising space was purchased, and the wedding was celebrated in newspapers.
Liu Laocai's two sons came uninvited and behaved very filially, busy and respectful to Ha Shan.
The entire Wolong Xiaoguan Club was dressed in red and colorful and beaming with joy.
A stage was set up in the open space in front of Wolong Restaurant, and Liu Laocai invited famous Northern artists to sing several big plays from afternoon to evening.
Wolong Restaurant has expanded to include more than 20 courtyards. Thousands of acres of hilly grassland along the river have been purchased, and golf courses and equestrian clubs are being built.
Lu Ming's original wish to have a small private club was shattered.
However, the consultant who submitted the plan was right. The wasteland here is not valuable at all.
However, with the development of the Wolong Bay area around the Liberty Building, there will soon be a large influx of people, and wide roads are being paved. By then, the Wolong Restaurant project will only need to build a dozen kilometers of roads from the main road. , Wolong Hotel can be turned into a club with extremely developed transportation, secluded and beautiful. Beiguan lacks such a golf club and equestrian club.
Even, as long as the traffic is smooth and the service quality is improved, the environment here can gradually attract urban wealthy people to regard it as a back garden for fun.
If you don’t take advantage of this moment to buy land, when will you wait?
In this way, the Wolong Restaurant project was launched quickly.
However, Tianzi No. 1 Courtyard here is naturally reserved for the big boss.
Lu Ming is currently sitting on the soft couch in the main room of this small courtyard, preparing to take a lunch break and watch a big show in the afternoon.
It is also rare to get together with Pan Mila. After all, Hanzhu can see her when she returns home. Pan Mila is really busy now. She rarely spends time in Beiguan and spends most of her time in the city. The office of Huaxia Group in the district also often goes on business trips to other places.
Nowadays, people come and go, and there are only a dozen or so female bodyguards.
He glanced at Pan Mila, who had just changed into white gauze pajamas and pajamas, covered with a thin blanket, and was lying comfortably next to her. Then he looked at the clothes hanger under the couch, where a purple cheongsam was hung. Pan Mila had prepared the outfit she would wear to the theater in the afternoon. She had always been like this. When she first met her and had a little income, she would change her clothes eight times a day. Now she has become more restrained. She just changes clothes when attending different occasions throughout the day. Three or four sets are still common.
I stretched out my hand to squeeze her delicate face. With such a charming beauty lying beside me, I couldn't sleep at all.
But seeing her extremely beautiful long brown eyelashes fluttering rhythmically, it was obvious that she had fallen asleep just after lying down, and he couldn't bear to disturb her for a while.
She seemed to sleep particularly peacefully next to him.
There were soft footsteps outside, and Luo Shiliu's voice was very soft, "Master, the leader of Sansheng Theater Troupe has come to invite you to choose a piece."
Luo Shiliu is also one of Tudorana's slaves. He is resident in Tianzi No. 1 Courtyard and is regarded as the housekeeper of No. 1 Courtyard. He is responsible for taking care of the chores of No. 1 Courtyard.
Listening to Luo Shiliu's words, Lu Ming opened his mouth to speak, but glanced at Pan Mira beside him.
Slowly stood up, pulled on his shoes, walked to the door, took his coat and put it on. He walked out and frowned: "This Liu Laocai has everything every day. Go tell the class leader to sing whatever you want. I really don't know what to sing." Just ask Lao Liu."
You know, Liu Laocai said that he was the most distinguished guest and so on, so he asked the class leader to ask his opinion on what songs to sing.
It was really hateful to disturb the clear dreams of myself and my third wife, although I seemed to be just daydreaming.
After saying that, I was about to turn around, but suddenly stopped again. I remembered that although Pan Mila had no interest in Zhongzhou opera, she once listened to a record with Hanzhu and said that "Eternal Victory Army" sounded good, although it was not very good. Understand what is being sung.
Said to Luo Shiliu: "Lead the way!"
The small wing next to the moon cave door was Luo Shiliu's residence. At this time, a pretty figure stood outside the moon cave door.
The screen wall in front of the main house is extremely tall, and the main house cannot be seen from here.
Beside the screen wall, there stood a swarthy female man with a cannon on his back.
Before Lu Ming could reach the door, the person had already hurried over to greet her. She was a beautiful young woman wearing a blue jacket with plum blossom buttons, a green skirt and blue underpants, a very traditional dress. She bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Boss Lu! The woman is Li Yumei, the foreman of the Sansheng Class." Her voice was extremely delicate.
Lu Ming nodded, sat down on the chair brought by Luo Shiliu, took the red velvet-covered play from Li Youmei and looked through it.
"Besides Ever Victorious Army, what other songs do you have better at?" Lu Ming asked casually.
Li Youmei said softly: "To tell you something, most of us actors are from Andong Province. There is a song in my hometown called "The Big Red Robe", which tells the story of a red-robed judge who takes the decision for loyal people and beats traitors angrily..."
Lu Ming nodded, Anton Province is the northernmost province of the Grifenni Kingdom, adjacent to the four northern provinces across the river.
In the Jiangnan provinces that are very close to the four northern provinces, the administrative regions are all called "provinces" and have less autonomy. In other words, there is no autonomy at all. They are more like local governments governed by centralized power. It should be In the early years, the rulers of the empire were still guarding against the historical reasons why the four northern provinces would counterattack and restore the Central Continent Dynasty.
Further south in the Jiangnan provinces, even the traditional areas where Zhongzhou people gather, are all administrative districts at the "state" level. They are basically the same as the previous American Federation, with basic local autonomy powers, and many more. In the feudal era, as the territories and principalities of various princes, they had most of the autonomy at that time, and it has also been extended to the present. Donghai is one of them.
Andong Province is only separated by a river from the four northern provinces, and their customs are very similar. You can feel it from Li Youmei's wording and etiquette.
This troupe was specially invited by Liu Laocai from Andong Province.
Thinking about it, he said casually: "Dahongpao? It's interesting. There is a kind of tea in my hometown, so I named it after it."
Li Youmei sighed softly, "I think your hometown must be a clear world, and even the fragrant tea has the effect of driving away evil spirits and monsters."
Lu Ming glanced at her and thought to himself that this woman's conversation was extraordinary.
Unexpectedly, this beautiful young woman was crying. Suddenly, she knelt down and said, "Sir, the husband of the civilian girl was unjustly imprisoned three years ago and is still suffering in prison. Please make the decision for the husband of the civilian girl!" ”
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment and said helplessly: "What are you doing? It's not like singing, and I'm not a big red robe. I can still make the decision to change the sentence? Let me tell you, our law is that if the jury decides If you are guilty, it is basically impossible to successfully appeal, unless there are problems with the legal procedures for hearing the case..."
Not seeming to have heard what Lu Ming said, Li Youmei had already taken out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it over with both hands. Looking at the large title, it read "Complaint".
"Get up!" Lu Ming had no choice but to take the complaint from Li Youmei and gestured to Luo Shiliu to pull her up.
After roughly glancing at the content of the complaint, Li Youmei’s husband, Meng Xiaolou, was a very handsome singer who sang in traditional Chinese operas similar to his previous life. Three years ago, he performed for the Municipal Government of Jinyang City, Andong Province On the night when Chang was celebrating his birthday, the mayor invited Meng Xiaolou to have a drink, but he tried to do something wrong. Meng Xiaolou accidentally pushed him out of the window and fell, causing him to die.
Meng Xiaolou was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Lu Ming shook his head and said helplessly: "It's still a case in Anton Province, and I can't do anything about it."
Li Youmei knelt down and Luo Shiliu couldn't pull her up at all. She raised her head and looked at Lu Ming with tears in her eyes, "Sir, I have been advised by someone a long time ago. It was a senior official from Anton. He found me recently. He said that my husband may have a chance to escape guilt. He mentioned your Excellency and said that you are a genius. He has studied all the lawsuits you have fought and was in admiration. He said, my husband's case, if you are willing to help, Perhaps, there is a chance of overturning the verdict."
"I was going to come to Donghai, but I didn't want to. Boss Liu just happened to invite me to the Sansheng Class. Isn't this God's will? I have faded out of the Sansheng Class in the past few years. This time, I am here to see you. Please invite me. Your Excellency, take pity on me and my husband, who is miserable in prison..." As he spoke, he began to cry bitterly.
Lu Ming thought about this case. In fact, it can also be regarded as the identification of the three principles of self-defense. However, Anton?
It’s too close to the four northern provinces.
Besides, I don’t have time to run around like this. There are so many injustices in the world, how can I take care of them?
What’s more, I am just a second-level defender in the East China Sea. It doesn’t matter in a place like the Western Alliance. Even junior lawyers in the empire can litigate cases there. But in the Kingdom of Greyfinni, I have advanced to a high-level fourth level. Before becoming a lawyer, you are not qualified to be a legal agent across provinces.
Even if you help, you are just working behind the scenes.
"Let me think about it, don't cry here. It's unseemly. What will outsiders think when they hear this?" As he spoke, Lu Ming stood up and walked to the backyard.
However, it seems that in the judicial circle, my reputation has become bigger and bigger day by day, and in the eyes of some people, having a reputation for bringing order to chaos should be considered a good thing.