Great Lawyer

Chapter 194 Snow and Rain Are Coming (Part [-])

In the Southwest Litigation Firm, they also heard the news that Du Jiuyan had accepted Ma Yuniang's lawsuit. Everyone was shocked and did not understand.

Liu Gongzai frowned and said: "What is there to argue about in this lawsuit? Could it be that she asked the court to sympathize with Ma Yuniang and forgive her crimes that were lightly sentenced?"

"Master Li is an official of the imperial court, and Ma Yuniang is a woman. He Cheng was sentenced to Ling Chi and is in the process of being cleaned up. But even if he wins some sympathy, a beheading is inevitable." Wang Tanling said.

This is not like Du Jiuyan's style. When she accepts a lawsuit, she usually has a well-thought-out plan and can take advantage of it.

This time the case can be described as thankless.

A guilty plea for a murderer who confessed to murder... the result would not be what she wanted.

"Maybe she wants to show off too much." Xue Ran sipped his tea and said lightly, "This time, she has to suffer. She thinks that all the yamen are like Shaoyang, and all the people can support her and be instigated by her."

If I go here, I will definitely come back in disgrace.

"Just like Ji Zhong'an, the Yanjing lawsuit last time, if she didn't break the rules and collude with King Gui, she wouldn't be able to win at all." Xue Ran said.

Liu Gongzai said: "Don't worry, if she doesn't handle this case properly, I'm afraid it will lead to death."

Li Zhi is an official of the imperial court. If this case is not judged more decisively and the sentence is not harsher, how can he explain to so many officials in the court.

Those in power are the real law.

Du Jiuyan is too young, maybe she doesn't understand this yet.

Liu Gongzai guessed that he was not wrong. After the Baoqing Mansion handed over the documents for the retrial to the Ministry of Punishment, it indeed caused quite a stir.

"I heard that he came from a businessman background and didn't read many books, so he didn't understand the three cardinal guides and five constant rules, so he did such immoral and devoid of conscience."

"As the saying goes, only women and villains are difficult to raise! This Mrs. Li is really unlucky. After ten years of hard work, he managed to get to the fifth rank. He was about to be promoted, but... he died at the hands of a woman. such a pity."

"Who said it wasn't."

"The Ministry of Punishments will definitely reject it!"

All the sense organs felt the same, they were very angry, and complained about Li Zhiming.

Guo Ting stood outside the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a long time, and when he entered, he saw King Gui coming out of it. He was taken aback, and said, "My lord...you, why are you here?"

"By the way, come and see your old friend." King Gui looked at Guo Ting with his hands behind his back, "What are you doing here?"

Guo Ting explained the matter in a low voice, "...the documents for Baoqing's retrial have been handed in. I see everyone's attitude, and I'm afraid that the Ministry of Criminal Justice will veto it, so come and have a look, and let's get involved."

"You can't get through." King Gui pointed outside, "I'm hungry and invite me to eat."

Guo Ting had something on his mind, he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I'd better try it in the end. As for eating, see if you can change it."

"I've done it." King Gui said, "So just invite me to dinner and thank me."

Guo Ting was stunned, and said in shock: "You, have you done it?"

"It's not me, do you think you can do it? Just those people who are full of food and can only criticize, can you make sense when you go in?" King Gui said, swinging his arms and walking in front, "I'm going to Jufulou to eat , do you have enough money, if you don’t have enough money, hurry up and borrow it!”

"Enough, enough!" Guo Ting immediately ran a few steps behind, and suddenly heard someone shouting from behind, "My lord, your lord... how can you use the badge of a humble official without permission, this... How should I explain this to the Holy One?"

Guo Ting was dumbfounded, touched his nose and followed King Gui.

The Ministry of Punishment handed over the official document to the Imperial Study Room, explained the matter of the approval, and said, "My lord, it was my negligence. I really didn't expect the prince to go to the yamen."

"It's rare for him to pay attention to one matter, so you can follow him. I'm curious, what kind of inside story will be in the case that can make him pay attention." Zhao Yu is really curious, "You should give the reply quickly. Send out the official document. The Baoqing Mansion will send the official document after finalizing the case, and you can directly bring it to me for review."

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment should have asked the courier shop to send out the official documents quickly.

……

Five days later, Du Jiuyan received the official document, and it was scheduled to be promoted to the hall on the tenth day of October.

She went to find Hu Shouye.

The Hu family and the Su family had an engagement, and seeing her go now, everyone was very nervous. Hu Shouye invited Du Jiuyan in, and asked cautiously, "Mr. Du, are you... what's the matter?"

When the litigator came to the house, he was nervous, and when Du Jiuyan came, he was even more nervous.

"I have something to ask for your help." Du Jiuyan said: "After I judged the marriage lawsuit, did you write to Mr. Li in Fucheng?"

Hu Shouye's expression changed and he was about to deny it, but Du Jiuyan said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and no one will pursue your bribery. I just want you to testify to prove the fact that Mr. Li took your money."

"It really doesn't matter?" Hu Shouye said.

Du Jiuyan nodded, "The subject of the case is not Mr. Li, so you will not be implicated. What's more, the other person is dead. I have plenty of ways to get you to quit cleanly."

"Okay." Hu Shouye nodded, "Then... can I get the money back then?"

Du Jiuyan shook his head, "Why don't you come back?"

"Okay, okay." Hu Shouye was not surprised, and thought of something, "Mr. Du, can I make another request."

Du Jiuyan looked at him, and Hu Shouye coughed, "Can you go and adjust the Su family so that they don't pester us? We really don't want to marry that hag."

"This matter is not acceptable. Objectively speaking, both Hu Shoucai and Su Zhiyin were responsible that night, but if there is a lawsuit, Hu Shoucai must lose." Du Jiuyan said: "The two have similar personalities, and maybe they can become a good couple. The feelings after marriage are all obtained from getting along."

"Besides, the Su family is a scholarly family, and you are merchants. It is a good thing for you to get married."

Hu Shouye didn't expect this. After thinking about it seriously, he really thought it made sense, so he said, "That's fine. Mr. Du, when are you going to Baoqing?"

"You come to Baoqing Yongfulou Inn to find me on the ninth day of October. If I'm not there, you can just check in." Du Jiuyan said.

Hu Shouye should be.

Du Jiuyan stayed home for two days, and took his family to Baoqing on the fifth day of the fifth day.After renting a yard, Chen Lang took a few children to play in Baoqing County, while she made preparations for the opening of the class.

After looking for Aunt Fang, I found out that she had run away after hearing the news.But this person doesn't matter anymore, Du Jiuyan didn't waste time to investigate.

On the ninth day of October, Hu Shouye went to Baoqing. In the afternoon, Du Jiuyan took Yao Qixin, his brother-in-law, and seven or eight young servants out of the city.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the temperature dropped sharply, and the haze was heavy and snowy and rainy.

But there are already huge crowds of people outside the yamen. One reason is that Du Jiuyan from Shaoyang came to Baoqing to file a lawsuit.

I heard that she is in Shaoyang, and she alone is worth more than a hundred lawyers in the southwest.

Even more popular than the county magistrate.

The second reason is that Du Jiuyan was defending Ma Yuniang in this matter.

Ma Yuniang confessed to the fact that she killed the murder. There are witnesses, the murder weapon and the time, which are very clear.

This case is a sure thing.

Even if it's a guilty plea, it's not easy... Could it be that the sentence of Ling Chi has been retreated to be executed?

Dead or dead.

Therefore, this case has become the most curious thing for everyone in Baoqing.

"Master Wu is here." Someone discovered that Wu Dianyin, the magistrate of Baoqing Prefecture, brought Zheng Zhizhou and Liu Zhizhou here, "Master Wu is going to listen in?"

Before waiting for an answer, Wu Dianyin had already entered the county government office with a group of people.

"My lord." He Cheng cupped his hands and ordered a seat to be placed in the lobby, "This case has caused your lord trouble. It is really Du Jiuyan who is too ignorant."

Wu Dianyin waved his hands and said, "She proposed a retrial, which is legal and reasonable, and you agreed to a retrial, which is also legal and reasonable. It's nothing, but it's just a bit of trouble." He sat down while talking, "How long is it, why haven't I seen Du Jiuyan." He had already heard that King Gui was caught by Du Jiuyan's design by pretending to be the county magistrate Liu.

Therefore, Guo Ting asked Du Jiuyan for credit in the court, but his good intentions encountered resistance from King Gui, and he didn't know whether he succeeded.

But he was very curious about this young man.

"Sit down." Wu Dianyin and He Cheng said, "Follow the rules."

He Chengying sat under the middle hall, waited for a moment, and asked Miao scribe, "Isn't it time yet?"

"There is less time for a cup of tea." Miao Shuli was very anxious, usually the litigator was waiting outside for the county magistrate to go to court, why Du Jiuyan asked the county magistrate to wait for her this time.

Not only He Cheng, but also several adults from the magistrate's yamen came.

It's always bad to be late.

As he was thinking wildly, He Cheng's face became more and more ugly, and after a while, he patted the gavel and was about to withdraw, when suddenly, he heard a commotion outside, and someone shouted: "Du Jiuyan is here! "

The noise grew louder, and immediately, He Chengcheng saw Du Jiuyan appear at the door.

She was wearing a green and white lawyer's robe, and walked in with her head held high and her hat on. Behind her was a coffin, carried by four servants, who followed unhurriedly. Behind the coffin, They are seven women dressed in sackcloth and filial piety.

The north wind blows, the sackcloth flutters, and the filial piety flutters. It is so eye-catching for them to bow their heads and mourn.

So there was commotion and shock everywhere along the way.

The coffin was placed outside the yamen, and a group of people followed Du Jiuyan into the courtroom.

Wu Dianyin and several colleagues looked at each other with shock in their eyes, He Cheng slammed the gavel and said, "Du Jiuyan, what do you want to do, when the yamen court is your backyard, you can do whatever you want? "

"As a litigator, don't you know that, except for rape defendants, women are not allowed to go to court. You are clearly provoking trouble on purpose."

"He's still carrying the coffin!"

"Student Du Jiuyan pays homage to all the adults." Du Jiuyan cupped his hands and said, "The seven women in this coffin are all I want to argue today. Please allow them to come to court."

He Chengdao: "Within the law, the rules of the imperial court, how can you and I break it if you want to, and change it if you want to change it."

"In that case, let them stay outside the hall." Du Jiuyan didn't want to waste his time on this matter, it made no difference whether people were inside or outside.

The seven women saluted together, and stood outside the courtroom guarding the coffin painted with red paint and soiled.

He Cheng's face was ashen, and he shouted: "Don't take advantage of your fame and act mischievously here. This is not Shaoyang, and no one will come to praise your stinky feet."

Du Jiuyan didn't want to quarrel with He Cheng, but cupped his hands and said, "I invite you to be promoted!"

He Cheng patted the gavel and said, "Take Ma Yuniang!" He wanted to see how many flowers Du Jiuyan could distinguish.

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