Yesterday, Han Anni still didn't accept her invitation. Then, she didn't know why she drank too much alone, and she didn't know how she got home or fell asleep.
All kinds of strange images came flooding in, including my own, others', men's and women's, high-rise buildings, bungalows, rivers, old-fashioned buses, convertible jeeps, black box TVs from the 1950s, record dance halls,
Etc., etc.
It felt like I was dreaming, or like a slideshow flashing in my mind.
"Dang", the sound of a gavel in a courtroom.
Lu Ming sat up straight as a reflex and looked around blankly.
"Defendant, be careful with your words and deeds. Don't make strange moves in this court. Otherwise, I will sentence you to contempt of court!"
This is a very old-fashioned courtroom that can only be seen in movies and TV dramas, probably in the style of the 1940s and 1950s.
The witness box was still enclosed by a wooden fence.
The speaker was the middle one of the three judges sitting on the bench, but he was a hook-nosed foreigner, a short, thin old man in his fifties.
At this time, he was looking at himself majestically, pointing at himself and speaking.
Lu Ming looked around. It seemed that a certain case was being tried here.
My seat should be the dock. On the right is a beautiful young woman wearing a classic skirt. On the left is a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. The table card in front of him is
, is the word for "defender".
On the right, where the prosecutor's seat is, there is a row of police officers in black police uniforms.
Behind, there were rows of long wooden chairs, and the people sitting and listening seemed to be celebrities, all dressed in extraordinary manners.
On the far right in front is what looks like the jury position, with eight or nine jurors, including men, women, and children.
Where is this place? Are you filming a movie? Or some short video clip?
Lu Ming rubbed his eyes, and he was very sure that this was not a dream, because in the dream, when he rubbed his eyes, he never expected such a clear touch feeling.
The Western judge in the court nodded to the prosecutor's seat and said, "Prosecution, you can continue!"
Immediately, a graceful female police officer stood up and said in a cold voice, "The first defendant and the second defendant..."
The prosecutor wears a police uniform? Lu Minggang was startled, what kind of genius director is this?
But when he heard the female police officer's voice, he suddenly became excited and looked up suddenly.
But I saw that the female police officer had picturesque features and beautiful features. She looked even more heroic in her black police uniform and had a different kind of style.
Isn't it Han Anni?
At this moment, Han Anni's pretty face was full of indignation, and she was using extremely bad words such as "despicable" and "shameless" to describe the first and second defendants.
Suddenly, she turned around and pointed at herself and the beautiful young woman beside her, "It can be said that the first defendant and the second defendant are a pair of adulterers!"
"Objection! I object to the prosecution using abusive words to describe my client!" The "defender" beside Lu Ming stood up and habitually tapped the frame of his gold-rimmed glasses with his finger.
Lu Ming was already dumbfounded. Is he the "first defendant" whom she fiercely criticized? What about the "second defendant"?
Lu Ming looked at the extremely beautiful classical beauty sitting next to him on the left. Is this the "second defendant"?
She and I are adulterers**?
"The objection is valid..." the judge in the court responded lazily.
"I take back what I just said. The first defendant and the second defendant have delayed the case for a long time. If they don't have new witnesses, I request that closing arguments be made today!" Han Anni bowed slightly to several judges.
Lu Ming stood up suddenly: "Han Anni, what are you doing?! Where are you?"
This scene is really strange.
There was suddenly silence in the courtroom, and everyone looked at Lu Ming like a monster.
Han Anni stared at Lu Ming with disgust on her face.
"Silence, first defendant, sit down!" It took the judge in the court a while to come to his senses and immediately banged the gavel.
Several fierce-looking bailiffs in black had gathered around to arrest him. Lu Ming wanted to resist, but suddenly found that he was extremely weak. He was pressed on the seat like a chicken, handcuffed and leg-cuffed, and his mouth was even blocked with a cloth.
superior.
Han Anni had already walked back. She was the prosecutor's second-in-command, and in the controlling position sat an extremely handsome male police officer with a graceful demeanor and an air of elegance.
At this time, he stood up and said, "In court, I request that the first defendant be imprisoned immediately, while the prosecution and defense make closing arguments!"
The three judges on the high bench were discussing among themselves.
Lu Ming was filled with depression. Isn't this illegal confinement and personal injury?
I struggled hard, and suddenly I felt like a needle had been inserted into my head. The pain was extremely painful, and the slideshow of various images appeared again, flashing in front of my eyes.
"In court, the first defendant seems to be not feeling well. I request a temporary adjournment..."
"Your Honor, the other party is stalling for time again..."
Lu Ming felt like the world was spinning, and everything here was gradually moving away from him.
…
The lounge next to the courtroom,
Lu Ming sat silently.
Just now I saw Lu Ming foaming at the mouth and fainting. The judge finally decided to adjourn the court for an hour.
The doctor just left and said that Lu Ming was fine, but he had smoked too much and his bones were too weak, so he occasionally fainted.
There were several people sitting at the round table in the lounge. Lu Ming's defense lawyer, the one with gold-rimmed glasses, was named Xie Youquan, who came from the provincial capital.
No one spoke at the moment.
Finally, Lu Ming picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of tea.
The tea was cold, and there was a hint of coldness in his stomach. Lu Ming knew that he could only accept this reality.
Slides are fragments of "myself" memories in this world.
This is probably some kind of parallel world, a federal empire composed of many races and five major federations.
This is a small city on the northern border of the empire.
I am a second generation ancestor who can eat, drink, whore, gamble and smoke.
His name is also Lu Ming.
Now, he is accused of conspiring with the victim's concubine to kill the victim.
According to the laws of this world, once convicted, he must be hanged.
The victim was well-known and was the leader of the Shuanglong Association, the largest social organization in the city, Long Daxing, known as Dragon Lord.
Is he really an adulterer?
Lu Ming helplessly looked at the beautiful woman sitting timidly at the round table.
He is an adulterer, she is an adulterer...
Just now I was looking at Han Anni,
Looking at her carefully at this time, I have to say that she is really a peerless beauty. She is naturally charming. She wears an exquisite red silk jacket and a delicate green satin skirt. From the skirt, a pair of pointy and attractive small embroidered shoes are faintly revealed.
The snow-white jade hands with sleeves exposed, and the long nails on the ten fingers are actually painted in a rare bright rose black. She is indeed a charming woman who has seen the world. The rare black gem-like manicure in this era brings unspeakable stimulation to the man's vision.
, extremely charming and captivating.
She is also extremely beautiful, with an enchanting pink oval face, eyebrows and eyes, all showing off her charm.
At this time, her tenderness and timidity made the man feel protective and have the urge to bully her.
Beauty is a disaster, that's how you describe her, right?
And Han Anni's delicate beauty are two extremes.
Zhen's family, Zhen Hanzhu.
The cash cow of Wangshanlou, the largest brothel in the city, was cultivated by the owner who selected seedlings from thousands of miles away.
A pure butcher who does not sell his life, he plays the pipa to perfection, sings like the sounds of nature, and dances like a fairy from the Nine Heavens.
Li Mingxuan, the most famous young talent in the city and the prosecutor in this case, fell in love with her at first sight.
He vowed to redeem her life and marry her as his wife.
All the upper class in the city knew about this.
But how can the owner of Wangshanlou be willing to sell a swan that can lay golden eggs? The price quoted is an astronomical figure.
Li Mingxuan could only ask everywhere, and he seemed to have borrowed money from loan sharks, but he could not get the money to redeem himself.
Then, Long Daxing Long Ye cut the beard in the middle, intimidated the owner of Wangshan Tower, and brought the Zhen family home half by force and half by buying.
But I really did not conspire with her to murder Mr. Long.
Because Long Ye forced her to buy her as a gift to him.
Who knew that Li Mingxuan and he had been enemies since childhood? The two families also fought fiercely, and Mr. Long obviously deliberately humiliated the other party.
The Long Ye family is a family friend of my family. For several generations, the ancestors of the Long family were servants of my family before they became rich.
Because relatives around me have passed away one after another in the past few years, Master Long has become his elder and takes good care of himself.
Unexpectedly, something happened on the day Lord Long sent Mrs. Zhen to him.
I still remember that Mr. Long invited him to his manor and asked the maid to invite Ms. Zhen out. He said with a smile: "Master, you know that I have been practicing boy kung fu since I was a child. How could I have such thoughts? I think this Miss Zhen is pretty good."
, Master, you don’t have anyone around you to ask for help, so let her be your foot-washing maid!"
His voice and smile are still before my eyes, but he is dead.
His driver took him and Zhen home, but he collided with a police detective riding a bicycle on the road.
Long Ye's driver insulted the police detective, and the detective angrily searched the car. From the trunk, he found Long Ye's body and the murder weapon. It was later found out that the murder weapon had his own fingerprints on it.
In this way, he and Mrs. Zhen became the adulterers who murdered Lord Long and were taken to court.
The driver of Mr. Long became a tainted witness.
Lu Ming thought about the case, replaying everything that day in his mind like a picture.
This is his talent, innate.
…
There were many people in the lounge, but the atmosphere was depressing and no one spoke.
Lu Ming understood.
Xie Wenquan used the procrastination technique. He didn't say it clearly, but it was obvious that procrastinating for one day would allow him to live one more day.
But there will always be a time when a case can't be dragged on any longer. A few months have passed, and today is the day for closing arguments and jury deliberations.
I probably won't live for a few more days. Everyone in the room knows this, so no one says anything.
Xie Wenquan is obviously in a bad mood. This case is definitely lost, but the cruel reality is that so far, he has not been able to find any reasonable grounds for appeal. Even if he appeals, it will probably be dismissed quickly.
After the provincial high court confirms it, he should be hanged soon. According to normal procedures, he will not survive more than a month.
Not to mention, if he was imprisoned, it was said in the prison that the Shuangyong Society had already sent many thugs in. They couldn't wait for the day when they were hanged. As long as they were imprisoned today, their lives would be over.
Everyone in the room knew this.
The two loyal servants Lu Zhong and Jin Baoer standing nearby were wiping away tears.
Lu Zhong is the housekeeper and general manager of the Lu family's industry, helping him take care of his business, but his ability is limited, and he can't go against the idea of patting himself on the head as a playboy. Therefore, he can only delay, but cannot prevent, the rapid decline of the Lu family's wealth.
Jin Baoer, with thick black hair and many scars on her chest exposed in her sweatshirt, was given to her as a playmate and bodyguard by Lord Long since childhood.
As a close disciple of Master Long, he is the only one who still believes that he is definitely not the murderer, but he is also regarded as a traitor by the Double Dragon Society.
Looking at Xie Wenquan, Lu Ming suddenly asked: "What is the name of the female police officer sitting in the second seat of the prosecution? Where is she from?"
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Master Lu's focus is always so strange.
A person who is about to die, but still only has eyes for beautiful women.
Xie Wenquan looked helpless, "Didn't you call out her name? Han Anni, I heard that she came from the provincial department to train. She is very powerful at a young age. Therefore, the prosecution often let her take the lead and quickly overthrew Chief Li Mingxuan.
The limelight."
Lu Ming nodded. In this world, prosecutors and police have not officially separated. The police station has a special prosecution department to prosecute criminal cases.
Han Anni...
All the names are the same?
But she is obviously not like herself, possessed by a soul, but why did she meet her? Is it a coincidence?
Or, just like some parallel world theories, everyone exists in countless different worlds?
"Master Lu, don't think about anything else. I'll think of a way to delay this one more time. You can eat something delicious tonight..." Xie Wenquan's voice was a little bitter. He couldn't save his master from this mess, so he could only tell this tactfully.
Not a bad young man, enjoy your last moments.
Originally, Lu Zhong, the steward of the Lu family, paid a large sum of money to hire his master, Donald, the Western Grand Master, who was also the first in the provincial capital.
But half a month ago, seeing that the lawsuit was destined to be lost, Donald suddenly complained of illness and sent himself, his proud disciple, to take over, so as not to affect his super high winning rate.
Xie Wenquan also understands this in his heart.
After listening to Xie Wenquan's words, Lu Ming nodded and looked at his pocket watch, "There is still some time, come on, show me the trial files of this case, including the testimony of the prosecution's main witness, and I will take a look...
"
In the memory fragments, there are some memories of what I learned in this world. The laws here are similar to the ocean laws of my own world. They pay attention to precedents, but many legal concepts should be in their infancy and are not as complete as their own world.
Take a look for yourself and see if you can help yourself?
Xie Wenquan was stunned and asked, "Can you understand?"
But at this time, he can do whatever he wants.
Xie Wenquan nodded to the clerk next to him, and the clerk hurriedly searched for the court records and the testimony that Lu Ming wanted to see.
On the table, there were several legal magazines published by the Imperial City. Lu Ming saw a title on the cover of the latest issue, his eyes lit up, and he picked it up and read it carefully.