The court, some people may never come to this kind of place in their life, while some people will come here once or several times, and some people come here often. For those who have never been to the court, that is A good thing, at least, means that you are not in trouble, but for those who have been here occasionally, whether they are the defendant or the plaintiff, it is not a very happy thing, and the last few people come Here, it's not because they got into trouble, but because that's what their job is, and the only people who often interact with the court, apart from those who work in this department, are lawyers.
I don’t know when the rain stopped. Shen Kaiwen stood at the door of the court, looking at the square building, which was like a neat piece of bread, and the two exaggerated and slightly ferocious unicorns at the door of the building. , and the national emblem in the middle of the building. Shen Kaiwen’s eyes were dark and his expression was complicated.
Shen Kaiwen's dream since he was a child was to become a judge and uphold justice for the victims. Therefore, when he was in college, he chose the judiciary major. However, when he was admitted to the civil service examination, he regretted that he did not pass the exam and had to Turned into a lawyer.
Looking at the national emblem that had become extremely clean and spotless after being washed away by the rain, a wry smile appeared on Shen Kaiwen's lips.
Shen Kaiwen is thirty-three this year, and he has been a lawyer for almost ten years. In these ten years, he himself cannot remember how many times he has entered this place and how many victims he has sought justice for. Whenever he stood in court to defend the victims, and looked at the livid faces of the plaintiffs, Shen Kevin always felt an inexplicable joy for no reason. When he helped the victims seek justice, He is always extremely happy, comfortable and relaxed.
He felt happy, comfortable, and relaxed, not because he won the case and added another achievement to his resume, but because he felt that he had served justice, and this was one of the real reasons why he became a lawyer. one.
Having been a lawyer for ten years, having fought nearly a hundred lawsuits, and seen too many tragedies, as well as the ugliness of human nature, Shen Kaiwen asked himself more than once, why do people sometimes become so ugly? Crazy, more like a beast than a beast? When they hurt others, they are so crazy, so cruel, so hysterical. Why do those who do evil still look for various excuses when facing legal trials? And excuse yourself? Why does the law still protect these beasts that should be cut to pieces? Why can't I punish those criminals when I am just a lawyer?
Ten years ago, Shen Kaiwen fought a lawsuit for the first time. Of course, when he was just an assistant, he was defending a wealthy second-generation man. When he was sitting in the position of a paralegal, he watched his senior Zhang Jinzhong In the court, when he defended Sun Qihang by citing various legal clauses impassionedly, Shen Kaiwen asked himself in his heart, is it possible that he lit up the lights and stayed up all night studying justice to help?
After that defense, Shen Kaiwen began to doubt whether it was the right choice for him to give up taking the civil service examination and choose a lawyer.
Shen Kaiwen still remembered how complicated his expression was and how disappointed his eyes were when his good friend and buddy Lu Jianwei saw him after that defense. At that time, he did not dare to look at his eyes. , because he felt deep guilt and shame, yes, it was shame, deep shame. Shen Kaiwen felt that he could not hold his head up in front of Lu Jianwei for the rest of his life.
After graduating from college, he became a lawyer, and Lu Jianwei became a soldier and a policeman. Logically speaking, they should be best friends and best partners. However, when he took over the first He was so disappointed during the case.
Shen Kaiwen remembered that that night, they drank a lot of wine and talked a lot of drunken words. Most of the drunken words, Shen Kaiwen could no longer remember clearly, but there was one sentence Lu Jianwei said that Shen Kaiwen still remembers to this day.
"Kevin, we are born as human beings and we must live up to our own conscience. Do you think you have done this?"
Facing Lu Jianwei's question, Shen Kaiwen was speechless at the time. Yes, could he live up to his own conscience? He didn't know.
In the past few years, he has been asking himself, don’t lawyers speak for their clients? Don’t lawyers only consider the interests of their clients? Isn’t this what lawyers do for a living? What’s the use of doing this by yourself? Isn’t that right? However, there are no answers to these questions.
After the Lu Jianwei case happened, when Lu Jianwei made his last phone call to him before committing suicide and talked to him about some unimportant things about hacking to death, Shen Kaiwen thought that Lu Jianwei was just in a bad mood and was just complaining to him. Who would have thought, that would be their last phone call.
Lu Jianwei died, and he died as a criminal. Before the law could judge him, he had already judged himself. Was Lu Jianwei a good person? Under the influence of Shen Kaiwen, Lu Jianwei was a good student when he was in school. , when he was a soldier in the army, he was a good soldier, and when he was a policeman, he was also a good policeman dedicated to public service. However, in the end, he chose to embark on the path of crime.
Do those people Lu Jianwei killed deserve to die? From a moral point of view, their crimes are unpardonable, but from a legal point of view, their crimes are not worthy of death. However, Lu Jianwei chose to punish them in his own way.
At that time, after Shen Kaiwen learned the truth, in addition to feeling incredible and unbelievable, he felt that Lu Jianwei must be crazy and unreasonable. Then
However, in the years after Lu Jianwei's death, when he began to defend those who could not afford lawyers, after seeing too many tragedies, he gradually understood why Lu Jianwei did what he did. He also understood Lu Jianwei's thoughts, and at the same time, he himself slowly embarked on the same path.
Xu Lang and the others are speculating on why Shen Kaiwen helped Wang Wenruo to seek revenge. They have many speculations. Some people think that Shen Kaiwen helped Wang Wenruo because he was actually using Wang Wenruo to seek revenge. Some people think that the reason why Shen Kaiwen did this is , must have received some benefits from Wang Wenruo. Some people think that Shen Kaiwen is a murderer who is familiar with the law. In fact, the truth is not that complicated. Shen Kaiwen helped Wang Wenruo mainly for the sake of Wang Wenruo's fiancée ten years ago. He was hit and killed by Sun Qihang's car, and he helped Sun Qihang defend himself. He felt that he owed the young woman and the man justice.
When he chose to follow the old path of his former friend Lu Jianwei, the first thing he thought of was Sun Qihang. Do you think your family is rich, you hire a good lawyer, and you only serve a few years in prison? No, this is completely It's not enough, it's far from enough. Why can you still live after you hit someone to death, while that girl lies forever in that small and cramped urn?
When Shen Kaiwen started planning and preparing, when he found Wang Wenruo, and when he saw Sun Qihang and others dying with his own eyes, Shen Kaiwen would silently tell himself and tell Lu Jianwei that the punisher was still there, and since the law could not completely punish them, then I will come, I will be the punisher, the sharp knife on the heads of those who do evil, no matter what price I pay, Lu Jianwei, you are the first punisher, you did it, and I am I also did the second one. After me, there will be a third and fourth punisher. I believe that with our lessons learned, more punishers will appear. I firmly believe in this. .
Shen Kevin stood quietly at the door of the court. After thinking about this, a smile gradually appeared on his face. It was a fanatical smile. He wanted to laugh loudly at this time and tell everyone about his dream. What is.
However, the surrounding pedestrians were walking by in a hurry. When they saw Shen Kaiwen, they would look at him curiously, wondering to themselves whether this guy was mentally ill for running to the court door at night to watch the national emblem. Well? However, although I feel confused in my heart, the movement of my feet stops every day. Rather than figuring out what Shen Kevin is doing here, the key is to seize the time to go home when the rain stops temporarily. As for the rest, Anyway, it has nothing to do with you and is no longer important.
Shen Kaiwen slowly lowered his head, raised his wrist, and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was now around nine o'clock in the evening. About twenty minutes had passed since the person who saw him and called. The police should It's almost here, and that man is almost here too.
In order not to let you forget the existence of the Punisher, I will do something to make everyone remember this name, even if it costs my life.
Shen Kaiwen stopped paying attention to the situation in the court. Instead, he turned around and walked to the car, opened the trunk, and took out a plastic jug. The jug was filled with liquid. As Shen Kaiwen moved, the liquid began to flow slightly. swaying.
After taking out the plastic jug containing the unknown liquid, he closed the trunk. Under the surprised gazes of passers-by, he carried the plastic jug to the gate of the court and stopped between the two unicorns. Unscrew the lid and lift up the plastic jug. The liquid in the plastic jug is like a waterfall in an instant, pouring from head to toe. Then he throws the empty plastic jug aside, puts his hands into his pockets, and looks at the eyes of those around him. , turning a blind eye, just staring blankly at the street in front, as if waiting for something.
"Ula Ula..."
About three minutes later, a piercing siren sounded in the distance. Shen Kaiwen looked in the direction from which the siren came, and he saw a police car with its lights flashing.
The police are here.
Shen Kaiwen smiled and murmured to himself: "You are finally here."
The police car was getting closer and closer to the court, and the siren became more and more piercing. Shen Kevin finally took out the hand in his pocket and held a windproof lighter in his hand.
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Xu Lang drove the police car at the front. They were not far from the court. Looking over from the car, Xu Lang could vaguely see a person standing at the door of the court. The other person seemed to be looking at him.
Although the distance was a bit far and he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, Xu Lang was already sure that the person was Shen Kaiwen.
Thinking of this, Xu Lang couldn't help but step on the accelerator a little harder.
Under the surprised gazes of the surrounding pedestrians, Xu Lang drove the police car and stopped at the entrance of the court. Before the car could stop, Xu Lang opened the driver's door, jumped out of the car, and stood towards the man. ran over to the location.
When Xu Lang was about a hundred meters away from Shen Kevin, he finally saw the man's face clearly. Yes, this man was Shen Kevin.
Just as Xu Lang continued to run forward, Shen Kaiwen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted loudly: "Xu Lang."
Hearing Shen Kaiwen call his name, Xu Lang subconsciously slowed down.
"Don't come over." Shen Kevin continued to shout loudly.
Xu Lang stopped and stood about eighty meters away from Shen Kaiwen. He raised his head and looked at Shen Kaiwen, and Shen Kaiwen also looked at him.
"Kevin Shen?"
Although Xu Lang had confirmed the man's identity, he still asked in a slightly unnecessary manner.
Shen Kaiwen nodded and said, "Xu Lang, we finally meet."
Xu Lang looked at Shen Kaiwen and found that he had a calm face, and even a smile on his face. There was no tense situation as Xu Lang expected, nor did the worst outcome that Xu Lang feared occur. When Shen Kaiwen saw Xu Lang After that, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, except for the lighter in his hand.
The moment Xu Lang called out his name from Shen Kaiwen, he knew that Shen Kaiwen was indeed waiting for him.
"Are you waiting for me?" Xu Lang asked.
Shen Kaiwen looked at Xu Lang, nodded with a smile, and said, "You came faster than I expected."
"You showed up on your own initiative. If I didn't come over quickly, it wouldn't be right."
Shen Kaiwen smiled and was noncommittal.
Xu Lang put his hands on his waist, took out a pair of handcuffs, shook them at Shen Kaiwen, and said in a relaxed tone: "Since you are waiting for me, you are ready to surrender. Come here."
Although Xu Lang acted very relaxed, his heart was not relaxed at all. On the contrary, he was extremely nervous at the moment because he didn't know why Shen Kaiwen was here. What did he want to do and what was he doing? The key is to appease the other party before clarifying these issues.
However, facing Xu Lang who took out the handcuffs, Shen Kaiwen shook his head and said, "I am not surrendering myself."
"Then what are you going to do?" Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and asked.
Shen Kaiwen smiled and did not answer Xu Lang's question. Instead, he turned his head and looked around at the people standing not far away curiously after seeing the police coming, looking at the unknown people here. As a person, Shen Kaiwen smiled even more happily.
After looking around for a week, Shen Kaiwen looked at Xu Lang and asked, "Do you think a person should be punished for doing something wrong?"
At this time, Shen Kevin suddenly asked this question. Xu Lang frowned subconsciously. He looked at Shen Kevin for a long time, nodded slightly, and said, "If you do something wrong, you will naturally be punished. .”
"Then why do so many people do wrong things and commit crimes, but do not get the punishment they deserve?"
"The law has legal provisions, we..."
However, before Xu Lang finished speaking, Shen Kaiwen interrupted Xu Lang and said: "National affairs are only about rewards and punishments. Rewards should be regarded as their hard work, and those who have done nothing will be dismissed. Punishments should be regarded as their crimes, and those who do evil will be punished. Afraid."
"Why don't you add that last sentence?" Xu Lang looked at Shen Kevin and asked.
"The last sentence?" Shen Kaiwen was stunned.
"National affairs are only about rewards and punishments. Rewards should be regarded as hard work, and those who have no merit will be dismissed. Punishments should be regarded as crimes, and those who do evil will be afraid. Then you know that rewards and punishments should not be taken lightly."
"Those who use rewards will value their sincerity, and those who use punishment will value their loyalty." Shen Kaiwen added.
"You mean you helped Wang Wenruo kill so many people just to punish them?" Xu Lang asked.
Shen Kaiwen nodded and said, "Yes."
"Are you the Punisher?"
"That's right."
Hearing this, Xu Lang frowned, "Yes, it means, if it doesn't, it doesn't," so what does it mean?
Shen Kaiwen seemed to see what Xu Lang was thinking, and said: "People will always remember the first person to eat crabs, and as for who is the second person to eat crabs, no one cares, Lu Jianwei is The first Punisher, and I just followed his pace, and I didn’t do well, so I can only count half of it.”
"It's just to punish them. It has nothing to do with Sun Qihang asking Sun Jianying to kill your father-in-law?" Xu Lang narrowed his eyes and asked.
"No."
Kevin Shen answered with an unusually positive response.
"Not at all?"
"No."
Still an extremely positive answer.
"Where is Ji Xueling?" Xu Lang suddenly asked.
Xu Lang wanted to catch him off guard, hoping to take this opportunity to get more information and see if he could get Ji Xueling's whereabouts from Shen Kaiwen. However, Shen Kaiwen seemed to know that Xu Lang would ask this question, so he just smiled. He smiled, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."
Hearing what Shen Kaiwen said, Xu Lang suddenly became angry. He shouted at Shen Kaiwen: "Shen Kaiwen, do you know what you will do next?"
Shen Kaiwen looked at Xu Lang, nodded with a smile, and said, "Of course I know."
"Now that you know it, why don't you surrender quickly?"
Shen Kaiwen looked into Xu Lang's eyes. After looking at them for a few seconds, he slowly shook his head and said, "As I said just now, I am not surrendering myself."
"Then you are..."
"Magnetic."
Just when Xu Lang was about to ask Shen Kaiwen why he did this, Xu Lang suddenly discovered that Shen Kaiwen lit the lighter in his hand, and the blue flames swayed gently in the breeze, burning Shen Kaiwen's The area reflected by the face is sometimes bright and sometimes dark.
"Xu Lang, you are a good policeman. At least, in my opinion, you are a good policeman. Be a good policeman. This society needs people like you."
After saying this, Shen Kaiwen brought the burning lighter closer to him.