Sun... Sun Quan Case!?

Liu Xun’s face suddenly froze, he shook his head, hoping that this was just a duplicate name, and not really last year’s case.

But unfortunately...

He saw for certain that the case was indeed the one he was responsible for!

Even more so...

The names of both parties were kindly posted above.

[Defense Lawyer: Xu Liang]

In an instant.

Liu Xun’s expression stiffened, he stared blankly at the line, mumbling to himself.

"Guidance case..."

To be honest, no one would want not to appear in this publication!

But...

No one wants to appear in this publication in this manner either.

No choice.

He lost!

He was the loser of this case, and a complete loser at that!

The entire case, Zheng Mei directly gave him two blows at the start, he hadn’t even reacted to what happened, and the case ended muddleheadedly.

As a lawyer for the victim’s family, facing Sun Quan who killed three people...

He actually let the other party get a sentence of three years with a three-year suspension!

Is this glory?

This is utter disgrace!

He was already very upset, licking his wounds every day with Zhang Cheng on the balcony, but...

"No, who exactly selected this!?"

Liu Xun suddenly got a bit anxious, he looked around anxiously asking.

"Guidance case?"

"Who exactly chose this, is there any justice, is there any law!?"

No one around spoke.

Seeing this, Liu Xun thought of being forever nailed to this, his expression turned even worse.

Zhang Cheng looked closely, finally laughing on the side.

"Lawyer Liu, you’re quite promising."

"In your thirties and already have your own guidance case!"

"This is the first in the entire Hanhai City as well!"

"Truly young and promising, Manager Sun, you have to keep an eye on Lawyer Liu, lest he gets poached by another firm."

Zhang Cheng chuckled, mocking the other openly.

He and the other never got along, after giving up they became frenemies.

Now the other seemed to have been pantsed and nailed to the pillar of shame... Could Zhang Cheng pass up this chance!?

"This is the only lawyer in our firm who made it into the Supreme Court’s case library!" Zhang Cheng laughed.

Except...

Several people around looked at each other in disbelief.

Finally, Manager Sun said:

"Hmm.... actually, not just one."

Not just one?

In an instant, Liu Xun and Zhang Cheng were dumbfounded.

Meaning, there were others too?

Just as the two were pondering... Qian Li, who had been reading the newspaper, suddenly exclaimed in surprise:

"Old Zhang, Old Zhang!"

"Look, your name’s here too!"

There was... there was his name too?

Zhang Cheng’s smile stiffened.

He hurriedly got up and went to take a look.

And what he saw shouldn’t be underestimated, on the newly published newspaper, among the ’reference cases’ announced by the Supreme Court, there was one....

Zhang Cheng felt the world collapse on him!

Among those dozens of reference cases, impressively was the ’Snail Case’ from back in the day!

[Defense Lawyer: Xu Liang]

[Prosecution Lawyer: Zhang Cheng]

[The case ended with no criminal liability, can be referred to if there are similar cases...]

Looking at these words one by one.

In that instant.

A memory he was unwilling to recall flooded his mind, Zhang Cheng felt anxious.

"No, why on earth was this case selected!?"

This case, Chen Dong murdered one person, sentenced to death in the first trial, and the second trial changed to no criminal liability...

Strictly speaking.

He was more disgraced than Liu Xun!

"And why was I made public?"

Zhang Cheng looked at the strange crowd around Yang Sen, his face flushed.

"Did anyone ask my opinion before putting my name on!"

"I want to appeal, I want to send a lawyer’s letter!!!"

Appeal?

Appeal against whom?

Appeal against the Supreme Court? Send a lawyer’s letter to the Supreme Court? Then have it tried in the Supreme Court?

No one said anything.

Zhang Cheng and Liu Xun could only feel a mix of anger, cold, and bitterness.

But thinking carefully...

"At least, you two have also been included in the case library, haven’t you?"

Qian Li suddenly comforted from the side.

"So many people want in but can’t get in, you two got in, which in a way, shows your outstanding ability!"

Though that’s indeed how the words go, but....

Why does it feel sad?

Zhang Cheng and Liu Xun’s eyes were full of ruefulness, in the end, they could only grit their teeth and ask:

"Who the hell selected these cases!?"

...

"Who the hell selected these cases!?"

At the same time.

Hanhai City Intermediate Court, in the conference room.

Zhao Yi looked at the person in front of him, a shocked expression on his face.

The person in front of him, however, paid no mind, merely smiling, speaking warmly:

"Congratulations, congratulations, Chief Judge Zhao, in the fifth batch of cases released this year, out of four cases, you were the presiding judge for two of them!"

"There’s even one that’s a reference case!"

"I believe in no time, Chief Judge Zhao will be promoted!"

Yet Zhao Yi didn’t listen to a word in his heart.

He merely had an odd expression, his eyes seemed to gather a big ’?’.

Guidance case?

Reference case?

They were really selected!

Even more so, the case handled in Sunzhou was also directly selected!

While it indeed could be selected according to common sense.

But the issue is...

"Guidance cases, aside from judges, all lawyers would watch."

"So the question arises, in such a case, would the lawyer learn from the judge? Or the lawyers in the case?"

The more Zhao Yi thought about it, the more bizarre and awkward it seemed.

Naturally, to learn from the lawyers.

But the issue is, the lawyers in these cases...

"That guy really had no normal tactics, it was all borderline stuff!"

"How Zheng Mei’s letter of understanding was signed with Sun Quan, anyone with a clear mind sees it clearly."

"Jinjiang Hotel’s fallen body case... this one is even heavier."

"Illegal investigation of personal identity information, if someone files a complaint, they can be temporarily detained for violating personal privacy..."

"The lightest violation is evidence ambush..."

While Zhao Yi was speaking, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, as he glanced at the third guiding case.

"Even..."

"In Sunzhou, it’s practically lawless!"

He knows about the situation in Sunzhou.

Let’s not talk about anything else.

Just the corpses.

During the investigation, Xu Liang suddenly used the corpse of Zhao Shui’s son as evidence to file a case.

At that time, the police hadn’t lost Sun Jin’s corpse, nor did they provide Xu Liang with an autopsy report.

So here’s the problem.

The question is...

How did he determine that Zhao Shui’s son and Sun Jin died in the same manner without any basis!?

No one knows.

But based on Zhao Yi’s understanding of Xu Liang, this guy...

"He must have secretly gone to the funeral home and looked at the corpse, that’s why he dared to use other corpses to make a conclusion!"

Zhao Yi stared at the third guiding case, his mouth twitching continuously.

The police corpses are dared to be sneaked a look at...

Even the so-called eager residents from outside are utter nonsense!

"Old Li, I bet you he must have anticipated someone stealing the corpse!"

"Yet he didn’t report anything, instead thinking of snatching back the stolen corpse!"

Zhao Yi said so.

Even though no one knows the truth, he dares to swear by his professional ethics that Xu Liang most certainly did just that!

What could the lawyers studying this case learn?

Learn how to become a law-abiding madman!?

Upon hearing this.

Judge Li was embarrassed.

But he still opened his mouth: "At least, Old Zhao, you have quite a lot of credit."

"Two guiding cases, one reference case..."

"Your achievements added up are more than the entire Criminal Division One... no, even more than the entire court!"

Zhao Yi’s eye jumped.

It’s all because everything was blamed on him...

He cursed in his heart.

Then he said nothing more.

But suddenly, he spoke up:

"What’s up with the legal aid?"

Upon hearing this, Judge Li was slightly unresponsive.

Then, he remembered that the topic was no longer about the guiding case.

"There’s still no takers."

Judge Li shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi furrowed his brow.

Just recently.

Hanhai City received a legal aid case from outside.

The case involved a death!

Yet it wasn’t a criminal case...

And the state of the corpse is very peculiar, according to information from the foreign court...

This is a suicide case!

But the problem is, there’s also a suspected murderer...

"The case has been delayed for at least a month now." Zhao Yi hesitated.

Judge Li nodded.

The family of the case is poor, the case not well-known, and the defendant extremely special, so special that even the authorities are afraid to touch him...

So after a month, no lawyer has taken the case at all.

Desperately, they could only apply for legal aid from the judiciary.

But unfortunately... still no takers, if this continues, they might have to force a lawyer to take the case.

"What about Xu Liang?"

"Try communicating with someone from the Lawyer’s Association?"

Zhao Yi suddenly asked.

He didn’t just want to force someone, because if they force him and he expresses dissatisfaction, what if he causes trouble in Hanhai City?

"Would he take it? There’s no money involved." Judge Li paused, hesitating.

"Hehe, others might not, but he might."

"Legal aid usually offers several hundred or a few thousand bucks, and before..."

Zhao Yi thought of the corpse case, and smiled.

"He took the case pro bono!"

Though he was quite furious with Xu Liang’s methods.

But... he must admit, he trusts Xu Liang’s abilities and the case outcomes!

Besides.

"Let’s give it a try."

Judge Li nodded.

The case won’t work without a lawyer, otherwise, it won’t even make it to court!

"I’ll contact the Lawyer’s Association."

"Old Zhao, go to the meeting, the higher-ups want the lower courts to study the cases."

Zhao Yi’s mouth twitched, but he nodded.

Study.

Just study!

Learning is endless!!!

...

...

Afternoon at 1:30.

Hongfu District, Hanhai City.

Inside Conscience Law Firm.

Xu Liang was originally handling the practice certificates for juniors in the firm.

He just wanted to go see if they met practice standards at the Lawyer’s Association, but...

"Squeak~!"

When he opened the door.

A familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of Xu Liang, making him pause.

The person was...

A staff member from the Lawyer’s Association!?

"Hey, speak of the devil, I was just thinking of heading to the Association."

Xu Liang smiled.

The man in front also chuckled and then started talking business.

"Lawyer Xu, there’s a very tricky legal aid case here at the association, someone designated you, what do you think..."

Legal aid?

Xu Liang paused, furrowing his brow, and asked:

"Very tricky?"

"How tricky!?"

The man thought for a moment, then spoke: "The victim was bizarre both before and after death, the defendant can’t be handled, others have taken the case before but soon after ceased representation...."

Judging from this...

It really is quite tricky!

Xu Liang furrowed his brow, he didn’t ask why legal aid found him.

According to regulations, he has the obligation to take on legal aid.

But this case, just from the description...

What situation would warrant such an evaluation!?

Xu Liang thought for a moment then finally raised his head, looked at the other person, and said:

"Tell me about it."