The Sheriff of Little Rock Canyon didn't know about He Zhichu's fame and only knew that he had a powerful background.
However, the judge of the Utah Supreme Court knew that He Zhichu's background wasn't just "famous."
Over the last year, He Zhichu had provided an astonishing number of political donations to various senators and public officials.
Coupled with his high status in both the political and military circles, he had attracted the attention of the legal profession.
Upon receiving He Zhichu's call, the judge of the Utah Supreme Court immediately said that he would schedule Ye Xuan's case earlier. At the same time, he agreed to He Zhichu's bail without another word.
Half an hour later, the order personally signed by the judge of the Utah Supreme Court was sent to the Little Rock Canyon Sheriff's office.
"… What?! Agreed to bail?! "The sheriff was furious." I haven't even agreed yet! How dare he … "
"Mr. Sheriff, I advise you to stop talking. If you continue talking, your public pension will be gone. "He Zhichu coldly interrupted the sheriff's complaints.
What kind of public official didn't have a pension after retirement?
A convicted public official.
"Are you threatening me? I didn't break the law! "The sheriff of Little Rock Canyon began to get nervous. His red, round nose beaded with sweat.
"Using illegal means to obstruct my client's access to justice, the court will give a fair judgment." He Zhichu didn't want to waste time with him anymore. He motioned for Smith to show the sheriff the High Court's order approving bail. "Okay, I want to take my client away."
The sheriff stared at the piece of paper and suddenly said, "This requires a bail of one million US dollars! Where's your money? "
"… I've already handed it over to the court." He Zhichu's lips twitched. "Otherwise, do you think the court would sign a bail order for free?"
He Zhichu's forcefulness made the sheriff of Little Rock Canyon feel like his seniority wasn't enough for the first time …
He began to miss Ye Xuan's previous lawyer. He was really easy to talk to and listened to whatever he said. He never spoke from the suspect's standpoint.
The sheriff of Little Rock Canyon had a very bad impression of He Zhichu. He felt that He Zhichu was the kind of greedy, bloodsucking lawyer who would defend anyone as long as he was paid.
…
The iron door of the detention center opened. Ye Xuan sat up from the single bed and instinctively used his arm to block his view.
The light coming from the door was too dazzling. Ye Xuan, who had been in the little dark room for several days, was not used to it.
He Zhichu stood at the door with one hand in his pocket and did not enter. He said coldly, "Let's go. You're bailed out."
Ye Xuan abruptly lowered his arm. "Really?!"
He Zhichu turned around and left without another word.
Ye Xuan saw that the detention center's metal door wasn't closed again, so he hurriedly rushed out.
The policeman at the door nodded to him and did not stop him.
Ye Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed like he had really been bailed out.
He followed He Zhichu out of the police station and back to the hotel. Ye Xuan didn't speak the entire time.
It wasn't until they entered the room that Ye Xuan said, "Thank you, Mr. He. How much is the bail? I can give it back to you. "
He Zhichu looked at his watch nonchalantly. "Your case is already scheduled. If there are no accidents, it will be in court tomorrow. Get ready. Go eat and shower first, then tell me everything."
Ye Xuan quickly agreed.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Xuan arrived at He Zhichu's room and knocked on the door.
The door opened and Smith poked his head out. "Come in."
Ye Xuan nodded to Smith.
"I'm Lawyer He's assistant. You can call me Smith." Smith extended his hand to him with a friendly smile.
Ye Xuan shook hands with him before sitting down in front of He Zhichu.
He Zhichu asked Smith to sit down as well and turned on the recording button on his phone. He raised his chin at Ye Xuan and said one simple word, "Speak."
Ye Xuan recalled what had happened over the past few days and felt his mouth go dry.
He licked his lips and carefully thought about what had happened before and after. He told He Zhichu and Smith in chronological order.
"… I learned Mr. Vanderbilt's address from Gu Yanran, so I wanted to find him and ask if Uncle Gu had left a will with him. I observed him for a few days and felt that it was about time before I went to test him. I didn't expect him to be so vigilant and not reveal anything.
"I tried for two or three days, and he was finally about to give in. Then something happened."
Ye Xuan's fingers felt a bit itchy as he looked up at He Zhichu. "Do you have a cigarette?"
He Zhichu didn't smoke in the past, but he gradually started to smoke in order to find Gu Nianzhi.
He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and tossed it to Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan took it and looked at it. His heart skipped a beat.
This cigarette was a bit longer than normal cigarettes. It was completely white, and the tobacco had a faint fragrance. After smoking, it tasted very refreshing, unlike other cigarettes that smelled bad after smoking. This kind of cigarette had another name. He only learned it after coming to the Hua Xia Empire. It was called special supply cigarettes …
After Gu Yanran had gotten close to Prime Minister Tan, she had once gotten him a pack of special supply cigarettes. She had even proudly told him that this kind of cigarette couldn't be bought with money and that he had smoked it once.
Ye Xuan calmly took out a cigarette from the pack and tossed the rest back to He Zhichu.
He lit it and took a deep puff. The smell was indescribably strong and even better than the special supply cigarettes Gu Yanran had given him.
He Zhichu also took out a cigarette from the pack and looked down to light it. He took a deep puff and indicated for Ye Xuan to continue.
Smith didn't smoke, but he couldn't stand the two of them. He pointed at the smoke alarm on the ceiling. "Gentlemen, be careful …"
As soon as he finished speaking, the smoke alarm started ringing like crazy.
He Zhichu stood up and said to Ye Xuan, "Let's talk outside."
Ye Xuan quickly followed him to the balcony.
The two of them stood under the November sun in Utah in the United States and began talking about the Vanderbilt case.
"You're saying that when you left the street where the Vanderbilt lived that day, your car had a problem on the way. You fixed it for a few hours and only returned to the hotel in the middle of the night?" He Zhichu looked thoughtful. "Then you mean that you didn't have any witnesses to prove that you were fixing your car on the road during that time?"
Ye Xuan shook his head with a wry smile. "They schemed to frame me, so of course they considered all of this."
"Yeah, and then? You only returned to the hotel in the middle of the night to sleep, and then something happened to the Vanderbilt family during that time? "
"I should say that something had already happened to his family before I returned to the hotel, but no one knew about it at first. Later, after the other party set the fire, the fire got bigger and was discovered." Ye Xuan had investigated the street where the Vanderbilts lived for a few days, so he was very familiar with the area.
"The Vanderbilt house is very remote?" He Zhichu turned on the tablet in his hand to check the location.
"Yes, their mansion is by the lake, so it's quite a distance from the other houses on that street." Ye Xuan gestured to He Zhichu. "If the fire started in the early morning, most people would be sleeping, so not many people would have discovered it."
He Zhichu nodded.
The timeline all matched up, but the only troublesome thing was that Ye Xuan didn't have any witnesses for a few hours that day.
But this wasn't a particularly suspicious point.
As long as he really didn't do it, the other party wouldn't have direct evidence that Ye Xuan appeared at the scene of the fire.
It was very difficult to convict someone without direct evidence in the American judicial system, which emphasized juries.
The function of reasoning in court was not to be used as a direct basis to convict someone, but to provide logical clues to the chain of evidence.
In Ye Xuan's case, the chain of evidence was seriously lacking, so it was completely insufficient for the Sheriff of Little Rock Canyon to use this to convict Ye Xuan.
Gu Nianzhi had probably thought of this as well, but in order for Ye Xuan to return safely, she would rather use extradition than acquittal. Although the latter was easier, the latter was also more dangerous.
He Zhichu knew that if the people behind this were the ones he suspected, then their methods weren't something the Hua Xia Imperial Special Police could handle.
They would probably have to mobilize the regular army to be a match for those people.
He Zhichu held a cigarette in his mouth as he stared blankly at the red rocky mountains in front of the hotel. His expression was like an ice sculpture.
At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He Zhichu saw that it was Gu Nianzhi's number, so he answered it with his Bluetooth headset.
As soon as the call connected, she quickly greeted him and asked about his progress.
After He Zhichu answered them one by one, Gu Nianzhi stammered for a long time before finally getting to the point. "… Professor He, Ye Xuan's case is currently being hyped up on social media. They even said that our country wants to extradite Ye Xuan back to the Hua Xia Empire."
Gu Nianzhi paused before saying, "I was curious, so I went to investigate who started this topic. After … following a few marketing accounts, I found out that Gu Yanran was the one paying the behind-the-scenes money."
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