The trial in the Second Court of Justice was not as intense and tense as it was often described in literary works. Countless words full of traps and ambushes were floating in the courtroom, and the parties involved were blaming each other with bulging veins or crying tears and snot. On the contrary, the trial process was very dry and even boring.
During the dull process of proof and defense, both lawyers' tones were strictly controlled within a certain range. Xiao Wenjing, who was under great pressure, looked gloomy and spoke slowly. She gave a very detailed description of the trial procedures, the scope of proof, and other technical aspects. In the quiet courtroom, other than the monotonous voices of the lawyers, there was only the rustling of the pages of the thick legal documents. Occasionally, there would be a few coughs and the sound of crutches moving on the wooden floor.
There were more than a dozen old men from the Zhong family who came from the West Woods sitting in the gallery. These old men were probably more than 80 years old. Almost every one of them had a crutch. Their chests had been hollowed out by the passage of time, and there was nothing but thick sputum and bellows-like emptiness in their chests and abdomens.
The old men of the Zhong family watched everything in the court with indifferent expressions. They seemed to be perfectly playing the role of elders or wise men in the family. However, the tiredness and faint annoyance in the corners of their old eyes had already exposed their true feelings.
The internal strife in the West Woods, the Federation government and the other six ruthless families took advantage of the situation to infiltrate the Zhong family. The Zhong family was forced to retreat and was in a mess. These old men were all smart people. How could they not know that there was a hidden danger? It was a pity that everyone had greed. The closer they were to death, the stronger this kind of greed was …
If Mrs. Zhong was still alive after the explosion of the Ancient Bell, these old men would not have dared to have any ambitions. However, the powerful couple died at the same time, leaving only an orphan daughter. What was even more amazing was that Mr. Zhong, who had always been considered the successor of the West Woods … was also an orphan. Facing an orphan and an orphan, facing such a huge property and power, how could they not be tempted?
Therefore, these old men of the Zhong family with crutches made a fatal mistake. They knew that there was no possibility of redeeming it. The strong thin tiger had died, and they tried to ride it. How could there be a day when they could get off it?
The little girl who looked like she was carved out of ice and jade sat in front of the courtroom. She lowered her head and quietly did her homework. She looked innocent and harmless, but at this moment, she was in court. This kind of silence and calmness seemed to represent some kind of indifference and coldness. Behind the little girl stood two crazy and powerful soldiers, Xu Le and Li Feng. If she grew up and the two crazy and powerful soldiers became even more powerful, how could these old men live? Would the smooth and cold crutches in his hand break into countless pieces?
Therefore, even though they knew that the lawsuit would attract countless sharks from the capital ring for West Zhong and the Zhong family, the old men had to hold on until they won a pyrrhic victory. Then, they would bargain with the Federation and find a chance to catch their last breath.
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After a boring retelling of the legal provisions and objections, the lawyers of both sides in the court began to touch on the core of the topic. In order to fight for the custody of the little girl, the relevant evidence and verbal cross-examination became serious. After Zhong Ziqi affectionately called for family affection, the opposing team directly focused on the big stick Tian.
A famous master of the Federation, Lu Pingjing, raised an objection. He believed that an outsider who had no blood relationship with the Zhong family and no legal authority had no right to be the representative of the young lady of the Zhong family and sit in the courtroom. The heart-wrenching family disputes in the past year or so were some outsiders deceiving the young lady of the Zhong family for some unspeakable purpose?
"There are more than a dozen old men in the gallery. Some are state councilors, some are district councilors, and some are old generals. They have two things in common, and that is … they are all respected old men. They are all old men of the Zhong family."
The famous lawyer of the Federation glanced at Xiao Wenjing coldly and continued, "My client, Zhong Ziqi, is Zhong Huoyan's cousin. After Commander Zhong and his wife died for the country, he is the closest relative of Miss Zhong Huoyan."
"As for Mr. Tian … With all due respect, I don't have a good impression of your name at all. According to the public military records and your resume, I think you are completely unqualified to be the guardian of a little girl. "
"A man who was expelled from the army because he beat up an officer, a man whose school status was temporarily suspended because he visited a prostitute, and a middle-aged man who has no complete family, drinks like crazy, and is very unhealthy … For a little girl who has lost her parents, deserves sympathy, and needs to be more worried about her psychological state, it is not a matter of whether he can be her guardian. I think the court should issue a restraining order to prohibit him from getting close to Miss Zhong Huoyan."
Hearing this, Fatty Tian, who has been sitting on the table listlessly, finally raised his head. His narrowed eyes were like a torn steamed bun, with black bean paste slowly flowing out of his eyes. It was extremely cold and sharp.
Mochou Back Mountain had made his attitude clear. The Crown Prince left, and the Xizhou Law Firm terminated the agency. Mr. Tian knew very well that this case was very difficult to win, and he would definitely lose. Even though he had high hopes for the small-eyed young man who had just gone to his hometown, he still had no confidence.
However, Mr. Tian actually didn't care too much about the outcome of the case. So what if the huge Gu Zhong Company and the huge family property were all taken away by these old bastards? But he couldn't give the Miss to them. If things really got to the point of no return, it would just be a mutiny in the West Woods Sunset Province. He would kill all the ungrateful relatives of the Zhong family, and then take the Miss through the dark Night Scorpion Nebula to Bermuda, which was beyond the control of the shameless Federation.
He would wait for the Miss to grow up, and wait for the small-eyed man and the little lunatic to become the most powerful men in the Federation. At that time, he would take the Miss back and take back the things that originally belonged to us.
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Mr. Tian could think like this because he was a man with such a character, but Mr. Xiao Wenjing would never think like this. He picked up the handkerchief in front of him, gently wiped the sweat stains on his earlobes, and calmly continued to raise his doubts. He once again mentioned the seventh supplementary clause of the Law on the Estate of the Federation, as well as the precedents in several famous family property cases in the past 100 years. He believed that when the relatives who raised the relevant rights had obvious conflicts of interest with the guardianship, the relevant rights should not be protected in advance.
Very clear legal provisions and precedents. Xiao Wenjing believed that the high-and-mighty middle-aged female judge would not raise any objection. However, just as he was thinking about this, the female judge with old-fashioned curly hair said coldly, "For the trial of a guardianship case, we first consider the growth environment and possibilities of the person who has no civil capacity. As for the personal wishes of the person who has no civil capacity, it's just a reference."
"Mr. Xiao, it will be difficult for you to convince me that the little girl sitting beside you does not need the guardianship of her own family, but needs … this Mr. Tian as her guardian. As for the related conflicts of interest, I need evidence, not you using the news reports of the Federation and repeating them over and over again."
The middle-aged female judge frowned as she looked at Xiao Wenjing. Her fingers tapped on the trial table, and she said unhappily, "This case has dragged on for more than a year. How much tax money has been wasted? The Federation's judicial system can no longer afford to waste too much judicial costs because of your delaying policy. I hope to get a result as soon as possible, so I hope you can present some substantial evidence. "
Xiao Wenjing's fingers froze in the middle of flipping through the case file. He raised his head to look at the curly-haired female judge, very confused and shocked by what she said.
Substantial evidence? Did someone from the Zhong family attempt to murder Zhong Huoyan on the space station count as evidence? Did the unusual troop movement in the West Woods Sunset State more than a year ago count as evidence? No, these could not be used as evidence in court. Once he did, he would immediately be sued for slander.
Thinking of this, a mocking and disgusted smile appeared on Mr. Xiao's face. He now had enough understanding of the darkness of the Federation's judicial system. He understood that the Federation government and the big families were determined to end the case of the West Woods Zhong family before Justice He Ying's trial at all costs. Even if the curly-haired female judge behaved so stupidly and absurdly, as long as the trial process did not reach the Supreme Court, Justice He Ying would not be able to influence it even if she had other opinions.
He was about to raise his voice to protest, but he caught a glimpse of the little girl's figure next to him. He thought of the things his colleagues at the Ministry of Justice were preparing, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and slowly sat down.
Her black hair was smooth and neat as it rested quietly on the little girl's forehead. Zhong Huoyan, who was in the center of the whirlpool, did not seem to care about this important lawsuit that would determine her guardianship. She just lowered her head, held a thin digital pen, and seriously did her homework. When she encountered a difficult problem, she would cutely bite the pen.
The cold, curly-haired middle-aged female judge, those old men with crutches, and that cousin who was acting like a family member were not in the little girl's eyes.
The cold light of the winter sun shone down from the dome. The straight passage in the court appeared slightly dim. The heavy door was pushed open, and in this dim light, a straight figure walked in. His military boots made a clear sound as he stepped on the floor. Each sound was like stepping on the hearts of many people.
The figure was getting closer and closer, and his face was getting clearer and clearer. Mr. Tian stood up and turned his head. The old men of the Zhong family on the side of the court suddenly tensed up, and Zhong Ziqi's eyes suddenly flashed with a few traces of fear.
The figure walked to the front of the court, took off his military cap and slowly put it on the table. He passed a chip to the court clerk to play it. In the strange absolute silence in the court, he said to the female judge on the high platform, "My name is Xu Le, currently the deputy technical supervisor of the 17th Mechanic Division of the Federation's First Military Region. I have entrusted Lawyer Xiao Wenjing to submit my application for rights.
"I apply for … full guardianship of Zhong Huoyan."
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