Tingdong was receiving Bahar Guli and her classmate Cui Yunying in his office. The two of them came here specially from the capital.

Cui Yunying is a pretty girl with average looks, especially when contrasted with Gu Li. Perhaps because she is worried about her brother's case, she looks sad.

Tingdong listened to Cui Yunying's brief description of the situation. It turned out that what Gu Li said was not very accurate. Cui Yunying's brother had been arrested for more than three months and had reached the stage of review and prosecution by the procuratorate. It was the procuratorate that reminded the family members that they could hire a lawyer. The family had no choice.

Yunying only told Yunying under special circumstances, hoping that she could think of a way to save her brother.

Tingdong did not delay, simply completed the entrustment procedures in Yunying's name, and immediately drove to Changshan City with another lawyer, Gu Li, and Yunying. Of course, this first case had to be free of charge, and even

, even the transportation expenses have to be paid by Tingdong himself.

Yunying's hometown is a county under Changshan City, just on the edge of Changshan City, so according to Yunying's family, her brother Yunho is being held in the detention center in Changshan City.

For fear of delaying time, Tingdong did not go to Yunying's house. Instead, he arranged for Yunying and Guli to stay in the hotel. After having a simple meal, they rushed to the court together. According to Tingdong's experience, since the procuratorate has reviewed the prosecution

Well, now, the case file has probably reached the court.

Although this is Tingdong's first formal practice, it does not mean that he lacks experience. In the past few years in college, whenever he has free time, he will participate in case handling activities with his teachers, so he is still very clear about this procedure.

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On the way to the Changshan Intermediate People's Court, Yunying finally contacted her family. After answering the phone, she just said one sentence and Yunying burst into tears.

After hanging up the phone, Yunying lay on Gu Li's shoulder and cried loudly.

Tingdong felt that the situation might have changed and slowly parked the car on the side of the road. He waited until Gu Li gently comforted Yunying to calm down before Tingdong asked tentatively: "Yunying, now is not the time to cry.

The most important thing is to find a way to solve the problem. You have to calm down and tell me first what happened. Has the court already been held?"

Yunying choked and shook her head and said: "Lawyer Zhou, I, my parents are too confused. They have been unable to explain to me clearly. Not only did the court hold, but the verdict was also handed down. My brother was sentenced to death. Lawyer Zhou, I know

, my brother must have been wronged, he loves his sister-in-law very much, how could he kill her?"

Tingdong sighed and said, "Yunying, don't worry. Being sentenced to death does not mean there is no chance. If your brother is really wronged, we can still appeal to solve the problem.

"However, I also want to tell you that as far as the criminal cases I have experienced, a large number of murderers, measured by our moral standards, are not bad people, but the people who were killed were what everyone thinks of as bullies.

"Law and morality sometimes don't overlap, so you have to be mentally prepared. Well, now that the verdict has been pronounced, we can only go through the appeal process. We'd better meet your parents first and listen to what they say, and then

I'll go meet your brother again and try to figure out the problem."

Changshan City is in the middle of a mountainous area. It took more than an hour to drive to Tingdong on dozens of kilometers of mountain roads. The road conditions were very poor, but the scenery along the way was quite good. Green mountains and green waters. The scenery in early spring was very charming. However, few people were interested.

appreciate.

When we arrived at the Cui family, it was already past three in the afternoon. The small village where the Cui family was located had only a dozen or so households. There were no telephones in the village at all. If Yunying's parents wanted to talk to her on the phone, they would have to go three or four miles away.

There is only one public phone in the canteen of another larger village.

Tingdong parked the car outside the Cui family's two thatched houses, feeling a little sad.

Time has entered the threshold of the 21st century. There are rows of high-rise buildings in big cities. However, in this remote village, there is not even a single brick house. The gap between rich and poor is so huge. How can we not feel sad?

Yunying's parents looked to be in their sixties or seventies, or even older, with no trace of life on their wrinkled faces.

Judging from the age of Yunying and Yunho, they are both around 20 years old. From this, it can be inferred that their parents should not be more than fifty years old. Tingdong understands that it is the pressure of life that makes them age prematurely.

Yunying's father is not only very old and hunched, but also has a bad cough. Neither of the two old men can speak Chinese very well, so Yunying has to act as the translator. In fact, Yunying's Chinese is worse than Guli's.

A lot.

After this conversation, Tingdong learned that Yunying had been attending a Korean school since she was a child, and she almost learned Chinese as a foreign language. It was not until she went to university that her Chinese language progressed significantly.

But his brother is different. Because they live in an area where Han and Korean people live together, there are both Korean and Han schools. Her brother Yunho has been studying in a Han school, so his Chinese is good.

Much more.

There are only two thatched houses in Yunying's home. The outside one is the kitchen, and the inside one is the bedroom. The bedroom has two earthen beds in the north and south. There is a row of ancient kang cabinets on the south kang, and there are two quilts on the kang cabinet.

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The rest can almost be said to be with bare walls. This was a typical Northeastern rural dwelling thirty years ago. I didn't expect that it would still be such a difficult place today.

Several people reluctantly sat down. Tingdong looked at Yunying who looked ashamed, sighed and said: "Yunying, it's not easy for your parents. In this kind of environment, they can actually train you brothers and sisters to become college students."

Yunying shed tears again and choked up and said: "What's the use? My brother lost his job before he graduated. I wanted to study hard, get into a good school, and repay my parents for their upbringing. However, my brother just graduated and lost his job."

He is unemployed, but fortunately, his sister-in-law does not dislike him and has been living with him. Although there was no wedding or marriage certificate, our family has actually recognized his sister-in-law.

"Although both of them are working for others and don't earn much money, they still live a very happy life. They rented a room in Changshan City. They were ambitious and wanted to save up enough down payment to buy a house. Half a year ago

, my brother even called me to tell me about this, and he seemed confident. Who knew it would be like this?

"My sister-in-law died in an unknown manner, and my brother was unjustly sentenced to death..."

As she talked, Yunying burst into tears again.

Gu Li took out a stack of tissues from her handbag and wiped away Yunying's tears.

Tingdong glanced at Yunying's mother who was also wiping tears, turned around and sighed to Yunying: "Classmate Cui Yunying, you can't do this anymore. Although you are only twenty years old, you are still a child who needs care, but,

Now, you are the pillar of this family. It seems that your father is not in good health and your mother is just a housewife without any ideas, so you must be strong.

"Although fate is unfair to you, it is your responsibility to change this fate, do you understand? Now please ask your mother to show me your brother's verdict, and then ask her to know what she knows

Tell me the situation so we can decide what to do next."

According to Yunying's request, the old mother, with muddy old tears in her eyes, tremblingly took out a brand new judgment from the kang cabinet. The judgment was written in both Chinese and Korean. Tingdong was stunned for about half an hour.

I took the time to study every sentence carefully.

Judging from the verdict, there is basically no problem. Cui Yunying's brother Cui Yunho is a computer engineer in a foreign-funded company in Changshan City, because he studied computers when he was in school. His girlfriend Gu Xiaoman works as a secretarial in a hotel.

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The two had a good relationship at first. Although they were not married, like many young people nowadays, they rented a house and lived together. The main reason why they did not get married was because they were not financially able to hold a decent wedding. Yunho also

I don’t want to wrong my bride. The two of them have reached the age of marriage and can save a lot of expenses by being together.

This is a specific product of this era, and unmarried cohabitation is already a very common phenomenon.

The relationship between the two was originally very good, but at the end of last year, conflicts arose. The two had worked hard for two years and saved nearly 40,000 yuan. They originally planned to use it to pay the down payment of the mortgage and buy a house.

Two people can officially get married, and it doesn't matter whether the ceremony is formal or not.

But at the end of last year, two things happened to the Cui family and the Gu family respectively, which caused conflicts between Cui Yunhao and Gu Xiaoman. Xiaoman's brother from the Gu family wanted to get married, and the woman asked for a bride price, and the Gu family couldn't make up for it.

Not enough, his brother thought of this sister who he heard had some savings, so he called Xiaoman for help.

However, at this time, Choi Yunho's father fell ill and became ill due to overwork. The hospital confirmed that he had tuberculosis, and it had reached the open period.

The country has a certain free treatment policy for tuberculosis treatment. However, things are like this in China. No matter how good the policy is at the top, it will be compromised in the implementation process at the bottom. The quality of some officials at the grassroots level is too low.

The phenomenon is very common.

Therefore, Cui Yunho did not dare to completely count on the national policy to take his father to a large hospital in Changshan City. Tuberculosis is known as the disease of wealth. He must not be angry or tired, and he must have good nutrition.

Cui Yunying knew nothing about these things. Her brother hid all these things in order to let her study with peace of mind. In order to save travel expenses, Yunying did not go home during the winter and summer vacations in the past few years. Not only did she save the round-trip travel expenses, but she could also use the holidays

I spent some time as a tutor and basically paid for my tuition.

The verdict stated that Cui Yunhao and Gu Xiaoman had a conflict because of the urgent need for money between the two families, and the relationship between the two people deteriorated sharply. In the end, Cui Yunhao hacked to death with a kitchen knife at home after drinking.
Chapter completed!