Desperate

The day of the hearing was cloudy.

The clouds were a sullen gray, thick as if they were about to fall from the sky.Cen Lu was wearing a close-fitting black suit and was holding a transparent umbrella.The white section of the arm holding the umbrella handle is exposed, and the sleeves of the suit are inlaid with silver cuff buttons, reflecting the dark crowd in front of him in the mirror.

The sky began to drizzle, and a few strands of it stuck to Cen Lu's face along the direction of the wind, bringing a burst of coolness.Cen Lu quickened his pace and walked to the eaves, put away his umbrella and tapped the tip of the umbrella on the marble floor, a few raindrops were shaken off by him, forming several dark circles on the ground.

The people passing by were wearing military uniforms or dark suits, sometimes someone would look at Cen Lu curiously, wondering what this handsome man was thinking as he stood there.

The nature of this incident was bad. If the prisoner who attacked the students hadn't been killed by the captain, the damage would probably have been more than that.No matter how much the Senate wanted to make an example of others, they knew that Zhou Pushen could not be brought to court. In addition, the military put pressure on the court for an early trial. The military's elbow, and then the long-term plan.

Li Changqing sat on the prosecutor's seat and raised his feet leisurely, confident in the outcome of the trial.

The Senate attaches great importance to the results of this hearing—it is almost certain, because this is the first time that the Senate confronts the military head-on, and the results this time are not related to Zhou Pushen, a lowly civilian. Destiny, but a contest between the entire old aristocracy and the upstart in the army that Her Majesty the Queen wants to support.

Li Changqing, as the son of a first-class duke, scoffed at Her Majesty's way of hitting a stone with an egg.Her Majesty and the person behind her thought that the old aristocrats were disobedient, so they racked their brains all day long trying to take back the land and rights from the gentry and nobles, even the ridiculous "day of returning home" The festival also warns the old aristocrats all the time, the one standing on the Golden Luan Hall decides to give the cinnamon branch in her hand to someone in the military, or a certain group of lucky people.

But the centipede is dead but not stiff, Li Changqing thought, and couldn't help showing a smug smile on the corner of his mouth. Her Majesty was right about one thing, that is, it was time for those old guys to abdicate.The representatives of the Senate should also change their blood.

Li Changqing is going all out to stir up this muddy water this time.Except for him, most of the young aristocratic descendants are as timid as a mouse, and they can't see how it will benefit their future career if they win this battle. down.

He raised his double chin and raised it towards the small door where the witness statement was about to appear, thinking that you are really unlucky, and you are destined to be this stepping stone for Lao Tzu.

"Silence!" The hearing host sat right in front of the auditorium, raised his gavel and knocked with his hand in a black robe. The sound was not loud but the audience was quiet.The host of the hearing is the dean of the Faculty of Law of Imperial University of Technology. He is already familiar with this kind of scene. He raised the file in his hand, cleared his throat and said, "This meeting and the Marine Corps of District G, Second Lieutenant Zhou Pushen is carrying a bullet. Yu Digong University invited Minglou to cause a destructive explosion to carry out the hearing work. At the end of the hearing statement, a 12-member jury will draw up a preliminary judgment on the declarant. I offer my most sincere blessings to Her Majesty the Queen—”

The audience stood up, and it was dark.Cen Lu sat in the first row of the auditorium, clenched his right fist on his chest, bent his knees and saluted towards the east.He suddenly remembered the big gift that Zhou Pushen gave him when he came to his office for the first time, and he was a little dazed for a moment.

The voices of the crowd overlapped and sounded very low: "My most sincere blessings to Her Majesty the Queen."

When the audience returned to their seats, the hearing host rapped the gavel again, and the resonant voice pierced the dome full of colorful paintings in the auditorium: "The court is open, and the presenter is seated!"

Li Changqing sat up straight excitedly, his fat body leaned towards the slowly opened door, he was so excited that he even wanted to lick his shiny lips at the prey that came to him, and then devour him alive .

Zhou Pushen was still wearing the dirty military uniform, with short hair that exploded like a hedgehog. He was escorted by two officers in the same uniform on the left and right, and his hands were not shackled.

Li Changqing snorted dissatisfiedly, the people in the military department just have no quality, so the people in his own family won't be handcuffed?What if this bitch goes crazy without handcuffs?

Zhou Pushen was escorted into a fence made of wire. One of the officers reluctantly took out a pair of brand-new handcuffs from his breast pocket, and handcuffed Zhou Pushen's right hand to an iron fence. on the fence.

Cen Lu blinked and looked at Zhou Pushen's back, his fingers tightly pinched the flesh of his thigh.Zhou Pushen turned his back to him, he couldn't see his expression, he only felt that he hadn't seen him for half a week, the figure imprisoned in the fence was still tall and straight, but a lot thinner.

Wasn't he imprisoned in the military, Cen Lu thought, why would his own people treat him badly?

Without waiting for Cen Lu to think about it, "my own" Liang Qian sat on the military representative seat beside Zhou Pushen, turned his head, and blinked at Cen Lu with those charming peach blossom eyes. A bit of enchanting red.

Cen Lu: "..." Is he here for a spring outing? !

Dou Huaiye next to Liang Qian was very serious. Lieutenant Colonel Dou wore a close-fitting military uniform today, and the lower half of the skirt tightly wrapped his two slender legs. At this moment, he was solemnly putting them together under the table.She listened intently to the hearing officer's briefing, and she didn't notice Liang Qian winking at the side.

"Please make a statement to the prosecution."

Li Changqing was waiting for this moment. Hearing the hearing officer's sentence, it seemed that the caged crocodile finally got the order to forage for food. He stood up with the complaint he had prepared, and turned to Zhou Pushen with narrowed eyes: "Defendant This trip is really bad..."

"Cough," Liang Qian became irritated seeing the fat man's determination to win. He wanted to be polite to him at first, but now it seems unnecessary. So he coughed lightly, and the lawyer beside him immediately raised his hand, and the hearing officer signaled him to speak. , the lawyer stood up and glanced at Li Changqing's wide body with disdain: "Second Lieutenant Zhou has not been convicted, this is not a trial but a hearing, we ask the prosecution to pay attention to words, please use 'Second Lieutenant' to call you Declarant."

Dou Huaiye cast a glance at Liang Qian's facial expression of not being able to pinch his nose, thinking that this person has committed an old problem again.Liang Qian, the three major lovers of food, beautiful scenery and beauties in his life, the importance increases in order, so that every time he sees someone who is not good-looking, he will automatically retreat and feel unhappy.

Of course Li Changqing didn't meet Major Liang's standards, but he didn't feel it. Right now when he got angry, he rubbed his nose, thinking that since the military didn't give me face, then I don't have to be polite.

He cleared his throat, and emphasized those three words: "Zhou, young master, the lieutenant's eyes were beyond measure, and he committed a crime knowingly. Originally, Her Majesty was allowed to wear guns because Her Majesty sympathized with the front-line soldiers fighting for years, and only allowed them to be worn as a show of honor. Under the law of the Senate that explicitly prohibits carrying bullets, he became No.1 in violation of the rules, and as a pariah..."

The gray-haired Elder of the Senate who sat beside him kicked him under the table.

Only then did Li Changqing come back to his senses, and hastily changed his words: "As a commoner, but with no respect, I have failed Her Majesty's trust in vain. Members of the jury, if this precedent is set, it will be more difficult for the empire to manage firearms in the future. Not wanting the subjects of the Empire to live in fear of a potential shootout..."

The obese man took a deep look at Zhou Pu, and saw that the man's expression was indifferent, and he didn't even look at himself, so he really answered his sentence, "I have no respect for you."

Li Changqing was enraged, and decided not to follow what the Senate had prepared for the time being. Putting down the manuscript and turning his eyes, he opened his mouth and added another crime to Zhou Pushen: "Leaving aside other things for the time being, the light is that Second Lieutenant Zhou caused damage to the historical buildings of the Imperial University of Technology. In order to destroy this article irreversibly, it is time for the second lieutenant to reflect on it!"

Zhou Pushen, as if he had never heard of it, turned his handsome face towards the direction of the military seat, and smiled at Liang Qian.The fox surnamed Liang understood, and gently rearranged the order of the documents in his hand.The lawyer quickly shouted and interrupted Li Changqing: "As for the destruction of the historical building, we require the witness Dr. Gao Fuqin to enter the venue!"

Cen Lu watched with trepidation as an officer led a thin and small figure into the venue. Although the man was short in stature, he was not stage frightened at all. No one told him where to go, so he just stood at Zhou Pu by himself. Deep left, facing the hearing officer, head held high.

He raised one hand and put it on his chest: "The witness, Gao Fuqin, swears to Her Majesty the Queen that what he said today is aboveboard, and everything is true."

The hearing officer nodded at him: "Witnesses are allowed to refute the damage to the building."

Gao Fuqin's name sounds quite lofty and far-reaching, but when he opened his mouth, his voice exuded a muffled air of pettiness: "I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Engineering Department of the Imperial University of Technology, and the lecture theater in Minglou is under my renovation. On the plan. Seriously, even if Second Lieutenant Zhou didn't blow it up, it wouldn't last a few years."

Gao Fu Qin's language was astonishing. As soon as these words came out, not only Li Changqing and the Senate, but also the vice principal sitting on the left side of Cen Road turned green.

"The age of ancient buildings cannot be an excuse for Second Lieutenant Zhou," Li Changqing argued, "My lord, the jury—"

"Well, if you insist, I can tell you very clearly that Lieutenant Zhou just blew up one of the inner doors, and I can preside over the repairs in less than a month." Gao Fuqin didn't have any face The fat man with a green face interrupted him without thinking.

Cen Lu forcibly grabbed the flesh on his thigh so as not to laugh out loud.He felt that ever since Gao Fuqin came out and caught the prosecutor dead, the whole auditorium was full of joy.

He couldn't help but glance at Xie Xing, who was sitting beside him, Xindao School remembered to tell me not to talk nonsense, why did he forget to tell this thorny head not to talk nonsense.

"..." The opponent didn't follow the routine, and Li Changqing racked his brains to think of a way to get back: "Then... Zhou Pushen's gun, yes, how could an ordinary pistol punch through such a big hole in the wall? He must have done something wrong..."

The representative of the Senate struggled to kick Li Changqing so hard that the table was about to be overturned.

Gao Fuqin glanced at him in surprise, with a merciless look of contempt on his round face: "Second Lieutenant Zhou is the reference gun holder for the new M8, and the power of the modified gun is of course different... I remember it seems to be The Senate urged us to speed up the progress of the experiment."

Li Changqing was at a loss for words, and his calf was kicked and hurt so badly, so he didn't speak for a long time.

The representative of the Senate put his fists to his mouth and coughed softly: "These are trivial matters compared to the incident itself. Let's talk about the scene of the incident. The prosecution requested the summoning of the second witness. Cen Lu Professor Cen."

Zhou Pushen's hands handcuffed to the railing trembled imperceptibly, and made a soft sound that only he could hear.He raised his head and watched Cen Lu in a black suit walking up the steps.He lost weight, Zhou Pu thought deeply, maybe the food in the hospital is not so good.

Cen Lu looked at the black eyes that were staring at him unblinkingly, and sighed from the bottom of his heart.Blue stubble appeared on Zhou Pu's deep chin, making his tough-guy face look a bit more decadent.The cheeks are so thin that they are sunken, and the cheekbones are sharp.

Cen Lu took a deep breath, facing all the people who were examining him with his gold-rimmed glasses, his voice was quiet but firm: "Witness Cen Lu, I swear to Her Majesty the Queen."