What's wrong with this lawyer?!

So Bai Yongqi was truly helpless now and could only take things one step at a time.

Below Lincheng, inside the Changlv County Court, Huang Licheng case's first-instance judge, Wen Weilin, was also uncomfortable. But unlike the second-instance judge, he believed that his judgment was without error.

"Tell me, why should such a case be sent back for retrial just because the petitioner is Tang Fangjing?" Wen Weilin asked the county court leader in front of him.

"On one side, there's a suspect who was well-prepared and bought a knife, and on the other side, three unarmed individuals. They didn't cause him any harm, and yet he used the knife to injure three people and kept chasing to slash them. What's the problem with this case!"

"If anything, the three individuals didn't have any weapons, while Huang Licheng had gone out of his way to get a knife and had decided that if they tore down the orchard, he would go to extremes. This is obviously criminal preparation. If not to assault people, what else would he prepare a knife for?"

Wen Weilin was quite agitated when he said these words, and the leader in front of him spoke up, "Wen, don't get too worked up. After all, it's just been sent back for retrial, and the intermediate court of Lincheng hasn't made any moves yet."

"You know not to talk recklessly about these things."

Upon hearing this, Wen Weilin didn't speak further. As a young judge who had just been given a quota last year, he already disliked Tang Fangjing.

So only Tang Fangjing is the good guy, and we who work in law are the bad guys, right? Busy with all this wrongful conviction stuff, you think you're so impressive, huh.

In Wen Weilin's view, the reason the case was sent back for retrial was simply because Tang Fangjing was an internet-famous lawyer. Otherwise, the high court would never have taken it seriously!

Talking about rule of law, Tang Fangjing was the very culprit who undermined it!

Despite the case not being leaked and netizens unaware, the case still attracted much attention within the judicial system of Lincheng itself.

On one hand due to Old Tang, and on the other hand because of the case itself.

As time passed day by day, Old Tang made thorough preparations. The remaining time was spent casually exploring Lincheng, after all, he was free.

Acquittal was just the first step; the real conflict had yet to flare up, so there was no need to worry during this period.

In such an atmosphere, within the Politics and Law University of Magic City, Wang Jing, a graduate student specializing in criminal law, was idly browsing online, at a loss for her thesis.

As she scrolled aimlessly, she stumbled into the public court session website and then saw an announcement for a live broadcast of a trial.

Wait a minute, Tang Fangjing... and it's a criminal case sent back for retrial?

Wang Jing's interest was piqued instantly. The last time, Tang Fangjing blew up the real estate company Yashe, landing a bunch of people inside, and up to now, the case is still under investigation. She didn't expect him to quietly take on a criminal case in Lincheng!

After looking closely at the announcement, slashing three people, one with minor injuries, and getting a two-year sentence for provoking troubles—such a case was being overturned?

Wang Jing quickly forwarded the information and added a comment: "Come and see, Old Tang is stirring things up again!"

Ju Haiqing saw Wang Jing's post almost immediately. Old Ju was dumbfounded. You learned about Lawyer Tang's case before I did?

No, he had to share it quickly, and he too added a comment: "Lawyer Tang has gone to Lincheng. Be careful out there; don't let anything happen!"

He was quite cautious, wary of being accused of regional discrimination, but other netizens didn't care, especially those from Jingzhou who straightforwardly said that Lincheng was a place of barren hills and turbulent waters, and Lawyer Tang really needed to be cautious.

Now the people from Lincheng wouldn't stand for it, and a verbal battle ensued between the two sides, which actually stirred much more attention to the matter. Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

Thanks to a previous confrontation with a gaming company, many gamers had come to recognize Old Tang. They found the online news quite intriguing as well.

"I'm already broke from saving Selya": So, is Lawyer Tang going to champion someone's cause this time? Wow, that's interesting!

"You Ax Me Milk Mom": So the trial is going to be public, huh? I like it. But can this case be overturned?

"We Are All Unfettered by Worldly Affairs": I found the previous judgment, and it seems fine to me. Preparing the knife in advance, and using it on three people; that's definitely criminal, right?

All sorts of comments emerged one after another, but they only served to increase the publicity.

In Lincheng, many were taken aback, trying everything to keep the incident under wraps, only to end up having it blasted open.

In the village, Ding Deshui's face was grim. Although the public nature of this judgment likely wouldn't involve his name, the sheer scale of the commotion still made him uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Wen Weilin from the Changlv County Court had already confirmed that this was Tang Fangjing's handiwork.

The internet-famous lawyer would definitely use all sorts of methods to bring the case to light, applying public pressure on the judiciary. And yet, there were still those who thought so highly of Lawyer Tang.

In Lincheng, Old Tang, who was eating barbecue, was also bewildered. This little court was really not letting go of him!

However, having the trial broadcast live was a good thing. In a previous life, there was a period when court proceedings were often live-streamed due to evaluations, just as there was a time when the publication rate of court decisions was particularly high, all for the sake of evaluations.

When the evaluations ceased, both the live broadcast of trials and the publication rates of judgments plummeted...

In this life, the popularity of live-streamed trials was a good thing, although it didn't matter much to him.

The netizens argued fiercely, and of course, the majority shared the same view. From the most primitive perspective, this kind of action should be considered justifiable self-defense.

At most, some thought it was excessive defense since the opposing party did not have a knife.

The other side of the argument consisted of some professional lawyers and experts.

That's right—in matters of justifiable defense, ordinary netizens and legal practitioners often stand on opposite sides.

Legal professionals think netizens are legally illiterate, emoting rather than reasoning, while netizens believe these legal folk have lost all humanity after studying law. Both sides kept sparring...

However, due to Old Tang's previous achievements in confronting experts, professionals were also reluctant to start a fracas with him.

Wang Jing, a law graduate student, should be considered a legal professional, but she found herself embroiled in an argument with another netizen claiming to be a law professor.

"Some law professor you are! You're exactly what the netizens say—inhumane. How can someone make a perfect defense in such a short time? You people just don't know what it's like, standing there without having to suffer the consequences!"

However, what Wang Jing, who was online under a pseudonym, didn't know was that in another office, her own mentor, also using a pseudonym, was gritting his teeth at his phone!

Getting on in years, Professor Du couldn't type as fast as the young people and was almost driven mad by the individual nicknamed "Show Yourself, Baby" on the other end.

"You're a complete legal ignoramus, but fine, let's make a bet if you dare!"

"I bet your grandchild wouldn't dare. Don't chicken out, you cur!"

In the midst of this bustling activity, the day of the court session finally arrived.

On a beautiful day, Old Tang climbed out of bed in the hotel room and, out of habit, checked his life expectancy balance. All was well; he figured he'd have no problem seeing Old Zhou off.

He grabbed his briefcase and headed out to the Lincheng Intermediate Court. He had no doubt he'd win the case. The key issue was the aftermath—justifiable defense meant there was a party that had been violated.

This raised another question, one that Old Tang was prepared to set as a new precedent for Handong Province: whether autonomous organizations like a village committee count as an entity!