Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 1 'The Snail Case!'

"You mean your family member was driving against traffic in the emergency lane at 150 mph and hit someone who had just gotten out of their car in the emergency lane because their vehicle had broken down?"

"And did she steal this car while drunk? Because she wants to practice operating it more because she has her driving test tomorrow?"

Xu Liang looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

"Driving against traffic on the highway, driving without a license, speeding and hitting pedestrians, drunk driving, and car theft."

"This is a difficult case for you. Our law firm can't handle it. Putting aside ethics, just your request to reduce your sentence is already very difficult."

Before Xu Liang could finish speaking, the man in front of him immediately interrupted him.

The man asked in surprise:
"A lighter sentence? No, that's not what I'm asking for."

Xu Liang was taken aback. "What is that?"

The man said:
"Oh, my wife hit someone somewhere. After getting out of the car, all she saw was a pile of minced meat on the ground. She couldn't find the person for a long time."

"I'd like to ask if it's possible to have the other party charged with hit-and-run and get me some compensation?"

Xu Liang: ?
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2004, April 6.

Four p.m.

Dongguo, Hanhai City.

Inside a narrow, dark law firm on Hongfu Street.

After seeing off his only customer of the day, Xu Liang slumped into his chair.

He looked up at the street outside the door, his gaze passing through the dim light. He took a drag of his cigarette, feeling the nicotine fill his lungs, and his agitated emotions subsided as he slowly exhaled the smoke.

"This guy's fucking addicted!? What kind of person is he?"

Xu Liang has a toothache now.

He was a time traveler, and he had been in this parallel world's Eastern Kingdom for twenty-two years.

The laws and regulations of this world are only partially the same as those of the world before I transmigrated; the rest, including the regions and areas, are completely unrelated, making it a completely independent world!
His parents died when he was in high school, and he only had one blood relative, an uncle.

In college, following her parents' wishes, she studied law, the same major her father had studied, and also obtained her mother's psychologist certificate.

Upon graduating this year, Xu Liang did not go to any of the existing law firms, but instead carried on his father's long-cherished wish.

He opened a law firm, but it's now on the verge of bankruptcy.

Thinking of this, Xu Liang looked up and glanced at the words on the wall behind him.

[A Law Firm with a Conscience]

The legal profession is very lucrative, especially when it comes to commercial cases. In my previous life, some top-tier law firms had annual revenues in the hundreds of millions.

but.
This is the income from the top-tier and premium circles, not from small, individually owned firms without any partners.

His law firm was pitifully poor, and not only poor, it was also in trouble.

The phone rang incessantly with free consultations, each question raising one's blood pressure. There was a 70-year-old man asking how someone could marry two wives, and others who, though strangers, fell in love at first sight in a hotel.
There were even questions about whether forcibly kissing a deaf-mute person counts as holding hands!
To be honest, Xu Liang wouldn't be surprised if a blood vessel in his brain ruptured one day.

So, not only are they busy, but they don't earn much money either; it's all for nothing.

Fortunately, the law firm is all-in-one, so it doesn't need to pay employees' salaries.

"Xu Liang, if you ask me, you should just say that consultations are only available for a fee!"

In a daze, a voice rang out outside, and Xu Liang looked up.

The person speaking was across from the law firm, in a ramen shop. The owner was lying on a chair at the entrance, sunbathing and fanning himself with a palm leaf fan, watching himself with a smile.

"Uncle Zhang."

Xu Liang greeted him.

The other party has no blood relation to me, but is connected to my uncle. It just so happens that I have resumed my law firm business across from their storefront.

So, over time, the two have become somewhat acquainted.

Uncle Zhang shook his palm-leaf fan and his head, muttering, "Day after day, I get a lot of phone calls, but not a single customer."

Did you make enough to cover your electricity bill last month?

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang appeared slightly embarrassed.

The firm is just starting out; big companies won't hire them, and ordinary people can't use their services.

The only free consultations available were from people who had nothing better to do and were looking for fun.
He really didn't earn enough to cover the electricity and rent costs.

"It's alright. As the saying goes, 'If you don't make a sale for three years, you can live off it for three years.'" Xu Liang said.

Uncle Zhang, however, showed no mercy whatsoever.

"At your rate, you'll probably starve to death in less than three years."

After saying this, without waiting for Xu Liang to refute, he continued:
Have you prepared the rent for this month?

"If I remember correctly, Xiao Yang has already given you two months' grace period, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang stopped abruptly.

The rent is already two months behind, and if we don't open for business this month...
That firm really did go bankrupt.

but
"Don't worry about that, we'll definitely open for business today!"

Xu Liang replied.

Seeing this, Uncle Zhang was delighted and waved his palm-leaf fan even faster.

"You're really bragging. It's already four in the afternoon. If we wait a few more hours, my ramen shop will have to close."

"If you ask me, why don't you take a break today? After I close up shop, will you have a couple of drinks with me?"

Xu Liang shook his head.

"If you can really open for business today, you should go and prepare the ingredients."

Uncle Zhang didn't say anything more. Seeing customers entering the store, he began his busy afternoon rush.

Xu Liang looked away and sat down in the law firm to continue waiting.

His confidence in getting customers today wasn't based on blind overconfidence, but rather...
Xu Liang paused, and seeing that no one was around, took out a leather notebook from his briefcase.

Name: Xu Liang

Plaintiff: None

Defendant: None

[Case Record: None]

Opening the notebook, the cover clearly showed the name Xu Liang, but turning it inside revealed that apart from the formatting, the entire page was blank.

This leather book has been with him since birth, and he can't get rid of it.

Xu Liang had a premonition that he would receive some rewards as long as he completed certain cases and recorded them.

Based on the above writing format, it should be a case-related document.

So he carried on his father's long-cherished wish and opened a law firm.

However, in the months since I passed the bar exam, I have handled civil lawsuits and tried to work with some business clients, but no matter how I write, the handwriting will disappear soon afterward, and none of them are suitable!

perhaps
Is it because I haven't met the right customer yet?

"Is it today?"

Xu Liang leaned back in his chair and looked at the bottom right corner of the kraft paper, where the page number was displayed.

【20040601】

Only this number came to mind.

What does it mean?
If you work in the judicial system, you'll find that this number is a date!
Representing June 1, 2004, which is today!
Does this mean that what can be written on this piece of paper will appear today?

That's why he told Uncle Zhang that someone would be coming today.

Can.
Xu Liang paused, then looked up at the gradually darkening scene outside the law firm.

I received seven calls today, but none of them were from clients. It's getting late, and there's still no sign of anyone coming.
He turned his head to look at the wall clock.

【Time: 17:11】

At 5:11 p.m., there were less than 7 hours left until midnight on June 2nd.

"Will business really come today? Or did I guess wrong about the meaning of the date?"

Xu Liang frowned.

If we wait any longer, it will be well past midnight.

What kind of client comes to the law firm at 11 or 12 o'clock in the middle of the night?
"Forget it, who cares what kind of customer he is."

"As long as you have money to pay the rent, that's fine."

night.

Inside the law firm of a conscientious lawyer.

"Squeak~"

A creaking sound suddenly rang out, startling Xu Liang, who was lying in the chair, half asleep.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.

Time slipped away unnoticed as I dozed off. The sun set, and dusk was shrouded in darkness. The whole world was pitch black, and outside the door, all was silent and still. I looked up, but could only see the window creaking in the wind.

"Phew, you scared me."

Xu Liang breathed a sigh of relief, got up, and groped his way to close the window in the dark. He then looked at the clock hanging on the wall.

23:17
It's already 11:17 PM, and there are 43 minutes left until June 2nd.

"Is it already so late?"

Xu Liang frowned and looked outside the door.

"Why hasn't anyone arrived yet?"

It was pitch black outside, and the streets were eerily quiet in the dead of night. The restaurant across the street looked like a black and white photograph.

The city is already fast asleep.

He started waiting at midnight on June 1st, and it's been 23 hours now, not to mention he hasn't met any clients who meet his criteria.

I didn't see a single ghost!

"Tsk, so I guessed wrong after all?"

Xu Liang shook his head, got up and tidied up his things a little.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave.

I've already waited for 23 and a half hours, there's no reason to skip the last half hour.

After packing his things, Xu Liang sat blankly on the sofa.

half an hour.

The last half hour passed.

"Thump~ thump~"

The clock on the wall chimes on the hour.

It's midnight.

"You were wrong."

Xu Liang was not discouraged. He picked up his packed things, got up, and walked towards the door.

Getting started in the legal profession is very difficult. If you can use the brochure, then use it; if you can't, it doesn't matter.

On his own, the law firm can recover as long as it overcomes the current difficulties. Even if it doesn't recover, he can still get a job at a boutique law firm or a top-tier law firm based on his diploma.

In short.

all will be good.

but
"Squeak~"

As Xu Liang reached out and pushed the door open, he suddenly felt resistance from the doorknob.

He frowned.

"Is the door hinge broken?"

Xu Liang paused, then reached out and tried to push the door again, but there was still resistance, as if something was blocking it.

Upon inspection of the door hinges, no damage was found. However...
But something was stuck in the gap.

"what is this?"

Xu Liang squatted down and discovered a piece of meat stuck in the gap of the door hinge.

He reached out and pried out the long, thin object that was stuck in the door crack. The object was quite resilient, but fortunately it wasn't stuck very tightly.

After taking it off, I squatted outside the door and played with one end of it in my hand for a while.

obtain
Very slippery.

It's so smooth!
It has an unknown slime attached to it, and its shape is similar to the bean curd sausages sold at barbecue stalls. It is about 2.5 centimeters in diameter, and when you squeeze it slightly, you can feel its smooth texture.

It's very long, like a water pipe.

One end connects to Xu Liang's law firm, while the other end leads somewhere unknown.

Is this a rope?
Xu Liang frowned as a fishy smell entered his nostrils.

He pinched it in his hand, preparing to follow the vine like climbing a rope, reaching forward along the rope.

As he was touching things, his steps suddenly stopped.

Xu Liang suddenly fell silent.

What is similar to bean curd sausage?

Intestines.

How long can the intestines be?

For adult pigs, the small intestine is usually 12 to 16 meters long, and the large intestine is 3 to 4 meters long.

If it's a cow, the small intestine is between 25 and 40 meters long, and the large intestine is 15 to 20 meters long.

The one Xu Liang is holding is only five meters long.

A five-meter-long intestine is rare in nature, and to truly understand it, one needs to know what species it belongs to.

Xu Liang followed the intestines and found a body lying on the ground.

what is this?
In the darkness, Xu Liang squatted on the ground, turned slightly to the side, and looked around little by little.

In a trance.

A deathly pale face appeared, its white pupils staring intently at him!
His face was contorted with grotesque features, his pupils were unfocused, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but couldn't. His whole body was lifeless and utterly dead.

This is a person.

What I hold in my hand is human intestines.

Xu Liang silently looked at the person who had collapsed to the ground in front of him.

The other person collapsed to the ground, lying on their side, their expression contorted as if they were a vengeful ghost, looking up into the distance with eyes full of terror.

He stretched one hand out into the distance, his five fingers, worn and bleeding, taut as if trying to grasp something.

He clutched his abdomen with his other hand, but blood was seeping out from between his fingers.

Upon closer inspection, a gash had been cut open in his abdomen, and a knife had been plunged into his upper abdomen!

With another sharp downward slash, the stomach was ripped open, and red and yellow fluids slowly oozed out.
In an instant, a foul stench filled the air.

Several stray cats lurked in the darkness, their sinister vertical pupils gleaming.

Xu Liang remained calm and gently put down what he was holding, then casually wiped the intestinal fluid off his hands with sand.

but.
The next second, Xu Liang seemed to realize something, and suddenly stopped, a look of astonishment on his face.

He suddenly pulled a leather book from his briefcase and flipped open the cover.

The next second, the previously blank page suddenly had clear writing on it!

[Case No. '20040601', 'The Snail Case!']

[Composing a '2546th cycle']

【(blank)】

[(Uncomposed)]

[Note: (The reward for this transaction shall not be less than 50,000 Dongguo currency!)]

Looking at the writing, stroke by stroke, directly above the center of the white paper.
Xu Liang suddenly stopped.

It seems he's found his client.

However, it seems that something slightly went wrong with my client.

Xu Liang turned back around. He hesitated for a moment, looked at the disemboweled corpse in front of him, and asked in a low voice.

"Are you ok?"

The 'customer' was cold and didn't answer. At that moment, his lifeless face was staring straight at him with his pale pupils.

Xu Liang tested the residual warmth of his body again.

The customer was indeed cold-blooded, at least for an hour.

Looking at the three words "[Unwritten]", Xu Liang fell into deep thought.

The good news is that a client has been found, and the fee is at least 50,000 Dongguo Yuan. The law firm has a bright future!

But bad news also came.

What if the customer dies?

P.S.: [This book shares only some legal precedents with other stories; the rest are completely independent!]

The events in this book are unrelated to reality!

　P.S.: The lawyer storyline is around chapter 20.

　　[This book shares only some legal precedents with other books in its world-building; the rest are completely independent!]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)