Tacitus in love, Plato in trap

"Ah...so sleepy—oh, so dangerous!" Staggering, Fang Quan almost fell down the stairs, which made him sober up a lot.Holding on to the wall, Fang Quan went down to the first floor safely, but as soon as he stood on the flat ground, the feeling of burnout hit him again.

It's true that not having a nap can make you sluggish in the afternoon, but psychological depression is more likely to make you tired.

Fang Quan's first day of work as a "beautiful" stenographer began when he was thrown by the judge's collar and thrown in front of a guy surnamed Yi - the reason is simple, because he went out early in the morning wearing a uniform and a badge Buying steamed stuffed buns, in the opinion of the chief judge, "will attract gossip and speculation from troublemakers" and "bring trouble to the court", so he and Yi Zhongming, who was in charge of his discipline, were criticized.

Next, the chief judge and Yi Zhongming went to the court to approve the case. Sister Ping and Judge Zheng were going to hold a court session, so Fang Quan was left alone on duty in the upstairs office area.Before the court session, Sister Ping patiently taught Fang Quan how to write e-mails and how to write subpoenas, but under the repeated bombardment of phone calls from the angry parties, he did not write a few subpoenas, and even sent all the recipients and subpoenas on the mail list to the court. The senders wrote the letters backwards—undoubtedly, Fang Quan was severely criticized by the judge and Yi Zhongming again, but Sister Ping, who arranged the work, was also implicated because of her own fault, which made Fang Quan feel a little bit sorry.

Ever since, all the work in the morning was reworked, and I worked overtime at noon to finish it.But Fang Quan is not the only one who needs to work overtime. From the chief judge to Yi Zhongming to Sister Ping, everyone is energetically typing on the keyboard in front of the computer after lunch-it seems that the overtime principle is popular in this first-class court unit culture.Seeing that everyone was working with him, Fang Quan felt somewhat relieved...

...Size!

"Aren't I a stenographer? Why do these redundant tasks and be subject to these redundant constraints? And... haha... Can one or two afternoons do a good job without a lunch break?!"

Covering his yawning mouth with his hand, Fang Quan staggered towards Court No. 2.Before coming down, he took about 3 minutes to briefly scan the case of unjust enrichment this afternoon: the plaintiff and the defendant met in a chess and card room on the street, and the defendant claimed that he could transfer the plaintiff's daughter from Erben University Going to Sanshui Finance and Economics, a national key university, the plaintiff gave the defendant 40 yuan successively, but the matter was not completed until his daughter graduated, so the plaintiff sued the defendant to the court and asked the defendant to pay the 40 yuan together with interest. 5 will be returned to her together.

... Except for the large number, it doesn't seem to be a complicated case, so there shouldn't be any problem with the court opening... Rubbing his temples, Fang Quan yawned and pushed open the door of the court.

"Oh, are you the new clerk that Judge Gong told us about?"

"It seems to be called Xiao Fang?"

"Oh, oh, Xiao Fang, at first glance, he looks like a fresh meat~~"

"Tsk tsk, this figure is more suitable to be called Xiaoxian Pai~~ but as long as it is fresh enough~~"

"By the way, how old are you this year?"

"Aunt Tao, didn't the president say that he just graduated from college?"

"Oh, big sister Niu, look at my memory - Xiaofang is born in the [-]s? You are so young..."

"It's good to be young...By the way, Xiao Fang, do you eat candy? I have lollipops in my pocket. I usually use them to amuse my granddaughter. I hope you don't mind."

...Speaking of which, because the subject matter of the lawsuit is relatively large, the court this afternoon applies ordinary procedures...

...which means there will be jurors, huh...

"No, no need, that... Aunt Niu, Aunt Tao," trying desperately to recall the names recorded at the beginning of the court transcript that had already been typed, Fang Quan smiled stiffly at the two gray-haired old sister-in-laws sitting on the jury seats. Say hello, "Well... this is the printed complaint, you two first—"

"lawyer!!!!!!!!!!!"

A cry that went straight to the sky came, and Fang Quan was so shocked that all his fatigue was instantly wiped out. When he turned his head, he saw a middle-aged woman appearing at the door. It fell on the clerk's desk.

"Lawyer, lawyer! You have to decide for us!"

"Lawyer? About me—hey, wait!"

Clutching Fang Quan's arm tightly, the middle-aged woman looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Let me tell you, that Hu guy is nothing! I'm an ordinary family, how can I get 40 yuan?" That’s a lot of money! We’ve worked so hard to live and save for so many years, but we didn’t get it done, and we were taken to eat, drink, whore and gamble by that bastard!!! If you don’t sentence him to ten or eight years, I’ll Just knock your head to death here!!!”

"Wait, you are the plaintiff, Ms. Bai Song, right? Calm down first!" Fang Quan finally pulled out his hand, and helped her up in a panic, "Ah, where should I start... Well, first of all , I'm not a lawyer!"

"Eh?" The plaintiff stretched out his hand, almost grabbing the front of Fang Quan's clothes, "Aren't you wearing a uniform?"

"Lawyers don't know how to wear uniforms!!!" Fang Quan couldn't help raising his voice, "Furthermore, we are a civil court here, not a criminal court, and we can't sentence people..."

"What?" The woman who had just stopped crying was stunned for a second, and the tears fell down again immediately, "God, earth, it's not fair!!! How much money did that Hu give you!! !"

"Fuck! Where is this going!!!" Seeing the plaintiff throwing herself there and crying, Fang Quan wanted to kowtow to death now—it was just the most common and brief explanation, she Do you have to be so angry?How much did she listen to what she said?Looking back, he saw the helpless faces of the two jurors, who seemed to want to help, so he pulled himself together again and decided to patiently start from the beginning, "It's all said——"

"That..." This time, another thin middle-aged man stood at the door of the court and looked in nervously, "This is Judge Yi's court this afternoon, right? - Hey! Bai, Bai Song?!"

"This voice... is that Hu man here?" Hearing the familiar voice, the plaintiff immediately threw Fang Fangquan, bounced off the ground, and rushed towards the defendant who had no time to escape, pushing him to the corner of the dock. , while tearing his clothes and crying for him to pay back the money.Seeing this, the two jurors immediately ran down from their seats and tried to push the plaintiff away from the defendant, but they were both old and unable to restrain the younger and stronger woman. The action of the plaintiff, until a young woman came to help later, they barely pulled the plaintiff away.Even so, the plaintiff continued to struggle and curse.

"Xiao Fang, hurry up!" Aunt Tao gritted her teeth and looked at Fang Quan, "Help..."

"Help, help?! Me, how can I help?" Fang Quan, who was stunned by the situation in front of him, stood there at a loss. Report? I, I, I... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Bang Bang Bang!

The whole world fell silent in an instant, only the strong echo of the solid wood being slapped lingered in the courtroom, and six pairs of eyes looked at the source of the sound.

"Really, it's so noisy! I can hear you guys yelling when you sit upstairs!" Swinging his red hands, Yi Zhongming closed the door behind him, frowned and looked at the plaintiff who finally stopped struggling, "You You came to the court to talk, not to fight and swear! Go back to your plaintiff’s seat and sit down. If there is any grievance, you can calmly say, I’m not deaf, and I can hear you even if you don’t speak loudly—— You!" Yi Zhongming turned to the young woman behind, "I remember that you are the plaintiff's attorney, right? You came from the judicial office, right? Take care of your client! I believe that the people in the judicial office should handle such a situation more quickly We have more experience?!—and you!" Yi Zhongming pointed at Fang Quan, "What are you doing there with the pestle? Is it used as a telegraph pole? If this happens, you must first take the initiative to pull people away. Can you afford to take the responsibility if something happens?! And let the jurors take the lead. Aunt Niu and Aunt Tao are both retired, and their physical condition is not as good as ours. Not to mention as young people, even as A man, are you embarrassed? — Tsk, Fang Quan, Fang Quan, what are you doing, the court is about to start, why haven't you even turned on the computer?!"

"It's not because just now..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk to me before the trial, I have a terrible headache!" Chong Fangquan waved his hands impatiently, and Yi Zhongming sat on the trial seat with his forehead covered, "But you will give me the court discipline for a while. I read it aloud, remember, loud! Loud! Say it!"

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"5000!"

"5000 is really not good, let me mention it again, 3500?"

"Are you kidding?! It's 4999 to say the least!"

"What is one dollar less?! Then... 3600?"

"Hey, hey, I said you guys think this is a vegetable market, how can there be such a bargain?" Yi Zhongming put down his teacup and pushed his glasses, "Like you guys, even if you adjust it for three days and three nights, there is no result! Can't both of you show some sincerity and quickly reach a mediation agreement?!"

If it weren't for his hands on the keyboard, Fang Quan would definitely raise his hands to agree with him at this time. The reason is very simple-he really can't sit still.

The real trial actually lasted less than an hour, and the next two hours were a marathon tug-of-war called mediation, which was actually bargaining between the plaintiff and the defendant.Theoretically speaking, Fang Quan does not have much work pressure, because the mediation transcript does not need to write down everything the parties say, he can sit there drinking tea with his legs crossed the whole time like Yi Zhongming, and when the scene gets out of control, he can sit there drinking tea. But even so, listening to the two parties yelling for nearly three hours is enough to make people nervous, and after the mediation started, Yi Zhongming pulled a chair and sat beside him, all of which made people feel nervous. Fang Quan was upset.Glancing at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, it was less than 10 minutes before leaving get off work, but the parties reached an agreement on the total amount to be refunded, whether to pay in installments, etc., and how to deduct it from the defendant's salary every month Regarding the important issue of the payment, the plaintiff and the defendant are still tit-for-tat and will not give in to each other.

"Your Honor, I am quite sincere!" The defendant Hu Shou spread his hands, "As I said just now, my monthly salary is only barely 6000, and my wife's income is not high. A child is in high school, my mother..." The defendant paused, took a deep breath, "I also said just now, my mother came to harass my house because of the plaintiff's New Year's Eve, and threw dirt on the gate of my house, so angry I had a heart attack, and my condition has not been very good since then. If I was really insincere, I would directly sue the plaintiff for infringement and compensate us for medical expenses, and I would never agree to mediation!"

"Your mother has a heart attack because you, the son, are a shameless liar, and it has nothing to do with me going to your house to ask for money!" Spit at the defendant with the word "half", the plaintiff confessed Song Shun pushed away the agent who was pulling her sleeve, and said viciously, "Let me see, your old lady deserves her illness!"

The defendant slapped the table and stood up: "If you have the guts, try saying it again!"

"Sit down!" Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control again, Yi Zhongming sternly reprimanded, "Plaintiff, pay attention to what you say, you caused nine out of ten conflicts!""

"I--"

"——I can understand your desire for the defendant to pay back the money, but can you also accumulate some virtue? Can you get the money back just by cursing people, huh?"

"Lawyer, listen to me!" Seeing that the plaintiff was about to kneel on the ground again, the experienced attorney pulled her back to her seat, "This Hu man is really not a thing, he really is eating, drinking, whoring and gambling— —”

"Stop. I think what we are discussing now is not the character of the defendant, but the question of how much money he gives you every month, right?" Yi Zhongming took the last sip of tea in his cup and tightened the lid, "Look It's almost time for us to get off work, so you should be quick and tell him how much you want him to pay!"

Thank goodness, this person surnamed Yi finally ended the mode of drinking tea and persuading fights, and was ready to fight this puddle with his own hands!Fang Quan couldn't wait to put his hands on the keyboard, always ready to type the final mediation agreement.

"Didn't I just say that? 5000! Not a single point less!"

"But……"

"5000 won't work." Yi Zhongming said firmly, "The defendant's monthly salary is only that much, and he has seniors and juniors. You can discuss it with your agent again——Defendant, what's your opinion? "

"I... 3600..."

"3600, tsk, it's a bit low," Yi Zhongming tilted his head, "You see that the plaintiff's expectation is so high, why don't you add a little more?"

"Add more..."

"Bai Song, have you discussed it?" Yi Zhongming turned his attention back to the plaintiff, "How much less than 5000?"

The young agent took a look at his client: "4800..."

"Alas, Aunt Bai, Aunt Bai, did you ignore what I just said?" Yi Zhongming sighed, "The defendant's salary——"

"What happened to his salary? Don't you think about my daughter's salary??" The plaintiff's voice choked up, "My daughter couldn't find a job for a long time after graduating from that bad major with a bad second degree, okay? It’s easy to have a job and work overtime every day. It’s only over two thousand a month. Seven thousand!"

"Oh, according to this argument, the money you asked for from the defendant was actually to make up for the price difference that your daughter failed to earn~~" Yi Zhongming nodded thoughtfully, "It's easy to handle: you said that if your daughter Sanshui Finance and Economics can earn six to seven thousand a month after graduation, so let the defendant give you four thousand a month, plus the two thousand your daughter earns now, wouldn’t it be just right? —Defendant, what do you think?”

"Four thousand... Four thousand is four thousand!"

"The defendant readily agreed, and the plaintiff agrees! You can see that your attorney kept nodding and thought it was appropriate."

The plaintiff pursed his lips and remained silent for a while, before finally lowering his head: "Okay, as long as you can pay it back, four thousand is four thousand..."

"One time for 4000, two times for 45, three times for 4000—Okay, it's settled like this, and neither party is allowed to go back!" Yi Zhongming took out a calculator, "Then dividing 112.5 by 12 is equal to... 9.375, then divided by 0.375 equals... 12, and then multiplied by 1 by 9... That is to say, starting from the [-]st of the next month, the defendant will have to pay back the money for [-] years and [-] months——Hey Fang Quan, just now I Have you written down everything you said? It's up to you whether you can get off work on time!"

After 5 minutes, Fang Quan confirmed the time on the computer again.After Yi Zhongming joined the battle, the two sides reached an agreement almost instantly - if I knew it would be easier, why didn't I take the initiative to participate in it from the very beginning?

"What are you doing with such a bitter face? Do you really know what you have done, Hu Shou?" After the defendant finished signing, Yi Zhongming took the paper back to the plaintiff, "Whether you take the money or not?" Looking for a relationship', or 'eating, drinking, whoring and gambling' as the plaintiff said, the nature of your behavior is very dangerous, if you commit another crime, I am afraid that the public security and the procuratorate will come to you, and then you will go to the criminal court. It’s not as simple as issuing a mediation letter and paying some money! So what about 4000 yuan a month? It’s better to go bankrupt than to go bankrupt instantly! Spend money to buy a lesson, and you should be more honest in the future, and do more for your children and wife Think about it with my wife!"

"That's right, what the lawyer said is true!" After signing, Bai Song pushed the pen and paper to his agent, "It's really cheap for you to only pay back the money. People like you should be taken for thousands of dollars." Cut to pieces!"

"Stop meddling in there!" Yi Zhongming turned his face, "The saying of spending money to buy lessons is also applicable to you: transferring from elementary school to middle school is relatively common, but when have you heard Transferred halfway through graduation?! If it really gets better like that, do you still need to work hard for the college entrance examination?! Besides, even if you can transfer, it must be possible for a very famous and famous person to come forward. But how can such a person appear casually? In a casual street card room, after casually listening to the complaints from a casually acquainted poker player, he casually introduced himself, saying that he can help people casually by finding connections casually What about transferring to university? Fortunately, this time I helped you get the money back, but what about next time? Next time? You can come to us at any time if you want, but not all the defendants are as powerful as Hu Shou A fixed job and address!"

"Look at what you said, who will go to court if nothing happens...wait a minute," the plaintiff's face turned livid as if he suddenly understood, "What does 'next time' and 'next time' mean? Did you say you would Continue to be deceived?! Are you cursing me? I am so angry!!! How can there be a lawyer who talks like you?!"

"Of course no lawyer would speak like me, because I'm a judge~~"

Totally ignoring the plaintiff's wailing, Yi Zhongming waved his hands gracefully, and strode out of the courtroom.Although he really wanted to comfort the plaintiff, but considering that there were more important things to do, Fang Quan hurriedly picked up the case file and caught up with Yi Zhongming in three steps at a time: "Wait a minute, Judge Yi Zhong, Regarding the few words you just said to the client—”

"What happened to those few words just now? I think I'm still very sincere..."

"It's very wrong!" Fang Quan trotted two steps, walked in front of Yi Zhongming, blocking his way, "Hurry up, go back and apologize to him before the plaintiff leaves!"

"Apologize? Me?" Yi Zhongming raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Isn't it too much for you to curse the defendant that he will continue to be deceived?" Fang Quan stared at the assistant judge in front of him without showing any weakness.

"What?! Do you have ear problems too?" Yi Zhongming folded his arms, "When did I curse her?"

"It's the 'next time' and 'next time'!" Fang Quan took a step forward, approaching Yi Zhongming's body, "It may be okay for us to hear that, but now that the plaintiff has been cheated of so much money, it's already gone. It's very pitiful, after hearing what you say, I will inevitably think too much..."

"Oh, according to what you said, if I told the defendant, 'If you commit the crime again next time, I'm afraid the police/public security, the procuratorate/procuratorate will come to you' or something like cursing him to commit the crime again next time?" Yi Zhongming Leaning forward, looking into Fang Fangquan's eyes, "It is not certain that the defendant really used all the money to 'clear up the relationship', but the matter was not done, and the plaintiff entangled him and brought him to court. Two-thirds of the wages have to be used to repay the money, isn't it pitiful to look at the defendant? Couldn't I just 'curse' him?"

"I, what I want to express is not a 'curse', but your attitude towards the person involved!" Somewhat annoyed, Fang Quan raised the volume of his speech, "In short, he is very angry now, go back and apologize!"

"No need. I didn't say anything wrong." Yi Zhongming shook lightly, walked around Fang Quan and continued to walk up the stairs, "And if I want to apologize, how should I tell her?" I'm sorry, I cursed Are you'? Are you kidding me that is obviously a kind reminder?! 'We guarantee that such things will not happen to you again'? Please, we are not gods, are we just the most grassroots court? Can't do it at all?!"

"You...I...ah!" Fang Quan stomped his feet fiercely, "Anyway, I mean you have to have a better attitude towards the person involved, speak softly, be patient and careful, so as to avoid the conflict just now!"

"Short oil, I have only been a clerk for a day, and I have the posture of the president of the court when I speak. I have a bright future, young man." Yi Zhongming turned his head, cocked his mouth and chuckled, "But when you Before the judge, I have to ask you, do you really understand our client?"

"I……"

"According to my observation and understanding, no matter what you say, the person concerned will subconsciously feel that you are wrong, so the more you say, the more mistakes you will make. Even so, we still hope that they can listen to some words, It needs to be communicated to them, and you can't choose to let it go and say nothing at all. So in my opinion, the most suitable way of communication is to hit the nail on the head, simple and rude. As for you," Yi Zhongming stood at the corner and turned Turning around, "Whether you will stick to your point of view or agree with my point of view, this has to be tested slowly in the future work - of course, the premise is that you can stay smoothly."

"!!!"

"Find out your position first, rookie stenographer! Don't forget, you are still in the internship period, and I have a considerable say in whether you will stay or not." Yi Zhongming turned his head and smiled slightly , "I think I told you yesterday, the clerk should talk less and do more. So I advise you to make less remarks like just now, shut up and do more what the clerk should do !"

"Why didn't I do it? Didn't I do it well yesterday and today, court records and so on..." Fang Quan pouted, "Writing subpoenas, answering phone calls and sending emails are just extra chores, right?"

"What chores are not chores. As long as it's not my job, it's all your job."

"This! Who said this?" Fang Quan followed angrily.

"No one said, historical experience." Yi Zhongming shrugged, "We all came here like this. Speaking of which, didn't you stay in the trial and supervision court of our court? Why don't you understand anything? ?”

"Because... all you do are miscellaneous things..."

"Miscellaneous...specifically?"

"Isn't it just fetching water and doing cleaning..." Fang Quan scratched his face with a guilty conscience, "And then it's sorting out the files..."

Hearing this sentence, Yi Zhongming first pursed his lips, and then sneered: "Ha, as expected!"

"……so……"

"So let's start with the things you know how to do!" Yi Zhongming raised a sly arc at the corner of his mouth, and then pushed open the door of his office, "Come on, open the big cabinet door on the right hand side and have a look." .”

"On the right hand side... the door of the clothes cabinet? ——Wait, what's going on?!"

Opening the door of the cabinet, Fang Quan was stunned by the scene inside: the files, the hill-like files piled up in this cabinet originally designed to hang clothes; although they were far from reaching the top of the cabinet, according to Fang Quan's rough estimation, there was still a pile of files. The height of the meter is high; since each case is clamped from the left side, the whole pile of files forms a wonderful scene of high in the west and low in the east, and the ground dips to the southeast. One hundred and two will collapse in an instant.

"Didn't you say that you sorted out the files during your internship before?" Yi Zhongming sat down and raised his legs, "Then I will give you the full authority to handle the work you are best at."

"So much!!!! How long have you been accumulating???!!!"

"Not much, not much, is it too much? Not much! Compared with the rolling mountains and seas of the trial and supervision court, I must be insignificant, right? Besides, some of the files when I first handled the case were already It’s archived, the ones you see are probably only about seven or eight months old!”

"...May I ask, how long do you plan to give me to settle these cases?"

"I'm not too difficult for you. I'll finish it all within one month of the internship, how about it?"

Rubbing his chest, Fang Quan breathed a sigh of relief: "What, there is no problem at all for a month. After all, if I sort out the files, does it mean that I don't have to do things like answering the phone and writing? Something like a subpoena?"

"Who said that to you?" Yi Zhongming tilted his head, the lens reflected the dazzling light, "Organizing files is only one part of your work, other tasks such as writing subpoenas, making phone calls, meeting parties, hearings, serving Wait, these clerks must do all the work. Those who have not done it will learn from the beginning, and those who have done it will be able to work harder. In this month, you not only have to complete the work that all clerks should complete, but also Do you still feel that you have enough time to sort out and bind all these files?"

"How could it be possible to do all these things in a month? It's simply impossible!" Fang Quan couldn't help raising the volume as he slammed the cabinet door, "Why are you being so cruel to newcomers from the beginning?"

"I said yesterday that in this place where there is a shortage of manpower, you can only use the method of 'pickling seedlings to encourage growth' to make you grow quickly. If you want to complain, you can blame the arrangement of fate and the needs of reality!" Yi Zhongming stood up and walked to the window "To be honest, your current ability and attitude are basically useless except to hinder our court, but since the chief judge assigned you to me, then I have to take on the responsibility of discipline. In this month In time, although I don't expect the 'quality' of the tasks assigned to you, but if you can guarantee the 'quantity', then in my opinion, it can be regarded as barely qualified. So as long as you can clear this pile of papers by then, I will Just keep you—isn't it so cruel to say this? Do you accept this deal?"

"En..." Fang Quan nodded silently.Isn't it cruel because it becomes a transaction?What a joke!If a certain "quality" cannot be guaranteed, then the so-called guaranteed "quantity" is nothing but a false proposition!

But what else can he do, for the sake of poetry and the distance, he can only focus on the mess in front of him.

"Tsk, I've been talking nonsense with you for so long, it's already five forty! No wonder everyone has left!" Yi Zhongming stuffed a case file into his briefcase angrily, "Hey, Fang Quan, it's time to go Yes, have you taken everything?"

"kindness."

In the gradually compressed door, Fang Quan took a last glance at the cabinet full of files.

Forget it, let's leave the cruelty to tomorrow!