Tacitus in love, Plato in trap

"Just play, you know how to play!" Before Fang Quan could react, he received a solid slap on the back of the head, "It's already working time, do you know?"

"Who's playing!" Fang Quan covered his head with his left hand, and raised his mobile phone with his right hand, "I'm checking whether the mail I sent before has been delivered properly? Really, the computer in the office area cannot connect to the outside world. Internet, not to mention that I don’t even have a computer, so what would I use if I don’t have a mobile phone?”

"Call! It's not that you don't know that we use the famous AMS to send the mail, and you don't know how much moisture it says is delivered! There is still some time before the trial, you should call the relevant parties to confirm for yourself one time!"

"kindness……"

Today's Yi Zhongming seems a little...

"Xiao Fang!" As soon as Fang Quan picked up the receiver, he heard Sister Ping calling him at the door, "The mail list I asked you to write for me the day before yesterday, the third copy, which is the sender's copy, where do you put it?" gone?"

"The third couplet?! Ah!!! Forgot to draw it out!!!"

"No, it's okay...then is the mail still with you?"

"Not anymore," Yi Zhongming raised his face and interjected, "Yesterday I went to this court to approve the case and sent it over."

"Ah, that's it..." Sister Ping smiled stiffly, "Then I'll think of a way..."

"What's the matter, did Xiao Fang screw up the matter again?" The judge poked his head out from the side.

"No, no, I was not careful..." Sister Ping stepped aside with a smile, and the chief judge walked in suspiciously: "Speaking of which, Xiao Fang, the summons that I asked you to go downstairs yesterday has been delivered. Is the receipt still with you?"

"Ah, about this..." Fang Quan scratched his face in embarrassment, "Yesterday, the defendant said that the case was wrong and he refused to accept it, so I took the summons back intact..."

"Huh?!" The judge raised his brows immediately, "Bring it back intact? Why didn't you say such an important matter earlier?! You just let the defendant run away after finding it so hard! !!Quick! The file is here with you! Give it to me!"

It looks like it will be another "beautiful" and "fulfilling" day... Watching the chief judge rush out of the office in a hurry, Fang Quan sat back on his chair exhausted.For him, the current life not only includes the troubles in front of him, but also the rework of the past troubles and the newly assigned troubles.Although he was assigned to Yi Zhongming as a clerk, when Sister Ping was too busy, the chief judge and judge Zheng would also come to him, so the "amount" of his work in the past two weeks has been reduced. It has been maintained at a high level, but it is a pity that the "quality" does not seem to have improved significantly-the nerves that have been numb by scolding and those who have to rework are the best examples.

"Ah..." Fang Quan sighed heavily, and put his face on the file.Right in front of the line of sight is the pile of scary files that Yi Zhongming made a deal with himself. Due to being tired of dealing with the work at hand, the files in this cabinet haven't been cleaned up much yet.

"Don't look at evil, don't look at evil..." Fang Quan quickly turned his head to the other side, "Why did Yi Zhongming ask me to call just now? Why can't I remember..."

"Xiao Fang, have you proofread the document for me yesterday?"

This time it was Judge Zheng.

"Documents? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I didn't show you the last paragraph..."

"It's all right, Xiao Fang, don't be in a hurry~~" Judge Zheng smiled kindly, walked over and patted Fang Quan on the shoulder, "I'm not in a hurry to take this case, I'll join you when I finish the other cases." It's not too late to take it to the courtyard to get your seal stamped, just take your time and deal with your own affairs first~~"

"Yes, I'm sorry, Judge Zheng! I'll proofread the documents as soon as possible after the court session this morning!" Fang Quan lowered his head a little embarrassed.Among all the people, Fang Quan is the most willing to help Judge Zheng, because she is kind, soft-spoken, and never loses her temper. Even if she makes a mistake when helping her, she usually just laughs it off. Unlike the president and Yi Zhongming, who are both on the outside and on the inside, they are terrible.Sometimes Fang Quan even wondered why the chief judge didn't assign him to Judge Zheng but to this guy surnamed Yi.

Speaking of the one named Yi, he was just sitting behind his desk quietly looking at the one in front of him as usual—ah no, Yi Zhongming is not quiet at all today, although he didn’t speak, but his hands Grabbing the mouse and rubbing it back and forth on the mat, making an annoying scrubbing sound.

"Fang Quan, it's almost time," he said suddenly, "It's time to get ready to go to court! Sister Ping has given you the case file, right?"

"Yes, yes, here I am, I will look for it, I will look for it..."

"If I remember correctly, your client this morning is Qian... ah..." Judge Zheng shook his head slightly, "Okay, Xiao Fang, Xiao Yi, you guys do your work first, I'll go first."

"Judge Zheng, go slowly!" Smiling and sending away the staggering Judge Zheng, Fang Quan immediately turned his head and looked for the case file that Yi Zhongming said on his messy desk, "This morning's... should be this one, but I can't find it." The defendant's private lending case, right? Although I didn't have time to read it carefully, I still glanced at it yesterday, so..."

"Fang Quan," Yi Zhongming pressed the mouse impatiently, making a clicking sound, "You have to be warm-hearted, understand?"

"Huh?! What are you talking about?! Do you mean Judge Zheng and the others? But these things are obviously—"

"The guaranteed 'quantity' I mentioned does not include the 'quantity' other than the job I gave. Besides, only those who are capable are eligible to work harder, and your current level is not even mediocre," Shang said, looking past the glasses frame Along, Yi Zhongming raised his eyes and looked at Fang Quan, "During the two weeks you have been here, let alone the work mistakes that I am too lazy to talk about, let's just talk about the case files in the cabinet, you basically I don't know how high it should be. Do you still remember the conditions for staying and working?"

"I remember, but I've always been like this..."

"No, but, that is a fixed transaction standard. If it is not completed by then, pack up and leave!" Yi Zhongming stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the road outside the window, "Speaking of which, the case to be appealed, You get me sorted and bound by Wednesday, do you hear me?"

"kindness……"

"Okay, go down and get ready."

"..."

"What are you still doing there?"

"I always feel," Fang Quan whispered, "you are in a bad mood today..."

"Oh, is that so?" Yi Zhongming frowned, observing the passing vehicles on the road through the shade of the plane tree, "I feel like I haven't been in a good mood for a long time!"

"That's what I said, but I feel that your temper is stronger than usual today." Fang Quan asked tentatively, "Did something happen?"

"It's none of your business." Angrily, Yi Zhongming strode towards the door with his hands behind his back, "Forget it, you'd better go down with me today!"

"??? Want to go together?!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and follow!"

"???kindness……"

Fang Quan silently followed Yi Zhongming to the courtroom. Although it was not too late, the two jurors and the plaintiff were already in their seats.Sitting in the plaintiff's table was a young man, wearing a well-pressed short-sleeved white shirt and a red tie with diagonal stripes. He looked very capable and seemed to be the plaintiff's attorney.As soon as Yi Zhongming and Fang Quan entered the courtroom, his slender eyes closely followed their figures.

"Yo, Xiao Ming, good morning~~" The man greeted them with a smile, Fang Quan thought for a long time before realizing who he was calling, "Did you come down so early today? By the way, who is this kid? The new clerk?"

Yi Zhongming snorted coldly, and sat on the trial platform: "Guess."

The man raised the corner of his mouth slightly, propped his chin with one hand, and looked sideways at Yi Zhongming: "Can you guess or not?"

"……boring……"

"Huh, Xiao Ming, you are really good~~" The man smiled softly, "It was obviously you who started it, why didn't you play cards according to common sense? I thought you would be more lively today~~"

"Fang Quan, be quicker with your hands and feet!" Ignoring the man's words, Yi Zhongming scolded behind him, "Why did you just turn on the computer?"

"I...it's obviously a computer—"

"Go and check the identity information of the plaintiff, and then the court will begin!"

"En, enen..." Fang Quan curled his lips and sat down on the clerk's seat. The man was also very conscious and handed over his ID card.

"Huh? Where's your entrustment?" Fang Quan raised his head in confusion and asked.

The man chuckled; "I am the plaintiff himself!"

"Eh? Eh???" Fang Quan looked back and forth between the plaintiff and his ID card, "I thought you were..."

"Huh, from the aspect of dressing, I am indeed different from my peers, and it is normal for newcomers to admit their mistakes." The man stretched out his right hand, "I just heard Xiao Ming say that your name is Fang Quan, right? I My name is Qian Kun, and I like to help others overcome difficulties, so more than half of the private loan cases here are related to me, and we will meet often in the future~~"

"Qian...Kun...?" Instead of holding Qian Kun's outstretched hand, Fang Quan stared at his face in a daze.

"Hey, Qian, don't say anything here, take your ID card and sit back quickly," Yi Zhongming interrupted impatiently, "Fang Quan, start studying court discipline!"

"kindness."

Qian Kun... I always feel that I have heard this name somewhere...

Illusion, after all, there are quite a lot of people whose name is pronounced this way, so...

wrong!Thinking about it carefully, this face seems so familiar... Where did you see it?

"—After the repayment period expired, the plaintiff repeatedly demanded, and the defendant... ah," the plaintiff Qian Kun sighed softly, threw the complaint aside, and then supported his head with one hand, looking out. To the judgment stand, "Xiao Ming, can I stop reading? Anyway, you must have already typed it in the court transcript—right, Xiao Fang?"

"?!"

"No, keep reading! This is a requirement of the program!" Yi Zhongming behind him knocked the gavel involuntarily, "During the debate before, could you just throw the manuscript to the other party and not make your opening argument?" ?”

"?"

"Then I'll continue," Qian Kun shrugged and sat up slowly, "After all, I have to obey the judge's command in court."

In the past...the debate competition...opened the argument...So this Qian Kun used to be the first debater of a certain debate team?It's really interesting to see his conversation...and it's so familiar...

Fang Quan narrowed his eyes slightly without stopping the recording work in his hands.

"The next step is to present and cross-examine evidence." To Fang Quan's ears, Yi Zhongming's voice seemed a little eager. "The plaintiff will present evidence."

"First of all, the loan contract." Qian Kun took out a folder from his briefcase, "Oh, tell your honor, I forgot to bring the original copy of the loan contract."

"You!" Yi Zhongming sighed heavily behind him, and then Fang Quan heard the ear-piercing sound of the chair moving, "It won't open, it won't open, this court will not open!"

"What...?" Fang Quan turned his head in astonishment, and saw that Yi Zhongming had stood up from the presiding judge's seat, while the two jurors were sitting in their seats calmly, as if they had been used to it for a long time.

"Qian, how many times have you been here? Do you know that you have to bring the original documents to the court?!" Yi Zhongming crossed his hips, "What kind of court are you going to hold without the original documents? Go back to me, when will I get the original back and when will I—”

"Oh, it's actually here!" Qian Kun unhurriedly pulled out a piece of paper from the folder, "Look, Your Honor, the original document has been found. So sorry, can we continue the court session now?"

"You kid is on purpose... definitely on purpose..." Yi Zhongming returned to his seat and said through gritted teeth, "If you dare to make such a joke in court again, I will consider you contempt of court!"

"I'm really sorry~~" Qian Kun raised the original contract in his hand with a smile, "Can we start the cross-examination?"

Unexpectedly, when Yi Zhongming was still in such embarrassment, Fang Quan tried his best to hold back his laughter, his fingers flying on the keyboard.He really deserves to be a former debate team member. If he can fool the graduates of the famous law school Sanshui University of Political Science and Law, his background must be...

Wait, I seem to recall seeing it somewhere...on the photo...and in real life...!

Could it be that Qian Kun? !

Fang Quan gasped, and his movements slowed down.

I didn't expect to meet here in such a form!

Due to the absence of the defendant, the trial proceeded extremely quickly, and the entire trial process was completed in half an hour.As soon as the gavel fell, Yi Zhongming couldn't wait to return to the upstairs office. The two jurors left quickly after signing the transcript, leaving only Fang Quan and Qian Kun in the courtroom.The transcript was only five sides and three pages long, but Qian Kun signed it very slowly.

"That..." Seeing that Qian Kun finished writing the date on the last page, Fang Quan finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Excuse me, are you a graduate of Sanshui University of Political Science and Law?"

Qian Kun put the pen into the cap and looked up at Fang Quan: "That's right, I graduated from Sanshui Political Science and Law."

"So have you...have you ever played a debating competition?"

"Ah, that's all from my undergraduate days..."

"!!!" Fang Quan pressed his chest, "So you really are... I watched your competition a few years ago! It was very exciting! There are also photos and certificates in the hall of the college... I'm sorry I'm a little Incoherent..."

"Haha," Qian Kun waved his hand, "That embarrassing photo is still hanging in the courtyard, we were obviously only No.4 back then..."

"?"

"Fang Quan, according to what you said just now, you also graduated from Sanshui Political Science and Law?"

"kindness!"

"So I'm your senior." Qian Kun's eyes almost narrowed into a line when he laughed, "I graduated four years ago, with a master's degree in legal history, and I'm a classmate with Xiao Ming."

"You and Yi Zhong... Judge Yi are classmates?!"

"Student? This title always feels like a bit of a student. Xiao Ming and I were in the same class when we were undergraduates, and shared the same dormitory when we were graduate students. We even entered the national election together in the debate team—not just ordinary classmates. gone."

"Indeed..." Fang Quan rubbed his chin, "Wait, the debate team?! Yi... Is the justice also on the debate team? Is it the debate team that has been on TV?"

"Of course," Qian Kun said with a bright smile, "I'm the one who made the opening statement, and he's the one who concluded the statement. If you remember me, you should also be able to think of Xiao Ming, right?"

"This..." Fang Quan lowered his head.The first argument was gentle and elegant, the second argument was eloquent, and the third argument was eloquent. Even after so many years, he still clearly remembered the fourth argument... What are the characteristics of the fourth argument?If it is really a mean person like Yi Zhongming, he should also remember it? !

"Don't you remember? That's right, because Xiao Ming at that time was really hard to impress others..." Qian Kun raised his cheek with one hand, "Xiao Ming used to be relatively taciturn, even if he joined the debate team He didn't become more "lively" because of us. However, he belongs to the type of "If you don't make a speech, you will be a blockbuster". As long as he speaks, he will definitely hit the nail on the head and hit the painful spot, so he becomes the rest of the team. I am also convinced. As for his reticence, it seems that he did not change until he entered the court. Now he talks a lot more than before, and he is also "lively"-but for some reason, I always feel that he is now The 'philistine' spirit has also become too strong, not as cute as before..."

"Cute...?" The corner of Fang Quan's mouth couldn't help twitching, "But the relationship between you doesn't seem to be as good as expected, at least from Judge Yi's side..."

"It's not 'not so good', it's 'very bad'—Xiao Ming, he hates me..." Qian Kun smiled wryly, "Because of the profession I pursue after graduation, there are other reasons...although So, I still like Xiao Ming—ah," Qian Kun raised his head and looked at Fang Quan, "the 'like' here is what you first thought of."

"The first one I thought of... huh?!" After understanding Qian Kun's meaning, Fang Quan blushed and took a step back, "You are..."

"Yeah," Qian Kun stood up and began to pack his briefcase, "Don't be afraid, I'm not the kind of person who just sees a guy and gets into a tantrum. I'll find someone of the same kind anyway."

"Same kind... wait, could it be...???"

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So, Yi Zhongming is gay...

As if stepping on cotton, Fang Quan took the transcript signed by the defendant to the plaintiff for signature.

【"This matter... will you also tell other people this?"

"Of course not, except for the most intimate friends, you are the first outsider I tell."

"Then why..."

Qian Kun narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Guess~~"]

Regarding homosexuality, Fang Quan neither supports nor opposes it, because in the past 22 years, he has hardly thought about this issue, even if he occasionally saw a homosexual in Sanshui Polytechnic next door on the road. Lovers, at best, he would just look back and move on without feeling anything—for him, that was another world.

Then today, the gate of that world was suddenly opened, and he was drowned in the torrent of chaos, at a loss.

Of course, this may also be the nonsense of that guy named Qian Kun - how can people in that line of work survive if they are not old and cunning? !

But what is the purpose of doing so?He is obviously just a new-arriving extra-staff stenographer!

Whether it's true or not, Fang Quan's heart was knotted because of Qian Kun's words. After returning to the office in the morning, he didn't even dare to look at Yi Zhongming. Misremembering and omissions - this caused him to be scolded by Yi Zhongming a lot.

"...boy, boy? Hey, are you listening?"

"Ah, what?! Are you talking about me?" Fang Quan came to his senses, and looked at the plaintiff, Ms. You, who was signing and confirming page by page in front of him, "Of course I'm listening!"

"Anyway, don't tell Judge Yi what I just said." Ms. You nodded reassuringly, turned a page, and continued to sign at the bottom of the page.This is an extremely ordinary divorce case. The plaintiff, Ms. You, married the widower Jia Zhen and wanted to divorce because of personality differences and other reasons. Although the defendant did not deny the fact that the relationship between the two was not good, he insisted on refusing to divorce. , and this Ms. You brought the divorce to the court for the first time, so judging from the general situation in the case file compiled by Fang Quan, the judgment will probably be inseparable.

"Actually, that matter is not the most important." Ms. You looked back at the closed court door, then lowered her voice, "The reason why I want to divorce him is because he has serious style problems."

"Style problem?"

"I just like messing around with men and women!" Ms. You said with some embarrassment, "I did hear some bad rumors about him when we first met, but considering that he is a widower, my family situation and work are not the same. Very good, I didn't care about anything, and finally we were together with him. I didn't expect that he didn't restrain himself after getting married, and the colorful flags were still fluttering outside. What's worse, he didn't even let his family members go. The daughter-in-law who hanged herself seems to have something to do with him..."

"Daughter-in-law?! Isn't it?!" Fang Quan almost cried out.

"Then my two younger sisters came to Sanshui to see me before, and they seemed to be given by him..." At this point, Ms. You's voice choked up, and she paused for a long time before continuing, "Even if it's not my own sister, something like this happened I can't bear it either! So when my third sister persuaded me to divorce, I came here resolutely..."

"My God, this kind of thing..." Fang Quan covered his mouth, "Why didn't you call the police?"

"I can't afford to lose this person! It's not a big deal if outsiders meddle in the family affairs. It's better to just leave." Ms. You sighed heavily, "When do you think Judge Yi will be able to resolve my case? Sentence?"

"This is..."

"By the way, don't tell Judge Yi what you just said, just listen to it casually and forget about it."

"……kindness……"

Unexpectedly, this seemingly ordinary divorce case hides such amazing hidden secrets... Putting everything away, Fang Quan went back to the upstairs office with a heavy heart. After struggling at the door, he went straight to Yi By Zhong Ming's side.

"Why?" Yi Zhongming stopped his work and looked up at Fang Quan.

"How do you plan to judge the case just now?" Fang Quan asked his own question straight to the point.

Yi Zhongming raised an eyebrow: "Do you have any ideas?"

"If possible," Fang Quan swallowed, "I hope to let them leave at once."

"The reason?"

"The reason..." Fang Quan blushed, "I can't say..."

"Heh." Yi Zhongming looked directly at the computer in front of him, and hummed lightly as a response.

"Others have problems too!" Fang Quan cried out anxiously, "The defendant not only messed around outside, but even his own daughter-in-law and sister-in-law were not spared! What is the meaning of such a marriage! Although the plaintiff said not to Let me tell you, but for the sake of the justice of the sentence, I feel it is necessary to tell you."

"Oh." Yi Zhongming continued typing on the keyboard without looking up.

"so what?"

"So? There's nothing so." Yi Zhongming used the mouse to locate the place that needs to be modified, and then pressed the backspace key, "Just judge as you want!"

"What kind of talk is this!" Fang Quan stomped his feet angrily, "What do you mean by 'judgment as you please'?"

"Let me ask you," Yi Zhongming turned sideways, crossed his legs, and folded his arms in front of his chest, "After the plaintiff reported the relevant situation to you, did you take notes for her?"

"Transcript? Didn't do it..."

"Is there any suggestion that she still needs to explain to me face to face?"

"People have said they don't want to tell—"

"Did you suggest that she apply for a closed court session in order to protect personal privacy and let relevant personnel testify in court?"

"……No……"

"Then," Yi Zhongming turned back blankly and continued to look at his computer, "What you heard from the plaintiff just now cannot be used as the basis for the judgment."

"Why, why?!" Fang Quan puffed up his cheeks a little dissatisfied, "Even if there is no such evidence, isn't the fact clearly there?! As the wife of this kind of scum, how pitiful she is! You can't Do you have sympathy for others?!"

"Do you sympathize by chewing your tongue like you?" Yi Zhongming tilted his mouth, "And in terms of the plaintiff's situation, although what you said about her situation is indeed miserable, although I don't like to use the worst malice To speculate on others, but the plaintiff told you these things, her motives may not be pure."

"What! Do you need any impure motives to reflect your true situation?"

"Then why didn't she say it in court?"

"This is a family scandal after all, she just doesn't want more outsiders to know about it!"

"If that's the case, then she wouldn't have told you these things in the first place!"

"!!!...Maybe she just wants to find a reasonable way to vent her emotions?"

"Vent out? Come on, have you ever dealt with women?" Yi Zhongming sneered, "When encountering such things, women usually confide in other women instead of coming to us Strange man - of course this is the usual situation, in case this Ms. You -"

"Enough!" Fang Quan interrupted Yi Zhongming unhappily, "What did you say 'I don't like to speculate others with the worst malice', I think you are just speculating others with the worst malice to shirk your responsibility You dead base—" Fang Quan quickly swallowed the words when he was on his lips, so dangerous.

"driver?"

"It's okay..." Fang Quan turned his head to one side, "Anyway, since the client told me about this, she trusts me, and I will help her no matter what!"

"Help her? Just you? You didn't do what you were supposed to do, you couldn't even keep a secret for others!"

"You!!!" Fang Quan clenched his teeth, "...then do you want to help her?"

"Why? Didn't the plaintiff say that he didn't want me to know about it?"

"You! Sigh..." Fang Quan sighed hard, and returned to his table, "Do you have your client in your heart? What does the profession of judge mean to you? Why are you so cold-blooded? Heartless bastards to be judges?"

"Because I'm good at exams." Yi Zhongming answered Fang Quan's last question with some complacency, "Come on, give me the files of Jia Zhen and Ms. You that were just opened."

"Hey, the time limit is calling! Hurry up, hurry up!" Angrily, Fang Quan stuffed the transcripts of the court session into the paper in order, and handed the stack of case materials to Yi Zhongming.Inadvertently, he saw a few pages pressed down below.

"Oops, I said in the morning to bring the proofread documents to Judge Zheng! It's been delayed until now!!!" Picking up the case file with the documents in it, Fang Quan walked quickly towards Judge Zheng's office, just about to knock on the door , and heard the voice of the president from inside——

"Do you think it's necessary to keep Xiao Fang here?"