Chapter 22

Since Chen Zhen's case involved international disputes, the trial of the case was quickly put on the agenda, and the date was set on the second day after Chen Zhen was arrested.

"Uncle Nong, what should we do? Chen Zhen will be fine." Huo Tingen was still a little uncertain.

Nong Jinsun's face was not very good, but he still said: "I have already helped him contact the most famous Chinese barrister in Shanghai, there should be no problem, and besides, he did not do this matter in the first place."

After hearing these words, Huo Tingen felt much relieved, but he still hesitated and asked: "Chen Zhen didn't go out that night, right?"

"En." Nong Jinsun replied angrily, and then asked, "Where did you go that night, why didn't you see you all night?"

"I, I went to a friend's place and drank too much, so I didn't come back at night." Huo Tingen's face was embarrassed, and his speech became stuttering.

"Tingen, I'm not talking about you. Your father handed Jingwumen into your hands. You should try your best to carry him forward. Don't lose sight of him all day long. Those friends you used to have can be broken if they can." Nong Jinsun said earnestly. commanded.

"Uncle Nong, senior brother, have you seen Xin Han?" Xiaohui ran in from the outside.

"Little brother? No, I haven't seen Chen Zhen since he was taken away." Huo Tingen thought for a while and said.

Nong Jinsun said helplessly: "This kid doesn't know what he thinks all day long. I have been in business for so many years, and he is the only young man I can't see through."

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In the International Concession Court, the case of Chen Zhen was presided over by British Justice Peter Bruce. Since it was an open trial, in addition to people from the Fist of Fury and Hongkou Dojo, some ordinary people and Japanese expatriates also participated.

Nong Jinsun and Huo Tingen brought the disciples of Jingwumen to the court early.

"Don't worry, Brother Xie said he was in charge of the case, and he said it's all right." While sitting down, Nong Jinsun comforted the disciples of Jingwumen.

As soon as he finished speaking, a patrolman wearing a patrol uniform, that is, the lowest rank, sat next to him. Nong Jinsun was shocked when he saw it. Isn't this the old brother Xie Zongzhang he just said.

"Why are you dressed like this?" Nong Jinsun looked at Mr. Xie in surprise.

Mr. Xie had a look of embarrassment on his face: "I'm really sorry, Brother Nong, I can't protect myself now, and I'm not responsible for this case."

"Then what should Chen Zhen do?" This time Nong Jinsun became anxious, and the person he entrusted was the uniformed Mr. Xie in front of him.

Mr. Xie said helplessly: "It depends on luck." After speaking, he put on his hat and walked to the gate of the court with a somewhat desolate expression.

Obviously his current level has plummeted, from a chief arrester to a bailiff at the gate.

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhen in the dock felt ominous.

"Hey, did you see the little junior brother?" Huo Tingen found that Xin Han went to nowhere.

Everyone in Fist of Fury shook their heads.

"Don't worry about that kid, I can't see anyone at this time, I really don't care." Xiao Hui didn't know why she was so angry.

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'Dang Dang Dang' Justice Pete Bruce tapped three times with his gavel to signal the silence of the crowd.

"Court opening" After he announced the opening of the court, everyone got ready, the unlucky Mr. Xie followed another bailiff to close the door, took out his baton and stood in front of the door depressed.

"Captain Xing, you said there are four witnesses?" Judge Pete was under a lot of pressure because of this case, and he also wanted to solve this case as soon as possible, so he got straight to the point at the beginning.

Detective Xing was originally an ordinary plainclothes patrol, but this time he accepted the benefits of the Japanese to replace Boss Xie as the new chief arrester. His mission this time is to kill Chen Zhen and turn this Chinese national hero into a murderer.

Hearing the judge ask him, he took off his hat and bowed to Pete: "Yes, we have four witnesses in the patrol room, and they can all prove that Chen Zhen killed someone."

Nong Jinsun whispered to Huo Tingen: "It's really strange, where did they find these four witnesses?"

During the summoning of witnesses, a witness said emotionally on the witness stand: "I saw with my own eyes that it was Chen Zhen. We all knew him. I saw him hacking the Japanese to death one by one."

The second witness was an elderly man. He pointed to the dock: "That's him. I saw him hack the Japanese to death with an ax."

The third witness was a fat man. He said seriously, "I really recognize him."

Lawyer Chen Zhen stepped forward to ask, and he stretched out two fingers: "How many fingers do I have here?"

Everyone else was surprised by the lawyer's question. Did he suspect that the witness had a problem with his eyesight or IQ?

The little fat man replied without hesitation: "Two."

Seeing that he answered happily, everyone gave up their previous thoughts. It seemed that the lawyer was worrying too much.

Unexpectedly, the little fat man blinked his eyes and looked carefully again: "No, no, four."

All the Chinese people in the courtroom laughed, this is simply nonsense.

What's more, the little fat man blinked his eyes again, as if it made his fingers a little tired: "Why don't you come closer so I can see clearly." This made the laughter even louder.

The lawyer shook his head: "No need."

Nong Jinsun said angrily: "It's just nonsense, they are all looking for people."

Your Honor also shook his head. In fact, the case does not need to be tried at all at this level. It is obviously perjury. However, the pressure from the Japanese side has to be within the scope of his consideration, so the trial must continue.

Fujita just turned his head to look at Watanabe at the Hongkou Dojo. He was entrusted with all the work of the witness. He didn't expect that he was a waste who did not accomplish enough but failed.

In the part of the defendant's self-defense, Chen Zhen of course argued with reason, because this is the fact: "I didn't kill anyone. I was at the Fist of Fury that night. My brothers can testify for me."

The Japanese lawyer objected on the spot: "Your Honor, I think the people from Fist of Fury are brothers with Chen Zhen, so they are not qualified to be witnesses."

"Don't talk nonsense." The lawyer's words aroused opposition from Jingwumen, why they couldn't testify because they were facts.

"Silence." Judge Pete had to knock the gavel in his hand.

At this time, a foreigner hurried in and whispered something to lawyer Chen Zhen.

The lawyer stood up immediately after listening: "Your Honor, I have one of the most favorable witnesses."

"I object." The Japanese lawyer immediately objected: "Your Honor, I think the Chinese's confession is not credible."

Lawyer Chen Zhen looked at his opponent mockingly and said to the judge, "My witness is Japanese."

When he said this, the Japanese consul and Takeshi Fujita were a little surprised, and the people of Jingwumen didn't know why. They couldn't think of any Japanese who would testify against Chen Zhen.

"Okay." Judge Pete nodded and approved the matter. Since the Japanese testified, the Japanese side can't blame me for acquitting Chen Zhen.

The court door opened, and a woman in a kimono with a soft appearance like Xiaojiabiyu walked in.

Chen Zhen saw the visitor clearly, and was suddenly surprised that the visitor was his lover Mitsuko Yamada when he was in Japan.

It could be seen that Mitsuko Yamada was a little apprehensive along the way, she looked left and right at the opposing Japanese and Fist of Fury people, walked up to Chen Zhen and saw Chen Zhen's questioning eyes, she shrugged mischievously.

"Miss, please reveal your identity first." The Japanese lawyer looked at Mitsuko Yamada suspiciously, and he didn't understand why this Japanese girl would testify against Chen Zhen.

"Miss, your sister, your mother is just a miss, and your whole family is a miss." Before Mitsuko Yamada could speak, the door of the court opened again, and a handsome young man in a black suit rushed in, pointing at the door. The Japanese lawyer scolded me.

"Junior Brother." Both the people from Jingwumen and Chen Zhen recognized that this person was Xin Han who had disappeared just now.

"Xiao Han, what are you doing? Do you want to kill Chen Zhen?" Nong Jinsun motioned Xin Han to stop quickly, lest he would offend the judge and the Japanese on the opposite side.

"Your Honor, I protest against this person for disturbing the court." The Japanese lawyer was interrupted by someone to ask and then said some insulting language and immediately protested. Although he couldn't tell that Xin Han was scolding him, he could tell from the tone Not a good thing to say.

"Protest your sister, this is basically a trap for you Japanese, and Akutagawa was killed by you Japanese yourself."

After Xin Han finished speaking, he took out a thick stack of photos from his bosom, and threw them up into the sky, and the photos immediately scattered all over the place, even a few fell in front of the judge.

Judge Pete Bruce curiously picked up the photo in front of him and found that there were two Japanese in the photo, and they were standing in front of the Hongkou Dojo with a dead body on their shoulders.

Pete quickly picked up another one, on which one of the two Japanese was holding a banner that read "Murderer, God will not tolerate it" signed for Chen Zhen and placed it on the corpse.

And the face of the corpse is clearly visible, it is the victim of today's case Akutagawa Ryuichi.

Pete Bruce had a headache for a while, this is a fart, the evidence is conclusive, isn't this a frame-up.

"What are you doing? Let's see that the fifth senior brother is wronged. It's all the little Japanese who harmed his own people." A Biao took the photo and angrily scolded the people in the opposite Hongkou dojo.

"Hey, everyone, look at those who resisted the corpse, they are the two of them." Ah Ren found out that the people in the photo were Watanabe and another Hongkou Daoist disciple who were sitting opposite.

"Your Honor, I don't think there is any need to continue the trial." Attorney Chen Zhen said with a smile on his face.

With these photos, the key witness Mitsuko Yamaguchi is no longer needed. If Chen Zhen is to be convicted, then Judge Pete Bruce is challenging the bottom line of the laws of Britain and France, and he will no longer be able to get along in his own country. .

Sure enough, Pete Bruce said angrily: "This case is too absurd. I now declare the case closed, the defendant not guilty, and arrest those two Japanese."

He pointed to Watanabe in the courtroom and the disciples of Hongkou Dojo who appeared in another photo.

Fujita stood up abruptly, snorted coldly, then took out his pistol and shot Watanabe and the disciple directly with two 'bang bang' shots.

"Our Japanese affairs, we solve them ourselves. Useless things really embarrass the Great Japanese Empire." After speaking, he turned and walked out of the court, ignoring the ashen-faced judge and the Chinese watching the excitement.

When walking past Xin Han, Fujita gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, you have guts. I believe you will regret what you did today soon."

Walking out of the court, Fujita ordered to the Japanese soldiers beside him: "Arrange to kill him, I don't want to see that kid again, those who shame the Great Japanese Empire must die."

"What about Chen Zhen, are we together..." The soldier made a chopping motion with his hand.

Fujita just shook his head: "No, we must defeat Chen Zhenhao openly to break the Chinese martial arts myth, keep him, I will arrange someone to challenge him."

At this time, Xin Han was being surrounded by a group of fellow apprentices, who kept throwing him into the air.

On the other side, Chen Zhen stood with Guangzi and he asked doubtfully, "Why are you here?"

Photon said affectionately: "I originally wanted to testify that we were together that day. I am Japanese. My testimony should be very useful."

Chen Zhen immediately knew that Guangzi wanted to sacrifice his reputation to keep himself.

Photon continued: "I have abandoned everything now, and you will support me for the rest of my life."

"En!" Chen Zhen, who was as emotional as an elm head, couldn't help being moved at this moment, and nodded heavily.