Chapter 67 Criminals
Recently, Lu Yuzhou always thinks of a memory that does not seem to belong to him.

The time was probably several hundred years ago, and the location was some unknown battlefield in the wilderness, where there were strong west winds and flying yellow sand all year round.

Not far away, two armies wearing red and black armor were fighting each other, swords and spears clashing, and silver light was everywhere.

As I recall, he was still very young at that time, and seemed to have been kidnapped by the enemy and came here.

And those soldiers in black armor are all helpers from friendly countries. The purpose of this battle is to help him, who was kidnapped, return to the royal capital.

He was originally hiding in the enemy's tent. At this moment, the enemy's tent was in chaos, and he escaped in the chaos and came to this battlefield where fighting was going on.

Knives and guns, blood and mud, he was fleeing between people, and before he knew it, he was covered in mud from the sand and dust blowing in his face.

"Hey, are you the prince of Beiliang?"

Suddenly, he heard a clear female voice. When he looked up, he found that the owner of the voice was indeed a heroic woman.

The woman was also wearing black armor and looked no more than a teenager. She was holding a red tasseled spear and had a very delicate gold-inlaid jade bracelet on her wrist. She looked even more heroic than the man.

He was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The woman continued, "We are soldiers from Daliang. We are here to take you back to the palace. Follow me first..."

Before she finished her words, her expression suddenly changed. She stretched out her hand, and the red tasseled spear had already passed over his head.

When he turned around, he saw only a red-armored soldier lying on the ground with a long knife in his hand, and a big hole on the soldier's head with blood gushing out.

The red tassel was covered in blood and stuck into several strands in the wind.

He was still young, and the woman was much taller than him. It was not until she squatted down that he saw the sweat and blood on her face.

"You are the prince." The woman took out a clean handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the blood that splashed on his face, "Don't dirty yourself."

The memory came to an abrupt end here, with no beginning or end. Lu Yuzhou had no idea what happened afterwards, nor could he tell when this memory appeared. He couldn't even tell whether the "self" in the memory was himself.

But fortunately, he remembered the woman's appearance and the gold and jade bracelet on her wrist.

Lu Yuzhou raised his head, and the woman's appearance began to overlap with Ji Chenxing who was sitting not far from him.

Lawyer Wang came back and interrupted Lu Yuzhou's thoughts with the word "Mr. Lu".

Wang Tao held a thin document in his hand, "Mr. Lu, this is what you wanted."

Lu Yuzhou said "hmm" softly, found a clean place, put the document on the table, making sure everyone could see it.

Ji Chenxing was very close to Lu Yuzhou, so she could see it most clearly.

The document had the words "Evidence Materials" written on the cover. Although it was only a dozen pages thick, it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

"Lawyer Wang, I think Aunt Li doesn't understand the law and doesn't know what she is doing. You may need to explain some things to her."

There was a flash of coldness in Lu Yuzhou's eyes.

Lawyer Wang nodded, without any opening remarks, and said directly: "Li Cuihua and others, on the pretext of marrying their daughter, demanded more than 200,000 yuan from Yang He, which is a crime of fraud. Because the amount is huge, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined."

Li Cuihua is from the countryside, has little education, and knows nothing about the law.

In her mind, committing a crime is not a big deal, but going to jail is absolutely unacceptable.

"No, I didn't commit fraud, I can't go to jail, don't talk nonsense." Li Cuihua howled.

She didn't know if what Lawyer Wang said now would put her in jail immediately, but she believed that this group of people would definitely find a way to put her in jail. Li Cuihua explained in a panic: "Yang He, wait, I will go and get Ji Chenxing for you. She is my daughter, she has to listen to me, I didn't cheat you of your money."

Li Cuihua said, and arranged for Ji Jiajin, "Son, go and bring your damn sister back to me."

Ji Jiajin's intelligence is like that of a five or six-year-old child, and he obeys Li Cuihua's words.

"Okay, okay." Ji Jiajin clapped his hands, "I love catching my sister the most~"

As Ji Jiajin said this, he jumped off the chair and tried to grab Ji Chenxing, but before he could do anything, Lu Yuzhou's bodyguard came in from outside and pressed Ji Jiajin back on the chair.

Ji Jiajin was very dissatisfied after being stopped. He twisted and turned restlessly on the chair like a fat maggot, trying to break free.

But the two bodyguards were so strong that no matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape their shackles.

Ji Jiajin screamed, cried loudly, called "Mom", and tried to attack the bodyguard. But Lu Yuzhou's bodyguard would not waste time talking to him, and slapped him in the face several times, scaring Ji Jiajin so much that he dared not cry.

The room was quiet. Lu Yuzhou's voice was slow and leisurely. "Wang Lu, go on."

The slightly plump lawyer Wang Tao cleared his throat and asked, "Excuse me, Miss Ji, do you agree with the marriage that your adoptive mother arranged for you?"

Yang He's eyes were instantly filled with light, and he looked at Ji Chenxing greedily and expectantly. He looked determined to get the person, as if he would get him to his home regardless of whether Ji Chenxing nodded or not.

The silly wife he bought for 300,000 yuan turned into an unattainable beauty on the mountain top. Yang He had been single for more than 40 years, so how could he not be excited?

But Ji Chenxing didn't even look at him from beginning to end. He shook his head and said, "I don't agree."

"How can you say you don't agree?" Li Cuihua was very afraid of going to jail. She screamed, "Since ancient times, it has been the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. I am your mother. If I say you should marry, you must marry me."

Wang Tao stretched out his hand and pressed down twice, signaling everyone present to remain calm and silent.

“Since Miss Ji does not agree to this marriage, even if you are her adoptive mother, you have no right to interfere with her personal freedom.

"According to Article 257 of the Criminal Law, anyone who uses violence to interfere with another person's freedom of marriage shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention. If the crime in the preceding paragraph causes the death of the victim, the sentence shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years."

Li Cuihua was stunned, her eyes widened, and she said angrily: "Why do you have to go to jail again? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

"How could that be?" Wang Tao chuckled, pushed up his glasses, revealed a shrewd look, and whispered: "After all, I am a lawyer at Lu's Pizza Hut, how could I lie to you?"

Hearing this, Li Cuihua went crazy and howled in despair throughout the private room.

"This won't work, and that won't work either. So what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do?"

Wang Tao smiled and said, "Aunt Li, in my opinion, you should return the 300,000 yuan you received from them..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Cuihua interrupted him: "Impossible!

"It's impossible for me to pay the money back. I've already bought a house for my son and am just waiting for his new wife to move in. Don't even think of asking me to pay the money back."

Li Cuihua glanced at everyone present with a domineering and ignorant look.

"After all, I have raised Ji Chenxing for eighteen years. She should give something back to this family! We can't just let it go like this!

"You said I forced her to marry Yang He and I should go to jail. Fine, then I won't let her marry Yang He, okay? I'll just take her away and let her follow Yang He. As for what she does, I don't care. This should be fine, right? At least she won't have to go to jail, right?"

　The two chapters related to law were written by the author after he looked up information online. However, the author is not a law major. If there are students who are law majors and find errors in this chapter, please point them out in the comments section to avoid misleading the readers due to errors in the main text.

　　Thank you everyone, bow.

　　
　
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