I understand!

From the moment they sued the General Police Office, Gu Ji and other scholars and officials seemed to have understood the mystery.

In fact, this lawsuit is not completely disadvantageous to them. As long as it is used properly, they can also benefit from it.

Because they are rich, powerful and influential.

Affordable.

Take this traffic accident for example, the loss was only a few dozen strings of cash, which was just a drizzle for them, but once it goes to court, it will be worth it even if they have to pay for the litigation fees.

Even if we lose, it doesn't matter.

You have to know that this General Police Station was established because of traffic regulations, but you guys failed on your own. This is definitely a big blow to the image of the General Police Station.

At the same time, they can also add fuel to the fire and create public opinion.

In fact, they did so. After learning about this, many powerful people united tacitly.

...

...

You complain every day that there are too many horse-drawn carriages in the city and that you want to limit the number of license plates. But you yourselves don't set an example and drive your carriages everywhere, rushing around in the downtown area.

Fortunately, no one was hit, otherwise the police station should be abolished.

The so called license plate is a joke.

Gu Shaoqing also made a big fuss outside that the patrol police should be punished more severely for violating the rules. They were pursuing reasonable compensation and would never let the police station get away with it.

Otherwise, they will never learn their lesson and such incidents will happen again in the future.

Whether they were officials in the court or scholars in the opposition, they all began to stand up and fiercely criticize the General Police Office.

And their public opinion has achieved remarkable results.

Whether they are wealthy businessmen or small vendors, they all support the Gu family.

This is because it is not uncommon for public officials to accidentally damage private homes or injure civilians. Citizens will also file claims, but often do not receive the corresponding compensation.

From their point of view, regardless of whether this was an accident or not, they only know that it was you public officials who destroyed private houses. If you are not severely punished, the next person to be hurt may be me.

As for who the owner behind Chunfeng Shili is, they don't need to know.

During this period, in order to create enough foreplay, Zhang Fei still talked to them once, but was naturally rejected by the other party.

I will go to the Records Department tomorrow to ask Lu Jia for the final reply.

Zhang Fei suddenly came to the office.

Seeing him suddenly come to the store, and not even in uniform, Fan Li guessed something, "Are you planning to take on this lawsuit yourself?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. You have become more considerate."

"Alas... I knew it was going to be bad." Fan Li couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Fei was puzzled and asked, "Old Fan, the Li family's business is so prosperous, and the lawsuits are one after another. Why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all? Now that you have finally won a lawsuit, you are still sighing?"

Fan Li exclaimed: "How much money can you make from a lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but look Fan Li up and down, "Oh... have you made a fortune?"

Fan Li said, "You haven't been to the store recently, so you don't know much. Now our tax calculation and contract sales have stabilized. As long as there are no accidents on the tax calculation side, we can get a generous income every month. Now I don't envy Li Xingshou at all."

Recently, Zhang Fei has been giving lawsuits to Li Guozhong and others. Although Fan Li doesn't know about it, he has never fought for it. The reason is very simple. The focus of the firm is now on legal services, which is a very stable source of income and will increase.

Litigation is no longer a core business.

Nowadays, the lawsuits handled by the firm are all small cases, which are used to give the store's earwriters practice and allow them to make some extra money.

Fan Li enjoys the present life so much that he even feels that those previous big lawsuits were worth it. Without the dark clouds that threatened to destroy the city, there would be no bright sunshine today.

Zhang Fei asked: "How much can you get each month?"

Fan Li wondered, "Every month the revenue is sent to your house, don't you know?"

Zhang Fei said: "My wife is in charge of the accounts at home now, how would I know?"

Feng Nanxi went to work at the tax bureau, and now Gao Wenyin is in charge of the financial power at home.

Fan Li whispered, "Just from the tax and contract sales, your net income every month is about 300 to 400 strings of cash."

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "It's just this little, not even as much as my genuine bookstore."

Fan Li was also depressed and couldn't continue chatting that day. He said with envy and jealousy: "That's incomparable. Your tabloid is almost selling for a sky-high price, and you don't even have to write articles yourself."

"Hey! Don't say such nonsense."

Zhang Fei quickly stopped him.

Fan Li blinked and whispered, "Sanlang, are you really not going to pay for the copyright?"

Zhang Fei glared at him: "You still say that."

Huge profits! This is really a huge profit! They have to pay copyright fees for printing books, but they don’t even pay copyright fees for printing newspapers. Fan Li was thinking about whether he should discuss it with Zhang Fei and let him invest some money.

"Zhang San! Zhang San! Are you there? I am here."

I heard a shout.

Zhang Fei replied weakly, "Yes."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi walked in with a swagger, "Have you drafted the contract?"

"It's drafted, just sign it."

Zhang Fei placed the contract that he had prepared long ago on the table.

Cao Dongdong signed his name with a flourish, and then stamped it with the official seal. "Zhang San, you must sue them to death this time. Don't show any mercy. They are really going too far."

Fan Li, who was standing by, was a little confused. "Sue to death? What do you mean, Yanei? Aren't we supposed to respond to the lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Sir, do you still need me to teach you how to attack instead of defend?"

Fan Li asked curiously, "But how do we sue this case?"

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Sue him for tripping me."

......

The next day.

Lu Jiawen arrived at the Silu Division early, waiting for Zhang Fei and Li Guozhong to come. Judging from the public opinion outside, he was very clear about Gu Ji's thoughts and this lawsuit could not be settled.

But he never expected that Zhang Fei was not here to respond to the lawsuit, but to sue.

"Zhang San, what do you mean by that?" Lu Jia asked, looking confused. "Are you going to sue Chun Feng Shi Li on behalf of the General Police Department?"

"good."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Li Guozhong, who was standing next to him, was also confused. "Why are you suing us?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It seems that Li Xingshou has not investigated the employer's background clearly. Chunfeng Shili has serious street intrusions. It is because of their street intrusions that our patrol car has overturned, so that our goods, people, and vehicles have all suffered different damages, and even affected our official duties and the reputation of our General Police Department. Therefore, on behalf of the General Police Department, I will formally file a lawsuit against Chunfeng Shili, claiming 500 guan in compensation, and the other party must apologize in the newspaper. This is our complaint."

It is true that there is always someone stronger than you.

Lu Jia asked Shasha to take the complaint.

It was clearly your carriage that hit someone else's store, but you sued them for compensation.

When that rascal sees you, he has to call you "Brother" respectfully!

Li Guozhong was stunned and said quickly, "General Lu, they are clearly making specious arguments and deliberately confusing the court in an attempt to disrupt the trial of the Ministry of Records. This is absolutely unacceptable."

Zhang Fei said: "First, we have concrete evidence to prove that Chunfeng Shili has committed serious street violations. Secondly, if you stretch out your foot and trip someone on the road, you must pay compensation."

Li Guozhong said: "How can this be confused? The store has always been there. It was your carriage that hit it."

Zhang Fei argued: "So I can set up tripwires on the street at will, and anyone who falls down deserves it? If there were no street trespassing, none of this would have happened."

"That's enough! That's enough!"

Lu Jiawen waved his hand and said, "It just so happens that these two cases are the same, and both of you are unwilling to give in, so let's try these two cases together!"

Young Lu Jiawen suddenly became very interested in this lawsuit. It was really rare and a case that had never happened before. It had to be tried in court.

Li Guozhong opened his mouth, wanting to ask Lu Jiawen to slow down first, but their tone was so high before, he...he couldn't shout!

......

This is quite a twist.

Surprised or not? Unexpected or not?

"You...what did you say?"

Gu Ji stood up slowly, "They still want me to pay for it?"

When he spoke, his eyes looked like he wanted to eat someone.

Li Guozhong said embarrassedly: "Zhang San said that it was because Chunfeng Shili had serious street-invasion behavior that led to this accident."

"Invade...invade the street?"

Gu Ji was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at the old man beside him.

His family had so many businesses, how could he remember the details of just one shop? In addition, it was very normal for him to intrude on the street, and he had never thought about this at all.

The old man came over quickly and whispered something in his ear.

Gu Ji looked a little panicked, and asked Li Guozhong: "What is the situation now?"

Li Guozhong said: "The Records Department has accepted the case, and the two cases will be tried together."

"What are you trying to do?"

Gu Ji said excitedly: "Who told you to do this?"

Li Guozhong said with a wronged look on his face: "Before I went, Gu Sishi repeatedly reminded me that no matter what conditions the other party proposed, I must not agree to them, and I must also urge the Silusi to start the trial."

Gu Ji said: "But now the situation has changed, you have to learn how to adapt to the situation."

Li Guozhong said: "Let's calm down about the Gu Temple incident. Now it's the other party who is suing us, not just us suing the other party. This is no longer something we can ask for."

Gu Ji frowned, "Then...are you sure you can win this lawsuit?"

Li Guozhong hesitated for a while and said, "To be honest with you, we have never encountered such a lawsuit. However, although street trespassing is a violation of the law, it is very common in our Tokyo Bianliang. I think we can fight it, but I dare not give any guarantees."

He was still very steady and didn't dare to say anything.

After hearing this, Gu Ji felt very panicked.

He originally planned to spend dozens of strings of cash to play with them, and he expected the worst consequence to be the loss of dozens of strings of cash, but now the nature of the situation is different, and he has become a defendant.

this....

I promised not to be cannon fodder.

Gu Ji suddenly asked, "Oh, right! Zhang San is currently serving in the military, can he go to court to fight the case?"

Li Guozhong said truthfully: "It depends on the General Police Station."

Gu Ji asked, "What do you mean?"

Li Guozhong sighed: "When the yamen servants are on leave, they can still go home to handle their own affairs. If the police station approves their leave, they can go to court to argue the case."

Do you think the police station will approve leave for Zhang Fei?

Gu Ji thought for a while with a frown, and said, "Go back and study it first to see how to fight this lawsuit."

"yes."

After Li Guozhong left, Gu Ji immediately told the old man in the house, "Send a letter to Fang Ducheng immediately."

......

Zhang Fei's sudden counterattack not only made Gu Ji dizzy, but also stunned Cao Ping. He even had some doubts.

"Dong'er, tell me honestly, was this something you planned in advance?" Cao Ping asked with a frown.

Cao Dongdong immediately became anxious and jumped up on the spot, "Dad, how can you just look at me like that? They were the ones who were aggressive and overly bullying first. We have already humbled ourselves, but they still won't let us go. Now we patrolmen have to keep our heads down when we go out. Zhang San thought about it for a long time before coming up with this idea. Humph, when we were at a disadvantage, Dad didn't come to help, but now you suspect me instead."

As he spoke the last part, tears welled up in his eyes, as if they were about to fall any moment.

"Asshole!"

Cao commented: "How do you talk to Daddy?"

"I know I'm wrong." Having said that, Cao Dongdong still turned his head away angrily.

Cao Ping secretly glanced at his son and felt a surge of guilt in his heart. This was indeed the case. A few days ago, the entire police station was under tremendous pressure. As the chief superintendent, he simply left the matter to his son without saying a word.

Now, when we are counterattacking, he suddenly stands up and questions his son. This seems... not so good. The key is, if this gets out, how can he lead the troops?

"Dong'er! Dong'er!"

Cao Ping shouted twice.

Cao Dongdong then turned around and puffed his cheeks and asked, "Daddy, what do you want?"

Cao Ping said in a consoling tone, "Daddy really shouldn't have doubted you. You did the right thing. They were the ones who went too far first. Daddy supports you."

Cao Dongdong glanced at Laozi suspiciously, "Is what Dad said true?"

"real."

Cao Ping nodded and said, "Go ahead and sue me. Dad will definitely support you."

Cao Dongdong immediately said, "Dad, please rest assured. I will never let them go this time."

Ma Xiaoyi, who was standing next to him, looked at Cao Dongdong with full admiration and respect, and thought to himself, no wonder my brother did so many bad things but got beaten much less than me.

Just then, a patrolman came into the hall and said, "Your Highness, I want to see you, Chief Superintendent."

Cao Dongdong immediately said, "Dad, Uncle Fang must be here to plead for mercy, you can't agree to it."

Cao Ping hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad knows his limits. You guys go out first."

"I'm leaving now."

As soon as they walked out of the door, Ma Xiaoyi whispered, "Brother, your acting skills just now were really amazing. I admire you."

Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "This is a talent, it can't be learned. By the way, why didn't Zhang San come today?"

Ma Xiaoyi said: "I don't know either. Third brother said he would come yesterday."

Cao Dongdong snorted, "Given our acting skills, it doesn't matter whether he comes or not."

"That is."

Not long after the two of them left, the Privy Councilor Fang Rui came into the hall.

Cao Dongdong knew why he came, so how could Cao Ping not know?

After some pleasantries, Cao Ping asked, "I wonder if Brother Fang has any advice for you, since you have come to visit me so suddenly?"

"I dare not! I dare not!"

Fang Rui waved his hands, hesitating: "Actually, I'm here today for... um..."

Cao Ping pointed out: "Could it be that he is here to lobby for the Gu Temple?"

Fang Rui nodded.

Gu Ji's bottom line is a hundred strings of coins. He doesn't want to be cannon fodder. When he sees that he can't solve the problem with a hundred strings of coins, he decides to give up.

There's no need to take the risk.

Seeing Cao Ping remained silent, Fang Rui said, "I know that Gu Sishi did something wrong, but Gu Sishi was not targeting you. He just doesn't like Zhang San. Besides, everyone is involved in this street invasion. If it gets out of hand, it will be embarrassing for everyone. Why don't we each take a step back and let things settle peacefully?"

Cao Ping laughed and said, "Targeting Zhang San? Haha, Zhang San is just a yamen servant. He will be gone in a few months. This matter has nothing to do with Zhang San. The Gu Temple incident is targeting my police station. My police station has just been established and the plaque has not even been hung up. He wants to show me his power. If I give in even a little bit in this matter, how can I still be the chief superintendent of police?

But since Brother Fang is here, I have to give him some face. If Gu Sishi is willing to publish an article in the newspaper to apologize to us and compensate me, I will not bother with him."

There was no way Gu Ji would agree to this condition, so it would be better to continue fighting.

Does he care about that little bit of money?

Fang Rui said: "I am not here for the matter of Gu Temple. I am here for everyone's sake. If it was any other crime, I would not bother with him. But this is street trespassing, involving too many people, you have to consider it carefully."

Cao Ping laughed and said, "Compared to that, encroaching on the street is not a big deal. I will have it demolished when I get back. But if this matter is not handled well, I may not be able to continue to be the chief superintendent. Brother Fang, why don't you go and ask Gu Sishi if he is willing to demote the store or demote him."

"Ah...what a mess this is...!"

Fang Rui sighed and said, "Okay, just pretend I haven't been here."

The Cao family definitely did intrude on the street, but they had scolded them so harshly before. If this is not handled properly, it will directly affect Cao Ping’s official career.

Compared with the two, would Cao Ping care about those few feet of land?