Chapter 113 Follow the Process
"What do you mean?" An aunt looked at the old man from the Bai family, "What did Mingzhu mean?"
"Yeah, what do you mean? Mingzhu, what do you mean? What are you hiding from us?"
Even the old lady who had been chirping with gossip just now and was unable to get out of bed and was in a wheelchair stopped and looked here and there, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.
What shocked them was that Mingzhu knew that they had collectively paid a master to figure out the fortunes of the Ming family. What confused them was what Mingzhu meant when he said that the Bai family had kept it a secret from the entire village.
The master that the Bai family hired was very smart. He predicted many of the family's secrets, things that even the villagers might not know, so everyone believed in him.
He said that the Ming family had divided up their wealth, and they believed him. He said that he would set up a formation to return the wealth that the Ming family had taken away, and only then did they agree to let that man mess around in the ancestral graveyard.
What does Ming Zhu mean now?
What are you hiding from them?
The old lady of the Bai family sat down on the ground, slapped the ground and kicked her feet and burst into tears, "Mingzhu! Stop spitting slander at me! What am I hiding? My son just died, and you come to bully me, a widow! Mingzhu, Mingzhu, your heart is really blinded by lard, and your mind is full of power and money, just like that landlord! Oh, I am an old woman with a miserable life. My son just died, and someone comes to make trouble! Son, open your eyes and look!"
"It's not that you can't open your eyes." A weak voice came out, but it was clearly heard by everyone.
They all looked at the person who was speaking.
I saw the female lawyer who came to the boss yesterday, full of energy and wearing a professional suit, now wearing casual clothes, sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket in her arms, looking at Grandma Bai.
"But, once he opens his eyes, he can only stay awake for five minutes at most. I can't send away such a soul, I can only disperse it. After all, I have forcibly extended his life for so long. If he can wake up for another five minutes, I think it's a great achievement on my part, isn't it?"
"What do you mean?" The Bai family's grandmother dodged her gaze. She glanced at her daughter-in-law and saw that she was also shocked. She knew that she was not the one who told the story, so she quickly said forcefully, "What five minutes? What do you mean by extending life? What are you talking about?!"
"Okay, let's go through the procedure." Xia Wange controlled the wheelchair to the body covered with white cloth, lifted it up and took a look, "You said your son died last night, do you have any evidence?"
The Bai family's grandmother was stunned and her voice became even louder. "How could I not know when my son died?! Damn it, you actually said that my son didn't die last night?! What on earth do you want to do?"
Xia Wange said directly: "The corpse doesn't stink, it just skipped the stage of maggots and swelling and shrunk directly. A normal corpse can't be like this. Everyone can come and take a look."
As he spoke, Xia Wange slightly lifted the cloth. A few brave people stepped forward to take a look. Seeing the corpse shrunken and huddled together, they were all stunned for a moment. "Yeah, what's wrong with this corpse? Shouldn't someone who died last night be stiff? Why is this happening?"
"Yes, last time someone from my mother's family died, their body was stiff on the first day and no changes could be seen. Why is this one like this? It doesn't look like they died today."
Several people who had seen it exclaimed in surprise, and a few more curious people came to see it. Even people with no common sense would have noticed that there was something wrong with the corpse.
It's so weird.
"So I reasonably feel that your son did not die yesterday midnight as you said." Xia Wange said.
"Is this question important?" The Bai family's grandmother wailed, "People are dead, why are you fretting about time?!"
Xia Wange took out a contract. Although she was not feeling well, she still spoke in a powerful voice. "Yesterday, my client Ming Zhu signed a land lease contract with the village. On the same day, under the supervision of the village chief and his attorney, the money was transferred to every household in the village. On average, each person received 11,000 yuan."
"But this person in your family obviously doesn't look like he died yesterday, so I reasonably suspect that you concealed the truth for money and defrauded collective property. According to Article 266 of the Criminal Law, defrauding public or private property worth more than 3,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan can be regarded as a 'relatively large amount'. Therefore, according to Article 266 [Fraud], defrauding public or private property of a relatively large amount shall be punished with imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall be fined or fined alone."
“Since the ancestral land was estimated based not only on the number of people in the village and the size of the leased land, my client’s fee will be charged, so I will sue.”
"Also, I know that Xiucai Village distributed rent dividends within half a month." Xia Wange looked at the village chief and said, "If we call the police now and the forensic examination shows that the person has been dead for more than half a month, then that sum of money will also be considered fraud. If the sum of the two is more than 30,000 to 100,000 yuan, it will be considered a 'huge amount' and will be subject to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and a fine."
After Xia Wange finished speaking, he skillfully took out a business card and handed it to the village chief, "This is my business card. If you need me, I can help you sue me."
When handing it over, Xia Wange took a look at the business card, which had content related to Feng Shui. She quickly put it away, took out a business card with the word "lawyer" written on it from a corner of her bag and handed it over.
The village chief took it in a daze. He glanced at his lawyer son, and when he saw him nod, he suddenly woke up.
If someone dies, it means you are charged with fraud?
"You, what are you talking about? My son died last night, what are you talking about?!" Grandma Bai was confused by Xia Wange's words, "What fraud? What are you talking about? We were born and raised in this village, and you, an outsider, can't say anything about us."
"Indeed." Xia Wange said calmly, "You hid the news of someone's death from your family, so your family got more money and others got less. It's really something that the people in your village should solve by theirselves. In my opinion, just call the police for an autopsy and confirm the time. It's not a big deal."
At first, the villagers who were watching were stunned by Xia Wange's words. These days, no one wants to deal with lawyers, and no one wants to go to court.
Later, they were reminded by what Xia Wange said.
Yes, if his family got more money, wouldn’t they get less?
People in the village have always been like this: I will not take less than what is mine, and I will not take more than what is not mine.
So the villagers who were watching started talking at once.
"Grandma Bai, is what she said true? Has Boss Bai really been dead for a long time? Did you hide it just to get a share of the money?"
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