Nan Ning looked around the scene with a frown on her face. The strong, pungent smell of blood and the stench of slightly rotten internal organs made her feel uncomfortable, and her face looked even paler.
But her expression was calm, without any panic, she just stared around.
"Isn't this your first time handling a case?" Xu Shen looked at her with some surprise.
Nan Ning said without turning her head: "It's the first time, but I will solve it!" There was confidence and determination in her words, as well as a certain firmness, as if she would not give up until the problem was solved.
Seeing how focused she was, Xu Shen didn't bother her and just glanced at the team of guards.
These people were also searching, observing and testing the surroundings. In addition to protecting the lawyers who were on the scene as investigators, their duties also included collecting information from the scene.
The walls were destroyed, the corpses were killed with one blow, and some had their heads twisted off. This kind of strength is not something that ordinary people can do.
Xu Shen took a closer look and found it strange that although the people had been killed and some had been disemboweled, their internal organs were intact and had not been eaten.
Could it be that Xu is just a picky eater?
Obviously not. Xu Shen has never met a picky eater like Xu, unless Xu is not hungry.
"Is this family rich?" a guard asked the patrolling guard next to him.
"No, we don't have much money. The four members of our family just opened their eyes not long ago and left their registered residence as fog people. I heard that they were planning to move to the urban area near the Black Light District and work there, but we didn't expect such a tragic incident to happen..." the patrolling guard sighed.
"How did they open their eyes and where did they open them?" the guard inquired.
"It seems to be at the Wu Workers Mutual Aid Association." The patrolling guard said uncertainly.
Xu Shen's eyes moved slightly, and when he saw that the guard did not ask any further questions, he immediately leaned over and asked, "How long ago did it happen?"
The patrolling guard glanced at Xu Shen, unsure of his identity, but since he was following the attorney, he was obviously not someone he could afford to offend. He immediately said, "It happened a week ago."
The guard glanced at Xu Shen, and Xu Shen suddenly noticed a hint of warning in his eyes.
Xu Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, warning himself not to ask too many questions?
Or something else?
"There is no sign of breaking into the house. It was a murder in a closed room. The murderer is extremely powerful and is suspected to be a supernatural being..." Another guard from the inspection hall reported to Nan Ning what they had investigated.
Nan Ning looked around and asked about the situation carefully. When she had a good grasp of the situation, she said, "Take the body back for autopsy to see if there are any other clues. Come with me to the Wugong Mutual Aid Association. That's where they open their eyes. Let's go and visit them first."
The captain of the guard said, "Officer Bai, this case is basically confirmed, there is no need for an autopsy. It is obviously caused by Xu. They must have seen Xu after opening their eyes. It is also possible that there was already a Xu living with them, but they were fog dwellers before and did not know about it. Now they saw the extra 'person' after opening their eyes."
Nan Ning looked at him: "Where's the evidence?"
"Evidence?" The guard captain was slightly stunned.
"We need evidence when handling cases. Your speculations, although reasonable, are just speculations. I just asked, it costs a lot to open the eyes of the fog dwellers here, and this family was originally fog dwellers, doing basic work and earning very little, which can be seen from their family conditions."
Nan Ning's observation was very careful. The decoration of this family's home was shabby. In addition, from what she learned from the patrolling guards, they knew that their income was extremely low. After a quick calculation, she concluded that it was basically impossible for them to save money to open their eyes.
There must be a reason behind this.
Maybe it has something to do with the cause of their death.
The guard captain's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "What does Bai Luguan mean?"
"First, let's investigate why they are so rich and where the money came from. Maybe they picked it up, or stole it from a wealthy family somewhere. This may be related to the cause of their death, and they were retaliated against afterwards." Nan Ning said.
The captain of the guard said, "But judging from the condition of the body and the destruction at the scene, it's obvious that it was done by Xu."
“Not necessarily.” Nan Ning denied bluntly, “Perhaps someone is using Xu as a pretext to cover up their own crime and put the blame on Xu, so that they can get away with it.”
Xu Shen looked at her with some surprise. Nan Ning was quite different from her usual shy self when she was doing things. She seemed to be very decisive and even had a sense of majesty in her words!
The captain of the guard frowned and said, "Officer Bai, this is going to be too much of a fuss."
"Hmm?" Nan Ning's face changed slightly, staring at him: "This is a life! And the life of a whole family! Shouldn't we investigate carefully, find the murderer, and give them justice?"
They are just a bunch of fog people who have just opened their eyes. Can they be considered human beings? The captain of the guard curled his lips slightly, but it could not be seen under the silver mask. He said, "But maybe there is no murderer. The murderer is just Xu."
“That also needs to be confirmed through evidence!” Nan Ning said seriously.
The captain of the guard felt helpless and could only say, "Okay."
"Walk!"
Nan Ning immediately turned around and left.
Xu Shen had been watching coldly. Seeing the guard captain's reaction, he narrowed his eyes. Before getting on the car, he suddenly turned around and looked at the patrol guard beside him and asked, "What will we do with their bodies after the autopsy?"
The patrolling guard was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course it is cremated to avoid pollution."
“What happens after cremation?”
"After cremation...?"
The patrolling guard was stunned again, and then hesitantly said: "If they still have relatives, we will contact them to take away the ashes. But in their case, the whole family has died, so the ashes should be buried in a public cemetery."
"Then please take care of it and make sure to bury it in a public cemetery." Xu Shen said seriously.
The patrolling guard was slightly stunned and responded quickly.
After Xu Shen got in the car and the vehicle drove away, the guard muttered quietly: "Really, he really wants to cause trouble for me."
Inside the car.
Nan Ning heard the conversation between Xu Shen and the patrol guard. Her eyes flickered slightly, and there was a little more tenderness in her eyes when she looked at Xu Shen. Although it was the same before, Xu Shen felt that there seemed to be something different.
He smiled back, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the old man in a tuxedo running beside him glaring at him angrily.
"Please drive faster."
Xu Shen said to the guard who was driving.
The guard was a little dissatisfied, but he still stepped on the accelerator and accelerated a little.
"You are more anxious than me." Nan Ning felt the guard's impatience and smiled at Xu Shen.
"If we can solve it sooner, we can rest sooner." Xu Shen smiled.
Nan Ning smiled faintly, then remained silent and thoughtful, with a hint of depression between her brows, and was obviously not as cheerful as before she started working on the case.
Soon, the vehicle arrived at the nearby Wugong Mutual Aid Association.
This mutual aid association is spread across all districts of Termite City, and this is just a branch.
But despite this, when Xu Shen looked up, he saw that the building in front of him was extremely majestic, like a huge shadow blocking the light, shrouding everyone in front of him, standing on the towering steps, majestic like a palace.
Nan Ning took a look and frowned.
Although it was her first time in the inner city, she was an extremely smart person, otherwise she would not have become the most outstanding student in front of the number one law master in the inner city.
Just from the few words she heard during the previous case and the information she specifically asked, she knew what kind of organization the Fog Workers Mutual Aid Association was.
As for the Fog People.
She had already seen it through the car window on the streets along the way.
Following the guide rope, she had seen relevant introductions about the Fog People in the textbooks in the inner city before: this is a kind of life that follows the guide rope and has no intelligence or independent thinking ability.
Only after opening the wisdom eye can one transform into a human being. This process is called evolution - excerpt from a textbook.
Later, at the suggestion of some people, this description was deleted from the textbooks. Some people stood up to express their opposition, believing that the Fog People are also human beings, and at most they are just congenitally disabled.
One of the people who stood up to oppose was her teacher.
She did a lot of work before coming to the bottom city. She didn't just come to play. Naturally, she made the most detailed understanding of the fog people who occupied the largest number in the bottom city.
The mutual aid association in front of us is the warm place for the people of Wu.
Without eyes, the Fog People’s lives are extremely inconvenient. They are often bullied and even unable to find their attackers.
Right in front of us is the place where the fog people are filing lawsuits.
Nan Ning walked up the stairs, her face becoming more and more gloomy. She asked Xu Shen beside her, "Mr. Xu, will the fog people come here for help?"
Xu Shen looked up, then lowered his head and continued walking upwards: "It will happen."
"There are so many steps here, it's not convenient at all." Nan Ning said.
Xu Shen nodded slightly and said, "But no matter how difficult it is to leave, when there is no other way, I will still come."
Nan Ning glanced at Xu Shen and said nothing more. She just lowered her head and walked forward silently.
The captain of the guard following behind said, "There is a guide rope next to it. If the Fog People are smart, they should learn to follow the guide rope up."
Nan Ning took a look and saw that there were indeed guide rope chains on both sides, but perhaps due to being exposed to wind and rain, the chains were a little rusty.
Soon, they walked up the stairs. Nan Ning took two deep breaths, regulated her breathing, and then continued forward.
In the hall of the mutual aid association.
It was relatively empty inside, and when a few people came in, they happened to see one of the staff members driving away a woman from the Mist.
"Go away, go away. Your situation is unreasonable. It's normal for people to deduct your salary if you don't go to work." The staff waved his hand impatiently.
The woman from the Wu people looked extremely weak. She was staggering due to being pushed and shoved. She couldn't see and there was no guide rope in the hall, so she looked nervous and extremely afraid of the unfamiliar environment around her.
Even though she has no eyes, you can still see her fear.
Perhaps fear itself is for those with eyes to see directly.
"I, I'm in labor, and I only took three days off. I've already told my supervisor." The Wumin woman reached around with her hands, trying to grab the staff member's arm to find her target and a sense of security, but the other person took a few steps back, obviously not wanting to be touched.
"Besides, he deducted a month's salary from me. My family just had a baby and is in financial difficulty now. I can't live without this money..."
The woman couldn't find any staff, so she sat on the ground and cried.
"Every unit has its own rules and regulations, and they act according to the regulations. One month's deduction will be made for absenteeism. You said you informed your supervisor, but the supervisor said no. You can't produce a leave application or any evidence. How can we tell whether you lied?" the office staff said impatiently.
"I, I was in such a hurry to give birth, I was about to give birth, and I had no time to write a note for leave." The Wumin woman was so anxious that her mouth was flattened. Although she had no eyes, her body was twitching and her nose was running.
"I just gave birth to my child. You can come with me to see him. I really took leave to give birth." The woman said anxiously.
“Even if you can prove that you gave birth to a child, you can’t prove that you asked for leave. Leaving your job without permission is considered absenteeism, and the mutual aid association can’t help you. Next time you encounter something like this, you should be more careful.” The office staff waved his hand, but realized that the other party couldn’t see, so he could only step forward, grab his arm, and push him out.
"I really did say hello. You can go ask my supervisor. I really told him." The woman said anxiously.
"Let's go. I asked your supervisor and he said you didn't say that. You should leave quickly and don't waste other people's time here. We are very busy." The office staff continued to push.
The figure in front of Xu Shen's eyes flashed slightly, and he saw Nan Ning rushing over quickly with big strides.
"Let her go!"
Nan Ning scolded angrily.
The office staff saw that Nan Ning was an open-minded person. With her exquisite outfit, she quickly recognized it as a lawyer's uniform. Her face changed slightly, and she forced a smile and said, "Are you a lawyer from the City State Guardian?"
"Lawyer?"
When the woman from the Wu Clan heard what the other party said, she hurriedly grabbed Nan Ning's hands and feet, and finally hugged her legs, but seemed to be afraid of something and quickly let go. She just felt on the ground with both hands and touched Nan Ning's boots. She knocked her head in front of the boots and said, "Mr. Lawyer, please make the decision for me. I really want to take a leave."
Nan Ning hurriedly helped the other person up and said, "I will help you make the decision, don't worry."
The office staff's face changed slightly, and he quickly said, "Mr. Lawyer, don't listen to her nonsense. We have already investigated and she is absent from work without reason."
Nan Ning was furious and said, "She obviously just gave birth. Can't you see that? There is such a strong smell of blood and the wound has not healed yet!"
A lot of blood could be seen on the woman's trouser legs. It was obvious that she had not bothered to clean them up, which was also very common for the people of the fog.
"You are also a woman, how can you embarrass her like this?!" Nan Ning said angrily.
The office staff's face changed and said, "Mr. Lawyer, I am a woman, but don't confuse me with her. I am not a fog citizen, I changed my nationality a long time ago!"
Nan Ning was so angry that she choked. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
She looked at him with deep disgust and said through gritted teeth, "She is a Wumin. You asked her to write a note for leave. Isn't that embarrassing for her?"
The office staff was stunned, and then quickly said: "Of course, Wumin has to write it, this is the rule."
Xu Shen walked over and whispered to Nan Ning, "Wu Min's leave application has its own way of writing, that's not the point."
Nan Ning was slightly stunned, and angrily said to the office staff: "Even if that's the case, she didn't write it, but giving birth is such an urgent matter, it should be taken for several months to rest and take care of the baby. She only took three days off, and she's about to give birth, so should it be considered as absenteeism?"
"This is the regulation." The office staff glanced at Nan Ning, and seeing the other party's fair face and age of about 20, a trace of contempt appeared in the depths of his eyes, and said: "This is the law, Mr. Law Officer!"
"Officer Bai, this is indeed the regulation of each unit. Some units will impose severe penalties for absenteeism, and this is also to prevent some people from being absent from work without reason." said the captain of the guard behind him.
Nan Ning's face turned ugly, and he said, "How can there be such a law? What kind of law is this?"
The captain of the guards' face changed slightly, and he whispered, "Officer Bai, be careful with your words. You are blaspheming the law!"
Nan Ning gritted her teeth and clenched her hands. Although she had seen many hidden chronic diseases before, it was only when she saw them head on that she realized how serious the problem was.
No wonder his father told him not to come over. All those words of dissuasion he had given him so many times now seemed to make sense.
only.
She took a deep breath. If this was the difficulty, would she be defeated?
Her eyes became firm again, and she said to the office staff, "I want to see the supervisor. We can confront each other about this matter. She just gave birth, so she doesn't need to ask for leave, and it should be approved. As long as she has a birth certificate, it will be fine!"
"But she doesn't have a birth certificate." The office staff seemed to have found something wrong with her, with a hint of pride in his eyes: "She gave birth to the child herself. The birth certificate needs to be issued by the hospital, and she can't produce it."
“Besides, even if you have a birth certificate, you still have to ask for leave to be absent from work.”
"That's because the law is imperfect!" Nan Ning shouted angrily.
The staff member glanced at her with a strange expression, which clearly meant, "You are a lawyer, whether it is perfect or not is your business, what does it have to do with me? I am just doing my job according to the law."
"Mr. Lawyer, you must help me." The woman from the Wu people kowtowed and even kissed Nan Ning's boots with her mouth. Nan Ning hurriedly retracted his feet and helped her up, but the other party was very strong and refused to get up no matter what.
Nan Ning looked unhappy.
The captain of the guard said, "Officer Bai, we should stay out of this kind of business. No one will die. Even if you want to intervene, we can't help. This is her own problem."
“Are you just going to ignore it if no one dies?” Nan Ning turned around and asked.
The captain of the guard was stunned and looked at her helplessly.
Nan Ning gritted her teeth. She really wanted to intervene, but she found that she couldn't find a way to start.
Although this is just a small problem and a small incident, it involves a loophole in the laws of the city. Unless the laws are improved first, by then, can people like us who need help wait until then?
Is justice delayed still justice?
"I think you should investigate that supervisor." Xu Shen suddenly spoke up. He looked at the office worker and said, "Are you sure she didn't write a note asking for leave?"
The office staff was stunned and said, "Of course, we asked the supervisor."
"Are you sure he's not lying?"
Xu Shen asked.
"This..." The office staff was stunned, then frowned and said, "The other party is a supervisor. With such an identity, he shouldn't lie, right?"
"Should?" Xu Shen stared at her and said, "In other words, you are not sure? You have no evidence to prove that she did not write a leave request, right? The supervisor also has no evidence. In this case, she wrote it, so it is the supervisor's problem."
"But she has no evidence to prove that she wrote it, and she herself said that she didn't write it..." the office staff said hurriedly.
"She was confused. Actually, she wrote it." Xu Shen said.
The office staff was stunned and looked at Xu Shen as if he were a fool. You are the one who is confused. Isn't this obviously nonsense?
Nan Ning turned and looked at Xu Shen in confusion, with a strange light in her eyes.
"She just gave birth to a baby and is very emotional. How could she remember so much?" Xu Shen said.
"As long as she can provide evidence, we can help her." The office staff took back the words and did not pester Xu Shen.
"It is the responsibility of your mutual aid association to find evidence. Is it possible that her supervisor lost her leave application?" Xu Shen asked.
Office staff: “…”
"The victim should not be asked to provide evidence. Asking the victim to provide evidence is a secondary violation." Xu Shen looked at the office staff and said, "If you can't produce evidence to prove that she really didn't ask for leave, then the supervisor should compensate him."
"This is illegal." The office staff frowned, not knowing how to defend himself.
"This is a lawyer. Are you questioning our professionalism?" Xu Shen said, "Or can you provide evidence to prove that the supervisor did not lose her leave application?"
The office staff opened his mouth slightly, realizing that the problem was thorny, and said, "Then I'll contact the supervisor and have him come and talk to you personally."
"OK."
The office staff left, and soon an obese middle-aged man came over with an impatient look on his face.
When he saw Xu Shen and other law enforcement officers, his expression eased a little.
"What's the matter, Wang Juan? What are you doing here again? Do you still want to do it?!" The middle-aged man immediately shouted at the woman from Wumin when he saw her.
The woman shuddered and hid behind Xu Shen.
The office staff stepped forward and explained the situation in a low voice.
The middle-aged man was a little surprised. He walked up to her unhappily and said, "She was absent from work for three days without asking for leave. It's normal to deduct one month's salary. Is there any problem? We are all following the company's rules!"
"The rules are fine, but you have a problem." Xu Shen looked at him and said, "Who said she didn't ask for leave? She did, so why do you say she didn't?"
"She obviously didn't ask."
"How do you prove it?"
"I said no invitation, so no invitation."
Xu Shen didn't continue talking nonsense. He reached out to the other person's pocket and took out a leave application. He said, "Isn't this her leave application?"
The middle-aged man was stunned. He looked at it carefully and couldn't help saying, "Impossible, this is impossible!"
"Framed colleagues and caused economic losses, what kind of crime is this?" Xu Shen looked at Nan Ning.
Nan Ning was stunned, and immediately said: "Detention, the punishment will be based on the economic losses, the maximum sentence is three years in prison, the minimum is half a month."
"This is what you just put in there. It's not from my pocket." The middle-aged man reacted and said angrily.
Xu Shen looked at him coldly: "What evidence do you have?"
The middle-aged man pointed at him angrily and said, "You, do you think you can do whatever you want just because you are from the city-state protection station?"
Xu Shen glanced at him, ignored him, and looked at the captain of the guard beside him.
Seeing this, the captain of the guard took a step forward, signaled to the two people beside him, and quickly grabbed the middle-aged man's hands and pressed him to the ground: "As long as you break the law, we will really do whatever we want."
"You are unreasonable!"
The captain of the guard snorted coldly and ordered his team members to take him away.
Nan Ning exhaled lightly, looked at Xu Shen, and said, "Although your method is not legal, it is very effective."
"For stubborn diseases, cutting them out is the quickest way to deal with them." Xu Shen said, and then he looked at the woman beside him and said, "Give me your address, and I'll arrange for someone to pick you up and let you work somewhere else."
The woman from Wumin was a little confused, and didn't know whether she should say thank you or not.
Seeing Nan Ning's puzzled look, Xu Shen said, "I'm afraid that the supervisor will come out and continue to make things difficult for her. Otherwise, if we help her out, we will actually harm her."
Nan Ning nodded slightly, then stared at Xu Shen: "You seem to know a lot about this."
Xu Shen smiled and said, "I've seen something similar before. Oh no, I've heard of it before."
Afterwards, Xu Shen contacted Da Lili through the communication channel, gave a brief explanation, and asked her to send someone to the residence of the Wumin women and arrange another job for them.
In addition to Zhanxu, the Zhuiguang Club also has many other .
Factories, companies, shops, etc.
Arranging a few jobs casually is a piece of cake for Xu Shen.
Nan Ning heard Xu Shen's arrangement and knew that this bodyguard specially sent by the family was no ordinary person and had status in Dicheng. She sighed and said, "I have learned so many laws, but I can hardly handle such a small matter. It was only solved by your strange words."
Xu Shen smiled and said, "Other fog dwellers would say the same thing, some of them are good at talking, but it's useless for them to say it, and they will probably be kicked out before they can finish speaking. It's only because of our status that we have the qualifications to argue with others."
Nan Ning was slightly stunned and remained silent.
She naturally understood how much power came with her identity, and had felt it deeply since she was a child.
However, the law is not a weapon of power. She hopes that the law can be perfected so that even ordinary people can take up this weapon to protect themselves.
The problem with this little episode also made Nan Ning realize the importance of perfecting the law. This is also a question that the teacher often asks, and he would sigh every time it was mentioned.
Now, she seemed to understand the feelings behind those sighs to some extent.
As the episode passed, they continued to visit the Fog Workers Mutual Aid Association.
Seeing that they were from the City Guardian, the mutual aid association's office staff were very cooperative and quickly found the family that had been wiped out based on the name and address information provided.
Soon, they arrived at the back hall of the mutual aid association and a young man arrived.
"This is Deacon Zheng," the office staff introduced.
Nan Ning stood up and said, "Deacon Zheng, I heard that Zhao Qing and his family came here last week to ask you to open their eyes?"
"Looking for Zhao Qing? Which Zhao Qing?" the young man wondered.
Nan Ning was well prepared and handed over the black and white photo she had taken.
The young man recognized them after taking a look and said in a daze, "So it's them. Did something happen to them?"
Nan Ning didn't answer, but asked, "Have they paid all the money for opening their eyes?"
"It's been delivered, what's wrong?" the young man wondered.
Nan Ning looked straight at him: "With so much money, how could they possibly give it all?"
The young man was stunned and said helplessly: "I don't know about that. I just take the money and do the job."
Nan Ning frowned.
Xu Shen glanced at the young man and said, "We found something at the scene, and a diary, which mentioned Deacon Zheng. Are you sure you don't know?"
The young man's face changed slightly, and he said, "Don't talk nonsense, there is no diary... Uh, what did you mention about me?"