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The Bright District Subdivision, the investigative staff of the Criminal Investigation Department, also known as Detective Lan, was conducting a routine review. Every day, various police stations receive a lot of reports, and for general cases, the stations can handle them on their own.

However, more serious cases must be decided by the Subdivision.

Especially now, with an extortion case involving more than six hundred thousand, the one implicated is the very famous Lawyer Tang Fangjing from the internet—that if mishandled, could become another hot topic of public opinion.

The evidence at hand was clearly insufficient; there were only some words from Gao Qingwen, so after consideration, Detective Lan decided to proceed with a preliminary inquiry.

A preliminary inquiry is a preliminary investigation for cases that cannot be filed but still have suspicious aspects. It allows for the subpoena of the parties involved as well as other investigative measures.

However, according to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, evidence gathered without a filed case cannot be used to convict.

All these materials will eventually be reflected in the case file, which are clear-cut—the die-hard lawyers fight over these very procedures.

The evidence may indeed be no problem, but if the procedure isn't correct...

Now, Detective Lan was conducting a preliminary investigation to avoid some troubles. After all, someone had made a report, and it was detailed, naming names. If it turned out to be true, then Tang Fangjing might find himself detained for a long time.

If it did not hold up, there would still be investigation results available. If Gao Qingwen, who reported it, wasn't satisfied and took it online, the police could present their findings in response.

After deciding, Detective Lan arranged for someone to investigate at the court while he began to call Tang Fangjing.

Meanwhile, in a hotel near the Bright District Court, Old Tang was scribbling on his system panel.

What Wang Qingqing saw was Lawyer Tang sitting there staring blankly ahead, as if there was a computer right in front of him.

Well, Brother Tang is having one of his episodes again...

Right at that moment, a ringtone blared, and Old Tang snapped out of his state, picked up the phone, and saw an unfamiliar number from Xi Ping.

"Hello, this is Tang Fangjing from Tengda Law Firm. May I ask what this is about?"

A strange voice came through the phone: "Hello, Lawyer Tang. I'm Detective Lan Kaiming from the Bright District Public Security Subdivision. There's a matter that requires your presence at the Subdivision."

What? Old Tang was startled by this unexpected turn of events; how had he suddenly gotten entangled with the police?

Could it be that San He Corporation wasn't pleased and utilized their connections?

Impossible. What connections could someone have to risk dismissal for something like this? To be blunt, after so many life-threatening situations, the police would probably only take action if there were concrete evidence. Otherwise, there wouldn't usually be any problems.

So Old Tang still responded: "Detective Lan, you're saying I should go to the Subdivision, right? Okay, I can head over now. I will fully cooperate with the public security organs in their work."

When the police call you in and you don't have a valid reason, you can't refuse. He was now very careful with legal matters, trying to avoid any mistakes.

On the other end of the phone, Detective Lan's thoughts were the same as those of Old Zhou from Jianguang Province before, who could say Tang Fangjing had a bad temper? Look how cooperative he is.

And more conscientious than most people. When others are called by the police, they make all kinds of excuses not to go, to the point that they ultimately have to be summoned.

But Lawyer Tang was different; he didn't ask any questions and was fully cooperative. Could such a person be labelled as a troublemaker? Someone must be smearing his name!

At the same time, Judge Wang from The Capital, Judge Wang from the Bright District, and Old Zhou, who had just been discharged from the hospital in the Bright District, all sneezed simultaneously.

Wang Qingqing, seeing Tang Fangjing getting ready to leave, asked, "Brother Tang, do you have something to attend to?"

"Yes, the Bright District Subdivision has asked me to come in for an inquiry," Old Tang replied casually.

Wang Qingqing was stunned. The public security organs asked you for an inquiry, and you take it so lightly?

"Don't worry, just stay here. Go out if you want to. I should be back soon," Old Tang said.

Leaving those words, Old Tang headed out the door and twenty minutes later, he arrived at the entrance of the Bright District Subdivision.

He then made a call to Detective Lan.

"Hello, Lawyer Tang, you've arrived, right? Okay, come on in and you'll see me," Detective Lan said and hung up the phone, immediately standing up to leave his office.

Before long, Detective Lan met the renowned Tang Fangjing. They say seeing is believing, and upon first glance, Detective Lan simply thought he was a very ordinary young man.

The only unusual feature was that his face lacked any color, shockingly pale, leading one to suspect that Lawyer Tang did not have long to live.

And he would occasionally twitch, which looked quite troubling.

"Lawyer Tang, you... you're not having any issues, are you?" Hesitating a bit, Detective Lan still spoke up.

Old Tang across from him smiled and said, "No worries, I'm not about to die for the time being; it's just that the pain is fierce. The painkillers I was using are almost ineffective now.

"But it's fine, I can endure it. It's a minor issue."

Hearing this, Detective Lan took a deep look at him without saying anything further, then told his colleague, "Liu, get a glass of water for Lawyer Tang."

The young man hurried off to fetch the water.

Then Detective Lan said, "Lawyer Tang, please come with me over here. I have something to tell you. Someone has filed a report claiming you're involved in extortion, and the amount is substantial.

"We have already started a preliminary investigation, so we need you to come in. After all, procedures must be followed..."