fog city detective

Chapter 3 Manor
John slowed down from the powder attack, motioned to Liang Xi, who was smug, to sit down, looked at Liang Xi and said gently: "Child, there is an idiom called Dazhiruoyu in Chinese. Do you know what it means?"

Liang Xi explained: "A person who looks stupid is actually very smart. He seems to do stupid things, but he reaps good results."

John nodded in understanding, sat down, and said, "I told you a truth: the one who has the last laugh is the winner."

Liang Xi vaguely felt bad.

John took the water from Mary with his left hand and patted the back of Mary's hand with his right to thank him.John took the water and asked, "Does the medicine have any side effects?"

Liang Xi replied, "It's short."

John: "Can't drive?"

Liang Xi nodded: "Yes."

John: "But I need to go to Reading."

"Oh, Maiga. Mary?" Liang Xi looked at Mary and was fooled.

Mary stood behind the sofa and rubbed John's shoulders: "You know, I love this man. For him I can deceive the world."

Liang Xi was speechless: "It's okay if you cheat on me. Have you thought about hurting my young heart with such a show of love?"

John laughed, opened the drawer of the coffee table, and pushed a business card in front of Liang Xi: "Contact Lawyer Cook when you arrive at Reading Town."

Liang Xi asked, "Can you not go?"

John smiled: "Liang Xi, I know you like being a detective."

Liang Xi said: "You have pensions, so of course you can like to be detectives. Last year, you traveled to the Mediterranean for a month, and I didn't even earn a dollar."

John said, "But you read the Detective Agency's book."

Liang Xi: "I can only read. Old man, the past and present are not as advanced as in the past, do you know how advanced the technology is now? You can piece together fingerprints from the burned paper, and you can know where you live from the element content of your hair. How long. In modern times, detectives can only be a hobby, not a profession."

John took the car keys and two fifty-pound notes from the drawer and placed them on the coffee table.

Liang Xi said: "Of course it's okay to have a part-time job occasionally." He reached out and took the money and car keys.

John waved his hand lightly, indicating that Liang Xi could leave.

Mary accompanied Liang out of the living room and said, "The girl who sent you just now is very beautiful."

Liang Xi said: "We are not suitable."

Mary asked, "Why?"

Liang Xi picked up the banknotes in his hand: "Because of poverty."

Mary laughed and gave Liang Xi a back: "Go ahead."

John walked out of the living room and watched Liang Xi drive his Beetle away. Mary said, "John, you can give him a little more money."

John replied: "He has the ability to get rich and the talent of a detective. I fear he will use his talent to become rich, and I hope he can use the ability to become rich to be a detective. He will have enough money, but not now."

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There are still more than [-] hereditary nobles in Britain, but there are very few nobles with money and land.However, at present, one third of the land in the UK is in the hands of a very small number of nobles. Such nobles belong to the typical fief hereditary nobles and are the real nobles.

Cook, whom Liang Xi contacted in Reading, was a lawyer who provided legal services to a very small number of nobles.A male assistant of Cook was in charge of receiving Liang Xi. After the two met outside Reading Town, the assistant was very dissatisfied with Liang Xi and even called Cook directly.Cook reminded his assistant to treat Liang Xi politely.

In view of Cook's attitude, the assistant asked the driver to drive in front. He got into the Beetle driven by Liang Xi and introduced the reason why Cook asked John to come to Reading.The assistant was not dissatisfied with Liang Xi personally, but was dissatisfied with Liang Xi's combination of jeans and a T-shirt.Because Liang Xi was going to a noble manor.

The Earl of Davies was the largest landowner in the area, a hereditary nobleman, and a member of the House of Lords.In short, an amazing person.This amazing man passed away yesterday morning, and Mr. Cook, who had traveled back to London from France, arrived at the Earl's house at [-]am this morning, when he discovered that the Earl's will was missing from the safe in his home.

Liang Xi said: "The law firm should have a backup will."

The assistant explained: "The Earl temporarily summoned Lawyer Cook three days ago to draw up a new will. Lawyer Cook rushed to France to deal with one of the Earl's estates and had no chance to persuade the Earl to back up the will."

The assistant explained the legal issues, and the employer has the right not to disclose the will to the lawyer, in which case there is no backup will.Because Cook was in a hurry, instead of sending the will to the London law firm, he placed the will in the safe behind the portrait of the Earl's bedroom.The loss of the will spells trouble for Cook.

If there is no new will, the old will must be in effect.But when many people know that there is a new will, the old will will not be valid.In the event of the loss of a new will, property can only be distributed as intestate.The negligent Cook Law Firm will also be brought to court and face huge claims.

The person who can steal the will can only be the person in the earl's manor, and the person in the inner courtyard of the earl's manor, that is, the person who works and lives in the main residence.There are eight suspects in total, including four children with rights of inheritance and four staff at the main residence.Cook urgently contacted John, hoping that John could help him retrieve his lost will before the will is announced tomorrow night.

Liang Xi persuaded: "When we encounter theft, we should call the police, not detectives."

The assistant looked at Liang Xi with a confused look, can I call the police and need to find you?Are you a detective?

Liang Xi was despised and said helplessly, "Then let's see." People today have too little legal awareness.

He said this, making the helpless assistant even more clueless.

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Earl Davis's manor is very manor-like, not to mention the dozens of employees of the manor, nor to talk about the grass like a work of art, when it is said that there is a dedicated church in the manor, it makes people feel high-end.Money should be squandered like this.The earl's body was temporarily left in the church. After the memorial service, he was buried directly in the backyard of the church, which was the ancestral cemetery of the earl's family.

The main building of the manor occupies a large area. The earl's main residence is located in the middle of the manor, and the left building is the residence of the children.Cook, as the earl's main lawyer, prohibited the count's daughters and other non-main residence staff from entering the main residence on the grounds of inventorying the property.

At the entrance of the main residence, Liang Xi met the manor housekeeper, a very traditional and typical English housekeeper.The security guard on one side asked for the car key and drove Liang Xi's Beetle to the parking space.When there is a need, after the security walkie-talkie calls, a special person will send the car to Liang Xi.

(End of this chapter)