fog city detective

Chapter 4 The Emotional Assessor

Cook, in his [-]s, has gray hair, and his makeshift office is in the first-floor wing of the main residence.Seven lawyers sat at the desk to work, with a computer on the desk and a large amount of paper materials in front of them.Cook was more polite than his assistant. After shaking hands with Liang Xi, he kindly asked about John's body.

Cook asked Liang Xi to enter the inner room, and told Liang Xi that the lawyer outside was taking stock of the property of the manor, preparing documents for the heir to the title, and applying for a seat in the council.British families inherit titles and lands using the primogeniture system.This situation continued until the 20s.The new law retains primogeniture but allows fiefdoms to be distributed by will as limited inheritance.In the absence of a will, the eldest son inherits.As for private property, such as money, stocks, etc., it is not affected by the title inheritance system.

Cook asked Liang Xi to take a seat: "Jack has explained the situation to you. Time is limited. I have to take out my will before eight o'clock tomorrow night. If you need any help, just ask."

Liang Xi asked: "In theory, everything in the manor, including the children's residence, is also an inheritance?"

Cook nodded: "Yes."

Liang Xi said: "I need to investigate the case as your assistant, and I can enter and leave various places by myself."

Cook said: "This is a must. Your duty is to assess and record the assets in the manor. With this identity, you can enter and exit all places. But I believe you are polite and know that some places should only be entered with the consent of others. "

Liang Xi asked, "What if I'm not polite? You know, sometimes you can't be polite."

Cook looked at Liang Xi and said, "As long as you find the will, everything is easy to say."

Liang Xi nodded knowingly, Cook was calm on the surface, but his heart almost collapsed, and he took himself as a life-saving straw.Liang Xi said: "Can you introduce the situation of the four heirs?" To find the will, the first thing to do is to identify the suspect of the theft.

Earl Davis and his family were not directly involved in the operation. Davis handed over his assets to the trust fund company for supervision, and they invested and managed them.There are many investment projects and businesses all over the world.As Davies' sons and daughters, he can receive a trust fund of £[-] a month.

Dai Da is 50 years old this year and is an assistant program director of Reading TV.

Dai Er is 48 years old this year. He is a retired military officer who has served for 12 years. He is now working as a ground engineer at an airport in London.

Dai San, 45 years old, is a pastor who works in a church in Reading Township, and his daily work is mostly related to charity.

Dai Nv, 44, is an associate professor at the University of Reading. She is a research academic professor, mainly researching and perfecting the history of the Renaissance era.

The backgrounds of the four people are all beautiful, and it is impossible to tell who has the possibility of committing the crime from their resumes.Liang Xi directly swept over the four suspected staff members of the main residence because they had no interest in stealing the will.

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The butler in his fifties led Liang Xi up to the second floor and into the earl's master bedroom.The master bedroom is very large and has its own separate living room.Strictly speaking, it is not beautiful, and the bust portrait Liang Xi hanging on the wall is really hard to appreciate.The carvings on the stairs, and the walls in the color of marble are not aesthetically pleasing.Liang Xi also knew his own taste, and he really praised him in front of the butler.

The housekeeper helped to open all the doors and stood by himself at the door of the master bedroom.As a steward, he treated the descendants of the earl with courtesy and respect, but he was not loyal to any sons and daughters, he was loyal to the earl and the manor.If the new earl wants, he can stay and continue to manage the manor, allegiance to the new earl.If the new earl is not satisfied, he will not take too many pictures.

The big bed in the bedroom finally brought a bit of modern flavor, and on the wall next to it hung an oil painting of the count's wife when she was young.Liang Xi carefully removed the oil painting and placed it against the wall, looking at the built-in safe hidden behind the portrait.

Liang Xi glanced at the safe and was speechless. This is the simplest six-digit password safe.Liang Xi pondered, he was a person who didn't know the password, how could he open this safe?Liang Xi looked at the earl's family information passed on to him by Cook's assistant on his mobile phone, and randomly entered the earl's wife's birthday: 590402.The safe just popped open.

These rich people are really bad, so rich, and such a simple safe, they are simply encouraging others to commit crimes.

The safe is divided into upper and lower layers, the upper layer is larger and the lower layer is smaller.There are many grids on the lower level, which contain various jewelry.Liang Xi picked up a gemstone necklace and squinted at the light for a while. The necklace was worth more than £500,000.Liang Xi turned his head to face the door of the bedroom, and looked towards the hall. There was no one in the main living room.

After all, the gemstone necklace is calculated according to the item, so it is risky to take it.The diamonds in one side of the grid are in units of diamonds, and basically no one will find out if one is taken away.Liang Xi picked up a diamond, squinted his eyes and looked at the light. It was almost certainly a diamond without a laser number.There are tens of thousands of pounds such a big one.

Liang Xi put the diamond back and pushed back the lower drawer of the safe.Most of the documents are placed on the upper level, such as entrustment contracts and so on.According to Cook, Cook, the housekeeper and a maid were present when the new will was sealed.They were all among the witnesses to the legitimacy of the new will and signed the seal.

Liang Xi called Cook: "Attorney Cook, is the old will still there?"

Cook replied: "Yes."

Liang Xi asked, "Is it also a sealed will?"

Cook replied: "Yes."

Liang Xi said: "I need to add another identity: the successor's emotional assessor."

Cook was startled: "This is the first time I heard about this profession."

Liang Xidao: "There is always a first time. My job is to talk to the prospective heirs individually to assess their acceptance of the inheritance. In case someone can't accept the result of not getting a penny, he will die on the spot. What should I do? In line with the attitude of being responsible to the client, Cook Law Firm specially provides the service of emotional evaluation of the successor.”

Cook held the phone and thought for a long time: "As long as it helps to find the will, of course."

Liang Xi said, "Lawyer Cook, you'd better be prepared for the worst."

Cook shuddered and asked, "What do you mean?"

Liang Xiang explained: "If the theft is a profitable person in the will, then he will definitely choose to put the will back to the safe. There is no will in the safe now, indicating that the theft is in an unfavorable position in the new will. In the new will, the assets are divided equally between the four children. It can be explained that the part of the thief in the will is below average."

Liang Xi said: "If I were a thief, I would destroy the will."

Cook: "Oh, buy Karma."

Liang Xi said: "But this is only the worst possibility."

Cook sighed: "I see, please do your best."

Liang Xi: "No problem."

Don't expect too much, because you don't know how much hope the other person will have.Give a bad possibility, a good result and people will thank you.Give a good chance, a bad outcome and people will resent you.This is John's experience as a detective for 30 years.

Liang Xi first chatted with the housekeeper and maid who signed the seal for a while, and then visited the four heirs separately.

(End of this chapter)