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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 1000 hereditary nobles in Britain, but there are very few nobles with money and land.However, one-third of Britain's land is currently in the hands of a very small number of nobles. This kind of nobles are typical hereditary nobles of fiefdoms and are the real powerful.

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.

Chapter 4 Emotional Evaluator

Cook, a white-haired man in his mid-60s, has a makeshift office in a ground-floor wing of the main residence.Seven lawyers sat and worked at a desk with computers and a lot 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 property.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.this

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, 48 years old, is a retired military officer who has served for 12 years, and now works 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 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 housekeeper.

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. This necklace was worth more than half a million pounds.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.

Chapter 5 Meeting

The first person to meet was Dai Da, and after asking your condolences to change, Liang Xi got to the point.He took the old will, also sealed, out of the borrowed assistant's briefcase. The seal was open.Liang Xi put the will on the table, Dai Da glanced at the will and didn't quite understand: "Isn't the will read out by Lawyer Cook tomorrow night?"

Without answering, Liang Xi asked, "Mr. Dai...Mr. Davis, this is the situation. Have you heard that there is a little bit of rift between your father and Cook's lawyer?"

Dai thought for a while: "No, Lawyer Cook was my grandfather's lawyer at the time. I haven't heard of any rift between them."

Liang Xidao: "There is such a rumor that Lawyer Cook once had dinner with your second brother. Since then, the will managed by the lawyer has been transformed into a forbidden will. As the administrator of your father's will, you know the contents of your father's will. People, as a rule of the industry, Cook's lawyers should not have private dealings with any interested parties."

Dai Da replied, "Mr. Liang, what exactly do you do?"

Liang Xidao: "I introduced it before, I am a psychological judge."

Dai Da: "Isn't it an emotional assessor?"

Liang Xi explained: "In the industry and outsiders, we call ourselves emotional assessors. For example, before notifying the relatives of the victims, we will first evaluate the relatives' emotions, and then decide to inform them in a certain way. People-oriented Well."

Dai Da seemed to understand what Liang Xi meant and said, "Mr. Liang, I respect my father's will very much, and I can accept any terms. To be honest, I have no intention of inheriting the title, and my interest is not there. And even if I go bankrupt and lose my job, our family trust fund is enough to ensure that our standard of living will not be poor."

Liang Si stood up and shook hands with Dai Da: "I'm sorry to bother you, if you can, please keep our conversation secret from them temporarily."

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The second person to meet was Dai Er. After the old rules and condolences, Liang Xi took out the unsealed old will from the briefcase.Dai Er was obviously a little surprised and hesitant: "What does this mean?"

Liang Xi saw it in his eyes and said, "Mr. Davis, according to my understanding of nobles. The eldest son inherits the title, and the second son usually chooses to join the army."

Dai Er nodded casually: "There is such a saying, Cook asked you to tell me the content of the will?"

Liang Xi shook his head: "No, this is the old will. Judging from the old will, Mr. Dai has received some relatively favorable treatment. The will specifically stated that since you have been in the army for 12 years and sacrificed a lot for your family, you are better than others. 2% more assets."

Dai Er was surprised: "Is that so?"

Liang Xi laughed: "I'm sorry, Mr. Dai, I'm an emotional judge..." What is the title?

Liang Xi forgot and fooled directly: "So you need to tell some lies to understand what each prospective heir expects from the will."

Dai Er ignored Liang Xiqiu's conversation and asked with concern, "What is the content of the will?"

Liang Xidao: "Although it is an old will, it also needs the consent of Cook's lawyer to browse. Thank you for your cooperation, I am bothering you."

Liang Xi took the initiative to shake hands with Dai Er, who was a little confused.When I got back to my room, I called Cook immediately. Cook didn't tell him that the will was stolen, and just perfunctory and prevaricate it.After hanging up the phone, Cook contacted Liang Xi and asked, "Is Dai Er suspected?"

Liang Xi replied, "I don't think it was Dai Er who stole the will. Attorney Cook, is there any problem?"

Cook quickly replied: "No, no."

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The third person Liang Xi met was Dai San. Dai San was the calmest person among his children and the quietest person.Seeing that the old will was calm, he told Liang Xi first: "I will donate my inheritance and all assets except land to charity. I don't care about the contents of the will, and I don't need a psychological evaluation. "

Liang Xi asked, "Why don't you donate the land?"

Dai San replied: "Because the land belongs to the limited inheritance, I hope that the Davis family can continue to inherit the fief from generation to generation. In addition, my father and I have expressed this wish, and I do not want my father to split the limited inheritance land. We Our ancestors left us the Davis family fief, and our descendants are obliged to guard the family fief."

Liang Xi smiled and said, "I talked to your elder brother before, and I think your family values ​​are heavier, and you are more suitable to be the heir to the title and the fief."

Dai San disagrees: "The primogeniture system is both a tradition and a law. If there is no such rule, the prospective heirs of each family can do many deplorable things in order to please the family patriarch. For example, betray their own brothers, Such as private contact with lawyers.”