Thriller Paradise Chapter 6: The mystery of the will (middle)

"What's the result?" Zuo Yan asked.

"The results show..." Vidock replied, "There are two very important doubts about the authenticity of that will.

"First, the paper used in the will was made with a paper-making technology that was quite advanced at the time. Until the day of the death of Old Herbert, this paper had not been on the market for a long time. Year; but... the date of inscription on the will is six years ago.

"Second, that signature...Although it does look very similar, if the handwriting is enlarged to a certain ratio, through the analysis of the ink tomography, we can find some differences that the naked eye can't distinguish... "

"Is it all okay?" Zuo Yan asked suspiciously.

"Of course." Vidoc replied, "The current criminal investigation technology has almost reached the point of omnipotence, but not all cases can be handled with the most advanced technology. After all...'Resources 'It is limited.

"For example, suppose you were stolen by a pickpocket on the street with a wallet containing two hundred yuan in cash, and then you go to the police station to report the case. In this case, the police will at most get you a transcript, and then adjust The surveillance video of the stolen location is recorded together for the record; when the pickpocket who stole you is arrested because of other cases, maybe he will confess the fact of stealing your wallet together when he confessed to the crime. Only then will your records be used, and you will be'possible' to recover the lost property."

"According to you, it's actually impossible..." Zuo Yan curled his lips and vomited.

"Well, you have to understand it like this." Vidock replied dismissively, "But... you think about it, if the police must catch the pickpocket, is there really no way?" He paused, "Obviously there is a way...they can find a team to thoroughly investigate all the surveillance videos near the crime site, find out the whereabouts of the pickpocket before and after you met, and then follow the vines and find him to live. In general, send someone to visit the neighborhood with his image until he finds the person’s residence. If this is not enough... use the legendary'facial recognition technology' to take photos on all cameras across the country Match the faces similar to the suspect in your case in the picture, and check and identify them one by one..."

"Uh..." Zuo Yan already understood the point of the other party's words, he interrupted, "Doing this for something worth a few hundred yuan... is a bit outrageous."

"Yes, that's what it means." Vidoc said, "In a country of more than 9 million square kilometers, there are thousands of small cases like this one every day; leaving aside those who haven't reported the case. , If every case is verified by the method I just mentioned... How much manpower and material resources need to be invested? Therefore, criminal investigation resources are usually used in major cases that are more socially harmful or involve more money. Among them, such as... the inheritance dispute of the Herbert family."

"So..." Zuo Yan saw that Vidock had brought the topic back, and continued, "After verifying that the will is forged, Sam has nothing to say."

"No, Sam was very shocked and angry about the result. He immediately asked the court to re-appraise the will and declared that the result of the first appraisal was ‘wrong and absurd’.” Vidock said.

"That is to say... anger turned into anger, to the end?" Zuo Yan said.

"It looks so." Vidock said.

"Huh?" Zuo Yan heard something from the other's tone and repeated, "'Look'?"

"Yes, it's just'it looks like this'." Vidock continued in a sly tone, "I'll explain this for a while, let me talk about the next exhibition..." He paused for two more seconds. , Went on, "For most people, including you, the jury, and the judge, the results of the appraisal are enough to determine the course of the case. Sam's reaction is indeed like a'to the end', even Sam All of his lawyers persuaded him to reconcile, but Sam firmly denied that he had forged his will and decided to fight to the end.

"So he lost, appealed, and lost again; in the end, not only did Sam Herbert not inherit a penny of the family property, he was forced to move out of the old Herbert’s house and became a Homeless people.

"His brother John simply stated that he would not pursue Sam's responsibility for the'forgery of wills', and he was willing to give Sam a hundred thousand pounds of property out of brotherhood, which would be regarded as allowing him to settle down.

"Unexpectedly, Sam rejected John’s ‘good intentions’ and claimed that this inheritance was originally what he deserved, and he refused others to use his own money to give alms to himself.

"After that, the two brothers broke off contact. John inherited all of the family property, including most of the shares in Herbert, and Sam disappeared from the public eye... a dude like him , Once you lose your money~IndoMTL.com~ will soon become like an invisible person, this kind of exhibition is also expected."

"From your point of view..." Zuo Yan knows Vidok very well. He knows that the latter has something to say, "This matter...Is there any article in it?"

"This is the part I want to'explain'..." Vidock rolled over on the bed lazily, "Oh... wait..." He seemed to think of something suddenly, and the conversation turned. "Haha...Second-rate (Vidok likes to call Zuoyan second-rate, because not long after the two met, the former defined the latter as a second-rate detective), why don't I come to test you..."

"Come again?" This is not the first time that Zuo Yan has been "tested" by Vidok. Although he can keep up with Vidok's ideas in most cases, the gap between him and Vidok is It seems to be completely narrowed... or the gap between the "second-rate detective" and the "king of detectives".

"I will tell you the answer directly this time, and you will tell me the reason for this." Vidoc didn't care if he was willing or not. After saying this sentence, the truth was revealed immediately, "The person who forged the contract …It’s actually John."

"Huh?" After hearing this, Zuo Yan was stunned for a full twenty seconds, then his brows began to expand and he suddenly realized, "Oh... so there is such a hand..."

"Heh..." Vidoc collapsed on the bed and smiled, "It's not bad, I will understand in half a minute."

"After hearing the answer, go back and think... Sam's reaction seems very reasonable." Zuo Yan read, "Because he has a clear conscience about the will, he agreed to the appraisal; and after the appraisal result came out , Sam will naturally be surprised and think that the people in the court made a mistake; but others don’t look at it that way. They think that Sam was embarrassed and ready to carry it through after being exposed.

"Well... all of this was within John's calculations from the beginning."