Zuo Yan thought about it again, looked at Vidocq and said, "But... I still don't understand something."
"You think there are still doubts about the motive for committing the crime, right?" Vidocq responded.
"Yeah." Zuo Yan nodded, "According to what you said, John is a well-known promising young man, while Sam is just a second-generation ancestor... Judging from this situation, old Herbert has a great possibility.
He will leave the inheritance to John. To say the least...even if Old Herbert doesn't want to treat his two sons differently, the inheritance should be divided equally between the two brothers, and Sam will not be allowed to take the majority." He paused,
"Taking a step back... John, who has already established a foothold in the business world, can still live a good life even if he does not inherit a penny; on the contrary, Sam, who spends his days drinking, knows nothing but spending money...
Once I lose my family's support, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive.
"From this point of view, what reason does John have to risk forging a will? Is it because he hates his brother very much... and must make him penniless?" At this point, Zuo Yan frowned and thought for two seconds.
, "But...if that's the case, why did he offer to give Sam one hundred thousand pounds?"
"Think about your 'first step back' again, and then tell me the crux of the problem yourself." Vidocq did not answer Zuo Yan's question, but gave half a hint and half a request.
"Oh?" After Zuo Yan heard this, he immediately thought about the matter again obediently, and then said, "You are saying... that the situation of 'equally sharing the inheritance' is unacceptable to John?"
"No." Vidocq said.
"Why?" Zuo Yan asked doubtfully.
"Because he is short of money." Vidocq gave a very simple, unexpected, but very reasonable answer.
"John is short of money?" Zuo Yan was indeed surprised by the answer.
"Huh..." Vidocq smiled, "Which of the following people do you think is more likely to owe huge sums of money? The first is young entrepreneurs who consider themselves elite, ambitious, and do big business; the second is young entrepreneurs who consider themselves elite, ambitious, and do big business;
A rich young man who attends various social parties all day long, eats, drinks, has fun and sleeps with famous models, and never thinks about the so-called 'future'."
Although the two types of people described in this sentence are completely opposite, one is a "money maker" and the other is a "spending person", but the interesting thing is that the people who are really cornered by debt... often
It's the former.
"Hey..." Zuo Yan also heard that Vidocq's understanding of this case has far exceeded the level of ordinary people, so he asked, "You know too much, right? This is no longer the case.
Isn’t it enough that you can grasp the news just by reading it in the newspaper?”
"Half a month after John inherited all the property of the Herbert family..." Vidocq thought as he said, "I saw a report about 'Herbert Group Financing' on the TV news. This report
...is what really made me interested in the previous inheritance lawsuit; that afternoon, I went online (yes, Vidocq can use a computer to surf the Internet, of course, except for Zuo Yan, he will not let anyone else find out
This matter) I checked some things about that financing. The information is not confidential and can be easily retrieved on some industrial and commercial related websites... although this financing seems to be just a company that inherited the family business.
The family made a routine merger between the family business and his own company, but if you carefully look through his own company’s accounts and the many movements in the previous year, you will find many interesting things.”
"So..." Zuo Yan heard this and naturally guessed John's motives. "The person who cannot accept the 'equal division of inheritance' is actually John... His business losses are so big that he used Herbert to add them."
He is now at a point where even half of his property cannot make up for it. Only by inheriting all of his property can his crisis be solved."
"No, no, no..." Vidocq said in a rather relaxed tone, "The Herbert family has strong financial resources. To solve John's difficulties, 'half of the property' should be enough; but the problem is...
The half that John can inherit must be real estate related to the company, as well as shares and other things; and the half that Sam gets is the real 'money' that can be spent at will.
"Not to mention their father, even outsiders know how to distribute it this way, because Sam is not capable of managing and operating Herbert Company.
"However, if this situation develops, after John inherits his share of the property, he will have to 'liquidate' some things to solve his predicament. This will look very ugly... It is simply showing the world that
Announce his failure in a high-profile way.
"John is obviously a person who is unwilling to admit his failure in front of others. If he was willing, there would be no need to engage in any inheritance conspiracy; while he is still alive, he can just ask his father for it... As long as old Herbert clicks
Boss, John's dilemma can definitely be solved."
"So, he carefully designed such a 'fake will' show..." Zuo Yan followed Vidocq's words, "and deliberately left flaws in the forged will, step by step to lure his brother into the game.
; Finally, using the outside world’s stereotypes of him and his brother to make all this seem logical.”
"We must admit that as a criminal... John is quite clever." Vidocq continued, "If he wanted to, it would not be difficult to forge a flawless will with his own beneficiary;
Even if his brother takes him to court for this, he may not lose." He said while stroking the hair on the top of his head with his little paws, "But John didn't do that, he chose a more complicated method... only
In this way, Sam can be branded as a "liar and scoundrel" to avoid future troubles.
"As for his behavior of giving out the one hundred thousand pounds afterwards, as Sam said, he was using the money that belonged to the other party to give alms to the other party... For John, who had already received the entire inheritance, the one hundred thousand pounds was naturally
It’s innocuous, but his behavior of ‘thinking about brotherly feelings, knowing that his brother forged a will and still giving him money’ is undoubtedly an excellent public relations for himself.”
"Well...the motive and the circumstances of the case make sense." Zuo Yan continued thoughtfully, "But don't you think there is a loophole in your reasoning?"
"You tell me, and I'll listen." Vidocq knew very well what Zuo Yan was going to say, but he didn't point it out. He wanted to wait for Zuo Yan to come up with it himself.
"Old Herbert died of illness." Zuo Yan said, "John can forge a will to set up a trap, but he can't..."
At this point, Zuo Yan seemed to have thought of something. His expression suddenly changed and his words stopped abruptly.
"What can't you do?" Vidocq laughed, "Can't you make old Herbert's death come faster?"
"Is there something you haven't told me?" Zuo Yanxu said, looking down at Vidocq.
"I said that Sam only stays at home for a month or two every year, but I didn't say that John only stays at home for a few days..." Vidocq said, "Although John's business is mainly in the UK, he himself stays at home for a year.
I have lived on this island for most of my life... This has not changed even now; this can be regarded as one of the benefits of the information age. People can do most things in front of the computer, even
Autographs can also be delivered digitally."
After hearing these words, Zuo Yan knew the nature of the case, and then murmured: "If you stay in the same mansion with the deceased for a long time... chronic poisoning will be more convenient, and it will not be easy to trace."
"The specific method may not be chronic poisoning, but it may be some other method..." Vidocq said, "Old Herbert died at home, not in the hospital. Therefore, the person who announced his death also
The family doctor of Herbert's family; as far as I know... this doctor is about the same age as old Herbert. Maybe John's tricks deceived the old man, or maybe he was bribed...
In short, no one questioned the conclusion of 'died from illness' at that time.
"A few years later, the doctor himself passed away, and old Herbert's body had already been 'buried at sea' by John."
"There is no evidence that both of them died, right..." Zuo Yan thought.
"Hmph..." Vidocq snorted coldly, "People like John will not leave any obvious clues." He turned over on the bed again, "I have a friend who can be said to be the world's greatest leader.
"The best easy-chair detective in the world," and over the years, he has become acquainted with a large number of criminals similar to John who are on the loose just through newspapers and news."
"Uh...your 'friend'...isn't he also a cat?" Zuo Yan asked.
"Of course it's a cat, what do you think?" Vidocq replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
"It's nothing... you continue." The corners of Zuo Yan's mouth twitched twice, but he said nothing more; after all, he was not Brother Jue, and his desire to complain was not that strong.
"After understanding this, we can almost start talking about the topic..." Vidocq continued, "Before, the person we met in front of the elevator door was Sam Herbert, who had disappeared for many years... According to my experience,
From those few seconds of observation, he may have been involved in some kind of illegal incident."
