"What's the result?" Zuo Yan asked along the way.
"The results show..." Vidok replied, "There are two very serious doubts about the authenticity of the 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 when the old Herbert passed away, this kind of paper had not been on the market for more than a year; But... the inscription date on the will was six years ago.
"Secondly, the signature... Although it looks very similar, if you zoom in on the handwriting to a certain scale, you can find some differences that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye through the analysis of the tomography of the inkblot..."
"Is this all right?" Zuo Yan doubted.
"Of course." Vidok 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' are limited .
"For example, suppose you were stolen by a pickpocket on the street, with two hundred yuan in cash in it, and then you go to the police station to report the crime. In this case, the police will at most get you a record, and then go to the location of the theft. Surveillance video, record and record together; wait for the day when the pickpocket who stole you is caught and arrested for other cases, maybe when he confesses to the crime, he will also confess the thing about stealing your wallet before, at this time you Only then will the records be used, and you will have the 'possibility' to recover the lost property."
"According to what you say, it's actually impossible..." Zuo Yan curled his lips and spit out.
"Well, you can understand it this way." Vidok continued nonchalantly, "But... think about it, if the police have to arrest the pickpocket, is there really nothing they can do?" He paused "There is obviously a way... They can find a team of people, thoroughly check all the surveillance videos near the crime scene, find out the whereabouts of the pickpocket before he met you and after he succeeded, and then follow the clues to find the approximate area where he lives. Then send someone to visit the neighborhood with his image until they find the person's residence. If this is not enough... use the legendary 'facial recognition technology' to match the images captured by all the cameras across the country Check and identify faces similar to the suspects in your case one by one... "
"Uh..." Zuo Yan had already understood the point of the other party's words, he interrupted, "It's a bit outrageous to do this for things worth hundreds of dollars in total."
"Yes, that's what it means." Vidok said, "In a country of more than nine million square kilometers, tens of thousands of small cases like this happen every day; Each case is investigated using the method I just mentioned... How much manpower and material resources will be invested? Therefore, criminal investigation resources are usually used in major cases that are more harmful to society or involve more money. For example... the inheritance dispute of the Herbert family."
"Then..." Seeing that Vidok brought the topic back, Zuo Yan continued, "After the will is proved to be a forgery, Sam will have nothing to say."
"No, Sam was very shocked and angry by this result. He immediately asked the court to re-authenticate the will, and declared that the result of the first identification was 'wrong and ridiculous'." Vidock said.
"That is to say... become angry from embarrassment and persist to the end?" Zuo Yan said.
"Looks like it is," Vidock said.
"Huh?" Zuo Yan heard something from the other party's tone, and repeated, "'Looks like'?"
"Yes, it's just 'it looks like this'." Vidok continued in a secretive tone, "I'll explain this later, let me talk about the next development..." He paused for another two seconds, then continued, "For most people, including you, the jury, and the judge, the results of the appraisal are enough to determine the direction of the case, and Sam's reaction is indeed like 'hold on to the end', even Sam's lawyer advised He decided to reconcile, but Sam firmly denied that he forged the will and decided to fight to the end.
"So he lost, appealed, lost again; in the end, Sam Herbert not only didn't inherit a penny of the family property, but was forced to move out of the old Herbert's house and became a homeless man. Returning to the people.
"Simply, his brother John said that he would not further pursue Sam's responsibility for the 'forgery of the will', and was willing to give Sam a property of 100,000 pounds out of brotherhood, so that he could settle down and live.
"Unexpectedly, Sam rejected John's 'good intentions' and claimed that the inheritance was what he deserved, and he refused others to use his own money to give him alms.
"After that, the two brothers cut off their relationship. John inherited all the family property, including most of the shares in Herbert's company, and Sam disappeared from the public eye... A dude like him, once lost Money, which will soon become invisible, is a development to be expected."
"Then you see..." Zuo Yan knew Vidok very well, and he knew that the latter had something to say, "Is there any more articles on this matter?"
"This is the part I want to 'explain'..." Vidok turned over lazily on the bed, "Oh... wait..." He seemed to think of something suddenly, and changed the topic, "Haha... second-rate (Victor Doc likes to call Zuo Yan a second-rate detective, because soon after the two met, the former defined the latter as a 'second-rate detective'), why don't I test you... "
"Again?" It's not the first time that Zuo Yan has been "examined" by Vidok. Although he can keep up with Vidok's thinking in most cases, the gap between him and Vidok seems to be complete. There is a narrowing... still the gap between the "second-rate detective" and the "king of detectives."
"I'll tell you the answer directly this time, and you tell me the reason." Vidok didn't care if Zuo Yan was willing or not, and immediately revealed the truth after saying this, "The person who forged the contract... is actually John."
"Huh?" After Zuo Yan heard this, he was stunned for a full twenty seconds, and then his brows gradually widened, and he suddenly realized, "Oh... so there is such a trick..."
"Heh..." Vidok collapsed on the bed and smiled, "It's not bad, I'll figure it out in half a minute."
"After hearing the answer and thinking about it... Sam's reaction seems very reasonable." Zuo Yannian said, "Because he has a clear conscience about the will, he agreed to the appraisal; and after the appraisal result came out, Sam would naturally They were surprised and thought that the people in the court had made a mistake; but other people didn't see it that way. They thought that Sam was angry after being exposed and was ready to fight it to the end.
"However... all of this, from the very beginning, was within John's calculations."