Chapter 8 chapter eight

Grundy, with red eyes in mourning, stretched out his hand to Baisha and said: Mrs. Ke, please come in.You will forgive me, we were all shocked by the suddenness of this incident.This is my daughter Bao Yiva, and this is my son-in-law Bao Baoer. Betha swung deftly into the foyer, shaking everyone's hand, trying to dominate the room. Grande, a woman in her early forties, has worked hard on her appearance, and has been careful for a long time. Except for the occasional silly smile, she has cultivated herself to be a lady in all aspects. His daughter, Eva, was a very beautiful brunette with long legs and good curves, thin nostrils, arched eyebrows, irritable lips, and eyes that concealed emotion.

Bao Paul is like a straw bag with flesh and blood, if he has any connotation, it has already been consumed by two women with strong personalities.He was of average build, average weight, and featureless.As described in Baisha's letter to Lai Tangnuo afterwards, you can look at him again and again, but you still don't see him. As soon as he came in, Makeley hid himself behind Betha's great size and outstanding personality, as if he were a schoolboy whose mother was taking him to the school's discipline office to judge a bad thing he didn't participate in. Baisha is not someone who wastes time casually.

All right, folks.She said: We are not here to socialize, my client, Merkel, is here to clarify a matter. your client?Mrs. Ge said coldly and tactfully: Are you a lawyer? I am not a lawyer.Baisha said briefly: I am a private detective. detective!Mrs. Ge said knowingly. Yes. oh!God.Bao Yiwa cried out. Her husband pushed forward.What are you going to do with a detective?He pretended to ask abruptly, as if to strengthen his courage. Bai Sha said: Because 10,000 yuan is missing. What? You didn't hear me. Mrs. Ge asked: Are you accusing us of taking 10,000 yuan? I accuse no one.Bai Sha replied.Then added another sentence: not yet.

Could you please explain your real reason for coming?Mrs. Ge declared. Baisha said: When Mehler died, he had ten thousand yuan in cash in his wallet. Who said it?asked Baobauer. I said.declared Makeri, stepping forward so that he and Betha stood shoulder to shoulder.I also have proof that my cousin wants to participate in the auction of several historical out-of-print books.For reasons that remain undisclosed, the auction is held in cash.On the day of his death, he must have had $10,000 in cash. Then the banknotes must be placed elsewhere.Mrs. Ge said: Anyway, when he died, the money was not in his wallet.

No, it won't.Meckley said: He always has five in his wallet. With a sweep of her short, thick arm, Ke Baisha pushed Mr. May back and shut his mouth at the same time.She said to Mrs. Ge: How do you know that the money was not in his wallet when he died? Mrs. Ge exchanged glances with several others, but was unable to answer for a moment. Boyiwa said angrily: We are in charge here, the old man is dead, of course we have to see what he left behind, is there anything wrong? Bao Baoer said: We still need to know whether he has any relatives. You already know what kind of relations he has.Meckley said.

Bai Sha said angrily: I am not here to waste time eloquently, we are here to ask for this ten thousand yuan. He may be hiding in his room.Grandi said: I know it's definitely not in his wallet. When I got the wallet, the money wasn't really in it.Meckley said.Ke Baisha has already taken the lead in terms of speech, so he also speaks with a lot of air. Well, Bai Sha said: There must be a place to start, I will go to the room where he died.What about the other rooms?Does he work at home? God, of course work, but it's all in the study.Mrs. Ge said: Sometimes he works all night. Then we also have to look at the study room, which one is closer?

study. Let's look at the study first. The bedroom had been scoured anyway.Paul said: he Mrs. Ge stared at him fiercely, making him stop talking. Eva whispered: My dear, it is mother who should be responsible for speaking. Mrs. Ge said solemnly: Please follow me.She led the way into a spacious study.At the door, she stretched out her right arm and swept a semicircle around the study, as if she paid the study to these guests, and her own responsibilities could be reduced a little. Bao Baoer looked at his watch, suddenly realized something and said: Oh!I forgot to make a phone call.One side quickly walked to the back of the house.

Immediately, the attitudes of the two ladies changed.Mrs. Ge asked in a soothing tone: Are you sure he has so much cash around him? Mostly in his wallet.Merkel said: The bank clerk clearly remembered that when he withdrew five thousand dollars from the bank on Tuesday, he put it in his wallet. Grandier and her daughter exchanged glances, and Eva retreated and said: He had never been alone in the same room as Mr. May.Mom, you know. Not when he was alive.Mrs. Ge said: but mom! All right!But you brought it up first. But you sound like you're accusing Mrs. Ge turned to Baisha with a smiling face, and she said: Of course, the incident you mentioned was so sudden that it surprised us.No matter what you want, you say it, and we will try our best to help you.

oh!certainly.Bai Sha said bitterly: After you know what I will do, you are still surprised. The study is a large room with many bookshelves fixed to the wall.Many leather-bound books in ancient costumes have darkened and hardened due to the age.In the middle of the room is a large rectangular table, which is full of thick books that have been opened or not opened, and the books are intricately stacked.In the center of one side is a large pile of recording paper, and on its front pages are twisted and twisted many notes made by unsteady hands. Mrs. Ge said: "I don't believe anyone has ever looked at this room except Mr. Macley who asked to see all the rooms.The current appearance is the appearance of Mr. Mei when he died.He had instructed us before his death that no matter what the situation, no matter who, no book in this room should be moved.What situation does he leave behind, only he alone can move.I myself didn't dare to flick the dust on this table, and he wouldn't allow us to move the page on it.

I don't think this is a place where a person would put ten thousand dollar bills.Bai Sha looked around and said. Mrs. Ge refrained from expressing her approval. Mekeli said: I have read the contents of the pile of notes, and they are all related to a battle of Julius Caesar, and have nothing to do with what we discussed.In fact, I find that there is no one in the world who is interested in such a thing Ke Baisha ignored him and walked away, searching the room like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. Meckley said.I think we should concentrate on searching the bedroom, but we should all be prepared for the fact that the search will be fruitless. To me, this is just a formality that must be passed before filing a complaint.

Tell?Eva asked bitterly: Who to sue?Sue what? Meckley tactfully avoided a direct answer. He said: It is up to my detective to make the final decision. Just a private eye.Mrs. Ge said contemptuously: She has no right to do anything. She represents me now.Macley announced.Put on a businesslike stance. Baisha ignored these discussions at all, and when it came to banknotes, she always went forward bravely like a hound smelling blood.She strode to the desk, looked at the open books, and shuffled through the pile of recording papers, stopping constantly to see what was written on them, and said: What bastard would be interested in old antiques? After a silence, Meckley said: My cousin is very interested. Hey!Baisha said. Once again no one in the room spoke. Does the desk have drawers?Baisha asked. Obviously, no. I think we'd better go to the bedroom.Meckley said. Baisha once again focused on her notes. How to deal with this thing full of writing?she asked. You mean these notes?Kelly asked. yes. Give it to the secretary to type, and then to Mr. Mei to revise it for finalization.In the end, it became his personal data. He has a lot of saved data, and he plans to How to deal with note paper?According to how he writes, a pile of paper won't last long. I don't think it will take long.sometimes i see Where did the supplementary paper come from? Mrs. Ge pointed to a bookcase with wooden doors.All the spare stationery is here, there are many sharpened pencils, a large pile of unused chart paper, and many Baisha walked past her quickly, came to the bookcase, opened the wooden door, looked at the orderly stationery and supplies, suddenly looked back at Mrs. Ge and said: How did you think that Paul took it away? take what? Take that ten thousand dollars. What ten thousand dollars, Mrs. Ke, I never thought of it that way.You are too much, maybe you don't know Paul is my son-in-law, he is very responsible Does he bet on horses?Baisha asked. The mother and daughter looked at each other quickly, and Baisha seemed to have the answer. Hey!Baisha said: I knew it was, and I might be calling the black market horse race betting right now.Let me tell you, if he took it, he may not have lost it yet, and there is still time to tell him to take it out earlier. Baubaur was walking back just in time to hear the last words.Who, he asked: What is there before it is too late? Nothing, honey, nothing.Bao Yiwa hurriedly answered first.Obviously hope that everyone can change a topic. Bao Paul's face flushed.You all listen to me.He said: Don't think I'm a fool, I know I'm the only one in this family, you two ladies have sweet lips.God!You two should marry each other.I think Eva, you have never thought that when a girl grows up and gets married, she should marry a chicken at will Paul!Eva screamed. Mrs. Ge said gently: "Paul, you want to discuss the boudoir issue with Eva, the time and place are not suitable." Bao Yiwa wanted to divert everyone's attention, and suddenly she seemed to decide to help search the bookcase.Don't worry, she said: He spent a lot of time in this room during his lifetime, most likely Wait a minute, Merkley stepped forward decisively.It's up to me to see first. Baisha ignored him at all, she stood in front of the bookcase door with her broad and thick shoulders, fiddled with the neatly stacked stationery on the shelf with both hands. There's even a drawer in the back!she says. However, he cannot use the drawer without removing the stationery.Merkley said: Betha pulled out the drawer. Everyone gathered together to watch. what is inside?Merkel asked. Pencil blue, postage stamp, sealed in an envelope.Baisha said: Let's see what's inside, there may be something important. She opened the envelope and pulled out a rectangle of folded paper. Baisha looked at the content with interest.Mrs. Ge asked anxiously: What exactly is it?Baisha said: I look like a piece of Mr. Mehler's last will dated January 25, 1942. Do you have any ideas? A will!Merkley scrambled to look forward again, shouting. Bao Baoer said: Wait a minute, which day do you say, the twenty-fifth day of the first month?I remembered, I didn't expect it to be What do you think, Paul?His wife stopped him when he suddenly stopped. This is the document he asked me to be a witness to sign.Paul said: Do you remember?I told you.It was a Sunday afternoon, and Detherline was here.He called the two of us in and asked us to be witnesses. The paper was signed by himself.He signed it in pen and ink, and under this, we are asked to sign as witnesses. Baisha turned over the first page of the document and observed the signature on the second page.That's right, two people signed and testified.Dai Sephine and Bao Baoer. That's it, that's his will. why didn't you tell meMrs. Ge asked reproachfully. I told Eva, and he asked us both to sign this thing, which I think is a will. I never thought it was a will.Eva explains to her mother.To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to this matter at all. I remember that Paul was washing the car outside, and Mr. May knocked on the window to tell him to come in. What does the will say?Merkley asked: See what it says. Baisha has been looking at this document, looked back at Merkley, and said.You will not like it. Stop talking nonsense.Bao Paul said impatiently: What does the will say? Baisha began to read the will: Yu, Mei Haole, was in good health and sane when writing this will.I am quite tired of declaring to all who are present to hear my will read.It's not that I hate life, I love life and life very much, but I hate people who are around me while living in the world.Therefore, I have written my last will in black and white, which reads as follows: Only one of my relatives is still alive, Meckley.He's my cousin, and a calculating hypocrite.To be honest, there is no hatred or hatred between us, but I just don't like him, his personality doesn't fit with me.He babbled about small things, but the big things that should be argued for really pleased me to agree with my ideas. The purpose was obviously to hope for some benefits after my death. What really disgusted me and caused my relationship with him to split was his nagging reminders of our family’s past glory; the sense of responsibility that blood is thicker than water; relatives are always relatives; , and what the ancestors will do in heaven. Based on the above considerations, and in order to conform to the tradition and not disappoint my dear cousin too much, I should be the first one in the will not to forget to list one for him. After all, he has written a lot of boring things for me. Long letter, that's why I decided to give it to him, bequeath him, my dear Cousin of Mercer, 10,000 yuan. Baisha turned the page of the document.Before reading the next page, she looked around at all the people who were staring at her. She said to Merkley: You asked for this. Makeri was so angry that his lips turned white.He said: This is really a contempt for the law. He said this kind of thing until the end, and he didn't even give me a chance to talk back.Not fair, he's a coward.but of course When he was silent and could not continue, Baisha finished the sentence for him.Bai Sha said: But, of course, ten thousand yuan is still ten thousand yuan. Mekeli blushed and said: What an insult, there is only one hair on Jiu Niu's body.Baisha began to read the second page of the document in her hand. To my secretary, Dai Sephine, 10,000 yuan. For the rest, I bequeathed everything that was left to my housekeeper Grandi, her daughter Boyva, and Eva's husband Baobauer. I do not want Merkley to contest my decision or to take legal action, and all my movable and immovable properties will be taken over by Grandi immediately after my death. I signed this document with my own hands on January 25, 1942, in the presence of a witness, with a strange pleasure of punishing a hypocrite.The signature was signed in front of the two witnesses I invited in temporarily at that time. These two witnesses did not know the content of the document.But I told them beforehand that it was a will.Mejoule (signed). Next, Bai Sha went on to say: "The testamentary witness statement is next, I think I should read it together." There are two copies of this document. On January 25, 1942, Mr. Mehler produced it in front of our two witnesses. He said it was his last will and that he was our The two witnesses were signed by Mr. Mei, and these were legalized on January 25, 1942.Dai Sephine (signature), Baobauer (signature). Bao Paul was the first to break the deadlock.So fresh!He said: The old man left us so much money!When the old man asked me to sign it as a witness, I didn't know the content of the will, and I thought in my heart that of course he bequeathed all the inheritance to his cousin. Baisha said: Do you still remember the time when he asked you to sign and testify? He looked at Betha as if Betha was an idiot.certainly.He said: I remember, but I didn't expect my money to be in the will, so I forgot about the will later.Here in the study, it's a Sunday afternoon.He called Dai Sephine here to take some shorthand dictation for him while I washed the car in the driveway under the window.Dai Sephine went to the window and called me over.The boss was sitting at this desk when I went in, with a pen in his hand.He said Paul, I want to sign my will now, and I want you and Dai Sephine to sign to prove that this is the will I signed with my own hands.In the future, if someone thinks that I was insane when I signed, you just need to prove that I was not crazy than usual at that time.Anyway, that's what happened, that's how it was then. Meckley said: Of course, the most embarrassing thing here is now me.I can't understand how my dear cousin could look at me like that.However, the purpose of our coming here today is to search for the 10,000 yuan that was missing from his body on the day of his death.According to all appearances, the most suspicious Wait a minute, Grandi said suddenly: Why should we accept your tricks? Mekeli smiled, a kind of smile floated on his face when he tempted the enemy into a trap.I am accusing no one, Mrs. Guerrilla.The way you just said it, it seems like you have one in your head The doorbell rang, interrupting his speech. Mrs. Ge ordered her daughter: go and see who it is. Eva walked quickly to the front door. Meckley said: "I'm a little bit in disbelief, it's so unfair. Forget it, Mrs. Ge said: You already have 10,000 yuan. If you think that is not money, your appetite will be too great. Pavel laughed aloud. Bai Sha said: I still want to check the missing 10,000 yuan. A voice sounded in the hall, and Eva brought Dai Sefine in. Hello, everyone.Dai Sephine said loudly: I am very happy, I have found the best job again, working for a senior government official, he travels a lot, I want to follow him all over the world.It seems to be a human investigation.He stayed in each country for six weeks to two months, and then went to another country.Great, isn't it? Grandi said: There is good news that you haven't heard yet. Yes, Eva said.You still have a banknote that you can't think of. what? correct.Paul testified: Remember that time the boss asked us to sign as witnesses about a will? Oh, you said that time when you were washing the car, I knocked on the glass to ask you to come in? Yes. If there is such a thing, he said it is a will, is it a will?At least he said it was a will. That's right, it's a will, and you have 10,000 yuan in it. how many?serphine said in disbelief Ten thousand yuan.Paul said. Ke Baisha poked the part of the witness's signature in front of Dai Sephine's nose, and asked: Is this your signature? Yes, of course my signature. So this is also the will you testified at the time? Yes. Meckley said: After this point, we have plenty of time to discuss it slowly.Right now, I'm looking for the $10,000 my cousin had with him when he died.I want to know where the money went. Wait a minute, Paul said slyly: You need to know where the money is going.What qualifications do you have, is this ten thousand yuan yours? Of course I am qualified, I am his cousin.Meckley said. Cousin, cousin a ghost!You have 10,000 yuan in the will, which is the cousin's money.We are the ones who are qualified to find out what happened to the other 10,000 yuan.Now it's up to us to find out.You must know that Mrs. Ge is now the owner of the estate.The 10,000 yuan you accused us of stealing is our money, and we have nothing to do with tearing down the house to find you.If you can't find it, it's also our loss and has nothing to do with you! Mekeli stood there, looking from one face to another, confused and angry. I see, said Paul: Your work here is done, you and your detective Mrs. Ko can walk now. Paul.Mrs. Ge said: You can't be so mean.Mr. May has heard the contents of the will.He will have his own measure.I am in charge here. That will is not legal!Meckley struggled to say: It was written under undue influence. Baobauer mocked, laughing defiantly.Can you prove it? That's fake. Mrs. Ge said: Mr. Mei, be careful what you say. Dai Sephine said: I'm sorry, Mr May.I don't know what the will says, but as far as the will itself is concerned, the will is 100% true.I remember Mr. Mei called us into the room in January.Paul washes the car outside the study.Remember, Paul?You pull the car out of the garage and it's just outside the window and we can still hear the water running from inside.Old Mr. Mei went to the safe and took out his documents.He told me he was going to sign a will and asked me to be a witness.He asked me to find another person to testify together.I asked him which one he wanted, and he said it didn't make a difference.Then he said: Isn't Paul washing the car outside?Let's call him in. That's right, Paul said: Just like that, Miss Dai asked me to come in, and the boss said that he wanted to sign a will and asked me to sign it as a witness.I didn't really care too much, you know, I didn't even think it would give me a dime in there. Dai Sefine said: I clearly remember that you were working on the car, because your right hand has oil stains.You put oil on the file, Mr. May Merkel had grasped the will.However, there is no oil stain on it!He said. Mrs. Ge looked over his shoulder at the will, fear showing on her face. Eva said: Oil stain or not has nothing to do with the will, it is very likely that Ms. Dai has a memory problem. No, Dai Sephine said firmly: I don't care whether the oil stain has anything to do with the will, and I don't care who will be damaged by it, I only know the facts.It turned out that there was an oil stain on the document.If the oil stain is not on the document, the document is fake. Wait a minute, Mrs. Ge said: the oil stain may have been wiped off. impossible.Dai Sephine said: I took out a piece of tissue paper from my purse and wiped it immediately, but it still left a oil mark. Looking at the light, Mrs. Ge said: The oil may have been absorbed by the paper.There is no escape from mimeograph. Baisha separated the two will papers, picked up the second page and faced the light.The little coin was so oily, it was clearly on it. Dai Sephine said: Now I feel at ease.The oil stain is here. Ke Baisha said: I have something to say, I want to invite a photographer to take pictures of this will while everyone is here.After taking pictures, that's it for today. Mrs. Ge suddenly realized that she was a rich woman, and said in a ladylike tone: In my personal opinion, this is a very appropriate suggestion, and I agree with it. Mom, Eva said: You should say you allowed them to do this. Mrs. Ge said with the attitude of a noble lady: Honey, Mom agrees to do this. Ke Baisha began to use the phone. While waiting for the call to connect, she said: Mrs. Ge, according to the law, the certifier of the will cannot take money from the will. Grandi said: We don't have to be too brainy.Eva, Paul and I take over the rest, how we divide is our business.We will be clear about our distribution method according to Mr. May.We, the people, don't have to deal with the red tape of the law.We love Mehler, and we will honor his will.Eva, right? yes mom.exactly.