Because Lu publicly responded to Doyle and James in the newspaper, readers smelled the smell of gunpowder.
Everyone has a vague feeling——
Lu has a new work.
This speculation became more and more intense, and people began to become anxious.
Even the movement of time seemed to slow down.
Everyone is waiting for Wednesday.
On this day, "Return" will be updated with new short stories, and "Antique Dealer's Strange News" will also be updated with new short stories.
If, plus Lu,
That would be fun!
…
January 21, 1901
on Monday.
Lu Shi got up early as usual, ate some biscuits, and then slowly began to adapt the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
He now uses pen and paper because it is easier to revise.
Anyway, the serialization of "The Hobbit" will last about a month and a half. Time is not urgent, and there is no need to use a typewriter.
On the other side, Natsume Soseki is feeding us,
"Meow~eat meat~"
"Meow~meow~"
We lay on the chicken and chewed it.
Lu Shi stretched, stopped the pen in his hand, and looked back at Natsume Soseki feeding the cat.
He asked: "Natsume, do you think we should change places?"
Natsume Soseki was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized: "What? You have a woman you like? It's true, you have been short of wives for a long time, and you really should get married. It's just that white women are a little bit...hehe..."
Hey, what a hammer!
Obviously, Natsume Soseki felt that Riku Tokio couldn't bear it.
Lu Shi waved his hand,
"No. I think there are two of us and one cat. Although the living space on Briya Road is enough, we can't open a fire. We can't go to the landlord every time we boil chicken, right?"
Natsume Soseki pondered,
After a long while, he said: "It's not necessary."
Lu Shi was puzzled.
"how?"
Natsume Soseki explained: "I think it is best for us not to move, just like Sherlock Holmes and Watson, and live in 221B Baker Street for a longer time."
Lu Shi looked at the other party, waiting for the follow-up.
Natsume Soseki continued: "Imagine that in the future, people will introduce Buraya Road as the former residence of Riku Toki and Natsume Soseki. 'In this dark, cramped small room, the two literary giants completed a series of great works. Works, until the whole book is written."
Lu Shi complained: "Are you confident in being a writer now?"
Natsume Soseki smiled "shyly",
"I'm just thinking about it."
After saying that, he added: "Besides, because you are a celebrity now, the landlord doesn't mind us borrowing his stove at all, isn't that good..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.
Dong dong dong——
It sounded unusually urgent.
Lu Shi looked at the sky outside and muttered, "Who could do it so early?" as he walked over to open the door.
Unexpectedly, Phyllis stood in the doorway.
She was still dressed like a newsboy, her chest heaving violently and she was breathing heavily.
Next to her, Zena was also swallowing hard, her face flushed. She didn't know whether it was from the cold or because she was flushed because she ran too fast.
Lu Shi was somewhat surprised.
"Are you still experiencing the work of a newsboy recently?"
Phyllis nodded,
"Well, I...I think we should first...complete a profession...well...don't talk...don't talk about this."
The girl rushed into the house and poured herself a glass of water without being polite.
She poured it in "gu dong gu dong".
Zena is more ladylike and drinks water in small sips.
Natsume Soseki quickly advised: "Miss Felice, don't choke."
Lu Shi also said: "Be careful of pneumothorax."
Phyllis nodded and stroked her chest with her hands. It took a while before she felt tired again.
She took out a copy of Seaside Magazine from her messenger bag and placed it on the table.
Lu Shi looked puzzled.
"Last week's "Empty House" I already...well..."
Lu Shi saw the date,
"Today? How come Seaside Magazine comes out on a Monday?"
Phyllis was relieved at this time and explained: "I don't know either. I just heard from readers that today's Sherlock Holmes series is very interesting, so I brought it to you. By the way, they also mentioned you and said it was Dr. Doyle’s challenge to you.”
Zena on the side added: "We got this magazine at a higher price!"
Natsume Soseki was surprised,
"Price increase? Sherlock Holmes is so popular, and Seaside Magazine is always over-supplied. How come the price is increased?"
Phyllis and Dale shook their heads;
They don't understand either.
Lu Shi said: "Do you still remember that when Mr. Wilde passed away, I added "A Generation" before the end of "No One Survived"?"
Natsume Soseki understood,
"You mean...adding additional issues temporarily? Indeed, in this case, the supply will be less. Is it just necessary to purchase it at a higher price?"
Lu Shi opened the magazine,
The other three people also came over.
This time Sherlock Holmes is a short story called "The Dancing Little Man".
The client showed Holmes a group of strange dancing figures and said that his wife became uneasy after seeing this group of figures.
Holmes intervenes in the investigation,
As a result, the dancing villain appeared many times thereafter until the client's family was murdered.
When everyone was at a loss what to do, Holmes drew a line of dancing figures, claiming to make the prisoner surrender voluntarily.
…
The story ends abruptly here.
A sentence was added at the end: "I think there must be a comrade who is good at trickery who can crack this code, right?"
(There are illustrations in this chapter. Interested book friends can check it out by themselves.)
Natsume Soseki was confused.
"He said, 'Comrade who is good at tricks', this is Lu... Isn't this equivalent to naming him by name?"
The corners of Lu Shi's mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he said: "This is the reply Dr. Doyle gave me. I criticized him before in the book review page of the Manchester Guardian, saying that his "Empty House" was to please readers. work."
Zena's eyes widened,
"So Dr. Doyle came up with such a work to prove that he can also write excellent tricks that are difficult to crack?"
Lu Shi nodded,
"Bingo!"
According to the chronological order of publication, the second part of "The Return" should have been "The Architect of Norwood" rather than "The Dancing Man".
"The Dancing Little Man" should be the third one.
It was just Lu Shi's butterfly flapping its wings that made everything different.
Natsume Soseki said: "In fact, Dr. Doyle not only challenged Lu, but also challenged people all over London. I think he must be very confident in the password he set."
Very confident?
Is this really the case?
Phyllis frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Natsume, isn't it?"
Natsume Soseki was not angry even when he was rebutted.
"What's wrong?"
Phyllis said: "Think about it, if Dr. Doyle is really confident, why not extend the cycle? Since "The Dancing Man" is divided into two parts, why not separate them on Wednesdays of two weeks? Come and send, but on Monday and Wednesday of the same week?”
Natsume Soseki was stunned.
"this……"
He was convinced by Phyllis.
At this moment, Lu Shi on the side said: "We can't guess what Dr. Doyle really thinks. There is no need to think about it."
Phyllis was dissatisfied;
"But...but he is obviously provocative! Should we swallow our anger?"
Lu Shi shook his head,
"Who said I have to swallow my anger?"
