Zhang Heng shook hands with Holmes, but the latter did not let go immediately. "You have lived at sea for a long time. Are you a sailor? No, more like the decision-maker on the ship, the captain or the first mate, but that should be It happened a long time ago. It's interesting. At your age, you shouldn't be in such a high position. Forgive me, I don't know much about the political system in the East... You have experienced war, more than once, and you have seen blood. But you are not a soldier, which is even more interesting. You have also practiced archery. I must say that you are versatile. You have been to many places. Are you a traveler? Finally, I hope to have the opportunity to hear you play the piano. "
"Wow, that's impressive. Did you deduce all of this?" Zhang Heng said.
"It's just some tricks of the magician. Once it's revealed, it's not worth mentioning. In addition, please forgive me if I offend you." Holmes smiled, but it could be seen that he was still very proud and complacent. This was almost exactly the same as in the original work.
It's not polite to reveal all the details about the other person when they first met like this. Although he also used words like "hope to have a good time" at the end, it was more like a casual mention. This is probably the same thing throughout the ages. The common problem of all geniuses is that they always focus on themselves, act wantonly, and rarely care about the feelings of others.
However, when he wanted to withdraw his hand the next moment, he found that Zhang Heng had not let go.
"Lack of knowledge in literature, philosophy, and astronomy, and extremely limited understanding of politics, but profound knowledge of chemistry, serious partiality in botany, and no knowledge of gardening, but well aware of various [river crabs], and you yourself are taking those [ River crabs], unfortunately, you should stay away from them... I believe you can do it with your willpower. You are good at identifying soil, have rich but unsystematic knowledge of anatomy, and have been a boxer, fencing and stickman. It's also quite outstanding. You have a brother who is a government official. He is smarter than you, but you hate to admit it. Your grandfather was a country squire for generations, but then the family fell into decline. By the way, I also hope to hear you play the violin. , but the premise is that you are doing it well, otherwise it will just be a ghost crying and a wolf howling."
Zhang Heng finished speaking in one breath. This time it was the man opposite's turn to be stunned. After a pause, he looked at Mrs. Hudson aside, "Have you told him everything about me?"
The latter shook his head and said, "I have no idea what you do in your room all day long, Mr. Holmes. I just hope you won't make a mess in the house again."
"Ha," Holmes frowned, as if he was stuck in some difficult problem, and said after a moment, "... As for the chemical knowledge part, you can tell from the chemical reagents left on my hand that you touched the violin when we shook hands. The calluses on my fingers, plus I mentioned I just went to a concert, so it’s not difficult. As for fencing, I have my light sword on the balcony. Did you see it when I was downstairs? I did it. A boxer still retains some of the little habits he had as a boxer. It's not surprising that you can see that. Let's not talk about stick skills for a moment... How do you see my attainments in various disciplines? This kind of thing is not What secret? If we have lived together for a while, you will soon be able to tell, but this is the first time we have met, and my brother, I rarely talk about him with people, even haha Mrs. Dessen didn’t know he existed, let alone my grandfather, how did you know?”
"Arthur Conan Doyle told me, don't take it to heart." Zhang Heng also smiled and finally withdrew his hand.
"Arthur Conan Doyle? Who is that?" Holmes fell into confusion. "I don't remember having such a friend."
At this time, Mrs. Hudson on the other side said, "I'm glad you have made introductions. Although the person you introduced to each other is a bit strange, because most people usually introduce themselves at this time... But it doesn't matter. The important thing is that you have already Now that we’ve gotten to know each other, I can get you some refreshments or something so you can continue talking.”
"That couldn't be better." It was obvious that Holmes was beginning to become interested in Zhang Heng. He took off his hat and hung it on a clothes hook. Then he took off his coat, sat down on the sofa, and took out a pipe. Fill with tobacco.
"Mr. Zhang Heng, I must admit that you are much more interesting than I thought. I do have some old stereotypes about Orientals. Before, I was worried whether you would be like my previous roommates. I won’t be able to move out after only two days, but now I’m sure we will get along very happily in the coming days.”
"Mr. Holmes, I am also very interested in your observation and reasoning abilities. I hope to learn from you in the future." Zhang Heng also sat down on the sofa opposite.
"It's interesting. Usually, many people do come to my door to seek my help. Whether they are private detectives or Scotland Yard policemen, when they encounter difficult cases that they cannot solve on their own, they will come to me with the evidence they have collected. I gave them some advice, but they just wanted to eat chickens, and you should be the first to raise your own chickens."
Holmes paused, "I don't mind sharing the techniques I've learned through exploration, but some things sound simple, but actually doing them is another matter. It requires a lot of practice. It's not like no one wanted to follow me before." I studied, but they all gave up later, but you are different. You have excellent observation skills, which is very good. Maybe you can master it quickly.
"Although I have written it very clearly in the rental notice in the newspaper, for the sake of caution, it is better for me to repeat the main points again. The two of us will rent a house together, and the rent will be shared. You and I will each have one of the two bedrooms. Because I moved in first, you didn’t have to choose, but I can assure you that your bedroom is also very comfortable. We share the living room, but I have priority when I need to work. I sometimes stay in the room. I will do some experiments here and maybe play the violin, I hope you don’t mind, and if you have any habits or hobbies, you can tell me in advance.”
"Only one, I hope you don't play your violin in the early hours of the morning."
"It's reasonable. I will try my best to avoid this kind of thing from happening." Holmes' attitude was sincere, but his words were flashy. It was obvious that he had little confidence and was prepared to cheat in advance.
"Then I have no problem."
"Very well, then let's have a drink together for our future cohabitation life." Holmes then shouted to the kitchen, "Mrs. Hudson, we have changed our minds about afternoon tea and it's time to drink. Could you please put me aside?" Take out the treasured bottle of port wine, and we must entertain this mysterious oriental tenant."
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