"I later sneaked into the bedroom and spent some time to find relevant evidence. Moreover, I had heard rumors before that the congressman was good at everything, but he was very henpecked. This is probably why he only dared to have sex with private individuals. Maybe it’s because the birth daughter meets in secret.”
As he spoke, Holmes cut a potato open with a knife and fork and stuffed it into his mouth with bacon.
It could be seen that he was really hungry. He hadn't had breakfast when he got up early in the morning. He probably hadn't gotten over the medicine yet at noon. He only took a few bites of the lunch that Mrs. Hudson brought to him, and then he started eating again. He threw himself into his work energetically, and it's really hard for him to endure it until now.
If it weren't for the previous episode about Zhang Heng, I would have almost forgotten about it. In addition to having extraordinary observation and reasoning abilities, the protagonist in front of me also has very good makeup skills. It is difficult for ordinary people to see through it, especially in the original work, Hua Sheng wrote about his affairs. After the article was published, his fame grew. He would often wear makeup to avoid being recognized.
He can pretend to be a coachman, an old man, a beggar, an officer, and even a woman can occasionally make a guest appearance... If you have the opportunity in the future, it would be good to learn his makeup skills.
Holmes finished the food in front of him like a whirlwind, put down his knife and fork, and let out a contented sigh.
"I have a friend from France coming tomorrow. Do you want to go with me to meet him?"
"Well, what does he do?"
"He is a detective like me. His name is François Le Viard. He is a newbie and not very famous. However, I worked with him when we handled a case in France last year. He is a A very interesting young man. Although he is a bit rough, he also has great potential. He didn't say anything in the telegram, but it is obviously impossible for him to come all the way to London just for vacation. Let's see if he comes to see me this time. what's the matter."
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Holmes and Zhang Heng arrived at the dock early the next morning. They waited in the thick fog for the steamship named Seagull to dock.
"It's interesting, isn't it?" Holmes said, holding his cane. "Before Watt invented the steam engine, no one thought that ships could sail on the water without relying on sails and oars, but this magical machine did change a lot of things, regardless of the factory. Ships and trains are all inseparable from it now. This is the charm of science. The world is changing every day. No matter what industry you are in, if you are not aware of the changes, you will soon be affected by this. The world has eliminated, for example, alkaloids. This highly toxic substance was only discovered a few decades ago, but I have noticed that it appears more and more frequently in some recent cases. This is because compared to Compared to traditional murder methods, the use of alkaloids is more subtle and difficult to detect."
"Can't agree more." Zhang Heng said, he lives in the era of information explosion, and various new crimes are emerging one after another. Both criminal investigators and powerful criminals need to continue to learn.
Sherlock Holmes could become the best detective in Great Britain and even Europe. Of course, he would not be complacent. His research and essays also played an important role in this.
Of course, the safety and ethics of some of the experimental studies he conducted have yet to be demonstrated.
A quarter of an hour later, Vuillard came off the Seagull. He was a young man with red hair. It could be seen that he was indeed very young. He also had a lot of freckles on his face. After seeing Holmes, he showed a touch of excitement and excitement. An expression of coexistence of shyness.
It's like a little fan meeting his idol.
"Finally I can see you again, Mr. Holmes." Viard said excitedly while shaking hands.
"Nice to meet you too, Viard." Holmes also said, and then gave a brief introduction to the two of them.
"I came to London this time to track down a person and came to visit you." After shaking hands with Zhang Heng, Vuillard continued.
"Who are you tracking?" Holmes was indeed different from ordinary people. He skipped the polite words and went straight to the point of his interest.
"A big thief, he has committed many cases since his debut, but few people know of his existence."
"Oh, why is that?"
"Because he is different from other thieves, his targets are not priceless things such as jewelry or cultural relics and artworks. He pays more attention to the value behind the target items." Vuillard explained, "His targets are generally on When it comes to celebrities, this guy is so bold that even the royal families of European countries will become his prey. Once you are targeted by him, he will start to dig out the ulterior secrets behind you, maybe it is a shady extramarital affair, maybe It was a murder case you committed in the early years... In short, it was something bad. Once he steals something that can be used as evidence, the owner will be in misery. He will face a huge extortion fee, and even worse. I can only be mute and eat Coptis chinensis, and I can’t even call the police.”
"Is it a reputation thief, or a blackmailer more appropriately? What did your employer lose?" Holmes asked with interest.
Viard hesitated and said, "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be able to say anything according to the content of the agreement, but I believe you and your friends, you are all gentlemen of high character..."
"Okay, okay, let's skip the part of putting on our hats and just talk about the key points." Holmes waved his hand.
"Oh, well, my employer is a viscount. He likes Canaletto's oil paintings very much. About nine years ago, a well-known collector's house was stolen and a lot of things were lost, including one of them. It turned out that two years later, someone came to my employer and said he had something good and asked if he wanted it. My employer recognized at a glance that what the man was holding was the former collector. He knew that a person of his status should not get involved in the stolen oil painting by Canaletto, but he really liked the painting so much that he had been thinking about it for a long time. He had been rejected several times to buy from collectors. It was a rare opportunity now, so he chose a more roundabout way.
"On the surface, he rejected that person's request to buy and sell, and he asked the other person not to step into his mansion again, but secretly he found an unrelated person to buy the painting. These things He hasn't exhibited the paintings in years, he only admired them alone, but somehow he was still discovered by that guy, and I came to London just to deal with this matter," said Verya.
But he quickly added, "Of course visiting you is more important to me."
