"Amazing reasoning." Holmes praised. "As I said, your talent in this line of work is amazing. My Eastern friend, I can't even find a suitable word to describe your intelligence."
He wanted to say something more, but the next moment the music started, so Holmes also retracted his seat, crossed his fingers and placed them on his knees, ready to enjoy the show.
This new opera is called "Carmen". The author Georges Bizet was a Frenchman with great talent. Unfortunately, he died young at the age of only thirty-seven. This "Carmen" was completed one year before his death. , tells a love tragedy that happened in Seville, Spain.
Carmen, a beautiful and unrestrained gypsy girl like a bird, worked as a female worker in a cigarette factory. The soldier squad leader Don Jose was so smitten with her that he gave up his lover in the countryside - the gentle and kind-hearted Micaela. , and later violated military discipline and secretly let Carmen go after fighting with a female worker. When Jose was released from prison, he simply joined Carmen's smuggling gang. However, in the days that followed, the two young lovers eventually developed a relationship. Contradictory, Carmen empathizes and falls in love with the bullfighter Escamilio. When people cheer for Escamilio's victory over the bull, Carmen dies under the dagger of Don Jose.
Love and destruction are the themes of this opera.
Unlike previous operas that used heroes or mythical figures as the protagonists, "Carmen" uses female workers and low-level officers as the protagonists. It has to be said that it is a bold attempt, which is why Irene Adler dressed up as a gypsy busker in East End is looking for inspiration.
The latter was wearing a red dress and attracted the attention of all the audience as soon as she appeared.
Tonight she is more dazzling than ever, and has an extra unrestrained temperament. The aria in 3/8 time she sang when seducing Don Jose is also the climax of the first act.
However, just when everyone was intoxicated by her singing and appearance, Holmes patted Zhang Heng on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "If there is a situation, we have to take action."
The two stood up from their seats, leaned down, and quietly came to the aisle beside them.
Holmes said, "Did you see the waiter in the box on the second floor?"
"uh-huh."
"He is the person who delivers fruit plates to each box. Originally, this position should be fixed, but someone changed about ten minutes ago."
"Do you think he is Mr. M, observing his prey at close range?"
"I don't think it's Mr. M himself, but this guy is obviously related to Mr. M. Catching him will at least let us know who Mr. M's target is this time." Holmes said.
But the next moment, the waiter's eyes fell on the two of them, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
"He seems... to have noticed us." Zhang Heng said.
"...It looks like this." Holmes also said.
Then I saw the waiter throwing away the tray in his hand, turning his head and rushing towards a box not far away.
"Let's split up and I'll go up."
"Then I'll go out." Zhang Heng said.
After a brief discussion, Holmes rushed to the second floor, while Zhang Heng ran out of the theater.
The sudden appearance of Holmes at the top of the stairs obviously made several security personnel beside the Prime Minister's box become nervous, but then they saw Holmes plunge into the box next door.
When he opened the door, the table inside was in a mess, and the windows were wide open. Food and wine glasses were strewn about. A man who looked like a businessman was hugging his wife and daughter, and the family of three was shivering.
Holmes did not stop, and stepped on the window sill with his left foot. However, his expression changed immediately, and he noticed that when he was about to leave, the panic of the three members of the family not only did not ease, but showed signs of getting worse.
Holmes immediately realized that the target he was pursuing was probably still in the box.
However, this time his opponent was also very decisive. When he saw him stop, he decisively rolled out from under the seat. The knife in his hand stabbed Holmes' calf. The latter blocked the blow with his cane and knocked the dagger away. But then the target jumped up from the ground and hugged Holmes' body, and the two fell backward together.
The scene was chaotic, accompanied by the screams of the hostess, but the music reached its peak at this time, covering up the commotion here.
Holmes's boxing skills couldn't be used in such a small space. At the same time, his head accidentally hit something just now. The man who looked like a waiter sat on him, pinched his neck, and made him breathe harder. It was getting more and more difficult. He stretched out his hand to reach the cane that had fallen to the side. However, the other party noticed him and stretched out his legs to kick the cane aside.
So Holmes could only hope that the family of three watching the excitement could come to his aid.
After a brief moment of daze, the male host reacted first, pushed open the box door, and ran out with his wife and daughter, without even putting on his coat.
"Excellent, you have been of great help." Holmes squeezed out these words through his teeth.
Now he could only try his best to break away the hands that were pinching his neck.
Although Holmes looks thin, his strength is not bad, but he clearly met his opponent tonight. The opponent is stronger than him, but he has no room to swim now.
Holmes only felt that breathing was getting harder and harder, and the strength in his hands was getting weaker and weaker.
Just when his vision was about to become blurry, a figure came out of the window and kicked the waiter in the ribs, sending the latter flying out and falling on the corridor.
The escaped Holmes breathed greedily the fresh air that he had not seen for a long time, and asked Zhang Heng, "Am I dead? Otherwise, why are you here?"
"I didn't see anyone on the street when I went out. I guess he was still in the box and didn't come out. I was worried that you were in danger, so I climbed up from below." Zhang Heng said.
"Climbed up?! You mean you just climbed up like that? There was no ladder or anything nearby." Holmes rubbed his neck with a look of disbelief on his face, "Have you ever been in a circus before?"
"Forget it. If you're okay, I'll chase you." Zhang Heng said.
"Go on, I'll lie down for a while and I'll be there soon." Holmes gasped.
Zhang Heng rushed out of the box, but saw that the guy who looked like a waiter did not leave immediately. Instead, he ran outside the box where the Prime Minister was. He didn't know what he said to the guards there. He saw two of them rushing toward Zhang Heng aggressively. Come.
