48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng and Holmes shook hands, but then the latter didn't immediately loosen up, “Have you lived at sea for a long time, a seaman? No, more like a decision maker on a ship, a captain or a first mate, but that should have been a long time ago, interesting, at your age you shouldn't have been in such a high position, forgive me, I don't know much about the political system of the East... You've been through war, more than once, you've seen blood, but you're not a soldier, which is even more interesting, you've practiced arrow technology, you have to say a lot more talent, you've been to many places, you're a traveller? Finally, hope to hear you play the piano. ”

“Wow, that's impressive. Did you deduce all this?” Zhang Hengdao.

“It's just a few tricks of a magician who, once worthy of mention, looks to Haihan for offense.” Holmes laughed, but I can tell he was proud, which is almost exactly the same as the original.

It is not polite to shake all the details out of each other just like this. Although he ended up using words such as Haihan of Hope, it is more like saying, by the way, this is probably the common disease of all the geniuses of the past and present, they are always centered on themselves, acting indiscriminately, rarely caring about the feelings of others.

However, the next moment, when he wanted to withdraw his hand, he found that Zhang Heng had not let go.

“Lack of literary, philosophical, astronomical knowledge, extremely limited knowledge of politics, but sophisticated knowledge of chemistry, severe botanical bias, no knowledge of horticulture, but you know all kinds of [river crabs] as well, you are taking those [river crabs] yourself, unfortunately you should stay away from them… With your willpower, I believe you can do it, be good at recognizing the soil, have extensive but not systematic knowledge of unraveling, have been a boxer, fencing and great martial arts, you have a brother who is a government official, he is smarter than you, but you hate to admit this, my grandfather is a generational country gentleman, but then in the family path, by the way, I would love to hear you play the violin, but if you are playing well, otherwise it's just a wolf crying. ”

Zhang Heng finished his breath, this time the man across the street stared and paused. His probe looked at Mrs. Hudson beside him, “Did you tell him everything about me? ”

The latter shook his head, "I have no idea what you're doing in the room all day long, Mr. Holmes. I just hope you don't mess up the house again. ”

“Ha,” Holmes frowned, seemingly stuck in some kind of difficulty, a moment later, “... as you can see from the chemical reagent left over from my hand, the violin was when we shook hands and you touched the cocoon on my finger, plus I mentioned that I'd just been to a concert, so it wasn't that difficult, as for fencing, with my light sword on the balcony, you were Did you see when I was downstairs, I was a boxer and retained some of the boxer's little habits, it's not surprising that you can see without talking about sticking... It's not a secret how you can see my creation in various disciplines, if we lived together for a while, you can see quickly, but this is the first time we've met, and my brother, I rarely talk about him, Even Mrs. Hudson doesn't know he exists, let alone my grandfather. How do you know? ”

“Arthur Conan Doyle told me not to worry about it.” Zhang Heng smiled and finally drew his hand back.

“Arthur Conan Doyle? Who is it?” Holmes is lost, “I don't remember having such a friend. ”

Mrs. Hudson on the other side said, “I'm glad you introduced each other, although the people you introduce each other to are a little strange, because people usually introduce themselves at times like this… but it's okay, it's important that you've already met each other, I can bring you some refreshments or something to keep you talking about. ”

“That would be great.” It can be seen that Holmes began to be interested in Zhang Heng, who took off his hat and hung it on the hook beside him, then took off his coat, sat down on the couch, pulled out a pipe and filled it with tobacco.

“Mr. Zhang Heng, I must admit, you are a lot more interesting than I thought. I do have some old stereotypes about the Orientals. Before that, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to move away in two days like my previous roommates, but now I'm pretty sure we'll have a good time in the next few days. ”

“Mr. Holmes, I am also interested in your ability to observe and deduce and hope to learn from you in the future.” Zhang Heng also sat on the couch opposite him.

“Interesting, it's true that a lot of people come to my door and ask for my help, whether it's private detectives or Scotland Yard cops, and they come to me with evidence they can't solve, but they just want to eat chicken, want to raise their own chicken, and you're the first. ”

Holmston said, "I don't mind sharing the skills that I've come up with, but some things sound simple, and actually doing them is just another time, and it takes a lot of practice, and no one wanted to learn from me before, but they all gave up later, but unlike you, you have excellent observation skills yourself, which are good, and you may be able to master them quickly.

“Though I have written clearly in the newspaper's rental instructions, it is prudent for me to repeat the point again. The two of us share a house, rent sharing, two of the bedrooms you and I, because I came in first, so you don't have to choose, but I can assure you that your bedroom is equally comfortable, the living room we share, but I have priority when I need to work, I sometimes do some experiments in the room, I may play the violin, I hope you don't mind, oh, you can tell me what you're used to or used to in advance. ”

“Only one, I hope you don't play your violin in the morning. ”

“Reasonable, I will try to avoid this happening.” Holmes was sincere, but his words flashed and he was clearly not confident, and he was prepared to cheat ahead of time.

“I have no problem with that. ”

“Well, then let's toast to the next cohabitation.” Holmes then shouted to the kitchen, "Mrs. Hudson, we've changed our mind. It's time to drink afternoon tea. Would you please take out the bottle of Port that I have kept and we'll have to entertain this mysterious Eastern guest. ”