48 Hours a Day

The carriage stopped outside John's textile factory.

Zhang Heng and Holmes walked out of the car, and a man with bad mouths and pointy mouths walked up, "Can I help you, gentlemen? ”

“We're going in to find someone.” Holmes said.

“I'm afraid it's not very conventional, there are girls inside, you two big fathers...” The man with the pointy-mouthed monkey's cheek shook his head, “It's too unorthodox, too unorthodox. ”

Holmes reached out and touched a half pound gold coin out of his pocket and threw it in the hand of the man with the pointy-mouthed monkey beak, "Just for a minute. ”

The latter frowned and pretended to be difficult.

Holmes was too lazy to play with him to reach for the gold coin.

“No, no, no, no, it's just that the boss isn't here, I can find a way to help you accommodate... but first I said yes, it's only a minute, it can't be long.” The man with the pointy-mouthed monkey's cheek hurriedly retrieved the gold coin into his pocket.

He then walked two people into the textile factory.

Since Watt's invention of the steam engine began the prelude to the industrial revolution, the steam engine gradually replaced the previous hydrospinning yarn, and the textile factory did not need to be built on the river anymore, but because John's textile factory had been founded earlier, the middle had not been relocated, and it was still in its original location, only the equipment had been upgraded and replaced.

Zhang Heng also saw this scene for the first time, the huge factory was full of machines, the pipeline passed through the ceiling, the tracks spinning as the pulley pulled a sewing machine, while the female workers stood in an apron in front of the machine with a hat and repeated the boring work, like a pulling puppet.

Here, people and machines are no different.

The man with the pointy mouth asked, "Who are you looking for? I might be able to help you, there's no one here I don't know. ”

Holmes and Zhang Heng exchanged a look, Zhang Heng took over the shoulder of the man with the pointy-mouthed monkey's parchment, “Don't tell me, in fact, we also want to open a textile factory, this time to learn from your factory. ”

The man with the pointy-mouth monkey's cheek immediately became alert when he heard the words, “No, you can't. If you say that earlier, I won't let you in! ”

“Don't be so absolute,” Zhang Hengdao, "we want to recruit a group of skilled workers, if you can help us, the price is good. ”

The man with the sharp mouth heard the movement, but he said, “No, how can I betray Mr. Stotz? You know that my job was given to me by Mr. Stotz. He is still my distant relative. I can't do anything against him. ”

“If it's done well, it's a lot of money," Zhang Hengdao, "enough for you to eat, drink and have fun for a long time. ”

…………

Just as the two spoke, Holmes also quietly left.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Heng and Holmes meet again outside the textile factory. The man with the pointy-mouth monkey cheek keeps sending them to the street, excited, "I'll put the list on soon, I promise they're all honest people who work hard and don't think carefully. ”

“That's a good feeling. We'll come back to you when we're sure of the location.” Zhang Hengdao.

The man who saw the pointy-mouthed monkey cheeks turned back to the textile factory with satisfaction, Holmes said, “Well, I'm not wrong about you. You were born to do this kind of material, and with a little training, those idiots at Scotland Yard are not your opponents at all. ”

“What about you? ”

Holmes hey hey two laughs, “I'm pretty much sure who the killer is. ”

Who is it? ”

“Don't worry, when I gather enough evidence, Gregson will naturally publish the conclusions. In a sense, the guy says it's good, and it's a big taboo in our business to deduce when you don't gather enough evidence. Once you first identify someone as the murderer, you consciously ignore the evidence against you. Gregson himself made such a mistake. He wholeheartedly believes that the kid named Paul killed Molly, so what he gathers is evidence against the kid. ”

Holmston said, "The interpretation is based on observation, and first you need to see the neglected little details through great observation, and each little detail is like a dot on blank paper, and finally you draw a circle on paper and frame all the dots, and that's the answer you're looking for. ”

“Vivid image," Zhang Heng asked, "The chemical factory where Paul works is right next door. Should we take a look? ”

“It's perfect.” Holmes Road, “I do have someone there to look for. ”

They then came to the chemical factory beside them, where the people working were mostly men, so they weren't as strict as they looked at the textile factory, but there were also supervisors, Holmes spent another half a pound, taking time to talk to several people in the factory about Paul, and when he came back he touched the chin, "Interesting. ”

“What?”

“It's the exact opposite of Paul's reputation here, but it's normal, and I guess I've guessed some before, and Gregson was here before, and he asked the manager of the plant, and he came to the conclusion that Paul was an old greasy bar, he was lazy, lazy and insidious all day long, but I asked his crew, and they rated him very highly, saying he had a good heart, always helpful, and would stand up for others... and that's probably why he didn't like it from the plant manager.” Holmes Road.

“Where was he the night of the incident?” Zhang Heng asked.

“That's the problem. The chemical factory is half an hour behind the textile factory. After the chemical factory closes, Paul goes to Molly, as usual, which is a well-known thing. However, no one is with him for the rest of the time, and no one can testify to him, but it doesn't matter. When we catch the killer, we can naturally give him back his innocence. ”

“Where are we going next? ”

“The investigation we can do has been completed, and the rest is left to the Baker Street team.” Holmes Road, “we closed work and went home. ”

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The Baker Street Detective Squad's famous Zhang Heng is naturally also unfamiliar. The crowd is dirty and stinking. Every time Mrs. Hudson shows up, her face gets badly protected, and she has to stare at them constantly, scared that something is missing from the living room.

Holmes pulled out three shillings for the lead kid named Wiggins, "Your fare, stare at the guy named Pearson who works at Wood Chemical, see what he's done, and report back to me, and then you can come see me alone and let the others wait outside, or Mrs. Hudson will kill me. ”

“Yes, Commander!” The children spoke loudly, standing tall, and then laughed and scattered.