48 Hours a Day

“I snuck into the bedroom, took a little effort to find the evidence, and I've heard rumors before that the congressman was good at everything, which is very fearful, which is probably why he only dared to sneak in with his illegitimate daughter. ”

Holmes said that he cut a potato with a knife and fork and stuffed it in his mouth with bacon.

I could tell he was really hungry, didn't have breakfast when he woke up in the morning, and his meds probably hadn't passed by yet. Mrs. Hudson only had a few bites of lunch served, and then she threw herself into work. It was really hard for him to stand it until now.

Had it not been for the previous one, he would have almost forgotten. In addition to his remarkable observation and reasoning skills, the master in front of him is also very good in makeup technology, which is difficult for ordinary people to see through. Especially after the original Zhonghuasheng wrote his story into an article, his fame has grown, and many times he would have chosen post-makeup action in order not to be recognized.

He can be a carriager, an old man, a beggar, an officer, and even a woman can occasionally string a hand… It would be nice to learn his makeup skills if he had a chance later.

Holmes ate the food in front of him like a cloud, unleashed a knife and fork, and sighed with satisfaction.

“Tomorrow I have a friend from France coming. Would you like to meet him with me? ”

“Well, what does he do? ”

“Like me, he's a detective. His name is François Le Ville, he's new to New Year's Eve, and he's not very famous, but I worked with him on a case in France last year, and he's an interesting fellow, and although he's a little rough, he's got a lot of potential, and he didn't say anything in the telegram, but it's obvious he can't just come all the way to London for a vacation, so let's see what he has to do with me this time. ”

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Early the next morning, Holmes and Zhang Heng arrived at the pier, waiting for the steamboat called Seagull to land in the fog.

“It's funny, isn't it," Holmes shook his cane, "and before Watt invented the steam engine, no one thought that ships could sail on water without sails and oars, but this magical machine really changed a lot, whether it's a factory or a ship or a train, and now it's inseparable from it, and that's the fascination of science. The world is changing every day, no matter what industry you're in, and if you don't notice a change in it, it will soon be eliminated by the world, like alkaloids, which were discovered decades ago, but I've noticed that in some recent cases it has become more frequent, because the use of alkaloids is less concealed than traditional methods of murder. ”

“Can't agree more.” Zhang Hengdao, he is in the age of information explosion, new types of crime have been emerging, both criminal investigators and powerful offenders need constant learning.

Holmes can be the best detective in the whole of Great Britain and even Europe, and certainly not the self-proclaimed one, and his research and essays have played an important role in that.

Certain experimental studies he has undertaken, of course, have yet to be substantiated, both in terms of safety and morality.

A minute later, Ville walked down from the Seagull, a young man with a red hair, who could see that he was indeed very young and had a lot of freckles on his face, showing excitement and shyness when he saw Holmes.

It's like a little pussy meets her own idol.

“I can finally see you again, Mr. Holmes.” Vial was excited when he shook hands.

“Nice to meet you, too, Violet.” Holmes also spoke, followed by a brief introduction for the two.

“I came to London this time to follow a man and visit you.” After shaking hands with Zhang Heng, Ville went on.

“Who are you tracking?” Holmes, unlike most people, skipped those customer statements and went straight to the point where he was interested.

“A grand thief, who has done a lot of work since he came out, yet few people know he exists. ”

“Oh, why is that? ”

“Unlike other thieves, he does not target jewellery or artefacts of antiquity or anything of value, and he focuses more on the value behind the object.” Ville explains, "his goals are generally on the celebrities of society, and this guy is bold enough that even the royal families of European countries will be his prey. Once he's watched, he'll start digging up the unspeakable secrets behind you, maybe an unseen affair, maybe a homicide you committed in the early years… In short, something bad enough, once he steals something that can be used as evidence, the loser will be miserable and will face a huge blackmail charge, and even worse, he will have to mute to eat yellow and not even go to the police. ”

“Honor thieves, or more appropriately blackmailers, what has your employer lost?” Holmes asked with interest.

Violet hesitated, "If it's someone else, I can't say it under the agreement, but I believe you and your friends, you are gentlemen of high moral character...”

“All right, all right, let's skip the high hat and just get to the point.” Holmes waves.

“Oh, well, my employer was a Viscount, and he loved Canaletto's paintings. About nine years ago, a very famous collector stole them and lost a lot of things. One of them was Canaletto's paintings, and two years later, someone came to my employer and said," Do you want something good? "My employer immediately recognized that he had the painting of Canaletto that the collector had lost, and he knew that someone like him shouldn't have gotten his hands on it, but he really liked the painting, he missed it a long time, he was refused several purchases from the collector, and now he had a chance, so he chose a more detoured method.

“He obviously refused that person's request for a trade, and righteous speech demanded that the other party not step into his mansion, but found an irrelevant person in the back to buy the painting. He had not taken the painting out for exhibition in all these years, it was appreciated by one person, but somehow it was discovered by that guy, and I came to London to deal with it.” Virya Road.

But soon he added, “Of course visiting you is more important to me. ”