48 Hours a Day

Over the course of the morning, Zhang Heng has been able to confirm that this Mr. Ville is indeed a fan of Holmes.

This fact is borne out by his words and by the sight of Holmes.

Holmes, on the other hand, although he didn't say anything, actually enjoyed this worship in his heart, and even more isolated and sophisticated artists wanted his work to be accepted by the world. Although Holmes is not an artist in the traditional sense, he is indeed a Victorian artist in his criminal investigation.

Of course, Holmes has put more energy into what Ville calls the case.

I can see he's also very interested in this honorary thief.

Ask the red-haired young man in the carriage, "What do you know about him now? ”

Ville's face showed a shame, “I tried to investigate, but I didn't get much information, mainly because it was hard to find the victim, and the vast majority of people didn't want to talk about what happened back in the day. The guy... I don't know how to say this, but he's a gentleman in a sense, if you pay the ransom, he will keep his promise to give you back, and he won't harass you again, so the vast majority of people pay well. ”

“Well, a thief can still run his own reputation.” Holmes praised, "Looks like our friend is looking at this as a career of his life, so how can we not go to the meeting for a while? ”

Violet was exhilarated, rubbing his hands excited, “So you're going to do it. It's good that if you do, I'm afraid the thief will be planted here this time. He won't know you're in London, otherwise he won't be here. ”

“My friend, you lifted me too much.” Holmes laughed, "let's talk about the case first. ”

“Rest assured, I know it's not convenient for you to go to France, I've almost surveyed the scene and gathered all the information that looks useful and useless on the surface for your information. ”

Ville was talking about removing a small notebook from the suitcase.

Zhang Heng looked at his eyes, and almost every page on it was filled with dense numbness notes, and even carefully drawn drawings, even after Holmes got his hands on it, he said, “With this level of care alone, Ville, you have surpassed the vast majority of your peers. ”

“Hey, hey, nothing, I just believe diligence can make up for it.” Violet scratched his head and was admired by the idols for his blossoming face.

Holmes flipped the note quickly and then spent another half hour looking at it from beginning to end, handing it to Zhang Heng, "You should see it, it's interesting. ”

Zhang Heng took the notebook and looked at the content above.

Mr. Viscount's painting of Canaletto was discarded half a month ago, because of the peculiarity of the painting, he did not put the painting in the collection room like any other collection, but rather found a small and unsightly house to store, and also a fine large porcelain bottle from China, compared to the value of the large porcelain bottle, but the other party did not move at all, only took the painting away, obviously did a lot of homework beforehand.

“What do you think?” Holmes asked Zhang Heng.

The latter thought for a moment, “There are a few questions. First, if this painting is lost, no one can prove that it ever fell into the hands of Mr. Viscount. ”

“Oh, here's the thing, Mr. Viscount has a little weird habit, he likes to sign the back of the oil painting in his collection, and although he knows it's a little unclean, he still can't help but sign his name on it," Ville is helpless, "or I won't have to chase him all the way from Paris to London. ”

“The second question is, who knew he had secretly traded this painting? ”

“You asked the question,” Holmes nodded, "the most interesting part of the case is also here, as you said before, Mr. Viscount closed the deal secretly through an intermediary, how did the honorary thief know about it after so many years, the same thing, and other victims, since he was staring at the deepest depths of a person, he didn't want to be told the secret, first of all, he needed to dig up the secret himself. ”

“This is also the most confusing part of me," Vial Dao, "I have no clue about it. Imagine if he learned the secrets of one person by chance and didn't reason to know others. Otherwise, this person would be a little too divine. Does he have any dark magic to see what he thinks directly through the eyes of one person? It would be a little scary for our opponent this time. ”

“I don't believe in those witch doctors who say black magic," Holmes snorts, "and in all the cases I've dealt with, all the things that appear to be mysterious against common sense, as long as you study them with patience, eventually you get a reasonable explanation to rule out those impossible answers, and the rest is the truth. ”

“You're right, taught.” Violet is blunt and righteous. He looks like an elementary school student who listens carefully in the classroom. Instead, he makes Holmes cry. He can only say to Zhang Hengdao, “Go on, my Eastern friend. ”

“Third, there was the problem with the modus operandi," Zhang Hengdao, "the night before, Mr. Viscount went to see the painting, then the maid cleaning the first morning found the painting missing, that is, the time of the operation was here, but the Viscount's house was well guarded, he had several hounds, the dog didn't make a sound that night, the note said that there were no other visitors visiting during this time, and behind the house was a small garden, it rained in the morning, the dirt was loose, there were no footprints on it, and the front door was facing the butler's room, he didn't hear anything unusual at night, so how did the honorary thief get into Mr. Viscount's house and take the painting out before dawn? ”

Ville was also distressed, “Yeah, this guy was really good, came and went, the maid cleaned the house in the morning, found the frame still there, but the painting didn't fly, the guy also left a letter signed by Mr. M on the ground, and he was proud to comment on the decoration of the Viscount, it was just to think of it as his own backyard, it really pissed people off. ”