If John hears Sherlock's words here, he will definitely ask after it, and then Sherlock can show off his IQ in front of the doctor, and if Lance is by his side, he will definitely echo it, and then praise his IQ implicitly.

However, now by his side is Red, who has apparently noticed the clues, but obviously does not bother to praise the others.

Sherlock raised an eyebrow vaguely, "John and Lance don't need us to worry, Lance is very smart, John is also very powerful, oh, the skills you mentioned about Lance are also very good." ”

"Yes. Red nodded, "Can you lift the light up?" there seems to be something on the ceiling above us. ”

Sherlock muttered softly when he heard this, but did not negate Rhett's proposal, and raised the luminosity of the watch upward.

Just above their heads, a large eye was painted on a square red background, and the eyes were only in black and white, and the red background was really palpitating.

"One eye. Sherlock moved closer, and the angle made his neck stretch a little, and the look of looking up at the top of his head was a little funny, but he didn't seem to care.

"It's not very clear, but judging from the wear and tear of the pigment alone, it should be a hundred years old. Rhett also tilted his head, "From the position of the portrait, it looks at us, everything is in its sight, it has everything, but such a painting should appear in the master's room or study, in a place like the cellar, maybe the owner of the house was in some kind of oppressed and embarrassing situation, but he still thinks that he is in control of a qiē, and controls all the people who fool him in his hands." ”

"I've heard Lance's analysis, and yours goes a little deeper than Lance's. ”

"I came into the group a little bit earlier than Noah. Red pursed his lips and rubbed his neck, "But Noah is much better than me." ”

"Uh-huh~" Sherlock raised an eyebrow, then smiled, "It seems that we have entered a place that none of the current pranksters expected. ”

"Actually, I'm not very interested in any of that, I just want to find Noah and relax in Edinburgh if we have time. Red quickly interrupted him, "I'm interested in the arts and humanities in Edinburgh. ”

"Yes. Sherlock's attitude has become lukewarm again.

Red: "......"

"You never told me there's a basement!" the woman took off the headphones that could wrap half of her head, and there was a hint of red on her white face, "You said you told me everything here." ”

The man sitting next to her looked a little tall, the more striking thing was the large muscles on his body, comparable to Mr. Bodybuilder, his eyes were a little flustered, but he obviously didn't want others to see it, so he lowered his eyelids and picked up a cigarette from the side, lit it and took a sharp puff, then exhaled a large puff of smoke, and his voice was a little hoarse, "I just didn't expect them to find there." He moved the cigarette away a bit, looking at the woman with a somewhat blurred face through the fading smoke, "Did they say anything before that?"

The woman remembered what she had just heard, her fingers trembled slightly, and then she threw the headphones on the table in anger, "That curly said that our approach is relatively low-level, and he can go out at any time if he wants." ”

"Huh?" the man was stunned.

"Where are you?" the woman raised her chin and her eyes were fixed on the monitor in front of the man, Lance and John.

The man reluctantly pulled his attention back and looked at the monitor again, "The taller one is smarter, but the spirit doesn't seem to be very stable now." ”

"We've been missing the medicine in the candles for so long, and of course our spirits will be unstable. The woman's eyes narrowed.

"Bodi was captured by them. "It's the first time I've seen someone follow a puppy and shout to kill it, and the expression is quite fierce. He paused again, then turned his head and shouted, "Atai, Gia, you go and have a look at them...... Forget it, if there is no camera there, I'll go, Atai, you come with me. ”

The man whose name was called was obviously a little excited, and he stood up with his hands rubbed together, his eyes shining.

The woman glanced back at the monitor in front of her, "What are you going to do?"

The man sneered, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth was a little stiff, "Do it." He added, "New secrets cannot be known to others." ”

"Oh~" The woman raised her eyebrows, and then lowered her posture and became cautious, "So, dear, can I be together?" ”

The man shook his head, "It's too dangerous, sweetheart, you just have to sit here and watch." He pointed to his monitor, "And Bodi." ”

"Oh, Body...... Yes, and Bodi. The woman nodded hurriedly, "But I think these two men are too smart, or you might as well let Paul go with you, and it will be enough for me and Gia to be here." ”

The man thought for a few seconds, then shook his head, "Paul is going to stay here." ”

"But ......" the woman wanted to say something.

"I said Paul, you must stay here!" the man accentuated.

The woman pursed her lips and stopped talking, she didn't want to have a conflict with the man in front of her at this time.

When Lance was talking to John, he had already looked closely at the ground that had been frantically ploughed by the dogs, just as he remembered only remembering being carried up the stairs, and still headfirst down, so it didn't feel good, and if there was a mechanism, it would be under his feet.

"Noah, we can't afford to lose time. John put his arm around the puppy, "Sherlock needs us." ”

"He needs you. Lance touched his forehead, "I'm a little dizzy now, let's find a mechanism first, it's around here, pay attention to your feet, it should be able to open and close." ”

John looked down at the floor.

"If you still have your phone, you can go directly to the forum and ask. Lance was a little regretful, "The imagination of netizens is very powerful, although I can make up a weird story right now, and by the way, there will be some detective fans who will provide us with ......" He tilted his head to look at the corner of the wall, beckoned to John and walked over, and then tapped lightly at the intersection place.

"There's a mezzanine?" said John.

"Even if I knocked on it, I wouldn't be able to knock it open. Lance sighed, and suddenly reached over his head and removed the candle from the candelabra above his head, then grabbed the candlestick and twisted it vigorously.

A step away from the floor slowly moved a hole.

A wooden staircase appears in view, leading downward.

"Found it!" shouted John, and as soon as his hand loosened, the puppy in his arms broke free and jumped off, rolling on the floor and down the stairs.

Lance stared at the puppy's round butt and watched calmly as it quickly disappeared from view.

"I don't think we're abusing it. ”

John turned his head to look at Lance, "It's me, not us." ”

But Sweetheart left your arms without hesitation. ”

"Tsk, can't we say something else now, like what should we do now?" John shook his head.

Lance blinked twice, "Actually, the conservative way to compare prices is to stay here, since there is a passage here, someone will come soon, of course, eighty percent of it will not be the police who have received my text message and rushed over and have launched a search and rescue operation." ”

John was almost mad, "Shouldn't we go down from here?"

"As a conservative person. Lance finally pouted, "Doctor, you can actually do anything you want, you are a **, completely free man." ”

"You know, Noah. John's expression suddenly became stern, "Many times you and Sherlock give me the same feeling. ”

Lance hesitated for a moment: "I'm underwhelmed?"

John: "...... Well, probably some time, that's not the point. He took a deep breath, "The point is that you and Sherlock are both rare smart people in the world, and I only need to charge into battle when I am with you, Sherlock said, I am a doctor, and I am a soldier." ”

"Actually, there is a title in the military called commander. ”

"Noah!"

"Alright, alright. Lance raised his right hand, "Now let's go down, I feel the call of fate, oh next time we go to a similar place, we can directly twist everything that can be twisted first." ”

With that, he had already walked down the stairs.

John's eyes rolled, "I swear I'll never be in a place like this again." ”

"Even if there is an invitation from Mr. Holmes?" said Lance chuckled.

"It's not the same. ”

"He's different. Lance corrected.

"Yes...... So to speak. The corners of John's mouth tugged down.

The light on the stairs wasn't particularly good, but the air was much better than it was above, and Lance rubbed his temples as he walked down, he needed to adjust his state as much as he could, and if nothing went wrong, then the people who were watching them now should already know that they had opened a 'secret passage', which meant that it was likely that someone would come in the near future.

John was also anxious but couldn't help it, "What about the dog just now?"

"I don't eat dog meat. "Lance didn't look up, and he still needs to be careful when going down the stairs.

"Are we going to run into Sherlock if we go on like this?"

Lance pressed his temples, "This kind of thing depends on fate, but given the size of this house, Sherlock shouldn't be far from us, maybe we'll see him at the next turn." ”

"Now is not the time to joke, Noah. John sighed.

"You have to learn to be humorous, and I believe that banking in this environment can relieve our psychological stress. Lance answered, "Like the dog who just rolled down the stairs." ”

"If you're the one who has been helping me with counseling for months......"

"I'll give myself a shot. Lance said he was frightened, "I don't want to be anyone's psychiatrist." ”

"That's what I thought, too. ”

Lance raised an eyebrow, then smiled.

The stairs are narrow and long, and it takes a while to get to the bottom.

Almost as Lance stepped on the floor at the end of the stairs, there was a sudden sound of the door slamming nearby.

The sound of the door closing again is a "clang" sound, which has a great impact on the auditory sense.

Lance stopped, the light here was not very good, but the movement was followed by a slow and powerful sound, and even the sound of deliberately created footsteps was enough to indicate that someone had arrived.

John blinked, "We're blocked. ”

"Yes. Lance agreed.

"What do you think?"

Lance looked at the two men who were about to walk up to them with baseball bats and started to get ready to fight, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I'm dizzy. ”

"It just so happens that I'm dizzy too. John moved his wrist, "I wish I had seen a Chihuahua." ”

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