"Manager, how many carving shops are there in Wheat Valley?"

Back in the shop, Donald had no idea of using his legs to race the horses, the dirt roads outside the town would make it difficult for him to walk, and Sherlock had made an appointment with him to meet at the carving shop, and he would be in trouble if he didn't find him.

"There is only one. ”

"Just one?"

The Zinker carving shop that Old Hopper parked at before?

Fifteen minutes later, Donald waited for Sherlock and Old Hopper in front of the carving shop.

"Don't come down, Mr. Hopper, get back to the farm, there's an accident!"

After a few steps of jumping up and jumping into the donkey cart, Sherlock, who had just stood up, sat back down, with a wooden box beside him, which had not been there when he came in the morning.

On the way back, Donald shared all the information he had gotten with Sherlock.

"Horns of wild goats, 5 years...... This should be an indispensable prop in the ceremony, as well as those medicinal materials, not surprisingly also used in the ceremony, as far as the current situation is concerned, the two of them have their own special roles in this disappearance, and they knew that they should hide our whereabouts from others, but I didn't expect him to follow us to Maigu Town, and rushed back one step ahead of us, it is estimated that he went to prepare in advance, let's go back at this time, it is estimated that the evidence will be destroyed by him......"

Aldrich's taciturn personality kept him out of the spotlight, and neither Sherlock nor Donald chose him as a breakthrough in the case.

No one expected him to be a key figure.

"I think we can find a flaw in a face-to-face confrontation, after all, the owner of the engraving shop and the grocery store can testify to us, if we can catch him. ”

Aldridge, who returned early, could have absconded, which would expose the fact that he was a criminal and also meant that it would be difficult to find anyone if he lost his whereabouts.

Miss Audrey's whereabouts are likely to be in Aldrich's hands,

"It's strange, it's still the question, why is there such a forbidden ritual on a farm, like the roof shredding case a few years ago...... Wait, the roof crushing case is a supernatural case, this forbidden ritual can't be left at that time, right?"

The two cases took place in the same place, and although the time span is long, there is no guarantee that there is no connection between them.

The donkey cart sped all the way and stopped at the door of the farmer's house half an hour later.

"Where is Aldrich, does anyone here know?"

At this point, it was definitely too late to explain slowly, and Sherlock rushed into the living room and got straight to the point.

"He just came to ask for leave, and said that a relative he wanted was sick and wanted to go back to see it, and I allowed it......"

Mr. and Mrs. Bartlet sat on the sofa in the living room, and Zil Bartlet gave the answer.

He went to the southeast, where the road led to his relative's house, which he had mentioned before. ”

Milena Bartlet pointed the way, and the two of them rushed out again, and old Hopper did not know where they had gone.

"Fran, you go and see, and if there's any news of Audrey, please come back and let us know. ”

With her fair, slender palm resting on her husband's arm, Madame Bartlet said to her personal maid.

"To make it this far?"

The fat on Zil Bartlet's cheeks trembled, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Of course, this is for Audrey, she is our daughter, the only daughter, just like I am also your only wife!"

Tidying up her husband's somewhat messy hem, Mrs. Bartlet's voice was as gentle as ever.

This time, the means of transportation was no longer the donkey cart, but the horses on the farm, and although they were two people together, they still outperformed the donkey cart by an unknown amount.

The umbrella must not be able to hold up, so the two of them rushed forward with the rain on their shoulders.

"Sherlock, I always felt that something was wrong, if it was just between Aldrich and Audrey, why was there a box left in Audrey's room, and she could not take it all, and don't you think that when we asked Audrich about his whereabouts, the Bartlets were too calm?"

Aldrich's sudden leave and Sherlock and Donald rushing in to inquire about their whereabouts made a normal person guess what secret the former might be hiding, but they sat on the couch with their hands on each other, as if they were ready for questioning.

"I have doubts, but we can't help it now, Aldridge is too critical, if we let him go, it will be difficult for us to complete our commission this time, no matter what, we must try to get him back, as for the situation of the Butlets, we will investigate it carefully when we have caught him. ”

Things are prioritized, and Aldridge's importance is at the top of the list at the moment, as long as he is caught, the situation can be opened, and other situations can be explored along the way.

It's true, but it's not just Sherlock and Donald who know it.

"Found it, in front!"

Sherlock let out a low cry, and a figure with an umbrella was walking along the side of the road in front of the road.

"This guy actually used it...... Aren't you afraid we'll catch up with him?"

The man in front of him was identified as Aldrich, who was slow and not even trotting, and moved at a pace similar to that of a walk.

Noticing the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Aldrich turned to look, but still did not increase his pace, but stayed in place for a few seconds, more like waiting for them to catch up.

"Is there any fear? It seems that the blood beast should be nearby, don't keep your hand when you fight, you can't think about the law at this time, if he can really summon the blood beast, it is the alien, the government's law on the alien has clear provisions, in the case of threat, all legal citizens have the right to attack the alien, and there will be no accountability afterwards, don't have any scruples, fight to the death!"

When the distance between the two sides was close to 20 meters, Aldrich turned and rushed into the nearby woods, which were lined with untouched woods.

Weeds and shrubs are intertwined.

Aldrich was going to force the two to dismount and go into the woods.

Herod~

Sherlock tugged at the reins, and the horses stopped at the sound of neighing, and the vegetation was lush next to him, and half-man-tall bushes were everywhere.

He could only dismount and follow in the direction of Aldrich's departure.

Walking between the grass and trees, the water droplets accumulated on the branches and leaves fell everywhere on the body, bent his neck, and tried to make himself jump forward as much as possible, saving himself from tripping over some branches, but also some hard branches kept poking his skin.

Holding the gun in the right hand, the safety is open, ready to shoot at any time.

It was like this for about 5 minutes, and the sweat on Donald's face was mixed with the rain, and he was out of breath after exerting too much physical strength.

On the other hand, Sherlock is in better shape than Donald, but his breath is also a little disordered.

Where they were at the moment had moved away from the road and deep into the jungle.

The sound of raindrops echoing through the forest sounded a little inexplicable......