Regardless of the era, spinach is one of the favorite pastimes of mankind.

19th-century London was no exception, with hundreds of casinos, large and small, not counting the pubs, roadside wrestlers and poker players.

The next evening, three people, including Vial, met at 221B Baker Street.

"Considering the nature of that guy's job, he's not going to go to those very famous casinos." "The tavern suits him well, the boxing ring is good," said Holmes, "and I had a ...... with those Prussian barbers last night Hmm, some very friendly conversations, I got the name of the tavern where they met, and we started our search around that, which would have been more efficient. ”

"So we're going to split up?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Okay, we've both seen that guy, you and Vial are in a group, and I'm in a group, but he's seen us too, so we'll have to put on some makeup." Sherlock Holmes Road.

As he spoke, he took out two sets of wigs and other makeup tools, "Your skin color is a problem, Orientals will be more conspicuous in London, but the body can be covered by clothes, and the face can be smeared with soot, anyway, it's night, if you don't look closely, you shouldn't be able to see it, of course, you'd better not get too close to him." ”

Sherlock Holmes began to move his hands as he spoke, and in a moment a boilermaker was freshly baked, and Holmes himself dressed as an old sailor with an addiction to smoking.

Zhang Heng wrote down the techniques used by Sherlock Holmes, of course, this is only a relatively rudimentary disguise, far less vivid than the coachman that Sherlock Holmes pretended to be, and as for Erin Adler's gypsy artist who reversed his gender, it is a more powerful level.

The three of them got ready, changed some change, put it in their pockets and started moving.

Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes separated at the crossroads, the two of them each contracted an area, Zhang Heng and the red-haired detective first came to a tavern called Pigeon, where they had a drink, but they did not meet the target, and the drinkers here were mostly gentlemen, generally looking more elegant, and no one gambled money, so then the two came to the boxing ring next door.

There are many more people here, and there is a lot of noise, two sturdy figures are fighting in the ring, and his people are watching, Zhang Heng and Vial had to spend some effort to search every corner, and at this time, the fighters on the stage also divided the winners and losers, and one was knocked to the ground and did not get up again.

The crowd erupted in cheers, apparently on the right side of the bet, and of course there were people who hugged their heads in frustration, apparently unlucky people who had lost money.

In fact, after coming a few times, Zhang Heng can also understand why people who come to watch the game can't help but want to take a small gamble, because the vast majority of people will be infected by the atmosphere here.

However, the red-haired detective is obviously an exception, Zhang Heng can finally understand why he is as strict as Sherlock Holmes, and he will also praise Vyal for having a home, this French short detective will not only be sloppy, once he enters the working state, his expression will be very focused, not swayed by anything, once he finds someone similar to the description, he will secretly tell Zhang Heng to confirm it as soon as possible.

However, so far, the two have not met the guy who escaped from the theater, and Zhang Heng even wondered if the guy would escape from London first after what happened last night.

But Holmes was convinced that the other side was still here.

"A guy like this isn't a decision-maker on the team, but it's not so easy to replace with his skills, and at this juncture, he won't give up on his plans because of a small setback." Holmes said before the action began.

Zhang Heng then went to visit two taverns and a boxing ring, one large and one small, with the red-haired detective, but I don't know if it was bad luck, there was still no gain, and the night gradually deepened.

"I don't know what's going on with Mr. Holmes." Vial took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his head, and spoke.

But at this moment, Zhang Heng on the side suddenly stopped.

Viar followed someone's gaze and looked forward, but the target did not match the description of the previous two, but the red-haired detective was very alert, pressed the doubts in his heart, and said nothing at this time, seeing Zhang Heng leaning against the wall and making a look of drinking too much and vomiting, he also patted the former's back with pretending to be concerned.

The target didn't have any suspicions, his eyes just glanced here hurriedly, and he seemed to have something urgent to do, so he left in a hurry.

It wasn't until the man's figure disappeared into the night that Zhang Heng stopped retching and stood up.

At this time, Vial could finally ask the doubts in his heart, "Who is that guy?" ”

"One of the guards next to the Prime Minister, we met at the theatre last night." Zhang Heng explained.

The guy who walked across from him just now was the guy who warned him not to move and planned to handcuff him before, because the two had faced each other, and Zhang Heng's disguise was relatively rudimentary, so he still hid his face for the sake of safety, Zhang Heng remembered the trick of Mr. M in the oil painting case to buy the nanny to forge the traces of theft, it seems that the other party really likes this mode of crime, and it seems that he has the intention of repeating the old trick in this operation.

"What to do, are we going to keep up?" The red-haired detective asked.

Zhang Heng shook his head after a while, "It's a good thing to be able to confirm the other party's target, but it doesn't make much sense to follow the guard, do you remember where he came from?" ”

"Of course." Vial Road.

"Let's go there first and see if the guy I fought last night is still there."

Zhang Heng and the red-haired detective rushed into the café where the target walked out, it was already late at night, and the café was about to close, there were only a few people inside, even the waitress was yawning, Zhang Heng looked around, and did not see the figure of the Prussian.

He and Vyal then expanded their search, but unfortunately they still couldn't find a target, and in the end, they had to reunite with Sherlock Holmes two blocks away.

After listening to Zhang Heng's introduction of the basic situation, the latter nodded and said, "You are right, the person who was bribed is not a member of the team, not to mention whether the bribery can be proven, there is no other use for arresting him except to startle the snake, on the contrary, now that we have mastered the other party's goal in advance, it is equivalent to taking the initiative, and then, we can play this game with them." ”

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