In the evening, Wiggins came back to report that the Baker Street team had been staring at Pearson for a long time and had nothing to gain, and that he was working at the chemical plant as usual and had no unusual behavior.

Holmes wasn't in a hurry, just letting the imps keep staring, while he himself began to finish up on the thesis on the impact of the professional opponent.

As a result, the next day, Wiggins hurriedly ran to call the door, Mrs. Hudson was startled when she was baking bread in the kitchen, Zhang Heng was also woken up by this sound, and when he came out of the house, he saw Holmes downstairs laughing, and took seven shillings to Wiggins and said, "One person, two of yourself, go to Sheriff Gregson, and say that Holmes called him to come to 221B Baker Street." Then he looked up and saw Zhang Heng coming down the stairs.

"It's done, this case can finally be closed, Pearson is arrested, and the main culprit can't escape."

"Huh?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "Your evidence has been gathered." ”

"That's right," said Holmes, rubbing his hands, "let's have breakfast first, and wait for Gregson, and I'll talk with you then." ”

About an hour later, Sergeant Gregerson reluctantly came to 221B Baker Street, and as soon as he entered the door, he said in a loud voice, "I said that the case is over, what are you looking for me to do, our police work is also very busy, I couldn't sleep much last night." ”

"yes, what are you up to, a new case? Still waiting to receive the director's commendation. Holmes laughed.

Gregson's face turned red and he muttered, "After all, I also contributed to the city, and this case has been in the newspapers for the past two days, and it is normal for the director to pay attention to it." ”

"Yes, yes, but I think it's not too late to celebrate when the real murderer is caught." Sherlock Holmes Road.

"The real murderer?" Gregerson was stunned.

"Come with me, I won't delay you much." Sherlock Holmes said, "By the way, are you handcuffed?" ”

"Bring it." Gregerson said impatiently, "I also have a gun, and I don't have these things with me." ”

"I don't think I can use a gun, the other party is not a vicious person after all, and there are masters on our side." Sherlock Holmes glanced at Zhang Heng on the side as he spoke, it was hard for him to forget what happened yesterday, and his eyes were still a little swollen.

"Let's go, gentlemen."

Instead of rushing to the chemical plant immediately, the three of them arrived at a pawnshop in a carriage, and Holmes said to the owner of the pawnshop, "Someone came to pawn a carpet before, where is that carpet?" ”

When the pawnshop owner heard this, his face suddenly showed nervousness, and he scolded secretly, "I know." ”

"Huh?"

"It's not that you, gentlemen, I'm talking about the kid who came to pawn the carpet before, I was suspicious of him at the time, I won't tell you, I've been doing this business for so long, but I've seen a lot of people with this pair of eyes, dressed like him, it looks like a bitter haha, how can there be such a good carpet, and I specially picked it in the early morning, when it just opened the door, I was muttering in my heart at the time, don't he stole this thing."

"Ho, then you dare to take it?" Gregerson said.

The boss smiled when he heard this.

"How much did you give him?" Sherlock Holmes asked.

"Two ...... Two pounds. The boss said, "I pondered the workmanship and materials, and if I really had to buy them, it would have cost twenty or thirty pounds." ”

"So you can make a tenfold profit as soon as you change hands." Sherlock Holmes said, "Come on, don't be uncomfortable, this thing is evidence, it involves a murder, we may be able to return it to you after we use it, now, take us to see it first." ”

"Good...... Okay. ”

The boss led the three to the warehouse where the pawns were kept, and Holmes squatted down, so that he could see the blood stains left in the middle of the carpet without using a magnifying glass.

It had apparently been cleaned and wiped, but not clean.

"I can't explain anything." Gregerson said, but he could hear that his tone was already a little shaken, and his heart was also a little panicked at this time, as if to comfort himself, and said, "And the boss also said that this thing is likely to be stolen." ”

"This is the carpet in John Jones' office." "To be honest, I didn't expect it to go this way, and I thought he would handle this thing in a more secure way." ”

"How does the name sound familiar, etc...... This is the current owner of John's Textile Mills? Gregerson finally remembered where the name came from, "He was the one who received us when we went to the textile mill before, and he looked pretty good. ”

"The women workers in the textile mill don't think so, and this is not the first time he has harassed the women workers in the factory." "Although no one wants to talk about it, I still try to find out that after he took over the textile factory from his father the year before, there were often unplanned pregnancies among the female workers here, and of course in the end most of them did not make a noise, and left the textile factory after taking a severance pay." ”

"It's not a glorious thing," Gregson said after a pause, apparently softening, "Well, I'll admit that something may have been missed before, and Mr. John seems to be a little suspicious, but I'll say that the kid named Paul is still my number one suspect here, after all, the bloody clothes under his bed are also real." ”

"Don't worry, listen to me." Holmes smiled.

"It was Molly's turn to clean up on the night of the incident, she was the last person to leave, and it happened that the lights in John's office were also on at that time, so at the end of the day, only the two of them were in the factory, which left him time to commit the crime, and the next day Zhang and I went to visit the textile factory, and the guy at the door told us that John was not there, which was very suspicious in itself, and after that happened, he should have been in the factory recently to find a way to appease the emotions of the female workers, I took the time to sneak into John's office and noticed that his carpet had been changed, The new carpet was obviously not the right size, presumably from home for emergencies, and there was a faint blood stain in the corner of his imposing desk, seeping into the wood grain, but like you said, it still didn't explain Molly's clothes under Paul's bed. ”

Gregson was not completely embarrassed to sit in the position of sheriff, and shook his head when he heard this, "Don't tell me that John blamed Paul, first, Paul works in the chemical factory next door, John may not know about him, and secondly, even if he knows that there is such a person as Paul, it is impossible to know where the latter lives, the road in the slum can make John dizzy, and if a person of his status is too conspicuous in and out of there, it is impossible for no one to pay attention." ”

"Yes, that's right, so I believe there is an accomplice in this case." Sherlock Holmes Road.