After visiting Sherlock Holmes, the Deputy Commissioner left in a hurry to deal with pressure from the media and Parliament, and the others returned to their respective posts, leaving Lestrade as an escort.

Although the detection of the serial murder case in Whitechapel is now the top priority of the police, it does not mean that other work and cases can be completely put down, London as the largest city in Europe and even the world, the police work here is not easy at all, especially now it is an eventful season, because the murder in Whitechapel has made many dishonest guys also begin to move, coupled with the growing panic among the general public, now the police throughout London have canceled their vacations.

Lestrade has been following up on the first murder case since it appeared, and he is also the person who knows this round of cases best, so it is naturally the most suitable choice for him to stay and cooperate.

The three of them got out of the carriage, not far from the morgue, a total of three women have been killed so far, ranging in age from 34 to 50 years old, of which the bodies of the first two victims have been returned to family and friends for burial, and the third person is still alive because he was killed two days ago, plus there is no family.

Holmes was about to enter the door, but was stopped by Zhang Heng, who said to Lestrade, "Can you give us a little time?" ”

The short officer made a gesture of pity, then stepped aside and waited patiently.

Zhang Heng opened his mouth and said, "This case ...... I wish the two of us could be solved separately. ”

"Oh?" With an interested look on his face, Holmes asked, "Why?" ”

"I want to validate what I've learned during this time." Zhang Hengdao.

Sherlock Holmes looked into his eyes, Zhang Heng didn't know if the other party saw anything from it, but in the end Holmes just smiled and said, "Okay, it will become more interesting to have you join this matter, in this case, let's bet on who catches the murderer first, and the loser will provide two tickets for the Queen of Songs Theater." ”

“………… Have you been addicted to opera lately? However, Zhang Heng did not hesitate, and readily agreed to the bet.

The conversation between the two men lasted less than a minute, after which he called back Lestrade and began to introduce the case.

"The deceased's name is Bernice, 46 years old, like the previous two, she is also a maid living at the bottom of the East End, her body was found in the fence behind the cheap apartment where she lived, and the first person to find her was a coachman named Slater, which can basically be ruled out."

The short officer lifted the shroud and continued, "According to the medical examiner's speculation, it happened at about five o'clock in the morning, and she was fatally wounded in the neck, cut open by a sharp blade, using the same methods as the other two murders we encountered earlier, and at the same time, she was also tragically disemboweled, and the driver found her with a section of intestines thrown on her right shoulder. ”

Lestrade said as he gave a photo of the scene to Sherlock Holmes and Zhang Heng, "But the difference is that part of her uterus and part of her abdomen were also cut off, which is also the most confusing part of us, I can't imagine what the murderer took these pieces of meat for." ”

Holmes's eyes lit up, but he didn't rush to say anything, but asked Zhang Hengdao on the side, "Do you come first or do I come first?" ”

"You go first." Zhang Heng was still looking at those photos, including those of the two people who were killed before, he looked at them very carefully, trying not to let go of any detail, and at the same time, he also corroborated with some inferences from later generations.

Zhang Heng knew that it was not realistic to win the duel with Sherlock Holmes by relying on the current lv1 criminal investigation skills alone, and he had no room for error in this round of competition, so it was also a more flattering choice to let Holmes make a move first, and he could also observe where the focus of Sherlock Holmes' observation was on the side.

The detective was completely unimpressed, and Wen Yan took out the magnifying glass he usually used from his pocket and walked to the corpse.

He quickly transformed into an astute hound, moving his magnifying glass from side to side, and leaning his face against the corpse despite the unpleasant smell...... Five minutes later, Holmes retracted his magnifying glass with satisfaction and signaled that it was Zhang Heng's turn.

Zhang Heng took a deep breath and walked to the corpse, he has gained a lot in the past few months, as a very important criminal investigation, anatomy, forensic anthropology and scar examination have made great progress, so that he can get more and more information from a corpse.

The first thing Zhang Heng noticed was an inferior smell of alcohol in the air, and then he also found that the deceased's skin was reddish, which was caused by telangiectasia, combined with the previous smell of alcohol, which showed that the victim had a long-term habit of alcoholism, and then Zhang Heng noticed the fatal wound on the erect neck, which was obviously not just cut by a knife, the murderer was very heavy, and cut a lot of knives, almost completely cutting off the victim's head.

In addition, under those wounds, there were obvious strangulation marks on the neck, Zhang Heng frowned, judging from the marks, it didn't look like a rope, nor a palm, it was more like a ...... A handkerchief? Zhang Heng remembered the statement that Jack the Ripper he had seen before was a woman, but it was too early to make an assertion based on just a handkerchief.

Zhang Heng remembered Sherlock Holmes's warning, detectives need to maintain absolute rationality and objectivity when handling cases, and must not be preconceived, deductive method is reasoning, but this kind of reasoning is more like using clues to shrink the set and finally find the answer.

So Zhang Heng put aside the information he found for the time being and continued to check.

In addition to the wounds on the lower abdomen and neck, the victim's face was also painted.

"I can see that guy really has a lot of hatred for the maid." Lestrade sighed on the side, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have done such a thing to a corpse, I've been a police officer for so many years, and I've never seen someone treat corpses like this." ”

Zhang Heng was noncommittal, he turned his head, silently looked at the scratches, and then his gaze moved down, and finally came to the position of the abdominal cavity.

The womb is a very special place, it is the origin of human life, the fetus is conceived here, it can be seen that this serial killer also has a soft spot for this woman's unique organ, in the first homicide, the victim was only cut throat, and at the same time dozens of knives in the body, and then the second victim's abdomen was broken, the uterus was also stabbed, and in the third person, the murderer went further and cut off half of the uterus.

He/she is like an excited gold digger, walking into a huge gold mine, digging into the inner longing little by little.

Derpy said

I'm slowly returning this update~(?? ˙o˙)?