Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes walked into the living room, and sure enough, as Mrs. Hudson said, 221B Baker Street today was particularly lively.

In addition to a group of familiar faces such as Gregerson and Lestrade, even a deputy director of the police station came, and it could be seen that his mood was not very beautiful, and he didn't even sit down, and kept pacing by the window.

So a group of people were just doing the pestle in the living room, there was a place, but no one sat down, this scene looked a little funny, but no one could laugh, and the officers of Scotland Yard all looked serious.

Seeing Holmes walk in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like you haven't slept well in the past few days." Holmes said, "Lestrade, do you have oats and omelettes for breakfast?" ”

"It's time like this, so don't make fun of us." The short officer smiled wryly.

The deputy chief of police looked up, and then looked at Holmes like a drowning man looking at the only straw beside him, he strode up, stretched out his hand and said eagerly, "I have heard of Mr. Holmes's name for a long time, and Lestrade, Hopkins and others have often talked to me about you, saying that you are the most talented and excellent detective in the whole of London and even in the whole of Europe, and besides, we haven't had time to thank you for your help in the case of the unknown female corpse on the Thames before." ”

"It's a trivial matter, but it's not enough to worry about." Holmes shook hands with the deputy commissioner, then motioned for him to sit on the couch.

Seeing that the boss was seated, the police officers of Scotland Yard were finally able to return to each other.

Zhang Heng asked Mrs. Hudson to move a few more chairs from the dining room, and he sat down beside Holmes.

It seems that the deputy director has done a lot of homework before coming to Baker Street, and he has long known that there has been an Oriental detective by Holmes's side recently, so he didn't say anything when he saw this, and couldn't wait to go straight to the point, looking at Holmes and saying, "I guess you also know the reason why we came here this time." ”

"It's for the serial murders in the Whitechapel area." Holmes smiled and pulled out his pipe, "I saw the news in the newspapers. After a pause, he added, "Left-handed, male, between thirty and forty years old, not strong and unstable, and conservative in thought. ”

"How do you see that?" The deputy director was stunned when he heard this, "It seems that we haven't started to introduce the case to you yet, or have you secretly visited the scene before?" In fact...... The information in the newspapers is somewhat embellished, not so much to cover up the truth, but mainly for fear of causing unnecessary panic among the population again. ”

Sherlock Holmes pointed to the photograph of the letter in the newspaper with his pipe, "The report may have been retouched, but the photograph is always true, and the above inference is not based on the description in the newspaper, but on the handwriting in the letter to the newspaper." ”

"Oh?" Mr. Deputy Director was a little surprised, "Can you see so many things from the handwriting?" ”

"Of course, it's like an art." Sherlock Holmes said, "A good graphographer should be able to see far more than what is literal." ”

Seeing that the deputy director looked suspicious, Mr. Detective made an exception and took the initiative to explain, "Don't talk about age, this part is too troublesome, if you really want to know, you can look at a paper I published two years ago, there is a clear difference between the handwriting of young people and the elderly, theoretically speaking, most of the handwriting can see the age of the writer, of course, this ability needs to be exercised, male and female handwriting is also very easy to recognize, the aesthetics of different genders are deviated, left-handed words are simpler, Have you noticed the ink in the letter, because it is written with the left hand, it is easier for the palm of the hand to rub the handwriting, so there is a lot of space spent in this letter. ”

"The character is not strong enough and unstable, how can the ideological tradition be seen?" The deputy director wondered.

"Pay attention to the long letters in this letter are not higher than the general letters, you see that his d is written like a, i and e are the same height, no matter what environment a person with a strong personality is, the height of the word is always distinct, on the contrary, it is naturally the current situation, the same, you see the letter k he wrote different sizes, which shows that his character is very unstable, but the letter's capitalized letters are quite neat, which shows that his thinking is conservative."

Sherlock Holmes said, "The above is the information I found in the handwriting, but your suspicions are not unreasonable, there is no evidence that the person who wrote this letter is the murderer, and at this time it cannot be ruled out that someone is fishing in troubled waters and causing trouble for the police." ”

Mr. Deputy Director seemed very frank, "You have proven yourself more than once that you are a capable person, this case is not to be told to you, there is a lot of pressure on our police side, not only on the parliament side, even Her Majesty the Queen has also released a word, asking us to solve the case within a time limit, but so far we don't have much clue, you also know what the Eastern District is, the situation there is very complicated, and it is mixed, Gregerson They have locked up some suspects, but then they have ruled out the suspicions one after another, and we are now ...... There is no good way, so I can only ask you for help, and if you can solve the case on time, the police will also be grateful. ”

"You're so polite." Sherlock Holmes said politely, "I happen to be very interested in this case myself, and I will do it even if I don't get paid." ”

The deputy director was overjoyed when he heard this, "Great! This is the only good news I heard today, it just so happens that it is almost noon and I booked a place in the restaurant and you and your friends ......"

Holmes interrupted the other side, "I'm a man who forgets about everything else completely once he gets to work, so there's no need to eat, let's start now if we can." ”

"That's better, that's better." The deputy chief nodded again and again, "I heard that you and Lestrade know each other, so if you need anything, just give them orders, as long as the police are within their capabilities, they will be unconditionally satisfied." ”

The expressions of Lestrade and the others are somewhat embarrassing, they themselves are excellent detectives in Scotland Yard, but now they can only give Sherlock Holmes a hand, although it is not that they have not asked Holmes for help before, but the scene in front of them is still a little embarrassing, like a public admission of the incompetence of the London police, of course, it seems that some of the dissatisfaction of the deputy director can be heard from this.

Holmes didn't say anything, but got up and said, "In that case, gentlemen, let's get to work." ”