Chapter 244: Does Mr. Holmes live here?
There were a total of five chasing soldiers, and the number was a little large, so Zhang Heng did not stand in place, but directly greeted him, and at this time, there was still a gap of about five or six meters between the leader and the person at the back.
Their target was a gypsy artist, and they couldn't react to Zhang Heng who suddenly rushed over.
According to his usual habits, the leader was about to open his mouth to scare the Oriental man in front of him, but the opposite side had already made the first move and punched him in the trachea.
The leader felt a sharp pain, fell to the ground, covered his neck, only felt a burst of difficulty breathing, Zhang Heng did not stop, and kicked the people behind him to the fish stall on the side, the unlucky guy knocked over the board cart containing salmon and was buried by the smoked fish.
Seeing this, the three people behind hurriedly stopped, looking like they were facing a great enemy.
They usually fight a lot, but basically they do the work of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, relying on the number of people to go up to pick up the cheap, and the hard battle has not been fought a few times, where have I seen this kind of posture, and the two of them were put down fiercely before they could make a move.
The three of them glanced at each other, and they all hesitated.
Zhang Heng made a gesture to chase, but the next moment the three of them turned their heads and fled.
"Huh." The gypsy artist's eyes widened, and the scene looked a little funny, three guys with wooden sticks in their hands, but they were scared away by a man with bare hands.
Zhang Heng walked past the guy who was still moaning on the ground, took back his coat from the gypsy artist's hand, and shook it and put it on his body.
"It's alright, but I'd advise you to get out of here sooner."
After Zhang Heng finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for the other party to answer, he saved the gypsy artist just easily, the latter helped the Jewish family with a good heart, since he met him, he didn't mind helping the other party.
As a result, not far away, the gypsy entertainer chased after him from behind, and asked, "You are very interesting, how long have you been in London, what is your name, and where do you live?" ”
Zhang Heng did not hide it, and reported his address and name.
"Hey, you're not from the Eastern End, so what are you doing here?" The gypsy entertainer was curious.
"You're not from the East End either, aren't you here?" Zhang Hengdao.
"I ...... Of course there are my reasons. The gypsy entertainer's eyes rolled, and after a pause, he continued, "Anyway, I want to thank you this time, and I'll visit you when I have time." ”
"Hmm." Zhang Heng didn't take this matter to heart, and agreed casually, and the two said goodbye at the intersection and called a carriage to go home.
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Back at the cottage on Baker Street, Mrs. Hudson had just made dinner, bacon potatoes, and pumpkin soup.
But Zhang Heng found that the detective did not continue to pretend to be dead in his room, and Mrs. Anderson said that Holmes had received a letter and went out in the afternoon.
Zhang Heng couldn't help but be a little curious, what case did he encounter again, you must know that in the morning, Holmes was still nesting in an easy chair trying to murder himself, and in the afternoon, he actually entered the state of work again, and those things seemed to have not affected him at all.
Zhang Heng helped Mrs. Hudson set the dishes, and at this time there was a knock at the door, Zhang Heng opened the door, saw a bearded coachman, and said in a rough voice, "Is this Mr. Holmes's residence?" ”
"That's right, but he's not home right now."
"I'm not at home, but my master has an important urgent matter to look for him." The bearded coachman dissatisfied.
"I don't know what he went out for, but if you're in a hurry, you can come into the house and wait for ......him," Zhang Heng paused when he said this, and then raised his eyebrows, "Sherlock Holmes?" ”
The bearded coachman laughed when he heard this, and his voice returned to normal, "Yes, you can see through this." ”
As he spoke, Holmes took off his wig, beard, eyebrows, and other messes, and his whole body changed back to his original form.
"You are indeed well disguised, not only do you look like a coachman on the outside, but you are no different from the coachman in terms of eyes and temperament, plus you have deliberately changed your accent, lowered your tone and mixed a certain dialect, and even your body shape has changed."
"But I still haven't hidden it from you...... "Holmes regretted it, "how did you recognize me?" ”
"You cleaned your palms, the ink is gone, but the traces left by the chemical agents are not so easy to erase, and your shoes are a little new, not like those of a horse-drawn carriage would wear." Zhang Heng stopped when he said this, he seemed to remember something, but he couldn't remember it anymore.
Sherlock Holmes looked a little annoyed, "Ha, it seems that you have gained a lot this afternoon, I deliberately soiled my hands, or are you able to see it, as for the shoes, I was careless, I have an old pair of shoes to cope with today's situation, but some time ago I was damaged by my experiment, I haven't had time to buy again, I can only find a pair of inconspicuous ones, fortunately, not all people in this world have such excellent observation skills as you and me." ”
"Looks like you're going well." Zhang Heng put aside the thing he didn't remember for the time being.
"It's worth it." Holmes sniffed, "Mrs. Hudson has already prepared dinner, let's talk while we eat." ”
At the dinner table, Holmes gave a brief account of a task he had taken on in the afternoon, tracking down a prominent councillor and probing his relationship with a young woman without alerting him.
"The other party is the face of the Conservative Party, and there are many allies in the House, but now there are people in the Conservative Party who suspect that he has fallen to the opponent Liberal Party, and after a preliminary investigation, they ruled out the possibility that the MP was bribed or coerced, but he did have a close relationship with a young woman in recent times, so this may be a beauty trick used by the Liberal Party, and the Conservatives can't find out the relationship between the two without alarming the other party, so they have to ask me to come out.
"What did you find?"
"Well, it's kind of interesting." Holmes leaned back in his chair, "I disguised myself as a coachman and went to the young lady's mansion, and found that she had a boyfriend in love, and they were like glue, so I am sure that she and the Senator did not have the kind of relationship that everyone thinks, but I can see that the Senator also really liked her, and gave her a lot of expensive jewelry and clothes, and considering the age between the two of them, I think the answer is obvious." ”
"Huh?"
"She's the illegitimate daughter of Mr. Councillor."