Sherlock Holmes came back at dusk, he rushed into the room without saying a word, and after a while, the sound of the violin came from his bedroom, he didn't care about the feelings of the audience at all, and probably tortured the ears of the people outside for a quarter of an hour before he stopped, put down the violin contentedly, and then said to Zhang Heng on the side, "The meeting with Vyal tonight has been canceled, I informed him that I didn't get much useful information in the afternoon, and I couldn't talk about anything when we met." ”

"That's right, I also want to tell you that I may not be able to go at night." Zhang Heng took out the two opera tickets, "A friend gave me two tickets and asked me to go to her performance at night. ”

"Ha, is there a new opera coming out of the Queen's Theatre?" Holmes's eyes were as sharp as ever, "Then do you have a companion with you?" ”

"You know, I've only been in London for a short time, and I don't know much about it, and I don't know anyone about it, so I ......"

"That's a coincidence, I'm planning to go to the Queen's Theatre tonight." Holmes laughed.

"Do you like opera in addition to your interest in the violin?"

"I'm a fan of opera, but tonight isn't just for the opera." "If we want to catch that Mr. M, we need to know who he is targeting, and he has been operating in France before, and suddenly he has come all the way to London, obviously it can't be a petty deal." ”

"So you have a range?"

"Well, I went to visit a few friends this afternoon and put together a list, from top to bottom, all of whom he might be targeting, although he hasn't done it yet, but if I were him, I should have already started to study the target, it just so happens that the characters on my list of number one, three, and five will appear at the Queen's Theater tonight, I have a little relationship with the chief makeup artist of the theater, and I originally wanted to ask him to help me get a ticket in, but now that you have a ticket in your hand, it's the best."

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After dinner, Holmes and Zhang Heng changed into dresses.

After Sherlock Holmes shaved his stubble and cleaned up, he looked a lot more energetic, with his hooked nose and resolute facial line, although he may still not be a beautiful man, but it is definitely not ugly.

Then Sherlock Holmes picked a tortoiseshell as the handle, rosewood as the cane, and said to Zhang Heng at the same time, "My Oriental friend, now that you have money, you should also buy a walking stick that suits you." ”

Zhang Heng probably can't understand the crazy love of European men for canes, almost no one in the so-called gentleman's class in London does not have a cane, and there is generally more than one, for example, when walking the dog in the morning, they will take an all-wooden cane out, and in the evening, they will change to a silver cane, and the rich people at the dinner party will hold a cane with a gold cane.

In addition, similar to the office, there are also special corresponding canes for occasions such as watching operas, when everyone Balzac was the most down-and-out and in debt, he still did not hesitate to throw down 700 francs to buy a luxury cane inlaid with agate stones, this kind of consumption desire has exploded most of the 618 chopping parties, and it is even a bit of a kidney to buy apples today.

However, following the customs of the locals has always been Zhang Heng's virtue.

The 19th century was probably the golden age of walking sticks, and even many famous jewelry brands couldn't resist getting a piece of the pie. Tiffany & Co. and Cartier have corresponding canes launched, and Zhang Heng is not very interested in these brands of canes, in addition to their high prices, but also because Zhang Heng's selection criteria are different from most people, in addition to being a status symbol, canes can also be used as a weapon for self-defense when necessary.

Therefore, Zhang Heng pays more attention to the weight and sturdiness of the cane, as whether the weapon is qualified, rather than the appearance, and he plans to go to the thrift market tomorrow when he has time.

When the two arrived at the Queen's Theatre, there was still half an hour before the start of the show. Erin Adler's ticket was in a good position, right in the middle of the second row, but a few of Holmes's targets were in the box on the second floor.

Zhang Heng also knew that one of them turned out to be the Marquess of Salisbury, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and before the performance began, he walked into the box with a shy stomach and a cigar in his mouth.

Holmes is also on the watch list, or rather the prime minister's side, though so far he has found nothing.

As the audience finished entering the theater one after another, the lights of the theater dimmed, the music sounded, and the curtain slowly opened.

In the last two minutes before the opera began, Zhang Heng said to Sherlock Holmes, "I figured it out. ”

"Well, what do you understand?"

"I figured out where that painting was."

"Oh?" Holmes smiled when he heard this, "Let's hear it." ”

"The point is that the canvas of the oil painting has disappeared, but the frame is still in the room," Zhang Heng analyzed, "This is also what I was a little surprised before, it is much easier to take the painting directly than to take the painting off the frame and take it away, so my previous inference is problematic, if it is a conspiracy between the housekeeper and the maid, then the former can bring the painting out, and it can be placed in the latter first, but the maid still removed the painting, which shows that the housekeeper is indeed not suspicious in this matter, She did this to facilitate the hiding of the painting, and since she was searched and not found, then the painting was not hidden on her body, so there was only one possibility left, and the painting was still in the room.

"Many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that Mr. M must get something to blackmail the owner, but in fact he does not need to do this, there is a simpler way, as long as the other party thinks that he stole the target item, this is also the role of the seemingly arrogant title letter, get up in the morning, the viscount found that the oil painting is missing, and at the same time left Mr. M's signed letter on the ground, the combination of the two of course everyone will naturally think that Mr. M stole the oil painting."

"That's right." Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands, "It is not excluded that some criminals deliberately disturb the scene, but most of the time everything that the criminals leave behind has a purpose, especially this shrewd old thief, like an artist, who hardly adds a few extra strokes to an already perfect painting...... So, if you take it a step further and ask you where in the room that the oil painting is hidden, can you still deduce it? ”

"In that porcelain vase," Zhang Heng said very decisively, "Vyal is indeed a very conscientious detective, he collected more information, and basically searched every corner of that room, except for the porcelain vase, I looked at the portrait in the notebook, the mouth of the porcelain vase is very small, but the belly is very large, if you put the oil painting in it, close to the bottle body below, then you can't find it from above." ”

Derpy said

Thank you for the reward of Zirong, the leader of the Chinese gang~ Then, ask for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month~