Chapter 42: Will You Be an Amateur Detective?

Baker Street, in front of a chestnut shop that claims to be unique in London. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lin Xizuo sat on the bench at the entrance of the restaurant for diners to rest, holding a paper bag full of chestnuts in her hand, and swaying her long legs comfortably while stuffing chestnuts into her mouth.

"Hmm~~!The chestnuts baked by the unique heat have a smooth shell like a jewel...... After peeling it off, the yellow chestnut flesh was revealed, and the aroma that overflowed and was wrapped in the shell for a long time was as warm as the warm breeze blowing from the Mediterranean Sea to the Apennine Peninsula......" She closed her eyes and savored the aroma and taste of the chestnuts, commenting: "It's been a long time since I've eaten such delicious chestnuts, the chestnuts at Pooh's Chestnut Shop are really superb, and the title of "unique in London" is well deserved!"

"Well, I think so. Gu Ran, who was sitting next to her, covered his face and said in a dull voice: "After all, there is no second chestnut shop in London with a stupid name like Pooh......

"Hey, you're going to be punished by the chestnut gods like this!" Lin Xi said dissatisfiedly.

"What kind of strange deity is this...... And is your stomach connected to another dimensional space!" Gu Ran looked helplessly at the trash can next to her, and the chestnut shells inside had been piled up into a pointed hill.

Then he covered his face and said, "I worked hard all day to earn money, and I could have lasted ten days if I ate coarse bread, but now I spend all my money in this chestnut shop......

"Oh, this is my reward for saving you, why should you be so pitiful about what you want me to do? Besides, you have only paid fifty chestnuts, and we have to come for a long time. Lin Xi pinched his two fingers together and rubbed them together, and threw the last chestnut in the bag into his mouth as he spoke.

After eating, she put the paper bag on the trash can, stood up, put the guitar case on her back, turned back to Gu Ran and said, "After eating, aren't you looking for that Fu He Mosky? Let's go!"

"Your sister!" Gu Ran also stood up.

Baker Street is only a short 400 meters, and you can even see directly from the chestnut shop on the street to Room 221B. After walking to the bottom of No. 221, Gu Ran walked up and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, and the face of a kind middle-aged lady appeared behind it.

"Is there anything wrong? The middle-aged lady said kindly.

This is probably Mrs. Hudson, the landlord of Sherlock Holmes.

The corners of Gu Ran's mouth stiffly raised, trying to show a kind image as much as possible: "Hello madam, does Mr. Sherlock Holmes live here?"

"He's upstairs, sir. Mrs. Halderson smiled slightly, and said, "Please go up, if you have anything to do with him." ”

"Thank you. Gu Ran nodded at her, and then walked upstairs with Lin Xi.

As soon as he walked upstairs, Gu Ran saw two uncles sitting on chairs drinking tea.

"Pooh's chestnuts taste good, don't they?" said one of the uncles, leisurely playing with the stainless steel teapot in his hand.

"How did you know that we were eating Pooh's chestnuts just now!" Lin Xi put his hand on the guitar case vigilantly: "Could it be that you have been coveting the chestnuts in Pooh's chestnut shop all along!"

"Don't be embarrassed, okay......" Gu Ran covered her face and pushed her away.

Then he said solemnly to the seated man, "I guess I saw it from the stainless steel pot in your hand." The reflection from your vantage point should be just as far as the distance from the street to Mrs. Halderson's house, so you know we're here after eating chestnuts. Am I right, Detective Holmes?"

"Judging from your analysis, you're more suited to the title of Great Detective, lad. The uncle smiled and said, "Though you lack a little practicality, if you sit in my place, you will see nothing on the pot except Watson's stupid face." ”

"Hey, Sherlock Holmes!" shouted another tall uncle sitting beside him, dissatisfied.

"It's not surprising that I know what you've been up to, because I can feel the strong spiritual consciousness of the two of you even across the street. The uncle got up from the sofa and walked up to Gu Ran and stretched out a hand, smiling: "Sherlock Holmes, his profession is a witcher, and his side job is an amateur detective. ”

“...... It's really a demon hunter!" Gu Ran thought with black lines on his head as he stretched out his hand.

The other uncle also put down the Times in his hand, stood up and said, "Hey, my name is Watson, this guy's assistant and partner." ”

"My name is Gu Ran, and this chestnut girl is called Lin Xi. Gu Ran also introduced himself.

"So, what are the witchers of the East doing in England? We don't have a demon with a bald head and a long pigtail behind it. Holmes sat back on the couch and continued to drink his tea.

"Here's the thing...... Gu Ran and Lin Xi also found a seat to sit down, and he said, "My country's organization held a trial of demon hunters, and we had some other people sent to London, asking us to hunt as many demons as possible within ten days. But since we are not very familiar with London, we don't know where the demons are active. I overheard yesterday that you are a witcher, so I came to visit, hoping that you could provide some information. ”

"I see...... "Sherlock Holmes nodded thoughtfully, and said to himself, "Then your country's organization is really nothing to do." ”

“......”

Sherlock Holmes lifted Erlang's legs, took out a pipe from his bosom, lit it with a match, and exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "But your luck is good, I just want to deal with a very interesting case, the perpetrator is a demon, and it is only fitting that you can complete the mission." ”

"Is it Jack the Ripper?" asked Gu Ran.

If there's been a recent case that would interest Holmes, it's Jack the Ripper.

Holmes was stunned for a moment and said, "It turns out that you already knew that the Ripper was a demon, which is really unexpected, I thought that all of London knew his true identity." Pretty good, boy. ”

"You seem to be even more powerful at making such a terrible case interesting!" Gu Ran complained.

Watson put the newspaper down a little, showed his face, and said, "Hey, don't listen to this narcissistic addict bragging." In the past few days, in order to find out the clues of the ripper, he didn't know how much marijuana he smoked to refresh himself, and he had already scratched his ears and cheeks, and he still had to pretend to be unsurprised. ”

Sherlock Holmes shrugged his shoulders and said to Gu Ran: "Anyway, I have mastered the law of the Ripper's crime, and I am ready to act with Watson tonight, if you are interested, you may as well go with us." You can't go wrong with having more power. ”

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(To be continued)