After Sherlock Holmes debuted, the scenes that really impressed readers were basically all shown in the second chapter.

If there were a traverser from Earth, then I would definitely agree with this view.

Because the title of the second chapter is "The Law of Deduction".

The one of the basic deductions!

It was one day after Watson and Holmes had been "living together" for a while, March 4th to be exact.

Watson had nothing to do to look through the magazine, and came across an article called "The Treasure of Life", which was an attempt to illustrate how much an observant man would gain if he observed precisely and systematically the things he came into contact with.

For example, a logician does not need to see or hear of the Atlantic Ocean or Nicarachib to deduce from a drop of water that it could exist, so that the whole life is a huge chain, and if you see one of them, you can deduce the situation of the whole chain.

Of course, we know that this is the basic content of the deductive method, but Watson in the book scoffs at it.

He felt that although the article was gorgeously written, it was full of nonsense, and almost no one could do such a thing.

Sherlock Holmes, on the other hand, said slowly that he was the author of the article.

It was also through this article that the profession of Sherlock Holmes was introduced.

And all the readers who saw this have once again seen the second famous scene of Sherlock Holmes outfit 13.

In the book, Sherlock Holmes states:

[Ah, I have my own profession. I think I'm probably the only one in the world who does this. 】

[I'm a "consulting detective", maybe you can understand what kind of industry it is. 】

[In this London city, there are many official detectives and private detectives. These people come to me when they are in trouble, and I try to get them on track. They gave me all the evidence, and generally speaking, I was able to use my knowledge of criminal history to correct their mistakes. 】

Although Holmes is understated, Watson and the readers of the book are shocked.

Watson was shocked by Sherlock Holmes's fantastical statement, and he did not think that others could solve the details even though they had witnessed them, and that Holmes could explain some difficult problems by relying on other people's descriptions without leaving home.

Readers were shocked by the fact that they had opened God's perspective, so they knew from the beginning that Sherlock Holmes was a detective, after all, this is called "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes".

And now Sherlock Holmes's words of understatement show that he is not an ordinary detective, but a detective who helps detectives solve problems, and he is not on the same level as these detectives at all.

But then they felt a sense of comfort, even more refreshing than the climactic plot in the cool text.

That's right, otherwise how would you be worthy of the name of "Sherlock Holmes".

But boasting is simple, but how to prove it is difficult.

Therefore, "Qin Chuan" helped readers solve this problem in the book, after all, if bragging can be rounded, it is really awesome.

So immediately after that, there is another well-known scene that Sherlock Holmes fans are talking about.

"When we first met, I told you that you were from Afghanistan, and you seemed surprised," Holmes said. ”

Watson didn't find it any strange: "No problem, someone must have told you." ”

But Sherlock Holmes said, "There is no such thing. I knew at the moment that you were from Afghanistan. As a result of my long-standing habit, a series of thoughts flew through my mind, so that when I came to my conclusion, I was not aware of the steps taken to reach it. However, there are certain steps in between. ”

Subsequently, it was the first actual battle of the deductive method and the first reasoning of Sherlock Holmes.

Here's how Sherlock Holmes's reasoning goes.

[This gentleman has the demeanor of a medical worker, but he has the spirit of a soldier. Then, it is obvious that he is a military doctor. He had just returned from the tropics, and his face was swarthy, but, judging by the black and white skin on his wrists, it was not his original complexion. 】

[His face is haggard, which clearly shows that he has recovered from a long illness and has gone through hardships. He had been injured in his left arm, and was still a little stiff and inconvenient to move. Just ask, where can a military doctor of a country go through hardships in the tropics and have been wounded in the arm? 】

[Naturally, it's only in Afghanistan!] 】

It is precisely because of this reasoning that countless readers who have seen this are boiling.

They couldn't hold back the impulse in their hearts and published their thoughts on the Internet:

"Sherlock Holmes is really too good!"

"The name of this chapter is "The Deductive Method", so is this the reasoning technique used by Sherlock Holmes?"

"In fact, the deductive method is quite scientific, judging from some dialogues and the article published by Sherlock Holmes, it refers to the method of thinking in which people repeatedly infer the unknown part of things from the known part of the understanding on the basis of a certain theoretical understanding that reflects the objective law."

"No wonder he also deliberately summarized the 12 academic ranges of Sherlock Holmes, which is also laying the foundation for the emergence of the 'deduction method'."

"But 'deduction' still sounds familiar, and it seems like I've heard it somewhere?"

"Senior mystery fans will tell you that the 'deduction method' has already appeared in Qin Chuan's "The Mystery of the Coffin", and the detective Ellery Quinn in it also uses the 'deduction method', but it is just a simple mention."

"How can this be linked?!"

“……”

The readers just let out their excitement and then returned to this reasoning.

And then, this one officially kicked off, and the plot also returned to the favorite dead man's link.

There was a homicide on Lauriston Garden Street, and someone turned to Sherlock Holmes for help.

The beginning of the case is that someone is killed in an empty house, Watson and Sherlock Holmes rush to the scene of the crime, and Holmes finds the blood word "RACHE" (meaning "revenge") painted on the wall, and Holmes uses a wonderful deduction to deduce the general characteristics of the prisoner based on the various traces of the blood letter.

Later, after a series of twists and turns, after the appearance of another victim (the secretary of the deceased in front), Holmes sets a trap and uses a stratagem to arrest the prisoner who is disguised as a coachman and infiltrates London.

The second half also details the prisoner's experiences in Utah as a young man, how he developed a deep hatred for the victim (the victim killed his beloved lover and his father), and how the prisoner followed the enemy all the way to London and took revenge until he was captured.

After all, the book "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes (1): A Study of Scarlet Letters" is only the first in the entire series, and it is only 100,000 words.

Back then, when it was published on Earth, newspaper serials were a little long, and publishers were a little short.

So it only took a few hours for the readers to finish reading.

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