Chapter 1089: A Collection of Short Stories
A few book friends reacted that the plot of Sherlock Holmes was a bit watery, so I thought about cutting this plot and trying to finish it all in a few chapters starting tomorrow.
But these two chapters were written yesterday.,If you don't like this plot, you can skip it.。
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The release of "Four Signatures" once again pushed Sherlock Holmes's prestige on Earth a big step.
Many people have a very high evaluation of "Four Signatures".
""Four Signatures" is also too good-looking, the basic deduction method is really invincible!"
"A box of jewelry, four signatures, and behind it is endless greed. In the face of money, it is a test of human nature, and family and friendship may deteriorate. "Four Signatures" is really amazing. ”
"However, 'Four Signatures' also tells us that no matter how long the night is, the light of dawn will always come, and justice will never be defeated by evil."
"It's so exciting, I think it's better than "A Study of the Blood Letter"."
"I've already maxed out all my observation and reasoning skills, a true detective god!"
"I have placed an order for a deer hunting hat and a pipe, and I bought the same model as my Fu!"
"Many mystery writers have praised "Four Signatures" very highly, and they say that this is the best mystery book that combines reasoning and plot."
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It's just that there are quite a few people whose focus is a little strange:
"It's a pity, Huafu CP didn't have it at the beginning."
"Watson is trying to get my attention through this woman?"
"The Seventh Chapter of the Night unlocks another lyric, 'The Illusion of Symbols on the Jewelry Box' means that this 'Four Signatures', and those treasures are placed in a heavy box."
"It should be only half a sentence, because there is no 'illusion of symbols'."
"I just have one question, whether Mr. Qin Chuan is from Da Yu District, although these background descriptions of the 18th century are fictional, but the scenes, characters and culture in them are real and terrifying, and you can't really write if you don't understand the local culture of Da Yu District."
"Anyway, I asked a few friends in the Da Bang area, and they didn't know that Da Bang was like this more than 200 years ago."
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Under such a "Sherlock Holmes" craze, "Four Signatures" and "A Study of Blood Letters" were almost dismantled by readers from the inside and outside, and they almost did not let go of every word, as if they wanted to see some hidden secrets between the lines.
However, this is not to blame the readers for being crazy, it can only be said that "Qin Chuan" has portrayed the detective Sherlock Holmes too well in these two volumes of reasoning.
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And just three days after netizens and readers were immersed in the "Sherlock Holmes" storm, another volume about "Sherlock Holmes" was released again: "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes (3): A History of Adventure".
This time, all offline bookstores were directly crowded.
Even because everyone knew that the "Sherlock Holmes series" would not be republished before the finale, many people even queued up in front of the bookstore overnight.
This phenomenon has also given birth to a lot of part-time "scalpers", after all, this change of hands is a good number of benefits, and there have even been thousands of examples of changing hands, which is not made in vain.
Unless you come to the queue overnight, or you'll have to wait until you get it later.
If it weren't for the latest rules of the last temporary notices of major publishing houses, which are to buy up to 3 copies per person, it is estimated that there will be a more terrifying transaction price.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the lucky ones who bought the books, they are in a hurry to go home and read them.
It's just that these readers who bought the book were stunned after opening "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes (3): A History of Adventures", and then their eyes focused on the three big words "History of Adventures".
It's no wonder that this booklet is called "A History of Adventure", because this booklet is not a medium-length story at all, but a collection of 12 short stories.
Of course, the readers are even more excited, because they can see more of Sherlock Holmes's reasoning process.
This "History of Adventure" includes 12 cases solved by Sherlock Holmes: "Bohemian Scandal", "Gingers", "Identity Case", "Boscomby Valley Secret Case", "Five Orange Kernels", "Man with Crooked Lips", etc...
Among them, there are three strange cases that are most surprising to readers.
"Bohemian Scandal", "Redheads" and "Spotted Tape".
Among them, "The Bohemian Scandal" tells the story of the king of Bohemia who wants to marry the daughter of the king of Scandinavia. But he had befriended a lady in the past. The lady was deeply in love with the king and vowed to ruin the king's wedding by publishing the photos of the two of them to the world.
Because the Scandinavian king's daughter was very sensitive to such incidents, the king had no choice but to ask Holmes to help him solve the photogate incident after several misses.
"Bohemian Scandal" is called a strange case because the characters involved in the case are intricately related, and each person's motives and psychological activities are different, which makes the case even more confusing.
The resolution of the case was also very unexpected, and this resolution was not only unexpected, but also very brilliant and engaging.
Then there's the plot of "The Redheads", which tells the story of Sherlock Holmes receiving a strange commission, a redhead named Wilson tells him to join a special organization, the Redheads, which only employs redheads and pays high salaries for simple jobs.
Intrigued by this, Holmes began to investigate the strange organization. Through meticulous observation and analysis, Holmes discovers that the Ginger Society exists only to distract and thus cover the criminal's criminal activities.
He discovers a hidden passage that connects the Redheads' headquarters with a nearby bank. Eventually, Sherlock Holmes stops a huge bank robbery scheme and reveals the conspiracy behind it.
What readers don't know is that although "The Ginger Club" is only a short story, this short story is in the top few places even in all the more than 60 stories in the "Sherlock Holmes series".
Of course, the most talked about by readers in these three is the confusing "Spotted Ribbon" case, which is recognized as one of the most classic cases of Sherlock Holmes.
Here's a simple example:
Conan Doyle's favorite Sherlock Holmes short story series.
Readers' favorite Sherlock Holmes short story series in social surveys.
It's this "Spotted Ribbon" case!
The course of the "Speckled Tape" case is actually not complicated: a female client finds Sherlock Holmes and recounts her horrific experience. She had an older sister whose mother married her current stepfather, who had a very short temper, after the death of their father. Later, their mother also died, and the sisters moved to their former house with their stepfather.
Late at night a few years ago, my sister unfortunately passed away in her room before getting married, and her last words were: a band with spots. Earlier that day, when my sister was chatting with my sister, she said that she had heard the sound of a whistle.
Now, her sister was about to get married, and the night before when she was sleeping in her sister's room, she had heard the whistle that her sister had mentioned, and she was so frightened that she immediately went into the city to find Holmes.
Later, Sherlock Holmes went to the woman's house to solve the case, defeated the "spotted band" with a rattan whip, and uncovered his stepfather's conspiracy.
The so-called "spotted band" is actually a marsh viper raised by a stepfather, which is the story of a stepfather who wants to monopolize his stepdaughter's property.
And the reason why this story is popular with everyone is because this story is the most classic locked room murder case in the entire "Sherlock Holmes series", and the locked room murder and reasoning process are extremely exciting.
In addition, the plot and reasoning process of this case are full of mystery and thriller, and in the end, the stepfather also died in the mouth of the poisonous snake he raised, which satisfies the sense of expectation in the hearts of readers.
Of course, the ending of this "Spotted Tape" also shows the most righteous side of Holmes's character.
At the end of the story, Holmes told his true thoughts very calmly:
"The few lashes I gave it enough of it aroused its viper nature, and it bit hard at the first person it saw. In this way, I am undoubtedly indirectly responsible for the death of Dr. Grimsby Roylot. ”
"But in good conscience, I don't feel guilty about it."
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