"The Complete Sherlock Holmes Detective Works" is being released at a rate of one volume every three days.

The New Year's holiday of the earth star is almost 20 days, no matter what day it is off, it will be unified on the sixteenth day of the first month.

This means that during this holiday in the New Year, they can read five volumes of the "Sherlock Holmes series", if there are five at all.

Although on a festive day like the New Year, the story in "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" is a bit unfortunate at this point in time.

But they are also very grateful to Qin Chuan. After all, they had a fulfilling holiday.

And when the time came to the twelfth day of the first lunar month, that is, three days after the release of "The History of Adventure", the fourth volume of the "Sherlock Holmes Series" was also released: "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes (4): Memoirs"

It has the same naming routine as the third volume of "History of Adventure", so readers don't need to open it after getting the book, they know that this fourth book must also be a collection of short stories.

So they were a little curious for a while:

"Book 4 is another collection of short stories?"

"Yes, I don't know why Mr. Qin Chuan likes to write a collection of short stories?"

"Actually, I prefer a collection of short stories, which have more interesting stories and let us know more about Sherlock Holmes."

"Hahaha, the more short stories, the better, and the better if you write hundreds or thousands of articles."

"Laugh to death, aren't you afraid that Teacher Qin Chuan will get tired of writing?"

"Don't, I love Sherlock Holmes, long and short stories."

“……”

And when they opened the "Memoir", they also verified their ideas.

"It's really a collection of short stories."

"One less than "History of Adventures", "Memoirs" has a total of 11 articles."

"It's good, almost 100,000 words."

"So then, it's time for a gorgeous, new adventure!"

"Brothers, see you in the evening, I'll read first."

“……”

"Memoirs" contains a total of 11 short stories, but it is unknown if Conan Doyle was in a hurry to kill Sherlock Holmes, and the second collection of short stories is relatively lackluster.

Even if Wang Xie spends points, it is better than "The Study of Blood Letters", and the only three commendable ones are "The Silver White-fronted Horse", "The Hunchback Man" and "The Naval Agreement".

Of course, the portrayal of Sherlock Holmes himself in these articles is quite good, and it makes up for a lot of the mystery of the background and setting.

All in all, readers are still very happy to read it.

Until they saw the name of the last story: "The Last Puzzle".

On Earth, many people like to translate this story as "The Last Case", because it is in this story that Sherlock Holmes fell into Reichenbach Falls.

If it weren't for the readers' request, Holmes would have died in this story.

Of course, the original title of this story is: "The Final Problem", and the literal translation is indeed "The Final Problem".

Wang Xie translated this way, also thinking of tricking the readers in first.

However, even if Wang Xie has done enough to cover up the name, when readers see this title, they still "chuckle" in their hearts.

The final puzzle?

What do you mean?

The story will not be difficult in the future? Or is this already the end of the Sherlock Holmes series?

But when they can't wait to turn the next page, the beginning of the book directly makes them fall into deep thought, which is even more unacceptable than the announcement of the end of the Sherlock Holmes series.

Because at the beginning, it is Watson's emotion as a recorder:

"It is with great sorrow that I write this last case, of the brilliant genius of my friend Sherlock Holmes..."

When does the word "painful" come to use?

Although the readers already had some conjectures, they didn't want to believe it, so they continued to read on.

The story, known as "The Last Question," has very little reasoning, and is mainly about the first time Holmes mentions Professor Moriarty to Watson, and tells of the struggle between Moriarty and the fact that he is being hunted down for sabotaging Moriarty's plans again and again.

During this period, readers also learned about Professor Moriarty for the first time.

In the eyes of the public, Moriarty has a good reputation, but in fact he is the head of a world criminal organization, he has no conscience and morality, and is a criminal genius with an IQ comparable to that of Sherlock Holmes. Almost half of the cases in the city of London are related to him, and after each crime, he escapes cleanly and has never missed.

It stands to reason that such a supervillain and Sherlock Holmes's number one enemy will surely attract the attention of countless readers, but because of the part of Watson's mourning at the beginning of this article, Professor Moritia's first appearance is somewhat overshadowed.

Of course, there are many people who guess after seeing this, maybe the front is just a desire to suppress the first Yang, and the last one may be a duel between two super geniuses, dedicating a feast of reasoning to all readers.

So they all eagerly look down, but the rest of the story goes straight down:

After a battle of wits between Holmes and Moriarty, the two officially began a showdown, during which Holmes's room at 221B Baker Street was burned, but Holmes clearly had the upper hand.

Until one night. Sherlock Holmes received a telegram that Moriarty's gang had been captured, but Moriarty was still allowed to escape, much to Holmes' chagrin.

Because Moriarty is the brain of the entire criminal organization, Holmes is ready to continue the pursuit.

On their way, they passed by a Reichenbach waterfall, which is described in such a dangerous way that individual readers seem to have seen something.

And that's exactly what happened.

At this point, a somewhat tired Sherlock Holmes suggested admiring it, and just as they were about to go back after admiring it, Watson was called away, saying that there was a seriously ill patient waiting to be treated.

This was a lie, of course, and when Watson found out that it was just a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain, he hurried towards the waterfall, and he was a little worried about Holmes.

But it was too late for him to return to the waterfall.

Watson found only Sherlock Holmes' trekking poles, a silver cigarette case, and three pieces of paper describing his and Moriarty's events prior to the fight.

So, as we know, Holmes fell into the Lessingbach Falls, along with his nemesis, Moriarty.

That is, Sherlock Holmes, dead!

When they saw this page, countless readers were confused, and they turned the pages in disbelief, trying to know if it was a malicious joke.

But the back page of the booklet that appears after turning the page makes it clear that Holmes is indeed dead.

The detective of the detectives, who is tall, has a thin nose and thin lips, and often carries a pipe and a cane, really bids farewell to the readers!

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