221 St Martin's Street, Fulham, West London.

Rustle rustle ....

The nib of the pen swiped lightly across the paper, leaving curly and jumping characters in the yellowed blank spaces.

In the study with his back to the window, a middle-aged man with sideburns and blue eyes is recording something in a notebook, sometimes he will stop writing, stroke the square jaw with one hand, pick up the silver lighter on the table with the other, pop open the lid with a 'ding' sound, light the hand cigarette in his mouth, and smoke beautifully.

Smoke was burning, the room was quiet with falling pins, and in the smoke rising from birds, the middle-aged man looked at the basil-embroidered wall opposite and fell into deep thought, as if recalling what had happened not long ago.

"Holmes was ..... Well. ”

Finally, after taking a puff of cigarette, the middle-aged man extinguished the cigarette, picked up the pen again, and was about to continue writing, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Watson." An old woman in a home apron walked into the room: "There are guests outside looking for Sherlock Holmes. ”

"Well, I see, Mrs. Hudson."

Watson put down his pen and saw three young men who had followed Mrs. Hudson into the room—brown hair, dark green eyes.... It doesn't look like a Windsor, and there's a little girl with braids, a little like a Frederick....

"Gentlemen, you're looking for Dilloc Holmes, right?" Watson asked, getting up.

Looking Watson up and down, Ma Wei was interested in the middle-aged man in front of him in a white shirt and gray velvet vest.

He stared at Watson for a long time, then suddenly took off his hat and put it on his chest, and said in a calm voice: "I heard that Dilloc Holmes has an assistant named Henry Watson, who can always help him at critical moments, presumably it is Your Excellency.... My name is Nicolas von Manstein, and they are Felix, Jonas and Emma, my brother and daughter. ”

"I am indeed Henry Watson, but not an assistant to Holmes, but a friend of his, who occasionally helps with a trivial favor at his request."

Watson looked at the old woman standing in the doorway, "Mrs. Hudson, could you please pour a few cups of tea?" ”

"Right away."

The old woman left the room, and Watson invited Ma Wei and the others to sit on the wide-backed sofa in the study, and asked aloud, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"Oh, we want to entrust Mr. Holmes with an investigation." Mavi explained his intentions: "We have encountered a very difficult situation, and we want to ask Mr. Holmes to help, and the reward is good. ”

Although Watson was an assistant to Sherlock Holmes, and Holmes trusted him completely, after so much time, Mavey was not sure if Holmes was still 'waiting' for his return, and based on this possibility, it was just the right time to use the eucalyptus of 27 Flower Street to review Sherlock Holmes....

"It's not a coincidence that Holmes is out of the house, and he's taken a piece of eucalyptus, and I'm afraid he won't be back until the evening." Watson took a pen and paper from the table, "You can tell me the documents that need to be investigated, and leave your address, and I will pass it on to Holmes truthfully." ”

Ma Wei smiled and said, "It's okay, we'll wait for him here...... If you don't mind. ”

“.... Got it, so please sit down here. ”

Watson did not refuse Mavey's request to wait for Sherlock Holmes to return, in fact, after he and Sherlock Holmes met, he would often be approached by clients, who would usually wait patiently for Holmes to return if Holmes was not there....

Often, patient clients have a very significant entrustment.

Mrs. Hudson brought hot black tea and crispy biscuits, one on the desk and one in front of the Maveys.

Watson was writing something behind the desk, and Ma Wei and the others sat on the sofa and waited patiently, and Yunia couldn't stand it, so she looked around, and finally ran out of the room, probably following the scent to the kitchen to find Mrs. Hudson.

While sipping hot tea, Ma Wei picked up the newspaper on the table and flipped through the news.

Newspapers are circled with pencils, like graffiti, and almost every page of the news has a few lines circled.

Among them, Ma Wei found that in the news about 'Arthur the Fourth Prince established an orphanage', the name of Arthur the Fourth Prince was circled in pencil, and at the same time, the bottom of the orphanage was blackened by pencils, like a bold marking line.

It's Sherlock Holmes.... It seems that the purpose of the fourth prince Arthur in setting up an orphanage is already being doubted ....

After a year of not seeing each other, Ma Wei still 'misses' Holmes more, he hopes to pull Holmes into his camp, so far, Holmes is also one of the few goals that perfectly fits the 'logical truth', like this kind of talent, can not be wasted.

The communication next to him was a little restless, holding a silver wine jug, walking around the room, as if the whole space was filled with an aura that made him anxious and irritable, and after half an hour, he really couldn't help it: "I'll go out and breathe." ”

Carrying a walnut cane, the communication left the room without looking back, and Ma Wei put down the teacup and knocked on the table in front of Daniel, who was reading a book, and made a look.

“.... I also went out to breathe. ”

With a sigh in his heart, Daniel put down the book, tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and followed the message, and in the blink of an eye, only Mavi and Watson were left in the room.

Sweeping his gaze over the various strange ornaments placed on the fireplace, Ma Wei suddenly asked, "Mr. Watson, do you have any religious beliefs?" ”

Watson raised his head and stared at Ma Wei's back for a long time: "No, why do you ask that?" ”

"Because I found a lot of beautiful knick-knackgets in your study..."Ma Wei bent down and carefully observed a wooden monster statue with two heads and four arms, "It's just a little curious, please don't mind." ”

"These gadgets were brought back by Sherlock Holmes." Watson said: "He didn't have this habit before, and almost a year ago, he suddenly started collecting these strange things, and every time he left London to go out to do business, he would bring back a little bit, and he wouldn't say anything when I asked him.... Could it be that these things have something to do with religion? ”

Watson, who had been with Holmes for many years, had already learned a few of the essence of his friend, learning to observe the things around him, and Mavi first asked him about his beliefs, and then observed the various ornaments in the room, and it was obvious that the two were related.

"Some have, some don't." Ma Wei pointed to the two-headed and four-armed monster statue in front of him and said: "This is an indigenous totem of the Voodoo Kingdom, called Ogen, who is in charge of war and death, and the armor on his body is made of mud, and it is soaked with the soul and blood of the sacrifice.... One of the gods worshipped by the Witch God Cult. ”

"The Witch God Cult?" Watson frowned and said, "What is Sherlock Holmes collecting these things for?" ”

Ma Wei smiled and did not answer Watson's question, because even he himself was not sure of the answer, so he could only make a bold guess.

During the year he traveled to the Romanov Kingdom, Holmes must have done a lot of things, investigated a lot of clues, and if he was smart enough, he might be able to track down the news about the lost history and the Freedom Society.... That's what Mavi wanted to ask him for.

Long after the Black Swan incident, Ma Wei realized that it was difficult for him to compete with the Freedom Society on his own, the Freedom Society was not a new force, they had existed and lurked in this world for many years, they were puppets of the old gods, deeply rooted and ubiquitous.

The Church of Truth needs a genius who fits the 'logical truth' to compete with the mysterious Freedom Society and assist Ma Wei in investigating and unraveling the secrets of the lost history...

This talent appeared a long time ago, but the strength of the Truth Church at that time was weak, and it could not attract this talent to join, and now....

The Church of Truth has completely stepped onto the world stage, competing with other big churches, and is growing stronger and stronger, and it is no longer a small church that was slaughtered by others and could not help itself.

Sherlock Holmes was an indispensable part of Mavey's vision for the future, and when he came to 221 St. Martin's Street, Mavey was extremely worried, he feared that Sherlock Holmes had joined other churches and reneged on his agreement.

The answer to the question can only be obtained by actually seeing Sherlock Holmes.

In the evening, the white sky was getting darker, the sun was setting, and Daniel, who had gone out to breathe, had returned, and Unia did not know what means had been used, but she coaxed Mrs. Hudson to bake her a large cake, which was not easy to make, but Mrs. Hudson was very happy and did not mind at all.

Just when the communication was a little impatient, a familiar voice suddenly sounded at the door of the study:

"Watson, are you in the house?"