Even with countless witchers patrolling back and forth in Regent's Park, it couldn't stop the nobles' enthusiasm for the banquet.

In this age of lack of entertainment, banquets were one of the few pleasures of the night, and no matter what happened, it could not stop the nobles.

One after another, the invited guests entered the banquet hall, and the orchestra began to play, and the light tunes danced like tulle, and in a few moments, the hall was lively.

"Nicholas, look who's coming!"

The second prince, who was in charge of greeting the guests, finally walked into the banquet hall and gave the guests enough face, and behind him, there were two familiar figures, which were Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

Mavi was a little surprised to see Sherlock Holmes, knowing that Holmes did not join either side, at least until he came to London, and Holmes was not even a member of the church, and had been outside the center of power.

The three princes all wanted to win over Sherlock Holmes, and wanted to use Holmes's influence in Scotland Yard to win over the London police, and although the church established witchers, the police to maintain civilian law and order were also a force to be reckoned with.

"I sent Mr. Holmes an invitation and it was great that they were willing to come, and I always wanted to talk to Mr. Holmes.....

The second prince was very happy tonight, when he used to hold a banquet, he would also send invitations to some celebrities, some people were willing to come, some were unwilling to come, Sherlock Holmes was the one who did not want to come, and today's unprecedented visit made the second prince flattered.

"Your Highness has a good reputation, I have nothing to do at home, so I want to go out for a walk, and I happened to receive your invitation from Your Highness, so I came to participate, I was too busy before, and many banquets had to be shirked..."

"Understand, understand, understand." The second prince nodded again and again: "Mr. Holmes, your work is very important, and it is a matter of human life!" It's definitely a lot more important than going to a banquet, and if it were me, I'd have to get the job done first. ”

"This should be the Duke of Chevali."

Sherlock Holmes looked at Freya, who was standing next to Ma Wei, dressed in a red evening dress, and greeted elegantly: "The last time we met, it was at your racecourse, and we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

Freya's face was a little unnatural, but the corners of her mouth were still smiling: "yes, that was two years ago." ”

Two years ago, Freya's husband, the previous Duke Andris fell to his death, which attracted the attention of the Scotland Yard police, and the Duke's accidental death was not a trivial matter, and it happened that Holmes was in London at the time, so he followed the police inspectors to the Shevali family's horse farm to investigate the body of Duke Andris.

Everyone knows the rest of the matter, Duke Andris's death was indeed an accident, at least his death was indeed because he fell off the horse and broke his neck, and Black Billy is a notoriously crazy horse, Duke Andris insisted on riding Black Billy despite the dissuasion of others, and finally fell off the horse and died, no wonder.

It was also during that investigation that Holmes met Freya for the first time.

"I'll get out of here."

Since Holmes arrived, Freya seemed a little uncomfortable, stroked her neck, and after a while, she put down her wine glass and walked towards the door.

Taking advantage of their departure, Ma Wei quickly asked:

"Why are you here?"

"I'll take a look at the situation." Holmes's gaze swept across the hall, and finally rested on the body of a white-haired old man: "Do you know who he is?" ”

Ma Wei turned his head to look and found that the white-haired old man was a little familiar, and after remembering for a while, he suddenly remembered: "James Moorea! Honorary Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford! ”

"That's right, it's him."

"You're coming for him?"

"Almost." Sherlock Holmes said: "Half a month ago, when I was investigating the death of Hilton Moby, I found a secret room in his house, and there was a box of letters in the drawer of the secret room, and the letters were signed by Mr. Butler...."

"I suspected that Hilton Mobile's death had something to do with the letters in the back room, so I asked my friend in Scotland Yard to obtain information about the underground black market, and later, after being told by a friend, I learned that I wanted to see Mr. Butler and needed to go to Cemetery 1 in Brookwood Town to place a white rose..."

"I went to cemetery No. 1 and found a woman's name written on the tombstone designated by Mr. Butler."

Marvey whispered, "Lucy Bradley, 1811-1855." ”

"You've been to the cemetery too?"

"Well, I've been tracking down the underground black market, and yesterday I got on the line with Mr. Butler and met him in person.... It should be me. ”

"Lucy Bradley, there is no such name in the stalls of Scotland Yard, and this woman must be related to Mr. Butler, so I have been investigating Lucy Bradley's clues for the past few days, and finally under Watson's reminder, I found some clues."

Sherlock Holmes looked around, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation, he whispered, "Watson was a military doctor when he was young, and when he was still serving in the army, he went to the kingdom of Mysore, and heard his comrades mention a very famous local singer named Lucy. ”

"Kingdom of Mysore?" Ma Wei was surprised: "A colony of the Kingdom of Windsor? ”

"That's right, their mother river is the Ganges, which was originally just a trivial matter, but Watson said that the other party was not born in the Kingdom of Mysore, but from the Kingdom of Windsor, and his hometown was in the West Island, and he just followed his father to settle in the Kingdom of Mysore, which caught my attention, so I personally took the train to Belfast in the West Island, found Macmillan, and asked him to investigate Lucy Bradley."

Sherlock Holmes said with a serious expression: "In the resident files of Belfast, I did find the name Lucy Bradley, it should be said that the Bradley family was originally a very famous baronial family, but later failed in business and the family declined, and the then head of the family, Pheren, that is, Lucy Bradley's father, took Lucy to the Kingdom of Mysore. ”

"After discovering this clue, I continued to investigate the Baron Bradley family, this time the discovery was even bigger, I visited the original residence of the Bradley family, and learned from a local old man that the old Baron Bradley only had a daughter under his knees, but he adopted an orphan from the orphanage decades ago....."

"This orphan is named James Moorea."

"What?!"

Ma Wei's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Professor James Moorea, is the adopted son of Baron Bradley?" ”

"That's right, when I heard the news, I immediately rushed back to London, and began to investigate Professor James Moorea, and found that he did have the experience of adoption in his early years, but because it was too old, when the Scotland Yard police system had not yet been established, and many documents were sealed, I found Mr. Drew, who had been the magistrate of London decades ago and is now the archivist, and retrieved the adoption documents at that time."

As he spoke, Holmes pulled out a tattered piece of paper from his bosom, almost illegible, and Mavey tried to see the name James Bradley from it.

"Morea is his mother's surname, because he was adopted by Baron Bradley, he changed his surname to Bradley, and later after the decline of the Baron Bradley family, he took Lucy to the Kingdom of Mysore, Professor James changed his surname back to Moorea, was admitted to Oxford University, and published an academic paper, which became famous."

Sherlock Holmes said: "I went to Oxford University again, and from the mouths of several old tutors, I heard that Professor James had sent many people to the Kingdom of Mysore in his early years to find out the whereabouts of a woman, but there was no clue, and it was not until 1855 that James Morea finally found out that Lucy lived in a country in the Kingdom of Mysore." ”

"James Morea personally rushed to the kingdom of Mysore, I don't know what happened, in short, when he came back, there was no woman around, he came back alone."

"Wait, you wait first...."Ma Wei rubbed his eyebrows and said, "According to your investigation, if Lucy Bradley buried in Brookwood Town No. 1 Cemetery is Professor James Morea's childhood sweetheart, doesn't that mean that James Morea is related to Mr. Butler?" ”

"I suspect James Morea is Mr. Butler." Sherlock Holmes said, "What is it that can sustain a man in his search for Lucy Bradley for decades? It was the best time of my life! James Morea became famous at the age of 20 and entered academia, and after many years of no achievements, why? Many mentors thought he was wasting too much time looking for Lucy Bradley! ”

"And more importantly, Professor James Moorea has never been married in his life, he has never been married, and he has not heard of any woman with whom he is unclear, and I have every reason to suspect that he is deeply in love with Lucy Bradley, even if the other person is dead, he always remembers him."

"The flower language symbolized by the white rose is innocence, purity, romance and pure love." Watson, who was standing on the sidelines, said: "Everyone who contacts Mr. Butler needs to go to Cemetery No. 1 to give Lucy Bradley a rose, and I think these roses were given to Lucy Bradley by Professor James Moorea, day and night, every moment. ”

"If that's the case, it's a really touching story."

Ma Wei took a deep breath and sighed faintly: "It's a pity, if James Morea is Mr. Butler, then what he did is really unacceptable." ”

"Didn't you meet Mr. Butler?" Holmes wondered, "Isn't it James Morea who met you?" ”

"It's not." Ma Wei shook his head and said: "The Mr. Butler I saw is not at all like Professor James Moorea, one of them is tall and thin, with gray hair, and the other is burly, and he looks a little bloated, even if it was night, I couldn't be mistaken.....

"Either you're not seeing Mr. Butler himself, or.... It's just that I made a mistake in my investigation, and James Morea is not Mr. Butler. Sherlock Holmes said.

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"It's okay, since the target has been locked, let's investigate slowly, I have sent Fat Orange Xiaohei into Mr. Butler's camp, and the truth will be revealed as soon as you confront them."

Ma Wei said disapprerovingly: "Take your time, you can break it." ”

Holmes nodded slightly, and suddenly changed the subject: "You have been very close to Duke Shevali recently?" ”

"Sort of." Ma Wei glanced at him: "What's wrong?" ”

"Do you know that Andris, the husband of the former duke and the husband of Freya de Chevalli, died two years ago?"

"I know, the conclusion given by the police was an accident, not to mention that Black Billy is not ordinary at all, it is an extraordinary creature, with an extremely violent temperament, which is difficult to tame."

"Black Billy is a transcendent creature?" Holmes was stunned for a moment: "When I saw it two years ago, it was just a wild and untamable ordinary horse. ”

"It should be the awakening of the bloodline, it doesn't matter." Ma Wei shrugged, even the goddess descended on him happened, is it strange that a horse awakens the bloodline of an ancestor?

The seal is loosened, and strange events will only increase.

Holmes pondered for a moment before continuing: "The death of Duke Andris seems to me not to be so simple. ”

"You are the detective who investigated the case back then, and the police gave the conclusion of the accidental death, and there must be your opinion in it, and you are saying this now, aren't you overturning your previous judgment?"

"I really didn't investigate the problem at the time, everything was normal, but what I couldn't figure out was that Duke Andris had been seriously ill in bed for a few months before he fell to his death, and he was about to ride a horse just after his condition improved, and he also named him to ride Black Billy, don't you think it's strange to think about it?"

As for the cause of Duke Andris's death, Mavi had suspected it a long time ago, but he had no evidence, and now that even Holmes said so, the possibility suddenly became higher.

"Do you suspect Freya did it?"

"I don't know, I'm not going to make up my mind about something I'm not sure about." "But whatever the truth of the matter," said Holmes, "Freya de Chevali is full of mysteries, and none of the women who have come this far are simple, and I advise you to stay away from her." ”

Ma Wei smiled and didn't say anything more.

At the beginning, he really didn't have the idea of getting close to Freya, and contacting the other party was also for the sake of the second prince's face, but now, he suspected that Freya was the Great Demon of the Supreme Four Pillars, so he had to contact the other party.

If Freya is really the Four Pillars, lurking in London, then Mavi will be at the right time... Get rid of her.

"Daddy!"

Suddenly, Yunia, who was standing at the table with the cake on her feet, shook her body, turned her head to look at the roof, then lowered her head, and quickly cut the cake, until a large piece of cake was slowly put into the small plate, then put the plate on the table, picked up the big cake on the table, and ran towards Mavi.

Meanwhile....

The demon spirit wooden box in Ma Wei's arms vibrated violently.