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Brian was a tall young man, dressed as a worker, but with the characteristic spirit of a young man.

Before Mr. Milwarton was killed, Brian was one of Mr. Milvorton's most trusted men, and like Mr. Milwalton's secretary, he knew a lot about Mr. Milwalton.

The hostess asked him to take Agatha to visit Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street.

Brian was puzzled.

"Sherlock Holmes is indeed a great man, but he is not that smart. Mr. Milwalton had met him when he was alive. ”

Agatha was a little surprised, "How did they meet?" ”

As Brian drove the carriage, he turned to Agatha and said, "You ought to know about Mr. Millwharton's affairs. ”

Agatha: "......"

Brian didn't like to hear it, as if she were in cahoots with Mr. Millwharton.

Agatha had a cold face: "I'm just a maid cleaning the study, what should I know?" ”

It's the truth.

Mr. Milwarton is one of the top 10 dangerous men in London, and he extorts and extorts money with shameless methods.

What Agatha knows, everyone knows.

Just because she was favored by Mr. Mill Walton didn't mean she should know something that others didn't know.

Of course, she did know some secrets that no one knew, but there was no need to tell them in front of Brian.

Brian didn't mind Agatha's cold face, and the young man looked at the young girl with a cold and pretty face, and there was a gentle and doting look in his eyes.

"Okay, I'm just saying it casually, why are you angry? Don't you wonder why Mr. Milwalton met with Mr. Holmes? ”

Agatha thought to herself, isn't this easy to guess?

"Mr. Milwalton must be blackmailing some rich lady again, who did not want to pay so much money, and did not want her reputation and lifelong happiness to be ruined, so she approached Mr. Holmes, hoping to negotiate with Mr. Milwalton through him."

Brian snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "You guessed it, awesome!" Want any rewards? ”

Agatha listened to this tone like a child, and looked at him with a blank face.

Brian met her cold face and said with a smile, "Don't look like you're loveless. Escott, your fiancé, that's his name, right? ”

Agatha glanced at him and let out an "um".

"To be honest, from the very beginning I thought it was a lie to this plumber who was uneasy and kind, and that his career was on the rise, so he could only meet you at night. You're just staying in Villa Appledor all the time, and you rarely have contact with outsiders, so you can be deceived by him. For such a thing as marriage, it is better to find someone who knows the roots. ”

Brian's words were suggestive, and he looked at Agatha with a little fascination, "Mrs. Millwharton says that once she leaves London, you will have no place to stay, so she is willing to help you find the missing Escott." But Agatha, you don't need to find someone who doesn't love you. ”

That's exactly what was said.

But Agatha couldn't agree with Brian.

"No one can forget the feeling of heartbeat, nor will they forget the feeling of the moment when love comes. Escott is missing, which does not mean that he is a liar. ”

Agatha recalls the details of her relationship with Escott, and to be honest, the tall, thin and dashing young worker is funny and humorous, and he feels very comfortable with him, and he always makes the young girl want to share with him all the interesting things she encounters every day.

They had a tryst or two in the middle of the night, and the most intimate gesture was a hug, a touch to the face, a gentle touch to the lips.

On the day of Escott's proposal, Agatha was so excited with the ring that she wanted to pounce on Escott, but Escott still looked like a very gentleman.

Escott is engaged to Agatha, what is the picture?

Cheating money?

Cheating color?

…… Escote didn't seem to be on either side.

Agatha thought about it, and was confused.

Until then, she had been immersed in her own emotions and had barely thought about the missing Escott.

Because for her, the whereabouts of her fiancé, who is on the rise, is unknown, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

are all fiancés, how much do they know about the original body, otherwise how could they be fascinated by the original body in half a month, and they want to marry him?

Agatha didn't want to be seen as a Northwesterner.

- She was afraid that she would be tied up and burned to death.

But...... Why did Escott, who is neither wealthy nor greedy, propose to his original body?

Is it really that I fell in love with the original body?

Agatha only felt lost.

Don't think about things that you feel confused about.

Agatha tried to divert her attention.

But Brian refused to let her go, "Do you think Mr. Holmes will help you find Escott?" ”

"Why do you ask?"

Brian shrugged and smiled, and he said to Agatha, "Escott's disappearance is really hard for you. Agatha, if it had been you, you might have noticed something was wrong. Mr. Milwalton and Mr. Holmes had met, and they had parted on an unhappy note. ”

"Mr. Millwalton was murdered at Appledor Villa, and the Metropolitan Police has certain clues, and it is not difficult to find the murderer. Detective Mr. Lestrangered once said that finding the killer would be easy as long as Mr. Holmes was willing to help. But Mr. Holmes was not willing to accept the commission. ”

The killer's features were evident, and he also left footprints on the windowsill of Mr. Millwalton's study.

When the footprint was discovered, Mr. Lestrange, who was surveying the scene, said that if Holmes was there, he would have had no trouble tracking down the killer.

Because the detective is proficient in footprints, he can not only judge a person's height and weight by footprints, but also track them through footprints.

Agatha did not doubt Holmes' abilities, but was only curious as to why Holmes was reluctant to accept the commission.

Speaking of this, Brian couldn't help but smile, and he whispered to Agatha, "Mr. Lestrred met with Mrs. Millwharton at Appledor Villa this morning, and I heard the conversation between them, though quiet. ”

Agatha looked at Brian suspiciously.

"Mr. Lestred said that Mr. Holmes considered Mr. Mill Walton to be one of the most dangerous men in London, and that his methods were vile and filthy, and that he had ruined countless happy families. Now that he has been killed, he supports the perpetrators and does not sympathize with Mr. Milwarton, so he is reluctant to accept the National Police Agency's commission. ”

I see.

Agatha thought that if it were her, she would not accept this commission.

It is one thing for Mr. Millwharton to have the grace of adoption for the original body, and quite another thing for him to end up in such a situation, and it is another thing to be deserved, and it is not to be conflated.

I am sure that Londoners must have been overjoyed to hear the news of Mr. Milwarton's murder at his villa.

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, is quite upright and cute.

Agatha suddenly looked forward to meeting Holmes.

Just as Agatha and Brian were on their way to 221B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson were talking in their second-floor apartment.

Watson had a newspaper in his hand, which told Mrs. Millwharton that Mrs. Millwharton had sold Appledor Villa at a low price after the murder of Appledor Villa.

"Sell Milwtton's property and leave London as soon as possible, Lady Milwharton is a wise man."

Holmes sat in the armchair, his hand resting on the armrest, dangling the chair for a moment.

Watson looked at his friend and partner in front of him, and could see that Holmes was in a good mood at the moment.

When Holmes was in a good mood, he would always unconsciously shake his chair.

Probably infected by Holmes's good mood, Watson smiled and put down the newspaper in his hand, and said to Holmes: "Millwarton deserves it, and although Mr. Lestred has come to visit you for his case, he does not want to solve it in his heart." ”

"The police have been eyeing Mill Walton for a long time, but this person is cunning and has not let the police catch him. Had it not been his duty, Mr. Lesterred would have danced with joy the moment he learned that Mill Walton had been shot dead at Appledor House. ”

Holmes's words made Watson laugh.

Watson remembered the adventure he had had with Sherlock Holmes to Appledor Villa a week earlier, and his heart was palpitating.

He remembered what the two had seen behind the curtains.

A beautiful lady in a black cape, armed with a gun, walks through the darkness to Mill Walton's study.

In the face of Mill Walton's pleas for mercy, she pulled the trigger mercilessly, and the bullet was fired into Mill Walton's heart with unerring accuracy.

Watson, a military doctor who had fought and saved people and certainly killed people, saw at a glance that the lady was a trained sharpshooter.

Listening to her conversation with Milvorton, she was an earless, and because she was blackmailed by Millwharton, she had offered to pay a price of ten thousand pounds, and begged Milvorton not to give her husband the letters she had contacted in the past with her lover, but Milwatton was insatiable and gave her husband the letters she flirted with when she was young and ignorant, and her husband could not stand the stimulation and died of a heart attack.

Thinking of the lady who came from the night, Watson couldn't help but sigh: "That lady avenges countless ladies who have been coerced by Mill Walton. ”

Sherlock Holmes thought so, and with a smile on his lips, he closed his eyes and leaned against the back of his armchair, shaking it again and again.

At this point, Watson seemed to remember something.

"What happened to the lady who was engaged to you?"

The armchair, which had been rocking very happily, paused, and Holmes, who was leaning back in the chair, opened his eyes and looked at Watson with gray pupils.

Watson: "Have you ever cared about her?" ”

Holmes frowned, then smiled and said, "Watson, you think so much. I told you that I have a very strong rival who will fill my gap as soon as I disappear. My fiancée won't be devastated by my disappearance. ”

Having said that, Watson still felt that Holmes had gone a little too far.

He wanted to say something, but was booed by Holmes.

"Don't talk."

Watson: "......"

He didn't say anything yet!

Holmes smiled and winked at him, "I can hear what you say in your heart." ”

Watson didn't take him and sighed.

"Sherlock Holmes, I advise you not to be angry with me, or you will lose a sharemate."

Holmes raised an eyebrow, leaned back in his chair and folded his hands as he continued to shake his chair.

==

Agatha arrives at 221B Baker Street, and Brian wants to accompany her, but Agatha refuses.

"Mr. Milwharton and Mr. Holmes have met, and from what you say, Mr. Holmes was meeting with Mr. Milwharton on behalf of his client, and he was deflated. You know so much and must have been there, and I'm afraid that Mr. Holmes, when he sees you, will remember that unpleasant experience. ”

Brian: "......"

It seemed to make sense, and he couldn't refute it at all.

But Agatha went to see Sherlock Holmes alone as a young girl, and even though Holmes was a famous detective and a gentleman with a sense of justice, Brian was still not very reassured.

Agatha looked at him, smiled, and said, "You can't be with me for everything. Escote is my fiancé, and I don't want you to know about some of the things I have with him. ”

Brian: "......"

Brian felt devastated.

Agatha is the girl he has always liked, and a plumber inexplicably appeared to snatch his love, and he admitted it, but what happened when he got engaged and ran away?

This kind of man deserves to go to hell.

But after the plumber ran away, Agatha was very unhappy, and people became different from before.

Brian wanted to be liked by Agatha, but he also wanted to see Agatha happy.

He had no choice but to suppress the churning jealousy and unwillingness in his heart, and said to Agatha: "I'm downstairs, no matter what happens to you, as long as there is a call, I will hear it." ”

The young man's expression was serious, and his tone was solemn.

Agatha was moved in her heart.

In a foreign country, although Brian's current emotions are only due to his feelings for his original body, she is still very moved.

Agatha smiled at him, "Thank you, Brian. ”

Brian was stunned.

It was Agatha's first smile since the plumber had run away.

Not a polite or perfunctory smile, but genuinely.

"Agatha—"

Agatha turned around, and she saw the young man standing by the carriage.

Under the sun, the young man smiled brightly and said to her, "If Mr. Holmes does not accept your commission, there is nothing to be sad about, I will wait for you here!" ”

Agatha: "......"

Agatha turned her head silently.

Brian's desire not to want her to find Escott was a little too obvious.

Baker Street is located in London's West End, with 221B on the second floor.

Agatha walked up the stairs with the hem of her skirt, the stairs were dim and quiet, and she went upstairs alone, and a feeling suddenly arose in her heart.

- She is walking through the ladder of fate, and at the end of the ladder, she will be greeted by a bright future.

It is difficult to determine whether Agatha will be greeted at the end of the staircase with a bright future.

But Agatha looked at the man in front of her and felt that the so-called great changes in her life were nothing more than that.

The man standing in front of her was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, more than one meter eight tall, with a hooked nose and sharp eyes.

When Agatha saw him, the smile that had been hanging on her face instantly froze.

And the moment the other party saw her, his pupils were also shocked.

Agatha's tone was incredulous: "...... Escott? ”