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Holmes did have a fiancée.

No, it should be said that it was Escott, a young plumber in Sherlock Holmes's disguise, who had a fiancée.

A month earlier, Sherlock Holmes had accepted a commission from a particularly well-known young lady in social circles, who was about to marry an earl, and on the eve of the wedding, received blackmail from Milwalton.

Mill Walton had in his possession a letter from the young lady to a squire when she was not yet famous, and the contents of the letters were more personal and would ruin her lifelong happiness if they fell into the hands of the young lady's fiancé.

Mill Walton gave the young lady two options, either to pay seven thousand pounds for the letter or to give it to Mr. Earl.

With the young lady's financial resources, she could only pay two thousand pounds.

Milwarton was clearly blackmailed.

Holmes accepted the young lady's commission to negotiate with Milwalton, but Milwalton insisted on seven thousand pounds sterling, and not a penny.

The negotiations broke down, and Holmes had no choice but to find another way.

He thought of stealing the letters that Mill Walton had in his possession.

But how exactly is this to be stolen?

Appledor House, where Mill Walton lived, was heavily guarded, and his secretary was in his study during the day, trying to steal from a scheming and ruthless blackmailer what he was using for his money.

But Holmes thought of a good idea.

Disguising himself as a young plumber, he takes advantage of the repair of the plumbing in the bathroom of Villa Appledor to signal his affection to the young maid Agatha, and initiates a passionate courtship with her, proposing to her.

Agatha, who fell in love, knew everything about the plumber, and so that the plumber could meet her at the villa late at night, she also tied up the dog that was watching the villa so that the plumber could walk freely in the villa......

There is no need to say much about the rest of the matter.

If Agatha hadn't figured out what was going on before, she had been able to tie it all together since she knew that Escott was Sherlock Holmes.

Agatha stared at Holmes without blinking, accusing, "You're a liar. ”

Sherlock Holmes: "......"

Watson: "......"

The two men present were speechless.

Holmes coughed lightly, a little cramped, and said to Agatha, "Agatha, there is a misunderstanding. ”

Misunderstanding?

Agatha thought to herself, of course, there was a misunderstanding.

Escott is Sherlock Holmes.

She turned out to be a little maid who was deceived by Sherlock Holmes.

Agatha has no fan filter for Sherlock Holmes, she only feels that no matter what Holmes' intentions are, it is an established fact that he cheats on feelings.

It is obviously not wise to expect a man who has only cases and reasoning in his head to be held accountable to her.

Sherlock Holmes didn't believe in love and didn't need it.

He can even pretend that he is in love with a woman for the sake of the case, and leave in style after achieving his goal.

Agatha remembered her original intention for going to 221B Baker Street—

Because Mrs. Milwalton was leaving London, and she had nowhere to go, Mrs. Milwalton was willing to pay her Holmes the reward she paid to her, whether or not Holmes could find her fiancé.

She originally came with a dispensable mentality.

didn't expect Holmes to be Escott.

The surprise came too suddenly, and she needed a little time to digest the fact.

Agatha sighed softly.

Watson, who was next to him, jumped in his heart.

A young lady was still immersed in the joy of love one moment, thinking that she had found a lifelong support, but the next moment she found that her fiancé was missing, which is already a very sympathetic thing.

At this moment, she found out that her missing fiancé turned out to be an emotional liar......

It takes a strong heart to keep calm in the face of this bad news.

Watson didn't want to describe Holmes like that in his heart, but Holmes was the one who owed it when it came to Agatha.

Watson couldn't exonerate Holmes, and he felt guilty about Agatha.

If only he could stop Holmes.

But by the time he knew all this, Holmes was already engaged to Agatha.

Watson looked at the two of them who were stalemate at the door, and couldn't help but reach out and touch Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes came back to his senses, raised his hand to his nose, and whispered to Agatha, "Why don't you come in and talk?" ”

Watson hurriedly followed, and gently persuaded: "Miss, let's talk about something when you come in." I just made coffee, would you like a cup? ”

Agatha didn't like coffee, but at this point, she felt she really needed some coffee to wake up.

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So, Agatha went into the apartment.

It was an apartment for two bachelors, with several newspapers and magazines scattered on the coffee table in the living room, and an armchair next to the sofa.

The living room was not neatly arranged and a little cluttered.

The air smelled faintly of tobacco.

- Sherlock Holmes is a smoking gun.

Agatha sat on the couch and Holmes sat in the armchair opposite her.

Watson brought a cup of coffee, "Miss, please." ”

Agatha took the coffee and smiled and thanked Watson, "Thank you, sir, you are such a good person." ”

Watson, who had been issued a good person card, smiled a little weakly, left the living room to the man and woman, and he went back to the bar to pack up the coffee making utensils, holding a cup in one hand and a rag in the other, and his ears were raised high, receiving messages from the living room anytime and anywhere.

Agatha was shocked at first, but after the shock, she finally calmed down.

Although Agatha knows a little about Sherlock Holmes, she is not a die-hard fan of the detective, she has seen some movies and television about Sherlock Holmes, and she has read many of the stories in "Sherlock Holmes", but only to read them.

Just because she's read it doesn't mean she remembers the story inside.

She also memorized many formulas of mathematics, physics and chemistry in the college entrance examination, and now she has forgotten them all.

You can forget the essence after memorizing it, let alone just reading it.

In fact, until now, she only knew that she was in the world of Sherlock Holmes, but she didn't know which story she was in, whether it was in the original book or in a spin-off, and she didn't know how she and Sherlock Holmes would develop?

But there is no need to guess the ending, they definitely did not have a good ending.

Holmes only had bizarre cases and reasoning in his head, and nothing was going through the storm.

No matter how twisty and bizarre their story may be, the end result will definitely be that he will abandon her.

This mess was not something she should have faced.

Thinking of this, Agatha couldn't help but sigh faintly.

This was the second time the young girl sighed, long, helpless, and sad.

Watson, who pricked up his ears, couldn't help but tremble for Sherlock Holmes in his heart, and out of a man's sixth sense, he felt that it would be difficult for Holmes to end this time.

Holmes also heard the sigh, and when he raised his eyes, he was caught off guard and saw a pair of blue eyes, with mixed emotions in them, sadness, distress, and helplessness.

Sherlock Holmes: "......"

It was he who made the young lady face such a predicament.

This made Holmes feel like he was very different.

Sherlock Holmes deceived his feelings first, and the experience of being a negative man for the first time was too exciting, causing his reasoning brain to be a little less decisive at this time.

At this moment, Agatha has completely calmed down, and she is very deep into the play, looking at Holmes with resentment and condemnation.

"Don't you feel the need to tell me the ins and outs of the matter? Escott, or, should I call you Sherlock? ”

Faced with Agatha's question, Holmes chose to be honest.

"Quite simply, I took the case, and the client was a well-known lady who had the handle in the hands of Mill Walton. Milwalton demands that she pay a huge sum of money or ruin her lifelong happiness. I was commissioned by her to negotiate with Mill Walton, but the negotiations broke down and her lifelong happiness was about to be ruined, so I had to find another way. ”

At first, I didn't really think about falling in love with Milwalton's preferred maid.

But time was pressing, and when he went to repair the water pipes, he happened to meet a young and simple maid, as long as he did what he liked and spent some time with her, he could get the news he wanted, which was a good opportunity.

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it.

Sherlock Holmes, who was bent on getting Milvorton to do so, couldn't care so much about getting the letter in Milwalton's hand before the wedding of the young lady and the earl.

"I have told Mill Walton that the young lady did not have the means to pay the price he had offered, and that it was better to accept the lady's request and get the money he could than to force the man to the point where there was no way out, and the marriage contract to be ruined. Unfortunately, Mill Walton's heart was harder than a stone, and he picked on these young ladies, not only to extort their money, but also to torture their souls, and he was unwilling to accept the request of the young lady. ”

"Mill Walton is shameless and insatiable. He doesn't know how many families have been ruined, but he still takes it for granted. I want to deal with him and get him the punishment he deserves. ”

Agatha looked at Holmes: "Extortion is a felony, and your client can sue him." ”

"Of course, lovely Agatha."

There was a faint smile in Holmes's voice, and he said in a gentle voice, "Theoretically, it is indeed possible to do what you say." You've been with Mill Walton for so long, you should know that he's cunning and vicious, how can anyone he target dare to accuse him? Those ladies who have the handle, once they accuse him to the police, it means that their reputations will also be ruined. What's the point of exchanging your reputation for a few months in prison for Milwharton? ”

Agatha blinked, "Hearing you say that, it seems that the reputation of those ladies is important. ”

Holmes leaned forward slightly, the tips of his hands touching, and his eyes looked at Agatha.

"You tried your best for your client, but you didn't think about the fate of your fiancée who was abandoned by you."

Agatha had a debt-collecting face and a calm tone: "Sherlock, my reputation has been ruined by you. ”

Sherlock Holmes: "......"