Chapter 513

Zhang Heng and Holmes walked into the living room. As Mrs. Hudson said, 221B Baker Street is very busy today.

In addition to Gregson, Lestrade and other familiar faces, even a deputy director of the police station came. It can be seen that his mood was not very beautiful. He didn't even sit down. He kept pacing by the window. Seeing his boss like this, other people naturally didn't have the reason to sit down.

So a group of people were pestling in the living room. There was a place, but no one sat down. The scene looked funny, but no one could laugh. The Scotland Yard police officers looked serious.

Seeing Sherlock Holmes come in, the crowd was a little relieved.

"It seems that you haven't slept well these days." Holmes said, "Lestrade, did you have oats and fried eggs for breakfast?"

"It's such a time. Don't make fun of us." The short officer said with a wry smile.

The deputy chief of police raised his head and looked at Sherlock Holmes like a drowning man looking at the only straw around him. He strode up, stretched out his hand and cut out, "I've heard about Mr. Holmes for a long time. Lestrade, Hopkins and others often talk about you, saying that you are the most talented and excellent detective in London and even in Europe, Besides, we haven't had time to thank you for your help in the case of the nameless woman's corpse on the Thames. "

"It's a trifle, it's nothing." Holmes shook hands with the deputy director and then motioned to the other party to sit on the sofa.

Seeing the superior seated, the officers of Scotland Yard were finally able to return to each other.

Zhang Heng asked Mrs. Hudson to move some more chairs out of the restaurant, and he sat down beside Holmes.

The deputy director seems to have done a lot of homework before he came to Baker Street. He knew that there had been an oriental detective around Holmes recently, so he didn't say anything. He couldn't wait to go straight to the subject. He looked at Holmes and said, "I think you also know the reason for our visit."

"It's about the serial murders around the White Chapel." Sherlock Holmes laughed and then took out his pipe. "I saw the news in the newspaper." He pauses and says, "left handed, male, between 30 and 40 years old, not strong and unstable in character, and conservative in thought."

"How do you see that?" Deputy Director Wen Yan was stunned, "it seems that we haven't started to introduce the case to you, or did you go to the scene secretly before? Actually The information in the newspapers has been modified to some extent, not to cover up the truth, but mainly for fear of causing unnecessary panic among the people again. "

Holmes pointed to the photo of the letter in the newspaper with his pipe. "The report may have been modified, but the photo is always true. The above inference is not based on the description in the newspaper, but on the handwriting in the letter sent to the newspaper."

"Oh?" Mr. deputy director was a little surprised, "can you see so many things from the handwriting?"

"Of course, it's like art." "A good graphologist should be able to see far more information than the literal meaning," Holmes said

Seeing that the deputy director was suspicious, Mr. detective made an exception and took the initiative to explain, "don't say age. This part is too troublesome. If you really want to know, you can see a paper I published two years ago. There are obvious differences between the handwriting of the young and the old. Theoretically, the age of the writer can be seen in most of the handwriting. Of course, this is not true This ability needs to be trained, and the handwriting of men and women is also easy to identify. There are aesthetic deviations between different genders, so it's easier for left-handed people. Have you noticed the ink in the letter? Because it's written with the left hand, it's easier for the palm of the hand to rub the handwriting, so there are more places to spend in this letter. "

"That character is not strong enough, and unstable, how can we see the ideological tradition?" Deputy director doubts a way.

"Notice that the long letters in this letter are not higher than ordinary letters. You can see that his D is written like a, I and e. the height of a strong character is always clear no matter what environment he is in. On the contrary, this is naturally the case now. Similarly, the letter K is written in different sizes, which shows that his character is very unstable, but the letter is large The letters are fairly neat, which shows that he is conservative

Holmes said, "the above is the information I found from the handwriting, but your suspicion is not unreasonable. There is no evidence to prove that the person who wrote this letter is the murderer. At this time, we can't rule out the possibility that someone fished in troubled waters to make trouble for the police."

Mr. deputy director seems to be very frank, "you have proved yourself to be a capable person more than once. To tell you the truth, there is a lot of pressure from the police. Not only from the Council, but also from her majesty, the queen has asked us to solve the case within a time limit. But up to now, we don't have much clue. You also know where the eastern district is The situation is very complicated, and the good and the bad are mixed. Gregson, they have locked in some suspects one after another, but then they have eliminated the suspects one after another. Now we There is no good way, so I can only ask you for help. If we can solve the case on time, the police will also thank you. ""It's very kind of you." Holmes guest way, "I happen to be very interested in this case, even if there is no reward will be shot."

Deputy Director Wen Yan was overjoyed, "great! This is the only good news I heard today. It's almost noon now. I've made a reservation in the restaurant. You and your friends... "

Holmes interrupted. "Once I get to work, I'll forget everything else, so I don't have to eat. Let's start now if we can."

"That's better, that's better." Deputy director repeatedly nodded, "I heard that you and Lestrade know each other. If you need anything, just give them your orders. As long as the police are within their ability, they will be unconditionally satisfied."

Lestrade and others look a little embarrassed. They are all excellent detectives in Scotland Yard, but now they can only give Sherlock Holmes a hand. Although they haven't asked Sherlock Holmes for help before, this scene is still a little embarrassed. It's like publicly admitting the incompetence of the London police. Of course, we can still hear a story from it Some of the deputy director's dissatisfaction.

Holmes didn't say anything. He got up and said, "in that case, gentlemen, let's get to work."

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