antique on the run

Xie De'an Avenue is dirty and messy in Qi Xiao's words. Most of the people living here are immigrants from other countries who came to work in London. There are all kinds of races. The houses on both sides of the street are new and some are old. Set up a shed to sleep on the side of the road.

Natasha's rented house was easy to find because it had been cordoned off by detectives from Lestrade.

"But how can I rent out my house if you do this!"

In front of the corridor of the house, a chubby lady in a gray sarong was waving her arms and shouting something loudly.

"Who would rent a house where someone died! Even if you are police detectives, you can't do this! You are killing my livelihood!"

Standing beside her was a female police detective in uniform, the detective Ivanka that Lestrade had just mentioned, holding the lady earnestly and explaining: "We know your difficulties, but we have to deal with this As for your claim that someone died... Madame, Miss Natasha did not die in this room, and it will not affect your renting out the house."

However, the fat lady insisted: "I don't care, you are delaying my renting an apartment! You must compensate me for the loss!"

She rolled her eyes, and suddenly said: "Also, there are still a lot of my things in that room, you have to let me in, I want to take out my things!"

She tried her best to break away from Detective Ivanka and wanted to rush into the cordon, but was stopped by Sewei with quick eyes and hands.

"Who are you! Why stop me!" She yelled at Sai Wei with a tiger's face.

"Ah, Mr. Holmes, you're here." Ivanka smiled apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I can't let go of my hands right now, or...how about you and Dr. Watson go in first, I'll take this Come over after the lady sees you off."

While she was talking, the fat lady was still yelling loudly: "Send it away? Where are you going to send it! I tell you that you can't bully people like this just because you are a policeman! I want to go in and get my things, why do you stop me!"

Sewe pinched the fat lady's arm with one hand. She looked relaxed and didn't use much strength, but she couldn't move for a moment, baring her teeth in pain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot that I have learned some kung fu, and I will subconsciously use it when I meet someone who does not cooperate with the police investigation." Seve raised his hand and shrugged innocently, then turned to Ivanka and said: "But Ivanka Wanka, you don't have to send this lady away."

The fat lady's eyes lit up, and she was about to rush into the corridor with her skirt in hand when she heard Sewi continue to say: "I confirmed with Inspector Lestrade earlier that Natasha has a lot of property that does not belong to her. For example, precious jewelry such as jewelry and gemstones are likely to be involved in illegal activities, and the location of the property is likely to be the house she rents. Just now the lady said that Natasha’s house also has her belongings. I doubt her It is very likely that Natasha belongs to the same theft gang, I will apply for her arrest and bring her back to Scotland Yard, we need to interrogate her carefully."

Saiwei opened his eyes and told nonsense, changed beyond recognition the information he had received from the female teacher Dolly, and deliberately emphasized the word "arrest", and saw the fat lady's face turn pale , the arrogance just now was gone, he shook his head frequently in fright and said: "No, no, don't arrest me, I haven't done anything illegal!"

Sai Wei said: "Then why do you say that Natasha's room has your things?"

Embarrassment appeared on the fat lady's face, she rubbed her hands uncomfortably and said, "I... I just want to get her two gemstone rings. Natasha said that the rings are very expensive and can sell for a lot of money. !"

She was very afraid that Saiwei would take her away, so she kept begging: "I really didn't do anything illegal! I can swear to God! Natasha's treasures have nothing to do with me! I just happened to see it. !"

As fierce as she was just now, she is now as cowardly, and she confessed everything when she was frightened by Sewei, and she lost all confidence in playing tricks with Detective Ivanka just now.

Sai Wei put on a pose of an interrogator, with a straight face: "Then why did you see Natasha's treasure?"

The fat lady was sweating profusely on her head. She wiped her forehead tremblingly, and whispered, "It's her lover. He often visits her. Every time he comes, he brings her a lot of presents. What are you going to eat and play?" There are, and I bought a lot of dolls for her.”

She showed a disdainful look, "I took a look at those dolls while she wasn't paying attention. They are pretty, and the clothes and hairpin brooches they wear are all very delicate. Once Natasha casually told me, Those dolls were all bought from abroad, and any one of them cost hundreds of pounds."

Although the fat lady is Natasha's landlady, her living standard is not very high, and she is reluctant to spend tens of pounds, let alone hundreds of pounds.This is simply a huge sum of money in her eyes.

"There are also those rings, necklaces, and so on. The man often gave them to her. They seem to have brought them from abroad. Every time Natasha got them, she would come over to show off to me."

The fat lady seemed to look down on Natasha's behavior, she curled her lips and squinted her eyes and said, "Tch, what's the big deal, even if that man buys her expensive things, doesn't she still live in such a poor and run-down house?" place!"

This is a low-class neighborhood that foreign immigrants with no money will rent. The fat lady thinks that if that man really likes Natasha, she should find a better neighborhood to move to and enjoy a better life. , instead of sending some seemingly expensive but not practical gifts every now and then.

Saiwei narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively: "That man... is rich?"

"Yes! You are rich!" The fat lady said seriously: "The white car he drives, a small car, what kind of sports car Natasha said, wow, it is so beautiful! Every time I come here, I will A lot of people ran out to watch!"

A white car, or a sports car, in today's London, there are only a handful of people who own private cars, let alone expensive sports cars.

"Have you seen what brand of car that is?" Detective Ivanka suddenly interjected.

Although she didn't know what Mr. Holmes wanted to ask, her vigilance as a police detective made her subconsciously feel that Natasha's rich lover that the fat lady said might be inextricably linked to the case.

Unfortunately, the fat lady didn't know the brand of the sports car. They lived in a neighborhood where even ordinary cars were rare, let alone sports cars.

"Look for someone to go to the major car dealers in London and ask if there is any record of this white sports car. Also, in addition to the car dealers, the import customs department will also ask if the car was bought from abroad. Yes, then they might have a record there."

After Sai Wei finished speaking, he wanted to go into the corridor. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the fat lady who was looking at him in fear, and then stopped and said to Ivanka: "As for this lady, leave her address and contact information, and then you can Let her go, I believe she is telling the truth, of course, it doesn't matter if she is found to be lying..." He paused, showing a dark smile, "We will arrest her later It's not too late to go to the police station."

To deal with this kind of woman who has not received a good education and has been in the lower class for a long time and has little knowledge, the best way is to give a sweet date with a stick, and scare her from time to time to be honest.

"You feel more like Lestrade than Sherlock Holmes just now." After entering the corridor and walking on the narrow and dark stairs, only Sewei and Qi Xiao were alone, Qi Xiao said disapprovingly: "After getting Sherlock Holmes does not care about the fate of the person being interrogated after obtaining the necessary information. There is no mention of this in the fragment."

The implication is that Seve is too lenient.

Being accused by Qi Xiao, Sai Wei was not annoyed, instead he stopped and turned back to Qi Xiao with a smile and said: "You are right, my dear, I seem to have said a little too much. How should I put it..." He scratched Hair, said: "Probably besides Sherlock Holmes, I have watched more Inspector Morse, so every move is a bit like an Inspector? Haha."

He was still in the mood to joke, so it could be seen that the shadow of yesterday's body examination had been completely dispelled.

Qi Xiao was both relieved and helpless.

"The next task is much simpler. Natasha's rented house gave a very detailed description, including the items and clues found by Holmes. I don't need to use my brains anymore." Sai Wei said briskly. explain.

So for the next hour, Qi Xiao seemed to be watching a play, watching Sai Wei clearly knew the location of those things but pretended not to know. Finding things one by one——

A set of sapphire rings, earrings, hair accessories and necklaces, among other jewellery, in a vanity case.

A row of beautiful and expensive dolls sits on a dilapidated bookcase.

Inside the bag is a simple and delicate bronze vanity mirror inlaid with rubies on the back.

There are many books and recipes on baby care by the bedside.

And a group photo hidden under the pillow.In the photo, a handsome, gentlemanly middle-aged man stands side by side with a charming young girl. The man's hand is gently around the girl's shoulder, and the girl is nestled happily on his shoulder. Behind them is a lake and a meadow. All with sweet and touching smiles.

The girl in the photo is Natasha Alexandra who just died tragically.

“The house is very small, the kitchen and bathroom need to be shared with others, the bed is very old and has been washed white, there is a small heating stove in the corner at the end of the bed, other than that there is no other heating device in the house, I don't think I need to say much to you to see that Natasha's life is not rich."

Sai Wei lined up the things he found on the table, pointed to the group photo with all the police detectives and said: "Obviously, the man in the photo is Natasha's lover, who is just downstairs The rich man in the white sports car that the lady mentioned is probably also the father of the child in her womb."

He was about to continue speaking, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the man who hurried in from the door, his eyes lit up, "Lestrade, what news did you bring from the forensic doctor?"

Lestrade took off his hat out of breath, wiped his face, and said with a heavy expression: "You are right, Sherlock, after Natasha's stomach was cut open, the murderer took her... …the whole uterus."