[Comprehensive British and American] Those years when I opened a dessert shop on Baker Street

When Sherlock returned to the hotel, the town had fallen into silence, and the street lights painted the street scene at night.

When he entered, the hotel owner was concentrating on reciting and didn't notice that Sherlock had returned.

Sherlock stood aside, staring at him for a long time.

The boss closed his eyes and looked pious, but this restaurant didn’t even have a Bible. The boss was not a Christian, and what he read was not the teachings of the Bible.

After he finished reading, he pasted a yellow note on the wall and on the table, and drew a bright red picture on the note, which was a rune.

Seeing Sherlock came back, the boss walked up to him with a bunch of runes in his hand, and handed the runes to him: "Sir, stick the spell on your bedside."

There are runes pasted everywhere in the lobby of the hotel. The graphics on the runes are very strange, with a human body but not a human body.

It hadn't been like this before he went up the mountain today.

"A patient has appeared."

"Not a patient, but a person chosen by God."

Sherlock waited for more information from the boss.

"The fifth ordained person has appeared!"

This afternoon, old Nick, the town's lumberjack, rushed down the mountain like a madman, and went to the street to bite pedestrians at will.

His symptoms were the same as those of the previous four cases, with sharp teeth and green light in his eyes. The person bitten by Old Nick was rushed to the hospital.

The atmosphere of panic covered the town of Broome like a dense net.

The hotel owner didn't want to tell the outsiders the truth. Tourism is the pillar of Broome Town. He was afraid that the outsiders would spread the news after they left, which would affect the subsequent business.

But now is not the time to distinguish between locals and foreigners, they all face the same situation.

Sherlock went down the mountain too late and missed the town center assembly. If he came back an hour earlier, he would have seen an elderly woman in a gray linen robe holding a crystal ball to preach to the residents of the town.

Standing under the fountain, she gathered the townspeople around her: "My countrymen, here they come."

This elderly woman's name is Fox, she lives under the bridge on the west side of the town, I heard that she wandered around when she was young, and now she runs a small shop selling gadgets, but her reputation is not very good, "for God's sake" it was her The most frequently said sentence is that after receiving a piece of paper money that is greater than the price of the product, she does not give change to the customer, but says: "For God's sake, the change money is treated as Contribute your mind to God.”

Her god is not God, no one can tell who her god is, but someone saw a painting in her house, placed in the center of her house, there was a monster engraved with an octopus in the painting It has a human head, but a human body, and a pair of lightning-like wings on its back.

Fox was extremely thin and stooped, but her voice was resonant when she preached, as if a force had been injected into her body: "For the sake of God, if a disaster befalls our compatriots, it is our fault." It must be endured."

Fox has always been talking nonsense and not being practical. At first, everyone just regarded her words as nonsense.

Someone criticized: "According to what you mean, we deserve to be tortured!"

"That's right, when people go against the wishes of God, God will bring disaster..." Fox turned the crystal ball with a solemn and solemn expression that he had never seen before, "However, human beings are the most satisfactory masterpiece of God. God is merciful, he does not want disasters to happen to all people, so he appointed a few appointed people to convey his instructions."

According to Fox, the five people with pointed teeth and green eyes are the ones ordered by God, and God made them like this as a warning to mankind.

Fox's long dry gray hair fluttered in the wind, and she opened her hands: "I hope you understand that God treats mankind kindly, and this disaster is His education for you."

What does God want to teach?

"Shangshen is in this universe, on the trails in the mountains, on your roofs... He can hear your voices, he can perceive your actions... He is close to you, but you have ignored him for too long .”

Although Fox's speech attracted the attention of many people, everyone just thought she was pretending to be mysterious until she walked up to the old Nick who had just been captured with a spell.

Old Nick was still rioting, and four police officers pulled the noose around his neck to barely contain his riot.

Fox walked up to him, without a trace of timidity in his eyes. When old Nick saw Fox, he rushed straight up, and the police officer pulled the noose harder.

"Get out of here," the officer said to Fox.

Fox had no intention of parting. This little old woman was already like a cucumber that lost its water, but she was braver than any man at this moment. She unfolded the spell and stood in front of old Nick.

It was strange, too, that old Nick was suddenly quiet.

"Get down on your knees!" said Fox.

Old Nick knelt down in great obedience, with his head at her feet, and Fox stroked Old Nick's head like a domesticated animal.

When people face a huge disaster, they will go astray in superstition. After seeing this strange scene, people began to believe in the "God" in Fox's mouth.

Fox, who has always been greedy for petty gains, donated the spell that can subdue Old Nick to the residents of the town for free this time. She said: "As long as you believe in the existence of God and follow God's teachings, God will not do anything difficult for you. "

"Exodus" records that Moses led the suffering Israelites to the land of milk and honey promised by God, and promulgated God's commandments - Fox at this time is like Moses at that time.

Fox: "Tonight, I will venture to ask God to come down and listen to his orders."

After receiving the spells, the people in the small town were full of interest in the god that Fox said. When they passed by Old Nick, they all pointed the spells at Old Nick, and Old Nick showed respect and fear.

It's hard to say that everyone believes Fox's words, but as long as a few people believe, the situation will rise like fluffy flour on dough, and in a short while, Fox's "miracle" against the evil old Nick will spread After going out, everyone went to Fox to get a spell, almost breaking through the wooden threshold of her house.

Fox could have used this opportunity to make a fortune, but she gave away the spell for free, and the people of the town thought that a greedy person gave up a good opportunity to obtain wealth, and the reason only the word "faith" can explain.

I don't know what the residents of the town will think when they see Sherlock throwing the charm they regard as precious in the trash can?

As soon as Sherlock came back, he sat on the chair directly opposite the trash can, with his palms folded on his forehead, he was not praying, but connecting the clues in his mind one by one.

The fifth patient, the people in the castle, the dense forest shrouded in fog...

The mountains and forests in the distance seem to be close at hand.

Not long after he came back, Sherlock was in a hurry to go out again. He didn't see the boss in the hotel lobby. He found the location of the hospital from the town map hanging on the wall, which was at the east end of the town.

He went into the night.

Different from the previous few days, people who were afraid of the dark night walked to the street, carrying the charms they received today in their pockets, and rushed to the west of the town with curiosity and piety.

Sherlock walked away from the crowd, and the streetlights stretched his figure very long.

The townspeople of Broome begin to see the charm in their pocket as the key to the mystery of a strange disease, but Sherlock believes that the real key is in his pocket.

The hospital equipment and resources in the small town are very simple, but they can meet the basic experimental needs.

Sherlock slipped into the hospital and "borrowed" a set of doctor's clothes. He took out the "key" - two bags of dirt from the left pocket of his clothes.

Speaking of it, I really want to thank the girl in the castle. The two layers of kraft paper she used to hold the rose cakes were used by Sherlock to hold the soil on the mountain and the soil below the mountain.

He took the "key" into the hospital laboratory.

The little nurse on duty didn't know when a new doctor came to the hospital. He performed the experiment in a slow and orderly manner, as elegant and classic as a work of art. No.

The moon star is thinning, and the other direction of the town also begins to solve the mystery.

Fox’s narrow bungalow was full of people. Everyone was close to each other and could feel each other’s breath. There was no noise, and they were quietly waiting for the arrival of the “God”.

Fox's crystal ball was placed in the center of the room, directly facing the portrait of the octopus head, Fox sat respectfully beside the crystal ball, muttering words.

The onlookers watched her behavior and their hearts beat extremely fast.

Most of the people who believed Fox's words were elderly, and they waited respectfully for Fox to welcome the "God". There were also some young people in the crowd who were forced to come here. They thought Fox's statement was too absurd. God is not a god, they are all deceptive tricks.

I want to see how long this old woman can pretend?

I saw Fox put his forehead close to the crystal ball, exerting all his strength, as if trying to use all his strength.

Suddenly, the lights in the house went out, and only the light from the street lamp outside the window barely supported the night.

"what happened?"

"Why did the lights go out all of a sudden?"

"Look at the crystal ball!"

A dark purple light appeared in the crystal ball in the center of the room, swimming like a fish in the transparent crystal ball.

"My compatriots, please join me in bowing down to God."

Fox put his forehead close to the crystal ball piously and respectfully: "We mortals know that we have offended God, and now we ask God to forgive us for our foolishness."

At this time, a deep voice sounded in the room, speaking words that people could not understand.

Fox acted as an interpreter: "My slaves, my subjects, you should have surrendered to the soles of my feet and stuck your foreheads in the soil. I gave you the opportunity to walk upright and face the sky. My tolerance made me You made a mistake, you ignored me, your master, your sky, and you will have to pay the price."

Fox's voice was different when she said this, her mouth opened and closed, but the voice didn't seem to come from her throat.

The crowd of onlookers showed panic, and an old man kowtowed several times: "God, please tell us, how can we make up for our mistakes?"

"You build temples for those false gods and devote yourself to worshiping them. This is already extremely disrespectful. I can forgive you, but my temples will stand on top of every high mountain, overlooking all living beings in the world."

"You must obey the teachings of God."