"The Widow" Bertha

Given the task of Mrs. Thames, Thomas naturally wanted to go to the gathering place of the Irish.

Maybe it was because of his timidity of being close to home, or maybe he had a guilty conscience. It is not that he has never dealt with Irish people before, but after having such a conversation, Thomas suddenly lost his courage.

He walked around the area outside the gathering area a few times. Everyone in the Whitechapel neighborhood knew Thomas and didn't say much, but after turning around, Thomas met a new face instead.

Thomas: "..."

Sherlock Holmes dressed as a tramp: "..."

To be honest, Sherlock Holmes's homeless attire can be described as professional, and even Thomas, who grew up in Whitechapel, could not fault it.But Thomas was so impressed with the young man that he took a second look and recognized Holmes.

"you--"

Mrs. Thames said that this Sherlock Holmes was the younger brother of her "old lover", but Mrs. Thames' lover is obviously a very decent gentleman?Thomas was puzzled: Is there nothing else this man can do!

"What are you doing here?" Thomas asked.

Seeing that he could no longer pretend, Holmes sneered, and simply stopped: "Mrs. Thames' actions are quite fast."

Thomas paused before realizing that he was referring to the "action" of letting himself win over the Irish.

"As I said, I am investigating Dr. Lange's laboratory," Holmes continued. "There are Irish people who have taken medicine from Dr. Lange's laboratory, and some people have died because of testing the medicine, but the surplus medicine is left behind. "

Medication left over?

Thomas cheered up, knowing that he was also here to investigate this matter.

Holmes regarded him for a moment with indifference, then said: "You want to cooperate."

Thomas: "What?"

Holmes frowned slightly, and after a while sighed softly: "It has to be like this."

"...If you don't want to, I can do it alone."

"You and I have different facts. Such rash cooperation is likely to implicate each other," Holmes said. "I don't want to cause trouble, but the people behind you have more important clues."

Gee.

Co-author Reluctant to work with him just because of Mrs Thames, and that's even weirder.

"You don't even know Mrs. Thames," Thomas said inexplicably, "Madame and your brother are very close."

Sherlock Holmes finally turned his head to face Thomas Thames. "What did you say?"

Thomas: "You don't know?"

Holmes: "..."

The detective dressed as a homeless man fell into deep thought.

But he was thinking very fast, but after a slight pause, Thomas only grasped such a momentary expression, and Holmes had restrained all traces of thinking.

"About the Institute of Truth mentioned by Mrs. Thames," he said coldly, "did you hear about it from my brother?"

"Uh……"

"You do not know."

Holmes snorted, "Forget it, let's get the medicine first."

Thomas: "..." What the hell is going on with this kid!How did you survive so badly?

Although Sherlock Holmes treats Thomas with indifference, the Irishman in the slums has another attitude.Wearing a beige coat, Thomas Thames, even though he was considered a "little celebrity" in the Whitechapel neighborhood, still got a lot of attention when he walked into the narrow and cramped alleys.

On the contrary, Holmes, who was walking in front and dressed as a homeless man, greeted the passers-by from time to time, and seemed to have a good relationship.

He led Thomas into the dim shantytown, and pushed open one of the doors: "Henry Deckard?"

"Who?"

"It is I," said Holmes straight to the point. "Where is the medicine?"

Standing at the door, Thomas could clearly see the dirty and dilapidated environment inside the shed, and a man sitting in it.The man stood up at the word "drug" and then paused when he saw Thomas Thames behind Holmes.

"Why is Thomas Thames here?" he asked.

Thomas didn't know him, but it was hard not to know Thomas in Whitechapel.So Thomas said, "I won't help Jesse anymore."

"I know, but how do you guarantee that the news will not be leaked?"

The man named Henry Deckard looked at Thomas suspiciously until Holmes pulled a few shillings from his pocket, and the Irishman fell silent.

"Okay," he immediately took the detective's coin, "Get the medicine yourself, go out from here, walk past Xiangzi, it's in the bedroom of the third apartment, it was placed on the table before."

"it is good."

The two young people didn't want to say much, they turned and left after getting the news.

Thomas actually wanted to say something to Holmes, even if it was to help Mrs. Thames inquire about Dr. Long's laboratory.However, he has been in the gang for so long, and his eye-catching skills are first-class. The Sherlock Holmes in front of him is obviously not a character who likes to communicate with others.

So the two arrived at the place the Irishman said in silence. Holmes, who was walking in front, was about to walk out of the narrow alley when his left leg stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Thomas asked.

"..."

Holmes turned his head, and then Thomas heard three strange men with completely different clothes staying in front of the apartment.

——someone came one step earlier than them!

Thomas reacted quickly, meeting Holmes' gaze, he immediately stepped back, casually grabbed a worker passing by, and raised his voice and asked, "Where is Henry Deckard?"

The worker was startled, and then saw that it was Thomas Thames, so he had no choice but to reply, "Yes, in the front room."

"where?"

"Uh, shall I take you there?"

Having said that, several people who stopped in front of the apartment had spotted Thomas Thames.He was well-known in the Whitechapel district, and almost everyone knew that Thomas had completely fallen out with the Jessie Gang because of the drug test, and now he appeared nearby, and he was looking for Henry Deckard—he must be following up and investigating this matter.

Several strange men pretended not to care, and temporarily stayed away from Henry Deckard's apartment.

That was what Sherlock Holmes wanted.

No one would care about a homeless man in the slums, who wrapped his ragged coarse clothes tightly, pressed down his hat, and sneaked into the apartment with great agility while they were leaving.

"You don't need to take me there," Thomas tried to buy more time for Holmes, "just tell me how to get there."

"It's in the alley, go to the end."

At this time, Holmes had already closed the door of the apartment, and went straight to Henry Deckard's bedroom.

Fortunately, this is not the first time he has come to an Irish gathering area, and he has squatted early on the vicinity of the target person's apartment and the situation inside the apartment-this is not because he broke into a private house, all the Irish living here entered How can the morgue be counted.

He grabbed the only medicine bottle on the bedroom table and turned to leave the apartment.

The detective pushed open the door and walked in the direction of Thomas Thames without looking back. At this time, several strangers wandering around the deceased's apartment had already reacted.

"Hey, you! That man!"

Hearing the shout behind him, Holmes stuffed the medicine bottle into his pocket, and said directly to Thomas Thames, "Run!"

Thomas was speechless, what's going on!He obviously came to negotiate terms with the Irish.

Sherlock Holmes ordered without hesitation, and before Thomas Thames could react, he had instinctively followed the detective out of the alley.

The stranger behind him chased after him, Thomas said, "There are only three of them, and they can't beat them—forget it."

Halfway through the conversation, Thomas also realized the specific situation: three people in front of the apartment door does not mean that the other party only came with three people.Thomas Thames pressed the hat on his head, dodged, and ran to Holmes: "Follow me!"

For a moment, Sherlock Holmes looked as if he was about to retort, and when he was on the verge of speaking, he glanced at the direction Thomas was running in—

It was the exact opposite of the escape route he had planned.

He thought for a while and decided to follow.

***

At the same time, No. 22 South Bank Street.

The interior renovation of the bar has just started. Fortunately, the original bar has not been open for long before the pavement of No. 22 is abandoned, so the basic decoration only needs a little modification, and the amount of work is even smaller than the renovation of No. 23 mansion.

But the most troublesome thing about opening a bar is to purchase supplies for the hotel room on the second floor and find a trustworthy operator.

This made Bertha very tangled.

Standing on the first floor of the bar, she watched the workers hurrying about, and at the same time, she was still wondering where to find such an operator—it was no longer possible to find "unattractable" Jack to introduce contacts, and a Thomas Thames was already considered Bertha. Heaven's prize.

"lady?"

The builder came over with the blueprints: "I heard from your brother, Ma'am, you want to keep the original bar, don't you?"

Bertha returned to her senses: "Well, what's the problem?"

Builder: "Just now my workers discovered that a section on the right side of the bar has been damaged by moisture. If you want to repair it with the same wood, it may not be repaired to the original appearance."

Bertha glanced at it: "Don't repair it as it is, just repair it and paint it with a darker color. From now on, put the expensive wine here and the cheap one there."

Builder: "This...is a good idea."

He quickly wrote it down, and wanted to say: "Then—"

Before the words fell to the ground, there was a sudden sound of chaos outside the bar.

"what happened?"

Bertha frowned, turned and went out with the builder.

She thought it was a conflict between the workers and the neighbors, but when she opened the door, if Bertha hadn't reacted slowly, she would have stepped on the heads of Thomas Thames or Sherlock Holmes.

——Two youths of similar age collapsed panting in front of the door of No. 22 Nan'an Street, looking exhausted from running.Even Thomas Thames, who has always been dressed fancy, has no image at all, lying directly on the ground panting.

"lady."

Holmes managed to catch his breath: "We were hunted down, so we had to seek refuge with you."

Thomas: Wait, wait a minute!

"no!"

Hearing this, Thomas Thames jumped up in shock: "We have already thrown off the pursuers, madam, I did not reveal that this matter is related to you!"

At this moment, Thomas wished he could pounce on Holmes and cover Holmes' mouth, and cause trouble for him by opening his mouth!

What does it mean to open your mouth and ask your boss for help directly?It means that he failed to do a good job in the task assigned by the boss, even if it was just to negotiate peace with the Irish.It’s fine if you don’t do it well, and you run over to wait for your boss to help clean up the mess in person, which is tantamount to not wanting to live in the gang rules.

If he was still in Jesse's gang, this "refuge" would be enough for Jesse to throw Thomas straight into the London sewer to feed the rats.

Bertha: "..."

But Bertha is not the boss of Jessie's gang, and she doesn't intend to use the set of rules that if she does something wrong, she will cut off her own finger and see her blood.

What's more, the dignified former second-in-command of the gang and the future great detective Sherlock Holmes, can't escape the pursuit of several people?Bertha felt that Sherlock Holmes did it on purpose.

only……

Seeing Thomas, who was paralyzed on the ground and still ready to fight, and Sherlock, who was dressed as a homeless man, but still maintained a calm expression, Bertha couldn't help laughing, and shook her head.

Such two young men lying on the side of the road are really sad and eye-catching.Neighbors and neighbors passing by stopped, wanting to find out.Bertha found it hilarious, the scene as if she were dealing with two young children who had returned from wallowing in the mud.

"Ma'am, this operation is very meaningful," Thomas argued frantically, still worrying about Bertha's anger, "We got—"

"OK OK."

Bertha curled her lips, showing no sign of anger at all: "You two come home with me, change your clothes first and then explain the situation."

The author has something to say: Afterwards, Thomas grabbed Lao Fu's shoulder and shook violently: What nonsense are you talking about! ! ! !Do you want to kill me!

Old Fu: Oh, I did it on purpose.Try to see how your relationship with Mrs. Thames is, and cooperate afterwards.

Thomas: ...

Thomas: Don't stop me I have to beat him! !