[sherlock] Sherlock's Ome

In the parish, the status of the pastor is very high. Even the judicial system sometimes needs to refer to the pastor's opinion. This is why Shelley brought Sherlock to see the pastor first. With the guidance of the pastor, Sherlock can participate in this event more legitimately. case.

Pastor Langdehei obviously knew Mr. Holmes and his partner. He first introduced them to the man who stood silently beside him without making a sound: "Mr. Holmes, it's great to have you here. This is Mr. Mortimertregenis, I first Say a few words, and then you can see if Mr. Tregenis and Miss Hope can supplement it."

"Let me explain that our friend was last night with his two brothers Owen and Gee and his sister Brenda at Terry Danny Vasa's house, which is about a mile from here near a stone cross on the moor They were playing cards at the table, in good health and high spirits. He left there just after ten o'clock and went home."

Shelley interjected: "I walked right behind him, only less than 2 minutes late. I was a little uncomfortable yesterday. I started to feel sleepy after nine o'clock."

The pastor nodded to her, and continued: "Before breakfast this morning, he walked in that direction. Doctor Richard's carriage drove up in front of him. Doctor Richard said that he was asked to go to Tredanike Vasa just now. Go to the emergency room. Mr. Tregenis was with him, of course. He arrived at Terry Dennis Vasa and found something strange. His two brothers and sister were still sitting at the same table as when he left them, and the cards were still in front of them. , the candle burned to the bottom of the candle holder. The sister was frozen on the chair, and the two brothers sat on either side of her, screaming and mad. Three people, a dead woman and two mad men, They all had a frightened expression on their faces, and their convulsions and horror were so frightening. The neighbor's house was a little far away, and I could only vaguely hear them yelling words like devil, thinking they were playing a game , I don't even care about it."

Mr. Tregenis on the side said: "Nothing was stolen or turned over in the house. Mr. Holmes, let alone my sister, my two younger brothers are not timid people. I really can't figure out what it is It can drive them crazy."

Shelley had also seen the scene, and was frightened by their faces at the time, and his first reaction was to call Sherlock for help in a hurry.Now I'm relieved, and I'm starting to wonder what it is that can scare people like this, one dead and two crazy, and there's not much movement, it can't be some ghost or something like that."

As she was thinking, Mr. Tregenis yelled excitedly: "The devil, it's the devil, Mr. Holmes, it's not in this world. Something came into that room and extinguished the light of their sanity. Humans What power can do this?"

"Instead of saying such stupid things, try to think back to the evening you spent together. Is there anything in your memory that would account for this tragedy? Think carefully, Mr. Tregenis, because any clue would be of great help to me. It's all helpful."

"Nothing, sir, they're behaving normally."

"Are they a little neurotic? Do they show any apprehension that something dangerous is going to happen?"

"Nothing about that, they're very cheerful people... ah," tregenis exclaimed suddenly, "I'm reminded of one thing, when we were sitting at the table with my back to the window, my brother gee and I It was a cardmate, and he was facing the window. Once I saw him keep looking behind me, so I looked back. The window was closed, but the curtains were not drawn. I saw something in the grass on the grass. Something was moving. Whether it was a man or an animal, I couldn't say, but I thought there was something there. I asked him what he was looking at, and he said he felt the same way. That's about all I can say."

"You didn't think about checking it out?"

"No, I thought it was the wind moving the branches."

"Then did you find anything when you left?"

"No, I had already forgotten about it at that time, and everything was normal when I left."

Without waiting for Sherlock to ask, Shelley also shook his head: "I didn't pay attention to anything at the time, and I didn't see any strange things or people when I left."

Sherlock nodded: "Mr. Pastor, I need to go and see the scene."

"Okay, sure, okay, this way, please, it's less than a mile ahead."

When Sherlock had nothing to ask, John always dealt with outsiders. At this moment, the doctor was instructed by Sherlock to deal with the pastor and Mr. Tregenis, and he and Shelley walked slowly behind the crowd.

"Sheley, were you at Terry Danny Vassar last night?" he asked.

Shelley nodded: "Brenda is Mr. Tregenis's younger sister, the one who died. She held a small banquet yesterday. Apart from me, several other people in the village were invited. They all left early, only I was left to play a table of cards with them. Nothing strange happened at that time, and several tregenis seemed normal." Shelley paused, "My menstrual period was suddenly two days earlier, so Mr. Tregenis After leaving, I followed. I rode a bicycle, and it was not far away, and I always felt that this small village was very safe, so I didn't let them take it. I just didn't expect... Dr. Richard said something after the examination It happened less than an hour after I left."

"So you left early by accident?" Sherlock asked.

Shelley nodded, her menstrual period has always been normal, but she didn't know why this month was suddenly two days earlier, she was completely unprepared, and she was a little embarrassed.

"Did you see the scene today? What are you doing there so early, don't your back hurt now?"

"It was the pastor who called me," Shelley said, blushing a little, "I have back pain, I feel like I'm going to break, but what can I do?"

Sherlock hesitated for a moment: "I can rub it for you, but you are not allowed to hit me."

Shelley immediately thought of being attacked by him last time, her face flushed immediately, she quickly shook her head and refused: "No, you should solve the case quickly."

Sherlock looked at her flushed face, then subconsciously glanced at her breasts, his fingers trembled, and touched his cheek to change the subject: "How is the relationship between this Mr. Tregenis and his brother and sister?"

Shelley frowned and thought for a while: "It's so-so, I don't see anything wrong with it, but I'm familiar with his sister Brenda, and I rarely hear Brenda mention her big brother. He usually doesn't live here , are all working abroad, and it is rare to come back here once a year. It is said that the old Mr. Tregenis had already separated their family when Mr. Tregenis passed away, and separated him out."

"Is the old tregenis rich?"

"It shouldn't be counted, it's definitely not the middle class anyway." Shelley tried hard to sort out the news he heard during this period, "I heard that we opened a mine with someone before, but later lost a lot of money and sold it. "

"Sold minerals." Sherlock lowered his head and pondered.

They were walking down a narrow, winding country alley just wide enough for a van to pass, so when a pickup truck with a closed trunk approached from the opposite side, all had to bear their backs. Try to stand upright against the wall so the pickup can pass.

There was a closed window on the carriage, and when Shelley saw the distorted face that suddenly appeared on the window, she screamed in fright.The screams startled everyone, and the people in the car seemed to be frightened as well, and they also shouted: "The devil... the baboons..."

After the pickup truck slowly passed by, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Mr. Tregenis said with a sad face, "That's my brothers. They're going to be sent to the mental hospital in Helston."

Shelley is not a timid person, but that face was really distorted and appeared too abruptly, so he was taken aback.After discovering that it was the Tregenis brothers, although she was still a little scared, she calmed down and walked towards the mansion where the accident happened together with everyone.

The place where the accident happened was a big and bright cottage instead of a village house. It had a large garden filled with various flowers and several large trees.The window of the living room looked out on the garden, and according to Mortimertregenis, that fiendish thing must have appeared in the garden, and frightened the brothers into madness in an instant.

The villa was surrounded by policemen, and the person in charge was a middle-aged police officer named Wayne. He obviously knew that Mr. Holmes was coming, and greeted him with joy: "It's great that you can come, Mr. Holmes, this The case seems to me to be beyond the reach of man."

Sherlock had a face of "this case is beyond the reach of a fool", but John and Shelley pulled him up, and the detective finally swallowed the words back.The case looked interesting, he didn't want to be kicked out, the place was a bit out of London, and Lestrade didn't have much of a problem here.

Brenda's body was still on the living room chair, and Officer Wayne wisely left her there. Shelley resisted not going to read it, she had already read it in the morning and didn't want to be frightened again.

Although Brenda is not young, she is still very beautiful, but her face still maintains the twisted face when she was frightened before death, which looks really scary.

"It's already summer, did you light a fire last night?" Sherlock looked at the fireplace and asked, the house was very old, and it still used an old-fashioned wood-burning fireplace.

"The summer here is always cloudy and humid. I'm not used to it, so I turned up the fire after I came back." Mr. Tregenis explained.

Sherlock didn't know if he heard what he said, he had already bent down to look at the censer on the table, it was a small censer, when it was used, it was usually used to light candles underneath, and pour something like essence on it , many girls like it.