Mary's Nineteenth Century

Gunfights sounded in the distance.

Mary hesitated for three seconds before stepping into the tree hole. "I'll go down and have a look first."

"Uh, don't you rush to support?"

Lestrade looked at the direction of the gunfire with some worry, the continuous gunfire made the battle sound intense.

"There are four people in a team, and everyone is equipped with a gun. In theory, our side has enough combat power to suppress the murderer."

Mary seemed to analyze very rationally, "Besides, it is impossible to determine the specific location of the gun battle in a short period of time, so it is better to pay attention to the tree hole where suspicious traces have been found."

Needless to say, hurry up and go down the hole to get to the gunshot as soon as possible.

The tree hole is about three meters deep.There are many vines on both sides of the cave wall. If used properly, it can help people climb to the bottom of the cave smoothly.

Sure enough, lying at the bottom of the cave was a woman who was naked and scratched in many places. It was Lydia who had eloped.

Mary first confirmed that Lydia still had vital signs, but she had no response to certain painful stimuli and needed to be sent to a hospital in the city immediately for treatment.

He quickly took out the prepared coat and put it on Lydia, tied her up in a way similar to tying a mummy, especially protecting her head, and tied the lock to the falling rope.

"Agent L, an unconscious female missing person was found at the bottom of the tree hole. Please work together to pull her up."

As Mary spoke, she confirmed again that there were no other dark holes at the bottom of the tree hole, so there was no second missing person.

Everything was ready, and the unconscious Lydia was successfully dragged out of the tree hole.

"God bless this is going to be a good start."

Lestrade looked at Lydia who was still alive, even though she was unconscious, he still felt a little lucky.As long as it is not a corpse, there is a possibility of healing and returning to normal.

Mary didn't pay any more attention to this, "Two people are carrying Miss Lydia behind, we should go to the gunshot."

It took twelve minutes from entering the cave to exiting the cave, but the sound of gunfire in the distance had stopped.This is normal, and the four-on-one shootout shouldn't have lasted for too long.

Mary quickened her pace, just to make sure that no one in the search and rescue team was injured.

After walking for a few kilometers before seeing any traces of the shooting scene, they bumped into another group of four in a hurry, and Mycroft was walking in the forefront.

The next moment, the hanging hearts of the two were finally able to let go.No need for words, eyes can already explain everything.

Mike

Roft: "Very well, Mr. Minton, you were not involved in the shootout."

Mary: "Great, Mr. Holmes, you have finally got rid of the strange law of accidental injury."

"It seems that Tanner's group encountered the hunter head-on."

As Lestrade was speaking, a sharp cry came from not far away.

What happened again?

Running to the place where the cry came, I saw a man clutching his calf and lying in a pool of blood.More than one place on his body was bleeding, and he was shot in the shoulder and knee.

"How dare you let the dog bite me!"

The man roared, "Tanner Yamlach, how dare you insult me!"

The shopkeeper Tanner gave the search dog a distressed look, and quickly took out a rag to wipe the blood from the dog's mouth.He looked worried, afraid that his good dog would be polluted if it was stained with the murderer's blood.

"Jason Delk, did I insult you? You are a perverted murderer, do you need someone else to insult you? It was you who tried to escape, and my dog ​​did its best to prevent you from fleeing."

Tanner said and rolled his eyes, "If I had known today, I would have let you die in the mouth of a lion 17 years ago, at least I would have saved those who died because of you."

Jason laughed, "Hehehe, no. Your father's self-righteous sympathy will not let me die under the lion's mouth. You should blame your father. He let me enter the pet shop It is only through work that I have the opportunity to learn about the habits of wild animals at such an early age."

"You're worse than dog shit!"

Tanner kicked Jason directly on the bullet wound on his leg, causing him to scream again.

Who died because of Jason?

Twenty meters to the side of the shootout, there was the body of a man who had just been dragged by Jason to the side of a tree trunk.

The deceased originally had a handsome face, but now there is a hemp rope around his neck, and he is no longer breathing.

It was George Wickham, with his eyes wide open and his mouth open.It looks like it was strangled from the rear.

The encounter occurred when Jason attempted to hang yet another victim.

The barking alarmed Jason, and both sides fired shots almost simultaneously.

Jason has the advantage of being familiar with the forest terrain, and Tanner's side has the advantage of having a large number of people and strong firepower.

The two sides contested for less than 10 minutes.

Jason accidentally shot his right knee and was the first to lose.

"Sometimes, the process is just so short."

The owner of Tanner came to

The other two groups briefly described what happened just now, "This pervert still wanted to escape, my dog ​​gave him a bite, and it was also venting his anger for the cheetah brothers he hadn't met yet."

"In fact, you must think that Jason's dog bite is not enough. The cheetah in the shop was stolen and killed. The loss starts at least a hundred pounds."

Neither Mary nor Mycroft spoke the truth.

For Tanner, the homicide was not just a financial loss, but more complex emotions.

Jason was once thought to be a poor and brave teenager, but after a few years, he was completely changed. He became the serial killer Dawson Vega.

Time, sometimes too cruel.

Tanner didn't want to regret or recall anything, "How about you? Did you find anything?"

Mycroft shook his head, "I found a cave, and the traces show that there were human activities two days ago, but the people have already left."

Speaking of which, it's time to interrogate Jason.

He knows more about the whereabouts of the missing people who were abducted to the X Forest.

Jason kept silent.

Even after being forced to confess, he is still reluctant to say how many people died and where the rest of the living are most likely located.

We can only search the triangular secret room in the forest first. There are only traces left by Jason alone. It is basically certain that he has no accomplices.

In that way, at least it was guaranteed that there would be no man-made potential dangers in the X forest, and the two guards sent by Darcy could send the unconscious Lydia to the hospital first.

The rest continued to search for the missing.

Contrary to previous inferences, according to the remnants in the triangular chamber, Jason kept a certain personal item of each victim.

This batch of forest fugitives was not six, but ten.The other four were three men and one woman, and they were left with three pairs of cufflinks for men and one necklace for women.

A simple calculation shows that two of the missing persons have died, one has been found, and seven others are urgently to be found.

It takes five days to find it.

Finally, I saw the person alive, but the dead body.

Among the ten missing persons, all three women are alive, and Ferencz from the Austro-Hungarian Empire is also alive.

Three people were killed, the first was Ferencz's bodyguard, the second was a wealthy merchant, and the third was George Wickham.They were killed on April 4, 9 and 11 respectively.

Hunting killer Jason Decker found that everyone had recovered all the missing persons, and it was a pity that the seven living people were not attacked by wild animals.

In the end, he

Still explained the whole process of committing the crime.After his mother passed away, he worked in many places and met the hunting instructor Harlan Tory in the process.

Harlan Tory hires Jason to hunt rare animals.

The two went deep into the African jungle, not only captured all kinds of unheard of animals, Tori also collected strange plants.

Three years passed like this.

Tori said he was leaving to do something big, gave Jason a lot of money, and disappeared without a trace.

Jason has made another huge sum of money by selling rare animals and plants.

He changed his name and surname to Dawson Vega, and began to live a rich life of his own design.But year after year, he found that life became more and more boring, so he set foot on Africa again to start hunting.

Hunting animals is less and less challenging and exciting.

A year ago, while hunting in the grassland, I missed a shot.Instead of hitting the running tiger, it accidentally injured a human being who was hunting with it.

When the blood flowed out of the human body, the bright red color was particularly eye-catching, awakening some kind of bloodthirsty impulse deep in Jason.

If hunting wild animals is not exciting enough, how about hunting humans instead?It would be fun to strip people of their clothes and let them run like wild animals.

Thus the Hunter-Killer was born.

Initially targeting people in the East End of London, they patiently picked their victims, poor people who went missing and no one cared.

Gradually, ambitions and desires are growing, and a plan to hide from the sky is gradually taking shape.

London is so big, full of wonders, some people like to enter the slums to experience life.

Jason had an opportunity.Either with rhetoric, or with a sneak attack from behind, you can always lure a group of people into the X Forest in the East End.

Choosing Forest X as the hunting place is also a tribute to Harlan Tory, who mentioned that a big event will be carried out here.

Tori didn't say exactly what happened, but Jason discovered a secret room deep in the jungle.Although the building is empty, the layout of the doors and windows is exactly the same as the house Tori built himself in Africa before.

Jason occupies the empty house and begins hunting for a murderous plan.

**

Entering late April.

Sherlock did not return to London from Southampton on time.He took over a new murder case and sent a letter.

In the letter, it was detailed that Tori had sold the old house to Jason at a price lower than the market price, which seemed quite unfair.

Take care of this buyer.

Harlan Tory stayed in his hometown for a short time, and the neighbors around him didn't know him well, and the buyer of the house, Jason, didn't live long.

Sherlock used some "small tricks" to sneak into the old house to investigate.

There was no servant staying behind, it was just an empty house, but a small cardboard box was accidentally found in the ceiling interlayer.

Inside is a badge.

The badge features a scarab on the front and a self-engraved poem on the back.

"I stretched out two fingers and held the flag at half-mast. At this moment, I saw a strange flying bird rushing towards the sun. ——H·T"

Judging from the initials of the signature, this is something Tori hid.

The later owner of the house, Jason, probably didn't know anything, because the interlayer of the hidden things was dusty and rusty, and it looked like no one had opened it for more than ten years.

What does the badge left by the revolving door killer represent?

Is it the sign of the Scarab Society?Why engrave a short poem on the back?

In addition, Sherlock was sure that there were no other clues in the whole old house.

Mycroft looked at the badge that had been sent back with the letter.Doubtless it represented some unknown mystery.

Tori hid the badge, did he make an appointment with someone to pick it up in the future?Has the entrusted person been delayed in showing up?

The one who most wanted to solve the doubts about the badge was Mr. Minton.

It is logical to give the badge to Mr. Minton, and by the way, it should be matched with a late housewarming gift, which is also a late return gift.

In the Mycroft Appreciation Club, Mr. Minton presents a cactus, which is growing vigorously. It is better to choose a potted plant as a return gift.

London's flower markets offer a wide variety of options.In the end, mountain roses won out because they are evergreen all year round and relatively easy to grow.

Despite the "rose" in its common name, it is actually a succulent.It gets its name because the outer plant looks like a rose, like a green rose that never fades.

One small question, is there anything wrong with giving a flower that looks like a green rose?

After hesitating for three seconds, Mycroft still chose the mountain rose.Or let Mr. Minton choose whether to reject it.

******

Pall Mall Street, another day of dusk.

Mary concluded today's Whitechapel field investigation.

After returning from X-Forest, she continued her work on slum research.Ten days passed, or there was good news, Lydia was finally discharged from the hospital.

From reckless elopement to casino riches, to

Going deep into the Eastern District in an attempt to win a big one, he took a sharp turn and was taken into the X forest by being stunned.

This April, Lydia had a very thrilling life. Although she was discharged from the hospital with no serious physical problems, it took a long time for her psychological shadow to calm down.

Now, Lydia just wants to return to Longborn to live a comfortable rural life, and she no longer yearns for the bustling London that she was once obsessed with.

As for Wickham who seduced her?Of course that person was also mentioned.But I just hate that my vocabulary is not rich enough, and I can't change my tricks to scold the scumbag who abandoned her without even thinking about it when he fled the forest.

Wickham had been killed, or at this point, Lydia's continuous cursing was able to stop.

She seemed to have decided that her next mate would be to find a man who was the exact opposite of Wickham.

Those, though, were domestic chores in the Bennet family.

Mary had no time to pay attention.Even when Darcy sent out an invitation to the wedding reception in early July, she was not 100% committed to attending.

Because no one can guarantee that criminals everywhere will take care of Darcy's face and will not commit crimes during his wedding time.If so, it is very necessary to wonder whether Darcy has some kind of hidden identity.

Accident and tomorrow, it is always hard to tell which will come first.

"Knock-"

There was a knock on the door on the first floor.

Today, it was Mycroft who arrived before dinner.

"It was quite busy before, and you haven't officially celebrated your settlement in London. I hope you don't mind me making up the gift at this time."

Mycroft arrived with a pot of mountain roses. "Referring to the cacti you sent, I guess you would prefer long-term potted plants to flowers that will wither soon."

It was unexpected!

Mary looked at the potted mountain roses and said with a smile, "Mr. Holmes, you really surprised me. I still remember that we had a few conversations about roses last time, but I didn't expect that you were the one who sent the "roses" first. "

"Mr. Minton, stop joking. I know you know that this is a botanical common sense. Mountain roses are not real roses."

Mycroft seemed to explain unhurriedly, "I went to the flower market, and the potted plants that are relatively easy to grow are succulents. Among them, mountain roses look pleasing to the eye, and as long as there is more light and less water, it will be fine."

The above are the reasons for choosing this plant.

As for the so-called "beauty and love that never fades" in Huayu, it can be temporarily ignored to avoid the possibility of rejection.

"Well, I understand."

Mary took the potted plant with a natural expression, and was about to put it on the window sill of the study.

As for what do you know?Before she went upstairs, she turned her head and gave Mycroft a smiling wink. "Thank you, I like your roses."

Mycroft: No, it's not a rose, it's all said.

Wait a minute, shouldn't the point be that Mr. Minton, who is familiar with the language of flowers, didn't reject it?