Mary's Nineteenth Century

September 10, 30:[-] am.

The large conference room of Scotland Yard was requisitioned, and the ten-meter-long table was full of cardboard boxes. Here are the backup records sent by some telegraph companies.

Lestrade and Grayson were arrested and came to look for clues that Luke might have left in the telegraph work for public benefit.

Around the keywords "money", "gambling", "fire", "circuit fire", "burnt fish", etc., but not limited to this.In short, we are looking for information related to the fire at the PPP telegraph station and the death of Jacques.

How to find this?

Maybe Luke also used a secret language with the other party, so can the workload be a little bigger?

Next room.

Mary asked Miss Emily.

Amy Le is an employee of a telegraph company in London. According to the telegraph line she works on, one of the telegraph lines is connected to Luke.

At this moment, I was asked if I noticed that the telegraph operator of the PPP telegraph station on this line had abnormal emotions recently?She nodded affirmatively.

"I remember very clearly that on July 7, LK's mood swings were abnormal that afternoon."

Emily has been engaged in the telegraph industry for nine years, and is an old man in this industry.She just learned today that the real name of the telegraph operator code-named LK is Luke, and the two have worked together on the same line for three years.

"Although I have never met, L's sending style in the past was very steady, and he tapped every telegraph key in an orderly manner. It was different that day. He varied in speed when sending a telegram."

September 7th?

Mary immediately remembered that it was a special day.The Royal Ascot was held in July, and news broke on the 16th that the original horse was struck to death by lightning, and "poison" replaced it.

"Miss Emily, why do you dare to be so sure?"

Mary asked, "Every day you have to deal with telegrams for 10 hours. Is there any special event that reminds you of LK's mistake that day?"

Amy Le definitely replied, "It is special enough because of the content of the telegram. I remember very clearly "Get ready, April Fool's Day is coming, and the carnival will start in four days.""

Obviously, this is a code word code.

Mary dealt with the timing, July 7 was race day at Royal Ascot.And looking at the frown on Amy Le's face, it's almost certain. "You don't like April Fool's Day, so remember to be very clear about this content."

"That's right, I hate April Fool's Day very much. You know, sometimes the person who pulls the prank thinks it's harmless, but it's a lot of harm to the person being pranked."

Amy Le explained a little bit, "I am a telegraph professional, and I can always hear all kinds of strange content, and I don't like all the content related to April [-]st."

Mary asked, "I heard that some telegraph operators can hear the specific emotions of long-term collaborators, so can you describe Luke's mood at that time?"

"Oh! Yes, I know."

Amy Le said with sarcasm, "It's excitement, I'm sure it's that kind of emotion. It matches the content of his message. On April Fool's Day, he will be excited if he succeeds in teasing people. I didn't expect that LK, who has always been calm, would actually have such an emotion." Emotions. Hehe..."

Mary nodded slightly, don't underestimate anyone easily.There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in every industry, and old telegraphers like Amy Le really have a pair of ears that understand people's hearts.

"Miss Emily, do you remember who sent that message to whom?"

A telegram is sent from sender A to recipient B.

According to the general process, several telegraph stations may be passed through, and Luke is one of the telegraph operators.

Obviously, this April Fool's Day message is mixed with personal emotions.

Luke is no longer a tool man, but is related to the sender and receiver.The three of them knew the telegram routing process very well, and knew that the news would go through the PPP telegraph station.

"Sorry, I can't remember the other details."

Amy Le told the truth, "You can ask the police officer to find my work backup record, my work code is "Tingfeng". On July 7, around four o'clock in the afternoon, I received the telegram. "

It's a very apt code name.

Mary sent Miss Emily away, and asked Lestrade to pull out the record.

"Let me see, July 7, around 16:16."

Lestrade turned to the corresponding page, "Let me see, it was sent from the Elephant Telegraph Station in Kent, and the sender did not leave his real name, calling himself a 'fisherman'.I didn't write who will receive it, only the delivery address, which is near Regent's Park. "

Mary glanced at the address, and it was only two streets away from the gambling old Luke's house, and it took only 5 minutes to walk.

"Two agents, please continue to search for the contents of the telegraph station's work backup. Keywords can be added such as "fisherman", "April Fool's Day" and so on.I will go to this address first. "

Mary knew that she might not be able to find anyone this time, and the other party had already fled.

But she had to take a trip, because she was a little concerned, and the telegram sent by Luke when he was excited had the code name of the sender "fisherman".

Before the telegraph station caught fire, a letter sent to Watson under the guise of Luke, with a picture of a charred fish.

Is the fisherman related to scorched fish?What does April Fool's Carnival mean?

**

The story is divided into two parts. Mycroft needs to go to Whitehall because of the fake news about the champion horse.

The Royal Ascot is more than just a race.

In the 19th century, it was an annual event where everyone from the royal family to the homeless could participate.Not only the UK, but also large and small casinos in continental Europe will open for this purpose.

Therefore, cheating is strictly prohibited in horse racing. Once it is confirmed that there are frauds and cheating, the consequences will be extremely serious, and those involved will be sentenced to prison.

This year, the unpopular champion broke out unexpectedly.

The substitute horse "Poison" replaced the companion who was killed by lightning.It shocked almost all the participants of the horse racing meeting, and the little-known one won the championship.In the news throughout August, this dark horse occupied the top 10 hotspot list of news reports.

No matter what kind of news enthusiasm, it will always recede with time.

In September, people are gradually not paying attention to the dark horse, and are about to focus on other places, unexpectedly, a shocking melon falls from the sky.

Matthew is used to the messy new news coming to Whitehall every day, such as which country's royal family is having an illegitimate child again, such as who and who want to fight again.But today's news is really unexpected.

He has always believed that the actors of the London Freak Show, such as long-haired people, two-headed people, three-legged people, long-nosed people, etc., are not monsters, but they are ordinary people in essence, but they were played by fate during their individual development and went astray. .

But what happened to the champion horse that mutated yesterday?

"This is the photo I just sent, isn't it scary?"

Matthew handed a black and white photo to Mycroft. Although the photo was only in two colors, it did not relieve the visual impact at all.

In the photo, a monster was lying in a pool of blood.

Its body is a horse, but its head has nothing to do with a horse at all. It is more like the rumored hellhound, with sharp teeth like a wolf.

Mycroft didn't trust photos lightly, "Are you sure this isn't a fake photo? These days, you can even fake a ghost."

Matthew can't be 100% sure, "I don't want it to be true. If it's fake, it won't cause panic, and it won't cause countless troubles. Or, you want to go to the death scene in Kent to see it."

"Poison" has been bred at Emerald Stud in Kent.

The racecourse is the private property of the Marquis of Ball, but he never manages it himself. Horse racing is just one of his many hobbies that spend money like water.

There are seven horses in the racecourse, including two race horses, the original race horse who was killed by lightning and the substitute "Poison". The rider Caesar is mainly responsible for raising the race horses.

Caesar disappeared a few days ago, and the other people on the racetrack couldn't tell the exact date.

"Since "Poison" won the championship unexpectedly, Caesar's worth has also risen accordingly, and the racecourse manager should be more polite to him.At the beginning of September, Nishizawa asked for a few days off, but the supervisor approved it without hesitation. "

Matthew clicked on the letter on the table, "It said that the management of the Emerald Racecourse is actually very loose, and this year's victory made them even more complacent. For this reason, they held a celebration reception yesterday, until a cleaning staff was drunk and wanted to go The bathroom, but in the wrong place, I accidentally bumped into the "poison" mutation. "

At midnight, the silent racecourse.

The champion horse was already a little ugly. Under the hazy moonlight, its head was twisted and deformed suddenly, and then it fell to the ground bleeding from its seven orifices.

This scene directly woke up the drunk cleaner.

The pungent smell of blood made him lose his composure and run wildly. While shouting 'the devil is coming', he rushed out of the racecourse.

During August, various gossip about "poison...drugs" kept appearing in the newspapers.All the media wanted to dig out exclusive news. They went around the Emerald Carriage to inquire about news, and whoever provided interesting information would be rewarded.

Last night, the panicked shouts of the cleaners alarmed the residents along the way, and someone provided a tip to the newspaper, which led to the big news of the airborne landing in London early this morning.

Mycroft collected the letters and photos, and went to Scotland Yard to find Mr. Minton.

The Emerald Racecourse in Kent actually happened to be on Jennifer's only way back to London. The two of them should go there in person.

Firstly, to check the details of "Poison"'s body, secondly, to follow up the progress of the search for Jennifer, and thirdly, to determine whether another missing horse trainer, Caesar, is related to the case.

Why is it suspected that the disappearance of the horse trainer and the sudden death of the champion horse are related to Luke?

Yesterday, it was speculated about the reasons why Luke chose to do it at this time. One of them is that his life has undergone major changes, and he may have become rich overnight.

This time the Royal Marseille was upset, and several gamblers bet on "poison" and became rich overnight after winning with extremely high odds.

Wait a minute, there is an important correction in that thought.

Could it be Mr. Minton.Now, he is the one who knows Mary's real name, and he doesn't have to address Mr. Minton, who is not close enough, when he meditates in his heart.

Mycroft: When this case is over, I hope to add a prefix to this touching name as soon as possible-such as his Mary.

The front street of Scotland Yard is full of people.

Mary pushed open the heavy wooden door, and she saw Mycroft coming towards her.

Huh?Is it an illusion?The moment Mr. Holmes saw her, his eyes were very calm, so calm that he wanted to hide something.