Mary's Nineteenth Century

Regarding "stealing", Mycroft didn't argue with Sherlock to the end, making the silly brother think that he went to eat sweets for supper.

In a sense, in the past two nights, he really felt that the sugar content exceeded the standard.Being with Mary is a special way of consuming sugar, and I can't quit it.

Right now, it's more important to deal with business.

Immediately make a plan to sneak into Richard's rented house, and find out that he is the evidence of the maker of the weird snowman, mainly to confirm whether the two children brought by Richard are safe.

However, plans have not kept pace with the changes.

On January 1, after dinner, one of the police officers who had stayed outside Richard's rented house rushed to report.13 minutes ago, at 10:07 at night, the back door of the rental house opened and Richard left the house in his carriage.

According to the deduced time of committing the crime, it is impossible for Richard to travel far in the past two days.If he drives away, it is likely that the fifth snowman will be made in advance.

Why did Richard act early?

Did you hear that someone was investigating the case of the Weird Snowman, and you dare not follow the original rhythm with a guilty conscience?

Let's put these questions aside.

It was too late to engage in burglary spies, and Richard's carriage had to be intercepted first, so that he could not take the two children out of York City.

"However, we are not sure if there are any children in the car."

The police officer in charge of surveillance hesitated, "The carriage drove out from the back door of the rented house, and no voice was heard in the carriage."

"As a sacrifice, how high do you think the possibility is that the two children will be allowed to call for help? If Richard is the murderer, he can drug the children or tie their mouths."

Sherlock thought that the police officers were too indecisive. If he was the one who stopped the car on the spot, he would not have to worry about losing the suspect afterwards.

"Now go to the north gate to chase."

Mary calculated Richard's position, going to the last sacrificial site, town A, which is the closest from the north of York City. "I remember that there is a stone road near the north gate that is being repaired, and the carriage can only be changed to the dirt road."

The policeman didn't quite understand, "What happened to the dirt road?"

"Not much, just to make you less indecisive."

Mary seemed to be patiently explaining, "Richard's wagon load can be seen from the ruts on the dirt road. I'm assuming you remember the details of Richard's carriage and can tell at a glance that his vehicle will leave Which rut."

The police officer was speechless for a while, and shook his head weakly, he really hadn't noticed it.

"It's a two-wheeled carriage with a wheel distance of 1.35 meters."

Sherlock said with certainty that although he had entered Richard's rented house, he peeked through the crack of the door and saw the parked compartment.

Without further ado, act now.

The soldiers divided into several groups to intercept Richard's carriage.Although it is estimated that taking the carriage to the north gate is the fastest route to the sacrifice site in Town A, the possibility of Richard's intentional detour cannot be ignored.

Not long after Richard left, there were only seven roads to choose from after the carriage left the city. Before he turned on the side road, there were still enough people to chase him separately.

On the other end, Mycroft went to Richard's rented house.

In case Richard stubbornly resists using the two children as a threat, something that can counter him must be found, such as the corpse that the pentagram wanted to resurrect.

This night is destined to be restless.

Brand new ruts appear on the dirt road near the North Gate of Yorktown.

The distance between the two wheels is 1.35 meters, and the pattern of the ruts is consistent with Richard's wheels.Observing the depth of the ruts, it can be determined that it is not an empty carriage, but about 40 kilograms of items.

The two children that Richard took with him were very thin and weighed about forty kilograms together.

After seeing the ruts, Mary determined that Richard was going to start the last sacrifice early.After chasing them out of the city, an encounter occurred half an hour later.

Fortunately, this time her luck was not too bad, Richard did not carry a gun with him.

Although Richard wanted to use the two children in the car as a hostage threat, he couldn't move quickly enough.The shoulders were directly pierced by two bullets, and he lost the ability to continue to resist.

What followed was an overnight interrogation.

Richard initially wanted to plead not guilty.Even if two comatose children were found in his compartment, he insisted that he was taking the children to see a doctor.

Regarding the identities of the two children, Richard said that they were orphans he had kindly adopted in Leeds.Because the two children were weak and couldn't bear the bumpy woman in the carriage, they were simply given some sleeping pills, and they would wake them up when they went somewhere.

Richard's bluntness did not last long, for Mycroft brought an update.

The lock in the basement of a tenement house has been picked and the frozen body of a four-year-old boy has been found inside.

The boy's face is very similar to Richard's, and [-]% of them are related by blood.Based on this, the previous inference that the snowman sacrifice was to resurrect someone has found relevant evidence.

"Tell me, how did you come up with such a sacrifice?"

Mary looked at Richard blankly, "You are going to use the lives of two children to resurrect your child in a ridiculous way. Who taught you the method? Don't tell me that you created it yourself. You can't even draw the circle of the magic circle."

Richard glared, "That's right, I hid my son's body, and I also took the unconscious Daniel and Emma out of the city. But why do you accuse me of killing two children? Have you found any other evidence?! I ..."

"I don't like wasting time, I'll give you 1 minute to think about whether to say it or not."

Mary interrupted Richard's sophistry, "You can try not to say it. Don't worry, I won't do anything else. If the corpse rots and stinks, I will help you cremate your son's corpse."

"No! How dare you!"

Richard almost jumped up from the seat in the interrogation room of the police station, but his hands and feet were tied and he struggled to no avail.

"You can try it, whether I dare or not."

Mary said with a smile, "I guess you have no other relatives. Once you are in prison, no one will arrange a funeral for your son. Who has the final say on his corpse? It will be fine when the corpse is cremated." , in case it becomes a general body in the school's dissection room..."

"Shut up! I'm not guilty!"

Richard is still struggling, "What did I do? You can't put me in jail, you don't have any more evidence."

Mycroft only said indifferently, "Your maid Susan, she is willing to testify that you once possessed two pairs of expensive ladies' gloves. Those are not yours, they were stolen goods from a theft in Leeds last year, and they belonged to Gaffney. A relic of an old lady in the family. The market value of the gloves is three thousand pounds, before adding value, and this amount is enough to spend several years in prison."

"Damn Susan!"

Richard couldn't help cursing. He always thought that the dull maid was easy to deceive, but he didn't expect her to notice those two pairs of expensive gloves.

At this point, Richard had to confess the crime.

Even if he failed to revive his son, he would never allow his son to be burned to ashes or used as a corpse for dissection.In his opinion, the soul of his son would never rest in peace.

"These things start from 1840. That winter, my mother was almost killed by the snow monster killer."

What Richard was talking about was the old case of the Saint Laurent Valley, which had been murdered and buried for seven consecutive years since 1833. He was still in his mother's stomach at the time, and he almost became a victim with his mother.

Fortunately, Richard's father happened to kill the murderer while hunting.

But nothing was said about it because a packet of gold bars was found among the killer's personal belongings.Once this matter is announced to the public, the gold bars will probably be handed over.

More importantly, a note was found in the murderer's pocket at the time.

It records that the murderer has killed people for seven consecutive years. He is experimenting with some kind of sacrificial ceremony, and there is a society behind him.

In the notes, the murderer did not record whether he committed the crime independently.Richard's father thought a little more, fearing revenge from members of the murderer's club, he simply fabricated an illusion.

In 1840, the snowman burial case that lasted for seven years did not happen again. Instead, a sentence "I will come back" was left on a snowman.

Richard's father had built the snowman near the Saint-Laurent Valley, knowing that people passing by would spread the word.

Rumors will spread far and wide.Even if one day the members of the club came to find the murderer of the snow monster, they would think that he had something to do and suspend the murder, and would not doubt that he had been counter-killed.

In the years that followed, no one except Richard's parents knew the truth about the death of the Yeti killer.

And because of the windfall of getting the bag of gold bars, and wanting to stay away from the place where the murderer of the yeti was killed, the Richard family moved to Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Richard grew up, and when he was eight years old, he mischievously rummaged through the box and accidentally discovered the remains of the yeti murderer hidden by his father.

At that time, he opened the notebook and saw that the first few pages mentioned several kinds of resurrection formations, required sacrifices, and some restrictions.

"I couldn't finish it, so my father rushed into the house and burned the notebook. It was also that day that I learned about the snow monster's murderer."

Richard thought of the past, but in fact he couldn't remember clearly what happened when he was eight years old. "It's strange to say that even though so many years have passed, I still remember one of the inverted pentagrams, as well as the sacrifices and the requirements of the resurrected."

That would have been nothing.

It is normal for children to have curiosity, but this memory was reawakened last year when Richard lost his wife and son at the same time.

Eight years ago, 23-year-old Richard got married, which can be considered an early marriage at this age.

Richard has studied for a few years, but he didn't have the ability to go to college. He directly inherited his father's business and became a middleman selling wild goods.Although it is a bit hard to walk in the Yorkshire mountains all the year round, it is still a small fortune.

His wife is the daughter of a country gentleman whom he met while doing business, and they fell in love at first sight.The married life of the two is also plain and happy, and the wife gave birth to a boy four years ago.It was this birth that became a turning point in the fate of the small family.

Richard found that his wife's mood was very unstable after giving birth. She was sad and weeping for a while, and gloomy and insomnia for a while. For some reason, she even had the idea of ​​suicide.

Since then, he has taken his wife to seek medical treatment, but has not received effective treatment.He even suspected that his wife was being targeted by a demon, and asked the priest to exorcise the demon, but it still didn't work.

A doctor suggested that Richard send his wife to a mental hospital, but he refused.Because in the current mental hospital, once in, good people will become lunatics.

One delay for three years.

In March last year, Richard found that his wife seemed to be gradually recovering, returning to the cheerful and active life before giving birth.

The couple discussed to celebrate.

"April [-]st, I will always remember that day."

Richard's eyes were already red, "I came home at noon. In the bedroom, Elaine was holding our son and foaming at the mouth. The two of them died on the bed. She left a suicide note saying that she couldn't live anymore. Can pretend to be happy to numb my attention, and finally seize a chance to take my son to heaven with me."

Speaking of this, Richard looked in a trance, "Why? I still don't understand why God punished me like this."

Mary lowered her eyes silently, which is typical postpartum depression.

However, the medical community in the 19th century did not have a clear understanding of this, and it was even more impossible to give a corresponding effective treatment plan.

Richard had long since stopped expecting an answer, "Since God has abandoned me, what's wrong with me turning to the devil?"

So, the idea of ​​imitating the Yeti Killer came up.

Richard heard his father mention a few words, there are many kinds of magic circles in the notes of the murderer of the snow monster, and the murderer used the most cruel one.

But the notes were burned by the long-awaited father, and he didn't know the situation of other magic circles.At this time, a chilling coincidence appeared.

"It's really weird. The only resurrection formation I remember happened to use the magical relationship between 220 and 284. My son met the conditions to be resurrected. He was born on February 2."

Richard began to arrange five snowmen according to the priest's request in memory, stole a bunch of beards, bought two pairs of gloves from the black market, and dug up the body of an androgynous person.

The most difficult thing was to exchange the lives of two living people, but he was determined to do it, so he abducted two children from the slums.Ostensibly employing them to work for them, secretly feeding them debilitating drugs.

"I know I have to do it quickly, because I'm afraid that someone will intervene in the investigation. There is only one snowman left, but I didn't expect to be caught by you. It's a waste of time."

When Richard said this, he slumped on a chair, and then suddenly straightened up, staring at the few people who were interrogating him in front of him.

"You guys were able to find me so quickly, I guess you must know the mystery of the resurrection circle. You guys are smarter than me, can you tell me if what happened to me was a conspiracy arranged by the devil long ago? Did you come back from the dead?"