Mary's Nineteenth Century

Faced with Richard's question whether there is a resurrection from the dead, the answer could not be more obvious.

Mary replied firmly, "You should believe in science, the so-called resurrection array is absolutely impossible to save your child, it has no reliable scientific basis at all.

Don't you think it's absurd that a person who has been dead for more than half a year can be resurrected with gloves, a beard, a few body parts, and the lives of two children?If such a beautiful thing really happens, can it still be your turn?Didn't the kings of all countries think that they would exist forever in the world? "

The words are very reasonable.

Richard couldn't admit that he grasped the last straw by mistake, "I know my magic circle was not drawn well enough, maybe I read the wrong spell, who told me I didn't finish reading that notebook. Maybe I just need to read it completely Ben, I can have the ability to resurrect my wife and children."

Mycroft directly poured cold water on Richard, "If the person who wrote the notes really had supernatural powers, how could he die under your father's hands?

A person who has mastered multiple resurrection techniques shouldn't have the ability to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, at least to avoid sudden death. Thirty-four years ago, the murderer of the Yeti was easily killed. Don't you know how capable he is? "

In fact, there is a logical error here.For example, a person who masters resurrection does not necessarily master prophecy.

However, Mycroft's tone was taken for granted, as if his words were absolutely authoritative.

This is done for one purpose only.Richard's crime does not warrant the death penalty. Considering that he can come out of the prison alive, it is now necessary to dispel his idea of ​​resurrection sacrifices.

At the moment, Richard was stunned speechless.

Had it not been for the tragedy of his wife committing suicide with her son, he would never have tried the absurd yeti sacrifice.In a sense, this is self-deception to the point of desperation.

"Richard, when you sacrificed the glove, you drew bloody bugs on the inside of the glove. It looks a bit abstract, but is that a scarab?"

What Mary said was a question, but her tone was firm. "I guess the club that the Yeti Killer belongs to is the Scarab Club. Let me tell you that this club is a group of experimental weirdos looking for trouble, and some of them have embarked on the path of crime. You may wish to recall carefully, the wording in that notebook Is it to characterize various arrays in an experimental state?"

Richard's face was not good.His memory of the notes is limited to the pages of the inverted pentagram, and the notes he read when he was eight years old, unless he has a photographic memory, he will not be able to remember all the details of the text.

Two points were hit.

Although he had no idea of ​​the rest of the notes, one of the Yeti Slayer's relics his father hid contained a scarab-shaped badge.

In addition, the father has read all the notes.When his father told the motive of the Yeti Killer, he mentioned that the cruel criminal who killed and buried his body for seven consecutive years was conducting some kind of experiment.Since the Yeti murderer was doing experiments, the contents of his notes should be regarded as hypotheses rather than truth.

Mary watched Richard's demeanor change, and this man's heart had already been moved by the authenticity of the resurrection array.

"Do you know anything else about the murderer of the snow monster? Think about it carefully and give me some valuable clues. I can choose a good coffin for your son to bury in a good cemetery."

Richard also wanted to have more bargaining chips, but his father had already destroyed all the relics of the Yeti killer.

"Except for the bag of gold bars that was embezzled by our family, the remaining belongings such as badges, notebooks, clothes, etc. were all burned by my father. Even the body of the snow monster murderer was cremated by my father."

When Sherlock heard this, he remembered the badge of the Scarab Society he had seen. More precisely, he actually found the first scarab badge.

"Have you looked at that badge carefully? Is there any engraving on the back? Since you drew a scarab on the sacrificial glove, you must have a special impression of this kind of bug."

"Lettering?"

Richard tried to recall, "Yes, there are a few lines on the back of the badge. I really can't remember the specific content. The only thing I can remember is the general meaning of one sentence, "The secret is hidden in the mystery of mathematics." "

Richard smiled wryly.His fate is also like this sentence, the inverted pentagram uses the relationship of affinity numbers as the resurrection array, just like using the profound meaning of mathematics.

Perhaps, it is long overdue to admit that there is no magic at all.Just because most people don't understand some esoteric mathematical theories, they regard the relationship between those numbers as the power left by gods or demons in the world.

Next, Richard gave all the other details he knew.

It is mainly the origin of the four sacrifices, among which the body secret of the androgynous Bobby was mentioned by Richard over ten years ago from his father.

Bobby was seriously injured after being attacked by a wild beast while collecting medicine in the wild, and Richard's father rescued him while trafficking in wild goods.

The two sides had such a relationship.Therefore, after Richard died, he naturally went to mourn Bobby's cemetery. He did not expect to dig up his father's friend as a sacrifice two years later.

Also, the expensive gloves that were stolen from the Gaffney family, bought on the black market.

If Richard wants to reduce his sentence, he must be able to provide the seller's origin, but he doesn't know much about it, he only knows that the other party's pseudonym is Square K.

"Block K", this matches the traces at the scene of property theft.In the stolen leisure villa of the Gaffney family, there is a playing card of diamond K.

It can now be determined that the poker cards were deliberately left by the thief to show his crime characteristics.

This theft was not a pursuit of money, but rather an attempt to establish a particular modus operandi of a person who hoped to gain a place in the criminal world.

Those, however, have nothing to do with the Richard case.

The three left the interrogation room of the police station.

At ten o'clock in the evening, we returned to the hotel together in a carriage.

After getting into the car, Sherlock made no secret of being intrigued by the "K of Squares", and wanted to follow up on the theft at the Gaffney's house. "I'll bet a penny the thief has more than one crime."

The voice fell, and there was no response for a while.

Mary is seriously thinking about the scarab badge.

It's a pity that the badge held by the snow monster's murderer was destroyed, otherwise we would have learned the specific content of the lettering on the back.At present, I only know one sentence "the secret is hidden in the profound meaning of mathematics".

What kind of secret?

Previously, two Scarab Badges were acquired, with lettering on the back of them.

One piece: "I stretched out two fingers and held the flag at half-mast. At this moment, I saw a strange bird rushing towards the sun."

The other piece is not only the words above, but also added a sentence: "When the sea and fire collide, my successor, you should boldly open the gate of infinity."

The two paragraphs are like code words.

The snow monster murderer mentioned that the secret is in the mystery of mathematics. Does it mean that the key to unlocking the code is related to mathematics?

"I have a guess."

Mycroft suddenly said, "The words on the back of the badge, isn't it some kind of digital code? For example, "two fingers", "half-flag", and "a strange bird" in the code words all have quantifiers, which are meant to Use mathematics to solve its specific meaning. "

Mary agrees with this speculation, "I also thought that it is a string of digital codes, and the person holding the badge goes to a specific place and reports the code to get clues to the next step. But the engraving on the back of the badge can never be simple. to a cipher suite representing something like "2, 0.5, 1".I tried to associate the code words with the ancient Egypt represented by the scarab, but I have not yet found a corresponding phenomenon in the ancient Egyptian culture. "

"That's exactly what I'm talking about. Mr. Minton, we might as well expand our search."

Mycroft points out, "Since the badge behind the Yeti Killer mentions that the secret can be solved using mathematical mysteries, it may not only involve the ancient Egyptian mathematics system. Do you remember the Lord of Page? The library in the old castle contains Including works of mathematics from all over the world."

Last year at the island gala, Jude, a member of the Scarab Club, used the island owner of Page to arrange a killing situation.

Mary and Mycroft found a scarab badge left by Jude after successfully dispelling the danger of the explosion.It is worth noting that the whole process of cracking uses knowledge related to π, and involves mathematical research in many countries.

From this point to that, if you want to decipher the code words engraved on the back of the scarab badge, it is not necessarily related to ancient Egypt, or you need to use the mathematical knowledge of other regional civilizations.

Mary nodded slowly as she thought about it, "You make a lot of sense. You should expand the scope of your search. In this case, you need to go to a place with a rich collection of books."

"Good news, you don't have to go back to the British Museum in London."

Mycroft reported an address near Yorkshire, "Last autumn, the owner of Page Island decided to completely renovate the castle to eliminate the threat of gunpowder in the underground chamber and temporarily store all valuables in Yorkshire." .”

Mary's eyes lit up. Page Island Master has a complete collection of mathematics books, some of which are unique books that the British Museum does not have.

She winked at Mycroft, "Did you use the name of the Big Red Riding Hood to provide the owner of Page Island with a temporary storage point?"

Mycroft smiled, and he followed up last year after Murder at the Castle.

Not only did they introduce doctors from the cardiology department to the owner of Page Island, but they also provided a technical team for professional inspection of explosives.That's not an old-fashioned way to help free of charge, just to be able to borrow books and read them at any time in the future.

The owner of Page Island is also very good at life, so he simply bought a small house in Yorkshire, moved the library in, and gave Big Red Riding Hood and his friends the right to borrow books at any time.

"Cough cough!"

At this time, Sherlock made a false cough on purpose.

For some reason, Sherlock suddenly felt that he should not be in the car, but should be under the car.

There were obviously three people in the carriage, but the other two seemed to ignore him?Does anyone remember the topic he raised at the beginning, he said that the topic of betting a penny and the thief "King of Diamonds" was selectively ignored?

Mycroft didn't feel guilty about neglecting his brother, and looked at Sherlock calmly. "Is your throat uncomfortable again? I told you to smoke less, it's not good for your lungs."

The corner of Sherlock's mouth twitched slightly, is this a problem with smoking!

Mary still kept a little bit of conscience, "I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes, I was thinking about the badge code just now, and I didn't notice your discomfort. Do you need throat lozenges? I'll get you some in the room when I get back to the hotel." box."

The corners of Sherlock's mouth became stiffer, he didn't need candy! "Thank you, no need. I'll just go back and have some hot tea."

Mycroft glanced at his younger brother, "Drink tea? It's past ten o'clock in the evening. Are you afraid that you won't be able to fall asleep? You might as well drink water. Don't think too much about how to catch the "K" before going to bed. I won't be able to sleep. I don't want to see you haggard after a sleepless night."

Sherlock took a deep breath, he felt suddenly targeted by his brother, but there was no real evidence.

He simply smiled and stopped talking, and maintained the image of Holmes' brothers and sisters in front of Mr. Minton.

Mycroft didn't say anything aggressively either, he seemed to be very purely concerned about his brother's health.

Suddenly targeting Sherlock?Actually a little bit.The reason is simple, if there is no silly brother in the carriage, now he can use the topic of analyzing the scarab badge to gain some benefits from Mary.

——For example, if he deciphers the meaning of the badge code first, will he be able to have some privileges in the ski race?