Mary's Nineteenth Century

With the scream of the maid Kenna, the cause of Ben Oliver's murder is revealed.

Old Mrs. Oliver couldn't deny it, because she was also afraid of the dead owl falling from the chimney.The bloody pattern of the "C" scar on it also made her cry in horror that the monsters and the undead are coming together for revenge.

Abandoning the parents and children committed 27 years ago, and murdering the adopted son 27 years later.

All this is from the hand of a mother.Or, she didn't deserve to be called a mother, otherwise she couldn't be cruel again and again.

Things are not complicated.

The land of the old Oliver's family is a limited inheritance, and the prerequisite is that there must be a male inheritance.However, after the old Mrs. Oliver got married, she gave birth to three children in succession, but they were all daughters.

A daughter means that there is no direct heir, and it means that the male heirs of other relatives will inherit the family property.

Once old Oliver died, life became very uncertain for old Mrs. Oliver and her daughters.

No one could say whether the nephew would support the aunt sincerely, whether he would only give her a few pounds a month, or whether the aunt would no longer have a life of leisure and ease.

Therefore, a son is a must!

Old Mrs. Oliver didn't consider herself patriarchal, she was purely out to make sure life wasn't ruined.

At that time, she was under a lot of pressure and was very eager to have a son in her next pregnancy.So he secretly sought medical treatment everywhere, and finally got the help of the witch doctor and took the secret medicine.

After drinking for three months, she was pregnant again.

A year later, in a way, Jack was indeed a baby boy.

"I suspect it's all those gibberish fertility drugs that made Jack deformed."

Lawyer Earson was writing the closing document, "Mr. Minton, what do you think? There is also the old Mrs. Oliver's confession that she did not steal other people's children. The adoption of Ben Oliver was entrusted by his biological mother. Isn't it a lie?"

According to Mrs. Oliver's confession, because she was eager to have a child 28 years ago, she also allocated a sum of money for charity and donated it to pregnant women and abandoned babies.

The old Mr. Oliver also knows this, and hopes to accumulate some good luck for the whole family.

During this process, Mrs. Oliver would go to the relief center to participate in activities every month if her physical condition allowed.She was on good terms with several widowed single pregnant women and was closest to Amanda.

Amanda has been frail since she was a child, and her husband died in a factory accident.

Since the elders of her and her husband died long ago, she had to continue working as a laborer during pregnancy in order to support the family.

This era is unfair to women.Even for the same job content, women's wages are only two-thirds or half of men's.

People who can break this stereotype either have extremely prominent backgrounds, or have abilities that are different from ordinary people.

Amanda was not an exception, she was a weaver.As the fetus grows, various pregnancy reactions make it impossible for her to maintain up to ten hours of physical work.She can only change to private weaving orders, but the salary is undoubtedly much less.

Old Mrs. Oliver's charitable donations are aimed at pregnant women like Amanda.The two gradually became acquainted, and the content of the chat was inseparable from the child, and their labor time was very close.

Amanda's body was getting worse day by day, and she made a request before she was about to give birth.

I hope old Mrs. Oliver can raise her own child, just treat him/her as a servant, and she has no one else to trust.

Old Mrs. Oliver didn't agree immediately, and went to investigate Amanda's husband and relatives first, which was indeed the case.After that, the two decided to help raise the children, and Amanda was arranged to rent a single-family house near the old Oliver's house.

"Amanda had a hemorrhage after giving birth. She gave birth a day earlier than Mrs. Oliver. The maid Kenner helped deliver the baby during this process."

Mary checked the timeline, there was no fourth person in that process.The maid Kenner said that the old Mrs. Oliver didn't intend to secretly change the child at first, but just planned to raise the baby boy as a servant, but an accident happened.

It never occurred to her that the son Mrs. Oliver finally expected was deformed.

Jack, just like a monster with a big head.

The old Mrs. Oliver lost control of her emotions on the spot. She pulled down the iron hook hanging from the bed curtain, and swung the sharp hook with both hands, leaving a "C"-shaped wound on the baby's cheek near the ear.

At that time, Jack had a lot of blood.The baby's body is very fragile, and the ear was almost cut off by the iron hook.

In that case, old Mrs. Oliver just kept talking about 'monsters, switch babies, devil's children'.After about 2 minutes, she decided to ask Kenner to put the deformed baby in a cloth bag, and throw it away immediately regardless of whether it was dead or alive.

Both master and servant were very glad that old Mr. Oliver was not at home.In fact, the whole delivery process of the old Mrs. Oliver was very smooth, but she lied to the outside world that she had never had a stomachache and dystocia.

On the one hand, in the name of calling a doctor, he dismissed the other servants; on the other hand, he delayed the time for Kenner to bring Amanda's child.

Kenner didn't mind much, because she also thought it was a monster.There was no way to handle it properly due to the urgency of time, so Kenner could only throw the baby in the nearby river, then turned around and went to Amanda's rented house.

In the rented house, there were only a frail mother who had just given birth, and a healthy baby boy.

At the time, the reasons for taking the baby were strong.Because Amanda is too weak to take care of the baby, it is better to take the baby to the old Oliver's house first, anyway, it was agreed to help raise it.

Three days later, Amanda died, and the old Mrs. Oliver declared that she failed to give birth to a child and died of dystocia.

Mary thought it was Kenner who was doing the funeral, stuffing pillows into Amanda's clothes and pretending she died in childbirth.For a poor person like Amanda who has no relatives or friends, no one cares about asking a priest to bury her, let alone examine her body.

"It can be seen that Kenner is also considered an "all-rounder".Killing and throwing away corpses, stealing the sky for another day, inquiring about prison information, what else can she do.Back then, whether Amanda was deceived by the pair of master and servant may have become a mystery. "

Mary shook her head, because the criminals didn't think they were wrong at all.If Jack had been an ordinary, normal baby, what would it have been like later on?

No one can tell, because there is no if.

Without ifs, there is murder and death.

On the night of Ben's murder, Kenner waited in the hiding place and watched Ben get off at the intersection.

Then, under the pretext of being ordered to deliver small biscuits, when he approached, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and decisively gave him three knives.

Why can you play hard?

Kenna's answer was very simple, because she knew that Ben was not from Oliver's family, and was not the master she wanted to serve from the very beginning.Why can't you bear to kill a dove that occupies a magpie's nest?

The deformed Jack didn't die in the river, but he reappeared, and no one knew what it meant.

It's better to act first and kill Ben and blame Peter. Anyway, there is no shortage of a male heir now.As for what to do with Jack?Broad bean and vegetable soup is popular recently, and he might pass out completely one day and never wake up again.

The above are the causes and consequences of this baby transfer.

There's a little more to follow.

Old Mr. Oliver was determined to hang his wife and maid, and he intended to bury the dead copy near his own mother's grave.It would be best for Ben to stay away from the surname Oliver.

So far, the investigation report has been written.

Mary watched Attorney Erson put down the pen. He will send this document to Professor George. As for who will it be handed over to?

There are still mysteries about Ben Oliver, such as why he cashed out his shares in the British stock market, such as the American research books and periodicals in his room.

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

London is a city with secrets, and Ben has his secrets too.

Mary put the mystery behind her and went straight to a new topic. "Oh! It's almost twelve o'clock for lunch. Lawyer Earson wonders if you have time next?"

invite to a meal?

Lawyer Earlson had no appetite, for the past nine days had not been pleasant.

Seeing this, Mary smiled and said, "Busy people are so fulfilling that they forget their little troubles. I wonder if you would like to take over the next patent application job? Not only for the UK, but also for other countries that have opened up securities and financial markets. The client is myself."

Lawyer Earson hesitated a little, but quickly agreed.He really needs a new job to ease the discomfort caused by the old case.

"Patent application, I am willing to do it for you. Thank you, Mr. Minton. A commission that has nothing to do with bloody murder, it comes too timely."

Then talk while eating.

What kind of patent is it, of course, it is a stock automatic quotation machine, a machine that will accelerate the speed of stock trading places within the scope of today's technological conditions.

"M", who caused a storm in the financial city, is about to appear again.

**

At night, at six o'clock.

Whitehall Street, a government office.

Ben Oliver's investigative report was read and placed on the table.

"Hey……"

After reading the report, Matthew couldn't help sighing.Who would have thought that the young man he was optimistic about would die for such absurd reasons for being killed.

The problem is coming.

Ben Oliver had an accident. Who was going to give the job he was supposed to do in mid-October?

The situation in the United States is not optimistic. Now we need a more proficient in data analysis, a rational and calm person in charge.The requirement for a candidate must also be that he is still in an unknown state.

By the way, one more thing has to be added, the members of the family environment must be reliable, and they must never come back for the second time.

Matthew lit a cigar, pondered slowly, and a candidate popped up in his mind.

Coincidentally.It is another "M" that is the same as the initials of the name of Mr. Mark Minton, the cracker this time.

"Well! Mycroft Holmes, hardly a better candidate. Except, he's a bit lazy?"