Mary's Nineteenth Century

On the second floor of the cruise ship, a double drama of fighting and scolding is being staged.

Where the comfort cabin is located, there is no more comfortable atmosphere.

The moment the actors of the troupe opened the door, a group of tourists rushed into the room, and conflicts broke out in an instant.

"Hey! Stop hitting!"

The head of the troupe, Zal, shouted, but he couldn't stop the scuffle.He couldn't even see the specific situation three meters away, the aisle was blocked by the crowd.

What exactly is going on?It was fine 10 minutes ago.

Zall had approached the troupe members to warn them not to divulge the news of the script. Why did there be a brawl after he left for a while?

"Quick, someone call the captain."

Zall yelled at the top of his voice, "Come on some sailors and separate these people—"

This is a bit more difficult.All morning the sailors ran up and down, in the water and in the sea, looking for Miss Fanny.

It was less than an hour before the corpse was fished out, except for a few people in the wheelhouse, everyone went to take a hot bath to rest for a while.

Zall's voice only called the waiters, but the waiters were not strong enough to separate the two groups of people who had been beaten together.

The actors of the troupe shouted, "Why are you scolding us! We are not murderers. If someone dies, what does it have to do with the performance!"

Not to be outdone, the tourists said, "It doesn't matter! If it weren't for the content of your plot to attract the god of death, no one would die. It's the curse you made!"

The scene tends to get out of control, and the number of tourists involved in the fight exceeds that of the theater troupe.It will soon be fast-forwarded to a unilateral beating, and there will be serious bloodshed... incidents will occur.

"Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, two gunshots exploded.

Although the gunfire could not be loud enough to cover the yells from both sides, it really deterred both sides.

The crowd suddenly became quiet, as if they had been cast with a spell, and no one was beaten.

He shrinks his head and looks around to see where the gunshots are coming from, for fear of being hit by stray bullets.

In the eerie atmosphere, voices of praise came from the stairs on the south side not far away.

"Oh, why don't you fight anymore?"

Mary was standing by the staircase window, holding a revolver in her hand, and she had just fired two shots into the sky outside the window without hesitation.

"Warriors who participated in the fighting, I admire you so much. God testifies, you are all great men who testify to the truth by yourself. Prove that the script kills people is not terrible, because you are much more powerful than death, and you can fight bravely before it comes. Self-termination. I don’t know if my understanding is correct?”

Fighting parties: Yes, you are absolutely right.

We dare not say that you are wrong, there is only one request now, you put the gun in your hand.No matter how bad it is, please don't point your gun at the crowd, what if it goes off?

Also, what's the matter with you, the lady in the black dress standing on the stairs together?Why did you open the handbag, and there was another revolver inside?

Wait, you seem to want to pass the bag to Mr. Gun, are you worried that he doesn't have enough bullets?

The next moment, Mycroft handed out the bag to the people around him.

"My marksmanship is not good enough. Mr. Minton, in critical moments, weapons should be used properly by those who need them most."

Everyone in the corridor: ...

No no no, there must have been a serious misunderstanding, no one wants a shootout.

Mary glanced at the handbag, and a smile flashed in her eyes. Does this scene look like one shouting robbery and the other handing a gun?

No, the two of them are clearly maintaining law and order, so why do they act like villains instead.

"Mrs. Roman, thank you for your fire support."

Mary smiled and did not take the gun, "However, I think you should keep your weapon to avoid being injured in a sudden conflict. After all, when the human brain is hot, it will no longer require itself to be a gentleman, and not to hurt someone as gentle as you." Elegant lady."

Everyone in the corridor:?

Who is hurting who now, and whose body is wounded?Keep your eyes open, touch your conscience, and say it again!The wounded were all people who had just been involved in the battle in the corridor, and had nothing to do with the two pennies standing on the stairs.

However, no one refuted it.

Because the power of the gun cannot be questioned, the crowd did not want to confirm whether the man on the stairs fired again.Oh, God!Who were they on the same boat with, and why did they meet someone with a gun?

At this time, the sound of running hurriedly sounded from the north stairs on the other side of the corridor.

Bingley finally found the captain, called out some strong sailors, and the group hurried upstairs.Fearing that it would be too late, they all heard gunshots.

"What happened, who shot?"

The captain shouted while running, but when he stepped into the corridor, he found that the atmosphere was a bit strangely quiet.Looking along the line of sight of the crowd, I found the two people on the stairs on the south side, and there was nothing I didn't understand.

"Mr. Minton, thank you very much for stopping this unnecessary conflict in time."

The captain breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, but put aside the words of thanks, the most important thing is to deal with the problem first.He looked at the flashpoint of the conflict again, and the leader was Theon—the wealthy businessman in the whale business who was unwilling to let the room be searched before.

"Mr. Theon, what do you want to do?"

The captain's tone was cold, "Miss Fanny died unfortunately. Even though her death was weird, it's not the reason for you to beat up the troupe's actors."

Theon was tall and burly, but now he couldn't help but glance at the two on the stairs.

He tried his best to hang his neck again, with a look of 'I'm right, I'm right'. "I don't want to do anything, I just want to ensure the safety of the passengers. Everyone is a person who has seen the world, and how many have heard horror stories where murder scripts come true."

The captain tried his best to suppress his anger, "So?"

"So, you dare not hide potential dangers, but should let us know how to guard against evil forces."

The more Xi En said, the more confident he became, "We didn't want to do anything, but we wanted the troupe to come up with the script of "Love at Twenty Thousand Miles Deep". Everyone read it, so that we can know what to do and avoid those strange ways of dying."

Is it wrong to hide the plot of the script and not create panic?

The captain didn't think his strategy was wrong at the beginning, but it was obviously impossible to hide it anymore.

"Okay, I'll show you! Now everyone is going to the concert hall. Zall, take out the original manuscript, the revised manuscript, and the final manuscript, and everyone can see it clearly."

Even if Zall doesn't want the repertoire of the unfinished premiere to flow out, the current situation can no longer follow the usual theory. "Okay, I'll get it now."

A farce finally ended like this.

All the passengers went to see the script, like Bentley, and another guest in the first class who had a bad leg, old Mr. Lucas, who was a composer, also went to see the script.

Mary and Mycroft also went to the concert hall. Although they had heard the outline of the script, they still had to observe it.

Of course, the main purpose is not to read the script, but to observe those who read the script, and by the way, find out who provoked this sudden conflict?

Is it the rich merchant Theon?

The passengers couldn't remember either.Because the whole ship searched for Fanny's trace, few people could stay in the room with peace of mind.Especially after the body was fished out of the water, some people watched the excitement, some people were concerned about the case, almost all the passengers gathered on the deck.

Later, Fanny's body was carried away, but the shocked passengers did not disperse immediately.Most of the people lived in the comfort cabin on the second floor, and they walked all the way back to the room very slowly, because they were all guessing the cause of Fanny's death.

I don't know when, but only one person said that he heard the conversation in the troupe's lounge. Fanny's death may be related to the plot of the musical.

Immediately afterwards, the face of the wealthy businessman Xien changed, and he charged angrily, and proposed to ask the theater troupe for the script to check it out.

Then there was a conflict of disagreement.

"It's Reverend Vincent."

Mycroft combined the statements of several people and locked on the original messenger.

"The timeline is probably that the American pastor passed by the troupe lounge and heard the conversation inside. At that time, Zall was warning the actors not to reveal the wind."

The American pastor was the one who just wanted to talk to him about his life.

Mary has been watching Vincent.

From fighting in the hallway to reading the script in the concert hall, the American pastor did not have any emotional fluctuations at first, but after opening the script, he tried his best to suppress the panic.

Fear is not unique to Vincent alone. Many passengers have a bad complexion after reading the script.

On a rainy day, a cruise ship sailed alone on the Atlantic Ocean, and the vast sea could not get in touch with the outside world in time.

A corpse in a strange state of death, happened to be confronted with a revenge story.In this state, the fear of being alone and helpless, the fear of being killed and silenced, and the chaotic bad emotions will all come to the fore.

Humans are afraid of the unknown, and fear is contagious.

There are only a few people who can face it calmly, and now everyone is just anxious and did not do more extreme things, because they still don't know that fish scales were found in the socks of Fanny's corpse.

Otherwise, the theory of the coming of evil forces will be confirmed.

Mary mentioned, "I've had a 'good' chat with Vincent, and he said he doesn't know Miss Fanny, and he hasn't been to Southampton. If there is any doubt about him, he is willing to cooperate with the search."

Did you check it?

Definitely check it out.

Vincent had no injuries, and the key to the safe that Miss Fanny lost was not found in his room.

But Vincent's suspicion cannot be completely eliminated, because a key is too small, and it is enough for someone to hide the key in a corner of the cruise ship a few hours after Fanny disappeared.

"I went to the empty guest room on the second floor and it looked like an ordinary room that no one was staying in."

Mycroft wished to be idle but couldn't. He went to investigate where Fanny was suspected to have fallen into the sea.

There were no traces of vandalism on the doors and windows, and no evidence of footprints, hair strands, etc. were left on the floor, window frames, or bed sheets.There are no uncertain factors such as hidden compartments and secret rooms, but it should be mentioned that there are unoccupied guest rooms on both sides of the next door.

"The sound insulation in the cabin is good. I asked the residents in other rooms, and no one heard the abnormal noise last night."

To Mycroft's credit, if Vincent and Fanny did go on an empty-house date, they'd gotten the essence of a secret date.

Everything seems to be back to the original point.

American pastor Vincent is not suspected, and who took the key from Miss Fanny's neck?

"There's always something wrong."

Mycroft didn't like to judge by intuition, but he felt that Fanny's death had a sense of incongruity.

"Fanny's death is always different from killing people according to the script's revenge routine. Strictly speaking, the cause of death is wrong. As far as we know, Fanny is just an ordinary girl, and she has never helped the evildoers to commit massacres. She and the mermaid are in revenge. The first General Tudao to be killed was completely different."

The causes are different, why have similar deaths?

Mary looked towards the torrential rain outside the boat.It was raining non-stop, but the sky was a little brighter than in the morning.

"Mrs. Roman, I heard that you have some sailing experience. How much do you know about the weather at sea? When will the rain stop at the earliest?"

"The sea is unpredictable, and the weather is even more unpredictable."

Mycroft was quick to react, God knows he didn't have much sailing experience.

It can't be said that there is no such thing at all, but it is not the year-round going to sea in the setting of "Madame Roman", but only traveled to Europe with his father and younger brother when he was a teenager, and Sherlock must have the most fun.

Now is definitely not the time to remember.

Mycroft had already guessed something. "Mr. Minton, do you want to go into the sea yourself, or go to climb outside the cabin?"

"It's impossible."

Mary was not at all worried that her body would be exposed when she went into the water. She had seen the diving support equipment on the ship.Compared with the close-fitting diving suits of later generations, now wearing clumsy oxygen equipment, it is impossible to tell whether you are a human, a dog, or a devil, let alone distinguish between men and women.

For now, the concern is underwater visibility.

Without flashlights and other equipment, we can only rely on natural light, and hope that the sky will clear up soon.

Mary didn't like to climb up and down, but she had to, and she explained a little why she had to go to the bottom and outside of the cabin.

"Fanny's hair is wrapped around the iron rod at the bottom of the ship, even if the sailors say that they are not tied with artificial means such as ribbons, but only by seeing it can they make a more accurate judgment.

Perhaps, it will be a certain characteristic way of knotting.In addition, assuming that there is a murderer who wraps Fanny's hair around the hull, the murderer will return to the boat no matter how good the water is, and may leave traces in the process of climbing onto the boat. "

See, that's why he doesn't like doing investigative work.

Mycroft just didn't like running around, let alone going up and down.

At this moment, he sincerely praised the people around him, "Whether it's just shooting the gun decisively, or going into the water to investigate and verify later, it all reflects your extraordinary character. Mr. Minton, you are really an amazing man!"

What doubts that Minton is not a man?

At the moment, Mycroft didn't think so. Which woman said to shoot and shoot, but also said to jump into the water?