Mary's Nineteenth Century

Crows croaked strangely and flew across the cemetery from the sky.

On the ground, the two who met again had no choice but to flap their wings like a crow and leave.

If we change the location, such as reuniting at the Broadway Opera House, we can still explain our whereabouts by saying that we all like music, but it happens to be at the entrance of the cemetery.

In general, who would like to run to the cemetery without incident?

Corpse thieves, the police, or people with ulterior motives come to the cemetery with special purposes, while ordinary people only come to commemorate the dead.

"I'm here to mourn an elder."

Mycroft first expressed his intention to come, and his tone could not be more calm.

As Mrs. Roman, she couldn't find a second normal reason to come to the cemetery.

Oh no, there are other things, such as preparing to go through the burial procedures for someone, but in short, it is impossible to dig a grave.

Mary also said frankly, "Coincidentally, I came to mourn a stranger. He might have been the seller of my new house, but unfortunately, he passed away some time ago."

Now, are they both telling the truth?

Maybe it was said, maybe not.

Mary nodded slightly indifferently, signaling Mrs. Roman to enter the cemetery first.She still has to wait for Spring's lawyer to go to the cemetery administrator to find out the location, because it is not clear where the original owner Waller is buried.

Mycroft also nodded slightly as a greeting.

Without saying much, the two passed by.As if he really wanted to pay tribute to his elders, he followed the number of the tombstone and walked to the depth step by step without delay.

On the other hand, lawyer Spring didn't think it was necessary to lie about entering the cemetery, he had already approached the mausoleum guard.

"You're looking for Waller Reggie's grave?"

When the administrator heard the intention, his expression became strange, "I didn't expect him to be quite popular."

Wait a moment.

What does a tomb keeper mean when he says that a buried body is welcome?

Mary seemed to have guessed something, "God bless, don't you mean that someone disturbed Mr. Reggie's sleep?"

The administrator curled his lips, "Yes, a group of corpse stealers came last night. They messed up the cemetery. Fortunately, they didn't take Reggie's body away, but unfortunately..."

What is unfortunate?

Twelve minutes later, the administrator led the way to Waller Reggie's burial area.

At present, you can still see the uneven grass in this area, which is the trace left after being dug up with a shovel.

"Unfortunately, two bodies were stolen near Reggie."

The administrator pointed out, and he also found a lady in a black dress standing in front of the stolen tombstone. "Good afternoon, ma'am, are you here to see Mrs. Susan? There were some accidents here last night."

Who is the lady called?

Who else could it be? There were only two groups of mourners in the entire cemetery.

Mycroft had just been prepared. He and Mr. Minton might bump into each other in the same burial area, but he didn't expect that the body would be stolen here.

At this moment, he turned around with a look of astonishment on his face, "God! How could there be corpse thieves? Haven't they been caught yet?"

The manager scratched his hair. This cemetery was not considered too high-end, and the night guards were obviously inferior to the corpse gang.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry. The cemetery has called the police, but it will take time to catch the criminal. If you are here to visit Mrs. Susan, it is just right, and you can deal with some formalities. Maybe, you know that she has no relatives or friends in Boston." gone."

The inability to contact the relatives and friends of the deceased in time means that the cemetery cannot report the theft of the body, and it also means that there is no party to pay for the additional costs required to find the body.

Mycroft understood everything, so he could only urge helplessly, "I don't know the current situation of Mrs. Susan's relatives and friends. What procedures do I need to go through now? Take me to register quickly."

"Over there please."

The administrator pointed to the low room at the entrance of the cemetery, "Go to the management room to sign specific documents."

Now, Mary watched Mrs. Roman pass her by again.

The wind and cold in winter make people's brains more awake.

Mary looked at Mrs. Roman's back, and then at the tombstones in front of her.The tombstones the two looked at were adjacent to each other. This area had encountered corpse robbers, and Susan had no relatives in Boston.

What a coincidence.Did Mrs. Roman really come to visit Susan?Could it be that she came to visit Waller under the guise of Susan's name?

The thought was gone in a flash.

Mary shook her head slightly, her sporadic paranoia returning.

"Mr. Minton, do you think there is anything else you need?"

Spring looked at the client beside him. The two of them were facing a tombstone. They could only see the date of birth and death and their names, not even the epitaph. There was really nothing worth stopping to appreciate, right?

Mary looked around and took note of the vegetation and soil types here.

In fact, before I ran into Mrs. Roman and heard about the robbery of the corpse in the cemetery, there was really no scenery worth admiring here.

However, the joy of life comes when it is said.

"Yes, we can leave now."

Mary said so, but she didn't go directly to the carriage, but went to the management office to inquire about the incident happened last night.

The admin's response was disappointing. "Oh, the lady asked about it just now, but the cemetery was understaffed, so I couldn't see the appearance of yesterday's criminals.

All I know is that the crime was committed by a gang of five people, who looked like they were veterans.They didn't pull down their tools when they fled. As for the footprints on the grass, you can ask the police. "

There are no footprints in the cemetery, because it was cleaned up in time in the morning.

what?

Can't clean up without solving the case?

Such a thing does not exist.

Because the cemetery managers know very well how cunning the corpse thieves are, and it may take three to five years to catch them.Do you want to keep the messy traces?

This is completely expected.

Where there should be efficiency is inefficiency, such as the corpse robbery cases that are solved every year without knowing when; where efficiency is not needed, there is chaos and efficiency, such as whitewashing the cemetery and cleaning up the cemetery quickly.

Mary seemed to accept the administrator's words without any sarcasm. "Okay, I hope to find the corpse thief as soon as possible."

Did not stay any longer.

Go to Waller Reggie's residence on Herb Road.

Walking out of the cemetery, Mary took a special look.

There was only one of his carriage left at the intersection, and Mrs. Roman seemed to have left early.Did the goodbye between the two end in a hurry this time?

Mary blinked, a faint smile seemed to flash across her face.

Then board the carriage and go to Vanilla Street to look at the house with lawyer Spring.

The carriage is near Herb Street.

bang-

Not far ahead, there was a sudden sound of heavy objects falling.

Just as Mary's carriage approached Waller Reggie's house, they heard undisguised scolding.

"Old Reggie, you must compensate our family for the loss. If your son doesn't learn well, Waller will die easily, but the troubles he caused are here to harass my family!"

"Peter, what are you doing? How dare you smash the table!"

"Old Reggie, why don't you tell me why I don't dare! Last night, that gang was much more vicious than I was. They said they came to steal money because Waller messed with their leader. It's for revenge!"

The arguments in the room grew louder.

Neighbors also came out to watch the excitement.

Although it was noisy, it was not hard to hear exactly what happened.

Pete's daughter, Bella, and old Reggie's son, Waller, announced their engagement earlier and were supposed to get married next summer.

However, people are not static.

Waller received a thank-you money for his bravery a year ago. After he bought the house on Vanilla Road, he went to New York to trade stocks with the remaining money.

During this period, Waller fell in love with the nightlife in the bar.

He became close to several attractive women, one of whom is said to have been the mistress of the head of the New York Socks.

This invites retaliation.

Even though Waller had died of illness, the leader of the Short Socks still wanted to let out a sigh of relief and sent someone to Waller's hometown of Boston.He went straight to Waller's fiancée and smashed it, and robbed some money by the way, explaining that he wanted revenge.

I just heard old Pete yelling, "Old Reggie, why wasn't you the one whose home was smashed! Just because you live next to the police station? If this is the case, then I'd like to ask you how you plan to compensate my family? And , don’t cheat other people, if you dare to sell the house on Xiangcao Road, what if those villains come here to smash it?”

The house on Vanilla Road was originally planned by Waller as his and Bella's wedding residence. No one expected that life would be so unpredictable.

People, is it true that money will turn bad?

If the word "bad" is too subjective, then you can ask, does having money completely change one's disposition and habits?

Lawyer Spring only felt that today he went out and didn't read the almanac.

Yes, he is an international lawyer who knows something about the East.It is said that the almanac is a wonderful luck prediction book.First, Waller's cemetery was visited by corpse thieves, and now Waller's fiancée's house was smashed.

"Mr. Minton, today's house viewing plan should be in vain."

Spring pointed to where the quarrel started. "That's where we're going to investigate."

Mary seemed to be sure of something, but she looked happy instead.

"Not bad, today's luck is really good. It's better to come early than coincidentally. Now I know that there are obvious problems with this house, so I won't fall into the pit easily."

Hearing the words, Spring turned his head and looked carefully at Mr. Minton, to make sure that the client was really not a little annoyed by disappointment.How should I say it?This mentality is really good.

Things have developed to this point, there is no need to delay on the vanilla road.

Spring got out of the car and knocked on the door, expressing his disappointment succinctly.

Because the old Reggie concealed the potential safety hazards of the house, his client was not willing to buy this house.

Old Reggie didn't need to hold back and explain.

Anyway, there is indeed a problem with the house, and it is meaningless to talk about other things with the house buyer. The house buyer is not interested in knowing what is behind it.

As for Waller Reggie, is he really not intriguing?

Mycroft thought about the purpose of his trip to Boston, to determine who was the disconnected informant, and to find out the information that the other party had not yet handed over.

It's just that success is also Mrs. Roman, and failure is also Mrs. Roman.This identity is not suspicious enough, but how can he easily investigate Waller Reggie?Especially in Boston, it was a coincidence that he met Minton who knew Mrs. Roman first.

It seems to be using that method.

However, he had a faint feeling that once he opened his mouth, maybe his future life would no longer be under his control.

**

At 08:30 at night, the moon is on the branches.

In the hotel's living room, piano music is playing slowly.

This is not an ordinary meeting time.

Mary didn't feel disturbed to rest at all, and looked at the lady in black dress opposite, "Mrs. Roman, I really didn't expect you to come to me. Now, do you want to recall the strange journey of the "Diamond" together?" "

Memories of the trip?What are some good memories of a murder on a cruise ship?

Mycroft seemed to shake his head helplessly, "Don't be joking. If you take the liberty of visiting, I want to ask you for a favor."

"It's not recalling our past, predicting failure, little disappointment."

Mary's brows seemed to show the loss caused by miscalculation, but she smiled quickly, "The past should be let go. Please don't be polite, please be blunt. What can I do for you?"

At this moment, Mary has a sincere face, as if she is a nice gentleman who is willing to help others.

Mycroft: ...

Although Mr. Minton played very realistically, did this man expect him to come?Did he really choose the wrong partner?Is it a good thing that partners are too smart?