Mary's Nineteenth Century

"884647,31534, 14376, [-]"

A series of seemingly inexplicable numbers, few people nowadays know that they are related to Shakespeare.

Nowadays, there are a lot of relevant researches on Shakespeare, but they focus on literature, and seldom have anything to do with mathematics.

This line of numbers seems meaningless to most people, but it is a partial arithmetic solution to a certain mathematical problem studied by the two.

In the previous case of Bernie's insanity, the Ouija board showed the word "shaxberd," a rare signature of Shakespeare.The case was solved, and the signature refers to a cold knowledge about Shakespeare, whose birthday and death date are on the same month and same day.

In this regard, the two who solved the case felt that it was not interesting enough.

The date of birth and death, this kind of number that can be known at a glance is not challenging, it is better to count other numbers in Shakespeare's works.

For example, how many words did Shakespeare use in total, how many different words are there, and the probability of using them, etc. Can you measure how many words Shakespeare knew in his life and how many were not used in his works? ②

This question sounds incredible.

Shakespeare is dead long ago, how to determine his vocabulary, and who can guarantee that the extant writings of Shakespeare are complete, maybe there are undiscovered novel manuscripts?

In fact, mathematics can help people make calculations.Using alternating functions, the process of verification can write a small paper.

There is no need to write a thesis.

The two casually mentioned that they would calculate several sets of numbers in the future when they are free.

Mary smiled slightly as she read the unsigned letter.

"884647, 31534, 14376", representing a total of 884647 words in Shakespeare's works, of which 31534 are different words, and 14376 words only appear once. ①

Although Mary can't arbitrarily judge that there is no third person in the world who can understand this group of numbers, but it is safe to say that only she can recognize their meaning at the first sight.

——This is someone who is far across the ocean, giving some answers to Shakespeare's research on mathematical problems.

When people are talking about the love of M;&L like the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, they don't know that the parties don't care about those fictional literary stories.

The fun they thought was different, and that's why a string of seemingly puzzling numerical answers became hints.

As long as Mr. Minton gets the same data when counting the words of Shakespeare's works, he will naturally be able to understand this line of words.

This is Mrs. Roman's unique response. It only uses a line of numbers to indicate that the person is still alive, in good condition, and can do some mathematical research.

What if Mr. Minton can't understand?

I don't know whether Mrs. Roman has too much confidence in Mr. Minton, or she doesn't care about this possibility at all, just as she didn't care that the delivery time of this letter happened to be February 2th.

On February 2th, Valentine's Day, roses and chocolate were not popular in the 14th century.

The postman is very busy today, busy delivering Valentine's Day cards.Sending a carefully selected card on Valentine's Day and writing a lingering love story is a romantic way of expressing love in the 19th century.

The postman won't know that the letter addressed to Mr Minton has nothing to do with the Valentine's Day card.

Mary kept the unknown letter well, and before locking it in the cabinet, she took another look at the envelope—it was sent from Berlin, Germany.

Mrs. Roman who wrote the letter, oh no, should it be said that someone whose real name is unknown is currently in Berlin, Germany?

Mary blinked, and didn't want to find out immediately.Now that the news of her safety came, she didn't have to travel across the ocean to find the dead body, and she could still be a good student for a while.

In fact, I know very well that someone is very cunning, and sending a letter from Berlin means that the person's authenticity in Berlin is very low.

What about the future?

The world is so big, can you still find MH?

Yes, in a flash, Mary gave someone a code name for convenience.

Now that she is code-named M, she has now met a very interesting person with whom she has generously shared the same code-name.

In order to show the difference, add an H as a label.

H, hazy.Just like the feeling left by Mrs. Roman, it is hazy, foggy, and confusing.

What a simple and reasonable naming basis.

Mary screamed with peace of mind, turned around and opened the drawing book.On it are stick figures of desserts drawn by her, such as Napoleon cake, milk almond mousse, Saint-Honoré eclairs and so on.

These colored pictures have the urge to move your index finger just by looking at them.They are not drawn out of order, but refer to the text description in "Sweet Food Review".

It is the set of "Sweet Foods" written by "Big Red Riding Hood" brought from England.

A year and a half ago, on a rainy day in London, Mary gave a long-handled umbrella, and a strange old woman returned a set of books.

In the book, "Big Red Riding Hood" describes the sweets of the four seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and also involves the production methods of different countries.

Mary brought a small amount of luggage to the United States, but this set of books occupies a place.

It's a pity that the photography technology is not convenient enough nowadays. To take pictures, you need to go to the studio to control complex cameras, so this book has no physical pictures, only text descriptions.

Since it's a pity, just make it up.

Mary picked up her paintbrush and prepared to paint the sweets in each chapter.Then I sent the picture book to the publishing house, which was a gift from her as a book fan to the author "Big Red Riding Hood".

There are other things worth noting about this set of books.

When I met Mrs. Roman for the first time on the Diamond cruise ship, no, it should be called MH.When I saw MH for the first time, I felt that MH was somewhat similar to the old lady who delivered the book.

Later, Mary also tried, but MH flatly denied it.Looking back now, is there really nothing to do between the two?

However, what does these things have to do with sending a set of hand-painted pictures of "Big Red Riding Hood"?It doesn't matter, it's a whim, and it's done as you like.

Mary thinks that "Big Red Riding Hood" might know the old woman who is a book fan, and as another book fan, there is a possibility that the book fan can meet with the book fan, so she can find out the trace of MH through the old woman.

It's a little too far.

Mary withdrew her divergent thinking, and did not use the usual Mr. M in the signature of the painting.

After thinking about it, I signed "Little Bad Wolf" very fittingly.How nice!Big Red Riding Hood and Little Bad Wolf, authors of Dessert Appreciation and Fans of Picture Books, both of whose pen names are adapted from "Grimm's Fairy Tales".

Sweets are better suited to fairy tales than horror novels.

Mary deliberately changed the handwriting of the signature, and nodded in satisfaction.

This meeting has signed a round font, which makes the words "Little Bad Wolf" reveal a childlike interest, which is more in line with the artistic conception of the picture in the dessert book.

No need to brag about anything else, please name her Little Genius now.

The rest time of the named little genius is not just to smear sweets with pictures, but also to do other things.

In January, the New York Daily News broke a huge corruption case, written by the Weasley reporter.Although everything has been settled, Weasley is also considering the way out.

His boss gave a stern warning on this incident, and it is extremely risky to break the news about the scandal.If the protagonist of the scandal is successfully arrested, the reporter who broke the news will naturally go to the next level.Otherwise, the reporter who broke the news will be fired.

It is in the interests of the newspaper to fire a reporter who caused trouble, and it is to minimize the loss.

Weasley knew that he couldn't take time off, and would still expose dark social phenomena in the future. He asked Mr. Minton if there was a suitable way to make money as a way out.

The back road that Mary is good at is not suitable for Weasley.

However, the two have cooperated several times, and Weasley was also her agent when she wrote the book as "Mr. M", so it's okay to give a little advice.

Weasley didn't want to lose his platform to write social news because he was fired, and the solution was very simple, as long as he was his own boss.

By acquiring or taking a stake in a publishing house, Weasley could also create his own current affairs editorial magazine.Be your own boss and solve the problem.

This kind of one-step processing method is really not used by ordinary people.

Even if Weasley made a lot of money as the agent of "Mr. M", it is still some distance away from acquiring the publishing house.

Mary doesn't talk too much nonsense. The president of the Gold Coast Publishing House who published "Analysis of Wall Street in the Nineteenth Century" for her before her father died.After the new president took over the publishing company, he is looking for investors to expand the scale.

She intends to invest, and that brings Weasley along.The reason for the investment is nothing more than optimistic about the development plan of the new president.

The business expansion of Gold Coast Publishing House is to cooperate with universities to translate and introduce academic documents from various countries, including collecting various books in Europe.

Mary pretended to be a public servant and made a request to pay attention to a person's name "Anthony Coates" when collecting books from various countries.

The name is very strange, and his origin is unknown, but he has left one important thing—the mind control parchment notes that both Drew and Melissa have read.Notes are from Hesse's collection, inspired by "Anthony Coates".

Hesse wrote a brief paragraph in his notes.When he was young, he bought a remnant book from a European secondhand book stand.

I don't know the publishing house, but I only know that the author is "Anthony Coates". I don't know anything about his life experience, but he wrote about the operation of mind control.

Better than nothing, Mary asks the staff of the publishing house who are searching for books to pay attention to whether there are any books related to "Anthony Coates".Shareholders' needs, return bonuses, and the employees below can always give a little more.

Finding "Anthony Cortez" is like looking for a needle in a haystack, you can only cast the net wide.

Mary also asked the Weasley reporter to pay more attention. Professionals like him who are mixed in the news and publishing industry will be exposed to a huge amount of information, and maybe they will hear good news one day.

**

Time passes day by day.

New York has lost Mrs. Roman, but the sun still rises every day.

The worries of the professors in the Mathematics Department of University C did not come true. The proud student Mington did not get depressed because of the loss of his lover, and he has been attending classes normally for several months.

Although I can't talk about devoting myself to the ocean of mathematics, and I will ask for leave to help others investigate some incidents, but generally speaking, I am not so sad that I can't help myself.

In 1871, at the beginning of June, American universities came to another year of summer vacation.

"What? You want an exchange for Berlin?"

Professor Green didn't expect that the whole school year would be safe and sound, but when the summer vacation was about to come, his students suddenly threw out this sentence. "Oh no, Minton, have you forgotten? C University and the University of Berlin do not have a cooperative project."

There was no such thing in the past, but that doesn't mean she couldn't.

Mary obviously came prepared, "Professor Green, please don't worry, I tried to contact the University of Berlin. I just got a definite reply, and the other party is willing to accept me."

"Good boy, you cut first and then play!"

Professor Green just wanted to ask why, "I have to take classes in German at the University of Berlin, can I adapt?"

This question is actually redundant.

Professor Green also knew it was unnecessary to ask, but he was afraid that a good seed would never look back.

Why go to Berlin?

Mary can only say that it was the luck of a blind cat and a dead mouse.

The staff of Gold Coast Publishing did find another Arabic book by "Anthony Coates" in their search for European books, a treatise on Egyptian religious studies.

This time I got to know some of the origins of Anthony Coates. Forty years ago, he was a student at the University of Berlin, majoring in theology.

The University of Berlin was founded in 1810.

It is not the first time Mary has noticed this school, and it has nothing to do with its excellent teaching and research level.

The reason for paying attention is because the murderer who killed the original body, Harlan Tory, graduated from the mathematics department of this school.

Harun Tori, the murderer who tried to use the revolving door to perform sacrifices, went to Egypt after graduation and started working in archaeology.

Is it a coincidence?

Graduated from the same school, and both studied Egypt. Antony and Harlan graduated 20 years apart. One proposed mind control, and the other studied the weird resurrection technique.

Such a coincidence was reason enough for Marie to check it out in Berlin.

But it was impossible to tell Professor Green the reason, so she could only reassure her that she would return to New York. She was just going to exchange studies, and she didn't want to abandon C University.

What can Professor Green do?

The student contacted the other school on his own, and he had to let him go.

So Mary waved her sleeves and left New York without taking a cloud.First back to London, then to France to go overland to Germany.

The summer vacation time of the two countries is inconsistent. American universities have summer vacation in June, while Germany does not start school until October.Four months is enough to arrive in Berlin leisurely.

Stop and go along the way, enjoy the scenery.

Marie didn't think it necessary to hurry, she had to check things after school started, so why rush to Berlin early.It is impossible for her to follow the anonymous letter to find the trace of MH after several months.

There is no need to look for it, because more than half a year has passed since Mrs. Roman's death, and MH is not stupid, how could he stay at the place where the letter was sent?

**

Berlin.

British Embassy in Germany.

In September, autumn is gradually born.

Mycroft walked out of the embassy after a day's work and headed for a nearby residence.It has been more than half a year since he came to Berlin. When he first sent out the coded anonymous letter, he never thought that he would be assigned to work here.

Mrs. Roman, who claimed to be from Paris, France, did not confuse people in Paris at the place where the letter was sent.

I didn't want to take the risk of sending the letter from London, so I decided to send the letter in Germany.Who would have thought that His Majesty Matthew would arrange another "good" job after his injury leave ended.

Matthew: 'In previous remarks, you have been engaged in diplomatic support in Europe for the past year.Just when the Franco-Prussian War came to an end, Prussia won and unified into Germany.Mycroft, you're going to Berlin for a year.It can not only track the whereabouts, but also collect the recent status of the newly established German Empire. '

In this regard, Mycroft smiled perfectly on the surface, and silently greeted Matthew again in his heart.

Why not arrange work earlier, then he would not have chosen to send letters from Germany.Fortunately, after the anonymous letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no one came across the ocean to find it.

After a lapse of several months, Mycroft felt that the unexpected encounter on the streets of Berlin was no longer his concern.Mr. Minton is not stupid. If you want to find someone, you have come here earlier, haven't you?

In the setting sun, two wise men decided that as long as the other was not stupid, he would not be in Berlin.

But a few ravens flew across the sky, quacking.