Mary's Nineteenth Century

Mary rushed to the British embassy and consulate with the latest speculation, and wanted to get in touch with little Ralph's body again.A mold of the weapon that pierced his heart was made to determine whether the special hook-shaped weapon was a buffalo horn as guessed.

Can horns kill?

sure.There is a bullfighting festival in Spain next door. From time to time, it is heard that some matadors have become ghosts under the horns.

There is a special meaning in stabbing little Ralph to death with a bull's horn.

Because buffalo horns and the nettles and clover that appear on the corpse constitute a family coat of arms, the representatives of this family are almost known to everyone today.

— Bismarck, Iron Prime Minister of the German Empire.

The coat of arms of the Bismarck family is based on the coat of arms, with knight helmets, buffalo horns, and crowns on the top, and a combination of clover and nettle leaves in the middle.

Clover symbolizes luck and is a common heraldry pattern; nettle is poisonous and thorny, and it has become a symbol of bravery and perseverance.

Whether it's luck, bravery, or the strength represented by buffalo horns, when the heraldry that originally meant goodness gathers on a corpse, it is an insult to a heraldry.

The word heraldry (en) originates from Middle German for weapon (waffe).Later, it became a symbol of identity and a symbol of a family.

The murderer's insult to a coat of arms is a disguised victory of force, and it is a contempt for Bismarck himself or his family.

why?

Combining the murderer's method of dismembering the body, the time when he started committing the crime in the past six months, and his irony of the happy ending of the fairy tale by murdering four animals, it may be boldly speculated that the source of the murderer's crime is related to war.

Last year's Franco-Prussian War started with a provocative telegram.

It was sent by Bismarck, then Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, and the telegram angered Napoleon III of France, who first announced that he would attack Prussia.

This played right into the arms of the Kingdom of Prussia.

After the war began, the Second French Empire suffered continuous defeats and suffered heavy casualties.The results of the war were in stark contrast. The French Second Empire perished, and the Kingdom of Prussia took this opportunity to unify Germany.

Assuming the Black Feather Murderer was a badly wounded defeated man, whom would he have hated?

There are many people who can be hated, such as the enemy soldiers or officers who directly hurt him in the battle, such as blaming the French Empire for not being strong enough, but even more blaming the instigator who ignited the war.

Four p.m.

While thinking about it, Mary came to the embassy and found that there were two blue and white porcelain vases missing in the corridor, and they had not been replaced with new ones.Could it be that Counselor Ralph was so angry that he smashed the vase when he heard that his son was killed in the afternoon?That was too much of a faux pas.

"Mr. Minton, are you here to see Mr. Holmes?"

The person who came to receive him was a fat and bald man with a familiar face. He said, "Mr. Holmes left work an hour earlier."

Why leave work early?Because the embassy has just experienced a Ralph Counselor-style 'crying'.The sound effect made one's scalp tingle, making the people in the embassy not want to stay any longer.

Everyone still had to maintain an understanding expression, because Ralph Jr. was murdered, and his father had to be considerate of his grief.

Fat and bald people have to get off work early to wash their ears.

Mary has no interest in gossip about what happened to Counselor Ralph, and only cares about the whereabouts of little Ralph's body. "What about Mr. Ralph Jr.'s body? Have you decided where to send it for an in-depth autopsy?"

anatomy?Counselor Ralph would never allow his son to be dissected.

Even from an objective analysis, the more detailed the autopsy, the more clues it can provide, which is more beneficial to catching the murderer.

Counselor Ralph lost his mind and cursed in the afternoon.The blame is that the speed of solving the case is too slow. If little Ralph could have been found a few days earlier, no one would have been killed.

There is only one central idea. The investigators of the Berlin police station and the embassy are a bunch of useless things.Not to mention that little Ralph should not be allowed to return to the country, so that he would not be killed.

The fat bald man also suffered indiscriminate attacks. He had long since given up correcting Counselor Ralph's logic. Doesn't it take time to solve the case?

Could it be that Counselor Ralph didn't have eyes? The people investigating this case were working overtime, and they didn't mention overtime pay.On the contrary, his behavior of obstructing the autopsy was simply helping the murderer in disguise.

Besides, letting little Ralph go back to China is entirely his own fault, who let him make trouble in Berlin to tarnish the image of Britain.Why didn't Counselor Ralph say that he knew that he should strictly restrain his son's behavior?

The fat and bald man held his breath, and now he could only express his regret, "Counselor Ralph transported the corpse away, and no outsiders are allowed to approach it."

"That's it."

Mary was not surprised. Counselor Ralph would do this kind of operation, but it only caused her to grab the corpse.

She still wanted to struggle, and she pinned her hopes on Mycroft, who had done the preliminary autopsy before,

It would be great if that guy could accurately restore the shape of the wound with his memory.

"Can you tell me the contact address of Mr. Holmes? I need to contact him in time for some matters concerning the case."

Mary asked by the way, it doesn't matter if you don't say you are fat and bald.Theoretically she is unaware, but in fact she can always use special means to know the house number.

The fat and bald man was easy to talk to, and gave out a list of addresses without saying a word.

Finally, I added, "Mr. Holmes said that if you ask, he will give you the address. In addition, as a friend, he will not be home until after eight o'clock today."

Mary just wanted to laugh.Listening to this, at first glance there is no logical problem, but she keenly distinguishes the difference between active and passive.

Today she will definitely come to the embassy to exchange the progress of the case investigation. Mycroft knows this well. Since this person leaves work early, can't he take the initiative to leave a message?Why did you have to wait for her to ask before someone conveyed the news?

"I have a little problem."

Mary smiled, "What if I forgot to ask for the contact address? You know, once it's past five o'clock and you get off work, it will be too late for me to remember to ask for the address."

"If you don't ask in time, it means there is no need to worry, and you can wait until tomorrow to discuss."

Fat and bald said that he was just a messenger, and this kind of explanation must not be his original intention.

very good!Mycroft, you are well done!

Mary nodded politely as if she accepted the statement, and then thanked Fat Bald, the very difficult messenger.

Another part of the city, the Konzerthaus Berlin.

Mycroft felt a little itchy nose, is there someone "greeting" him behind his back?Thinking back carefully, he was sure that there was no wrong operation today.

What?Is it inappropriate not to provide Mr. Minton with his contact information?

No, nothing wrong.At first, I wanted to put the journal that jointly published the paper at the bottom of the suitcase, and I also decided to keep a distance and not allow myself to have special feelings for another person. Now I just need to take action.

This logic deserves full marks.

Mycroft began to listen to the musical with peace of mind. After enduring the uproar from Counselor Ralph, he also wanted to take a break to wash his ears.

Musicals are wonderful, to listen to alone and not feel alone at all - and that's not kidding yourself.

But after 22 minutes, some helpless situations appeared, and today I couldn't fully immerse myself in the performance.

Rational score

Analysis, there are two reasons.

The troupe's professional ability needs to be improved, and it is not enough to attract the audience's attention; as a person who cares about social peace, he can't enjoy himself while the serial killer has not been arrested.

There is absolutely no third reason.

Since I can't concentrate on listening, I can only think about the unsolved puzzles in the case.

Since the black-feathered murderer killed the four animals based on the protagonists of the fairy tale "The Musicians of Bremen", did he leave any other music-related traces elsewhere?

Not at all on the surface, not even the plants on little Ralph's body had anything to do with it.Does the meaning of killing a cock, a wild dog, a black cat, and a donkey have nothing to do with musicians?

Mycroft sorted it out from the beginning, whether he had overlooked any important clues.

The murderer has the habit of cleaning the crime scene, and will remove unnecessary traces of the crime, such as feeding the remains to the crocodile.

In other words, the traces left on the site are more or less meaningful.The basement of the abandoned church is full of blood-colored graffiti, and the weird and twisted blood-colored patterns must want to express something.

On the stage, the performance of the Italian troupe continued.

Sentences of Italian lyrics lingered in the concert hall. In fact, the singing skills of the actors have been practiced quite well, and no one is out of tune anyway.

Of course Mycroft knew that keeping the performance out of tune was the most basic requirement.He just let go of the divergent thinking in the music and singing, diverging to the point where the actors need to read the score to practice the musical.

Music notation, professionals must use staves.Even though numbered musical notation has been improved several times, its existence has not been widely recognized, and people think it is too simple to be professional at all.

Nevertheless, it has to be admitted that the numbered notation is easy to memorize and recognize, and generally uses seven numbers that are easy to understand.

Wait a minute, it's seven numbers!

"Seven", it also appears in other places.

The graffiti in the basement are the seven parts of mutant humans, head, neck, arms, torso, feet, tail, and wings.

It can be determined that the seven parts were never combined into a monster.

In the wall, ceiling, floor, and behind the door, the seven parts have always appeared independently, and there is no fusion of two parts such as the head and the neck.

Thinking of this, Mycroft immediately left his seat lightly.

Go home immediately and find the notes that record the panorama of the graffiti in the blood chamber, and try to translate it. Is the weird stump corresponding to seven numbers to compose a picture?

piece of music.

**

The night is getting darker.

Deep winter has come, and the windows are frosty on the night of late November.

Mycroft's study room was full of warmth.It is the fireplace that exudes warmth, and it is also because the guess that the numbered musical notation corresponds to the graffiti has been verified.

The blood room has graffitied seven strange shapes of body parts, which can correspond to the numbers 1-7 respectively.According to the order of drawing, all graffiti can be translated into a musical notation.

It is the opera "Nabucco" created by Verdi in 1841. This play roughly describes a story of resistance against the invaders.Among them, the lyrics "Fly, my thoughts, spread golden wings" is the most famous.

The simplified notation of human stumps in the blood chamber is an excerpt from this section.

In the lyrics, thoughts spread out their golden wings, matching the murderer's criminal thinking.The murderer pressed the wings for himself but adapted it again. It was a fantasy that grew black wings representing the crow, Odin's master hand.

Right now, I finally figured out the meaning of the blood room graffiti.

Mycroft's first reaction was to go to Mr. Minton to explain the new discovery. Maybe the other party also had new gains, just in time to communicate and integrate, and collide with sparks of thought.However, he quickly remembered what he had done in the afternoon, and deliberately did not invite Mr. Minton.

Now comes the problem.I don't know if Mr. Minton has gone to the embassy to inquire about the address, and if he plans to come at night?

If he went to the Mintons, would he just miss it?I still sent an attendant to the other party's home to inquire about the situation first, but it wasted a lot of time going back and forth.

The clock pointed to 19:58.

Mycroft felt that he had dug a small hole and jumped into it. Why didn't he take the initiative to arrange a meeting and exchange time in the afternoon?

Do we really have to wait until tomorrow?It would take eleven hours to see dawn.It takes eleven hours to hold back such an important discovery by one person.

Of course.

His patience should be good, and he can sleep peacefully until dawn.

'Dangdang, clangdang...'

The clock pointed to eight o'clock at night.

On a silent winter night, the sound of carriage wheels from far and near can be heard outside the window.

Four minutes later, I faintly heard knocking on the door from downstairs, and then faintly heard the servant say, 'Mr. Minton, please go upstairs. '

The corners of Mycroft's mouth curled up involuntarily.

Very nice, Mr. Minton came on time and on time.

However, he restrained his smile again.

There must be no misunderstanding. He is not impatient to see Mr. Minton, but just wants to share his latest insights into the case as soon as possible.

Soon, Mary came to the door of the study.

The wooden door of the study was open, and she could clearly see Mycroft sitting on the chair solemnly.

how to say?

At this moment, Mary always felt that Mycroft's calm expression made her hands really itch.