When Pei Donglai dressed as John Watson

"To be precise, there are two juicers, one is old and the other is new. I bought it less than a year ago. The lines on it are the same as those on your black pepper grinder. The old one is yours. and your wife's, and the new one, which you bought when you moved into your personal quarters in Westminster."

"How did you..." Mr. Castro didn't dare to look at his wife's face because he was guilty, so he could only try his best to change the topic to other places, although it was not easy.

"I found one of your letters, which was sent to a long-term rented hotel chain in Westminster, so I guessed that you and your wife separated for a while and then got back together. And this reminds me of your call records." Xia Luochun knew what the other party wanted to ask, so she directly interrupted the boring question whether she said it or not.

"Just before you leave the house, you speak for 15 seconds to a number in the Westminster area code, most likely the woman who was with you during the separation, and you go out to answer. How could you lie to the police when you were desperate to find your daughter?"

Mr. Castro was speechless, while his wife closed her eyes. Although her face was expressionless, it was enough to make people aware of the complex emotions in her heart.

After a long time, Mr. Castro finally spoke: "When Sarah and I were separated, I went on a date with a co-worker. She called me last night and said she was nearby and wanted to see me. But I can Swear, I just went out and told her..."

"Let her keep her distance!" Mrs. Castro opened her eyes after saying this, and she looked at her husband, sarcastically, "But why didn't you say it before?"

Sherlock is not in the mood to listen to their husband and wife quarreling, he just wants to know the truth of the matter, and then deduce the plot at that time to solve the case.So he asked Mr. Castro point-blank: "Where did you meet her?"

"It's on the street." Mr. Castro waved his arms, a little at a loss: "But I can swear, I didn't get into her car, I just talked to her through the window."

Mrs. Castro rolled her eyes at this, obviously not convinced.

"I want to talk to her," Sherlock said.

"But she has nothing to do with it!" Mr. Castro was surprised by this, because the woman was not such a person in his eyes.

"Maybe, but if you think about it carefully, what other cars were parked in this block last night?" Sherlock told Mr. Castro that what he wanted to find out about his mistress was completely different from what he had calculated. Same. "Because if she's waiting for you, I reckon she's facing your house."

"And if that's the case, maybe she saw something." Lestrade took over Sherlock's words, his voice was quiet and steady, completely different from Sherlock's, and he was miraculously comforting. The restless hearts of the Castro couple were captured. "She can help us find whoever kidnapped your daughter."

"She..." Mr. Castro saw his face full of resentment and pleading at the same time, he sighed and said, "Her name is Elena Thomas, I have her phone number, you can use this Call her."

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Darlene Thomas, a pretty blonde with blue eyes, obviously didn't realize anything when she was invited to Scotland Yard, but she just felt a little confused.But when she heard that her lover's daughter was missing and the police asked her to assist in the investigation, Darlene couldn't help but blushed.

"I'm so sorry, I just can't believe it, because I, that lunatic, took Roberto's daughter." After Darlene wiped her tears with a tissue, she began to explain: "If I hadn't called Roberto , nothing like this will happen.”

"Miss Thomas, it's all right." Lestrade glanced at Sherlock, and then decided that it would be better to ask himself, lest Sherlock, who has always been not only malicious, but also willing to expose all malicious or white lies, would definitely say Something terrible came. "We just wanted to ask, did you hear or see anything unusual?"

"I never got out of the car," Darlene said softly but with certainty, and then she began to describe the scene: "I was driving towards the corner, and then a car ran a red light and almost hit me. "

It's a very simple description, but Sherlock's mind flashed, and he immediately asked her: "What time was it then?" Then he stopped, his lips curled up slightly: "Forget it, I already know. Nine o'clock Forty points."

"The girl was able to struggle to grab the vines in the garden at home, which means she is conscious. She was struggling when the balloon killer took her away." Sherlock said, imitating the scene in his mind.

"So?" Lestrade asked him.

"The examination of the three recovered corpses found that he used chloroform on them, but he was sloppy on Mariana Castro. Why?" Sherlock's deep voice and what he said made him There is a more attractive charm than usual-a serious charm. "Because of the sirens!"

"What siren?" Lestrade froze for a moment, unable to understand what Sherlock meant.

"I was listening to the police scanner yesterday, and I heard that Roberto Castro called the police just a few minutes ago. It must be some kind of family dispute." Sherlock was not interested in pressing Darlene every step of the way. , because there were not many clues that could be found on her, so he said to Lestrade: "A police car was sent to the Castro house from less than two blocks away."

"So you think the prisoner panicked? Because he thought the siren might be coming at him? So he caught the girl and ran away?" John finally spoke after being silent for so long, but he was always curious that Sherlock Where is the sky?Why listen to some police scanner?

"Yes." Sherlock said: "He hid her in the car, ran away at a red light, and then passed in front of Miss Thomas." He looked at her: "The car that almost hit you, do you remember it?" What is it like?"

"It's actually a truck." Darlene marveled at Sherlock's analytical ability, while carefully recalling the scene at that time.But everything happened so fast, Darlene didn't remember the model and license plate number of the truck at all, and she never paid attention to the car, let alone know what brand the truck was.

But what about color?

Even if you only know what color it is, the scope of your search will be greatly reduced.

red?

blue?

or black?

Sherlock eventually learned from Darlene that it was dark brown.She said it outright, without any hesitation in the process.

So, Sherlock took his John, Restro and his subordinates back to the neighborhood where the Castro couple lived, and wanted to investigate the nearby home security video, that is, to see if there was any family A camera is installed at the door of the house to ensure the safety of the family.

However, Sherlock didn't search aimlessly with Restrow and the others, because he had already spotted a black car covered in dust with sharp eyes.

The small black car had a violation ticket on the front window wipers that, judging by the date, had been on the car for many days, and the car had small Sliding marks indicate that it has been moved. Of course, the paint stained on the part of the car body next to the road is also a good indication of this point, that is, it has been hit by a dark brown car.

Dark brown, what a familiar color, it's near the neighborhood where the Castro couple's house is, a place where a balloon murderer might pass by, and the kidnapper also drives a dark brown van, just like this one The same color left over from the collision on the car.

But the paint mixed with the brown on the black car is still blue and white paint, which means the van is now dark brown, but was originally rendered white and blue and is easily recognizable white and blue.

Sherlock called Lestrade and asked for the scrapped police car information of the British police.Meanwhile, he must have been sold at auction, painted dark brown.And now there should be a long scratch on the side of the car from a collision with the car behind him.

Lestrade was led to take a look at the black car and understood what Sherlock meant.

"I'm going to issue an arrest alert now, maybe I'll have clues about the balloon killer before lunch." After speaking, Lestrade hurried to his subordinates to issue orders.

Indeed, arrest alerts work.

As Sherlock had expected, the arrest alarm was received after eleven o'clock, and then Scotland Yard caught a white man in a white jumper.

But he is not the balloon murderer, but the first victim of the balloon murderer-Adam Campbell.Because he had a birthmark on the back of his neck, he was only a boy in the sixth grade at the time.