When Pei Donglai dressed as John Watson

"It's really an honor for you to come here, because someone broke into the bank illegally last night." Satisfied with Sherlock's showing weakness, Sebastian didn't spend time worrying about whether Sherlock would really In matters such as deductive reasoning, he directly stated the reason why he found the other party.

Then he took them to the place where they had been broken into.

"This is the office of Sir William. He used to be the president here, and in memory of him, the bank specially reserved his office." Sebastian's own company certificate opened the door of the office, allowing Sherlock and John Enter. "Someone broke into this office last night."

As soon as Sherlock and John entered the office, they found the photos hanging on the wall, and the wall next to the photo frame had been painted with yellow paint, and the painted shape seemed to be a symbol.

"So, was something stolen?"

"No." Sebastian said, "Actually, nothing is missing in the room, except for a message."

Sherlock carefully observed the -〥 on the wall, and the one that happened to be painted on Sir William's eyes -, guessing in his heart what they represented.

But John felt that these symbols were a bit familiar, a bit like Suzhou codes.But he is not sure. After all, this is London, England, and Suzhou Mazi is just an early folk "commercial number" in a region of China. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible to appear here in a grandiose manner.

"Is there any problem?" In addition to observing the symbols on the wall, Sherlock was also observing the surrounding furnishings, so he also noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with John's expression.

"I think they look like Suzhou codes." John said, and then he felt that the more he looked at them, the more he felt so.

"Oh?" Sherlock obviously hadn't heard of it, so he asked a little curiously: "What is Suzhou code?"

"That's not a thing, it's a counting chip used to record numbers. It is also called Caoma, Huama, Fanzai and Shangma. It is an early Chinese folk commercial number. It was born out of the counting chip in the history of Chinese culture and is the only one. The counting chip that is still in use was produced in Suzhou, so everyone likes to call it Suzhou Mazi.”

"I don't think it's possible." Sebastian intervened in their discussion: "It's not crazy for someone to go to the office of a former president of our bank to write Suzhou codes. And is it Suzhou codes? Hard to say isn't it?"

Then, his interjection got Sherlock and John a strange look.

Sherlock never liked others to intervene when he was thinking about problems, but John was an exception. However, the reason why he didn't like Sebastian's words now was not because of this reason, but because Sebastian could do the bank's work. Superintendent, but apparently he's not smart enough in some ways.

However, Sherlock felt that this was probably the code of Suzhou.

Because before he entered the office, he could see the situation inside through the outside glass, and what he saw happened to be the symbols drawn on the wall and in the photo frame.After entering the office, and hearing Sebastian say that nothing was missing inside, but someone had painted the walls with paint, Sherlock felt that this was probably done on purpose to tell the people sitting in the office There is a message from someone in the chief's office and who can see these symbols.

However, Sherlock got along with Sebastian when he was in college, and even if he didn't, he could still deduce the character of the other party. He knew that it would be useless even if he told him that, because Sebastian would not I believe that someone would be so crazy, and it is not necessary to use such a risky method to tell someone the news, so Sherlock didn't tell him the truth, just wait for the evidence to be found before telling him.

However, even if there is evidence, if the possibility is too outrageous, he may not necessarily believe it.

So, Sherlock decided to step by step and find evidence bit by bit, so he asked to see what was captured by the installed surveillance camera.

This request is normal and necessary, so Sebastian readily agreed, and they returned to Sebastian's office, because after this incident, Sebastian asked the security guard in charge of the monitor to put The video at that time was brought up for him to watch, and then he copied a video and put it in his computer.

The time of the video is 23:33:23, but the next image is 34:60:[-], and at this time, these symbols have already appeared on the wall and in the photo frame, which is obviously Someone hacked into the bank's surveillance system and erased the [-] seconds of footage.

And Sebastian was narrating for Sherlock and John: "These symbols appeared in 60 seconds, someone broke in here in the middle of the night, splattered paint, and then left within a minute."

This is a pioneering work, because the bank's computer system is related to a large amount of money, so it is very strict, but someone can break in and erase 60 seconds of video data, which makes people feel shuddering, because this It means that the bank is no longer safe.

"How many ways are there to get into that office?"

"Oh, this is the interesting part." Sebastian dryly answered Sherlock's question, and then brought Sherlock to the front desk where they had been received before, pointing to one of the computers and said: "Everyone in the bank Every door is locked by this computer, every walk-in counter, every restroom."

"Was that door opened last night?" Sherlock asked knowingly, because if it hadn't been opened, it meant that no one could break into this office.

"There is a loophole in our security system." Sebastian sighed: "If you can find it, I will pay you five figures." Then he took out a signed check from the hidden pocket of his suit , and handed it to John.Because he thinks that John is Sherlock's assistant, of course he should do the small thing of getting money: "Here's an advance payment for you, then tell me how he got in, and the bigger amount will come after this waiting for you."

But John didn't answer. Although he doesn't know how to deduce, he is good at observing a person, so he stood on the left, with Sebastian in the middle and Sherlock on the right. He tilted his head and looked at Sherlock on the far right. .

"I don't need financial incentives, Sebastian." Sherlock was satisfied with John's behavior, and then he left Zhizato, deciding to go to Sir William's office to study again.

And John was not in a hurry to follow Sherlock, because he knew where his destination was.He just frowned and looked at Sebastian.

Sebastian obviously misunderstood what he meant. He waved the check in his hand and asked with a smile, "Are you willing to keep it for him?"

"I thought you were college classmates?"

"Of course we are college classmates. I thought Sherlock had introduced me to you when he was in the office before." Sebastian raised his eyebrows, not understanding why the other party asked knowingly.

"So, you don't know Sherlock's family background? I thought you should know that such a small amount of money can't motivate him, not to mention that he came to help you because he wanted to solve the case. Not regressing and just thinking about it and killing the time, obviously you don't know him."

John looked at Sebastian with a smile that was not a smile: "It's a pity that you lost a chance to please him, so your achievements only stop there."

When John came to Sir William's office, Sherlock had just finished taking pictures of those symbols with his mobile phone, and now he drew the curtains, opened the windows, and observed the scenery on the 42nd floor.

"Have you got anything?" John asked him.

"I've heard of Chinese Kung Fu." Sherlock replied irrelevantly: "Do you know it? I mean, you seem to be Chinese before, so do you know Chinese Kung Fu?"

"Yes, I will." John originally thought that the other party would not care what he was like before, but now it seems that is not the case.

The wind on the 42nd floor was very strong, and the floor was also very high. John squeezed to the window and stared downstairs, feeling dizzy and familiar.It's not because the scenery downstairs is very familiar, but this height is very familiar, because the Tongtian Pagoda built under the order of Tianhou back then was almost as tall... No, it should be said to be higher than this.

"However, although I know Chinese Kung Fu, I can't fly from downstairs to here, unless I fly from above to below?!" John joked.

"No, that's not what I meant." Sherlock replied with some embarrassment, "I just had a similar thought."

"Similar thoughts?" John didn't quite understand what the other party meant.

"Uh, let's put it this way." Sherlock pointed at the window, "The glass is very clean, obviously it has just been wiped, and when I opened the window just now, it was not locked, so I wondered, could it be Spider-Man Opened this window and went inside, and then painted these Suzhou yards with paint. But it is undeniable that he has accomplices, otherwise the video would not have missed those 60 seconds for no reason."

"Have you already determined that this is Suzhou Mazi?"

"Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I still think I know you very well, and you are not a random person, so if you didn't have certainty in your heart, you wouldn't tell me that this might be from Suzhou. "

"..." John took a deep look at the other party, and then sighed: "I really admire you." While saying this, the corners of John's mouth curled up slightly, as if he was a little happy.