When Pei Donglai dressed as John Watson

Sherlock is very concerned about the jewelry box that the prisoner took from Mrs. Temple's living room, because it means a souvenir, and those who like to take souvenirs are usually murderers, and they will be serial killers.

Because memorabilia helps him distinguish his victims!

If Amy Temple is not the first target of the murderer, then he must have done the same thing before this, and even if he has done it, then there must be other similar cases, so that clues can be found up.

Before Sherlock and John arrived at Scotland Yard, Lestrade had helped them search for similar cases in the reference room, and with the help of a familiar person like him, everything seemed to get twice the result with half the effort.

When Sherlock came to Scotland Yard and saw Lestrade's file on his desk, he felt for the first time that even goldfish were useful.

Eileen Renfros, who was brutally mauled and nearly choked to death in her home two years ago, took one of her jewelry boxes but left an eleven-yard footprint .

Moreover, the physical characteristics between her and Mrs. Temple are very similar. Both of them have a provocative figure and long red hair.

But there are still significant differences between the two people, because of the aftermath of Erin Lanfros.

They found Irene's home according to the address on the case file and met her.

Erin got a photo of Mrs. Temple that Sherlock handed her, and sighed: "I understand why you think the murderer is the same person." Because they do look alike. "But I don't think I can help you much."

"We know from the Scotland Yard file that the person who attacked you was wearing a mask, but that doesn't mean you can't debate him." Sherlock didn't want to sound persuasive at all, his tone was as quick as ever, and Filtering what he said like a machine, he deduced a possibility, and then asked her: "Did he say something to you?"

This he, of course, refers to the murderer who hurt Irene two years ago.

"...No." Irene's face was a little uneasy: "When I entered through the front door, he was already there."

"Then does he have any special smell?" Sherlock tried to get a breakthrough on Irene, wanting to know if she knew some characteristics of the murderer.Even if it was only a little bit, it was enough for Sherlock to continue to investigate.

"No, he didn't." Irene shook her head, but both Sherlock and John noticed something was wrong.

Because she didn't even think about it, she directly denied it.

Sherlock and John glanced at each other, and the tacit understanding made them feel that one should play the red face and the other should play the bad face.

"So is he tall? Short? Or average?"

"I don't know, he knocked me down very quickly." At this moment, Irene finally showed a little hesitation, but Sherlock still narrowed his eyes with a trace of doubt: "Then, he pinched my arm Throat."

"So, what about that mask? What does it look like?" Sherlock continued to ask, obviously he wanted to get a breakthrough from Irene. "A ski mask? A Mexican wrestling mask? Or is it just a cardboard?"

"...a ski mask."

"Great." Sherlock nodded, "You must be able to see his eyes clearly when you're so close, right? What color are they? Single eyelid or double eyelid?" He sat a little closer to Irene , and then asked her in an eager tone: "Please tell me if I'm wrong, but the strangled person and the strangled person will not be more than an arm's distance away, right!"

"How long is that? It should be two to two and a half feet!" Although it has been two years, Sherlock has been able to confirm that Irene has indeed seen the other person's eyes and will be impressed. , because that was what she saw before she 'dyed'. "I'm twice as far away from you now as I was then, and I can see your eyes are a lovely brown."

"I want to ask you to leave." Irene unexpectedly disliked Sherlock's question. Maybe she felt that the other party was too aggressive and made her unable to resist, or she wanted to hide something. For example, she might be with Sherlock The murderer who hurt her knew, so she was trying to protect him.

And Sherlock deduced it was the latter.

"Because I know you're lying?" Sherlock didn't have any expression on his face, but it was so strange that everyone present could see a hint of sarcasm in it.

Then, he began to explain why he saw that Irene was lying, which was his strong point, and he also intended to shock Irene, maybe this would make it easier for him to proceed to the next step and make the other party tell him the truth.

"You have a cross around your neck, and I observed that every time I asked you a question you always fiddled with it, so I knew it was your self-calming action." Sherlock finally concluded: " It's tactile communication in the basic deduction I'm familiar with, so I know you must have seen the murderer's face, and I know you even know who the murderer is because you know him."

"Get out!" Irene gritted her teeth and growled.She was angry, because she felt like she was standing in front of Sherlock with her body naked, without any cover, so she was seen through by the other party.This feeling made her very uncomfortable, but what made her even more uncomfortable was another thing...

"I understand, you have now realized that you protected him two years ago, so you killed the current woman, do you feel guilty? Do you feel that you now have the blood of an innocent woman on your hands?" Sherlock Seeing Irene almost crying, she didn't feel sympathy at all, because what he said was indeed the truth, and the truth always hurts sometimes.

Besides, if you sympathize with the other party now, then you don't even think about getting the murderer's information today.

"Listen, Irene, I believe you didn't mean to cover up the murderer, because you didn't realize that you would not be the only one he was going to kill." Sherlock began to stop being so aggressive, and instead sought truth from facts. I was moved with affection for Irene, and I made sense: "But if you don't tell me who the other party is, then there will be a second, third, fourth, and even countless innocent women who will die in the other party's place in the future." in your hand. I'm sure you're not that cruel and wouldn't let him do that, are you?"

"Of course, I hope I'm right."

"You're such a bastard!" Although Irene was filled with righteous indignation, anyone with eyes could tell that she was just bluffing. In fact, her attitude had softened.

She finally accepted Sherlock's statement. In order to prevent more people from dying, she decided to tell the truth about the handsome bastard in front of her, but she was not a gentleman enough inside.

"His name is Pete Sadova, and he grew up with my brother." Irene's mood was not very calm, but she tried to make herself calm: "His father abused him, so my daddy and mommy Adopted Pete in his senior year of high school. I heard from my brother that Pete is now working in a flower shop near the London Eye, and you may find him there."

"Thank you for your cooperation." Sherlock stood up from the sofa, and greeted John who had been acting as the back: "Let's go."

When they got into a taxi again, John glanced at Sherlock, then stared ahead, and said to each other, "Actually, I can do it next time."

"What?" Sherlock didn't quite understand what John meant, because there was only a short sentence, and there was no cause and effect, and the previous relationship between the two of them was not enough for him to judge and deduce the meaning of John's words. , so he can only rely on the other party to explain.

"I mean, if you need to play an asshole, I can also do it." John remembered that when he was in Datang, he treated people who could provide him with clues, just like Sherlock now, forcing the other party to give clues. for myself.

However, John felt that he was not acting like a jerk, and he was better at using violence.

"Honey, I'm just showing my nature." Sherlock said to him: "There is no need for the two of us to decide who is the jerk and who is the easy-going one, because that is not in line with our nature. ?"

"..." John turned his head to look at Sherlock, "Well, you're right."

The arrogance he showed back then was because of Empress Wu's support, but now Sherlock doesn't care about other people's attitudes towards him, just because he has McCoff behind him, there is really no need for him to do anything extra.