[Shen Xia + HP] In the name of a detective

The trio of Sherlock, Aurora, and Watson are sitting in a restaurant next to Northumberland Street at the moment. The restaurant owner, Angelo, is an acquaintance of Sherlock, and said that whatever they order is free.The reason is that Sherlock cleared him of the murder suspicion. Three years ago, he proved to Lestrade that when the three vicious murders happened, Angelo was carrying out the theft elsewhere. Proof of presence.

Angelo looked back and forth at the three of them with unconcealed and curious eyes, with a look of "I understand, I understand, you don't need to say anything", left the menu and left immediately, saying that he would never bother them.

Perhaps Watson felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he put down his crutches and let him lean against the table, resting his forehead on his elbows and lowering his head to study the menu on the table, then cleared his throat, and continued to quarrel about the "mortal enemy" before. ", and asked Mycroft what kind of identity he was.

After all, this was related to the relationship between Mycroft and Sherlock, and it was a private matter between their brothers. Aurora felt that it was difficult for her to comment, so she decided to keep her mouth shut.But Sherlock has always avoided answering Watson's questions, talking about him from left to right, and asking what exists in normal people's real life.

"Friends, people I know, people I like, people I hate, girlfriends and boyfriends." Watson tilted his head, shaking his head, counting all kinds of interpersonal relationships in real life.

"That's why I said it's boring. I don't have anything but girlfriends and people I hate." Sherlock dismissed Watson's words a bit, raised his head high, and supported his chin with his fingers crossed in a tower shape.

Aurora, who only cared about eating and drinking since serving the dishes, has been silent all the time. Hearing what Sherlock said, she raised her head and glanced at him strangely. There was a bit of dissatisfaction in her eyes, and she frowned and said: " You'd better think again and see if you missed anything."

As soon as Sherlock thought about it, he knew what Aurora was thinking, and added without haste: "Of course there are people I like. I thought I could omit the girlfriend."

Upon hearing this, Aurora nodded in satisfaction, and began to eat the bowl of salad in front of her that was so delicious that she wanted to swallow a fork down her throat.

Watson was very depressed. He didn't get a result of what he wanted to inquire about, and he was abused by this pair. He began to think that it was just right for Sherlock and Aurora to come out to track down the murderer, so why did he call him.He thought about it again and again, it seems that the life of Sherlock's co-tenants is really difficult, no wonder a dozen of them were angry and left before.

Watson was thinking, but Sherlock seemed to notice something, and kept staring out the window.And Aurora also sensitively noticed his subtle movements, and dropped the fork.

"A taxi across the street stopped. No one got on or got off." Sherlock calmly described the doubts he had observed to the other two people. He looked very calm, but in fact he was already eager to try. I wanted to jump up from the chair immediately.

Watson, who was sitting with his back to the window, heard what he said, and turned his head to observe the suspicious taxi carefully.

Aurora, who was sitting next to Sherlock, was facing the window, so she could see everything outside the window clearly. Seeing the taxi start slowly, she still picked up the one on the side of the table without any haste. wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said with a smile, "I've had enough food and drink, and I can start running at any time."

Sherlock seemed to be waiting for her words, stood up suddenly, took Aurora's hand, pushed the door and ran out.Watson also immediately stood up from his seat, stared at the backs of the two running away, cursed in a low voice that no one else could hear, and followed closely behind, completely forgetting the stick he leaned against the table. crutches.

The three rushed out in a hurry, but the taxi was already moving forward rapidly and disappeared after a while.Sherlock stopped, and pulled out the map of the entire London city from the thinking palace, deduced the destination of the taxi based on various "right turns only", "one-way street" and "road construction", and quickly found another road Alternate route.

Perhaps Sherlock felt that it would be too crowded for three people to act together, or maybe he wanted to divide the troops into two ways to intercept them separately, so he commanded: "Aurora, go to the intersection of Kennedy Road and Progas Street to intercept them." Take that car. John, you come with me."

So after a thrilling but not thrilling chase and interception, the two groups arrived at the appointed place together, blocking the suspicious taxi one by one, preventing the occupants from escaping.

However, after inspection, they found that the passengers on the taxi were from other countries, and the alibi was fully established. It was absolutely impossible to have the opportunity to kill the previous four victims.The frightened passenger asked if they were the police, and Sherlock and Aurora followed his lead and admitted that they were police officers, and both showed their relevant documents to convince him.

It's just that the certificate that Aurora showed is her own, while Sherlock's is from Inspector Lestrade.Seeing that Watson found it very novel, Sherlock generously gave him the police card and claimed that there were many more at home.And Aurora felt sorry for Lestrade silently, wondering how many times he had reissued his documents because of inexplicable frequent loss.

From a distance, I saw the passenger get off the car just now, talking to a person in a traffic police uniform on the side of the road, and pointing at the three of them from time to time, obviously saying that they were acting suspiciously or something.

So the three of them took a little breath, and ran back to Baker Street in one breath.

Although Aurora has undergone long-term training and her physical fitness is not bad at all, she is still so tired that she slumps on the sofa after running hard for so long.Just as she was about to use magic to pour herself a glass of water to take a breather, Aurora heard a text message from her cell phone again. When she opened it, she realized that the noise next door had been turned upside down.

Lestrade knew that Sherlock had found the suitcase, and wanted to find the suitcase to find out the progress of the current case.However, he was afraid that breaking into a private house would prove his excuse, so in the name of an anti-drug operation, he took all the police detectives from Scotland Yard who disliked Sherlock to rummaging next door.

He sent the text message because he felt that Sherlock was still not good at talking, and wanted Aurora to be a volunteer to participate in the anti-drug operation, so that Sherlock would definitely have some scruples.

Aurora sighed deeply, there really was no rest for a moment tonight.She picked up the cup and took a sip of cold tea, then got up and went to the next door.

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Aurora originally dressed up and rushed to 221B next door, but she ran into Sherlock downstairs, who was talking to a taxi driver standing by the roadside.

She recognized it immediately by its number plate as the taxi parked on the side of Northumberland High Street.It was only at this moment that she suddenly realized that the suspicious taxi did not happen to be parked at that location, and she, Sherlock, and Watson did not chase the wrong taxi.It's just that none of them thought that the real suspicious person was not the passenger from another country, but the taxi driver who was not noticed by everyone.

Aurora's heart sank, and she quietly walked over slowly, listening carefully to what Sherlock and the taxi driver were talking about.

"I didn't kill those four, Mr. Holmes. I just talked to them, and then they killed themselves. If you're going upstairs to call the police now, I can assure you that I said something to them, and you Just don't ever want to know." Although it was the first time that taxi driver had a direct communication with Sherlock, he showed that he was very familiar with him during the conversation, obviously he had figured out the difficult case he encountered. He couldn't bear the unbearable truth, and he definitely wouldn't really go upstairs to call Lestrade and the other Scotland Yard detectives down.

"That's really a pity. The police have already arrived before Sherlock calls the police. What should I do?" Aurora approached them gradually, frowning and pretending to be in distress, as if it was real. I don't know what to do, so I asked helplessly.

Sure enough, as Aurora expected, the taxi driver really knew Sherlock well enough, and even had a rough idea of ​​her identity. Seeing Aurora approaching, he reacted very quickly and said immediately: "It turns out that Mr. Holmes is the most Dear Miss Hopps, since you are here, I don’t mind bringing one more person, anyway, the space in this car is enough for you to sit.”

"As long as you are brought to justice, there will be no more victims in the future. This is enough for our Scotland Yard police. Why should I take the risk to go with you?" Aurora He deeply felt that he had met an opponent this time, his expression didn't change at all, but he began to think about countermeasures in his heart, tilting his head and smiling.

The taxi driver knew that he had no way to arouse Aurora's interest in the truth, so he directly converted the object and said to Sherlock: "Mr. Holmes, you will never know the cause of these people's deaths, and this is really enough for you." Is it?"

In all fairness, if Aurora was the only one, she would never have taken such a big risk to follow a serial murderer in the middle of the night to explore the real cause of the previous victim's death.

She has never been interested in pursuing the unknown truth. It was Mycroft's intention to start handling the case at Scotland Yard. She just adhered to the idea of ​​working hard since she came here, and tried her best to do it.Later, she got to know Sherlock again, and she, who has always been competitive, wanted to prove that she was no worse than him, so she was particularly keen on tracing the truth and finding the real culprit.

But investigating cases has never been what Aurora is interested in, but Sherlock is different. He is obsessed with all kinds of tricky murder cases, and he will never let go of such a good opportunity to explore the truth. .

So even if the taxi driver had no way of forcing Sherlock to go with him, he would.

The author has something to say:

Before I knew it, this article had reached Chapter [-].Thinking about it, I find it a bit unbelievable. After all, it was expected to be a short and medium story at the beginning, and I didn’t plan to write it so long. It was indeed a piece used to relieve the pressure of study when I was in high school in China and I really didn’t want to do my homework. arts.It's a pity that studying in high school was really stressful, so I didn't write much.After leaving the country, I took up my pen again and continued to tell this story, and began to consider posting it on the Internet.Originally, it was just for self-entertainment, but I didn't expect to meet many cuties here.Watching the number of favorites increase little by little (although it is not a lot), I will still be very nervous.At the beginning, I just wrote it for myself, even if the plot is boring or the characters are written, it’s no big deal.But with you guys, I started to be afraid that I might not write well and let you down.But it is precisely this point that makes me take this article more seriously, and take it more seriously when coding, so that I can make progress and grow little by little.

It may be naive to say these words, but I really want to thank you.

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