[Sherlock Holmes + Shenxia] Mirror Theory

"After the death of Moriarty, the whole of London—and the whole world, for Holmes and Lee, was like a stage play that was about to end. If you really want to describe it, Holmes and Lee are like After watching an opera and lamenting the amazing climax, out of respect for the spectators who still stay in the theater waiting for the actors to call their curtains.

But normal people can’t live on stage. For us, our life is daily necessities, unable to get a taxi, the dishwasher is out of order, and the neighbor next door borrows the lawnmower... These are our lives.We enjoyed the peace, but Holmes and Lee enjoyed the case, and our unsolvable puzzles looked to them like newspaper crosswords.And as someone who solved crossword puzzles with Holmes and Lee, I got the generous permission of these two smart people to post some crossword puzzles on my blog for the general public to struggle with me. "

—John H. Watson's Blog

In the outer suburbs of London, the sky is clear and blue, and the air is filled with the fresh smell of green grass and running water.Under a big tree, three people were sitting on folding stools, each with a fishing rod in front of them, apparently fishing in a lake.But it is worth mentioning that there are only three people sitting under the tree, but there are four fishing rods and folding stools. Next to the vacant seat is a man with curly black hair and a long windbreaker who looks quite impatient. .

"Sherlock, Sherlock?" The little man on the other side poked his head out and shouted at him, "Shirley's fish is floating."

"I see," Sherlock muttered rather reluctantly. "I have eyes. And John, if you talk a little louder, I doubt you'll catch a single fish until afternoon. If your eyesight Normally, you will notice that your float has also moved by touch about 2 minutes ago. I remind you again, since your way of hanging bait is quite unscientific, I am afraid that your final harvest will only be an empty hook. "

"What? Oh..." After hearing this, John immediately reeled in the line, and what appeared in front of his eyes was indeed an empty hook.He was silent for a moment with a painful expression on his face, looked up at Sherlock - the latter simply lowered his head and played with his mobile phone to express his refusal - he sighed, and simply turned to the boy next to him with a pitiful expression. new girlfriend.

Yes, the new girlfriend is not the same as the one who appeared next to John last month. Ever since John became an Internet celebrity, he has never lacked a girlfriend by his side.It's just that those women who approach John with curiosity and longing will always have all kinds of miraculous fantasies, and when they discover the truth under the appearance of "Internet celebrity John", these girls full of restless desire for adventure They will regretfully leave a sentence "you are a good person" and leave him.

This is not to say that John is not likable, in fact, John is a gentle, kind, humorous man, and has the patience and tolerance of a medical worker.To be honest, he should be the standard for a normal girl to choose a mate, not some Sherlock Freak Holmes.Fortunately, there is Sherlock Holmes in this world, and there is also Shirley Lee... This allows these two freaks to harm each other instead of harming others.

But even geeks, after having a relationship with a normal person, will inevitably have to accommodate the normal person.For example, when "Good John" enthusiastically invites them to go fishing with his new girlfriend so that "everyone gets to know each other" for a while, the freaks finally swallow their dissent and agree.John really wanted to save two freaks who were getting bored in the case of "simpler than minesweeping" with some kind of good intentions, so that he could see the blue sky, white clouds and warblers growing in the grass outside, and the freaks After they learned that John had a new girlfriend, they also reluctantly agreed to this activity.

When John didn't know, the freaks helped John escape the destruction of two happy dads, a lesbian and a control freak (the origin of the four good guy cards). The ability to "attract changes (anti-harmony) states" is amazing.That's why Sherlock would sit by the lake, staring at the fishing rod in front of him and next to him in a daze.

As for the reason why Shirley is not here... Well, she was sitting here half an hour ago, and suddenly a body was found not far away, and the people sent by Scotland Yard happened to know her...

In theory, Shirley Lee still belonged to Scotland Yard, so after thinking about it, she decided to complete this small case that "takes about 5 minutes".

Sherlock was staring at his float boredly, and suddenly his eyes were fixed - the float moved slightly, and the gesture was quite subtle, showing a relatively slight up and down sway.His clever brain instantly constructed the scene of the hook under the water, and the things in the places out of sight were clearly imaged in an instant, constructing a picture of a fish licking the bait after it caught the hook.

Expect another 1.5 seconds or so for the upper jaw of the fish to touch the hook, but I can bring that forward.Sherlock raised his hand to hold the fishing rod, and in the next moment, a thumping fish was lifted out of the water.

John on the side was just about to praise Sherlock, but he saw that he threw the fish into the water without interest (straight hooks are generally used in British fishing), and the startled fish disappeared in an instant. And flicked his tail angrily.

"Half a foot long, not long enough." Before John could ask, Sherlock explained it himself.

"You didn't measure at all...well, pretend I didn't say it." John sighed resentfully, "I don't want to know at all how you twisted and jumped that strip with your eyes in less than a second. I measured the length of the fish... I don't want to hear any sentence you start with 'obviously'."

Sherlock silently shut his mouth, and continued to stare at the water with his disinterested, unhappy eyes.At this moment, his mobile phone rang a beep, and he glanced down—the next moment, the boring, lifeless bored expression faded from his face, and what appeared instead was A "Sherlock-like earnestness" expression, the subtly raised eyebrows and the tightened corners of the mouth all showed his active look as if he had turned on the power.

"What's wrong?" John leaned over and asked.

Sherlock turned the phone screen to him and showed him - it was a text message from Shirley Lee, the content of the text message was a location, and the coordinates were a place that was quite familiar to all British people but extremely strange.

Buckingham Palace.

"It's nothing, my girlfriend seems to have been kidnapped by my brother." Sherlock said calmly, "And now I'm going to negotiate with the kidnapper, negotiate a ransom and an agreement, so that my girlfriend and I won't miss dinner."

If this is really a kidnapping, the service attitude of the kidnappers can be regarded as a model in the industry, and the comfort level of the hostage location is obviously amazing enough in the world.In short, if the colleagues in the kidnapping world want to gain the experience of "kidnapping Shirley Lee" through this kidnapping...it is easier for them to change careers, such as robbing banks, collecting protection fees and so on.

Because first of all, Li Mingye was sent directly to the tarmac outside Buckingham Palace by a military plane; secondly, the person who kidnapped her has the most terrifying power and ability in the British intelligence community; When he happily walked into a certain hall, Li Mingye was picking up a pink and white gold-rimmed rococo teacup that seemed to be an antique, and took a sip of the high-quality black tea with cinnamon in a very leisurely manner. There was no one across from her, and the kidnappers didn't even bother to guard her.

Seeing Sherlock coming in, she politely raised her glass to say hello, but the latter glanced at her angrily, walked over to her and sat down without saying a word.

"John isn't coming?" Li Mingye raised his eyebrows, "Oh yes...he just changed his girlfriend, and he should send his girlfriend home for reasons."

"Actually, that's what I planned too, but my girlfriend doesn't seem to be very happy about being sent home by me." Sherlock complained, "Do you remember what you promised me? You cook tonight, and You promised to make a dinner that 'satisfies the mind as well as the body'."

Li Mingye's eyes flickered for a moment: "Mr. Holmes, I have to remind you that the original words of my promise are 'if there is no case, I can try to cook occasionally, after all, Mrs. Hudson also has her own. Of course, we have to take turns.’ And since I’m here today, it’s clear we have a case.”

Sherlock squinted at her, snorted, and said in his low, cold mechanical voice: "According to our 'weekly diet' plan, we should eat fish tonight, and you just hate fish." It's just a fishy smell. Shirley, a responsible gentleman shouldn't make excuses for his despicable behavior..."

"Young man, pay attention to your words. In the strict sense, I didn't break my promise, at least I didn't put my ideas into action. After I just solved a small case an hour ago, it was yours My brother sent someone to hold me hostage with a helicopter gunship, this is called 'force majeure', and I—a young woman, is not good at fighting with helicopter gunships, this is a very logical thing." Li Mingye watched with a smile Looking at him, he said leisurely: "So for the next hour, I will be in charge of sitting here, besides enjoying the royal family's expenses, I sincerely hope you forget about your fish, and thank Mycroft. "

"No, actually it's not force majeure, you're quite cooperative, and judging by the hair stuck in your collar, the 'kidnappers' even gave you a pillow on the helicopter... and ski earmuffs and headphones? Hmph, you were held hostage while happily sitting on the helicopter while listening to music, and you even looked at the ground with a sense of superiority along the way. Maybe you had nothing but fish and Mycroft at that time. I've felt the traffic in London, and I'm glad there's no traffic jams in the sky." Sherlock gave her a sarcasm, obviously still brooding over the meal of fish.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the "recipe for the week" of these two freaks.The two of them accurately calculated the nutrients needed by two people for a week, and converted it into food, even the grams and seasonings were mentioned.Based on these things that we normal people can't understand and don't want to understand at all, they drew up the "weekly recipe", which planned in detail the ingredients, weight and cooking methods of each meal... Then they found that Mrs. Hudson was out. Went on vacation (hard to tell if this recipe put me off).

So they decided to do it themselves, and let the party without the case be responsible for the cooking. Unfortunately, the recent cases that came to the door were all trivial "sofa cases" (that is, conclusions can be drawn on the sofa), so they There are various ways to decide who the cooking party is.

For example, "Blindfold John's eyes and take turns playing the violin piece and let John judge", "Both sides blindfolded and play a game of blindfold chess (using a real chess board and chess pieces, not only telling the number of moves, but actually putting the chess pieces down personally) )", "The number of jumps and changes in the center of the competition horror movie"... etc., in short, after a series of competitions that we normal people can't think of and don't want to think about, Li Mingye was ruled to cook fish steaks today .Seriously, neither of them want to touch fish, which smells fishy no matter how they are cooked, but unfortunately, when they planned their "recipes for the week", they had no idea that cooking would fall on their heads...

It’s not really necessary to explain this, but explaining it helps us intuitively understand how boring these two freaks are, of course, in a way, John is about to become one of the freaks.When this military doctor was able to stage all kinds of intelligence, observation, and perseverance behind him, he still sat on the sofa and watched soap operas very calmly...

Pulling away, let us return to Buckingham Palace.

"So you came here by taxi? It does look like that. You know that the height of the back of the taxi is obviously different from that of a private car. The wrinkles on your back show this. And you obviously didn't get me from the news on the way. The reason why you were 'invited' here is why you are still thinking about your fish." Li Mingye sighed, "But I think it has been an hour now,' the observation period ' Is it time to end too?"

"I thought it was time for you to end this 'observation period' in the fifth minute you came in." Sherlock's face showed a look of extreme impatience, "What's there to observe? It's just a matter of the royal family Nine out of ten small cases involving unknown members are less fatal scandals, I guess most of them are sexual disputes, I don’t want to get involved in such things.”

"That's why I stayed here, Sherlock." Li Mingye patted the back of Sherlock's hand gently, "Because I guess it was a lady who was in trouble, so Mycroft asked But because of my nationality, they don't trust me, so I decided to let you come here. At least Mycroft has helped me a few times, and I don't mind giving him some help."

Now we have to tell the leaping dialogue of these two freaks again in a way that ordinary people can understand.

Buckingham Palace and Mycroft ordered to pick him up—there was a commission, and the client had a high status, and it was very likely that he was a royal noble.

Self-righteously let her hang out for an hour-the client, or other people with interests in the client, after seeing the candidate, decided to check her credibility out of some consideration.After all, if Mycroft could be fully responsible for this matter, he would have directly come out and explained the matter clearly.

No one else was around at all times, even the waiter who made the tea retreated after serving the tea—building psychological pressure and increasing the privacy of the event.Of course, this kind of tactic doesn't work very well for her... But for an ordinary person, suddenly coming to a place like Buckingham Palace with no one around, I am afraid that he will bear a lot of psychological pressure.

Then it can be concluded that a member of the royal family encountered an incident that was not too fatal but absolutely inconvenient to confess to the public. As far as the royal family's credibility is concerned, Mycroft will solve it himself.And Mycroft brought Li Mingye here, apparently because he didn't want this matter to go through official channels.

Then you can see the privacy of this matter.

For this kind of thing, it is the same to find Li Mingye or Sherlock. Mycroft gave priority to Li Mingye, which means that the accident is likely to be a woman, and this matter may involve some indecent photos or Things like videos... If ordinary women encounter this kind of thing, they will be more willing to choose female detectives among detectives with the same ability.

These things were completely sorted out within 5 minutes after Li Mingye entered the door, and her reaction was quite simple - she called Sherlock directly.

It has to be said that Shirley Lee's response to any provocation is as gentle and mean as ever.She used her actual actions to fight back against those who were secretly watching her-don't trust me?Then pull it down!

The person she summoned was also the younger brother of Mycroft Holmes, which really made it difficult for those who watched secretly.Little Mr. Holmes's rebellion and lawlessness are widely known, but the bigger problem is that they are currently asking Mycroft Holmes...

In other words, those who are dissatisfied with Mycroft for "calling Mike Lee's sister" will probably have to humbly beg him to solve this mess in person—or else Sherlock, who is unscrupulous for a while, will He took his girlfriend home directly, you can figure it out for yourself!

This is what Li Mingye meant by "providing some help to Mycroft", because she knew that whether she accepted the commission or not, this matter might have to fall on Mycroft.Gaining more initiative for Mycroft from the very beginning would obviously be of more benefit to his subsequent actions.But to take a step back, Mycroft is a very reasonable person. After the matter is over, maybe he will remember this little help and send a cook to 221B...

Sherlock had obviously cleared his mind while chattering.He held Li Mingye's hand backhandedly, curled his lips and said, "I don't care what those government officials think, I'm just here to pick up my girlfriend home. As for what happened to them, that's up to the government." Those who pay the salary will solve it, not us." He stood up straight after speaking, and led Li Mingye to leave, and the latter raised his eyebrows, and followed him a few steps to the door in a kind manner.

"—Shirley is nominally attached to Scotland Yard, Sherlock. That's why I asked her to come here, not your inappropriate brother who gives me headaches." Mycroft said slowly and cadenced. The standard voice of the public school sounded behind them, showing a little helpless smile. "As for your supper - trust England, and it will pay you well when you serve it."

"Yes, thanks to England, I rely on it to earn my wages that only account for about one-tenth of my income." Li Mingye sneered sarcastically, "And I think the hour just now, your side It should count towards my working hours."

"I think so too. If Shirley loses her job at Scotland Yard, she won't be able to survive in a city like London where prices are too high." One-tenth of the income."

Mycroft immediately made a "truce" gesture, but a smile flashed in his eyes - obviously he had just experienced some entanglement, so hearing these two sentences was obviously not aimed at him. After that, I feel much happier.He raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, you two, please sit down."

Over the years, the relationship between Mycroft and Sherlock has eased a lot, so Sherlock will not simply brush off his face.So Sherlock glanced at him, and although he was still a little unhappy, he pulled Li Mingye back to the sofa and sat down.Mycroft glanced at Sherlock almost in relief, before he walked over and sat down opposite the two of them, and at the same time handed over the stack of documents in his hand.

Li Mingye took it over, glanced down, and couldn't help but let out a "huh"—her reaction caught Sherlock's attention, and the latter couldn't help but glance at the document in her hand.

It was a printed photo.

The intense red and black background reveals extreme arrogance and beauty, and there is a woman printed in the middle of the photo.The facial features of this woman can't even be called delicate and soft. Her resolute to cold face lines, light-colored iris and sharp lips are not like a gentle and elegant woman in the traditional sense.But she is extremely beautiful, just like the background color of the photo she chose, that kind of cold and domineering beauty doesn't even matter whether her face is delicate or not, she has the temperament of a master who can penetrate the back of the paper.

This is a beautiful woman who is as proud and ruthless as a queen. She was born to sit on her throne made of the bones of her suitors, watching everyone who climbed up the stairs with her cold to fiery eyes.Her high heels step on the heart of her admirers, her red lips are the last drop of blood from her opponents, her hair is maintained with the obsession of the submissive, and her skin is washed by the tears of the defeated.

——But all of this is not in Li Mingye's eyes, her eyes are firmly fixed on a line of words on the photo.

Erin Adler.

It's hard to describe Li Mingye's current mood... From the perspective of us ordinary people, it is probably equivalent to the sudden appearance of an elementary school classmate whom we haven't seen for many years.Whether your elementary school classmate has become a rich man or a beggar, you can probably accept it, but if this elementary school classmate tells you that he is now an alien...

Well, that's roughly it.

Mycroft glanced at Li Mingye, obviously aware of the abnormal reaction of the other party, but he obviously didn't care too much... Anyway, in the final analysis, the most outrageous thing is that Li Mingye accepted this Ms. Adler That's all, since Sherlock doesn't care anymore, what can he say?However, out of humanitarianism, he coughed lightly, and said, "This Ms. Adler has a nickname called 'Sad Queen', she provides sexual sadistic services, and..."

"And she probably has some small hobbies related to photography, and our client has left some photos that are not suitable for public display." Sherlock glanced at the photo, "In this case, you should post the photos Just buy it back."

"She doesn't want money, she doesn't want power...she doesn't want anything, she just keeps those photos." Mycroft said lightly, "It is said that it is to provide her with protection, but it is just a kind of money that is up for grabs." It's just a means, and what she wants is something we can't accept."

"Then go steal and rob."

"Failed."

"Kidnapping and threats?"

"We can't tear ourselves apart with her. Temporary peace is very necessary. What we need is a mobile phone, and in that phone..." Mycroft paused, then continued, "Except for your commission In addition to photos of people, there are other things that are more important, and this is the bargaining chip that she can negotiate with us."

"Ha! Politics." Sherlock sneered, "I'm afraid there are some secrets of senior officials from other countries?"

"Yes, according to my speculation, the frequent entry of the FBI during this period is also related to this woman, so I hope you can grab the first hand and get that mobile phone." Mycroft glanced at Sherlock and smiled. . "Even if we have a reason, we cannot officially intervene in this matter-you are smart people, and you must understand our difficulties."

This is Mycroft Holmes.While the rest of Buckingham Palace was concerned only with the leak of indecent photos of the royals, he pushed for a big move to bring in unofficials because he saw further - he knew what that phone represented.

The secrets of high-ranking officials from various countries, the privacy and hobbies of the royal family in desert countries, the residence of the head of an anarchic organization... These things are like a thick and fine net, which spreads all over the world, and that proud woman is lying lazily in the middle of the net .

Now the forces of various countries have reached a balance - including the United Kingdom, the United States, Saudi Arabia and other countries, everyone is watching the woman covetously, and at the same time, they are also wary of each other.It was a dangerous balance, and that woman obviously grasped it well. She was up for grabs, as cold as a goddess picking sacrifices from all sides.

So Mycroft decided to break this balance.

"Your brother also knows about this." Mycroft whispered to Li Mingye, "He will contact you soon."

Li Mingye raised her eyebrows, she had restrained all her emotions at this moment, her heartbeat, pulse, and pupil reaction were as calm as a statue.She exchanged glances with Sherlock, who nodded.

"We'll get back to you within three days," she said calmly. "I mean the cell phone, and Irene Adler if necessary."

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