[Comprehensive Anglo-American] A genius report on love

Chapter 10 The Four Dead

So Sherlock and Mia went back to work in a serious manner.

Compared with glass products, man-made diamonds are almost equivalent to diamonds in hardness, which makes Mia have to spend more time and energy in the steps of cutting and polishing.

In particular, man-made diamonds are also expensive and time-consuming to manufacture. Mycroft should not prepare Mia for a chance to make mistakes.

Relatively speaking, Sherlock's work here is much easier. It only took him one day to completely digest the archives of "Paris Night", and by the way, he transferred it from the London Police Department and Mycroft. related research documents.

In his spare time, he just sat and watched Mia fiddling with the imminently formed man-made diamond, and by the way, browsed some information about counterfeiting and authenticating jewelry on the Internet.

"In fact, those things provided by search engines are all deceptive." The appearance of the fake has been almost made, and Mia is doing the final inspection of every detail under the magnifying glass, taking the air to talk about Sherlock, "If If you could find the correct information casually, then we would have lost our jobs long ago. Would you share the skills you rely on to survive? Of course not, what those self-righteous experts know is just some It's just a little trick that has been used by people who have entered the stream."

Although somewhat frustrated, he had to admit that what Mia said was indeed very reasonable, so he threw the computer aside.

"Tell me about the case? After studying for the past two days, do you have any clues?"

"In the information sent, there are six people who died because of 'Paris Night'. After studying their background information and on-site evidence, I have excluded two people who have nothing to do with the case." Sherlock said, Four files were placed on the table, "These should be the relevant people the murderer needs to find."

"Related?"

"Yes. Some of them died from gunshot wounds, knife wounds, and even drowning and suffocation. They were all tortured to varying degrees before they died, and their bodies had different degrees of fractures, burns, and other types of injuries. Trauma. But I investigated the information of each of them in detail. Among the six people, one is from the Middle East. He has never been to Europe in his life, including his family and friends. "Paris Night" should be from the black market Got it. The other one, he bought 'Paris by Night' and thought about re-cutting it as an anniversary present for his wife, but was killed before the plan was formed, if the diamond inside The name is an important clue, there is no reason why he would want to destroy it, and the remaining four people have all been to London, and two even died in London."

"So, the murderer doesn't know who his target is? He just tries to find the clues he wants through the owner of the diamond. Why can he be sure that the person who knows the secret will get the diamond?"

"What is certain is that the hidden value behind the diamond must be higher than the diamond itself, and even make people pay their lives."

"Curiosity is a damned thing." Mia couldn't help complaining, "I know that it has killed so many people, but my heart is itching now. Compared with diamonds, I want to know the secret now. Will it be a shocking treasure? Or an unknown substance from an alien planet?"

Sherlock didn't answer, he expressed helplessness at the boundless imagination of the woman in front of him.

Mia glanced at the name on the file, "Willie Anthony (Willie y), he was the first deceased and the original owner of 'Paris Night', right?"

"Yes." Sherlock opened the file, and there were a few black and white photos that were not too clear, as well as a lot of newspaper clippings, "Although there is no complete and detailed autopsy report and evidence, Anthony is a very An influential and wealthy businessman, his death still caused quite a stir at the time."

"Willie Anthony is a Frenchman. He was born in Paris, which is why the name 'Paris Night' came from." Mia also did a lot of homework because of her love for this beautiful diamond, "When he was young He is not rich. He got the original stone of "Nights in Paris" by accident when he went to South Africa to do business. It is said that he also got some other gold and jewels of the same value. After buying this 'Paris Night', most of it was sold off, and it became very rich for a while. I have read the media reports, and he was shot to death in the end?"

"The autopsy report showed that he did die from a gunshot wound, to the head, a fatal shot."

"His death should have happened decades ago. I think the murderer learned of the existence of the secret from him, but what made him lurk for so many years before he started committing crimes again? And..."

"Furthermore, the age of the three deceased people was not from the same age as Anthony at all." Sherlock continued, "Some of them were not born when Anthony died."

"Don't you think that the story of Anthony getting the 'Nights in Paris' is not credible? He has loved art and painting since he was a child. He once dreamed of becoming a painter. Although he had to work and do business to earn money for his livelihood, in fact he He has no business acumen, and the money he earns occasionally is spent on his painting business. Even if he made a fortune later, he did not expand his business, but spent a lot of money on various paintings Works, he was obsessed with Renaissance art all his life, and even funded the restoration and reconstruction of Renaissance churches across Europe many times. Such a person, would he discover priceless diamonds just because he accidentally went to South Africa?"

"Anthony's vast wealth really did appear out of thin air. The records 60 years ago were almost all cash transactions, which are difficult to verify today."

"Then what clues do the remaining three people have?" Curiosity prevailed, and Mia temporarily put down her work and began to look through the remaining files.

"Except for Anthony, the other three died within the past three years." Sherlock arranged the photos of the three people in order.

"Willie Anthony was less than 40 years old when he died. He was not married, had no children, and did not make a will. It is rumored that his property was donated to some charities after his death, but 'Paris Night' did not know It was also reported by the media at the time that the diamond was stolen by the murderer who killed him. In the following decades, this diamond never appeared on the market or on the black market. Until five years ago, the Middle East A businessman bought this pink diamond said to be called 'Parisian Night' on the black market. Some people said it was a fake, a scam by a genius forgery expert. Then the businessman claimed that he had invited an expert to appraise it, but the result..."

"He was beaten so badly that his liver ruptured and died." Sherlock continued, "After his death, the family felt that 'Paris Night' was an ominous thing, so they sold it. Everley Congreve (everley) Congreve), 65 years old, purchased the diamond from the family of the deceased three years ago."

"Then Mr. Congreve flew to London with the diamond." Mia glanced at the scene photo of the somewhat tragic death, "He died in the bathroom of the hotel, his hands and feet were broken and he was thrown The bathtub of water, drowned alive. The police report at the time believed that Congreve was hunted down by his enemies, because although the scene was chaotic, the most important diamond was not taken away. In fact, judging from the current development , the murderer left the diamond on purpose, in order to lure the next person into the bait."

"The curse of 'Paris by Night' spread after Congreve's death, but it was bought by a jeweler, Abel Isaiah. George Robert was the next One of the deceased was also Isaiah's partner. They had also made an appointment to meet in London, but Isaiah arrived first. He was strangled to death in an abandoned apartment building on the outskirts of the city and was also tortured before his death. He died in his own home with the same cause of death."

"I asked Mycroft to send some information about Isaiah's jewelry business. More than 60 years ago, when Anthony made his fortune, the person who handled the jewelry was Abel Isaiah's father."

"That simply confirms that Isaiah and Robert are also among the insiders. So is there any connection between the rest of the dead and Anthony?"

Sherlock: "From the current information, there are no clues."

"Another deceased who had nothing to do with the case was the next buyer after Isaiah."

"He has nothing to do with the secret behind the diamond, this case is simply an accident." Sherlock glanced at the file he had thrown to the corner long ago, "He is from Abel Isaiyaf Jewelry Co. One of the creditors, after Isaiah's death, he bought "Nights in Paris" at a reserve price as a creditor, but suffered a burglary after getting the diamonds. In the process of fighting with gangsters, he was stabbed several times. Bleeding to death."

"The robber was arrested a week later, but the diamond has disappeared, and even the black market can't find out its whereabouts. This is also the last news about 'Paris Night'. Until..." Mia looked Looking at the safe still on the laboratory table, "According to this inference, there must be more than these four people who know the secret behind the diamond, but we don't know if there will be a sixth person, and whether it can be found before the murderer." An insider is the first key to solving the case."