[Comprehensive Anglo-American] A genius report on love

Chapter 20 A story of 60 years of storage

At Sherlock's request, the results of the investigation came out quickly. Alan Field (·field), the manager of the London branch of the auction house, is also the person in charge of the appraisal of "Paris by Night".

But when they started to thoroughly investigate this person's background, he had already resigned from the auction house and disappeared, and even the information on joining the auction house was false.

Of course, these news seemed normal to Mia and Sherlock. With Moriarty's involvement in the case, Alan Field was already insignificant.

"Actually..." Mia was about to say something. She looked at the information of Allen Field. Although she did not have the speed reading ability of the genius Rhett, after reading it carefully several times, she still found some clues. There are a few misspelled words and grammatical mistakes in it, it doesn't seem like an innocent mistake, "Sherlock, I think there is something wrong with this!"

Sherlock immediately pulled out the file, made various arrangements and calculations in his huge thinking palace, and got another name not long after.

Alan Ernest (·eest).

"If Mr. Ernest knew that Moriarty, who had been advising him behind the scenes, had already sold him out, how would he feel?" McCoff's people quickly responded according to Alan Ernest. The name found a new clue, Mia glanced at an address uploaded on the phone, and then asked, "Do you want to go?"

Alan Ernest, he was not the murderer they had been looking for who killed several people and was an auction house appraiser. He was just an old man who was now living not far from downtown London. It's too far away for a nursing home.

The photo shows that the murderer who used the false identity is his grandson, Dean Ernest (dean · eest)

Judging from the age of the old man, he should be of the same age as the first deceased, Willie Anthony.He may be the one who really knows what happened back then.

"Is it Moriarty's trap?" For no reason, revealing such important information to himself, what is the plan of the legendary consulting criminal?

Sherlock didn't reply all the time, he just straightened his coat and walked out of the house.

He will go, this is Sherlock, this is a contest between him and Moriarty, they both know each other very well and they are desperate to beat each other.

Sitting in the car, Mia was so quiet that she closed her eyes and rested her mind. She had been traveling around for the case these days, coupled with the invisible pressure from Moriarty, she was not able to sleep well, and her sleep was even more restless.

In the morning, I received a call from Chris. Nora Walton finally pleaded guilty in the face of too much evidence, and the case has been scheduled for trial.

Chris's life gradually returned to normal.She made an invitation to thank Mia for her help, but Mia did not tell the other party the fact that she was still in London. Considering the case she was handling and Moriarty's past misdeeds, Mia decided not to Then expand the scope of danger.

She suddenly felt that perhaps the most ill-advised plan she made this year was this trip to England. The most important part of the sailing diary had already been taken away, but she was involved in such a suspicious incident for no reason.Even if she goes back to the United States, she will have to face a new working environment and the person she doesn't really want to see.

Should this be called fleeting unlucky?

Mia couldn't help feeling a little pain on her forehead.

Sherlock saw her subtle expressions and movements in his eyes.

"You don't need to follow, his target is me from beginning to end."

Mia was still half lying on the seat with her eyes closed, and said lazily, "I have spent the past two days studying Moriarty's past cases, and I know what you are worried about. Probably what he does most often is to use other people's He is indeed a person who likes to play tricks to control other people's hearts, but even if I don't go today, he will use other methods to achieve his goal, and the person who is threatened and suffers will be even more lethargic. People are worried.

This case has dragged on for too long, and I'm not one for roundabout solutions, and at least you should trust me to handle any unexpected problems. "

Sherlock finally turned his face to the side and carefully examined the woman beside him. Her calmness and fearlessness in the face of unknown and dangerous events were admirable.

Is it because of the rigorous training and screening by the fbi, or because of her nature.

Or, in fact, she has faced a much more dangerous situation than this?

Even though Mia closed her eyes, she still felt Sherlock's gaze, and finally opened her eyes, "What are you looking at? Sentimentality is not what Sherlock Holmes should have."

"No." Sherlock didn't want to admit that he had developed too much personal affection for the woman beside him.

"Although I'm not as good as you in reasoning, after watching the many cases behind Moriarty's involvement, I can probably understand his mentality. In fact, you are the same kind of person as him, and your high IQ makes it impossible for you to stand with him." Ordinary life like most people, you are eager to use your superb mind to do something, and hope that there is someone in this world who can appreciate each other or even match it.

From the very beginning, whether it was because he wanted to bring you down that he made him pay attention to this case, or his deliberate layout lured you to participate in this case, the ultimate goal was just to allow you to have a showdown.

So I will act very well in this scene, and the key to winning in the end is always in our hands, isn't it? "

"That's right." At this point, Sherlock finally showed a relaxed smile on his face.

If this case has been carefully arranged by Moriarty from the very beginning, then his only miscalculation is that he failed to find the part of the password in Vincent O'Connor's hand before they could get it all together. clues, which made him have to confront Sherlock head-on early.

However, no matter how precise and meticulous Moriarty's calculations are, there are always things that are not well thought out, such as Mia.

This woman who joined by accident was probably not in Moriarty's plan from the very beginning.

Perhaps it will also be the key to their victory.

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The car drove for a long time on the road before stopping outside the gate of a nursing home.

This nursing home was built on the outskirts of the city, and the area was not very large, and the architectural style was ordinary, but Mia followed Sherlock into it and realized what low-key luxury is.

The scenery in the courtyard is pleasant, and the artificial lake courtyard is integrated with the natural landscape in the distance.

The facilities in the building are also all the latest technology. It is said that there are also special wards and professional medical equipment. Every elderly person living here has a separate bedroom and 24-hour care. According to the physical condition of the elderly, some will be equipped with two or three people. .

No need to ask, you can imagine that it must be expensive to live in this kind of place.

Did that Dean Ernest feel that he didn't have enough money, or was he so desperate to pursue the secret of diamonds because he was afraid that his grandfather would live in such a nursing home if he ran out of money?

After Sherlock expressed his desire to visit Mr. Ernest to the staff, he did not receive any obstruction, and a lady nurse politely led them to a ward on the top floor.

Along the way, Mia roughly asked about the current situation of this Alan Ernest.

He is also in his 90s this year, and he was in good health before. He was bedridden after a myocardial infarction about five years ago, and needed various instruments for almost 24 hours to maintain his life.

But fortunately, his consciousness is still clear, and he can chat with people a few words.

He also didn't want to live in a cold hospital all year round. He still liked this nursing home where he had lived for many years, so he moved to the ward here after getting the doctor's approval.

Of course, the old man has reached this age after all. After lying on the hospital bed for several years, the internal organs in his body are gradually showing signs of decline. Even if he looks optimistically, he may not have a lifespan of one or two years.

It was after noon when Sherlock arrived at the nursing home, and old Ernest was awake after lunch. He was a little puzzled when he saw two strangers walking into his ward, but when Sherlock gave his name, the old man It also seems to understand something.

He nodded, indicating that the 24-hour nurses in the room should go out first, and he wanted to have a private chat with Sherlock.

When the door was closed, the old man had already opened his mouth before Sherlock could ask, "Are you here because of that boy Dean and 'Paris Night'?"

Sherlock nodded, "Yes."

"Hey." The old man sighed, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have told him that to satisfy his curiosity. It's also my failure to prevent him from committing these crimes. It's all my fault, but ...my current body...cough cough cough cough..."

The old man spoke a little excitedly, and accidentally coughed violently. When the monitor around him was turned on, the index of heartbeat and blood pressure suddenly turned red, "beep beep", issued a warning.

"Don't worry, we didn't come here today to trouble you or your grandson." Mia hurried forward to raise the old man's hospital bed so that he could sleep more comfortably, then poured some warm water and handed it over .

The nurse also opened the door to check the situation at this time.

"I... I'm fine, you don't have to be nervous." The old man took a sip of water to moisten his throat, waved to the nurse, saw the nurse closed the door again, and said, "Since you found me, what do you want?" Want to ask?"

"Yes." Mia held the old man's cold and dry hand, "There are secrets about 'Paris Night' and the death of Mr. Willie Anthony, if you know anything, can you tell us? "

"Mr. Anthony..." When the name was mentioned, the old man couldn't help but tears welled up in his eyes, "It's... I... everything is my sin, I'm sorry for Mr. Anthony."

Afterwards, Elder Alan Ernest narrated the story of that year in his trembling voice.

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It turned out that he was actually a servant of Willie Anthony's family back then, after Anthony made his fortune.

He suddenly had money, bought a house in London, hired many servants, and started his own business.

It was all so natural.

But one day, another friend of Mr. Anthony's family came to visit. It was a beautiful lady. Ellen still remembered that Anthony called her Kathy.

Kathy was young then, with wavy hair of pure gold, pale blue eyes like ice crystals, and an enchanting voice.

Ellen almost fell in love with her at first sight, so that after delivering refreshments to Anthony's room, he hid outside the door obsessively and eavesdropped on their conversation.

In the conversation, Kathy said that she was about to have a wedding with another man, and she came to ask Anthony to attend, and then she made another request, she wanted to use "that thing" again.

Allen didn't know what the "that thing" they were talking about back then, and he didn't care at all. His thoughts at the time were actually on the beauty of Casey.

It's just that he heard their dispute later, it seems that Anthony rejected Casey's request, and said that he had agreed to seal this secret forever from now on.

But Kathy pleaded bitterly. She mentioned that her father was seriously ill, and his time was running out. He might not have three months to live, and he urgently needed something like that to save his life.

At this time, Allen finally heard something.

"Help" and "time is running out", these two words have been lingering in Allen's mind since then, so that he can't remember the result of the later dispute between Casey and Anthony.

It's just that Kathy didn't seem to have a wedding in the end, but her father didn't die.

Allen never understood the story, but his curiosity drove him to secretly investigate the truth about "that thing" in the conversation that day by Anthony's side in the later days.

In those years, he worked diligently and conscientiously by Anthony's side. Anthony has always been a good master, and he saw the efforts of this little servant. Later, except for the housekeeper, almost everything close to Anthony was done by him. Allen does it all by himself.

It was also at that time that Allen finally found out some news about "that thing".

It is said that that thing is related to the huge amount of wealth that Anthony suddenly obtained in the past, and he got it in the process of doing business. Whether it is the thing he found when he went to South Africa as he disclosed to the outside world has not been verified.

It's just that Allen knows that such things can not only bring people inexhaustible wealth, but also have the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Apart from Anthony, there are five friends who know this secret together. Needless to say, Casey is naturally one of them.

After the six of them made a fortune, they agreed to completely hide this secret. The six of them kept a string of codes for the location where the thing was hidden, and the diamond known as "Paris Night". It is the key to unlock the ultimate secret.

Maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it was greedy, and one day after Allen learned of this story, he stole Anthony's gun, pointed at his head, and forced him to hand over the diamond and password, as well as the way to unlock the password. .

Anthony disagreed.

He just said: If you want money, take as much as you can get.Gold, jewelry, cash, I can give you all without hesitation, but I can't tell the secret.I won't tell, maybe I still have hope of living, but if I tell you, you will definitely kill me without hesitation.

Allen is not a cold-blooded killer. He was actually very nervous when he held the gun.When Anthony rejected him cruelly, he was also at a loss, even a little out of breath.

In the subsequent dispute, the gun went off, and Anthony finally died at gunpoint.

Allen, who had killed someone, was extremely panicked. He messed up the scene and looked like someone had been burglarized, and then took away the diamond and the part of the password that belonged to Anthony.

More than 60 years ago, the investigation methods were limited, and Allen was Anthony's most trusted assistant during his lifetime. Whether in Anthony's home or his company, Allen has always been a good man. No one doubted that he had any relationship with Anthony's death. relation.

In the end, the case was judged to be robbery and homicide.

However, out of guilt for Anthony, Allen also gave up pursuing the secret.

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