The case this time is a bit tricky, it is about children aged 6-12.

The case of missing children.

Lestrade wanted to hand over the case to Yue Fen before, but she said she was going to open a dessert shop, okay, this case will be pushed to the people below. Since there is no monitoring and no witnesses at the scene, the case will be closed. There has been no progress, until now the eighth child has disappeared, and this child happens to be the only child of a certain upper class.

There was pressure from above, and the case couldn't be suppressed, so Lestrade came to look for Yuefeng, but then again, he thought about looking for Sherlock, of course, it was just a thought.

After leaving the dessert shop, Lestrade reported the address to Sherlock, "You can wait for us there first, that's where the last child disappeared."

Sitting in the back of a police car is like a criminal, and Scotland Yard is inefficient, so is their car in Sherlock's mind, so Sherlock would rather take a taxi than a police car, but this time he chose not to flag down a taxi , under Lestrade's shocked gaze, he got into the police car he disliked so much.

Watson was also shocked. According to the information he collected, McCoff contracted the entire Baker Street taxi just to satisfy his "eccentricity".

Watson got into the car, glanced at Lestrade and then at Sherlock, "Sherlock, don't you take a police car?"

Pushing Watson away and looking around, Sherlock found a stack of leather bags on the co-pilot over the other side.

"If I don't get in the car, I will lose this." This is the information that Lestrade is going to give to Yue, and if he takes a taxi, he will lose this information.

It doesn't matter if you lose the information, but if the information is not equal, you will lose your advantage, just like the previous round.

Losing is losing, it's not a draw at all.

Obviously Sherlock is very concerned about this.

While opening the cowhide bag and pressing the window, Sherlock invited Koshige to get in the car, "Let's watch together, the game has started, and now the information is equal."

"Okay." Yue Cheng got into the car and took the documents that Sherlock had read.

Above are the photos and information of missing children collected by Lestrade. In the past six months, eight children aged 5-12 have disappeared. The task force was established not long ago.

The two read things extremely fast. By the time Watson read the third line on the first page, they had already turned to the next page.

He knows the speed at which Sherlock sees things, but the faster he sees things...

"Are you watching so fast?" Watson couldn't help but ask sideways.

"The eyes have 15 million photoreceptors that can receive trillions of photons per second. As long as they are trained, everyone's reading speed is 000 words per minute." Even the reading speed that gets distracted doesn't stop , scan the entire file at a glance and turn the page.

"I know a man who can read [-] words per minute. I often compete with him."

Watson and Lestrade looked at each other silently, and they saw a sigh in his eyes at the same time.

Okay, in this cold world of geniuses, only Watson/Lestrade has the warmth of an ordinary person.

After 10 minutes, the sound of turning the pages on both sides stopped, Sherlock closed his eyes and summarized the key points of the information in the memory palace, while Yue Zhao took out his mobile phone to search for the information.

Before the car reached its destination, Sherlock opened his eyes and caught a glimpse of Yue Fen's movements.

"Herman Adrian?" This was the last missing child, the only son of the senior management, and he was the one who made the bureau attach importance to this case.

He is different from other missing children. The other children's family conditions are not very good, they cannot go to school, and they can only make a living on the street...

The only thing Herman has in common with them is that they disappeared in the alleys without surveillance and witnesses.

"Yeah." Yue Zhao responded, and handed over the things he found.

With just one glance at Sherlock, he understood what the other party wanted to say. He snorted coldly, "Herman has nothing to do with this case."

"What?" Lestrade sat in the co-pilot, frowning, "It doesn't matter what? The seven children in front are all missing in this area, and they are the same age as them."

Sherlock clicked on the previous few materials, "Do you know why you chose these seven children?"

Watson often helps people. He knows every corner of the city, compares the information individually, and hesitates, "Because they don't get attention?"

To put it bluntly, these children are begging for life on the street, and at worst they are beggars. Even if they call the police, the police are unwilling to spend a lot of energy and money to find someone.

Yue Fen nodded, "Homeless children, beggars, street prostitutes... They are highly mobile, no fixed abode, belong to the high-risk group, even if they go to the police, the police will not take it seriously, so the suspects focus on them, The risk of exposure is small."

"Herman Adrian is completely different from them. Look at the clothes he wore when he disappeared and the clothes worn by other people."

Since the suspect has a plan and a specific goal, it is even more impossible for him to set his sights on Herman Adrian. The risk is too high, and once he is noticed, it will be over.

Watson asked subconsciously, "If it wasn't the same suspect, who was Herman Adrian kidnapped?"

Sherlock handed the phone to Watson, "Look for yourself."

On the screen is a bill, and the expenses of the bill are obviously larger than the income.

"What is this?" Watson saw the account on the top of the bill read out, "Maureen Adrian? Who is this?"

Hearing the name, Lestrade looked at Yue Fen angrily, "I remember we had an agreement, we are not allowed to do this kind of thing!" Do not use any illegal means, they are the police!It's a civil servant!

Yue Cheng smiled, "That was before, now I resign."

Lestrade: "..."

Can you do whatever you want after you quit your job?In the end, he wasn't the one who wiped their butts!

Taking two deep breaths, Lestrade explained, "Maureen is Herman Adrian's father and the client of this case." That senior leader.

As for why there was Adrian's bill in Yuezhu's phone, Lestrade didn't want to pursue it in depth. He was the one who suffered in the end. He knew the virtues of the people behind him.

Sherlock and Yue Fen are the same breed!

"What's wrong with that?"

Sherlock pointed out a few dates, "Every month he will transfer a fee to this account, and this money is exactly the same as Winona Kevin's income account on the next page."

"And then? Are these two related?"

Sherlock twitched the corner of his mouth and reminded, "Didn't you watch the interview show of Maureen Adrian and his wife last month? Those two played the interview show of a loving couple."

Watson: "..."

After Sherlock mentioned Watson, he remembered that there was a program last month that invited model couples. When Sherlock came down to get the measuring cylinder, he happened to see that Watson was moved to tears by the story of the two.

"I really don't know what you are moved by them. Such a clumsy lie can't even lie to this street." He glanced coldly, "Both parties have cheated."

Watson: "????"

"Of course, I mean mental and physical infidelity."

"Love is nothing but the vasopressin, the vasopressin hormone secreted by the pituitary gland, which is the same as the weakly acidic colorless transparent liquid secreted when you are moved."

……

"Molin's money went into Winona's pocket, so...she is Maureen's mistress?!"

Sherlock gave the other party a look that wasn't too stupid.

If this is the case, Watson followed the train of thought, "Winona is out of balance, she needs money! She took the child away!"

Ignoring the process, the two of them analyzed Herman's case before they arrived at the scene. If it weren't for the fact that they were not so easy to deal with, Lestrade really wanted them to move to Scotland Yard to take root.

Scotland Yard's 100% detection rate is no dream!

Instructing the people below to focus on Winona, Lestrade asked, "Herman's case is considered settled, so can you help find the seven children?"

In this case, neither of them was able to decide the outcome. The two looked at each other, and their eyes crossed in the air.

Yue Chi: "Continue?"

Sherlock: "Of course."

Familiar with the behavior styles of the two, as long as they both take over the case, the hope of finding the missing child will be even greater.

Lestrade felt a little better, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the first crime scene first."

After excluding Herman Adrian, the seven scenes are not only close but also surprisingly similar.

The dead corners of the street, where garbage bins are piled up, emit an unpleasant smell, few pedestrians pass by, there is no monitoring and no residents, and no one will hear you if you shout loudly.

Watson and Lestrade followed behind them without speaking, fearing that they would be affected.

Almost at the same time, the two stopped observing. This was the last scene.

Sherlock: "What do you think?"

Yue Chan: "What do you think?"

Without too much delay, Yue Fen spoke first, "The children were taken away while picking up trash. The suspect has a big car, a big car that won't attract attention."

There are trash cans at every crime scene. In this kind of weather, begging is generally not possible. In order not to be hungry, they can only rummage through the trash cans.

This inference is the same as that of Sherlock. Sherlock admitted this statement with a "hmm", then he walked out of the alleyway quickly, and pointed to the air in front of him with his right hand, as if there was a map here.

Sherlock: "All the crime scenes are close to the A3 main road, and all the forks of the main road."

"The incident happened at the beginning of each month, from the 1st to the 5th."

"At the end of the main road is the aid station."

.........

Yue Chen: "The time of disappearance is mostly between 3 and 5 in the middle of the night."

.........

The two said a word to each other, just like playing a game of Solitaire, as if whoever stopped first would lose, and in the end, Yuezhang stopped first. She took out her mobile phone, pressed a few keys at will, and brought up the surveillance video.

"Want to watch it together?"

There is no surveillance in the small alleys, but there are in the main alleys. It is the most convenient to exclude suspects from the video.

The backstage of the police station is like a back garden to the other party, and Sherlock silently labels the other party a "programming master".

"Together." Sherlock responded, anyway, he was going to look for these videos, and the more he had them in his hands, the less he would be bothered to make any more noise.

The higher the multiplier is 64 times, the cars in the picture are driving back and forth as fast as afterimages.

After watching for 3 minutes, Sherlock found the car that would not be suspected of appearing in the camera.

"I found a car that is still driving on the road at 3-5 o'clock without suspicion." Sherlock slightly curved his mouth, "The blue garbage truck."

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