Baker Street Grocery Store [Comprehensive]

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Sherlock reacted very quickly, stood up immediately, and jumped from the balcony where they were to the nearest seat below, scaring the people next to him again——Clara seemed to see a lady fainting while clutching her heart past.

Clara was so dumbfounded by his agility at the moment that she couldn't comment, he was not Sherlock Holmes, he was a living acrobat!

Sherlock ran towards the stage with big strides. The tall Sherlock stood out from the chaotic crowd, and he moved very fast.

"Sherlock!" Clara called him from the balcony, but her voice couldn't be conveyed in this chaotic scene. Clara gritted her teeth, turned on her mobile phone and called the police, took off her high heels and held them in her hand, and jumped And go up to the guardrail of the balcony.

"My God! Ma'am, don't you want to-" one of the panicked crowd nearby shouted at her, "Everyone is crazy!"

Clara sighed helplessly, sorry, but... Of course, this path is the fastest, otherwise Sherlock would not risk breaking his leg by jumping from here.

The moment the call got through, Clara also jumped down lightly from the top. During the fall, she noticed something flashing past in a certain direction, which caught her eyes. When she looked closely, there was only a chaotic crowd.

Clara is of course petite compared to Sherlock. It is obviously unscientific to want to rush like him, so she can only jump over the crowd all the way to the stage. Although she has tried her best to be flexible, it still takes a lot of effort.

Fortunately, when she arrived on the stage, everything hadn't started yet.

"Ms. Cooper?"

"Yes." Even though Clara came here from "juggling", she was still out of breath, although her tone was anxious, "This is the theater, please come here as soon as possible."

After saying the last sentence, Clara hung up the phone, dropped the high heels in her hand on the ground, and made a noise, intending to attract someone's attention.

- "Hush!"

Sherlock raised his index finger at her without looking back, his eyes fixed on the pianist's body.

Clara rolled her eyes, put on her shoes resignedly, and walked towards him: "How about it, what did you find?"

"There are currently at least five doubts."

From somewhere he pulled out a small homemade magnifying glass - oh my god, it was a familiar thing, he bought it from her shop and she made it herself up to now.

Seeing this, her mood eased, and she let him concentrate on the scene, and said to the people next to him: "I'm sorry, please don't come here for the time being, and don't touch anything in the backstage, the police will collect evidence for these things when they arrive .”

After hearing her words, several people were stunned. Apart from the flustered theater staff, there was a young freckled girl sobbing, and the cellist in a suit stared blankly at the pianist's body, crying all the time. However, the appearance of a person seemed very strange——

That old gentleman, the old gentleman who met at the entrance of the theater and was in the same balcony with them, how could he come out of the backstage?And there were bloodstains on his body.

In fact, Clara remembers him leaving at halftime and not coming back.

"Very good," Sherlock's voice was deep and melodious, "Is there something on the surface of the wound, string rosin? Oh...the strings are cello strings, and the front of the wound on the neck is deeper than the back, so the murderer was standing behind the victim— —”

He glanced at the cellist, who looked at the blood splattered on his body, opened his mouth, and said dully, "It wasn't me... I didn't kill Selvi..."

Then fell silent again, looking terrified.

Although Clara had a crush on the cellist, she had to admit—yes, he was the most suspect.

The police arrived in a hurry, and they were stunned by the cruelty of the scene.

That's right, this is the first doubt that Sherlock said.

The corpse of the female pianist in red was bound by the strings, her eyes were wide open, her head was lying back in a strange posture, which made the strangle marks on her neck clear and terrifying, and the gurgling blood was still bubbling out. The passing of this life made those present shudder.

There were also many small and imperceptible strangle marks on the body, but due to the flow of blood, the red strangle marks on the body gradually became clear.

These strangle marks are undoubtedly caused by strings, and these strings are connected to the curtain from above, so the corpse is now hanging——

This is a very obvious display, or show off.

The problem is that the cellist who is the most suspected cellist has been frightened and dumbfounded. The cello fell beside him and he didn’t even get up. His face was pale and his forehead was sweating. The murderer psychology shown is completely contrary.

Could it be... isn't he the murderer?

The police were collecting evidence in front, and some people took a few people to record statements. Holmes was followed by a few small fans, who wanted to see his reasoning demeanor, but Clara became an idler.

Sherlock said that there are at least five doubts.What else is there besides the doubtful point that the corpse was brutally displayed?

—Obviously, time is the second doubt.

From the end of the concert to the first encore, there was a warm and long applause, conservatively estimated, about 15 seconds; from the end of the first encore to the second encore, also in the applause, about There were 20 seconds, and the time for the third return was very hasty, there was a scream amidst the applause, and then the corpse appeared in front of everyone.

In this way, from a living person to a corpse, it took only a dozen seconds to complete the massacre that could cause scars all over the body?

How can this be?

The third question is that during the return process, it stands to reason that the siblings should be together all the time. Although for the sake of the front stage effect, they will definitely not turn on the lights when they are resting on the side of the stage, but if such a big incident occurs The cellist didn't respond to the massacre incident?

So... he is the murderer?

The fourth doubt is that the scream of the female voice just now came from the little freckles?

Clara looked at the criminal investigators who were questioning. There were bloodstains on the little freckles, which looked like splatters. Did she notice that the pianist was killed?

"I'm her assistant, and my name is Lily..." Little Freckles said to the policeman, twitching, "When I wanted to pass her water, I found her head... her head... her head was going all the way back Looking up... I... I just touched her, and she just... she flew out like this, my God, why did Selvie—"

"Stop talking!!!" The old gentleman next to her yelled at her.

The little freckle is an assistant, so it can be explained backstage, but she looks quite frightened, but why the logic of the narrative process is not wrong at all, although there is a stutter, it is generally very smooth, oh, she didn’t even Forget to introduce yourself.

The fifth and last doubt is why the old gentleman appeared in the background?What is his relationship with the musician siblings?And his expression was very dignified from the very beginning when he entered the arena, obviously different from the audience, isn't he?

And now he—

"Sir, you are the father of the deceased, right? I want to ask..."

"Don't talk to me!!!" he snarled at the investigators, keeping his head down, not looking at the pianist's body.

It turned out that he was the father of the siblings, so no wonder he appeared in the background, but now that Clara was too far away from him, I couldn't see his expression clearly. I don't know if it was because of sadness or guilt...

So what about the clues on the scene?

The strings kill people, and the length of the strings is not short, which shows that the strings are self-made, and those who can make homemade strings and understand their strength and tension must be people who understand musical instruments.

The fatal wound on the neck of the corpse, seen from the front, was tilted at about [-] degrees from top to bottom, and the front was deep and the back was shallow, indicating that the murderer was standing behind her at that time, and was about the same height as her or lower than her.

So the suspicion of the old man can be ruled out?After all he is in a wheelchair, oh no, if he uses tools like his umbrella - who knows why he wears an umbrella to concerts!

If he put the strings on the umbrella, the possibility of strangling her with his strength is not zero. On the contrary, if he really succeeds in doing so, then he can have many excuses to clear his suspicion.

But having said that, what if the real murderer took advantage of the chaos and escaped?

Clara rubbed her temples. There were too many possibilities for this scene. Although she had some clues, she couldn't figure out a clue. At this moment, Sherlock came out from their resting place on the side of the stage.

Immediately, the people on the scene were all excited. They heard that Sherlock could solve a major international case in 15 minutes, so a small musician case should be no problem for him.

Sherlock walked out with a smile on his face, which made Clara very helpless. With such a smile at the murder scene, it was easy to be gossiped.But then again, why did she have to follow Sherlock to solve the murder case?It's not impossible for her to go back home now, after all, her purpose is not to solve the case, she just came for a date.

The more Clara thought about it, the more reasonable she became, so she decided to go home and let the great detective solve the case by herself.

"Sherlock, I think I should..."

"Oh, dear Clara," Sherlock saw her coming, and immediately gave her a big hug, "Look at this case, I think today's date is very valuable!"

"Uh, but I think—" Clara was going to tactfully put forward the idea of ​​leaving.

"Mua!" However, Sherlock suddenly held her cheek excitedly and took a bite, "Today's date is very valuable!"

Go to his crime scene!Clara burst into tears: "That's right! Yes! I agree too!"

...The "very valuable" you agree with is definitely not for the same thing.

In short, Clara was full of energy immediately, and Sherlock next to her was also full of energy.

"Sherlock! Solve this case soon! Who is the murderer!"

"Who the murderer is is not the most important thing," Sherlock suddenly smiled at her, and said to her in a low voice, "The important thing is the method of killing this time, which is simply amazing."

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The scene of the case is presented from Clara's perspective, and Clara's personal analysis is included, but it is not to be believed. After all, Clara has a preference for cellists and will pay more attention to cellists.

So - come on!Guess the murderer!