[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter 69

Lestrade is the most pragmatic. He brought a dried salted fish as a gift. Jenny immediately asked Fantine to remove the salt from the noodles and soak the fish in water. After a while, steam it with garlic and eat it. And very chewy.Lestrade's complexion was still very bad, and Jenny asked him to go to the second floor to find John, and then ordered Fantine to bring tea.

"Excuse me for coming uninvited, honey. It's a gift." Bruce Willie was in the habit of picking up girls.Although Bruce Willy knew that Jenny was not so easy to pick up because of the constant slogging, but in his heart, he couldn't pick up girls without him... At most, it was just in progress.In fact, this kind of "in progress" tacit understanding is quite good, at least in front of Jenny, Bruce Willie feels very comfortable.

In other words, after he realized that Jenny was within Sherlock's range, he really struggled for several days, feeling like "losing again".As for why you say "again"...then don't need to mention the past, let it dissipate in the wind~

Sherlock Holmes is indeed a trustworthy person, but he is by no means a suitable person to be a friend.

In Jenny's eyes, although it was only a short period of two months, Bruce Willie, who was still a big boy before, was completely a man.He lost a lot of weight, and his cheeks were sunken, but his eyes were bright as if they were about to shine, and the trimmed moustache, which was originally full of flamboyance, made him even more masculine.

Jenny opened the gift in front of Bruce Willy. It was a box of high-end chocolates, which was really nice.

"I like it very much." Jenny smiled and thanked.But Bruce Willie doesn't seem to be particularly surprised by her.That's not wrong, Jenny would rather pay for the food than salted fish and chocolate.You know, since the "Jack the Ripper" incident, Jenny's economy has been greatly affected: there are fewer people who drive ladders, and fewer people make high-end clothes; In the doldrums... Now her biggest income is rent.

Wine, tobacco, current events.These are always indispensable at men's parties.Jenny only at first sent Fantine to bring some tea, and then sent Cosette to call the gentlemen down when the sumptuous lunch had been served.

"Sit down." Jenny greeted while placing the dishes on the table.

"Oh, it's really great. It's been a long time since I had such a sumptuous meal." John rubbed his hands and sat down impatiently.

"It's not cost-effective to cook so many dishes without people." Jenny asked Fantine to serve the soup. Feeling everyone's hard work, Jenny started to cook the special beef soup for five hours early in the morning. The golden soup was clear and clear. Bottom, rich and delicious.

The appetizers are the sour radish and long beans that Jenny soaked a few days ago, as well as the newly pickled vinegar pear and shredded seaweed.

The main dish is fried chicken nuggets.Chicken, chicken wings and chicken legs are marinated with pepper, salt and red wine, coated with egg wash and bread crumbs, fried on medium heat, and finally poured with tomato sauce.

Then there is the fish that Lestrade brought. After washing off the salt on the outside, the whole fish is covered with onions and garlic and steamed in a pan.

In addition, Jenny also made a few stir-fried dishes. It can be said that in this era, Europeans generally eat things that are stewed, steamed, and boiled in large pots, and then baked and fried. Otherwise, they only eat raw and cold.However, after inheriting other people's memories, Jenny also inherited other people's eating habits, so eating fried vegetables in 221b is also very common.

Because stir-fried vegetables can't be stored, they must be fried fresh, so Jenny also prepared the ingredients in advance, and started frying after Lestrade and Bruce Willie arrived.She made three stir-fried dishes: scrambled eggs with tomato, stir-fried pork with beans and stir-fried celery with mushrooms.

Finally, the staple food, seafood pasta.

Lestrade quickly forked a chicken leg onto his plate, and then asked Jenny leisurely: "Holmes sent me a letter, saying that you were attacked the day before yesterday and were almost hit by a carriage. What happened?" thing?"

"What? Holmes looking for you?"

"What? You were attacked?"

John and Bruce Willy asked in unison.

"Uh... it's actually a case in the hands of Sherlock Holmes... He seems to have been discovered when he sneaked back to England. According to him, someone behind the scenes wanted to lure him out, and I just suffered an innocent disaster." Jenny explained, "He just He disappeared after coming back for a rest, and I don’t even know when he left.”

"That's it..." It felt too simple, and John was a little dissatisfied, "Didn't he say anything else?"

"You know, Mr. Holmes doesn't like to make explanations before there is no evidence, but he said that the London murder case is coming to an end, and there will be no more deaths...unless there is another Jack the Ripper." The latter sentence is Jenny added it herself.

"He really said that!" Lestrade exclaimed, spitting out the bones in his mouth.

"I think that's what he meant. I don't remember what he said." Jenny felt that this news must have given Lestrade a lot of comfort.

"But he didn't say who the prisoner was?" Lestrade leaned over and asked, Bruce Willie and John were also very concerned about this question.

"He said everything was just his speculation. He didn't show up at the scene, so there's no evidence..."

"But the prisoner must have died or was arrested by us, and they were the ones who made it into the newspaper." Lestrade suddenly became smarter.

Lestrade couldn't have been more furious. Even if there would be no more murders, the case would not be closed if there were no criminals, which would not help him at all.When Lestrade was about to say something more, he suddenly spotted Bruce Willie eating mushrooms in a relaxed manner from the corner of his eye, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.If it is said that Lestrade was able to be promoted to inspector at this age, it is not all thanks to Sherlock, he still has a certain degree of political sensitivity.

Thinking of when this case would end, Lestrade silently lit a candle for himself and the policemen in the city.

The topic suddenly changed all over the place.

From compliments on lunch, to reviews of catering in London's salons, to predictions for this winter's social season, and all the beautiful ladies (presenter Bruce Willie).

From Jack the Ripper talking about the recent downturn in London, and then talking about the current international situation, and guessing what kind of troublesome cases Sherlock has taken over this time, it has not been solved for so many months.

When the last dessert - French brulee was eaten, the lunch meeting ended very successfully. The guests hugged their stomachs and hummed, even though the food was about to go up their throats. But he tried his best to swallow the last bite.

Jenny couldn't understand this at all: it wasn't the last meal, so what?As long as you pay the food fee, you are welcome to come to Cengfan at any time.

Afterwards, things turned out as Jenny had expected. Not only did the entire "Jack the Ripper" case show no signs of ending, but it intensified.

At the beginning, the range of suspects in the case was only people who were suspected to have been at the scene when the crime happened, or people who had contact with the victim. Most of these people were alcoholics and gangsters in the East District, or they were female tickets and doctors. .Then the scope gradually expanded, and celebrities and even aristocrats appeared among them. At first people heard this and thought: "Haha, this joke is quite funny, how could it be him." But as more and more suspects in the upper class , more and more people are talking about it, and no need for hard evidence, people start thinking: "My God, I had tea with that murderer last week."

Conspiracy theories have also become more prevalent.The person in charge of the case also changed shifts again.

So far, Jenny believes that this case has completely turned into a political disturbance.

A month had passed since the last meal with Lestrade and Viscount Bruce Willie.

During this period, Lestrade came again. It is said that he was almost sent to the United States to pursue the murderer, and he brought several names of the latest suspects.

Because they are only troubled but cannot benefit, Lestrade said their identities while reading their names mockingly, including politicians, painters, writers, doctors and artists.Jenny heard a few strange and familiar names inside.It doesn't feel good to rush for it knowing that there is no result. Lestrade took away the sandwich Jenny prepared for John, and Jenny had to make another one for John temporarily.

Bruce Willie never came again, but he suddenly started to give Jenny gifts from time to time, sometimes a bouquet of flowers, sometimes a book, sometimes a box of snacks... It seemed a little ambiguous, but it was still a gift. Nothing.Jenny was inexplicable for a while and then let go. He took her as soon as he gave it to her, and then returned a box of refreshments or candies made by himself. As a result, Bruce Willy gave it more diligently.

Another month without news from Sherlock, but Jenny is completely calm, and she has never been "accidentally" felt... Sherlock should be doing well, although usually when he is doing well, His opponents wanted to pull their hair out.

Jenny didn't let her guard down, she still carried the "cute" with her and never went out alone.

Jenny habitually looked through the morning newspaper Sherlock subscribed to every day, but there was no special news every day, and the latest developments about the "Jack the Ripper" case released by the police station did not appear every day, and this was in Jenny's eyes. Ni doesn't think this is any special news.

I wonder what Holmes is doing now?Jenny thought.

I don't know when it started, it seems to be Jenny's habit to guess what Sherlock is doing every time she is free.She thought that she probably really fell in love with Sherlock. She heard that once a woman puts someone in her heart, she will miss him more and more, and the relationship will gradually deepen... At this time, you have to be careful, in case Never let a man see your thoughts (by Mrs. Beveridge).

...Jenny thinks there is some truth to this statement.