Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

"Kent Thomas..."

Julia subconsciously wanted to deny it, "I know him, is there a problem? He and his wife came to the dance together yesterday, and they are friends of Al and me."

That's true, but everyone present knows that the key to this question is whether Julia's pregnancy has something to do with Thomas.

The two detectives are very good at speaking, not to mention that Thomas is dead.

Kelsey kindly revealed the new developments in blood type research, "Ms. Julia, the words I just sent to the two Mr. Angus are now sent to you—knowledge is power."

What knowledge?

This means that the inheritance of blood type between parents and biological children is an objective law.

Kelsey slowly talked about the common combination of four blood types in two arrangements, which blood type will appear in the child born from the combination of the two blood types of the parents, and which blood type will definitely not appear.

These things have been verified from genetics in later generations, and are still being investigated in the extensive data research of blood group research.At present, although the specific cause is still unknown, big data reveals that there are indeed genetic laws.

Immediately, Kelsey pointed out that the blood extracted from the rock in the grove last night was type AB, which was consistent with Thomas' blood type.

More consistent are the men's shoe prints on the edge of the rock, which are exactly the same as Mr. Thomas's shoe prints in size and pattern.

"We have also tested. Mr. Orr's blood type is O. You only need to test your blood type again, and when your child is born, there is a high probability that we can determine who the child's biological father is."

Kelsey seemed to be afraid that Julia would not be able to understand, so she explained the probability calculation process in detail bit by bit, "So, do you understand now? Before knowledge, many secrets are not secrets."

Julia finally couldn't keep smiling, and bit her lower lip nervously.

Sherlock made up the knife, "Of course, an unborn child may encounter some accidents. Then he will die without evidence."

How did the child encounter an accident?

It's not that the mother's body was hurt, but it's hard to say whether it was the mother's intentional or unintentional actions.

"Ah bah! It's a good idea. Even if the child dies, don't try to cover up the affair."

Henry jumped up, pointed at Julia and said:

"I remember Thomas, isn't his family a small shop owner? As long as you reveal the scandal you did, those acquaintances of yours will help you keep Thomas? At that time, I don't believe that he can't pry his mouth open, he I will definitely point out your adultery."

Julia's hands were bulging with veins, and she tightly grasped the armrests of the chair, but she still did not show weakness in front of the Angus brothers.

"Say it! You dare to say that I have an affair, but I dare not say your plan to kill your father? At worst, you will die!"

These words directly strangled Henry's neck, making him flushed but silent.

The confrontation between the brothers and their stepmother seems to be back in the morning, fighting each other, but now each has something in the other's hands.

Fermat only asked for an answer, "So, Julia, did Auer break through the private meeting between you and Thomas in the grove last night, and then you murdered him?!"

Julia sneered, "Huh?! Where did you come to the conclusion that we murdered him? How did we murder him across a bridge? Al didn't see me at all. You have evidence for this random guess ?"

If Orr finds out that Julia is having an affair, can he quietly walk away from the river, call the footman to prepare bath water as if nothing happened, and then start to take a bath without saying a word?

In theory, it is possible for a person to be tolerant enough of feelings, but it does not fit Orr's character at all.

Combined with the descriptions of the servants Johnny and Henry, the former said that Al was in a hurry to take a bath, and the latter said that Al had bad legs and feet when he went upstairs.

But Auer's mood fluctuated little, and he didn't feel the anger and sadness after breaking the affair with his beloved wife.

At this point in the questioning, Sherlock and Kelsey exchanged glances, and it was time to give Julia a hard blow.

Sherlock told Julia straightforwardly, "Indeed, it is difficult to have witnesses other than you now, because Ken Thomas is dead."

"what!"

Julia stood up abruptly, denying it in disbelief, "This is impossible!"

This question alone reveals a lot of truth.

Julia was more nervous about Thomas, and they probably had nothing to do with Orr's death.

However, Sherlock still said unhurriedly, "Death wants to take a person's life without the approval of mortals. Thomas was about to swim to the door of the house, but suddenly drowned. Do you feel familiar? He and Orr's death was very similar, both very sudden and sudden."

"How can it be the same!"

Julia froze, her hand on her belly, shaking her head, not wanting to accept the reality.

Kelsey said persuasively, "The death has already happened. Ms. Julia, you are the last person to see Thomas. If you want to find out why he died, please tell me everything about last night."

"Last night? Last night was ordinary."

Julia fell into memories, "Ken and I agreed to meet in the woods at 02:30 in the middle of the night, and he sneaked in."

The weather in Venice at the end of January is still cold.

Julia would have been reluctant to infiltrate Thomas Night Tour, but there were a few people who were able to control their feelings.

Kent learns that Julia is pregnant, but they can't talk about it at the dance.

He couldn't wait to ask about the situation, and he didn't want to choose another day.Relying on good water quality and good health, I set up a late-night private meeting as before.

"We just talked for a while, before three o'clock, I will send him away."

When Julia was about to send Thomas to the river, she vaguely saw a light on the other side, and the figure with the light looked like Al.

At that time, both Julia and Thomas were taken aback and thought they had been exposed, but they managed to calm down.From the perspective of Orr's bedroom window, it is impossible to see the rocks on the edge of the grove, and the private meeting between the two should not be discovered.

After waiting for a while, the two found that Orr on the opposite bank did not stay by the river any longer. He headed towards the house.

Taking advantage of this gap, Thomas immediately swam away from Angus's house, and Julia tiptoed back to the room, narrowly avoiding Johnny who brought the hot water.

After Julia returned to her room without any risk, the maid Asha told her that there was a knock on the door at 37:[-].

Al asked outside the door if Julia had fallen asleep. Asha was very nervous and only replied that Julia had fallen asleep after a day of exhaustion.

Fortunately, Orr didn't come in to find out, he left directly.

Then it's almost like a spy war.

From returning to the room after three o'clock to 03:30, Julia was busy destroying the evidence that she had gone to the grove.

It was to ask Asha to wash off the mud stains on the soles of the shoes quickly, and she changed into her pajamas at home, and repeatedly checked from head to toe that she did not leave any flaws.

If you can take care of one end, you can't take care of the other end.

Julia was not a real agent, and she failed to pay attention to whether there was any abnormal movement in the next room, let alone discovering that Henry had sneaked into Al's bathroom.

Henry snorted coldly, "You said this all. Who knows if you did something to Al by the river, or if you secretly poisoned Al earlier. You have too many chances to poison Al. "

Hearing this, it was as if Julia had just poured dirty water on Henry and Bivis.

Julia glared, "Poisoned? Do you think I'm your brother? Of course I hope Al lives well."

"Hehe!" Bivis didn't believe it at all, "Aren't you afraid that Orr will find out that you have an affair with Thomas, and then there will be no inheritance."

Julia sneered, "Even if I want Auer to die, at least I have to wait until the child is born and a few years older. Auer can give me shelter. If he dies, how will you treat me and the child? Don't you have any idea? !"

Julia couldn't tell whose child she was pregnant with, but whether it was Al or Thomas' child, once Orr died, the Angus brothers would never treat her kindly.

Julia wouldn't be stupid enough to murder Al while she was pregnant.

Bivis and Henry were at a loss for words for a moment, obviously knowing that Julia was right in judging their actions.

The living room fell into dead silence again.

Fermat broke the silence, "Well, all three of you have the idea of ​​letting Orr die. Two of you took action, but the timing was wrong and you failed to succeed. The other planned to let Orr raise a child before doing it. To save his life.

Last night, Al's death had nothing to do with the three of you, so how did he die?Did the god of death dislike him? "

This is what Kelsey and Sherlock wanted to ask. Did Orr and Thomas die suddenly without external causes?

Kelsey checked an important point with Julia, "Last night, Grove, did you just talk to Thomas, did you not do anything else? Like whip him?"

"of course not."

Julia was very sure, "That kind of sound will startle others, how could I do it in the woods."

That's strange, where did the red marks on Thomas come from?

Sherlock confirmed to Julia, "Does Thomas have no other lovers? Left you last night and will be with other..."

"No, he never will!" Julia said firmly. "Ken couldn't find a better lover than me! He couldn't have been looking for someone else last night."

From the timeline and the discovery of the body, Thomas didn't have time to find other people, so where did his injuries come from?

Same question, similar new red marks on Al's body, if it wasn't him or Julia doing the whipping, where did it come from?

What Thomas and Orr have in common is that both of them have been in contact with Angus' river.

Said to be a river, the intricate water network of Wisney actually flows sea water.

Sea water, stars.

There was not a single star in the sky last night.

What about in the water?Are there stars in the water?

Suddenly, Sherlock looked at Kelsey, and the two read a possibility in each other's eyes.

——Al, a romantic character, saw the stars in the river while half awake and half drunk.On his usual whim, he went to the river in his pajamas, to have a closer look, and even to get some stars.

But he never thought that this time the stars would kill him.

The starlight in the water comes from a glowing jellyfish that stung Al.The red marks after being stung by jellyfish are the same as the marks after being abused.

The 'river star' murmured by Orr before he died, and the complete five-pointed star he tried but failed to draw on the inside of the tub, refer to the real murderer who killed him.

The next day, Kelsey and Sherlock visited the night water inspectors in Venice with the speculation that the jellyfish killed people.

Inspectors didn't see any jellyfish on the night of the dance, but a few jellyfish, the poisonous ones, were seen during the day in the previous week.

For other people, it is abnormal to have red marks on their bodies, but Orr and Thomas' special hobbies left them with various shades of red marks on their bodies.

This very much interferes with the determination of the cause of death.

Now all kinds of possibility of man-made homicide have been ruled out, no matter how unexpected the result is, it is the truth.

'The waterways of Venice are infested with jellyfish, and Orr and Thomas both died from the deadly toxins of the jellyfish. '

Sherlock told Fermat the truth, and if he still had doubts, he took the bodies of Orr and Thomas to a professional institute in Germany to request a drug test.

There are comparison samples of jellyfish venom there. They are willing to spend money and have patience. After half a year, they can wait for a detailed toxicology report.

In the end, Fermat, Julia, Beavis and Henry all agreed with the truth that Orr died from the poison of the jellyfish, but they also planned to go to Germany for another drug test.

As for the distribution of Auer's estate, Julia cheated on her husband, Bivis and Henry attempted to murder their father, and so on. The two parties have mutual support and want to send each other to prison.

The internal strife in the Angus family has just begun, and there is still some time before the dust settles down. It is no longer the scope of business of the two detectives.

After this incident, it is impossible to expect to rent Auer's ship.Fortunately, relying on KS's good reputation in solving cases quickly, and with the guarantee of the two detectives, Mr. F successfully rented another suitable sea boat soon after.

No better than the ship Orr had promised, but this time there was no further obstacle.

The god of death also wants to rest, so that the sea is also calm.

The time and place were favorable, and the four of them found a large number of treasures hidden on the island very smoothly according to their speculation.

A warrant for a fugitive from Château d'If prison in France is still circulating.

After Dantès and Father Faria distributed the promised money to Kelsey, they simply took most of the remaining treasures directly from Italy to the United States, and completed a complete makeover in New York.

**

February [-], London, England.

Today is sunny, at five o'clock in the evening, the sunset is gorgeous.

Regarding the escapees and prison robbery from the Château d'If prison, and the two special hobby investigations involving the O Club, those have all come to an end.

If you ask Sherlock how he feels, or just ask, which one will come faster, the accident or tomorrow?

'Knock knock—'

Kelsey knocked on the door, bringing a reward and a photo of the snowman from two months ago.

She placed the large envelope with the money order and photograph on Sherlock's desk, but did not leave immediately or make her usual invitation to dinner.

Kelsey pursed her lips, hesitated for a few seconds, took a deep breath and said vigorously, "There is one thing I want to discuss with you. As I said before, if I want to move out of Montague Street, I will discuss it with you before. .”

Sherlock was about to open the envelope to look at the photos, when he heard that his hand stopped: "Oh! Yes, I remember you bought the house introduced by the fat boss, which is in the suburbs of London.

It's nice, nicely decorated and has a nice view all around.Compared with the city that is infested by dense fog every now and then, it is indeed a good place to live. "

Although this is good and that is good, compared with the city center, there is always something missing.

Sherlock didn't say what was missing, but just asked with a smile, "Are you planning to move there? Wouldn't it be inconvenient to go to school that way?"

"Indeed, the house in the suburbs is far from the University of London, and the traffic is inconvenient, so I changed to another place to go to school."

Kelsey paused and looked directly at Sherlock, "I said leave, not to the suburbs, but to New York, USA. Professor Egbert is going to help Lanster University and lead the newly established Department of Economics."

Kelsey spoke very fast, retelling a conversation she had with her mentor Egbert before Christmas.

"I agree with the teacher's words. It is a rare and good opportunity to leave London for two or three years and go to New York to participate in the start-up of University College. Tom, what do you think?"

The air was suddenly quiet.

After hearing these words, Sherlock did not say what he thought.

First, he stood up silently, as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the window step by step.

Sherlock turned his back to Kelsey as the sun sank across the sky.

In silence, 5 minutes passed.

He finally gave an agreed answer in an ordinary tone, "I think you are right. This is a rare opportunity, and you should go for it while you are young."

To show his agreement, Sherlock also added, "It's like when I was a teenager, my father took me away from the old house and traveled to various countries in Europe. From this, I learned all kinds of knowledge outside of books, which is a rare experience. So , I think you should go."

The sentence "I think you should go" seems to have no reluctance.

After Sherlock finished speaking, he turned around, his face remained the same, and he could still smile at Kelsey, "It's a great honor, you remember to promise to discuss with me. Now, my suggestion is that I agree with you."

Do you agree?

For the good of the other party, it must be agreed.

Kelsey nodded slowly, which was the expected answer.

But she also knows that besides this, there is something in the afterglow of the setting sun that is suppressing and not daring to surge.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

There seemed to be an undercurrent between the eyes, but it was calm again.

I only heard Sherlock chat about the follow-up as if casually, "What about after? I mean after two or three years? London is fine, Jerry, will you come back?"

Kelsey has never cared about where she has to live, and she has long been used to being at home everywhere.However, now she really misses the city of London, just because there are people she misses in this city.

"Before, I didn't think that I had to stay in London, and now it makes me feel good."

Kelsey saw Sherlock's eyes brighten while talking, but chose to continue, "However, we all know that time, environment, and experience will change a person. Who can guarantee 100% after two or three years? Change is always Yes, that's the norm."

To be honest, it's often not good enough.

Reason is roaring, those uncertainties exist.

Separation can make people think more rationally, thinking about whether some feelings are due to habit, and whether some people have to be like this.

Sherlock understood the implication and stared at Kelsey.Since their acquaintance, the two have experienced too many things together without knowing it.

Those tacit understanding and life and death made the two of them seem to have passed half their lives.In fact, it is not that long, it is only one year and eight months.

Being separated by the Atlantic Ocean for a period of time is indeed not a bad thing.

If you have doubts, you can find the answer yourself.If it is recognized, it will last forever.

Sherlock didn't resist parting after thinking about it, and the atmosphere between the two relaxed.

"Yes, you are always right. The future is always uncertain, but you will not refuse to cooperate, will you?"

Sherlock asked jokingly, "For example, when we need to play Mr. and Mrs. Sam again, we all put on rings and sneak into another place."

"Of course, we have always been happy to cooperate."

Kelsey would not say that she had worn the ring as a necklace pendant, and her tone was as usual, "There is one more thing before I leave, I wonder if I can ask you for help."

Sherlock raised his eyebrows, "Please speak up."

Kelsey took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to Sherlock calmly.

"I'm in that house in the suburbs, can you please take care of it? If you like the environment there, you can go on vacation from time to time."

Just as Sherlock once gave the ring for show, now Kelsey gives the key for simple care.

Don't think too much about it, just say if you can.

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