Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

It is now known that Robber A is about 30 years old.The appearance, height, figure, and hair color are all ordinary, and he speaks with a London public accent.

Although Kelsey drew a portrait of A, it has to be said that the ordinary face is like water dripping into the sea in the crowd, and it is difficult to find.

Kelsey turned to Robber B and asked, "Shopkeeper Benjamin, you have given very little description of Robber B. Please recall, regarding Robber B, does he have any facial features? Why is he not mentioned?" , Has he not spoken all this time?"

Robber A walked into the hat shop first. It wasn't his fierce face that made Benjamin and his son defenseless.

A, on the other hand, is dressed normally.In London in May, such men's clothing is often seen in boutique hat shops.

A is neatly dressed, similar to most domestic servants, as if he wants to order a hat for his master.

In contrast, the situation with regard to Robber B is much murkier.

Benjamin only glanced at it in a panic. B's clothes were a little yellowish, and seemed to be made of high-end fabrics.

B enters the door after A, just like the owner one step behind.As for B's voice?

Bill made sure he didn't hear B speak before he was knocked unconscious.

"Robster A entered the store and quickly put a knife on my neck. Robber B then entered the door. He was behind A. I couldn't see him, and I never heard him speak."

At that time, Benjamin was facing A who kidnapped his son, but his attention was all on the trapped son, and he didn't pay attention to B who came later. "I can't remember B's appearance either. He didn't seem to move after he entered the door."

Kelsey asked, "Robster B took the purse, how do you say he didn't move it?"

"I didn't move around." Benjamin's memory gradually became clear. "At that time, A asked me to hand over the purse and threw it at B's feet. I threw it on the hat rack and made a sound, and B bent down to pick up the purse."

Benjamin finally pointed to the side of the hat rack, "B has been standing there since he entered the door."

Lestrade was puzzled, "You gave robber B a purse, and you still haven't seen his face?"

"Do me a favor, Inspector, and stand by the hat rack."

Bennet motioned for Lestrade to get up, imitating Robber B's standing position.

"why me?"

However, Lestrade's body was more docile than his mind.He had stood up, sighed silently, and walked to the hat rack.

There is a window to the right of the hat rack.

At this time, the sun shines in and casts a shadow at the person's feet.

Kelsey looked at the window and the shadows. It was three past ten in the afternoon and it was two in the afternoon.It is not difficult to understand why Benjamin did not see Robber B clearly.

"Last Saturday, after three o'clock in the afternoon, it cleared up after the rain. After another hour, according to the change of the angle of the sun, most of the inspector's position will be covered by shadows."

Lestrade was taken aback, why didn't he think of this.

Kelsey had picked up a piece of paper and walked over to Lestrade.Use paper to cover the changing angles and cast a shadow on him.

"Shopkeeper, look at the inspector and think about it."

Kelsey asked Benjamin to recall, "Which parts of robber B are covered by shadows?"

Benjamin tried his best to recall the details. He was good at designing hats and was more sensitive to color changes.

"B has a little light on his chin. He has no beard, and his chin is a bit pointed. The buttons on the collar are all dark, but the hem of the clothes is a little shiny."

Kelsey kept fine-tuning, and finally calculated Robber B's approximate figure and height according to the shadow changes.

She asked Lestrade to prop up his feet, and then tried to hold his belly in, and then confirmed to Benjamin, "The robber B is 1.5 inches taller than the detective, and he is a circle thinner than the detective, right?"

"Yes, and his hair is lighter, probably light brown."

Benjamin kept nodding, and he mentioned a detail, "After I was hijacked out of the store, B got into the carriage first, but he sat down directly without hanging up the curtain. It was A who held me hostage and asked me to hang up the curtain again." .”

From this point of view, it seems that B is used to giving orders.

However, Benjamin was very worried about Bill, who was unconscious, and didn't know how his son was doing in the store, so he didn't pay attention to B's face at all.He was then forced to drive very fast.

"I can only be sure that B's appearance is not surprising, so I didn't have a deep impression. Later, A was instructing me how to go along the way. At the T-junction of Jinsi Street, A asked me to stop directly towards the intersection. The carriage hits.

I was so frightened that I dared not. A pulled the reins directly from the rear to drive the carriage, but unexpectedly a bearded man jumped out.At this time A let go, and he told me to make a sharp turn and run longitudinally southward. "

Benjamin recalled that moment when cold sweat broke out on his forehead. At that moment, it was like fighting for his life, for fear that the horse would go crazy and cause the car to overturn and kill people. "I turned in a hurry, and as soon as I drove out of the area of ​​Jinsi Street, I was hit on the neck and was knocked unconscious."

Lestrade coughed lightly. He has something to say, can he end the pose of the prop man?

Kelsey had re-seated long ago, blinking suspiciously at the upright Lestrade. "Detective, why are you still not moving? Oh, I forgot to stop? Sorry, I thought you liked this standing posture."

Don't ask Lestrade why he can read a long list of meanings from one look.

To ask is to be used to being teased by the devil.

Lestrade immediately retreated, trying to maintain the dignity of the Scotland Yard police detective in front of Benjamin and his son.

"I checked your injuries last Saturday. The places where you were knocked out were the same, and they were all the places where you were knocked out accurately. The blows you were hit were all heavy, and you passed out for more than an hour.

Shopkeeper Benjamin, you remembered some details today, so did Robber B really not say a word until you passed out? "

"No, he said something."

In the high tension that Benjamin was forced to drive, the only time B was heard to speak. "But I don't remember clearly. Or rather, I didn't understand at the time. A first said 'Bula XX, Fei XX', and B said 'No, it's Ma XX'."

what?

Lestrade was confused.Is this the English spoken by humans?

"It should be English." Benjamin was not 100% sure, "It should be because I don't understand the words well."

Kelsey thought, tapped her fingers on the table slowly, and then stood up. "Shopkeeper, where did Robber B say that?"

"Sorry, I don't remember exactly, I'm sure it was before the Kings Street crash almost happened."

Benjamin smiled helplessly. At that time, he was worried and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment.

Kelsey stepped decisively towards the outside of the store, "Let's do it again along the road last Saturday. See if we can determine the direction."

"Is it useful to go again?"

Lestrade answered the questions, and followed him out the door.

The wagon was last Saturday's wreck.

The car was formerly owned by Benjamin and had just been returned to him after a police inspection.

Kelsey took the place of robber B, and Lestrade sat in the place of A.Benjamin still acted as the coachman, and Bill sat beside him.

"I checked this carriage three times inside and out. There were no footprints, and it was wiped off. There is only one abnormality. Some tobacco leaves were found in the position near your hand, and they have been collected as evidence."

Lestrade pointed to the side of Kelsey's seat, "Ask Benjamin and his son, they don't smoke. Not sure if it was stained on the client's return trip or left by the robbers."

"Tobacco, shredded." Kelsey said slowly and thoughtfully, and said with regret, "Unfortunately, I don't know much about it. Otherwise, we can infer more possibilities from the tobacco leaf variety, origin, etc. .”

Lestrade's eyes lit up, "Oh! It's a pity that there are things Mr. Bennet doesn't understand."

"I can't be omniscient. If that pleases you, I'm honored."

Kelsey readily admits without being annoyed.She doesn't smoke, and colleagues from the professional identification department can compare such clues before. "Therefore, I very much hope that companions with comparable abilities will appear."

Lestrade's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.It is definitely not him who is quite capable. Another devil is a proposition for him.

The carriage fell silent.

The three drove slowly, and Benjamin tried hard to remember, but he still had no clue.

Until a turn, the pendulum sounded from the side of the road, coming from the clock shop at the intersection.

"Yes. Here it is."

Benjamin slapped his thigh suddenly, "I remember, there was a pendulum knocking. With a 'boom', robber A said "Bula XX, Fei XX", and then B said, "No , is Ma XX, plus..." and so on. "

Lestrade got out of the car and looked around, but there was nothing special.Not to mention finding something that can match the messy words of the robbers.

Kelsey got out of the car one step later, listening to the beating of the clock, thinking about the actions of the robber AB, his eyes moved slightly and he opened his mouth.

""Black Jack (BLACKJACK), press the Fibonacci rate." "No, it is the martingale rate. This algorithm can be doubled directly, so that the money will come in faster.""

what?

Lestrade was even more confused, he only understood Blackjack.

Kelsey spoke again, slowing down so that Benjamin could discern. "Shopkeeper Benjamin, the robbers are talking about Black Jack, Fibonacci, and Martingale."

"exactly!"

Benjamin nodded vigorously, this was the word he couldn't come up with in plural. "What do you mean?"

"Blackjack is a gambling method from France, while Fibonacci and martingale are two different odds calculation systems."

Kelsey smiled reassuringly at Lestrade, "There is no need for the inspector to be upset, you once said that gambling is not good. From this point of view, it is not stupid to understand, but a good thing. Are you right?"

If there are no more rhetorical questions, it may be more comforting.

"It is true that the casino is a place for rich people, and I never join in the fun."

Lestrade didn't want to ask Kelsey how he thought of this in front of the Benjamins.

He tried his best to change the subject, "The two robbers understand these odds, it seems that they are regular customers. Very good, now there is an additional direction of investigation. Are there any other doubts?"

Kelsey smiled encouragingly at Benjamin and his son, "You are very good, you have found a useful discovery. There is another aspect that you haven't mentioned yet. Has Benjamin's Hat Shop had any conflicts with anyone? "

At this moment, Bill spoke uncertainly. "There are many competitors in the hat shop. We have a particularly bad relationship with one shop, and that is Eisen's on Jinsi Street."

"is it?"

Lestrade frowned. That was the one Bentley and Darcy went to.

Incidentally, it is one of Darcy's investments.

Isn't that a coincidence!