Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

"Mr. Holmes, what do you want?"

Watson thought to himself that he collected the mail package very quickly and did not delay the departure time.At that moment, facing Sherlock's sharp eyes, he boldly asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No."

Sherlock secretly thought that the biggest mistake was that Watson shouldn't have come so fast!

Watson was confused, since nothing happened, why did Sherlock stare at him?

Looking at Kelsey again, he couldn't see what happened.Somewhat strange!What happened in the carriage just now?

Sherlock had regained his composure, and did not give Watson a chance to make random associations. When Watson just sat down, he asked him abruptly:

"Miss Morstan sent you a package? Mr. Watson, do you feel lucky? If you leave half an hour earlier today, you will miss the package."

Watson didn't expect to be suddenly asked about his relationship with Morstan, and he felt a little embarrassed. It all started last summer.

Sherlock took on a disappearance and treasure case before the Lucky One sailed to America for vacation.

Reporter Mary Morstan's father disappeared ten years ago, but she receives pearls from Anonymous every year.

Last year, the anonymous person who sent the pearls met with Morstan, which immediately led to a case involving the death of Morstan's father and the distribution of related treasures.

Watson later adapted the case, named it "Four Signatures" and included it in the record of Sherlock Holmes.

This is not important anymore, the most important thing is that he met the young Miss Morstan because of this case.Even though one person was in the United States and the other was in the UK, separated by four or five months at both ends of the Atlantic Ocean, they still kept in touch.

In January of this year, Watson had just returned to England but was unable to meet Miss Morstan in London, she went to the northeast of England.

Morstan lost his mother when he was young, and his father disappeared when he was a teenager.She lived with her aunt in Yorkshire for seven or eight years before going to work in London.

At the beginning of the year, she resigned from her job and returned to her hometown to spend the last days of her life with her seriously ill aunt, and dealt with her aunt's funeral in mid-April.

Watson has been comforting Miss Morstan through letters, sharing her pain and sharing interesting things in life.

This time, the two detectives are going to York City to investigate and must pass through Yorkshire.Because he was not in a hurry, he could also let him pay a private visit to visit Miss Morstan by the way.

Watson never mentioned these things to the outside world.

Now being punctured by Sherlock, he comforted himself that he should have been psychologically prepared long ago.Living together under the roof of 221B, he has no secrets from the two detectives.

"Yes, Mr. Holmes, I am very grateful that you have fixed the time of departure at nine."

Watson tried his best to maintain a natural expression.He, a forensic doctor and detective assistant who has dealt with many corpses, how could he be embarrassed because he was found in a relationship, and it wasn't because some intimate behavior was smashed.

Sherlock: Well, does he need Watson's thanks right now?

No, what he lost was an opportunity, an opportunity to have an in-depth exchange with Kelsey about the consequences of cheating.Once this kind of opportunity is missed, the cunning Jerry will not give it easily.

Kelsey watched the conversation between the two calmly, and soon the car was quiet again, with a friendly face on the surface.

She tried her best to restrain her smile, and prayed silently for Watson devoutly for three seconds, hoping that dear Mr. Holmes would not have the habit of keeping black accounts.

The carriage drove smoothly all the way.

This trip to the wedding was different from the trip to the dark castle a few years ago. There was no carriage struck by lightning halfway, and no halfway accommodation encountered an abandoned wooden house with a hidden death mask.

On the eve of the wedding, the three of them arrived in Longbourne smoothly and stayed in the Netherfield Gardens rented by the bridegroom-to-be.

Next, everything proceeded step by step in accordance with the church wedding process.

There are no sudden murders, no missing brides or grooms, and no bloody plots of snatching marriages.

The sky is clear, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the red brick church.

Under the witness of the priest, the two couples completed their oaths one after another, and they have officially become husband and wife since then.

However, everything cannot be perfect.

During the wedding, there was a discordant voice.

When Old Bennett's nephew Collins arrived at the church to observe the service, he almost didn't raise his voice, "It's you, ghost—"

Although the voice did not shout, Collins had already whispered to Sherlock.

In the festive convivial atmosphere of a wedding, in the setting of the Church of the Holy Spirit.

Collins made a gaffe to the guests watching the ceremony as if hitting a ghost, not only adding to the chaos of the old Bennet family, but also not in line with the stability and peace that he should have as a priest.

This is a very disrespectful performance.

Where did Collins' astonishment come from?

Sherlock remembered at once that he had seen Collins in the middle of the night in the wilderness years ago.

At that time, Sherlock was near the scene of the haunted rumors, looking for suspicious midnight singing ghosts.

He heard someone yelling in the middle of the road, and he secretly thought that something was wrong. The suspicious person would most likely be scared away by the yelling, and immediately follow the yelling and quickly track him down.

Then, a face to face.

Collins was terrified and regarded Sherlock as a country ghost, screaming again, 'Ghost! '

later?

Collins' high-decibel scream successfully scared away the suspicious singer, which forced Sherlock to find clues in another way.

"I am very sorry, Mr. Holmes, and I apologize to you for Collins' rudeness."

After the wedding, the old Bennet quickly and solemnly approached Sherlock to apologize.He had already questioned his nephew why he lost his composure, and the answer was very disappointing.

Collins described the encounter that year in one-sided terms. He insisted that he was timid and frightened, saying that he went to the wilderness for exorcism.

He didn't expect to meet an unknown person who ran out from the direction of the haunted house. At that time, he justifiably asked the other party what was going on.Since no sorcerer's witchcraft could have known it was a detective, how could Sherlock be to blame for the interruption of his investigation.

As for why you lost your temper today?

Collins could only be vague, because he was too impressed with the exorcism incident, and subconsciously called Sherlock by the name at that time.

Old Bennet could see that Collins was overly frightened, even if he didn't have a bright eye.

This is his nephew, timid and self-righteous, he dare not take responsibility for wrong things.In the past few years, he was able to get the priesthood because he flattered the rich.

Thinking of this, old Bennet completely loses his mood.

Originally, he was relieved that his eldest daughter and second daughter had found a husband, and Collins also married someone else, so he no longer had to worry about his wife selling the other three daughters to his nephew.

However, there is always a turning point after the good.

Collins' performance today reminded the old Bennet of a very likely future.

If no other male relatives can be found, and Collins is the only male junior among his close relatives, then the land restricted by his family will be inherited by Collins.

--God!Why is there such a disgusting thing?Really don't want to leave a legacy to haters at all.

The more old Bennet thought about it, the worse his complexion became.Originally, he had a request to ask Mr. Detective for help, but he didn't expect Collins to make trouble again today.

"Old Mr. Bennet, you needn't make yourself hard on other people's faux pas."

Even if Sherlock didn't receive an apology from Collins in person, he didn't take him to heart at all, and only cared about the case itself.

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There is one more point of concern.

In order to solve the case that time, the two detectives studied one-night love poems.

Sherlock recalled that he had been swayed by the cunning Kelsey and assigned the role of reciting love poems.

Now that the relationship between the two has changed, can you fantasize about changing him to be the listener of love poems in the candlelight and moonlit night?

A corner of the garden.

Kelsey is hiding here alone, and she doesn't want the past to repeat itself.

In the past two disguises, she was favored by Lydia, and this time she simply refused all possible conversations.

At the moment, Kelsey felt a slight itching on the tip of her nose. Who was talking about her?

Ten meters away.

Sherlock was thinking about how to get his Jerry to read love poems, and he didn't want to talk to old Bennet any more.

"Old Mr. Bennet, don't mind the persona non grata. It's very good that Collins didn't have the audacity to stay. Let the day of celebration remove the last dissonance."

After Sherlock finished speaking, he wanted to leave first, but found old Bennet's expression that hesitated to speak. "Do you have anything else to do?"

Old Bennet didn't ask others to do things much, and he used to avoid things if he could, but now he has to think about his wife and three other daughters.

"Mr. Holmes, I would like to entrust you to find someone."

The old Bennet didn't hold back when he opened his mouth, "You know I don't have a son, and I don't want Collins to inherit the land, but I hope to find other male heirs."

Old Bennet said that he started looking up the family tree when he came back from the United States, and he has searched everything he could in the past five months.What makes him regret is that he was disappointed once in the investigation, and he didn't meet a male junior who was related by blood.

In the end, there is only one blood relationship that is not far or close.

"My grandfather's elder brother, it happened 130 years ago, when he was expelled from the family in disguise."

Old Bennet simply stated that his great-uncle was originally the eldest son, and Conrad Bennet was disinherited because he fell in love with a woman who was not accepted by the family. "I want to find the descendants of my great-uncle. I wonder if you can accept the commission."

Sherlock had little interest in tracing, and this didn't sound like a challenging case. "After 130 years, I'm afraid there is little hope for this."

Old Bennet knew that this was not easy, he said frankly, "Please forgive me for not asking Darcy and Bingley for help, I don't want to trouble my son-in-law too much, so as not to have a bad influence on my daughters.

There is hardly any case in the world that you cannot solve.Please let me put it bluntly, if you are willing to accept this commission, or invite Mr. Bennet to investigate the case together, I am willing to pay you both a considerable amount of investigation fees. "

"It's not a question of more money and less money."

Sherlock said succinctly, "Kelsey and I have arrangements in recent years, but to find someone needs to travel to other regions, and we cannot provide you with clues in time."

Old Bennet smiled wryly, "I just want to get the news before I die, and I dare not expect to get a definite conclusion in the short term."

Having said that, Sherlock nodded irrefutably. "Then listen to your clues first, and then talk about others."

This matter needs to be discussed with Kelsey, anyway, the process of finding the secret address of the token cannot be delayed.

"Looking for an heir?"

Kelsey's laziness was interrupted by Sherlock, who asked her to go to the old Bennet's house to listen to the situation.

In this regard, Kelsey also lacked interest, but did not refuse.

It would be good to leave Netherfield now.The reason is simple, she doesn't want to be targeted by Mrs. Bennet, or to be introduced to a woman of the right age for marriage.

So old Bennet took a few steps ahead, and the two detectives followed.

Passing through the country lane, the ears of wheat rustle with the wind.

Feeling the leisurely atmosphere of the country, Kelsey always felt that something was missing.

By the way, forget about Watson in Netherfield!

I wonder if Watson, who looks very suitable for marriage, can escape Mrs. Bennet's nagging?

"Tom, don't you think anyone is missing?" Kelsey looked at Sherlock. In the past, when listening to the client's statement of the case at 221B, Watson would be present to record it.

Now, there is reason to suspect that Sherlock deliberately forgot, leaving Watson, an unmarried man, alone to face Mrs. Bennet, who is eager to marry his daughter.

"Who is missing?"

Sherlock had a simple and puzzled expression, as if he had reacted belatedly.

"Oh! You mean that Watson is not here. Yes, I accidentally forgot to call him. Then let Watson continue to enjoy the tea party after the wedding, and don't let him have to contact the case on the festive day."

Sherlock: Praise me, a caring detective who never squeezed his assistants.

Kelsey blinked.

Very good, sure Watson was tricked.It won't be her turn next, will it?There is still a little expectation.