Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

"You don't have to wait three seconds."

Kelsey readily admitted, "Mr. Holmes, congratulations, you have won. Please reveal the meaning of "David". "

Sherlock: Huh?Jerry surrendered quickly today. Could it be that there is a deep pit waiting for him?

Kelsey smiles: Look!Just know that dear Mr. Holmes is a habitual skeptic who will misread her common sense.Wouldn't it be nice for her to be nice once in a while?

"So, gentlemen, what exactly does 'David' mean? "

Julian was tormented by the murder case, and the further he went down to find the murderer, the more he deviated from the direction he predicted. Now he couldn't wait to know the result, so he boldly interrupted the eye contact between the two detectives.

Yes, it's still in the police office.

Sherlock immediately gave a reminder with a serious expression, "At present, it can be confirmed that "David" is only used among Brown, Yvonne, and Zapata.This coincides with a story in the Bible. "

Zapata wrote on scratch paper that he hated David.

Yvonne called Brown "David" and hated David for marrying her.

Brown was also vague about what David meant when he was framed as a murder suspect.

Kelsey instantly understood Sherlock's meaning, "It's David and Bathsheba."

"Yes."

Sherlock bluntly speculated, "Brown's reluctance to admit that he is "David" is because it represents a scandal and a crime. "

In the Bible story, Bathsheba was originally the wife of the guard Uriah. King David fell in love with the beautiful Bathsheba, and seduced her regardless of her being a married woman.

The two had a child, and King David even concealed his crimes and designed Uriah to go to the battlefield, causing Uriah to die on the battlefield without knowing it.

After Uriah's death, King David married the widow Bathsheba without any moral censure.

Brown, Yvonne, and Zapata fit the roles of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah.

Kelsey speculated, "22 years ago, Yvonne and Zapata, who were of ordinary background, were childhood sweethearts, but Yvonne was spotted by Brown when she was working as a tutor in the Brown family. Then, something must have happened. .”

It may be that Brown took Yvonne by force and threatened her that she must leave Zapata, otherwise Zapata would have a hard time.

According to the timeline, Zapata went to Germany in his twenties and went there for decades without a lover.He still hated "David" before he died, and he also became Yvonne's lover, which shows that he has more or less been attached to Yvonne for many years.

Julian gave full play to his power of association, "King David and Bathsheba's first child was born in the crime of adultery and was punished by God. The child died shortly after birth.

In contrast, did Yvonne and Brown also have a dead child before their marriage?This kind of scandal makes Brown reluctant to repeat it, let alone tell his son Wendy about the crime he has committed. "

According to this reasoning, some doubts have corresponding explanations.

Sherlock pointed out, "In the story, Bathsheba's attitude towards King David is obedience, and there may be reasons why the common people cannot resist the king. In reality, Yvonne's attitude is debatable."

Did Yvonne marry Brown 22 years ago out of vanity and voluntarily abandon Zapata?

Or was threatened and had to give up the lover?Or from submission to willingness?Or was it half pushed and half pushed from the beginning?

Now, I am afraid that this will become a muddled account.

Zapata's behavior shows that he became a lover with Yvonne soon after returning home.Not against Yvonne, just still hating Brown.On the other hand, Yvonne, she is probably the murderer who killed Zapata, and she is not soft-hearted towards Zapata.

For more than 20 years, Yvonne's mental state has not remained the same, and from the end to the process, her situation is getting worse and worse.

Separated from her first love in a way that was not open and aboveboard, married into a wealthy family but was never recognized by the surrounding environment, her husband changed lovers one after another, and she began to focus her attention on her son oppressively.

"In the end, Yvonne met Dr. Hawley and had a so-called mental recovery."

Julian had strong doubts, "If it is true, why is she suspected of killing Zapata? That Dr. Holly, isn't it the last straw that broke the camel's back?"

This is a good question.

What is more worthy of further investigation is whether Dr. Hawley made an accidental mistake, or did it on purpose?

For now, let's put this question aside for now.

Julian led someone to find Brown again, and this time he wanted him to honestly explain what "David" did!

A string of irrefutable inferences fell from the sky.

Brown was questioned head-on and face-to-face by Julian, and the more he listened to the analysis, the worse his face became. In the end, he could only reluctantly admit the scandal.

"Yes, 22 years ago, Yvonne had my child when she was a tutor in my house. But why do you say I forced her? And her first time, she gave herself to me obediently."

Julian: My right hand, you must hold back, don't punch Brown impulsively.If he vomits blood, you will be stained with dirty things.

Brown said plausibly, "Yvonne called me 'David' for being mean.This is very different from the actual situation. I did not want to kill Zapata.

At that time, I only threatened Jean Zapata that he would not find a good job in Derby, but his family was not desperate after getting the demolition money. "

"I also give Yvonne a chance to choose. If she and Zapata go far away, I will not admit the child in her belly, but I will not continue to embarrass the two of them."

Brown didn't think he was evil, and he thought he was honest. "Of course, I told Zapata about Yvonne's pregnancy. In the end, as you know, Yvonne chose to stay and marry me, and Zapata left alone."

Brown shrugged. In his opinion, the relationship between Yvonne and Zapata was not to the point of life and death.

Otherwise, Yvonne would not be seduced by him, and Zapata would not tolerate her lover having someone else's child.

"The Brown family is still very particular. Since Yvonne is pregnant, even if her identity does not match mine, I still marry her without hesitation. Unfortunately, the child died three days after birth."

Brown said that thinking of the two recent homicides, he is not stupid, he already understood that Zapata's death was most likely done by Yvonne and then blamed him.

Thinking of this, Brown no longer became angry with embarrassment, but only hated Yvonne. "I give her half of her life to be rich, why would she want my reputation to be ruined?!"

After hearing this, Julian's face became stiff, and he really didn't know where to start to sneer.

Brown thought giving money would be enough?He ignored Yvonne for more than ten years, and didn't care about her spiritual differences.That being the case, why bother to commit seduction in the first place.

What is infuriating is that Brown was the only party left in the scandal that year.

No one can hold him accountable anymore, and he can casually say what is right and what is wrong.

What can be restored now is only the death process of Zapata.

Yvonne murdered Zapata and blamed Brown, but it raised new questions. Who did she suffer from?

Near Diane's house.

Black Crow Lane, the scene of Yvonne's death.

Watson looked at the two detectives in puzzlement. They circled around this place three times, what exactly were they looking for?

"The police have searched back and forth several times. There is no trace of the murderer left here, no related triangular pyramid-shaped murder weapon was found, and there are no witnesses."

Watson simply asked, "What else do you two want to find out?"

Kelsey took the time to answer, "Mr. Watson, don't you know? I also read that you once wrote a similar story."

Watson was amazed, he had written a similar story?Why doesn't he feel it himself?

"The Thor Bridge Shooting."

Sherlock reminded Watson, "The rich businessman's wife was shot to death on the bridge. She held a note to meet the governess in her hand, but the rich businessman did not believe that the governess was the murderer. You don't remember the case two years ago." ?"

"Oh! It's it!"

Watson once reminded of the old case.

It's no wonder that Watson didn't react right away. In fact, 221B has been exposed to many cases caused by love, among which there are not a few cases involving tutors and hostesses.

The death of Yvonne and the Mystery of the Bridge of Thor are similar but different.

Yvonne held a note before her death, showing that she had an appointment with her husband's mistress Diane, but in fact Diane did not make an appointment to meet.

In the mystery of Thor Bridge, the hostess and the governess had met.

Subsequently, the hostess was shot dead at the bridgehead, and the suspected fired gun was found in the tutor's closet.

Sherlock was keenly aware of the anomalies in the place where the murder occurred, and there were abnormal bump marks on the bridge pillars at the scene of the murder.

Boldly guess, carefully verify.

It turned out to be a suicide disguised as a homicide.

The hostess deeply resented the governess for having an affair with her husband, and deliberately framed her as a murderer.

Fix the gun to the bridge, connect the stone to the gun with a rope, and let the stone fall under the bridge.

After the shot was fired, the stone pulled the gun and sank to the bottom of the river, so there was no real murder weapon at the scene.

At the same time, similar suspicious firearms appeared in the tutor's room, which constituted an important part of the slander.

The scene of deja vu was staged again.

It is now deduced that Yvonne was suspected of killing Zapata.Since she dared to blame Brown, it is possible to blame Diane with her death.The ice hammer that was suspected of killing Yvonne happened to appear in Diane's garden.

"My God! This is crazy!"

Watson was shocked by the conjecture, but if he thought about it carefully, it is reasonable to commit suicide and pretend to be homicide.Yvonne's mental state is unstable, and she will use various extreme means to take revenge on others.

However, Watson found something that didn't make sense.

"Wait a moment, you two. The murder weapon in the Thunder God Bridge case was sunk into the bottom of the lake, but there are no rivers or ditches here. Last time I found a gun at the bottom of the river. This time, the weapon that killed Yvonne always It cannot be submerged in water. How does it disappear out of thin air?"

Having said that, Watson cast a sad glance at Sherlock.

At that time, after hearing the perfect reasoning of the great Mr. Holmes, and being praised as a field doctor who was omnipotent, he jumped into the river to find the murder weapon in a flash of his brain.

Today, the two detectives can never play jumping into the river again.

Even if they wanted to practice it, the geographical conditions of the site did not allow it.

Watson felt a little relieved.

He won't be fooled again.In case of jumping into the river again, it is by no means volunteering, but it is the duty of a detective assistant.

What's the difference?

Although they are all into the water, some represent the difference in intelligence.

Seeing this, Kelsey also looked at Sherlock, "Your digging skills are really amazing."

Sherlock smiled back at Kelsey, "Don't worry, I don't want to cheat you on this."

If you are reluctant to cheat one person, you have to work hard for another person.

According to the investigation so far, there is no trace of any buried murder weapon on the ground.

From the moment Yvonne was stabbed to death, the blood stains now indicate that she only took three or two steps before falling down, and there were no further footprints.The fatal wound on her abdomen prevented her from sustaining for more than 5 minutes.

Very small range of activities, limited survival time.

How would Yvonne handle the murder weapon alone without the cooperation of a second person?

This uses Sherlock's famous saying, rule out all the impossible, and the rest, no matter how interesting, is the truth.

Kelsey put forward a hypothesis to Sherlock. If it is confirmed that there are no clues on the ground after repeated inspections today, it is time to change the perspective.There is no river here, and it is true that the murder weapon cannot enter the water, but don't forget that there is also a visual blind spot.

Sherlock also considered that possibility. Instead of blindly supporting Kelsey, he found strange doubts in the written statements of nearby residents as a basis.

At that moment, Sherlock looked at Watson, "Mr. Watson, your question is very important, how did the weapon that killed Yvonne disappear out of thin air?

Last time you managed to find the gun that sank to the bottom of the lake, are you interested in guessing this time?If you guessed it right, I'll go find it myself. "

"Wow! Interesting! Any tips?"

Watson regretted it as soon as he said it, and his brain clearly warned him not to be impulsive.

Without waiting for Watson to repent, Sherlock said directly, "Then I will give you a reminder. In the past two weeks, there has been a slight popping sound nearby."

Watson's eyes widened: That's it?What a hint.

Kelsey added kindly, "Mr. Watson, allow me to help you. Have you heard of the hundred and eight wonderful uses of pigs?"

Watson tried to smile, very good, the so-called detectives are more outrageous than the other.

Watson: Mr. Bennet, you have changed. You are no longer a gentleman who is considerate of his assistants.

Are you really not learning from Mr. Holmes?The plosive sound is still mentioned in the transcript. May I ask what the ghost hints at the magical effect of the pig?