Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

The lights were dim.

The man with the blood mole took the lead and sneaked into the house, followed by one of his subordinates, while the other guarded the door just in case.

The reception room was quiet, and the indoor scene was unobstructed.

The chocolate figurines were not placed on the visible tabletops, and there was no golden key when looking for low cabinets, desk drawers, etc.

Then go open the bedroom door.

The bedroom is not lit, only lighted by a portable lamp.

night, quiet.

The man with the blood mole went straight to the bed and lifted the pillow and mattress. He immediately showed a smug expression. There was indeed a golden key under the mattress.

The next moment, the man with the blood mole was smiling and putting away the keys when he suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head.An unusually cold and hard metal object pierced his head.

It's a gun!

A layer of cold sweat broke out on the bloody man's back. Where did the person behind come from?

"Have……"

The man with the blood mole had just opened his mouth when he heard a clear 'click' sound. It was the gun's safety being released and the sound of the bullet being loaded.

"You can try yelling." Kelsey said lightly, "I also want to know whether it is the bullets that cool you down or the people who came to rescue you moved faster."

The bedroom door wasn't closed.

The man with the blood mole has already made a quick judgment. After he said a word, the subordinates in the reception room did not respond, and they might have encountered an ambush.

"Okay, okay, I won't call."

The man with the blood mole pretended to cooperate, and asked in a low voice, "What do you want? I just came in to find some valuables. What do you like, I will definitely not snatch it from you."

Just as he was speaking, the man with the blood mole turned around abruptly, smashing out the kerosene lamp in his right hand.

'Clang! '

Kelsey flashed sideways, and the kerosene lamp slammed into the wall.

The man with the blood mole just wanted to take advantage of the momentum to pursue him, and reached out to touch the gun at his waist, but the next moment he lost his voice in severe pain. "ah--"

A sharp blade pierced the blood mole man's right hand, piercing his palm with a bloody hole.He was concentrating on guarding against being shot, how could he have thought that he was shot first by a throwing knife.

Try not to shoot unless necessary.

Kelsey didn't want the gunshots to attract unwanted attention. The movement of a fight could be explained by a fight between friends, but the sound of a bullet being fired was different.

Immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue, and a melee battle ends like lightning.

Kelsey quickly subdued the blood mole man, found something casually, and stuffed the stinky socks from Wendy's bedroom into his mouth.

'Bang bang bang bang——'

At the same time, the guest room door was pushed open, and then the sound of fighting came from the reception room.

With one against two, Sherlock knocked down the blood mole man's two subordinates, and skillfully tied the two into conjoined rice dumplings.By the way, he picked up the shoe-shine rags at the door, one for each, and stuffed the mouths of the two.

Now, the three captives were brought together to the bedroom first.

The two detectives glanced at each other and gave standard etiquette smiles.

They could swear to God they didn't mean to humiliate the murderer.There were no rags in Wendy's room, so she had to gag people's mouths with smelly socks, shoe-shine cloths, etc., which was definitely not intentional.

God sure trusts the pious detectives.

However, the three people who were tied up glared angrily, not thinking that the ambushers were benevolent at all.

Even though there was unusual fighting in the guest room, it did not attract hotel staff.

Soon, Wendy pushed the door open and entered.

"I said hello to the clerk, today my friends are practicing tap dancing here, their dancing skills are very poor, there may be some furniture banging noises."

Smith·Dancing Waste·Couple readily accepts this setting, which is much warmer than the quarreling and fighting between the couple envisioned by the two.

However, Wendy's good face lasted for less than two seconds. When he saw the blood mole man, the face that was [-]% similar to Holly's had already explained everything.

Wendy stepped forward a few steps, grabbed the blood mole man's hair, and slammed his head against the bed, 'Kang!Bang!Kuang——'

"Huo, Li, Doctor, Sheng."

Wendy gritted her teeth and asked next to the blood mole man's ear, "I trust you so much, I hope you can cure my mother's illness, how do you repay my trust? Let my mother commit suicide, and let her become a murderer. You are devoid of conscience!"

"Woooooo-"

The man with the bloody mole gagged by the stinky socks could only whimper vaguely, and he couldn't tell whether he was begging for mercy, or complaining bluntly that Wendy people are stupid and don't blame the sinister society.

The two detectives didn't persuade Wendy not to fight, just make sure that the blood mole man is not killed.

Wendy smashed the bed board and stopped.

Throwing aside the bloody mole man with staring eyes, he started to deal with the bloody bed sheets.

After this encounter, it was time for interrogation.

After you enter the urn, please make a quick decision, so that the blood mole man's superiors cannot find out that the situation has changed.

"Where is your stronghold? Who is the mastermind?"

Sherlock went straight in, but the blood mole man who fell in the corner had a stubborn expression, turned his head and refused to explain.

No fish, but shrimp.

Kelsey looked at the two subordinates of the blood mole man, and asked with a smile, "You two, do you want to try the head bumping service too? Or some other means, do you want to try something more civilized or exciting? Xiao Hei How is the house?"

One of them, his pupils dilated unnaturally, had obvious fear of the word Guan Heiwu.

"Very well. Little gentleman, we can go to the drawing room and have a talk."

Kelsey signaled the short man to stand up, "Please relax, the 'reception room', as the name implies, is a place to receive guests, and you will not be physically beaten."

"Woooooo-"

Seeing the short man standing up, the blood mole man twisted his body angrily, scolding him for his betrayal.

Sherlock didn't realize that he was adding fuel to the flames, and asked the man with the blood mole, "Oh, why are you so excited? The short man knows the time, and the reason why he confessed so quickly should be that he has experienced the horror of the dark room firsthand, it shouldn't be you Is it the usual method of punishing subordinates? First of all, thank you for saving us the experiment time."

"Woooooo-"

The man with the bloody mole was about to explode. He never imprisoned his subordinates in a dark room. It was all the actions of his superior, Early.

Early learned the method of torture from somewhere, and built ten dark rooms in the base camp.The short man's best friend had been tortured for inappropriate words and actions, and it seemed to bring him sympathetic fears.

Meeting room.

The short man confessed what he knew.

The E organization, led by Early, aims to overthrow the corrupt rule.

It is said that if the four golden keys are collected, the inheritance of the Holy Land can be opened to obtain the power from the gods, and then they can illuminate the world with the holy light of happiness.

Two detectives: This terrible, unbearable line, someone actually believes it!

"Lord Early, you are the messenger of God."

Although the short man betrayed the organization and confessed honestly, he still believed in Earley's ability, "Really, the adults can fetch objects from the air, put their hands into the oil pan, resurrect the ashes, and so many magical magics."

Two Detectives: That's it?That's it?Anyone who reads a few more physical and chemical books will know that this should be called magic.

"Just now you said that your headquarters is next to the Royal Theater."

Kelsey didn't bother to correct the short man's cognition, "It's the two-story building. From the outside, it looks like the second floor is an office space, and the first floor is a big pharmacy? How many members are there in total?"

The short man nodded, "It's there. I don't know how many people there are in total. There may be thirty people in the headquarters, but there are still some allies in York City."

Located in the city of magic, it is not surprising that an organization that uses magic programs to change the world will have allies who secretly support it.

The short man's level is neither high nor low, and he knows neither too much nor too little about the core situation.

According to his words, there are three key messages.

It is said that Early is entertaining a big person during this period, and Organization E decided to plan to open the Holy Land this year, and will hold a big event on Midsummer's Day ten days later.

What big shot?How to open the Holy Land?What big event?

None of these short men knew, let alone the location of the secret vault corresponding to the golden key.

"Then have you seen this kind of token?"

Sherlock took out the copper token that Gaunt kept secretly, and did not miss the slightest change in the short man's expression.

The short man was a little surprised, and then nodded, "Yes, I know it. It's an antique shop next to the York Dungeon. It is said that valuables can be stored there, and you can pick up the goods with this token."

"Since it is based on the card, why are you surprised?"

Sherlock remembered the antique shop. When he was surveying York City, he passed outside the shop, and initially observed that the antique shop did not have a pattern logo similar to the token relief.

The short man added, "The antique store has been open for many years, and its escrow business serves special objects. This is the second time I have seen this kind of token. The last time it was in the hands of Lord Early."

In other words, the short man did not associate the antique shop's token with the gold key, stating that he had only seen the token once, but not a brass key that appeared.

Is the antique store a place where Gunter trusts secret materials?

The clock struck eleven in succession.

It was already dark at night, but a carriage drove out of the hotel where Wendy was.

First put the three prisoners into the underground warehouse.

Thanks to Ms. Morstan, the guide she provided to York City was really detailed enough to allow the two detectives to successfully rent such a suitable 'dungeon'.

Wendy guards the three men with blood moles.

The two detectives went to the antique shop without stopping.

Time is running out.

They had to be caught before Early and his big shot partner realized something was wrong.

There are not enough helpers around now, and I don't know who Early will have private connections with.

The man with the blood mole was stubborn and refused to explain, and his subordinates didn't have all the information.I hope to find out the secrets hidden by Gunter earlier, or provide evidence for who is a reliable helper.

Right now, there is the midnight knock.

The antique shop is a three-story building with its own back garden.From the front, it is not sure how big it is.

When the copper lock ring hit the heavy wooden door, instead of being cursed by the steward of the antique shop, a word "please come in" came from inside the house.

I saw the sign outside the store saying "Business hours 16:59-02:59", which really does not conform to the daily routine of ordinary people.

23:59

The store door was unlocked.

Entering the door, you can see rows of old Bogu racks.

Some of the above exhibits are dusty, and some are so new that they don't meet the commodity standards of antique shops.

How would you describe the feeling of an antique shop?

This store is very casual about customers coming or not coming. There must be no rent or money pressure to survive in order to do business as you like.

Right now, a white-haired old man was sitting behind the counter reading a book. He didn't even look up and asked, "What business do you want? Tell me directly."

"Pick up."

Sherlock also cherished words like gold, and put Gaunt's token and copper key on the counter.

The old man was a little surprised when he saw the token, and then he looked up at the person who came, "Last time, it wasn't something you saved."

Kelsey also said affirmatively, "It doesn't matter."

"It really doesn't matter. We only recognize tokens and keys. Wait 5 minutes."

The old man took the token without any nonsense, stood up quickly, and walked towards the rear inner library at a speed that did not match his age.

Not one second more, one second less.

Five minutes later, a copper box was placed in front of the two detectives.

"According to the authority of this token, its deposit times have reached the upper limit."

The old man said that he took back the token on the spot, and the two of them could no longer store things with it. "You can open the box and accept it on the spot. Once you go out, the store will not be responsible for missing items."

Just open it.

In case of being robbed, both inside and outside the store will be robbed.

Sherlock pressed Kelsey's hand, who knows if there will be a mechanism in the copper box, it's better to let him do it.

"laugh--"

The old man snorted softly, mocking the caution of the two. "This is an ordinary box, made uniformly in the store, what kind of sharp arrows will you put in the box? You pay for the extra materials!"

Who knows?

Defenses can not do without.

Sherlock shook the box, but no abnormal sound was heard, and it should be filled with paper.Using the key to unlock the lock, he borrowed a short stick from the steward with a clear conscience and lifted the lid of the box.

There's really nothing in the box.

There is only a stack of documents, and five huge deposit slips totaling up to 900 million pounds.

Deposit slip, not important.

Both detectives were focused on ten pages of paperwork.

Gunter listed out all the things that Gunter would do for Moriarty, clearly marking the time, place, and relationship between the characters.

The main content is how to make black money for the criminal group, and there are also some big plans of Moriarty that he knows.

No wonder.

These contents are enough for Moriarty to assassinate Gunter.

The document did not mention the origin of the token and key, but mentioned a few speculations about Moriarty's future actions.

"London Midsummer Festival, Operation Big Fireworks, it is said that it is related to the holder of the golden key. [Note:? What golden key, to be verified]"

Skimming here quickly, Sherlock and Kelsey exchanged a look.

It seems that Gunter is also unaware that there is a golden key that is very similar to a copper key in the world.

Still, Gunter revealed big news.

Moriarty was about to launch Operation Big Fireworks, which would never be a nice gift for a festive occasion.

Fireworks, mostly fireworks.

Whether it is the explosion in the laboratory of the Turin Museum, the explosion in the basement of the Paris mission school, the explosion of the Lucky, these things have Moriarty.

Right now, the two detectives looked serious, and it was hard not to link Operation Big Fireworks with the triggering of the London bombing.

In addition to the purpose of the E organization's action that the short man just revealed, 'Let the Holy Light illuminate the world', it means that explosive drugs should be used.

What should I do?

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

With only ten days until Midsummer's Eve, what better way to take direct control than to create a hybrid boss?Especially since Early and his big shot partner are currently in York City, how to round up requires a good plan.

Let's say the antique shop is 20 meters away.

A private house with a telescope on the second floor.

00:00

The man in the same black robe as the blood mole man put down the binoculars.

Recently, under the instruction of Early, he and his partner monitored the situation of the antique shop almost around the clock, and reported to the higher authorities who came and went in and out of the antique shop.

"At zero o'clock, a couple enters the store."

The man in the black robe recorded it casually, and it was time for his shift, so he took the observations of the day back for Early to review.

"I go first."

The man in black robe said something to his partner who came to take over the shift, then went downstairs to the E organization headquarters next to the Royal Theater.

00:15

Inside the antique shop.

The two detectives put away the papers and planned to leave.

Tonight, the two of them did not rashly talk about the golden key with the manager of the antique store.

Anyway, the clues have already pointed out the hiding place of the murderers, and it will not be too late to clarify the golden key and its meaning after the person is caught.

The two were just about to open the door to leave when there was some noise behind them.

"Wait a minute, the black-haired one, I have something to tell you. I'll save you a few minutes."

The door behind the counter was opened, and a hoarse voice came, but his words didn't make sense at first glance.

There are four people in the house.

Except for the speaker, the shopkeeper had gray hair, Sherlock had dyed his hair brown, and Kelsey wore a blonde wig.

Here comes the problem,

Who is the brunette?

"Elder Dan."

The white-haired steward looked at the man who appeared out of nowhere in surprise.

The man called Dan has a ghostly face.

Dan, the left half of his face is smooth and beautiful, but the right side is scarred like a monster.

His two eyes should have suffered severe burns, and the skin around his eyes was wrinkled like a centipede, and it was impossible to open his eyes again.

A blind man, how can he tell that someone in the room is black-haired.

Unfortunately, the original hair color of the two detectives was really black.

"Oh! There are actually two black hairs."

Dan raised his crutches and pointed at Kelsey, "I'm looking for you, black-haired lady. You have my sister's belongings on you, please return it to me. As for paying the equivalent money, I don't think there is any need for it. You know in your heart that it never belonged to you, and that it is my family's heirloom."

Kelsey was stopped suddenly, can she ask what she should know?

However, it was the fault of her overly smart and excellent memory brain, which allowed her to quickly guess the truth.

The uncle Conrad that old Bennet is looking for ran away from home with his bard girlfriend.

The woman was named Anastasia Dan, and her name "Anastasia" had a meaning of resurrection.

And this person once left some fragments of troubadours, "After the dusk of the gods, listen to the sound of a leaf falling. The ghosts of the magic city are wandering in demonstrations, and we call the glory of the past to return to the land across the Styx."

Ragnarok refers to the end of the Nordic gods.

Ye Luo's voice is likely to be related to the World Tree, the root of all magic power in the deepening of Northern Europe.

The city of magic is a metaphor for York City, and the ghosts in it are undoubtedly descendants of occult believers.

In this way, the last call across the Styx to return to the earth with the glory of the past, its meaning is horrifying.Are you going to engage in some kind of religious revival by creating bloodshed?Or is there a different way to interpret it?

Leaving aside the meaning of the troubadour, whether or not it has been acted upon.

Elder Dan in front of him has the same surname as Anastasia Dan, claiming to be her elder brother.

Elder Dan asked for his sister's relic, but it could only be one thing, the only thing Kelsey carried with him, but it didn't belong to her.

——A pocket watch of unknown origin inherited from the original body.

In fact, it is not a big deal to return the pocket watch, but Elder Dan's words almost confirmed one thing, the original body and the old Bennet's family are really distant relatives.

"Well, do you think I'm an empty-handed wolf?"

Elder Dan stretched out his hand, and there was a pocket watch in his palm, which was exactly a pair of sibling watches with old Bennet's grandfather's pocket watch.

"See clearly, this is Conrad's pocket watch. My sister and Conrad Bennett once exchanged it for a token of love. Now, can I get back your pocket watch? Of course, I The one in custody can be returned to you, but it means nothing to you."

Kelsey keeps smiling, why would it be pointless?

The reason is simple, because she is not Conrad's real great-granddaughter.

Sherlock immediately thought of what he had said.

But please Kelsey don't have to be too suspicious, because of a completely different pocket watch, she doubts her relationship with the old Bennet's family.

At the moment, Sherlock kept smiling as if nothing had happened.

He really didn't intend to engage in reverse prophecy, and he didn't deliberately stimulate the weird aura to let Kelsey investigate the case and find him.

"I have no reason to keep your things."

Kelsey took out the old pocket watch, but heard the white-haired butler gasping for air.

"Time, timeline!" The white-haired old man was obviously very excited, and his words were a little awkward, "It is the lost timeline that has returned! Elder Dan, it turns out that the timeline was sent by the eldest lady. Why do you keep saying that you were not careful?" Lost it?"

Elder Dan smirked at the white-haired old man, "Fox, why are you so excited? I said it's just an ordinary pocket watch. I told you earlier, remember, magic is dead.

Let me guess, you must watch Curses and Prophecies again in the middle of the night.What's so cool about this?Read more books that keep pace with the times, isn't science attractive? Are "Alternating Current System" and "X-Ray Research" not good? "

The white-haired old man pursed his lips and did not dare to refute, but his eyes did not leave Kelsey's pocket watch.

Kelsey saw that the development of the situation was unexpected, and she also wanted to ask for clarification. "Elder Dan, before I return your pocket watch, can I hear its story?"

"This is just an ordinary pocket watch. Just collect four keys and a time axis to open a treasure house."

Elder Dan said nonchalantly, "I see that you don't even care about the deposit certificates of several million pounds, and you are not interested in treasures."

Sherlock: Excuse me, how did you "see" it?

Elder Dan would not explain how he saw it, but continued, "In addition, this pocket watch was once known as having some magical powers, such as disrupting time and space and bringing people back from the dead. It was given to my sister by my father, in the name of resurrection. Anastasia, very fitting, isn't it?

I also said that the Magic Sutra is dead.The pocket watch is no longer a great thing. It was given to Conrad by my sister as a token of love, and then the relationship between the two broke up and was not taken back. "

Having said that, Elder Dan smiled.

His face was like a ghost, which made this smile very strange.

"Vigorously and vowing to each other does not mean a happy ending. Conrad and Anastasia, their love lasted only three years before being pressed to the end.

Conrad would rather change his name to Yuandun than continue to stay with Anastasia.But the break was not thorough enough, and there was still a token left. "

Elder Dan paused, "Do you know what that means? Anastasia used this as a medium to curse Conrad's misfortune for the rest of his life. If there are descendants, he will definitely not survive three generations. Unless there is an extraterrestrial power to break the curse, and need It coincides with the curse keyword Conrad Bennet's acronym "KB", and only then can the resentment of her being abandoned be eliminated.Do you think she is a little unreasonable?There's no need to delve into it, outsiders can't tell clearly about feelings. "

The vague theory of breaking the curse happened to be realized in Kelsey, and her initials are also "KB".

Is this accidental or inevitable?

Kelsey had to re-examine the pocket watch in his hand. There were rumors about it bringing back the dead, and about the curse attached to it. Is this really an ordinary old pocket watch?

"Okay, this is the story of the pocket watch. What magical power, what kind of resentment and curse, you just listen to the story."

Elder Dan held out his hand and raised his chin to Kelsey as a sign to exchange pocket watches.

"I've told you all the stories you want to hear. Ma'am, you should understand that to us and everyone else, this watch is just a pocket watch now. No matter how legendary it may have been, its power has been exhausted."

"Okay, as you wish."

Kelsey exchanged pocket watches, and took a deep look at Elder Dan. There were too many curious questions but finally asked—this person is the same generation as Conrad, how old is he?

Elder Dan seems to know how to read minds, "Thank you very much for sending back the pocket watch. I have lived to be 172 years old and I have no regrets. Then I wish you a blessing. .”

After speaking, Elder Dan did not plan to stay in the lobby any longer.

"Okay, let's go, I'll go to bed first. I'm not younger than you, but I tend to get sleepy when I'm old. Fox, stop reading messy magic books.

Two black-haired, in the future in a hurry, raising bees is very good.You should also believe in the power of science and do your best for the establishment and development of scientific disciplines.Smart people should not be obsessed with alchemy and mysticism, and they don't have to take the oath made by mocking Cupid too seriously. "

As soon as the words fell, the old man, Elder Dan, walked like flying, and disappeared almost in the blink of an eye.

Two detectives: ...

So speechless!I always feel that Elder Dan makes people believe in science, but it is so unscientific.There are so many slots, I don't know where to start.

But, the night is really dark.

Even though there were many questions, the two detectives left the antique shop first and went to the warehouse where the three men with blood moles were held.Compared to occultism, compared to pocket watches and Elder Dan, they needed a good rest, and made a good plan to round up the gang of murderers.

It's a little quiet in the car.

Kelsey drives an open carriage.

Sherlock sat to one side with Gaunt's confidential papers.

00:44

Under the light of the stars, the carriage headed north.

Sherlock looked up at the starry sky, where the stars twinkled silently, but hidden countless secrets.Looking sideways at Kelsey again, the starlight covered her with a mysterious halo.

In the middle of the night, the starlight is just right, and the summer breeze is gentle, which is enough to calm people's inner restlessness.

"Jerry," Sherlock suddenly broke the silence, "Can I ask you a question?"

Kelsey kept his eyes on the road and drove the car seriously, "What's the problem?"

Sherlock also looked at the way ahead.

Well, very flat without any other traffic, no need to worry about a crash.

So, Sherlock casually asked a simple yet extremely complicated question, "Jerry, can you tell me? Who are you?"

The question made Kelsey's hands tighten on the rein.

Yes, her dear Mr. Holmes was very clever, and all kinds of clues finally made him suspicious.

However, without waiting for Kelsey to say anything, York City, which was supposed to be sleeping peacefully, suddenly made a loud noise.

"boom--"

With the loud noise, the black mist rose into the sky.

This is an extremely violent explosion, and the direction is the direction of the Royal Theater.

"Early's organization E headquarters is next to the theater."

"Moriarty was probably there, too."

For a while, Kelsey and Sherlock also ignored the profound philosophical question of 'who are you', and turned the carriage to the explosion site.Why didn't the two of them formulate a siege plan before the explosion occurred near the murderer's base camp?

Where the hell is going on?

It can't be that Moriarty and Early offended the gods and were punished by the gods, right?

Yes, Elder Dan just said to believe in science.

The question is, how did it explode?