Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

In front of him was a dead mouse with its tail lifted.

"What secrets can this dead mouse hide? Can you find lost artifacts through it?"

Carter couldn't figure it out horizontally and vertically, and eventually he couldn't help thinking of the research direction of the two Yankees.The two studied the curse of the pharaoh, do they know necromancy?

"Could it be that there is a skill that can summon the undead of mice, and use it to restore the scene of the robbery?"

No, restoring the scene is useless.

The faces of the robbers were all covered with plaster so that their real faces could not be distinguished.

Please don't use occultism to explain if you can't figure it out.

Kelsey raised a question, hoping to lead a few people to normal thinking, "Look at this little guy, how do you think it died?"

Sherlock shook the dead mouse.Obviously, it is young and has no trauma.

"He died of poisoning."

Watson was very familiar with dead rats. Although the coat colors were different, most of the rats in the laboratory were white rats, while the ones in front of them were gray rats, but they were all poisoned to death.

Carter, Edwin and the others also nodded suddenly.Although they have not caught live mice, they have more or less dealt with dead mice at home.

"Yes, this is a poisoned mouse."

Edwin was still puzzled, "It's not uncommon to have rats on freight trains, what does it have to do with robbers? Those robbers act quickly, and they won't be free enough to poison rats."

Watson was also confused, "Tonight's robbery involved four parties, the robber and the employer, the receiver of the goods, the sender of the goods, and the railway transporter.

Mr. Edwin suspects that there is an insider who caused the delivery news to leak, and these have nothing to do with poisonous rats.It was just a robbery, and instead of poisoning the conductors, the robbers knocked them out. "

Indeed, the people involved in the robbery of cultural relics will not intentionally poison rats, and none of the people involved in the current case has anything to do with rat poison.

Sherlock believes that nothing left at the scene of the crime should be missed.

It cannot be subjectively assumed that its existence is just a coincidence, and it cannot be directly judged that it has nothing to do with the case.

"Judging from the degree of rigor of the little guy, it won't die for more than seven hours."

Sherlock pointed out that freight trains were still running on the tracks seven hours earlier.

To be precise, the freight train departs from Paris to Turin at [-]:[-] p.m., with no stops in between.

Do rats jump on trains while they're in motion?The greater probability is that it was in the train carriage before.

So here comes the question, where did the rats get poisoned?If it is on a train, is there even rat poison in the carriage?

"European trains have the habit of putting rat poison on board? Freight trains should transport ingredients, so it's not appropriate to put rat poison?"

Sherlock asked several questions one after another, "If you didn't release it, you should determine when the rat was poisoned. Once it is confirmed that it was poisoned after the train departed, where is the poison that killed the rat?"

Since it is a freight train, only the goods in a certain compartment are poisonous.

After going around in a circle, Edwin understood it, but he didn't care about it in his heart.

The secret of the rat's death had nothing to do with him, anyway, it was definitely not his cargo that was poisoned, and the cultural relics from the Egyptian pyramids had nothing to do with rat poison.

As for why the goods in other compartments are poisonous?

The answer is simple-someone consigned chemicals and so on.

Therefore, finding out which cargo the rat was poisoned to death will not help at all to recover the looted cultural relics.

Edwin didn't care about the cause of the mouse's death, but his attitude was still very polite. He understood that people who engage in academic research have some strange desires to explore.

"If the two of you want to find out the mystery of the death of mice, I will send you to Turin immediately. There is a laboratory in the Egyptian Museum, and Curator Furman will not hesitate to lend it to you."

Kelsey and Sherlock looked at each other, and they both saw Edwin's indifference.

At the moment, the two of them really can't tell the connection between the dead mouse and the robbery of cultural relics, but they are just suspicious of every kind of leftovers on the scene, and they will not easily let go of a doubtful point.

Also, one more thing.

This trip was to track down the murderer who poisoned Jin Meigui. A dead body related to poison appeared in the robbed carriage. Even if it was just a mouse, the two of them subconsciously paid more attention to it.

"Thank you." Kelsey thanked Edwin and asked him to check something.

"Since we want to investigate the ghosts that may exist in the freight, we might as well check what goods are checked in other compartments, and whether there are any poisonous items?"

Edwin thought the drug search was superfluous, but he readily agreed.

Anyway, we have to investigate the ghost, and this Professor Qiao just provided an investigation direction - the robbers have learned new train driving equipment technology, why not investigate them all along the way.

It's just to sell one's face, and it's also convenient for the two to get along well.

Turin, today the capital of the Piedmont region.

More than ten years ago, the Savoy dynasty unified Italy, and it was also the first capital of the kingdom.

However, it is rumored that it has a very long history, longer than the ancient Romans set foot on this land, and is closely related to ancient Egypt.

Egypt and Italy, one on the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the other on the north coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

According to archaeological findings, the ruins of the temple found in Turin contain many sacrificial objects used in the first century AD, and the god worshiped is Isis in ancient Egypt.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis is in charge of life, magic, marriage and fertility.

If you are familiar with the history of ancient Egypt and take a serious tour of Turin, it is not difficult to understand the words of Champollion, the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph decipherer: 'The road to Memphis and Thebes begins in Turin. '

At dusk, the carriage drove into Turin.

A group of four were turned away in front of the Egyptian Museum.

The museum will not be open to the public until the expansion is completed, and the curator Forman, who invited everyone to discuss, will return to the city tomorrow morning.

The original expansion seminar was five days later. Obviously, Kelsey and Sherlock came early, and they had to wait until they wanted to borrow the laboratory.

"It's better to go to the Alexander Hotel first."

Watson came to Turin to attend the wedding banquet, and planned to enjoy a long vacation in Italy, so he booked a hotel early.

According to the map, he can lead the way for everyone with a little effort. "We can reach the Alexander Hotel through the Law Square in the city center."

Kelsey looked at the scenery along the way, the city pattern established in the ancient Roman period, the streets are square and straight, and there is a solemn style.Later, the Savoy royal family made their fortune here and built the Royal Palace of Turin, which is extravagant, complicated and elegant.

This city is far more than two different styles compatible.

Look out for the Egyptian obelisk on Law Square, which represents an even older civilization.

There are two rivers flowing in Turin, the Po River and the Dora River, which symbolize the sun and the moon respectively.Between the alternation of the sun and the moon, the magic of black and white appears alternately.

"Legend, this is the gate of hell."

Kelsey said, "As early as the ancient Roman period, the intersection line of the city's four gates was located here. It was also used as an execution ground for the execution of the death penalty. Over time, the powerful energy field formed the gate of hell."

"Turin is truly a special place in the world."

Sherlock also looked all the way, the strange power and chaos of this city seemed to be everywhere.An inadvertent corner, a careless look up, you will see a statue with a lot of symbolic meaning.

Sherlock wasn't interested in the occult, but having played the role of Terrence Smith, he knew the place well enough.

"It is said that there is a white magic triangle Prague, Lyon and Turin, and a black magic triangle London, San Francisco and Turin. The black and white magic triangle intersects in Turin."

Carter suddenly felt a chill down his spine when he heard what the two said.

I don't know when the sky was completely dark, and the afterglow of the sun disappeared, and kerosene lamps were lit on the street.

"Cough cough!"

Carter drove the messy imagination out of his mind, "Those are just legends, so what if the two triangles intersect here?"

Kelsey shook her head nonchalantly, "Who knows? I once heard a saying in Turin, "Even if there is no one you know, and no one knows you, you will always feel that someone is spying on you.① ""

Sherlock kindly added, "There is also a saying that Turin is located between black and white magic, where good and evil are always vacillating."

Carter couldn't help straightening his neckline, as if his neck was being gently brushed by a strange cold wind that didn't exist.

He realized that he had made a mistake. He came to Italy this time to cooperate with the investigation of the death of the baron. Why did he go with the Yankee who studied the curse?

Perhaps a curious mouse cause of death?

The next day, the four of them approached Curator Furman early in the morning.

Furman heard the purpose of the four people's visit, and without further ado, he agreed to lend an underground laboratory.

"Sorry, only the underground lab is still usable, the rest are vacated for re-planning.

As you know, the royal family began to collect Egyptian relics more than 50 years ago, and they are divided into several museums.Now that several halls are merged, the layout of the new hall is very important. "

Furman didn't say much, and we might as well wait until the seminar is held to talk about the expansion.

"By the way, there are still some troublesome things. There is no extra manpower in the museum now, and the laboratory has not been used for a while. Some equipment is stored in different storage rooms, and there is no automatic water supply pipeline. Water needs to be brought by yourself. The rooms are on the second, third, and fourth floors, so I had to run back and forth."

"You are too polite, don't be sorry, thank you for lending the laboratory."

Kelsey didn't find it troublesome. Curator Furman had already opened the door for autopsies on mice. "We can find it ourselves."

Forman nodded with a smile, and led the four of them down to the first basement floor.

The basement floor is impenetrable to sunlight, and there are a few kerosene lamps scattered here and there.

Just as they descended the stairs, a stooped figure suddenly appeared at the corner.

The hoarse voice of the old woman suddenly sounded, "Director Furman, the museum should be completely closed today, and no living person is allowed to enter or leave."

"Charla! You walk, and there's no sound again."

Furman was taken aback by the elusive janitor.Thinking that he took over as curator for half a year, he still couldn't get used to the face covered in black and purple spots in front of him.

Chara stood expressionless, but still looked strange.Because of the black and purple spots intertwined on her face, she looked very hideous at first glance.

"It's the vernal equinox and the Sphinx is watching the sun rise from its façade."

Chara said without emotion, "Day and night are equal, evil and justice, black and white. You can't add any kind of power, otherwise the balance will be broken. You shouldn't come, let alone dissect the corpse."

Forman took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, and warned Chara angrily.

"You're talking about it again. Please don't think about it, we all believe in science, as long as you do your job as a gatekeeper."

"Science?" Chara snorted coldly, passed by several people, and went upstairs with a stooped body.

"Sorry, I didn't scare you, did I?"

Forman explained to the four people, "Chara is the janitor of the museum. She has worked here for more than ten years, and she has been talking about it all the time. You can ignore it."

Kelsey glanced back, but the old woman had disappeared.

Don't pay attention to the old gatekeeper for now, the most important thing is to perform an autopsy on the dead mouse.

Carter cleaned up the laboratory for a while, and the other three went separately to get tweezers, test tubes, alcohol lamps and other experimental equipment.

For an hour, busy inside and outside, running up and down.

The laboratory was cleaned and equipped with equipment one by one, and a comprehensive autopsy on the mice would soon be possible.

Sherlock finally found the blood-drawing needle from the storage room, and was going down the stairs when he heard a loud bang from under his feet.

In an empty museum, it is not difficult to determine where the loud noise is coming from.

——The underground laboratory exploded!

Immediately, Sherlock ran down quickly.

I couldn't help worrying that Kelsey started the autopsy first. During the operation, a certain problem directly caused an explosion.

On the ground floor, the lights are dim.

Now the dust and mist after the explosion is spreading, blurring people's vision, and it is even more difficult to see the situation in the laboratory, only the slightest sound came from inside.

"Kay..."

Sherlock almost blurted out his real name when he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

"Are you all right?"

Kelsey also sprinted downstairs when she heard the loud noise.The first reaction was to worry that Sherlock had started the explosion earlier.

"I'm fine, I just arrived."

As Sherlock said, both he and Kelsey breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they are all right.

Immediately, the two looked at each other.

Since neither was in the lab, who caused the explosion?Could it be that Watson and Carter did something first, but it was not in their character.

I was about to go to the laboratory to see what happened, but unexpectedly the outermost iron door was locked.

"God! I only left for 5 minutes, what happened here?"

Carter came with a bucket of water, looked at the two and exclaimed: "Oh! You are all there, no, where is Mr. Watson? He shouldn't be inside?"

Carter shook his head quickly again, "No, I locked the door before going to fetch water. The key is in my hand, and there was no Mr. Watson inside just now."

On the stairs, there was a belated response.

"No, I'm here."

Watson ran down from the highest fourth floor. He asked pantingly, "What's going on downstairs?"

good question.

The outer iron gate was locked, and everyone was outside. Could it be that the undead rats did not want to be dissected by the body, and directly caused an explosion to resist?

Four people entered the laboratory.

The mist was blown away, and there was no one else in the room.

On the experimental table, the wooden box containing the dead mouse had been blown to pieces.

The rats that died of poisoning were smashed to pieces, and an effective autopsy could no longer be carried out.

"Right now, the good news is that everyone is fine, and the bad news is that the poisonous rat carcass was destroyed."

Watson couldn't help muttering to himself, "Could it be that there is really some invisible existence, and our arrival broke the balance, which caused the explosion?"

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① Turin writer Giorgio DeMaria

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