[Comprehensive British and American] Today's meal at 221B Baker Street

Tang Heng felt pain, from body to soul.

A scorching flame rushed up from every inch of her skin, as if it was about to burn her into a handful of ashes in the next second. The blood coagulated, and the extreme cold spread from the deepest part of her body. The cold and heat collided in the body, and finally condensed into a sharp knife. The sharp knife broke out from her lower abdomen.

The blood drew a beautiful trajectory in mid-air, like a gorgeous firework, attracting everyone's attention.

Tang Heng fell down, his thick black hair splashed on the wooden floor, and his long skirt spread bright red flowers on the ground. These flowers bloomed in the blood, nourished by the filth and darkness of the human heart, and appeared on the stage On the swagger, there is almost crazy noise everywhere for a while.

"what!!!"

There were male and female screams, and children's cries were mixed in between. These voices converged and echoed in Tang Heng's ears. She seemed to see her husband, sitting at the desk and reaching out to her. Amidst the fragrance, the first tear fell from the corner of her eyes when she learned of her husband's death.

"Sherlock, this case is really important. For the sake of our friendship for many years, you have to help me." Lestrade strode back and forth in the living room on the second floor of 221B Baker Street, while Sherlock sat Settled down on the couch.

The time of the incident was less than two hours after Lestrade came to the door. Although in Sherlock's eyes, two hours was enough time for the murderer to clean up the traces left by the murderer, he felt that he should not do it again at this time. Stimulate Lestrade's heart.

Watson was so happy that Sherlock could have this self-consciousness that he wanted to cry.

But now it is Lestrade who really wants to cry. Among the people watching the performance of the theater troupe is an old duke. The old duke is over 65 years old. Supported by others, the scene was so exciting that the old Duke had a heart attack on the spot, and almost went to see the God of Death earlier than the victim.

And the old duke has a close relationship with the royal family, because the scene was too chaotic at the time, and now that mobile phones are so popular, within half an hour, this matter has become known throughout the country, perhaps even the theater troupe did not think of their own. Get famous for this sort of thing.

The royal family issued a statement, hoping that Scotland Yard could solve the case quickly, and the Prime Minister was also a little flustered by this unexpected incident. Without him, the son of the old duke held an important position. Halfway through the meeting, he found that his father had entered Lestrade, who is unfortunately at the bottom of the food chain, has to rush to the scene quickly to maintain the security and integrity of the scene, and at the same time, he has to deal with countless By the way, this phone call also needs to deal with the media outside the theater.

Lestrade never wished so much that he could be like the myth of the florist, with three heads and six arms. Let alone whether he can handle more affairs in this way, it is enough to scare everyone away in this way to satisfy him Yes, unfortunately, this is just his imagination.

"Sherlock, to be honest, you have to help. After this is done, I can secretly transfer to you the two cases that you found interesting last time." Lestrade, dominated by his strong desire to survive, has already I don't care about Mycroft's advice anymore, but it did make Sherlock interested.

"Tell me about the specific situation."

"The troupe performing in the theater is the Venus Troupe. It has been two years since the troupe was established. It is quite well-known in the circle. The recent performance of "Sweeney Todd" can be regarded as out of the circle." Lestrade De opened his little book and began to introduce Sherlock in detail, "The heroine Evelyn Tang, Chinese, joined the troupe three years ago. Don't get me wrong. At that time, the troupe was still in the stage of formation. One of the original elders."

"The leading actor, Christopher Jamie, was originally the third male lead of the Royal Troupe. He once competed for the leading male lead, but he made a mistake during the audition stage, which led to his missing the male lead. He joined the Venus Theater Company a year and a half ago , and directly became the number one male, some people think that he came to the current troupe just to make a major breakthrough in his career, and he wrote the screenplay for Sweeney Todd this time."

"The second female lead, Lucy Bryan, joined the troupe two years ago. She is a newcomer with good family conditions. The reason why she chose this industry was because she was angry with her family. However, after she quickly became the second female lead and became famous, she Her family also began to accept and help her." Lestrade paused at this point, and added in a low voice, "It's working behind the scenes to hope that she can become a heroine as soon as possible."

What he said was a bit cryptic, but both Sherlock and Watson could understand the meaning behind him. Sherlock sneered and straightened his nightgown. He looked very idle, but his eyes told the two people present , His attention is very concentrated at this time.

Lestrade turned over a page in the book, "The third female, Jenny Carter, has a sister who works in the United States and seems to be with me, but this has nothing to do with the case. She and Evelyn Tang are High school classmates, the relationship between the two is very good, Jane joined the troupe because of Tang, I don't think she is the murderer, because she was still backstage preparing to play when the incident happened."

"I'm talking about the information of the people on the stage when the incident happened. At the climax of the drama, it was the place where Todd was going to kill his own daughter. Apart from the hero and heroine on the stage, the second female Madam proprietress, besides the female number three who will be coming backstage not far from the heroine, there are only a few extras left, and they are people borrowed from other theater troupes."

Watson couldn't help stretching out his hand to signal, "Borrowed people? I've heard of the name of the Venus Theater Troupe. There are still some troupes who want group performances. Why do you want to borrow people from other troupes?"

Lestrade sighed, covered his face with one hand, and took out the cigarette case with the other hand, "For the sake of the old duke, the old duke is a comedy lover. A play, I thought it was very good, so after hearing that the troupe had released a new play, I contacted the director of the troupe directly, saying that I would come to watch it at that time. Mature, so it’s like borrowing a few people from a few theater troupes you’ve made friends with.”

"Who knew that such an incident happened at the scene, and now everyone in the troupe has been transferred to the installation room, Sherlock, if you agree to go over and have a look, we will leave immediately, even if such a big event happened, Scotland Yard There is no way to detain them for too long without evidence." He lit his cigarette and took a deep breath, "And, the worst thing is, one of the extras disappeared, and when it happened, the scene was in chaos , so no one can say right now, whether this male co-star named Jack Weber escaped by himself or was killed."

Sherlock frowned. He jumped up from the sofa and rushed into his bedroom. He quickly changed into light clothes and came out. "Is there any other information?"

Lestrade emptied his mind for a while, the tobacco brought him a moment of relaxation, they went downstairs together, Lestrade thought of something the moment he opened the door, "By the way, the victim Evelyn . Tang’s life is fine, and he became sober for a while on the way to the hospital.”

They got into the police car outside the door, and the police officer drove the police car all the way to the theater unimpeded. Lestrade's hands trembled slightly, and Watson watched the ash fall tremblingly, and hurriedly picked up the ashtray on the side. one time.

"Thank you, Evelyn Tang didn't remember who she was when she woke up, and the funniest and scariest thing was that she said she was a flower grower named Heng Tang." Lestrade said with a weird accent After pronouncing the Chinese name, he looked at Sherlock with an easily caught panic in his eyes, "I don't quite understand why, but I think you can, because this is not the first thing."

Sherlock nodded, "I know, how is her injury? Will she be able to appear in court if there is a trial?"

"It's not sure yet, her injury is a bit strange. The inspection report said that there are toxins in her blood, and this poison is largely not a modern medical drug, but it is very fatal, but we investigated her. There is no evidence that she has taken poison." Lestrade pressed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, "Besides, because of the location of the knife, she has lost the qualifications to be a mother."

The atmosphere in the car fell silent. The young police officer who was driving pressed down his cap, his lips curled into a straight arc, and there was a hint of gloom between his brows and eyes, but this emotion was fleeting. In an arc, the car gracefully passed between two parallel cars. The drivers of the two cars lowered their windows angrily, but silently rolled up the windows when they saw the frantic flashing lights on the police.

"She's still in the hospital. Let's go to the hospital to see how she's doing before rushing to the scene." Lestrade put one hand on the back of the co-pilot's seat and explained to the two people, "The theater and the hospital On a street, by the way, and the scene is full of reporters now, the current network is too developed, I hope these can be used to catch murderers, instead of being used as a tool for killing people like a few years ago."

Sherlock, the person involved a few years ago, didn't speak. He lowered his head and thought about something. Watson nodded, "However, what's the matter with the toxin? Some toxins don't take effect immediately after taking it, or the poison she took It is a synthetic toxin, and only when two or more foods react will the toxin be produced, causing poisoning, which is also found in medicine."

"The forensic doctor is still examining the toxin. The age of the toxin is at least 1000 years ago. If Evelyn Tang really committed suicide by taking poison, where did she find such an ancient toxin?"

Lestrade opened the car window and took a deep breath. He saw the hospital building not far away, "Get ready to see the victim first! The hospital is here."