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

theater

Among the few people who were taken away again happened to be the female number two Lucy and the leading actor Jamie, both of them seemed full of anxiety, one was sitting on a chair and kept adjusting his sitting posture, the other was bowing his head, hunched Rubbing his body and picking his fingers nervously, Watson saw tiny drops of blood oozing from the edges of his nails.

"Tell me what you know." This time, it was Lestrade who sat across from them. He had been a policeman for many years and had much more experience in interrogating people than Sherlock. This time, Sherlock watched the reactions of these people as a bystander.

They should have brought these people back to Scotland Yard for unified questioning, but Sherlock decided to conduct simple questioning here first. After all, this is the scene of the murder, and it is easy to see the psychological activities of these people here, and , the theater where most of the lights have been extinguished is occupied by darkness, and this oppressive atmosphere is enough to bring pressure to these actors.

Like an ADHD patient, Lucy straightened her already flat skirt again, "I don't know anything, I've been in this troupe for several years, Tang has no enemies, she usually does everything except necessary Going out to shop, and staying at home and in the troupe at other times, her mother complained more than once that Tang’s social circle is too small, I really can’t think of who did it.”

Her fingers gripped the hem of the skirt tightly, and her nails sank deep, "When the incident happened, there were only actors from that scene on the stage. This performance is more important, and there are many distinguished people among the people who came. We have checked the security beforehand." Be very careful, so the murderer must be the actor who was there at the time."

"...It's not me! Don and I have no enmity at all. You are the police, so don't doubt me!" Lucy's eyes widened, she exerted force on her hands, and there was a slight sound of cloth shattering. There was a sound, and a hole was torn out of the skirt by her nails.

Lestrade motioned her to calm down, "Who were the actors present in that scene?"

"Me, Don, Jamie, and the extras, by the way, after that incident, one of the extras disappeared, and these extras were people borrowed from other theater companies, basically only before this scene There are plays, so some of them left after finishing the first few scenes, there were thirteen ensemble performers who participated in the last scene, and when it was time to count, it was only found that there were only twelve."

Lucy looked at Sherlock. She had heard of the great detective's reputation, and her tone couldn't help but become urgent, "You must believe me, I said at the time that the number thirteen is unlucky, so I have an understanding of the number of people. of."

Sherlock raised his eyebrows. This woman did not lie, her eyes were bloodshot, the corners of her mouth were down, her nose fluttered, and she was in a state of fear, which meant that she had at least a rough guess as to who the murderer was. If she didn't know at all, Now it should be fear and impatience, but she identified the murderer in that scene. This woman is guiding them to find the murderer. It seems that the murderer's next target is likely to be her.

He looked at Jamie again, and Jamie still lowered his head, "Since you said that there were only you three leading actors and thirteen extras present, our scope can be narrowed down. Tang was the victim, and the wound she I can’t reveal it myself, so I can exclude it, and it seems that other people can leave.”

Lucy almost jumped up from the chair, "Then can you get rid of my suspicion first?"

The look on the woman's face was too frightening. The corners of Sherlock's lips curled up slightly, and a fake smile appeared on his face, "We all have to listen to the police. I'm just assisting in this case now."

Lestrade felt that there was something wrong with his ears, so Watson quietly found a chair and sat down, as long as he got used to it, why bother!

With this news, which was not new, the police officers took these people out for interrogation, and soon there were only three of them left in the room.

"This is not new news. We had already confirmed it at the time of the incident, but after we questioned the actors, we couldn't find any clues from them. Why do you want to do it again?" Lestrade felt out After unpacking the cigarette case, he raised his hand to Sherlock and Watson, both of whom expressed their indifference.

Sherlock took out a tablet from his coat pocket, and he played a video for the two of them to watch. It was a play by the Venus Theater Company half a year ago, and it played the most classic Romeo and Juliet. The performance was very exciting .

"Is there any problem with this?" Watson watched the video carefully many times, but still didn't see anything wrong.

"This man, what kind of person do you think he is?" Sherlock pointed to Romeo.

Watson read that paragraph again, "He should be a very proud and sunny person, what's wrong?"

Sherlock zoomed in on the video, "This person is Christopher Jamie, do you think Romeo and the person you just saw are the same person?"

In the video, the high-spirited Romeo and Jamie who just stooped are completely two people. If Sherlock hadn't made it clear, Watson would have no way to connect them. Waving his hand, "It's impossible for an actor to be like that in the play in real life. Some people's temperaments are completely different from the characters."

Lestrade's cell phone vibrated, and he looked at the message sent by Andrew, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Christopher Jamie went to see a psychiatrist in September last year and March this year, he passed According to my agent, I met Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and only met him a few times. Other times, he was looking for his usual psychiatrist. Andrew and the others investigated the background of everyone in the troupe, not just Jay Mi alone, and several other extras have also seen a psychiatrist."

"I don't think stage actors are under that much pressure!" Lestrade extinguished his cigarette butt. He rubbed his hair, feeling that he was becoming more and more incomprehensible to young people nowadays.

Sherlock put the tablet back into his coat pocket, his eyes were bright, and he took big steps. He walked to the door and patted Lestrade on the shoulder, "Dr. Lecter will be here for a report in a few days Now, please give me a ticket, and then you can arrest Christopher Jamie."

He pulled Watson, who was still a little dazed, out, and before he left, he did not forget to remind Lestrade, "The case is over now, and Lucy cannot continue to participate in the performance because she has been hit too hard. You The murderer can be apprehended during the show."

Sitting in the taxi back to Baker Street, Watson wanted to hold back his curiosity, but in the end he couldn't hold back.

"Sherlock, tell me how you knew Christopher Jamie was the murderer." He gestured, "I admit that he looks suspicious, but that female number two Lucy is also suspicious."

Sherlock's eyes were bright, and he seemed to have thought of something more profound and interesting. He didn't care about Watson's doubts, and patiently talked about his reasoning.

The inside story of the case is actually very simple. Jamie likes Evelyn Tang. When his career is not improving, Tang is his light. Perhaps the power of love is indeed powerful. The star troupe has been very energetic since then, and has shown its ability in front of Tang.

But Tang never fell in love with Jamie from the very beginning. She didn't want to hurt this man, and she didn't want to wrong herself to accept someone she didn't like, so she tried every means to tell Jamie her rejection tactfully. Naturally, it is clear that at first he felt that his efforts were not enough, and after a while he felt that he was really too humble, and in the end, his mental state continued to decline. After seeing a psychiatrist, he put all his The fault was all on Tang.

Jamie began to firmly believe that all this was Don's fault. Why didn't Tang accept him, why didn't the Royal Troupe let him be the male number one, and why did everyone around him make him unhappy?This evil thought quickly grew in his heart, and Jamie wanted to take revenge for all of this.

The left extra performer Jack Webb had seen him once in Dr. Hannibal's clinic. Coincidentally, this person was not valued in his original troupe, and he also wanted to give it a try. So, this time Jamie asked him to come over during the performance of the Morning Star Troupe.

Jack was very grateful to Jamie, and he promised to help Jamie a small favor, that is, at the climax of the show, when Todd in the play was about to kill his daughter, he took the opportunity to pull on the light, and restarted five seconds after the lights were turned off. Turn on the lights and shine the lamppost on Jamie, making Jamie the most eye-catching person in the scene.

But after turning on the light again, Jack found the heroine Evelyn Tang lying on the ground, and besides the unlucky girl, Jack, who had already stood aside and used the color of the costume to cover up the blood, was stained with blood. Mi, he knew that he had become an accomplice, and knowing Jamie's character well, he knew that he would never escape, so he sneaked out of the theater when the scene was chaotic and many people hadn't realized it.

"There are only a few doubts left in this case. Where Jack Weber fled is Lestrade's task. This Jack and Jack Larry in the previous banker's case must be There is a kinship relationship, maybe when Jack did this, he still had the idea of ​​revenge for his brother." Sherlock looked at Baker Street, which was about to arrive, and sat up straight, "The inexplicable poison and poison on Evelyn Tang's body Her memory and exactly what Lucy saw that made her attitude so fast before and after is something we're going to tackle next."

"Also, what I'm more curious about is the psychiatrist behind Christopher."

"That Dr. Hannibal Lecter, I've been curious about him for a long time."