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Mycroft sat quietly on the sofa, his sharp eyes only looked at Mrs. Hurley, and the long silence showed that he was extremely patient.

Before Mrs. Hurley came, she had inquired about the name of the Sherlock Holmes family. Among the three children from a family of country gentlemen, except for the famous detective Sherlock and Athena who only knew how to eat, drink and play, it seemed that only Mycroft in front of her was the closest. It is mysterious.

"Of course you should apologize for saying something wrong. If you insist on rejecting my proposal, there is always another way to make up for it! It's just the price..." Mycroft laughed softly, but the threat in his eyes was too much Obvious.

Mrs. Hurley leaned on the sofa, still maintaining her dignified posture, looked at the expensive suit and clothes on Mycroft, and said after a long time: "Even if you have some money, as a brother, I won't Agreed Greg and Athena to marry!"

Mycroft chuckled, "I think you misunderstood, even if you wanted to, I wouldn't! Inspector Lestrade is a nice gentleman, but he will never marry my sister. Regarding this matter, I suppose I made it clear to Inspector Lestrade from the beginning? Didn't I?"

After that, he turned his head to look at Lestrade who was standing aside, and Lestrade naturally knew that he was talking about the conversation he had with himself in the Whitechapel.

Mycroft looked at him, raised his hand slightly and said, "I'm very sorry for saying this, but I think all the blame for today's situation can only be blamed on your mother. What did she say just now?

oh!Come to think of it, be someone else's mistress!Because she is someone else's mistress, you are in a dilemma like this today.With all due respect, all this can only be blamed on your mother. "

Mrs. Hurley almost stood up suddenly after hearing what Mycroft said. The exaggerated makeup couldn't conceal the anger in her heart, but Mycroft was still sitting calmly on the sofa and looked at Mrs. Hurley. Said: "Actually, I really don't understand. What I said is clearly the truth, but you are so angry. When you poured dirty water on my sister, she maintained the posture that a lady should have. So you see... it's not After changing your surname to Hurley with your husband, you become a noble wife when you have money.

man!They are still the original person in their bones! "

Standing beside Lestrade, Athena clearly felt that Lestrade was holding her hand a bit harder.In any case, Mrs. Hurley was his mother, and I had tolerated Mrs. Hurley before not only because I didn't want to get angry with the shrew, but also because I wanted to save some face for Lestrade.

But Mycroft... never had such kindness.

Athena broke free from Lestrade's hand and said: "Mr. Inspector, hurry up and send your mother away from my house! I don't want to see this kind of thing again, you should know that I am very tired today." Endure it."

"Athena, we need to find some time to have a good chat!" Lestrade glanced at her, then directly grabbed his mother and wanted to take her away from Baker Street. If he didn't leave now, he would just be humiliating himself. .

However, Mycroft did not give the mother and son a step like Athena.He tapped his cane on the low table in front of the sofa, and the sharp sound was the initial warning.

"Inspector Lestrade, I trouble you to remember what I said to you. Stay away from Athena. Marriage will never work with me. Not to mention..."

After saying this, he paused slightly, looked at Athena with a smile, and said, "My dear sister, it seems that she has never considered marrying you, has she?"

Athena lowered her head to avoid this question, but Lestrade saw her actions in his eyes and the answer couldn't be more obvious.

But obviously he has made up his mind today. Even if Athena really doesn't want to marry him, he will no longer live under the control of Mrs. Hurley and the Duke of Lancashire as a marionette.

Mycroft looked at Athena's reaction, then turned his head to look at Mrs. Hurley in satisfaction and said, "And you Mrs. Hurley, I haven't introduced myself to you yet, have I? I work for the government. What he does is very complicated.

Knowing that you have little knowledge and experience, I will give an example reluctantly!For example, I have the right to check Mr. Hurley's taxes, and I have the right to stop the customs clearance of Mr. Hurley's company's goods. "

"Are...you, are you threatening me?" Mrs. Hurley tried her best not to lose the wind, but Mycroft smiled as usual: "I'm afraid I... am really doing that! I'm so sorry, did it surprise you? But please take it seriously, I've never done anything but talk!

For the benefit of both parties, it is better for you not to set foot in Baker Street again, and stay away from my sister. "

Speaking of which, Mycroft got up with a smile, propped up his cane and said, "I wish you a pleasant afternoon!"

Looking at Mycroft's posture, Lestrade naturally knew that he was chasing someone away, so he dragged the shivering Mrs. Hurley away from the house quickly.

Mycroft closed the door of the living room right after him. He just turned his head to look at Athena and said helplessly: "You really treat Lestrade differently from others? Even that woman Humiliated you, can you hold back and not talk back?"

Athena leaned on the sofa and sighed with emotion: "With such an unreasonable mother, Lestrade can grow into such a gentle and elegant gentleman, I really feel pity."

"Hmph! It seems that you really like Lestrade very much?" Mycroft looked at Athena tentatively, but she just pretended to be confused and said, "What? Why do you suddenly care about my relationship?" ? I said a long time ago that I don't want to marry, and this point has not changed until now, so you can rest assured!"

Mycroft curled his lips slightly, "Then you have failed Lestrade, he finally had the courage to reveal his affection!"

Athena was very upset when she heard about this matter. It was clear that she was rejected by Lestrade's righteous words before, but now it seems that she has become a heartless woman?

And I seem to be really like what Mycroft said, it seems that I am not only in the mood to tease Lestrade, I don't know if it is because of sympathy or impulse, in front of Hurley In front of his wife, she even said that she wanted to marry him and raise him.

This is really not in line with her usual behavior, maybe somewhere... Lestrade is really different from other people to her!

She whimpered annoyedly, then turned around and asked, "Why did you come back suddenly? Didn't you say you were going to stay in the United States for a long time? Was it because of Sherlock... Could it be that Jack the Ripper's mastermind really got along with you?" What enmity is there in our family?"

It must be because of the secrets that Sherlock refused to reveal to himself before that could make Mycroft leave the state affairs behind and return to London quickly.Is there really an older sister or younger sister in the family that she doesn't know about?

"Who is the Helena that Sherlock said...?" Athena asked nervously. Mycroft slightly pursed his lips and put the cane aside. He slowly opened his suit and took it from his vest pocket. There was a yellowed photo.

The people in the photo include the Holmes couple and Mycroft who seems to be a young adult, as well as the grown-up Sherlock and the cute baby Athena sitting on her mother's lap. Just looking at these, this is a very ordinary picture But the family photo was taken.

But there is another girl in this group photo, she is standing beside Mycroft, and she is also about the same age as Mycroft.The girl has beautiful blond hair. Even though the photo is yellowed and worn out, people who see it now can still see how beautiful the girl in the photo was back then.

Mycroft pointed to the girl in the photo, and murmured, "This is Helena, Uncle Henry's daughter, a relative with the same surname and half blood relationship with us."

The Uncle Henry that Mycroft was talking about was Athena's father's younger brother. From her memory, she seemed to only know that Uncle Henry had passed away very early, let alone Helena's cousin.

Athena couldn't help asking: "Why did I never know this cousin named Helena? She seems to be as old as you, where is she now?"

"After Uncle Henry passed away, Helena has been living with us. You were too young to remember her, and it's normal." Mycroft sighed imperceptibly, and continued: "Helena When you sadly passed away, you were barely able to speak."

"Did she pass away? Hey, why have you never mentioned her? Looking at the photos, Helena has a very close relationship with our family? Even if she passed away, why have I never even heard you mention her?" ?”

After Athena finished speaking, Mycroft didn't immediately answer her question, instead he looked at the photo silently.After a long time, that imperceptible sigh finally turned into a real sigh.

"Because, to some extent, we are the ones responsible for Helena's death."

"what?"

Athena frowned, she didn't understand what Mycroft meant.

For her, it was the first time in more than 20 years that she knew that she still had a cousin. She was not surprised for a second and found out that the cousin had passed away. They are all related to their relatives.

This short 10-minute mood is like riding a roller coaster, with twists and turns and shocking.

Mycroft put away the photos on the table and said: "At that time, I had just entered Trinity College in Cambridge to continue my studies. Sherlock disliked that ordinary schools could not teach him anything. Schools like Eton and Harrow were right. It's too boring for him. Father and mother hired a governess to teach him at home!"

He lowered his head slightly and said, "Actually, because I was in London at the time, all the information I knew was told to me by Sherlock and my parents."

Athena saw him hesitating, but she was really curious, and asked impatiently: "What happened?"

Mycroft looked up at her and smiled softly: "Just like you at this age, Helena fell in love with a handsome young man who broke into her peaceful life. In fact, I can also understand that she stayed in our country for a long time In the manor, she was very familiar with those gentlemen in the country, so naturally she couldn't arouse any interest.

And Sherlock's tutor is a well-learned man who has just graduated from Cambridge and traveled across the ocean to many places.He has been to the United States and India, experienced different cultures, and knows different languages ​​and knowledge.Falling in love came naturally to Helena, who had been trapped in a square inch since birth. "

Athena listened to Mycroft's words, combined with her years of experience in watching European and American TV dramas and novels, and nodded in agreement.

Mycroft continued: "This is why I insist on sending you to study in London. Even if you want to go to France, I will let you go. You know! Even a lady should be qualified to be like a gentleman. Similarly, go to different places to see what the world we live in is like, not just look at it with envious eyes and listen to those bragging men.

Maybe you have seen more people and things, and after suffering some hardships, as girls, you will be more emotionally rational.Fortunately, falling in love and running away with others did not happen to you, I taught you well, didn't I? "

Mycroft chuckled softly, but Athena's eyes were odd.

Brother, you don't even care about things like having sex with other men or having sex with other men, so what's the need for them to elope?Is there nothing to do when you are full?

Although Athena kept complaining in her heart, she still asked with a very solemn face: "So Helena eloped with Sherlock's tutor? Then how did she die?"

"She and that person eloped from Hertfordshire on a rainy night. They were supposed to be going to London, but halfway there was a car accident due to mud and rocks falling from the mountain, and finally...died unfortunately." Mycroft sighed slightly: "If Mom and Dad could have agreed and accepted the relationship between Helena and that man, maybe they would not have chosen to leave on such a rainy night, and such a tragic accident would not have happened...and the young life lost .”

Hertfordshire, mudslides, crashes.

Wasn't that the cause of Colonel James Moriarty's death?Could it be that Helena was walking with him in the car at that time?Could it be that Colonel James Moriarty was Sherlock's governess?

Athena stood up almost subconsciously, and Moriarty, who almost blurted out, was swallowed by her. As a bystander, she shouldn't know these things and Moriarty at all, and she certainly shouldn't. By his first name.

"What's wrong with you, Athena?" Mycroft asked, looking up at Athena who stood up suddenly.

She calmed down a little and sat down again, only saying: "It's nothing, this is really terrible! It's too unfortunate!" Although Mycroft looked at her abnormal behavior suspiciously, he still nodded in agreement.

"Where... that tutor? Do you remember his name?"

"Oh! He's missing, but unfortunately..."

disappeared?Who was that Colonel Moriarty who died?

"We even helped collect his brother's body!" Mycroft said suddenly, and Athena looked at him in surprise, but she couldn't ask a word out of her stomach full of questions.

In the end, he just asked repeatedly: "Do you remember what his name is?"

"Of course! Sherlock and I met once and I'll remember it!" Mycroft said calmly without showing off, "Their family name is James Moriarty, and the tutor's elder brother is still A colonel, it's a pity we don't know his name, and the obituary only shows Colonel James Moriarty."

James Moriarty... has a double surname?

Athena was completely stunned on the sofa, which was something new and unheard of!So "James" is not a first name at all, but part of a surname.

However, the more surprising thing didn't stop there. Almost before Athena recovered, Mycroft continued: "We do know the name of the tutor, and his name is Ralph James. Moriarty!"

"What? Ralph? His name is Ralph?"

Professor Ralph James Moriarty, Professor Ralph James.

The professor Ralph James she met at the ball... Now it seems that it can't be just a coincidence, right?

The author has something to say: the answer to the mystery has been revealed, Professor James is not a passerby!I know that many little angels have already guessed it, and even said in the comments that the heroine is not vigilant at all, let me explain!

James is really a very common word, whether it is used as a first name or a surname, and the heroine does not open the perspective of God, she will never meet a person named James who happens to be a professor, so she suspects that he is Moriarty of.

There is also the previous chapter about the comment that the little angels feel that the heroine is not cool enough, and they are a little compromising, which is true. After all, Changhua is standing next to him, and the heroine is in front of the hero. A little bit of that... So this kind of cursing and not being a human being is left to our Brother Mai!Hahaha... Our Brother Mai is not used to being a man, he has no scruples!

Moriarty has three brothers in the original book "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes". Except for a younger brother who is a train station master, he is a colonel brother named James Moriarty.Of course, many people wonder why the names of his brothers are exactly the same. Some scholars said that James Moriarty has a double surname, just like the kind whose mother’s surname is James and father’s surname is Moriarty. Some children have...

But I think... Conan Doyle, maybe he just wrote it smoothly for a while?

And about Moriarty being Sherlock's tutor, it seems that it was also proposed by the novel or by experts, or by fans?I don’t remember very clearly, of course, the Helena in this article is original, including the plot and follow-up development are also original, there is no plagiarism! (Beforehand!)