"I don't understand, why didn't we follow Sherlock to the manor where the Copper Beech case happened? Isn't it too difficult for him to rescue Watson alone?"

Lestrade crouched in Mycroft's car, talking confusedly.On the other side, Mycroft was leaning against the cushion, closing his eyes peacefully as if he had fallen asleep.

The copper beech case [1] was the first case that Sherlock and Dr. Watson jointly investigated before they met for many years. If it weren't for Watson not answering the phone, Sherlock would never even have thought of that case.Because to be honest, that case was neither the most bizarre nor the most astonishing that he had ever handled. In other words, there was nothing outstanding about that case, it was just ordinary.

In the quiet night, apart from the sound of the wind and snow, the only sound left was the panting of the two people in the car. The street lights outside the car were also the only visible light source. With such light, Lestrade could barely see Mycroft clearly in the dark. With a special face, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Are you asleep?" Seeing that Mycroft did not answer himself, Lestrade asked again.

After the long breath, there was a sigh, and for some reason, I felt that this sigh seemed to be full of... Disgust!

Still closing his eyes, Mycroft said, "No! I'm praying."

"Oh! Praying for Athena? I have to..."

"No! I'm praying for you, praying that God will make you smarter, or..." Mycroft slightly turned his head and asked, opened his eyes and looked at him tiredly: "Or... begging the Almighty God It would be great if I could make you disappear by my side!"

After all, Mycroft smiled very politely and politely, and Lestrade immediately fell silent after being disgusted by this meal, and the uneasiness on his face quickly turned into embarrassment and helplessness.Lestrade pinched his fingers and lowered his head aggrievedly.

Mycroft curled his lips, clicked his tongue softly, and said, "Isn't it? Are you going to cry? I really don't understand why Athena likes you?"

"You don't understand, she also likes me! This is the fact Mycroft, you have no choice but to accept it!" Lestrade suddenly raised his head, only looked at Mycroft and then turned back.

After telling the truth, even the clever Mycroft couldn't avoid the cruelty that was too real for him, so he just let out a resentful "hum" and stopped talking.

Lestrade, who had managed to pluck up the courage to scold him, saw that Mycroft had stopped talking, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

It can be regarded as barely... Lestrade's words that he has been talking to himself have finally been answered!He also slowly leaned back on the chair, and took out the iron box containing the cigarettes from his coat pocket.

He took a cigarette out of it and put it in his mouth, and was about to put the pack back when Mycroft said, "Give me one, please."

Lestrade looked at him in a daze, and said vaguely, "Aren't you a non-smoker?"

Mycroft took the cigarette case and said calmly: "Yes, but I need some nicotine to help me think now.

Mycroft squeezed the cigarette from his mouth, and the blue smoke soon lingered in the car and gradually dispersed as he opened his mouth.

"When I was at the Levihoek Manor, I kept thinking about a question. If we were not smart enough to understand the message left in the poem, did Mrs. Pembasa drown in the hot spring?" Mycroft looked at Lestrade on the side and pouted slightly.

Lestrade shook his head silently, and he said softly: "Didn't Sherlock say that Professor James is your old acquaintance? He seems to know you very well, right? He knows that you attended the meeting at Levihoek Manor. After the Brumaire party, he also knew you cared about Mrs. Pembasa.

These are facts that even Sherlock does not know!To be honest, if you hadn't admitted it yourself, I would never have believed that you and Mrs. Pembasa would have such a close... relationship!Not to mention other people, it would not even seem to outsiders that the two of you knew each other.

Professor James knows you so well, he must know that you must have the ability to unravel the mystery in this verse, don't you? "

As Lestrade said, every step was calculated by Ralph Moriarty, including the cards hidden under the lamp in the living room...he had carefully placed them there long ago to wait for the night. When it comes down, it just waits to be opened by Mycroft or Sherlock himself.

But Mycroft smiled and said, "He's not God! He doesn't know everything! Maybe our car broke down on the way here and we were delayed? Maybe we accidentally got into a car accident on the way here and couldn't make it in time." Where? These unknown deviations are known only to God, and no mortal, no matter how clever, can see through the sky and see the future. So if we don't get there on time, Mrs. Pembasa will really drown or freeze to death in the wilderness ?"

Speaking of this, Mycroft suddenly turned his head. He took a puff of cigarette before looking at Lestrade again. He asked softly: "How long can a person stay in the water in a coma? We are really lucky enough to In such a short time, did you arrive and save her smoothly?"

"I don't think so! On the contrary, if she drowns in that wilderness, all games after that will be impossible. If something happens to Mrs. Pembasa, who cares about the cards hidden in the lamp? Then How did Sherlock know that Watson was missing?

If so, for Moriarty, the pleasure of crime cannot be felt, and all the precise arrangements are in vain.So what's the point of the perpetrator's carefully prepared performance? "

"I don't understand! Isn't killing people the greatest pleasure for villains?" Lestrade looked at him and asked softly.

But Mycroft waved his hand and said: "It's us that he hates me, what he wants is revenge, what he wants is to see Sherlock and I suffer for the loss of someone we care about. But in fact, no matter Whether it is Mrs. Pembasa or Watson, after all, they are no match for Athena.

Everything he experienced now was like an... experiment. If he really wanted to kill someone, then this person would only be Athena. "

Lestrade still didn't understand what the meaning behind these words was. Seeing Lestrade's puzzled expression, Mycroft just smiled lightly.

"To put it bluntly so far, Moriarty is in control of everything we have experienced. From leaving the message on the wall to our rescue of Mrs. Pembasa, all of these are under his control. In other words , it was he who didn't want Lady Pembasa dead, not that we got there in time to get her out. You see, there was enough Pembasa for the time between us from Baker Street to Levihoek Park. How many times has Madam died?"

Lestrade held a cigarette, and said, "You mean...the reason why we were able to rescue Mrs. Pembasa in time was because of Professor James' deliberate action!"

"That's right, it is estimated that when we arrived at the wilderness of the Levihoek Manor, he had just thrown Mrs. Pembasa into the hot spring, so we were in time to revive her."

After finishing speaking, Mycroft opened the window and stretched out the cigarette, the ash was still blown off by the howling cold wind, and his pair of quiet eyes casually scanned the deserted street.

After a long time, Mycroft said: "They have been watching us, and they can even be said to be guiding us, which means that there must be someone watching us not far from this car."

Mycroft's left hand, wearing a leather glove and holding a cigarette, was still resting on the car window, but he slowly turned his head to look at Lestrade and asked, "Maybe you have been led by the nose by criminals, so in the end? The result... is it what he wants? Or is it what you want?"

Lestrade stubbed out the cigarette butt, threw it out of the window and said, "Then what do you mean..."

"It's time for us to lead this game!" After saying that, Mycroft also threw the cigarette butt out of the window, and he slowly rolled up the car window.

"What do you want to do?" Lestrade asked lightly.

Mycroft suddenly turned to look at him and said, "Get off!"

This sudden swearing shocked Lestrade, he couldn't understand Mycroft's behavior, Lestrade asked almost subconsciously: "What?"

Mycroft only showed his polite but charming smile, and repeated again: "Get off! Don't you understand? Then let me make it clearer, open the car door at your hand, and get off! Do you understand?"

Lestrade was a little stunned by Mycroft's blunt words. He never spoke like that. Even though Mycroft was mean and aloof, rudeness was never his usual attitude.Even though Lestrade was full of doubts, he still chose to believe him.

Not to please him or anything, but Lestrade knew that Mycroft was smart enough and cared enough about Athena.

He opened the door and got out of the car, as Mycroft had said.

The biting cold wind and icy snowflakes slapped directly against Lestrade's head.

"Om..."

Suddenly Mycroft's headlights came on, and it was obvious that he was starting the car.Lestrade slammed on the car door and shouted in confusion, "What the hell are you doing, Mycroft?"

He screamed repeatedly, but all he got was a sentence from Mycroft: "Hold on!"

After speaking, Mycroft drove away in the car, and finally Lestrade was left alone to endure the test of the wind and snow in the blinding snowy night.

"Mycroft, what the hell are you talking about?" Lestrade asked angrily, and the only answer was the whistling of wind and snow, nothing else.

Where should I go?What should I do?

Should I leave here?Where should I go?

And Athena... where are you?are you waiting for me

You must be very scared!

Full of questions, but no answers.

The author has something to say: [1] The copper beech case is not the first case that Sherlock and Watson have investigated together!The first case in the book is "A Study in Scarlet".Here reset a bit, does not affect any plot!

Look forward to Moriarty's appearance tomorrow!And Athena, who we have been offline for several days, will be revived and come back with full blood!

It was agreed to have more... I am a loser!But "The Young Pope" is so good-looking, I forgot to write a novel after reading it...

I strongly recommend it to friends who have never watched "The Young Pope" and "The New Pope"!Although I, as the successor of the motherland, am a firm materialist and do not believe in any gods, I have to say that religion is very mysterious and interesting!

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