I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

After leaving Sir Sidot's study, before Sherlock Holmes tried Pei Xiang, Pei Xiang questioned Mason Sidot first, and accused him of being narrow-minded and small-minded.

She sneered and taunted Mason, saying that he did not forget to team up with his friends to count innocent people at a critical moment when Sir Sydott was in danger. He was really not a decent and upright gentleman.

Faced with such sarcasm, Mason Sidot naturally retorted, and the two men quarreled in the corridor, refusing to give in to each other.

Albert was in a hurry, and he persuaded him on both sides, but it didn't have much effect.

In the end, it was Mycroft who took a step forward and calmed down his irritable wife with a few words.

He smiled and felt that Mason must have misunderstood the two of them, so he was not very friendly.When a person observes another person with suspicious eyes, he always feels that every move of the other person is very suspicious, and there will be more and more grudges in his heart.

Therefore, for the sake of harmonious relationship between relatives in the future, he suggested to sit down and have a good talk with Mason. Of course, Mason's friend Mr. Holmes can also be present.

Sherlock Holmes watched the couple sing together with cold eyes, and without much effort, he tricked the "simple" Mason into a small drawing room.Then, without a word, the cold, curmudgeon Mrs. Green stormed out of the room, leaving her husband and Mason to continue their patient conversation.

How clever Sherlock was, he realized right away that Mycroft was trying to hold Mason back so that someone else could do something outside.So, he also found an excuse to get up and leave the room.

Before turning to close the door, he caught a glimpse of his brother pouring Mason Sidot a cup of tea through the crack of the door.

—Tsk, Mycroft's tea isn't so good.

Sure enough, after a while, Sherlock, who was standing behind the pillar, saw Pei Xiang, who had just left, return quietly, still carrying a small box in his hand.

He glanced at the time and probably guessed what the two of them were planning.

Fifteen minutes later, "Mason Sidot" pushed the door out angrily, and walked towards where Sherlock was standing without hesitation.

"Go and help, Sherlock, Mike is waiting for you in the room."

Hearing a young gentleman's pleasant and soft familiar female voice, Sherlock Holmes rolled his eyes unabashedly:

"Who is telling me to do something? The honorable Miss Gladstone? Or my friend Klaus with whom I am chatting?"

Pei Xiang was also polite, and answered Sherlock's question in a very proud tone:

"Dear Sherlock, she is your beloved sister-in-law and talented teacher!"

Sherlock choked for a moment, he was almost taken aback by this man's thick skin, and said to himself, he really deserves to be a genius who has mastered disguise and disguise, how did his brother successfully marry such a woman back to the Holmes family? ?

Pei Xiang blinked at the future consulting detective, then withdrew his relaxed and friendly smile, and put on a straight face again.The moment she passed by, her appearance and temperament had completely changed into that of Mason Sidot, and even the impetuous and calculating eyes were perfectly imitated.

After witnessing this miraculous transformation process, Sherlock shook his head with complicated emotions, and said softly as he told Klaus every time before going out to do errands:

"Be careful, my friend, never underestimate the enemy."

"Got it, Sherlock."

Pei Xiang gradually walked away until his back disappeared.

Sherlock looked at the brown carved wooden door of the small living room quietly for a while, then let out a light breath...

In front of Leon Sidot's study, Pei Xiang said to the bodyguard guarding the door:

"Please speak to my uncle. Just say that I have something to talk to him about."

"Okay, please wait a moment, Master Mason."

Soon, Pei Xiang was invited into the study by Leon Sidot.

"Mason, what's the matter?" Sir Theodore's voice sounded very tired, "I heard that you and Lucy had a quarrel?"

"Uncle, are you really sure that there is nothing wrong with that Lucy? My father has been looking for her for so many years, but there has been no clue. Why did she appear as soon as you returned to England? Is this too coincidental?"

Leon Sidot was worrying about Oliver Sinclair, so he didn't have much patience to deal with this thoughtful nephew. He smiled coldly and asked bluntly:

"Mason, do you really believe that your father will look for Lucy seriously?"

A trace of embarrassment crossed Mason Sidot's face:

"Uncle, my father has been thinking about this matter very much. Although he, he, alas, how dare he completely forget what you ordered?"

"It's true that it won't be left behind completely, that is, heh, good wine and beautiful women will always trip up the search, won't it?"

Mason wanted to continue to quibble, Leon Sidot shook his head:

"Okay, let's not mention this matter. In short, Lucy is indeed my daughter. Mason, don't say how many times the investigators have double-checked the details, just talk about her appearance and her temper. There is nothing to doubt."

Mason's eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of confusion and questioning, as if he was thinking to himself, how can a fake be so trustworthy?

Sir Sidot was recalled by Sinclair's letter today, so he couldn't help but say a few more words:

"Do you think that Lucy's temper is due to the poor painter who raised her? Probably Lucy herself thinks so. In fact, you juniors don't know that Mrs. Anna has such a character. She is cold, direct, and sensitive to many things. I am impatient, looking arrogant and unreasonable, but in fact, I am very easy to soften my heart to those who are in my heart. Lucy's expression and demeanor protecting Mike today are exactly the same as when Anna defended me back then.

"Mason, Lucy is indeed my daughter. She has inherited her mother's temper and my talent. To be honest, compared to Albert, I think Lucy is the continuation of Anna and I."

Pei Xiang was delighted that the "audience" recognized her performance, but she had no choice but to be in the play and couldn't immediately give up the management character design.

So, she used Mason Sidot's face to make an expression of reluctance, and then asked a question without giving up:

"Uncle, so you said, at the very beginning, you also suspected Cousin Lucy?"

"As you said, Mason, the incident is too coincidental, and I have to be cautious. Especially, I have an enemy who has been eyeing me."

"That's right, it's too coincidental." Mason snorted coldly.

Sir Sidot smiled wryly and shook his head: "However, after getting along these few days, I will not doubt that child at all, Mason, the intimacy between blood relatives is very wonderful, and it cannot be deceived."

Pei Xiang: "..."

——This is probably the audience who can boast the most about rainbow farts.

"Mason, let's not talk about this anymore, what's the matter for you to come to me?"

This question made Mason Sidot a little uncomfortable. He moved a bit on the high-back chair, obviously he was the one who came to the door on his own initiative, but now he hesitated.

"This... Uncle, I want to say, maybe, under certain conditions, I am willing to appear in front of Oliver Sinclair instead of Albert."

Sir Sidot paused slightly. He did have such an idea, and he was still thinking about how to persuade Mason.

Unexpectedly, this nephew actually proposed it on his own initiative.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was completely opposite.He looked more embarrassed and hesitant than Mason, and his two eyebrows were almost twisted together.

"Mason, although I am very worried about Albert, but..."

"Uncle, Albert is not good at fighting. He hasn't even touched a gun. Are you sure you can let him pretend to be you and face such vicious people?"

Of course Leon Sidot was worried. He was silent for a while and let out a deep sigh.

"Mason, may I know what the premise is?"

"Uncle, I'm graduating soon, but I haven't found a promising position until now."

"Mason, I have some friendship with Mr. Colette, the editor-in-chief of Mockford Publishing House. Maybe, you would like to go to him and have a try?"

"Mockford Publishing House?" The young man's eyes lit up and he was satisfied.

However, he didn't let himself appear too happy, but tried to maintain a steady and reserved expression, and nodded slightly:

"If I can get the appreciation of Mr. Colette, uncle, I believe I will make a career. And, I will help Albert as much as I can. After all, we are brothers and members of the Sidot family."

These words sounded pleasing to the ear, and Leon Sidot nodded, with guilt and appreciation in his voice:

"Mason, Albert's character, you know, he is too..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a faint shout from downstairs. At the same time, there was a hasty knock on the door outside the house.

"Come in, Nord, what's going on? Why do I hear cries and shouts?"

The bodyguard looked anxious: "Sir, there is a fire, we need to go downstairs immediately and go to the yard."

Before Sir Sidot could react, Mason stood up abruptly and asked anxiously:

"On fire? Where? How could it be on fire?"

"It's Sir's bedroom, Master Mason. Someone set it on fire..."

At this time, the butler hurried over: "Sir Sidot, there is a lot of smoke coming out of the billiard room and the collection room, and there are also flames coming out of the third floor, probably in the direction of your bedroom. Please leave this house immediately."

"The pool room? You said the pool room was on fire?"

"Yes, it is said that someone smoked and then lit something..."

Sir Sidot's face changed drastically. He stood up immediately, ignoring the overturned chair and scattered papers, and rushed out of the study with big strides.

"How could there be a fire in the billiard room? Is anyone going to put out the fire?"

The housekeeper and bodyguards hurriedly followed.

"Sir, let's go outside first..."

"Let me ask you, did anyone go to the pool room to fight the fire?"

"This, this should be there, sir, there is a lot of water near the billiard room, the fire will be brought under control soon, don't worry. By the way, there is also the collection room, sir, I am worried about it..."

The voice gradually faded away, and Pei Xiang was the only one left in the study.

She put away her panicked expression, and began to look carefully at Leon Sidot's study, skipping the safe that required a password to open, and settled on the second drawer under the desk.

——This height is the most convenient position for the person sitting, and the outside view is blocked by the partition...

She turned her head and glanced at the empty doorway, making sure that all the servants outside the door had followed Sir Sidot, she quickly walked to the opposite side of the desk, and gently opened the second drawer.

——Sure enough, there are weapons here.

——If someone breaks in through the door or window, Sidot, who is sitting by the desk, can quickly open the drawer, and then pick up the gun to protect himself.

Pei Xiang quickly replaced the real bullets in the gun, and closed the drawer again. Then, she left the room without touching any items in the study.

In the corridor, Mycroft was quietly waiting for her at the corner.

"Where did Leon Sidot choose to go? I listened to his conversation with the butler, and I have been concerned about the billiard room instead of the collection room."

"He took people and went to the billiard room to put out the fire himself, saying that he was worried that there would be drunk and sleepy guests inside. As for the direction of the bedroom and the collection room, he didn't pay too much attention to it. Oh, of course, a housekeeper was sent to the storage room. past."

Pei Xiang understood: "So, when there was a danger of fire, he gave up the room full of art collections and chose an ordinary entertainment room?"

Mycroft smiled and nodded: "It can be seen that there are more precious things in the billiard room."

"Yes, even the study room where the safe and various documents are kept didn't make him look back. It's enough to show how much he treasures the billiard room."

"In times of crisis, people's first reaction can always reveal the true will of the heart."

The two walked while talking, avoiding people and hurried back to the small reception room before.Pei Xiang greeted Sherlock Holmes in the room.

"Sir Sidot went to the billiard room. How is Mason? Did he wake up?"

"No, he was sound asleep."

Pei Xiang nodded, and immediately started a new job:

"Sherlock, I'm dressing up Mason as you now, can you change the image yourself and disguise yourself as Mason?"

"I think, although in the past two years, I have been fooled around by my brother and sister-in-law, but I can barely remember what I should have learned."

Sherlock Holmes said slowly while taking the tools that Pei Xiang handed over.

Pei Xiang pretended not to hear Sherlock's complaints, and said with a smile:

"It's no use just keeping it in your head, Sherlock. Look at Mycroft, who still needs me to take care of him because he's too lazy to try."

Sherlock glanced at his "knowledgeable" brother speechlessly, and got a "gentle and calm" gaze from the other party.

"My friend Klaus is not so easy to deceive, why is he so stupid after becoming a woman, and believes such lies that can be easily exposed?"

Mycroft raised his eyebrows: "Sherlock, two years is really long."

Sherlock turned his head immediately.

Pei Xiang moved neatly, and soon turned Mason Sidot into Sherlock's appearance, and then she began to deal with her disguise again, turning back into Mrs. Lucy Green.

Sherlock Holmes also dressed herself up as Mason Sydotte when she completed two disguise tasks.

Helping the fainted person up, "Mason" helped "Sherlock" out of the small living room.

When the group met the first male servant, "Mason" just wanted to find an excuse to explain why the guest "Sherlock" fainted, and Pei Xiang, who was not far away, chased after him worriedly, and quickly muttered:

"Mason, your friend is too timid, why did you faint when you heard the fire?"

The "cowardly fainted" Sherlock gritted his teeth calmly.

Several people inquired about the situation from the male servant, and learned that the fire was just a false alarm, and nothing happened now.

The specific situation is that there was a real fire in Leon Sidot's bedroom. The fire in the billiard room and the collection room did not burn, but thick smoke came out.

"Two days ago, the plumber lost a few pyrotechnic tubes and was looking for them. I don't know who played a prank. He stole the pyrotechnic tubes and used them indoors, which shocked everyone."

"It doesn't have to be a prank," Pei Xiang frowned slightly, and asked doubtfully, "Is there really a fire in Mr. Sidot's bedroom? What's the situation?"

"It has been extinguished, and the bed curtain was ignited, but because it was discovered in time, no greater damage was caused."

"No one was hurt by this?" Mycroft looked concerned.

"No, please rest assured, Mr. Green."

This answer made Mycroft frowned and smiled gently:

"Since it was a false alarm, then we don't need to go outside to avoid danger, Mason, let me help you send your friend back to the bedroom."

"You are a very warm gentleman, Mr. Green."

"Where, it's just a matter of raising your hands."

The two gentlemen and a footman put the fainted "Sherlock" on the bed in the guest room.Because "Mason" claimed that there was no need to call for a doctor for the time being, the male servant left directly after finishing his help.

"Then, Sherlock, my subordinates will pick up Mason tonight, and then ask him about the cause of Lucy Sydot's death. What are your plans now, do you stay here to help me and Doris, or follow them Go away and listen to Mason Sidot's secret?"

"It doesn't require a choice at all, I'm not interested in things that can be done easily," Sherlock shook his head, his eyes sparkling, "Besides, I have an agreement with Mr. Sinclair, and I promised to help him deal with Leon Sidot's, I have to stay and play Mason."

"I guess so," said Mycroft, looking very pleased. "I'm relieved to have you playing Mason all the time."

Pei Xiang lowered his head and glanced at the time: "Let's go out and meet Sir Sidot. His face is probably going to be very ugly now."

Mycroft nodded lightly: "According to his living habits, he would usually rest in his bedroom at this time. The timing of the fire is too coincidental. He will definitely think that someone wants to burn him to death."

"Maybe, he will suspect that Sinclair has sneaked into this holiday villa." Sherlock added, "Revenge has already begun, and he didn't realize it before."

"It is to make him suspicious and focus on vendetta and revenge." Pei Xiang smiled.

"As long as he doesn't suspect that we're trying to test him, that's fine. Well, he's exposed a weakness now, which is the billiard room. He should have hidden part of the scandalous evidence in that room."

"Now that you know the location, it's easy to handle," Sherlock raised his eyebrows, "Well, don't startle the snake, wait until you find out a few other places to hide things, and then do it."

"Actually, I have an idea, Mr. Holmes. Let's have a look at the evidence in the billiard room first, and then speculate about the specific scandals involved in some of the evidence."

Mycroft immediately understood Pei Xiang's plan: "You want to expose some specious news in advance, so that Sidot can mess himself up."

Pei Xiang nodded slightly: "Yes, but it has to happen after the 'duel'. After he has suffered a lot of losses, he will definitely be suspicious and panic when he hears similar 'bad news'. Even if he suspects it is a trap, He would also be tempted to check his secret base to see if the well-hidden evidence is still intact."

"I'll take care of the arrangements, Doris."

Sherlock deliberately provoked: "Doris, as long as you ensure that Leon Sidot will not leak military secrets, why do you bother to find evidence? Do you really want to flatter dignitaries? "

"I am a dignitary myself," Pei Xiang snorted, "Did you forget, Sherlock?"

"Ah, I almost forgot, my friend Klaus, he not only owns a simple bachelor's dormitory, but also a noble and rich countess, indeed, this is a prominent status."

Pei Xiang blinked innocently, with soft brows and a sweet smile:

"To be honest, I think being Mycroft's wife and Sherlock's friend is more prominent than being a countess at the mercy of others. Because it can almost let me do whatever I want."

"Honey, thank you for trusting me. You can do whatever you want, I promise you." Mycroft immediately responded in a low voice.

Although Sherlock Holmes didn't say anything, it was obvious that he was in a good mood for a period of time afterwards.