[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Mary mumbled the new clue she had settled on, and went back to sleep.

She solved a big worry and slept very soundly, but she left a word without beginning or end, which made Catherine's heart and lungs full of curiosity.The four Bennet girls tossed and turned all night trying to figure out what Mary meant by the "angel of death".

Early the next morning, Catherine asked impatiently, "Mary, what new story did you think of?"

Mary is busy combing her hair: "Huh?"

Catherine: "What the hell does 'Angel of Death' represent?"

what……

Mary was so sleepy yesterday that she can hardly remember what she said.It was only after Catherine reminded her that she suddenly remembered what happened last night.

"The murderer was a pharmacist," Mary replied.

"Angel of death" is also a unique term in criminal investigation.Such cases are not uncommon all over the world - most of the criminals are medical staff, while most of the victims are orphans, widows and weak who have no ability to act independently.

Angels refer to the fact that such murderers are often people who help others and ease their pain.And such a person who claims to commit murder in the name of benevolence is naturally an angel of death.

Most of the famous angel of death cases in history were nurses who committed crimes.Mary's original plan was also to write about nurses, but later she thought it was not appropriate.

Ms. Nightingale, the founder of nursing, is a contemporaneous person with Mary, and there is no real "nurse" yet.Moreover, most of the nursing majors in the future will be women. First, the villain of "The Check Lady" is a woman. Mary does not plan to write two female villains in a row, which is too shocking in this era; Just started at the beginning of the tenth century, her scientific knowledge is not rich, she can't help much, at least don't hold back and stigmatize a subject and profession that is so important in the future.

So, in the end, Mary positioned the criminal as a pharmacist.

"pharmacist."

After reading so many books, Catherine has more or less experience in novels.She suddenly widened her eyes: "Then it's really convenient for him to murder someone."

The corners of Mary's mouth curled up: "The idea is right, Katie, you can also write now!"

Catherine blushed: "Don't make fun of me."

Choosing a pharmacist does have this part of consideration, of course the other part is... In the Victorian era, not only nursing had just appeared, but even modern medicine had just started.Although more doctors or pharmacists are as kind, upright, and knowledgeable as John Watson, the current professional environment is not standardized, and there are many people who pretend to be fake, and even in remote areas, medicine is still related to alchemy. Draw an equal sign.

Of course, Mary did not discriminate against them. After all, not everyone has the opportunity and conditions to get in touch with scientific knowledge.It's just that people with good intentions are not necessarily smart, while foolish people often do bad things with good intentions.

"So," Catherine boldly guessed, "You said the murderer was an 'angel of death'. Could it be that he went to poison the guilty?"

"how."

Mary teased, "Is poisoning a guilty person a good deed in your eyes?"

This stopped Catherine.

She thought for a long time, but she couldn't think of an answer. She hesitated for a long time, neither letting Mary go, but she didn't know how to answer.The sisters were arguing and talking nonsense, and the grooming action was greatly slowed down, so slow that Lydia and Irene, who got up early, couldn't help but come over to see what was going on.

"Breakfast is about to be served," Erin urged, "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

"Eileen!"

Catherine stood up as if she saw a rescuer, and grabbed Irene's sleeve and didn't let go: "Mary is telling me the idea of ​​her new story. Let me ask you, if the murderer in the next story poisoned A guilty person, is he guilty or innocent?"

Ms. Irene Adler is not a naive and lovely country girl. When she heard this question, she was startled at first, and then looked at Mary.

"I know," she smiled, "in Katie's mind, killing a guilty person may be a very happy thing."

Catherine, who was talking about the central matter, smiled embarrassedly, and then said, "That's right. I read a lot of detective novels, and the murderers are clearly guilty, but they can't be arrested. I'm so angry."

Lydia: "But killing a criminal is also killing."

Catherine: "So I don't know, guilty or not."

"In my opinion," Irene concluded, "chivalry is certainly very satisfying, but it is also a violation of the law. Since our society operates according to the law, everyone should follow the law. Killing criminals is also killing, and should be Act according to the law. Otherwise, wouldn't life be messed up?"

"Luther thinks so too." Mary nodded.

Moreover, Philip Luther, who was shaped by the three stories, was upright and full of principles. He was not a good-tempered person. Although he would not get angry and act arrogant in most cases, he was also a person who would not back down.

Luther not only felt that it was a crime to kill a sinner, but he even felt that people who claimed to be above the law, acting on behalf of God, and adjudicating the life and death of others were very hateful.

"The next story," Mary explained, "I'm going to write about Philip Luther's resignation. The Angel of Death is the case in which he left the police station."

Catherine's eyes lit up when she heard this, and then she became confused.

"But," Catherine asked rhetorically, "You wrote in "The Check Lady" that Detective Luther had a conflict with his boss, but since Luther believes that the 'Angel of Death' is guilty, the police department cannot back down."

"Yes."

Mary smiled: "Let me give you another hypothesis, Katie. A heinous murderer is about to die in front of your eyes. Only you can save him. Will you save him or not?"

Catherine: "Of course I am..."

She spoke halfway and got stuck.Because this involves the previous problem again.

Only the law can declare a person guilty or innocent. As a policeman, even if he wants the criminal to die, but out of his duty, he should save the criminal in crisis, and then personally send him to court.

"Luther was not saved."

Mary said calmly: "And he couldn't be saved under the watchful eyes of everyone."

This also means that no matter who the criminal is, what the purpose of the crime is, how the specific plot unfolds, and what kind of public opinion and twists and turns will appear in the story, the final result is that Philip Luther let himself go because of his personal emotions. A living person died in front of him.

"It made a lot of people suspect that he was also a personal enforcer," Mary said, "and even suspected that he killed criminals."

And such a plot is enough for Philip Luther to have a conflict with his boss.

Mary directly threw out the most noteworthy plot of the story, and Catherine's attention was naturally diverted.

In the face of Philip Luther's choice, who is the angel of death? Whether he murders the sick and the elderly like the murderer in the future case example, or pours meth into the throat of the villain he judges to be "guilty", for Catherine It doesn't matter anymore.She showed an anxious expression: "Luther must have been wronged!"

Mary: "Can you deny that he really wanted the criminal dead?"

Catherine didn't seem to accept this very much, but she couldn't find any rebuttals, and after struggling for a long time, she finally just muttered: "It's all the fault of Editor-in-Chief Hall, who insisted on writing a murder case, and it was so heavy once it was written. "

But things related to life are very heavy.

Mary can understand why Catherine complained out loud. The narcissistic Pluto in "The King of Carnival" and the dramatic scenes make the whole story look romantic; Dezeen was at a disadvantage, but he didn't seem to be at a disadvantage when his opponent was a beautiful woman.

And the story of "The Lady with a Check" has not yet ended, and Mary decided to return to the cold and solemn style of the original creation of the next story, with the style of moral judgment, and the reading experience is very different.

But, Mary thinks that Editor-in-Chief Hall's suggestion is right.

So Mary smiled and said, "I think it's a good thing to return to the original creative thinking."

Not to mention anything else, if too many stories with a similar style are written, the author himself will get fatigued. After "The King of Carnival", Mary did not write a new story for a long time. The main reason was that she was busy with the Illuminati case, but she would not deny that she really didn't have any stories in particular that she wanted to write at that time.

This feeling became even stronger after the completion of "The Lady with a Check": after two serials with similar styles, Mary was already at her fingertips, but she was not so enthusiastic in writing.

Editor-in-chief Hall suggested that she return to the style of "Serial Killer Chess Game", which gave Mary a lot of inspiration.At least when considering the specific plot of Angel of Death, she vaguely felt that she had let go of a heavy burden.

Not to mention, Mary didn't want the Philip Luther story to be synonymous with "fun."In Mary's view, it is very important for the author to develop the fields and themes that he wants to express.

"Ok."

Seeing that Mary was in high spirits, Catherine had no choice but to give up.But thinking about it, in this way, proved that Mary herself was very satisfied with the idea of ​​the new story, and she cheered up again.

"As long as you like it," Catherine said expectantly, "If the author likes it, it must be a good story."

"The next thing I have to think about is how to create it," Mary said.

For the next period of time, even though Moriarty was by her side, Mary was idle instead.Under the guidance of Irene, the three Bennet sisters finally had the opportunity to take a good tour of Paris.

Paris at the end of the 21th century and Paris in the [-]st century are both extremely similar and quite different.The Eiffel Tower has just been completed, and there is no shadow of the glass pyramid, which makes Mary feel very novel.

As for Catherine and Lydia, they are even more curious about everything in Paris.

The completely different architectural style and local customs from London opened the eyes of the two sisters. More importantly, in comparison, the upper class in Paris is less restrained.Irene made up for missing an appointment at the earl's party salon because of the murder in the theater.At the same time, he fulfilled his promise and introduced Mr. Poirot and the Bennet girls to the guests of the salon.

And it wasn't until this time that Mary finally got the chance to meet Viscount Raul, the male lead in the original "Phantom of the Opera", who was really in love with Miss Christine.

There are not many English speakers in the salon, but fortunately, several ladies have been to London. Their broken English and Mary's broken French can barely help Catherine and Lydia communicate with others.But no amount of language barrier can stop the enthusiasm of women for beautiful clothes - especially Parisian ladies.As soon as they heard that Lydia had designed a lot of beautiful clothes for the noble ladies in London, no matter whether they could communicate or not, as soon as they heard the word "clothes", they all started chattering.

This was a pain for Mary, she suddenly felt as if she had entered the listening stage of the language level test, and her mind was full of different levels of French, which made Mary dizzy, and Catherine and Lydia basically didn't understand French. When he retreated and was about to ask Irene for help, a young man holding back a smile made the rescue in time.

"What's the matter, ladies," he said in French, "I'll translate it for you."

After finishing speaking, he looked curiously at the three sisters of the Bennet family, and changed into fairly standard English: "Are you friends of Christine?"

"Viscount Raul!"

A luxuriously dressed woman smiled and said, "You are still so considerate."

Viscount Raul?

After a pause, Mary looked squarely at the kind young man beside her.

Originally, Mary thought that Viscount Raul did not exist in this world—"Miss Christine" has become Irene Adler, and even married Phantom in secret. It would not surprise Mary if there is any magic transformation .

But this Viscount Raul...

Mary took a quick look at him: tall, handsome, with a smile on his face, he looked friendly and enthusiastic, and she even called Irene 'Christine', which looked the same as in the original book.

But, is he destined not to be able to pursue Irene?