[Sherlock Holmes] The Legend of the Nightingale

(God's perspective)

"Based on this unnamed tip, we first assume that the outsider came in through the window," said Inspector Jones, Yorkshire Constable, as he circled the house to check the windows. "But I don't see any signs of forced entry. We came in At that time, all the locks were locked from the inside. Dale is always careful and pays attention to safety, and checks the doors and windows every night. No one breaks the window locks through violence."

"And to consider the circumstances under which he should be let in from the house," said Holmes.

"Perhaps, but it is not certain. Mr. Dale himself would never have opened a window for a man who tried to break in through it. Mr. Holmes would have been the only one. Although we should not guess without evidence, we privately Say, I think that's enough. No, of course you can't guess like that. Alicia was also in the house at the time, if you believe her testimony. She was kept on the first floor because Mr. Dale didn't like her in the study. He believed in the big witches, but he didn't like the one with the brains, he didn't really believe she was a witch at all, they just pity her or, I'd say, more likely they believed in morons The nonsense about supernatural powers, so keep her with you. Alicia said that since the two of them entered the bookstore, she had not seen anyone come down the stairs, which means that Mr. Holmes had not come down. I still Believe her, because, if you know the girl, I think she is either stupid, or she is too blind, and her parents are dead and uneducated. As I said, Mr. Holmes, she has no heart to lie. Yes. There is no point in opening a window on the second floor, unless of course the murderer climbed directly to the second floor. We have found no trace of climbing the wall."

"Alicia has remained on the first floor," repeated Holmes, "and has seen neither coming in nor coming down from above, so it is very interesting. Could it be that this gentleman—or lady—has grown up from the study?" Did it come out?"

Detective Jones smiled.He had never thought that Holmes had such a sense of humor.This kind of humor will certainly cause public dissatisfaction, but in fact, in the "non-human profession" of police officers and detectives, such jokes are very popular.The pressure they are under is already too great.

"Are you still willing to consider the possibility that someone was lurking in the study?"

"Of course not, Mr. Detective. The person who did it was standing in front of him and doing it openly. Who can you count on, when two strong middle-aged men, Sherringford and Dale, crawled out from under the desk to commit crimes?" Then get out of the way?"

"Indeed. According to the scene, it was fatal with a single knife, without any fighting process. So many of my colleagues think this proves that the murderer is a person who knows Dale very well and is absolutely unexpected. That's why they think Mr. Holmes is the most suspect."

"Then you don't believe it?"

"Indeed. I've always objected to that."

"You shouldn't guess when you repeat a case, Mr. Detective, but in fact you have mixed a lot of feelings from the beginning." Holmes said casually, looking down at the sofa seat, and then leaning over to take a good look. , and then sit down. "Have you really never thought that the murderer didn't go through the window at all, but came in through the front door?"

"But you have to go through the living room to enter from the main entrance."

"Alicia has been in the living room?"

"She said so herself. To keep her quiet Dale gave her a bunch of cookies and brown sugar. That was the only thing she could absolutely focus on."

"In fact, there is another matter, the watchdog at the Dale house," said Holmes. "The neighbors did not hear the watchdog. Either no stranger entered, or a man as familiar as his master came in." people, did not arouse its vigilance."

"Why so sure? Maybe no one really came in."

"As a matter of fact, sir, I can be sure that at least one person came in. Since she came in through the front door without killing the watchdog or disturbing it, I can almost be sure that someone led her in." Holmes paused here. , looked up at the police detective, this bright look caught Jones for a moment.

"she?"

"no doubt."

"Ah, Mr. Holmes, do you mean you have found a breakthrough?"

"I don't quite believe the tip, Mr. Jones, but it's a different story if the tip suggests we've got a solid lead. I just said, sir, that you're overwhelmed with feeling. You don't think Sheringford was the murderer, as it happens. Correct. The murderer, or one of the murderers, came in through the front door with great care, leaving no marks, and did not break the lock from the outside. You did not check the inside doorknob, which has obvious marks on it, and is not easy to wipe The murderer passed (Holmes used the plural form of the verb without explanation) the drawing room, passed the second floor, and entered the study, without arousing Sherringford's suspicion at all, and we have no way of knowing Dale's reaction at that time. Yes. Sherinford said that no one else came in before he fainted inexplicably. We will answer this question later. The whole process was completed in an instant. The man standing behind the chair had a knife hidden in his hand, and Dale approached Suddenly another person grabbed his hands and the one on the other side moved."

"So... what do you mean?"

"You shouldn't take it for granted, Mr. Detective. Alicia lied. She stayed in the living room because they knew Dale wouldn't let her out of the living room to expand the range of activities. This kid is not familiar with the door lock. It took a little violence, and left some not-so-deep marks on the doorknob. No one in Dale's own family would have gone to such lengths to open the door. I even found light tooth marks on the wood , a small front tooth mark. You can go and see it now, if in doubt, it's still there, and the door won't grow back by itself."

After saying this, Holmes lowered his eyelashes again, looking pensive.Jones laughed again because of what he said just now, went to the door and knelt down to take a closer look around the doorknob.

"Except for Miss Alicia, I can't think of anyone in a house without children who would do this." The detective shook his head helplessly and said, "I can imagine that the person outside the door heard her knocking on the door lock inside." Almost collapsed."

"Being able to order Alicia to do things, I fully believe that she is reliable, and I also know that the local police will definitely exclude this stupid child from the suspects. Mr. Detective, you should also know who it is."

"One of those witches," Jones said gloomily, "it can only be like this. So you are sure there must be a woman among them. Besides, they recently urged Dell to renovate the living room, which may be the preparation stage of the plan, so that the living room Set aside a period of time for them to do it. None of these witches can not alarm the watchdog. More than alarm, none of the watchdogs in North Riding saw them not barking like crazy, even if the owner changed And the dogs don't get used to them so easily."

"That's it."

Holmes blinked lightly and showed no other change of expression, but Jones had clearly sensed the satisfaction he wanted to express.

"It's not over yet, Mr. Holmes. We still have two small problems. The first is the second person you speculated. We still need to exclude one by one from Mr. Dale's close friends. It is not difficult. The trouble is the second one, Sherringford Why did Mr. Holmes lose consciousness before anyone entered the study. According to the current speculation, it should be necessary to eliminate his interference."

"I can only say at present that I have no answer," said Holmes thoughtfully. "But we shall find out. You must have examined their wine?"

"Checked, but it's useless, the rest of the wine is fine."

"leftover?"

"I personally think that the wine has been changed." Jones said, "We found the bottle of wine that was opened and drunk at the scene, and it was the same as the glass in the two people's glasses, but the glass was too clean, even the lip marks None. I think someone poured the old wine and swiped the glass and replaced it with a new one."

"Mr. Detective, you have already thought of this step, have you ever thought about pouring the contents of the cup back into the bottle to see if it can restore a full bottle? People who want to fake this scene generally do not expect to have to Pour out what you've drunk."

Jones put his hand to his forehead resignedly.

"That's right, Mr. Holmes, I think it's stupid too. But now we can only do what we can. I think it is very likely that the murderer tampered with the wine beforehand and took away the bottle and glass after committing the crime. The ones in the house were also disposed of. But this way, at least we can narrow the scope to find the person who both knew Dale and gave him wine. Although, I know, he will definitely hide this matter. "

"As expected, it's nothing. We've already used the 'living room' clue because Alicia is in the living room. We're left with 'under the window' and 'bloodstains'. If the bloodstains aren't clues in the house anymore Well, then the windows don’t necessarily mean the windows of this house.”

Jones sighed long, lowered his head and straightened his cuffs.

"We've checked every window in every room of the house—you've checked it, and there's nothing wrong with it. Where do you think it's going to be?"

"Perhaps we can go to the murderer's house."

"I really want to know one thing, Mr. Holmes," Jones said with a bitter face. "You are a bit too powerful as an insider. You have only been in North Riding for a few days, and now it seems that you know much more than we do. He even knows everything about the murderer's family. If he knows the inside story, why can't he just come out and testify?"

"Because—" Holmes paused, and then went on, "—he can offer no evidence, only a possibility. It is our business to find the real evidence. Is there anyone now, Mr. Inspector?"

"There are a few. Mr. Dale is very popular in the local area. During your absence, the Holmes family has a good relationship with him. But I think we can start with his cousin directly. Because he has been in close contact with that group of witches recently, Everyone is estranged from him a little, only the relatives haven't avoided it. But I think Mr. Graham--"

"We should focus on the investigation." Holmes stopped Jones. "Mr. Detective, you can no longer rely on your feelings. The main reason why this case is stuck at this stage is that all of you have automatically ignored Ali. Sia, a silly boy."

Jones shook his head.

"Mr. Holmes, it is easy to say this to a person you have never met. But it is too difficult to insist on this to an old person or even an old friend you have seen every day for many years. Seriously, Mr. Holmes, you have done it yourself. The case of an acquaintance? Can you imagine... as if you could imagine that Mr. Holmes could really have killed someone? How can we believe that Mr. Graham has any plans for Dale?"

Holmes subconsciously clasped his fingers on his chin, and looked at Jones peacefully, not in a cold but considerate way.

"If it's just about my career, it happened once or twice, Mr. Inspector."

"Oh?"

"A man I know very well is suspected of a crime, or rather, has the possibility of fighting me. At the time I couldn't be sure."

"Then he..."

"she?"

"...Then what happened to this person?"

"She was in the hands of the party I was after, so I let them take me too." Holmes snapped his fingers.

"Then is she a criminal?"

"of course not."

"Oh, Mr. Holmes, did you deduce it, or...?"

"I admit it's a little hard to say. After all, she's me. . . No, Mr. Detective, we're talking too much."

Holmes subconsciously raised his hand and drew an arc in the air. He rested a finger on his lips, silently making a silent gesture.

The author has something to say: There will be an exam and a paper DDL tomorrow, OK, I'm working hard.

☆, New Year's episode

The author has something to say: The promised end of this semester is completely flag, and it seems that there is no end in sight (actually, the author of the current case can’t figure it out), and Christmas and New Year’s Day have nothing to do, and I feel very bleak. Chicken blood stayed up all night and came out.It feels like a little spoiler inside.It is said that twenty-character stalks are not suitable for original character fans, but it is not true just for fun.The good news is that the author finally has something to update, and the bad news is that if it doesn't go well, it may have to rely on the side story for a while...

Officially (and belatedly) Happy New Years everyone!

twenty cross novels

Sherlock Holmes/Angela Nightingale

Adventure

"Nightingale, I assure you this is a pretty good case..."

"Manchester is too busy, ask Watson."

Angst (anxiety)

Holmes, who had just woken up, touched his side.She didn't come back.

Crackfic (fragment)

"Holmes, actually I..."

"I know."

Crime

"We should catch them alive!"

"Sorry, but he drew a gun on you."

Crossover (crossover, The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Holmes takes on the case of the mysterious death of a Mr. Dorian Gray.

Death

"Doctor, if he dares to play again..."

"Maybe it's not fake this time."

Fantasy

The vampire raised his gray eyes to the smiling dark-haired witch.

Fetish

Only a suicidal person would touch Nightingale's amethyst.

FirstTime (first time)

"Ready to beg for mercy, Nightingale?"

"It's not certain who begged for mercy, sir."

Horror

Nightingale received a pair of jewelry made of bones from unknown creatures on his birthday.

Hurt/Comfort

"Won't you forgive me, Nightingale?"

"Of course, because I never blamed you."

Kinky (perverted/eccentric)

Holmes had teeth marks on a sticking plaster on his finger.

Parody (following, line from Hamlet)

"Holmes, don't forget to owe me a ring when you pray."

Smut (please look it up in the dictionary yourself)

Holmes was a little scared that Nightingale was asking him to tie his crony.

Suspense

"Actually, apart from Openshaw, who proposed to me..."

"do not talk."

TimeTravel (time travel)

What Nightingale actually wanted to say was "...there's no one else."

Tragedy

"Sorry I didn't answer you."

Holmes put the ring on the tombstone.

Western (western style)

The nightingale's marksmanship was taught by the man who claimed to have eagle eyes.

GaryStu/MarySue (Popular Lover: Male/Female)

Nightingale: I refuse that.

Holmes: Same as above.

AU (AlternateUniverse, parallel universe plot)

Barber: Otherwise, what do you think I've been doing? !

OOC (OutofCharacter, character deviation)

"Angela, I love you."

"Who are you?"

OFC (OriginalFemaleCharacter, original female character)

Nightingale: Mentally disabled author.

OMC (OriginalMaleCharacter, original male character)

Openshaw had already married someone else.

UST (UnresolvedSexualTension, unresolved...)

"Mrs. Hudson coming back tonight?"

"She's not in London, so you..."

"I'm going back to Manchester."

PWP (Plot, WhatPlot, no plot)

"Ready to beg for mercy, Nightingale?"

"I don't need to say who is begging for mercy every time."

(Fin)