big devil holmes

Chapter 9 Research on Scarlet Characters ([-])

"Actually, it's quite simple to deduce these things." He walked to the corpse again, and grabbed one of the arms of the female corpse: "Look, the whole arm is as hard as a wooden stick, and it is slightly bent to the outside. This is not rigor rigor." , but a sign that the armpit tendon has been severed, which can completely disable the arm of the corpse.”

As he said that, he pointed to the legs of the corpse as if nothing had happened: "The same method was used to cut off the inner muscle group of the lower limbs. In this way, the deceased was completely paralyzed on the ground, and the murderer could not struggle even if the murderer dissected him slowly. There was no way to scream because the murderer used a hook through the larynx to destroy the vocal cords and glottis of the deceased."

His tone is the same as chattering, but between the lines can express a kind of extreme despair and pain.

"And this method is a long-standing beef eating method in Rochester town."

"How to eat beef?" Catherine couldn't help but wonder again.

"That's right, in order to ensure the freshness of the meat, that's how their people handle the live cattle. While cutting the meat, they use the juice of the scorpion flower to stop the bleeding. It was banned by local councilors in the name of cruelty to animals. It’s really nosy. But if you want to try it, I can introduce you to a few good underground restaurants, but they are a bit expensive.” Sherlock smiled at Catherine Said.

"Focus on your case!"

"Okay." Sherlock continued: "Anyway, the murderer is so skillful, it must not have been practiced in a day or two. If the arteries under the brachial plexus are broken, the victim will lose blood and die soon. , the murderer has extremely patient experience in this, and probably takes pleasure in it;
However, those underground restaurants in London cannot provide the required environment for this kind of training. The murderer should have his own way, or simply raise large livestock by himself. I prefer the latter because it is more secretive. It can stop bleeding very well, but long-term contact will cause skin itching and hair loss. A close-fitting cotton shirt can effectively relieve this itching.

There is also the mouth of the deceased. As I said just now, the murderer destroyed the glottis, because there is an obvious tear mark in the mouth. You should know that when the glottis is destroyed, the hook needs to be pressed down, right? , it is difficult to achieve that angle without opening your mouth. "

No one responded to him, maybe he didn't keep up with the speed of speech, or who would know such a thing.

Sherlock didn't care about it, and the speed of speaking actually sped up: "In short, during the autopsy process, the deceased's face became extremely distorted due to the pain and tearing of the mouth, but after that, the murderer took the trouble to distort his face little by little. Facial muscles are back to normal.

As I said, it was about five or six o'clock in the morning, and the murderer still insisted on finishing the job at this time, probably because he had some kind of obsession with the face of a beautiful woman, similar to 'an unattractive woman does not deserve to be seen by me. Kill 'this kind, even at the expense of leaving witnesses for it.

Such a person, if his family background is better, he must often invite beautiful women to have fun at home. This is a vulgar solution. The more elegant solution is to collect some portraits of beautiful women. I even think that he himself may be very good at painting. , Anyway, it can satisfy this hobby, and it can be brought to the table. These two methods are the most common. "

"But what you said has no evidence at all, it's just wishful thinking." Catherine seemed to want to refute the other party.

"I didn't say I have evidence." Sherlock smiled: "This is just the most reasonable speculation at this stage. You might as well work hard in this direction. I don't think you are the kind who have to have convincing evidence. It's just the guy who catches people.

Oh, by the way, the murderer’s right ribs were injured, which I can be sure of, because there were obvious contusion marks on the sternum incision of the corpse, his arms would tremble a little when he made fine lateral movements, and his muscles were sticking together. "

Sherlock gestured for a knife to cut something.

This long explanation actually contains a lot of content, but the time it takes to say it is very short, only about 1 minute.

Sherlock just used a clear tone, but speeded up three times, pouring it all out in one breath with no regard for others' feelings; it was as if he didn't want people to follow his train of thought and sigh for it, just Treat this kind of reasoning and analysis ability as a very rare and common thing.

That's right, detectives, it's reasonable to have some reasoning ability, just stay at the scene of the crime for a while, and get a panoramic view of all the information that can be inferred. This ability is not worth showing off and commending.

But the crowd around them didn't seem to think so.

For example, Catherine, her expression changed from indifferent and cold at the beginning to contemplation, and finally became very wonderful;
As for Deacon Badr, who had been standing silently, his expression also changed back and forth between frowning and stretching.
To be honest, this was a bit beyond Sherlock's expectation.

Because according to his inherent impression of the group of people in the Judgment Division, he thought they were the kind of bloody combatants who only needed to know the murderer's name to carry out brutal pursuits. Unexpectedly, they would listen to his own inferences carefully.

Even at the end, he nodded slightly, which showed that he had followed his train of thought, and after digesting a lot of information, he gave an affirmative statement.

Instead, it was the young sheriff outside the alley, wrapped in steam armor, with a dazed expression, just opening his mouth wide.

"Judging from the scene, it can only be speculated to this extent, so I said, I am no longer needed here." Sherlock finally brought the topic back to the beginning: "Then I will put some Taking the solved doubts home and thinking about it slowly is the most helpful behavior at this moment."

Catherine hesitated for a moment, looked back and forth between the corpse on the ground and Sherlock several times, and finally landed on the face of Deacon Baldr, just paused for a few seconds, as if reading the book of the bereaved wife. human mind.

After a while, she slowly said:

"Remember, you still have less than 20 hours. If you succeed, you will naturally be thanked by the church, but if you fail, you will also be punished."

"Punishment?" Sherlock's tone didn't have much doubt: "With all due respect, you have given such harsh conditions to solve the case. In fact, it is reasonable to find the murderer. Why is there still punishment?"

"Stress will make people more focused on work." Catherine gave such a sentence lightly.

This shows that she knows that these requests are unreasonable, but she doesn't care, and there is no need for any reason to punish a civilian. In fact, Sherlock feels that if he stabs himself at this moment, the murderer can show up. , then the people here will chop themselves to death without hesitation.

However, such an unreasonable behavior, even close to disregarding human life, seemed so reasonable to everyone.

Because this is a crushing gap in the social structure, so that it completely surpasses other factors such as ethics; no one will question why the clergy of the church chop an innocent person to death with a knife, just like walking If you step on a weed, no one will care whether that weed is sentenced to death.

Of course, Sherlock must be too lazy to judge the pros and cons of this kind of social level. He is just an ordinary detective, so he smiled politely:

"Then can you ask me to take me home in a carriage, the lower town, Baker Street. It's quite far away."

(End of this chapter)