what do you think sherlock

Chapter 41 Accident
"I also have a feeling that something is wrong. Speaking of which, this chandelier should not have been installed for a long time, right?" Sherlock folded his hands together, rubbing his hands up and down in front of the tip of his nose.

This is his usual gesture when thinking.

"It seems to be less than a year ago, and it was published in the newspaper before, but if there was negligence during the installation, then the sudden fall should be reasonable, right?" Lestrade asked back.

"As a result, they are usually safe and sound, but something went wrong on the night when His Majesty's crown was exhibited?" Di Renjie said suspiciously.

"I also had this kind of worry just now, but seeing that the crown is safe and sound, I no longer have such doubts." Lestrade explained.

"The workers who installed it at that time should be the same group as the workers who are repairing here now, right?" Sherlock seemed to think of something.

"Yes, there is a special maintenance department in the British Museum. The workers are employed for a long time, and they were even the ones who arranged the exhibition a few days ago."

"That's great," Sherlock turned and walked directly towards the workers who were busy.

"This is him?" Lestrade looked at Di Renjie, and Di Renjie spread his hands and said, "I have found some clues. But all in all, I still suggest that you gather everyone in the rest area first, and don't let them leave the exhibition hall for the time being. "

"Then what reason should I use?"

"After all, it's about Crown. I think everyone can understand the pressure on you, Superintendent?" Di Renjie glanced in Davidson's direction.

Lestrade instantly understood: "Indeed, Her Majesty the Queen is watching us."

Although Queen Victoria didn't know what happened at the scene at all, Lestrade still obtained the support of the other party and Her Majesty the Queen represented by the other party through the conversation with Mr. Davidson.

This successfully brought everyone together in the rest area of ​​the exhibition hall again.

"It can only be delayed for an hour at most, Mr. Watson." Lestrade whispered to Di Renjie.

"No problem, besides, are everyone already here?" Di Renjie asked in a low voice.

"Except for a few people who are still in the bathroom, everyone is already here."

"Including Lady Raglan?"

"Lady Raglan? She seems to be still in the bathroom."

"Then please trouble Mr. Superintendent to go to the bathroom with me." Di Renjie said with a smile.

……

Di Renjie had suspected Mrs. Raglan for a long time. The first time was when the other party participated in the bidding. Although she gave a reason that sounded very legitimate, as the leader of the "group" that did not welcome Mrs. Hudson, she really It's the lack of motivation to do so.

On the other hand, watching Captain Hudson's relics auctioned may be more in line with the mentality of these people.

The other point is the strange behavior of the other party in the center of the stage just now. It is reasonable to find Mr. Davidson as an excuse, but it is full of flaws as before. After all, she can wait for the police to come before asking the police to help. Besides, she is just a The old lady has no first aid ability, so what can she do if she finds it?

Coupled with the current situation...

"Is Mrs. Raglan in the ladies' bathroom?" Di Renjie asked a police officer guarding the door of the bathroom.

"Yes, sir." Seeing that Lestrade was accompanying Di Renjie, the police officer replied very politely.

"About the time?"

"About 10 minutes," the officer confirmed, pulling out his watch.

Di Renjie nodded, and the group waited at the door of the bathroom.

About 5 minutes later, Mrs. Raglan came out of the bathroom, saw Lestrade, and said in surprise:
"Mr. Superintendent, why are you here?"

"Excuse me, Mrs. Raglan, we have something to talk to you about." Lestrade said politely.

"What is it?" Mrs. Raglan frowned slightly.

"Then I'll cut to the chase," Di Renjie looked at Lestrade, Lestrade hesitated, but out of trust in Di Renjie, he still nodded.

"Mrs. Raglan, you took Captain Nolan Hudson's cryptex, right?" Di Renjie asked very frankly.

"What are you kidding?" Mrs. Raglan changed her expression and said in a bad tone.

"I'm not joking, ma'am," Di Renjie said calmly, but there was a strong confidence in his words:

"Do you remember that you participated in the auction for the cryptex just now?"

"What's the matter? That's why you doubt me, sir. I want to remind you that you and Hudson also participated in the auction just now." Mrs. Raglan asked in turn.

"That's true, so the cryptex disappeared, and the three of us are the number one suspects, so we all need to be searched." Di Renjie showed a triumphant smile.

Although he suspected Mrs. Raglan from the beginning, the suspicion was just suspicion, and there was still insufficient evidence at the moment, but it didn't mean that he couldn't do anything at the moment.

Especially in such a situation where the other party has already shown his flaws, he can easily shift the burden of proof to the other party and ask the other party to prove his innocence.

More importantly, in the absence of a hiding place for the other party, once faced with a search, I am afraid that they will immediately...

"Well, I admit, I did take that cryptex just now, but I just don't want it to be left outside,"

To everyone's surprise, Mrs. Raglan took out the cryptex from her pocket very frankly.

"Since I have returned to the original owner, it can be regarded as excusable. Are you and the people of Scotland Yard going to send me to court for this worthless thing?" Mrs. Raglan said The cipher box was thrown to Di Renjie.

The attraction is still there, this is the real thing, Di Renjie quickly judged.

But this made things even more strange. If Mrs. Raglan really just took the cipher box casually, then the fall of the chandelier was really just an accident.

"But I'm afraid you need to explain one more thing," Sherlock's voice suddenly came from the other side:
"I just asked all the maintenance personnel, and they claimed that only you and Mr. Davidson were there during the exhibition hall layout." Sherlock walked to everyone and said:

"In addition, both of you have climbed to the attic on the grounds of security inspections, and the base of the chandelier happened to be installed there. Considering that Mr. Davidson is unlikely to murder himself, we have to think that you are the most suspect. Lady Raglan."

"There is an attic here?" Lestrade asked in surprise.

Di Renjie was also a little surprised, but what surprised him even more was that after getting the cipher box, the mysterious attraction not only did not decrease, but continued to increase, and even had an uncontrollable resonance with the words of his real name in his body. .

Gradually, the words of the people in the ear became no longer clear. Under the trend of an uncontrollable force, Di Renjie felt that his consciousness, after crossing a certain critical point, suddenly descended into a strange space .

However, the term "advent" here is actually not appropriate. Di Renjie thinks that this is more like a layer of mysterious and unknown space spread out in front of him, wrapping him inside.

And the source of all this is the cipher box.

Obviously he was in the museum at the moment, and no one around him noticed anything unusual, but Di Renjie was like this, suddenly and abruptly, he came to another completely different place in an instant.

Here it was day instead of night, in the country instead of London, the sky was blue and the air was clean, save for the faint smell of gunpowder.

There are hills in the distance, and some people seem to be active on the hills, and the grass under their feet is half green and half yellow.

Although he is here, Di Renjie's soul reminds him all the time that this is only what he sees in his mind, and his real body is still in London.

"But it's too real, right?" Di Renjie said with emotion.

"Captain Watson, why are you still here?" A man called Di Renjie from behind.

Di Renjie turned around and saw a handsome officer wearing an old-fashioned British Army uniform, holding a binoculars in one hand and a cryptex in the other. He was riding a horse, looking into the distance.

"He called me Captain Watson, but I don't know him, and I've never been here... Could it be because of the words of my real name? Because it's just a mental memory, they will naturally and reasonably regard me as theirs. companion?"

Di Renjie guessed, but this is not the point right now.

This male officer holds the cipher box in his hand...

"Captain Hudson?" Di Renjie waved tentatively.

"What's the matter, Captain Watson?" said Nolan Hudson.

(End of this chapter)