[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Chapter 123

"Shadows of the Illuminati - Blackwood and His Cult Rooted in the Underground of the British Empire"

The day after Blackwood's hanging, the Times carried a report by reporter Franz Harvey.

As Mary thought, Mr. Harvey's report did not stick to helping Mary "wash the ground", but dutifully restored the truth of the whole case.

From Nancy's death to the end of Blackwood's trial, the reporter used his sharp pen to concisely present all the schemes and crimes of the Illuminati.And in addition to the part that Mary participated in, Mr. Harvey also exposed the corruption and embezzlement of public funds among the members of the Illuminati.

It can be known from this that he not only interviewed Mary, but also interviewed other people related to the case.

The news report occupies an entire page, but after all, the space is limited, and Philip Luther's identity exposure is just a passing sentence as Blackwood's despicable revenge after the incident.The name of Mary Bennet, more as a private detective, participated in the investigation of the case.

Mr Harvey did not describe the dangers she encountered in pursuing the case, but he did describe Blackwood's brutal cult experiments.

Which means, Mary's family, finally understands who she's been up against for the past few months.

Before that, Jane and Elizabeth knew even less than Catherine and Lydia.They knew that Blackwood might not be a good person, but Blackwood's plot never came to light. For the two Bennet sisters, what the third sister Mary did in London was basically the same as what she did in Milton. Almost done.

Although it is not decent to run on the street, she is happier than in the countryside.Jane has a good temper and can tolerate her nonsense, while Elizabeth looks at Mary's radiant eyes and endures the words of lessons.

However, this kind of "magnanimity" and "concession" has a bottom line.

Just like enlightened parents may not mind their children loving video games, but if their children want to become an e-sports player, this is another matter entirely.

writing?It's not a bad thing that she can make money by herself; solve the case?Mary doesn't like to socialize and runs a lot. Doesn't she know a lot of decent people?

To solve the case to the end, it is very likely to take your own life in it?This completely exceeded the expectations of the two sisters, especially Elizabeth.

As soon as the "Times", which published the full report, was published, Elizabeth came to her door that afternoon.

The second sister of the Bennet family has not yet had the opportunity to visit Serpentine Street.As Mrs. Darcy, she has just arrived in London, so naturally there are a lot of social entertainment waiting for her.And when Elizabeth finished her work, the progress of the case of the Illuminati came to the most urgent time.Elizabeth didn't know what Mary was busy with, but she knew what Mary was doing seriously, and it was best not to disturb her.

But now, after knowing the ins and outs of the whole case, no matter how busy Mary was, Elizabeth still had to catch up.

"what's wrong with you?!"

As soon as she entered the door, Elizabeth glared at Catherine, who wanted to rush over happily, and Lydia, who was gloating at the side, and then looked directly at Mary: "Are you crazy, Mary, you didn't tell me about such a big thing?!"

Mary: "Hey."

"stop laughing?"

Seeing that Mary still had a cheeky smile, and wanted to fool her away, Elizabeth immediately became angry: "Dad is so right, your mind is full of weird ideas, and you are no better than Lydia. Where are you going—even Lydia has more sense than you!"

Lydia immediately became unhappy: "Teach her as soon as you teach her a lesson. Why did you drag me?"

Elizabeth: "Shut up, I will settle the account with you two later."

Mary: "..."

Well, seeing Elizabeth's delicate face painted with blush, Mary knew she was really angry.

On weekdays, Elizabeth seldom gets really angry. When encountering unsatisfactory things, she will ridicule and dismiss them.But it's rare to show real anger like this.

But Mary also understood why Elizabeth was so angry.

Before Elizabeth was married, Mary had a particularly good relationship with her.If the friendship between sisters is indifferent, it's fine if they don't contact each other after they get married.Now Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are in London, which means that Mary is "getting into trouble" under her nose.If something happened to her, how should the two married sisters explain to their parents?

The angrier she got, the more it proved that Elizabeth really cared about Mary's safety.

"Let me talk to Lizzie alone," Mary said to Catherine and Lydia, not wanting to embarrass herself in front of the other two younger sisters, "Can you go to Irene's house first?"

Catherine: "... Lizzie, don't be angry..."

Elizabeth: "You also want to stay and listen to my anger?"

Catherine: "Hmm."

Lydia, who wanted to watch a good show, stood up uninterestedly.She pulled Catherine up and walked out the door, but when she got to the door, she couldn't help but look back at Mary worriedly.

After the two little sisters of the Bennet family left, Mary walked cautiously to Elizabeth's side: "Good Lizzie, don't be angry, it's so inappropriate for you to be angry."

Elizabeth: "Do you still have the face to say so?"

"You can scold me if you scold me," Mary murmured softly, holding Elizabeth's hand. "It would be too much to say I look like Lydia doing something stupid."

"You are worse than her," Elizabeth snorted coldly. "Even if Lydia and Wickham eloped back then, the worst result would be a ruined reputation, but at least she is still alive! Mary, in case you have Three long and two short, have you thought about your family?"

Of course she thought about it!

But in the face of the safety of more innocent people, what is the life of one person?It's not that Mary is such a holy mother and so selfless, she has no interest in risking her life, but the risk and reward are often directly proportional.

Blackwood's every move was flawless, and there were countless dignitaries among them that even Mr. Mycroft could not touch.Throughout the case until the end, Blackwood was almost flawless.The only flaw is that Mary knows well that he has ghosts in his heart, and inviting herself to the party is just a false excuse.

She knew she was in danger, she knew she might die, but how could she not do it when the situation reached a point where only Mary could catch it?

Blackwood had her eye on her, so she had to go.The same goes for going down the underground palace. Even if Mary shrinks back and does not take the initiative to step into the secret passage of the study, she will definitely not be able to leave Blackwood's mansion that night.Instead of being tied into an underground prison by the Illuminati, she went in by herself and discovered those hell-like scenes for herself, which somewhat preserved her human dignity.

Is Mary afraid? She is almost going crazy from the hallucinations. How can she not be afraid?

What drives her decision, and the belief that she can get out alive is trust.

She trusted Mr. Holmes and the Scotland Yard officers to find her, and they did.After Blackwood's underground experiment was exposed, Mr. Mycroft had the opportunity to investigate the income and expenditure of the government department, so as to find out all the members of the Illuminati in one fell swoop.

I thought about the situation of being in distress, but being in distress was not enough to stop Mary from investigating.

"Lizzie, don't be angry."

But Mary wouldn't tell Elizabeth that, especially what she'd been through.The mere fact that the report succinctly summed up all of Blackwood's brutal acts as homicide was enough to alarm Elizabeth.If she knew that she had been sitting in a pool of blood for a whole night, Elizabeth would be mad.

"I, I'm not fine," Mary stroked Elizabeth's chest and fanned her, "I'm just helping to track down the clues, and I didn't fight the gangsters, you can rest assured, detectives from Scotland Yard The boss took good care of me, and he sent a full four police officers to protect our safety."

Seeing her desperately ingratiating actions, Elizabeth felt like she was teaching a wrong puppy.My third younger sister circled around her, blinking her eyes, full of flattery and flattery, she almost hugged Elizabeth's thigh and didn't let go.

Elizabeth would have liked Mary to be tougher.

As the sister who has the best relationship with Mary, Elizabeth knows her temper all too well.If Mary retorted stiffly, it proved that she didn't feel that she had done anything wrong at all, and she could still be called a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.And her current stance of being subdued and flattering means that Mary knows the consequences of her adventure, and she knows that something may happen to her!

Knowing and still doing it, it made Elizabeth even more angry and distressed.

"In this case," Elizabeth sighed, "perhaps it was a mistake to meet Mr. Holmes at that time."

"This has nothing to do with Mr. Holmes." Mary was a little anxious when she heard that.

"Without him," Elizabeth said, "no matter how unhappy you are, you are still an unmarried girl living a comfortable life, Mary! Not only does he not protect you from danger, he even indirectly leads you to touch danger. In my eyes, Mr. Holmes is not as good as Wei Wei." Where's Kem?"

"Lizzie!"

Mary was also a little angry: "You are going too far!"

Elizabeth: "..."

The resolute Mary Bennet let go of Elizabeth's arm.She frowned, her back was straight, and her eyes, which were so courteous and coquettish just now, were astonishingly bright.

Elizabeth suddenly felt that such a Mary was so strange.

Mary of Longbourne, playful, coquettish, full of ghostly thoughts, but always sullen.She doesn't like to socialize, doesn't like to communicate. She spends her days studying and reading. She is still alive and kicking at home, and immediately enters a state of autism when she goes out. Even if she opens her mouth, what she says is the truth that everyone doesn't care about.

No gentleman liked a lady who was unsociable and contemptuous of others, and Elizabeth was often worried about Mary in those days.

Mary, who had been expected to come out of Longbourne, would have changed--she had changed, and Elizabeth had scarcely known her.Mary Bennet is no longer the humble squire's daughter. She writes and publishes newspapers, and even social figures on the other side of the ocean have introduced the characters in her works as confidantes; .

By the standards of Elizabeth's perception, Mary's behavior was completely beyond the scope of decency.If she goes on like this, no one will dare to marry her, but did she do something wrong?

Could it be that helping the government solve the case and attracting attention to the work became Mary's mistake instead?

Her sister's eyes seemed to be burning with flames, and Elizabeth suddenly realized what exaggerated words she had just said.

Elizabeth, who was always sober and assertive, suddenly became a little confused.

"Lizzie," seeing Elizabeth's complicated expression, Mary immediately withdrew her firm posture, stuck to her second sister again, and said stickily, "Don't talk about Sherlock like that. He has been protecting me. I will deal with the case. Can't reveal too much, but I won't lie to you."

Elizabeth: Sherlock?

The elder sister was alert immediately: "You called Mr. Holmes' name?!"

Is this worth it?When she first entered the door, Elizabeth, who was still full of plans to ask questions, immediately smelled something unusual.Her focus suddenly changed: "Mary, what is the relationship between you and the detective now?"

Mary: "..."

Obviously it doesn't matter, but Elizabeth asked in this tone, and Mary suddenly felt that her relationship with the detective had gone far away.

"Don't look at me like that," she blushed, "it's just because of playing the tune."

Elizabeth: ? ? ?

The second sister was still in a daze, and Mary had no choice but to add: "Mr. Sherlock played a violin sonata for me."

Elizabeth: "...so?"

Mary: "It's a piece by Brahms."

Elizabeth: "I'm not as keen on classical music as you are, Mary."

"Well," recalling the scene that night, Mary's face turned red, "it's the song Brahms wrote for Clara, whom he had a crush on for a long time."

Speaking of this, Elizabeth immediately understood everything.

Sherlock Holmes played a sonata for her sister, borrowing the musician's affection to pour out his heart to Mary?

Had it not been for Mary's bright red cheeks and coquettish posture, Elizabeth would almost have thought she had heard wrong—Holmes?Really?That Mr. Sherlock Holmes who was silent and indifferent, whose light-colored pupils were filled with the words Do Not Enter, as if he had cut off all human emotions?

Hearing this, the anger in Elizabeth's heart disappeared in an instant.

——Isn’t the reason for worrying about Mary’s safety and reputation?And if Mr. Holmes is married to Mary, he will protect her safety, let alone worry about his reputation.And it also explained all of Elizabeth's doubts before, and... wait.

Elizabeth suddenly realized: "It's all like this, Mr. Holmes hasn't proposed yet?"

Mary: "..."

No wonder Elizabeth was surprised. In the Victorian period, it was not popular for unmarried men and women to fall in love freely. It is not surprising that men and women completed the process from acquaintance to marriage proposal within a few weeks.Now it is obvious that the two are in love with each other, but it is really strange that Mr. Holmes has not expressed anything for a long time.

But Mary didn't want to marry so early.

"Mr. Sherlock probably thinks that Professor Moriarty is still out," Mary retorted for Holmes, "The professor is his worst enemy, and it is an irresponsible choice to marry without a strong enemy. And I also I don't think this is the time."

Professor Moriarty was one thing, Mary's own situation was another.

If possible, she still hopes that she can ensure financial independence before marrying someone else.Although Sherlock Holmes would not care about the amount of Mary's dowry, as far as Mary is concerned, no matter who her future husband is, this is her bottom line-a bottom line that cannot be compromised by a 21st century comer.

Regardless of this point of view, Mary does not want to drag Holmes back financially.

But it's another matter when these words fall into Elizabeth's ears: "So you still want to take risks with him?!"

Mary: "..." Why did the topic come back again!

Fortunately, after learning about Mary's relationship situation, Elizabeth was completely calm.She just took a deep look at Mary helplessly: "I can't control you anymore, crazy girl. But mom and dad are going to come to London in a few days, you are a 'big shot' now, figure out how to get past mom and dad ?"

Mary: "..."

So I managed to pass the level of Elizabeth, but it turned out to be just a warm-up before the game, right?

Thinking of her mother, Mrs. Bennet's character, Mary immediately felt dizzy several times.

The author has something to say: Mary: Sherlock is not such a person!

Elizabeth: Alert.jpg

And a girl said before that the song that Brahms had a crush on was too emotional and not suitable for Lao Fu.Let me talk about my thoughts.

The first thing to explain is that the synaesthesia reaction in the setting is the most real and subconscious thought of the person, that is to say, this layer of feeling is not controlled by reason.The second is what the girls have discussed in the comments before, and I agree with a point of view: that is, assuming that Mary is just an ordinary girl, and Lao Fu still likes her (the Mary here can be replaced by anyone who is impossible to be the same as Lao Fu. Ms.), out of various considerations, Lao Fu would sit by the fireplace and silently bless her for marrying someone else.Although it's funny and tragic, I think this is Holmes' truest reaction to feelings-that is, he doesn't believe in feelings, and he doesn't think he can have a lover.So on this level, it is reasonable for Lao Fu's feelings = to sit by the fireplace and silently bless the beloved lady to marry someone else.Rounding it up is Brahms' feelings for Clara!

Of course, instinctive reactions belong to instinctive reactions. Is Lao Fu the kind of person who believes in instinct?Is Mary an ordinary girl!This assumption of subconscious response does not exist, so synesthesia songs belong to synesthesia songs, and Lao Fu's actual actions belong to actual actions, there is no contradiction!