novelraw Chapter 143 Detective is not easy to do 01
Chapter 143 Detective is not easy to do 01
In previous years, the Gardners left London for Longbourne to spend Christmas with the Bennet family.This year, the eldest daughter and the second daughter of the Bennet family got married one after another, and the other three daughters all settled in London. In addition, Mrs. Bennet missed her daughter and was unwilling to go back early, so Mr. Bennet and Mr. Gardner held a big fight decided to stay in London for Christmas and New Year.
After the New Year passed, the Bennets had to leave—Longbourne was not a big economically prosperous village, but it was still a piece of land. As a squire, Mr. Bennet still had to go back to manage it.
Without Mrs. Bennet's nagging and "shocking words" for a while, and with Irene leaving in a hurry, her parents were away, and her best friend came home, Mary still felt a little out of place.
Fortunately, Catherine and Lydia were still there, and the Serpentine Street was still noisy.Of course, what's more important is that in January of the new year, Mary's new series will come out soon.
The sample issues of "Seashore Magazine" in previous months were all brought to Mary by the editor-in-chief of Hall. It was no surprise in the first month of the new year, but the people who came to deliver the magazines were far beyond Mary's expectations.
The doorbell of the apartment rang early in the morning, and Mary and her two sisters had just had breakfast.She opened the door, and what she saw was Franz Harvey, Philip Luther's first number one "fan", the reporter who was responsible for reporting the whole story of the Illuminati.
After his previous visit, he reported at length on the crimes committed by Blackwood and his organization, and then plunged into the working-class districts of London to promote Milton's series of factory reforms.
It's been a while, he's still so informal, and even living in the working district for a long time, Mary thinks he's more exaggerated than when he first came to London - especially the messy black hair and shirts that haven't been ironed, Harvey reporter Also like a worker, with a towel tied around his wrist, the style is extraordinarily...uninhibited.
As soon as he saw Mary, he immediately smiled and grabbed his hat: "Ms. Mary, good morning, Hall invited me to deliver samples."
"Good morning, Mr. Harvey."
Surprise is nothing but surprise, but Mary still welcomes the reporter.She stepped aside to open the door, and couldn't help but said with a smile: "In the world, the only editor-in-chief Hall is asking the reporter of "The Times" to run errands again and again."
After taking his seat, Mr. Harvey laughed out loud: "I'm not at a loss, at least I saw the serialization in advance."
It has always been Mr. Harvey's style to get straight to the point.Seeing him going straight to the point, Mary couldn't help being curious: "Since you have read the series, sir, are you satisfied with the story this time?"
"I don't want to talk about whether you are satisfied or not," Mr. Harvey said enthusiastically. "I'm really curious about where your ideas come from, Miss Mary. From workers to circuses to financial fraud, let alone writing, Just a flash of inspiration, ordinary authors can still understand if they choose one of the three, but your thinking can go so far.”
Generally speaking, the author's thinking is closely related to his own experience.Even the unconstrained science fiction writers develop their ideas based on the scientific knowledge that the author is exposed to on a daily basis.Strictly speaking, Mary is not an exception—she was a country gentleman’s daughter who grew up in the southern countryside during the Victorian period, but she still has a time-traveling identity.
The completely irrelevant creative idea is based on the premise that Mary has a basic understanding of famous crimes and legendary figures in later generations.
But Mr. Harvey didn't know that Mary had memories of the future. He could only attribute these inspirations to Mary's clever mind, so he sighed.
The point is, Mary can't confess either.
The guilty feeling of being praised by Mr. Harvey as "Dostoevsky style" has returned, and Mary has to change the subject: "Not to mention whether you are satisfied or not, that is to say... you don't like it very much, sir. the story?"
Mr. Harvey looked serious, and hurriedly waved his hands: "I didn't mean that! Just because you dared to let a widow tease the entire police station, such a bold idea is enough to arouse people's curiosity, Miss Mary."
After finishing speaking, he added rather displeasedly: "This guy Hall still cut off the story at the key point, and he also told me that "The Check Lady" is too long, and I have to endure his business methods four more times." , a full four times!"
Mary: "..."
It seems that Sherlock Holmes is not the only one harmed by the editor-in-chief's broken chapters, Mary can't laugh or cry.
"Beautiful Check" is indeed long, and it is the longest novel written by Mary.Because the length is nearly [-] words, the editor-in-chief Hall waved his hand and divided the series into five issues.
As soon as she heard that editor-in-chief Hall cut off the story again at a key point, Mary had an idea in mind.
She opened "Beach Magazine" and saw the serial ending of "The Check Lady", which was exactly what she expected.
The story of "The Check Lady" takes place after "The King of Carnival".Because of Pluto's grand performance and the capture of the gang trying to steal the "Mona Lisa", Philip Luther became even more famous.As soon as he returned to London, various newspaper reporters and good people came to his door one after another. If Mrs. Luther was still there, she would be able to deal with him as a delicate and transparent person, but now there is only Detective Luther left. He was harassed I was so annoyed by it, I couldn't move left and right, so I just picked up my luggage again and ran to the south for a real vacation.
However, Philip Luther was not an idle temper.The pace of life in the southern countryside is slow and the atmosphere is extremely peaceful. There are no bars, busy workers and shops. Luther felt that he could not lie down after lying down in the country for less than three days.Luther wrote a letter to a friend in London with a seemingly casual accent, and he spent nearly a week impatiently before receiving a telegram from the London Police Department: "There is a case, come back quickly."
——It's not that he can't stay and go back by himself!
After receiving the telegram, Luther immediately packed his things and returned to London to find Detective Wilson who sent him the telegram.
Before Philip Luther met Mrs. Luther, he was also a London policeman with high efficiency in solving crimes.At that time, they were young and energetic, and Luther and Detective Wilson were about the same age. The two had always been in a competitive relationship when they first met, and they often confronted each other.But as they got older, the two got married one after another, and the tit-for-tat turned into sympathy, and instead became friends.
Later, Luther resigned angrily because of a conflict with the people at Scotland Yard because of a major case, and became a private detective.Detective Wilson rose step by step and sat in a position where the weight was light.But this did not affect the friendship between the two. On the contrary, because Luther is not a role within the system, Detective Wilson and Detective Wilson have the resources that the Scotland Yard police should have. Many cases.
When we met again this time, Detective Wilson couldn't help bursting out laughing when he saw Luther: "I made a bet with my old colleagues when I went to the South for vacation. If you can stay for two weeks, they will buy me a drink. But please be sure—you really don't think you can spend your time in the country, Luther? What do you think!"
Luther: "..."
Seeing the old friend was very speechless, Detective Wilson didn't push his nose and face. He just smiled and patted Luther on the shoulder: "Since your purpose is to avoid reporters and gossip, it's better to go abroad than to go to the country. I There just happens to be a case involving multiple countries here, would you like to take a look?"
Luther and Detective Wilson have dealt with each other for decades, so they naturally understand that there is no such simple good thing.He raised his eyebrows indifferently: "Cases involving multiple countries, is it your turn to be in charge of Scotland Yard?"
"It's really not my turn," said Detective Wilson. "It's just that there are many countries including Great Britain. Of course, what he does in England is under the supervision of Scotland Yard - besides, it's not my turn to take care of overseas affairs, you It is not a matter of course for private detectives to take care of it."
"So that's how it is," Luther finally seized the opportunity to fight back, and he nodded seriously, "So Scotland Yard has now been reduced to hiring private detectives."
"Scotland Yard won't hire you," said Inspector Wilson, neither angrily, "but the bankers and capitalists who lost their money would love to hire you."
Banks and capitalists?
Having said that, Detective Luther understood roughly: "It's still a financial case."
Only then did Detective Wilson restrain his smile: "To be precise, it is a transnational financial case."
Because of the cooperative relationship, Detective Wilson was responsible for the middleman first, allowing Luther to contact the capitalists who opened the bank first.After learning that Detective Wilson had invited Philip Luther, the victim naturally agreed to hire him to investigate the case without saying a word, and then Detective Wilson handed over the file to Luther.
After getting the file, Philip Luther finally knew why Detective Wilson had handed over the case to himself.
The case mainly involved a number of banks in the UK and the US, and even several private banks in Europe were involved.In short, it is necessary to investigate, not only a transnational problem, but also dealing with multiple banks and capitalists, not to mention the local government and police station.If government personnel go out to investigate the case, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble. It is most appropriate to entrust it to people outside the system like Philip Luther.
At present, the British police have limited information, only one thing is clear: that is, what they want to catch is a robber who forged checks, mainly wandering in the UK and the United States, pretending to be people of different identities and nationalities, and carrying fake checks to banks everywhere. Empty glove cash.
Luther asked Scotland Yard for the key evidence - a fake check.
I have to admit that this fake check was done superbly. To say that it is fake is to belittle him.At that time, when the old staff of the bank handed over the check to the police, they even said that the financial criminal they wanted to arrest was not making a fake check, but what he did was real.In fact, this is also the case. If it is not found that the account records do not match between the bank and the bank, this matter will not be discovered at all.
Especially in the [-]th century, banks were not connected to the Internet, and communication between various places still relied on telegrams and letters. Once cross-border, this person is really difficult to catch.
And that's all secondary.
The important thing is that the name of the same person is not written on his fake check. Almost every time he goes to a city, he will change his identity.And these false identities exist, whether they are businessmen or capitalists, they have different nationalities, different identities, and even completely different heights, shapes, ages and appearances.Even if this person is proficient in disguise while forging checks, he can't change his height and weight to pretend to be an imposter.
With the case in hand, Philup Luther's attention was finally diverted from the annoying reporter.He went home with the file, locked himself in the room for several days, and went back and forth through the characteristics and experiences of many victims, trying to find a common point.
This time, however, even Luther did not immediately find the answer.
He worked tirelessly, looking up various clues and evidence materials, and almost memorized the contents of the file, but he still had no clue.In the end, Detective Wilson couldn't see it, and forced Luther to participate in the drinking party with old friends, and couldn't help persuading him: "Why are you still like this, and you don't care about it as soon as you get involved in the case. How do you explain to Alisa?"
Luther gave him a sideways glance and didn't answer, but said thoughtfully: "The most urgent problem now is to find out how this guy disguised himself as a different person and deceived the bank staff."
"If it can be resolved, then it can't be called urgent." Detective Wilson was also very helpless.
This problem not only troubled Luther, but now the police everywhere are chasing the guy who forged the check, and everyone is helpless.Thinking of this, Detective Wilson couldn't help getting angry: "I don't understand. These businessmen each have families and wives. Even if they don't drag their families out with them, they will always be accompanied by close people, right? Even their own wives I don't know what happened, could it be that he is a ghost who came back from the underworld?"
Detective Wilson's unintentional words made Luther tremble.
That's right, these victims who were impersonated by criminals do have two things in common: one is that they all have families, and their descendants may not be sure, but they must have a young and beautiful wife; Domestic merchants are small-scale, and most of them are across the Atlantic Ocean, doing business back and forth between Britain and the United States.
Previously, Luther focused on researching the issue of disguise technique and ignored this point, but Detective Wilson's words made him suddenly come to his senses, because his thinking was narrow!These two things in common must be important conditions.
"I think--"
"Shut up."
Philip Luther blocked his friend's words decisively. Detective Wilson saw that he was lost in thought, so he knew that he had an inspiration, so he didn't pursue Luther's rudeness.
He has a family and often moves around, which means that the victims may not take their wives and children with him. He went to a strange place for business, and the local people did not understand his family structure, so...
"I see."
Luther suddenly realized that he put down the beer bottle in his hand.
"We have entered into a misunderstanding, Wilson," Luther said, "What we are looking for is not a disguise thief at all, but a liar!"
"Liar," Detective Wilson was at a loss, "What kind of abilities does he have?"
"not him."
Luther said firmly: "It's her. The fraudster is a woman, and she probably walked into the bank as the victim's wife or daughter."
——This is the end of the first serialization of "The Check Lady".
In all fairness, writing check fraud in the nineteenth century was somewhat opportunistic.In the era when Frank Abagnale himself lived, if he wanted to exchange a check for cash in the name of helping others, he needed to submit a power of attorney to the bank.However, in the Victorian era, half a century earlier than Frank, when there was no network connection between banks and the terms and conditions were not particularly perfect, the operability was much greater.
However, editor-in-chief Hall’s business methods are still superb, stuck here, and then stopped abruptly after throwing out the suspense that the fraudster is a woman. No wonder Mr. Harvey complained.
"It's because he's stuck in suspense," Mr. Harvey complained, "I asked how long this serialization is. I didn't expect it to be longer than the previous two stories. This made me look forward to it."
"Hope it pleases you, sir."
Seeing that the reporter didn't show any dissatisfaction or curiosity because the fraudster was a woman, Mary was somewhat relieved—it must be said that Mr. Harvey took a fancy to Philip Luther's story at first sight, and it was more or less like "birds of a feather flock together" means.His ability to see social value in a murder case proved that journalists were not one to be distracted by appearances.
"I'm not being polite when I say expecting, Miss Mary," said Mr. Harvey sincerely. "At least that guy Hall showed me how much he helped you, especially with the details of the forged check, which led me to Let’s see how exciting the storyline, which is provided by the editor-in-chief himself, is.”
The corners of Mary raised her lips: "In this regard, I have confidence in me and Editor-in-Chief Hall."
Mr. Harvey: "I'll see."
He stood up and put his hat back on.Seeing him making the gesture of leaving, Mary was a little surprised: "Are you leaving so soon, sir? Aunt Blow's tea hasn't been served yet."
"I have a train to catch, so I won't drink tea," said Harvey.
"Catch the train," Mary began. "Are you going back to Milton?"
"what."
Mr. Harvey suddenly realized, and he slapped his forehead: "I actually ignored this, what a brain! Miss Mary, I still come to say goodbye to you today, I have to go to France."
Mary: "But you're back in London this time, isn't it to promote factory reform?"
Harvey: "It's almost done, at least I convinced Hamp. If you are free, miss, you can go to Hamp's factory. For the rest, I contacted Miss Morstan, she and Dr. Watson They are all willing to take over my job and continue to promote the work of reform.”
Dr. Watson wrote part of the plan for the sanitary conditions of the factory itself, and Miss Morstan was born as an Irish worker and was willing to take over the matter. Mary was not surprised at all, but...
Perhaps Mary's confused expression was so obvious that even Mr. Harvey, who was informal by nature, could understand her expression.
The casually dressed reporter smiled: "I don't want to leave at this juncture either, but there was a mine accident in northern France, and the situation is very tense now, I have to go and see."
His words made Mary realize something.
“Editor-in-Chief Hall has said long ago that you are not only following the domestic labor movement,” Mary said, “You are also very concerned about foreign workers, but I think workers at home and abroad should be equally important to you.”
"It is true, but there are priorities."
Mr. Harvey restrained his expression, his hair was disheveled and his clothes were not neat, but his bright eyes showed seriousness and earnestness that could not be ignored.
"The Second International needs me to be able to report the latest news," said the reporter. "I have to be there."
The Second International ... is the Socialist International.
It was only then that Mary realized what kind of identity the reporter standing in front of her had—Higgins, Milton's trade union representative. Out of consideration for his friends, although he was very grateful to Mary for being able to put himself in their shoes, he Still hoping that Mary Bennet, like other good and naive single ladies, stays away from disputes and says things like don't deal with communists.
But now, Franz Harvey, who came to visit, was a real communist.
Mary was in a daze for a while, not because of the special identity of Mr. Reporter, but because she came into this world, and for more than [-] years, it was the first time she came into contact with the real history so closely.
Mary didn't come back to herself until she sent Mr. Harvey out and said goodbye to him.
What Mr. Harvey said just now is that there was a mine disaster in northern France, and because of the mine disaster, the local situation became very tense.
Fundamentally speaking, the tense situation in the mine should be the same as the situation in Milton at that time-the conflicts that may arise should also be the contradictions between labor and management.This inevitably makes people think... Milton's strike at that time was a chain reaction caused by Moriarty's illegal monopoly of the overseas cotton market.
And now, James Moriarty is indeed in France. Is he going to do the same thing again, just change the industry?Mary didn't think Professor Moriarty was such an uncreative person, but she had a vague feeling that it had something to do with him.
She thought about it, but couldn't find the answer, so she simply wrote a letter and asked someone to take it to 221b Baker Street.
The current 221b Baker Street is nominally shared by Sherlock Holmes and Watson. However, due to various details of the wedding preparations, Watson runs to Miss Morstan every day. Except for falling asleep at night, 221b is basically Sherlock Holmes’s small world. up.
This also caused Mary to ask someone to bring the letter, but she didn't get a reply for a long time. It is estimated that Holmes was immersed in some chemical experiment and was too busy.
It was not until the next morning that Mr. Holmes wrote back.
Mary's question was very brief, and she went straight to the point, asking whether Sherlock Holmes had said that Moriarty had a new move, and whether the tense situation in France that Mr. Harvey said was related to the professor's new move.Holmes' reply was more direct. He sent a telegram with only a few figures on it:
[Related, said after marriage. ]
Mary's face turned red all of a sudden, and then she realized that this post-marriage refers to the post-marriage between Miss Morstan and Watson.
She frantically rubbed her hot cheeks, forcing herself not to think about other aspects: Yes, the professor's conspiracy is important, but so is the Watsons' wedding!
It's just... Concise is concise, can you not omit the words to the point of ambiguity? Mary blushes more and more as she thinks about it, she even suspects that Sherlock did it on purpose!
The author has something to say: The Workers' International in "Sprout" is the First International, and the story happened before the Paris Commune.When Zola wrote "The House of Makars of Lougon", the Second International had not yet been established, but because of the adjustment of the timeline, the First International here was changed to the Second International.
And, although I know that many people think that I must be [-] cents if I write Marx, they still try to irritate me by attacking Marx when they are tearing up... It's funny.But I still have to say that this article only deals with history and not current politics. Even history is not real history because of the revised timeline, and there is no basis for discussing politics.Since "Sprout" involves the labor movement, there will still be a little bit of labor movement, but not too much, which is the same level as the town of Milton in the previous article. It does not involve any real political activities, and please don't diverge. [Ginger Flower Survival Full Level]
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