what do you think sherlock

Chapter 43 The story of 30 years ago

"You broke your promise, Captain Nolan." Di Renjie sighed, and the space in front of him dissipated like an avalanche again.

……

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" Mrs. Raglan was obviously very angry, her chest rose and fell violently, like a pressure cooker about to explode.

This made Lestrade, who was on the sidelines, a little nervous. He was worried that Sherlock was trying to "piss off" the other party to make the criminal suspect go straight to the law.

But the crime of theft cannot be punished by death!

Moreover, in the current situation, it is still too early for Lestrade to directly conclude that the fall of the chandelier is related to Mrs. Raglan, although her suspicion is indeed great.

So he planned to ease the situation a bit and appease Mrs. Raglan by the way: "Sherlock, we still lack direct evidence..."

"You're right, Superintendent Lestrade," before Lestrade could finish speaking, Di Renjie who just came back to his senses interrupted:
"With regard to the case of the chandelier falling, there are still many doubts. Although Mrs. Raglan has great suspicions, we still lack a complete chain of evidence before being convicted."

"Then John, what do you mean?" Sherlock asked a little puzzled, but he still trusted Di Renjie very much, so he didn't directly object.

"Wait a minute, Sherlock," Di Renjie gave Sherlock a reassuring look, and then said in a very rhythmic voice:

"Therefore, we might as well put this case aside for the time being and solve an old case from 30 years ago."

"The old case?" Lestrade was a little confused.

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Raglan sounded like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on, her voice suddenly raised several octaves.

"It's nothing else, Mrs. Raglan. I just want to talk about the old case of the light cavalry charge." Di Renjie smiled at Mrs. Raglan.

"The charge of the hussars? John, wait a moment." Sherlock seemed to have thought of something, turned around and walked towards the rest area. He had a faint premonition that Mrs. Hudson might not agree with what Watson said next. should be there.

Di Renjie saw what Sherlock was thinking, and he had exactly the same intention.

"I don't understand what you guys are talking about. I'm leaving now." Mrs. Raglan keenly sensed some kind of unfavorable possibility, and tried to leave directly with a strong attitude.

However, Lestrade, who hadn't figured out the situation yet, had enough perspective on the overall situation. He took a step sideways and stopped Mrs. Raglan:

"You'd better stay a step ahead, Mrs. Raglan, and where can you go? I know London is big, but she happens to be within the scope of Scotland Yard."

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Within a few minutes, Sherlock led the somewhat confused Mrs. Hudson to the door of the bathroom.

"Everyone is here, then I'll start." Di Renjie nodded to Mrs. Hudson and Sherlock, and then looked at Mrs. Raglan:

"Next, let's talk about the hussar charge 30 years ago. For so many years, it has been believed that Captain Nolan misinterpreted Marshal Raglan's order, which led to the tragic incident. Charge, but you're telling us tonight, Lady Raglan, that's not the case."

"What? I tell?" Mrs. Raglan took two steps back, feeling a little absurd, but at the same time very disturbed.

"That's right, it's you, you made three fatal mistakes tonight, and these three mistakes make me wonder whether you and the Raglan family knew the truth back then, and at the same time consciously concealed the truth back then .”

"You are slandering!" she snapped.

Di Renjie politely ignored the other party, and he stretched out a finger:
"First, you shouldn't come forward to auction the cryptex. Although you have given a decent reason, it is actually untenable. Just imagine, as the wife of Marshal Raglan, as the leader of the war widow , how could it be possible not to know what kind of attitude the guests tonight will have towards this relic, if you really want to keep it from passing the auction, then you can completely remove it from the auction list. Even, I suspect , it is very likely that some employees have suggested to you to take this cryptex from the auction list. After all, with the professionalism of the museum staff, you should not make such a low-level mistake, but this item still appeared tonight, which shows that, Someone insisted on letting it appear."

"Of course, this may just be a coincidence." Di Renjie smiled and took a step forward:
"But you made a second mistake right after that. You shouldn't have tried to hide this cryptex when the accident happened. This will expose your motives at a glance."

"Just imagine, if Captain Nolan really made such a shameful mistake, why would you have the need and reason to steal this cryptex? It can't be because of the delicate workmanship of this cryptex, right?"

"So I began to suspect that you were trying to hide something, and this secret is recorded in this cipher box."

"If this matter ends here, the suspicion is just suspicion after all, but you just made a third mistake." Di Renjie smiled and raised the cryptex in his hand,

"You chose to give me the cryptex, and I happen to be very good at cracking ciphers."

"This cryptex has been left in the British Museum for so many years. On the one hand, of course, the military does not pay attention to it. On the other hand, it is because the code of this cryptex has not been solved. According to Mrs. Hudson's wishes, the official It couldn’t be brute-forced, so it sat idle for 30 years.”

"But now, we can witness together this secret that has been hidden for 30 years."

(End of this chapter)