Sherlock Holmes vs. Eight Pole Boxing Grandmaster Li Shuwen, Chapter 2, A Blow of Terror

Lin Hei'er began to talk to Holmes about the case.

She said, "Well, two dead people. 其中一个是我的哥哥‬，林英文。

The other is also a Qing dynastyman, Huang Senping. Huang Senping was an arms dealer who bought weapons from Europe and sold them to bandits and other rebels in the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Senping does not think about the country, but only for money. This arms dealer named Huang Senping is mainly in Britain, Germany... and Prussian Empire activities. When Huang Senping was trading arms with the British, someone heard a rumor that they were negotiating in an attempt to use these arms to attack the Qing Dynasty. My brother got the news and went to block the negotiations.

Was your brother an official of the Qing Dynasty?

I interrupted him.

"No, we are members of the Great Knife Society, as Mr. Holmes had guessed, a Martial Arts Association of the Qing Dynasty.

It is a kind of vigilante group that is responsible for defending its homeland and maintaining public order by capturing bandits and criminals.

There were also some members of the Great Knife Society who worked for the Qing Dynasty. My brother, hunted down Huang Senping under the government's secret orders. ”

Lin Hei'er looked into my eyes and said.

"Please continue."

Holmes listened to Lin Hei'er's narration, snapped a small snap of his fingers, and began to load his old heather pipe with tobacco. At the same time, he had also been paying attention to Lin Hei'er's expression.

"Our conflict with the Christian church in S province has a long history, and the other day we killed two pastors because we couldn't stand the lawlessness of the church.

During this time, the government of Country D has been exerting pressure on the Qing Dynasty, and the Government of Country D has regarded this incident as an opportunity to take military action, and they want to force the Qing State to sign an unequal treaty of compensation... in order to seize our territory.

In order to support the Prussian Empire, the scientist Haber tried to transport weapons to the D people of the Qing Dynasty through the Whampoa Military Academy.

清国对此感到害怕，派我的哥哥‬去阻止，但当他们看到我哥哥‬要干预谈判时，哈伯就把黄森平和我的哥哥‬一起杀了。 Probably to keep their negotiation records confidential.

　Did you find out from the people who accompanied your brother that Haber had killed them both?

Holmes asked.

yes. I'm sorry I didn't explain it better. My brother's men sent a telegram to the Qing Dynasty. 他叫‬徐先生，在黄森平和我哥哥死后不久就离开了英国，他害怕自己也被谋杀。

"Very good".

Holmes pondered for a moment, then leaned back in his armchair.

After the murder, Haber left London for the Qing Dynasty. Mr. Xu had never seen this scene. We need your help to find out about this and catch an evil murderer.

"Stop!"

I interrupted Lin Haer's narration.

"Lin Hei'er, you seem to be a credible person, but there are many things I am not convinced of. First, your arrival date. The incident occurred in early November. Even if you ride the suez canal clipper, it will take three months. I've been in Afghanistan before, so I know how fast the boat is.

Secondly, the murders that took place in London, did Haber do it? If he is the murderer, how did he do it?　It was widely rumored that they had been killed by some kind of magic or super weapon, with a large hole in the plaster wall. It is reported that the two victims were not harmed in any way. With so many strange things happening, how do you explain it? "

Lin hel tried to sit up and continue explaining, but Holmes stopped her with a look in his eyes, raised his head, and blew a thick cloud of smoke from his pipe.

Holmes said: I am sorry to interrupt your conversation, and I want to make my point. First of all, she came not from the sea, but from land. She has used the boat in only one place: the Strait of Dover between England and France.

I asked, "By land?"

Holmes went on to explain that if she had come from the sea, then the lock on her bag must have been a little rusty, and there was not a single scratch on it, so she must have come from land.

"It should take more time to walk overland, right?"

Do you know about Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway program?

It hasn't been built yet.

To the west was part of Lake Baikal, and she alternated between railways and horses, from the Qing Dynasty to Lake Baikal, from where she took a Siberian train. At present, the fastest arrival time between the Qing capital, Imperial Capital, and London is one and a half months. That's half the time faster than the sea route.

Oh, I see. ..., the reason for the hole in the wall?

You need to go live, but her story is full of information. Come on, Mr. Watson, let's go to London. Let's see how your question can be clarified by simple reasoning.

Holmes stood up and picked up his hat and cloak.

Instead of returning to Baker Street, we went straight to the WhiteHill Hotel in Kingston upon Thames, where the crimes were committed. On the way there, we asked Inspector Restrade to accompany us. They have been encountering difficulties in their investigations, and they are convinced that Holmes can solve them.

The murder occurred for more than a month, they still failed to solve the case, and the scene was not destroyed. The site just added a little dust and dirt.

'Look, Mr. Holmes.

Inspector Lestrade opened the first-floor room where the murder had taken place. The room was hung locked from the outside. It is only opened in meetings and business negotiations. Two figures painted in white ink on the floor indicate that two victims died here. This definitely caused a lot of inconvenience to the hotel.

Well. "

Holmes held his magnifying glass close to the hole in the wall.

Is it a firearm?　Holmes talked to himself, but the people inside didn't have any guns. Equally puzzling is the fact that there are no such large-sized bullets at all.

"The hole caused by magic, absolute nonsense, has a detail, there are two fixed marks on the floor."

　Inspector Lestreid pointed to the dents on the floor and said: "The floor is made of linoleum, a sturdy material that has been popular over the past few decades, but I can clearly see that it has sunk, possibly caused by the heavy pressure of the object."

The murderer used a heavy weapon to create the murder scene, and then the weapon was taken out and locked from the outside, but this large tool had nowhere to hide. It is impossible for the hotel staff not to see it. "

When Holmes heard the words, he turned and began to speak.

If the killer had set up a weapon, why was the two-legged weapon unstable instead of a more stable three-legged weapon, Mr. Lester? Also, why, Mr. Lester, did the murderer break the wall with a heavy weapon and not injure the two dead?

But that's the hard part. But my thoughts were: the murderer had a two-legged cannon, fixed to the wall at the back, and fired at two men. Shells flew out of the open window, and the recoil exploded a hole in the wall. The murderer dismantled the weapon, took it outside, and locked himself in the room. What do you think? "

Lestrade replied, but Holmes disagreed.

If no one notices the shells that fly out, if no one notices the weapon, and the weapon is not found after dismantling, then it is possible. By the way, this window is not open. It is designed to be ventilated through the windows above. "

Holmes looked at Leicester, and his face changed astringently.

"No, in fact... Other colleagues said the same thing.

Holmes closed his eyes, then looked at the door. He put his hand on the hole in the wall and pressed it down. His eagle-like eyes glowed.

"It's not a weapon," he said. When I came to this conclusion, I tested my ideas again and again. But I'm sure of that.

"What do you mean?"

What do you mean?

It wasn't shelling, it was Watson. This maneuver can only be done with extreme precision and extraordinary talent.

Holmes skimmed his lips and went on.

"It was a blow with bare hands, caused.

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