Chapter 513 Handwriting

Zhang Heng and Holmes walked into the living room. Sure enough, as Mrs. Hudson said, 221B Baker Street was extremely lively today.

In addition to a group of familiar faces such as Gregson and Lestrade, even a deputy chief of the police station came. It can be seen that he is not in a very good mood. While pacing non-stop, seeing his boss like this, the others naturally had no reason to sit down ostentatiously.

So a group of people were just huddling in the living room, there was obviously space, but no one sat down. This scene looked a little ridiculous, but no one could laugh. The police officers of Scotland Yard all looked serious.

Seeing Holmes walk in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that you haven't slept well these days." Holmes said, "Lestrade, do you have oatmeal and fried eggs for breakfast?"

"It's time like this, so don't make fun of us." The short police officer smiled wryly.

The deputy chief of the police station raised his head, and looked at Holmes like a drowning man looking at the only straw around him. He strode up, stretched out his hand and said eagerly, "I have heard Mr. Holmes' name for a long time, Lace Trade, Hopkins and others often talk to me about you, saying that you are the most talented and outstanding detective in London and even in Europe. In addition, we have not had time to thank you for the case of the unknown female corpse on the Thames. Your helping hand."

"It's a trivial matter, nothing to worry about." Holmes shook hands with the deputy director, and then motioned for him to sit on the sofa.

Seeing that the boss was seated, the police officers of Scotland Yard were finally able to return to their respective positions.

Zhang Heng asked Mrs. Hudson to bring out some chairs from the dining room, and sat down beside Holmes himself.

The deputy chief seemed to have done a lot of homework before coming to Baker Street. He already knew that Holmes had been surrounded by an oriental detective recently, so he didn't say anything when he saw this. He couldn't wait to get straight to the point, looking at Holmes and said, " Presumably you also know the reason for our visit this time."

"It's because of the serial murders in the Whitechapel area." Holmes smiled, and took out his pipe again. "I saw the news in the newspaper." He paused and said, "Left-handed, male, Between the ages of thirty and forty, the character is not strong enough, unstable, and conservative in thinking."

"How did you see this?" The deputy director was startled when he heard the words, "It seems that we haven't started to introduce the case to you, or did you secretly go to the scene to see it before? Actually... the information in the newspaper was passed It must be embellished, not to cover up the truth, but mainly to worry about causing unnecessary panic among the public again."

Holmes pointed his pipe at the photo of the letter in the newspaper, "The report may have been edited, but the photo is always true. The above inference is not based on the description in the newspaper, but in the letter sent to the newspaper. What the handwriting shows."

"Oh?" Mr. Deputy Director was a little surprised, "Can you see so many things from the handwriting?"

"Of course, it's like an art," Holmes said. "A good graphologist should be able to see far more information than the literal meaning."

Seeing the deputy director's skeptical look, Mr. Detective made an exception and took the initiative to explain, "I won't talk about age, this part is too troublesome, if you really want to know more, you can read a paper I published two years ago, Young and old There are obvious differences in human handwriting. In theory, most of the handwriting can tell the age of the writer. Of course, this ability needs to be practiced. The handwriting of men and women is also easy to recognize. The aesthetics of different genders If there is a deviation, it is easier for left-handed people, have you noticed the ink stains in the letter, because it is written with the left hand, the palm of the hand is more likely to rub the handwriting, so this letter spends a lot of space."

"The character is not strong enough, and unstable, how do you see the tradition of thinking?" the deputy director asked doubtfully.

"Pay attention to see that the long letters in this letter are not taller than ordinary letters. You can see that his d is written like an a, and the height of I and e are the same. No matter what environment a person with a strong character is in, the height of the letters is always the same. Obviously, on the contrary, it is naturally the current situation. Similarly, you can see that the letter K is written in different sizes, which shows that his character is very unstable, but the capital letters in the letter are still neat, which shows that his conservative mindset."

Holmes said, "The above is the information I found from the handwriting, but your suspicions are not unreasonable. There is no evidence to prove that the person who wrote this letter is the murderer. At this time, it cannot be ruled out that someone fished in troubled waters to cause trouble for the police. possible."

Mr. Deputy Director is very frank, "You have proved yourself more than once. I will tell you that this case is under great pressure from our police side, not only from the parliament, but even Her Majesty the Queen has spoken out. Come on, let us solve the case within a time limit, but so far we don't have much clue. You also know where the Eastern District is. With the suspicions eliminated, we now... have no good solution, so we can only ask you for help, and if we can solve the case on time, the police will definitely thank you very much."

"You are too polite." Holmes said politely. "I happen to be very interested in this case myself. Even if I don't have any reward, I will make a move."

The deputy director was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Great! This is the only good news I heard today. It happens to be almost noon now. I made a reservation at the restaurant. You and your friends..."

Holmes interrupted, "Once I get to work, I will completely forget about other things, so there is no need to eat. If we can, let's start now."

"That's better, that's even better." The deputy chief nodded repeatedly, "I heard that you and Lestrade know each other well, so if you need anything, just tell them, as long as the police are within their capabilities, they will be satisfied unconditionally." .”

Lestrade and the others looked somewhat embarrassed. They were all excellent detectives of Scotland Yard, but now they could only help Holmes. Although it was not that they had not asked Holmes for help before, the scene in front of them was more or less the same. It's a bit embarrassing, like a public acknowledgment of the incompetence of the London police. Of course, it seems that some of the deputy chief's dissatisfaction can be heard from it.

Holmes didn't say anything, and got up and said, "In that case, gentlemen, let's start working quickly."

Thanks to hajerwawa and 栒旒远 children's boots for the reward~ The handwriting looks a bit fantasy, but it is like this in the original book, hahahaha~ so I blame me.