Chapter 494: Basic Deduction (Part 1)
Chapter 494: Basic Deduction (Part 1)
"One for each of you."
Chu Kuang's new work is finally released.
Cao Dezhi originally wanted to go back to the office alone to watch——
But facing the attention of his editors, he had to ask his assistant to print out a copy for everyone.
Let's watch together.
He himself went back to the office.
It is also a manuscript that is printed on paper.
Cao Dezhi looked at Chu Kuang's new book while drinking the tea his assistant had just made.
Although there are all kinds of worries in my heart, the more specific situation still depends on the text.
Could Holmes be Poirot with a different name?
Perhaps the first case can be seen clues.
[The 78-year regime war began. After I obtained a doctorate degree in medicine from Hanzhou University, I studied the compulsory courses for military doctors. After graduation, I was sent to the third unit of the Blue Star Fifth Army in the Qizhou Gerou battlefield as an assistant. Military doctor...]
The story is told in first person.
In Chu Kuang's previous Poirot series, there were also a large number of cases unfolded from the first-person perspective.
For example, the famous "Roger's Mystery" is unfolded in the first person, and the murderer also created a precedent for narrative.
Most of the first-person perspectives in the Poirot series start from the monologue of Poirot's assistant Hastings, including Poirot's death in the finale.
Chu Kuang's earlier first-person creation method has to be traced back to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" back then.
Chu Kuang seems to be quite enthusiastic about the writing method of unfolding the story in the first person, and at the same time has a deep knowledge, and this is a very common writing method in mystery novels.
In the story in front of me.
The character unfolded in the first person is called "Watson".
This person is definitely not the protagonist, because Chu Kuang's book title and himself have explained it himself.
The protagonist is called "Sherlock Holmes".
Let me talk about Watson first.
Watson has a wealth of experience.
He has experienced the battle of the Blue Star regime change, and he was also injured in the battlefield of Gelu in Qizhou. Because his body could not support the needs of the battlefield, he retired and came to London——
Cao Dezhi knew London.
London is one of the largest cities in Korea.
The background of Chu Kuang's novels is never limited to a certain continent. He has a good knowledge of geography and seems to understand the situation of each continent.
And the background settings of the characters are also very real, as if those people really existed in that era.
This is in line with the Poirot series.
keep reading.
After Watson retired, he was going to look for a job in London. The premise was that he had to have a place to live, preferably with someone to share the rent with. As a result, he met an old friend who was also a doctor on the street.
The other party told Watson that a man named Sherlock Holmes was also looking for someone to share the house recently.
So Watson and the doctor's old friend went to a medical laboratory in London——
The place where Holmes worked most recently.
This can't help but remind Cao Dezhi of the first encounter between Hastings and Poirot.
Perhaps Watson plays an assistant role for Holmes similar to Hastings for Poirot?
Sure enough, there are some similarities.
Cao Dezhi had a hidden worry in his heart, and he believed that the readers could also see this point, which seemed to indirectly prove that Holmes and Poirot were similar.
However, when Watson rushed to the laboratory and met Holmes for the first time, Cao Dezhi suddenly and intuitively felt the difference between Holmes and Poirot.
Holmes is indeed not Poirot!
"Papa papa!"
Under Watson's stunned gaze, Holmes was violently beating a corpse with a whip. Anyone who saw this scene would think that Holmes was out of his mind——
Like a pervert!
There was never a time when Poirot was so rude, and the little old man with a cleanliness never forgot to be classy.
what's the situation?
Cao Dezhi felt that Chu Kuang tried too hard to show the difference between Holmes and Poirot.
["Is he often like this?" Watson asked.
The friend said awkwardly: "Maybe he is in a bad mood today."
At this moment, Holmes looked at the doctor who arrived: "You came just in time. I need to know the condition of his bruises after 20 minutes. This is related to a person's alibi..."]
Cao Dezhi exhaled.
It turned out to be to solve the case.
Although this method is easy to misunderstand.
But at that time, it was indeed a very scientific experimental method.
【Holmes suddenly glanced at Watson: "Gelu?"
"Sorry, how did you know?" Watson was a little dazed. 】
Should the doctor notify you in advance?
Cao Dezhi thought so almost subconsciously.
[Holmes continued: "What do you think about the violin?"
Watson: "Ah..."
Holmes didn't even raise his head: "I play the violin when I'm thinking about things, and sometimes I don't talk for days at a time. Do you mind? It's best to let the other party know your shortcomings in advance as roommates."
"You told him about me?"
Watson looked at the doctor, who quickly shook his head: "I didn't mention a single word."]
ha?
Cao Dezhi was stunned.
Didn't the doctor say it?
How did Holmes know?
Watson asked Cao Dezhi's doubts:
【"Who told you this?"
"Myself."
Holmes drew circles on the notebook, as if he was talking to himself: "It is too difficult for a person like me to find a roommate. I mentioned this to Mike this morning, and he brought you here this afternoon. Bringing an old friend, evidently having just served in an army in the field at Gerou, it's not hard to guess."]
Cao Dezhi was dumbfounded.
Brother, isn't that difficult to guess?
Watson asked the second question for Cao Dezhi, a reader:
【"How do you know about the battlefield in Gerou?"
Holmes did not answer, but stood up and said, "221 Baker Street, that will be our residence."
"that's all?"
Watson was full of doubts: "We just met and wanted to find a house together? We don't know each other, I don't even know your name..."
Holmes stopped short.
He turned around and said, "I know you are a military doctor, and you have just been sent back from the battlefield in Gerou. I also know that you may suffer from psychogenic physical disabilities. Maybe you can delete the word "possible". As a roommate, these are enough, right?"
Holmes got up to leave, and a few seconds later introduced himself quickly: "Sherlock Holmes." With this sentence, Holmes put on his bowler hat and said good afternoon as farewell.
Watson looked at his friend next to him.
The friend was helpless: "Yes, he has always been like this."]
In the novel, Watson was dumbfounded!
Outside of the novel, Cao Dezhi was also stunned!
Cao Dezhi reads the novel through Watson's first-person perspective. Of course, he knows that Watson fought in the Battle of Gerou, he also knows about Watson's injuries, and that Watson is a retired military doctor, but how did Holmes know?
Are you a detective?
You are a fortune teller!
He clearly found out the details of his family at the first meeting, how did this Sherlock Holmes do it! ?
Cao Dezhi has ten thousand questions!
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