Chapter 285: "A Study in Scarlet" Is Too Simple?

The beginning of the first part of Sherlock Holmes is narrated from Watson's first-person perspective.

The concise introduction makes the image of "I" come to life on paper.

Watson is a military doctor who returns to England from the battlefield due to injury. He is looking for a place to live that is not too luxurious and not too expensive, so Watson finds Holmes to share a house with him.

"So that's it..."

"Not a military doctor detective, I thought..."

"This is the protagonist of this novel, Holmes. I look forward to it!"

"It feels like a classic mystery series!"

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The first batch of readers who got Sherlock Holmes were immediately immersed in the book.

And compared to the slowness of the early stage of Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes completely attracted the readers' attention. In the first chapter, when Watson and Holmes just met, the readers were shocked.

["I can see that you have been to Afghanistan."]

When Holmes first met Watson, he said this, which immediately stunned the readers!

However, Holmes did not explain too much at this time. He just discussed the blood experiment with Watson. In this description, he was actually shaping the character, from the tone of his speech to his familiarity with chemical knowledge.

Speaking of which, in the evaluation of the previous life, Holmes was a complete eccentric, with a very broad and narrow knowledge, as if he was specially prepared to fight crime.

He knew almost nothing about literary knowledge, philosophical knowledge, astronomical knowledge, and political knowledge.

However, he had a deep attainment in the chemical knowledge, anatomical knowledge, and even geological knowledge needed to fight crime.

"221 Baker Street."

Li Liyue muttered.

This is the residence of Watson and Holmes, and it is also a residence that any Holmes fan in the previous life remembers!

The plot moves fast. After several prison terms, Watson and Holmes get to know each other better. In Watson's perspective, Holmes is a calm person with regular living habits. He is extremely enthusiastic about research work in certain areas, and he is extremely knowledgeable in some rare and strange knowledge areas!

"Is this the image of a detective?"

The image of a detective in different works is different, but there is no doubt that the image of Holmes is very attractive from the description.

Keep working hard to gain more knowledge.

"The case is coming!"

"Suspense mystery novels, this is the point."

"I didn't expect the old thief to actually write a classic mystery. This is very difficult!"

"Don't question the old thief..."

Next, the plot is as expected by the readers, and the case comes!

The tragedy on Lauriston Garden Street!

Just last night, a murder occurred in a house on Lauriston Garden Street. The deceased was a Mississippi. The body was neatly dressed and had a business card in the bag. There was no sign of robbery, and no evidence was found to explain the cause of death.

The only clues were a wedding ring that rolled off the body of the deceased, and the word RACHE (revenge) written in blood on the wall.

Although there were a few bloodstains in the room, there were no scars on the body of the deceased.

This was a letter from a detective from the police department inviting Holmes to investigate the case!

And this "A Study in Scarlet" officially kicked off.

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"Fuck! The case is set up so awesomely?"

"It's still the detective novels of this era that are suitable. Criminal investigation now is completely different from the detectives of the 19th century!"

"Although it is an English-style novel, it looks smoother to me than when I was writing Harry Potter!"

The audience sighed with emotion, and the excitement on their faces became more intense.

Modern criminal investigation technology is advanced, so advanced that computer algorithms can find a person's movement trajectory from massive surveillance based on a person's clothes or walking posture.

Therefore, modern suspense writers often do not set the story in the modern era with advanced criminal investigation technology, because it will lose a lot of suspense and plot twists.

Even "The Long Night" and "The Undocumented Crime" were set twenty years ago.

The helpless police turned to Sherlock Holmes for help.

Such a plot mode makes readers feel instantly involved!

In the following story, all Kyushu readers will follow Holmes to solve this confusing case with keen observation, rich scientific knowledge, meticulous logical reasoning, superhuman courage and wisdom.

After Holmes examined the victim's body, he concluded that the victim was poisoned!

After on-site observation, research on the scarlet letter and comprehensive situation analysis, Holmes seemed more confident at this moment...

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"This length..."

"It feels like an opening."

Li Liyue is a professional suspense author, so it can be seen that this "Study in Scarlet" is not complicated in terms of plot or case setting.

It's just that the powerful characteristics of the character creation of the old thief really make other authors salivate!

This book, A Study in Scarlet, is not outstanding in the entire series of Sherlock Holmes cases, including the fact that it is not rated high on the reviews of major book websites in the past.

But what is of great significance is that this work is the first case of Sherlock Holmes!

And it was from the second work, The Sign of Four, that he really became famous.

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"So simple?"

"It's so clever...hiss..."

"What does this mean, old thief?"

The process of solving the case in "A Study in Scarlet" is extremely simple. In order to solve the case, Holmes published a lost and found notice in the newspaper. The murderer disguised himself as an old lady and took the ring away!

Through this trick, Holmes concluded that the criminal was proficient in disguise and had an accomplice.

Later, after a series of reasoning and verification, the murderer Hope was identified!

The rapid solution of the case caught the readers off guard!

But the surprise was not disappointment with the whole case, but curiosity!

Except for Holmes, all readers, including the characters in the book, were kept in the dark.

The criminal was suddenly caught?

How did he kill people?

Why did he kill people?

How did Holmes know who the criminal was?

The content of 100,000 words is not complicated, but it is more concise than previous works.

The content of the second half is written in the classic old thief style, with direct narration, flashback and interpolation, telling the whole story, so that the readers can slowly relax their hanging hearts.

Starting from the experience of the prisoner Hope in Mizhou when he was young, it narrates how the victim killed Hope's beloved lover and his father, and how Hope followed the enemy all the way to London and carried out revenge until he was arrested.

In this narration, readers are actually sighing for the tragic heroism of the murderer Hope.

The reason why the murderer was caught so easily is that Hope had a terminal illness and had long put life and death aside. When he was arrested, he had a smile on his face, and he was smiling until he died in prison.

From the reader's intuitive feeling, the whole work cleverly combines reasoning and story. Although the focus is not on the whole reasoning process, it is still a wonderful work!

It is precisely because of this that many readers have very complicated emotions after reading "A Study in Scarlet".

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