Chapter 289 The Sign of Four Is Here!

The Sign of Four!

In the past, these were the three words that thousands of Sherlock Holmes fans would be reluctant to leave just by hearing them!

This work is even the favorite of many Sherlock Holmes fans, so you can imagine its quality.

Before the release of Sherlock Holmes II - The Sign of Four, the discussion and expectations for this work were even more terrifying than the first one, because the first one, A Study in Scarlet, did not meet the expectations of many readers.

Even the quality of A Study in Scarlet itself was quite good.

The main reason why readers now expect the old thief is to see a "masterpiece", the kind of masterpiece that makes people shout "WTF" after reading it!

This "The Sign of Four" is it!

…

Except for Xiazhou and Yingzhou, the old thief fans in the other seven states were not excited, but just had normal discussions.

The popularity of the first part of Sherlock Holmes did not completely continue the terrifying sales of the Harry Potter series.

But in Yingzhou and Xiazhou, Xiaoxiang Zhengtai's previous comments on the Internet and the arguments and quarrels among readers have led to the excellence of "The Sign of Four". It is destined that one side will be severely slapped in the face and the other side will be proud.

On the day when "The Sign of Four" was released, it can be said that the rush to buy in the whole Xiazhou was much more terrifying than the first one!

The reason is that many readers actually did not know what style of work this was before the first part of "Sherlock Holmes" was released. Although it is a mystery, if there is another style similar to "To Live" with great hatred, many readers will not like to read it.

But after the release of "Sherlock Holmes", many readers are relieved, especially for young readers, the attraction is full!

"Sister!"

"Book!"

"Put it there!"

"I'll be there soon!"

"You have a signing event in the evening."

"I know."

Li Liyue responded to the assistant's reminder in the river view room and couldn't wait to take this "The Sign of Four" over.

Although there are too many mystery fans in the mystery forum saying that "Peacock" has really won over "Lao Zei", Li Liyue herself always feels that Lao Zei's works are not that simple.

This is the appreciation and recognition of the authors after reading several of Lao Zei's works.

But if "The Sign of Four" is not exciting as many readers expected.

Then the public opinion on the Internet will definitely say that Lao Zei's decision to officially enter the field of suspense and mystery is a failure.

Or the "Sherlock Holmes" series is Lao Zei's hobby and a playful work, completely forgetting that "A Study in Scarlet" is still a masterpiece without all the filters.

Li Liyue skillfully unpacked this brand new book. In addition to Lao Zei's thousands of fans in Jiuzhou and "Sherlock Holmes" book fans, there is also the mystery writer Xiao Xiang Zhengtai from Yingzhou who moves almost synchronously with Li Liyue!

It's not that he deliberately picked on it. Xiao Xiang Zhengtai just wanted to see what kind of answer Lao Zei's book would bring to readers!

"Huh..."

"Old thief, old thief... please don't let us down... for the sake of my brother helping you to respond on the forum for ten days..."

"To be honest, this is the first time I worry about the quality of old thief's works. Is it outrageous?"

"Not outrageous. Even the first season of "Clannad" is in the animation field, but this is the novel field where old thief became famous. The meaning is different. I hope old thief can continue the previous miracles! Fight a beautiful comeback!"

"Will there really be a comeback?"

In all the past times, when thousands of Xiazhou old thief fans, including Xiaodaomeng book friends, got old thief's new book, they were extremely excited, but this should be the first time that they were nervous and worried.

Worried that old thief's reasoning works really did not reach the expected quality and height.

After taking a few deep breaths, many old thief's fans brainwashed themselves: "Believe in old thief!"

"The Sign of Four" first page, open it! !

…

“Holmes actually…”

“Well, it’s definitely not allowed in Xiazhou, but it seems to be legalized in some other states…”

“To be honest, this setting is in line with the personality of a genius.”

“No one is perfect. Anyway, it’s in Xizhou. If it’s in Xiazhou, who cares if Holmes or Fusan Holmes, they will all die!”

The first sentence of “The Sign of Four” describes that Holmes is doomed to take cocaine solution, which is the conventional poison. There are many needle marks on his arm. This action is done three times a day. As a bystander, “I” is obviously not surprised.

Holmes is indifferent and withdrawn. The reason for injecting this is that Holmes needs strong excitement and the ability to wake up his brain.

According to Holmes’ self-narration, once he has nothing to do, he will be restless.

Give him difficult problems, give him work, give him the most profound codes, and give him the most complex analytical work, so that Holmes will feel the most comfortable and do not need artificial stimulation!

This is why Holmes chose a private detective.

"As expected of Holmes..."

"To be honest, the characterization of this kind of image has been fully developed. Even if I just watch the conversation between Holmes and Watson, I won't feel bored!"

"But to be honest, it still depends on whether the case story of "The Sign of Four" is exciting or not. Character development alone is not enough."

"Here it comes! Here it comes! Reasoning is here!"

...

Just when many readers were discussing, the readers who saw the following text in advance shouted excitedly!

Because Holmes knew through observation that Watson had been to the Wigmore Street Post Office this morning and sent a telegram, just as magical as the first time they met, but this time, Holmes explained.

Observation, inference!

From the red mud on Watson's shoes, the location of the post office was determined, and from the large sheet of stamps and a bundle of postcards on Watson's desk, the telegram was determined.

The extremely simple reasoning gave an extremely accurate answer.

"Is that it?"

"Hiss... It seems that it's not enough..."

...

Just when the readers felt unconvinced, Holmes then judged that Watson's watch, which had almost no traces left, and the year and subtitles on the watch, belonged to Watson's brother and was left to him by Watson's father!

These also have obvious clues, but they can't convince the audience.

"Not enough..."

"Not enough!"

But after that, the readers were a little dumbfounded, because Holmes said:

"Your brother is a bohemian. He had a bright future, but he missed all the good opportunities."

"So he often lived in poverty, and sometimes he was in a good situation. In the end, he died because of his love of wine. This is what I saw."

...

Ward?

When reading this paragraph of reasoning, the readers were stunned and their jaws dropped slightly!

Not only the readers couldn't believe it, even Watson was very angry, thinking that Holmes secretly investigated Watson's family and pretended to use some mysterious methods to deceive him!

But since the old thief can write it like this, it means that there must be clues that make Holmes infer this way, otherwise there is no way to show Holmes's awesomeness!

How did he do it? !

...