"The Bible!" I suddenly realized and said excitedly.

"Very well, Watson, very well! But if you don't mind, I should tell you that it is not very good enough. Even if I accepted the approval of me, I could not name a less likely to appear in Morrie.

The books that Atty's henchmen have at hand, and there are so many versions of the Bible, no two versions will have the same page numbers, and the book he is referring to obviously has a unified version, which makes him convinced that his book

Page 534 on the page is exactly the same as page 534 in my book.”

“But there don’t seem to be many books that meet this condition!”

"Very true, and this is exactly our breakthrough. In this way, our scope has been narrowed down to almost everyone having one volume and a relatively uniform version of the book."

"A book by George Bernard Shaw!"

"There is still a problem. The words in Watson Shaw's works are concise and the vocabulary is not very rich. Those limited vocabulary are not easy to convey these messages, so they should be excluded. Based on the reason I just said, I can also read the dictionary.

It’s excluded. So let’s think about what other books meet these conditions?”

“Only the yearbook!”

"Excellent, Watson! It would be strange if you missed the mark! It is an almanac! So let us carefully consider the conditions of Whitaker's almanac! It is very common, has many pages, and is also

It is printed in two columns. Even though the vocabulary at the beginning of the yearbook is very concise, if I remember correctly, the language near the end is quite wordy." After that, Holmes walked to the writing desk, picked up the book and opened it: "Look,

The second column on page 534, which is a very long column, discusses trade and resource issues in British India. Watson, please write down these words. Yes, the 13th word, 'Maratha

', I have a bad premonition, the 127th word, 'government', well, this word seems far from Professor Moriarty, but it still seems meaningful. Let's continue, Maratha

What has the government done? Ah, the next word is 'bristle'. My dear Mr. Watson, we are screwed, all our efforts have been wasted!"

Although there was a joking element in his tone, I could see his disappointment and anger from the trembling thick eyebrows. I stared at the fire and sat there glumly without saying anything. Suddenly, Holmes cheered and broke the silence.

Break. He quickly walked to the bookcase and took out another book with a yellow cover.

"Watson, we were almost killed by fashion!" he said in a loud voice, "We suffered a loss in pursuit of fashion! Today is January 7th, so we bought the New Year's book for use. But Pollock has

He probably gave us the information by excerpting words from an old yearbook, and I'm sure if he had continued writing the letter, he would have given us this information. Let's take a quick look at page 534.

"Hmm...the 13th word is 'There', which is very promising, and the 127th word is 'is' - 'Thereis' (meaning 'there' - translator)." Holmes was extremely excited.

, his eyes were shining. When he pointed at the words in the yearbook, his slender fingers kept trembling with excitement and excitement, "'danger' (meaning 'danger' - translator),

Haha, great, Watson, write them all down. 'Thereisdanger-e-very-soon-one' ('Someone is about to be in danger' - Translator), then 's'('

Douglas' meaning - Translator) This is a personal name, followed by 'rucg-country-now-at-Birl-stoneHouse-Birlstone-confidence-is-pressin-g' ('I am sure a wealthy gentleman named Douglas

About to encounter danger, this man now lives in Birlstone Manor, Birlstone Village, meaning "extremely urgent" - Translator). Look, Watson! What do you think of this kind of pure reasoning and its effect? ​​If fresh goods

The store also sells laurel wreaths, so I’ll ask Billy to buy one for me right away.”

While Holmes was deciphering the codes, I jotted them down on a large piece of paper, concentrating on them as I wrote.

"It seems that the way he expresses his meaning is very strange and forced." I said.

"On the contrary, he did a great job!" said Holmes. "When your scope of expression is limited to a column of text, it is quite difficult to find every word you need to accurately express your meaning, so you can only

Leave some rough words for the recipient to rely on his intelligence to understand. What this letter wants to tell us is very clear. Some demons are working against a man named Douglas. Of course, we don’t know Douglas.

Who is he? I just learned from the letter that he was a rich country gentleman. He was convinced - of course he didn't find the word 'confident' (meaning 'confident' - translator) in that column, so he had to use the word 'confident'.

It is replaced by the similar word 'confidence' (meaning 'trust' - translator) - things can no longer be delayed. These are all we have gained - and it is a very decent and effective analysis work!

"

Holmes now seems to be a true artist. Even when he has not reached the high standards he has always pursued and is feeling quite disappointed, he still has an impersonal attitude towards the work results that satisfy him.

The excitement and excitement of likes and dislikes. When Billy led Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard into his room, Holmes was still laughing because he was immersed in the achievements he had just achieved!

As early as the late 1880s, Alec McDonald was not as famous as he is now. He was very young at the time, but he was well-known and deeply trusted in the detective community due to his excellent case-solving abilities.

. He is tall and burly, and seems to have extraordinary physical strength; he has a huge skull, and his pair of deep eyes and thick eyebrows reflect his sharpness and wisdom. He is usually taciturn and looks at things.

He sounds extremely serious and meticulous, and his personality seems to be so stubborn. When he speaks, he is accompanied by his unique strong Aberdeen Port accent.

Prior to this, Holmes had successfully helped him handle two cases. The only reward Holmes received from this was to enjoy the happy process of solving mysteries with his own intelligence. Therefore, he was a very special person from Scotland Yard.

Amateur colleagues who love and respect him, for this reason, every time he encounters a problem, he will take the initiative to seek advice from Holmes. It is difficult for a mediocre person to find out where others are better than him, but a talented person can immediately discover the excellence of others.

Macdonald is a very smart man, and he knows that asking Holmes for help is not a shameful thing, because Holmes is already a unique detective in Europe, both in terms of talent and experience. Although Holmes himself

He was not sociable, but he did not dislike this tall man from Scotland Yard. He always smiled at Detective Macdonald every time he met him.

"Mr. Mike, you came really early." Holmes said, "Everything is going well, right? I'm worried about another case?"

"Mr. Holmes, I think it is more reasonable to say 'hope' than 'worry'." The police officer smiled, "Well, a small sip of wine will immediately dispel the cold morning air.

Oh, thank you, I don’t smoke. I have to hurry up, because whenever a case occurs, the first moments are more precious than ever. You know this very well, but...but..."

The officer's words suddenly stopped. He looked at the piece of paper on the table in surprise where I had just jotted down the coded letter.

"Douglas!" he was already stammering, "Ballstone! What is going on, Mr. Holmes? Oh, you are a magician! Where did you know these two names?

?”

"This is what Dr. Gensheng and I deciphered by accident just now from a coded letter. But, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong with these two names?"
Chapter completed!