After Wang Xu heard this story, he only asked: "What happened next?"
Mr. Cat said: "Lucy died later. She finally died of depression a month after getting married. Driber didn't show any sadness, because he only married this woman to get Ferrell's family property, but it was his.
A group of wives and concubines were very sad about the girl's death and kept vigil for her in accordance with the teachings.
What happened next was dramatic. One night after Lucy died, Hope suddenly appeared in the funeral hall. He took off Lucy's wedding ring and said, "She must not be buried wearing this."
, and then disappear again.
For decades after that, Hope had only one goal in his life, and that was revenge!"
Wang Xu said: "Oh, that's right. I have an impression of the later story. Twenty years later, Hou Bo chased him through countless countries on two continents, and finally dressed up as a coachman in London and killed Druid. After killing him, he used Germany.
The text left the word RACHE on the wall, which means revenge. Then Detective Sherlock Holmes appeared. But what you said has anything to do with the Jack the Ripper case?"
Master Cat said: "What if I told you that some of the contents in this novel are true?"
"What?" Wang Xu asked in shock: "You said Sherlock Holmes is real?!"
Mr. Cat raised his eyes blankly: "Hey...I really overestimated you..."
"Bah! If you fart, let it go!"
Mr. Cat said: "You have to pay attention to Hou Bo's method of killing in "A Study in Scarlet". He took the drunken uncle to an empty house with no one. It was not until he entered the room that he killed him.
Then Hope took out two identical pills, one highly poisonous and one similar to a vitamin. He asked Driber to pick one first, and then he took the other.
Because Hou Bo believed that the sky has eyes, and villains like Drizzt would definitely pick out the poisonous ones, and this was indeed the case. Before Drip's death, he encountered his greatest fear, and his soul was undoubtedly full of resentment...
…”
Wang Xu interrupted: "So Zhui Bo became an injustice?"
Mr. Cat said: "Don't interrupt, listen to me. What you should pay attention to is that this killing method is actually a bit too idealistic. There are many uncontrollable factors in it, so this paragraph is undoubtedly a novel. I think there are at least seven
Cheng may be a fiction because the author wanted to make Dzeiber's death more tragic and let him get the retribution he deserved.
Including the later mention in the novel that Hope said, "On my way to kill someone, I saw the father and daughter walking in front of me. They were on both sides of the horse, always leading me in front." This is quite interesting.
The somewhat insane remarks, and the fact that Hope was not tried by the law in the end, but died in the detention center due to a ruptured heart aneurysm, are all very idealistic.
But there are some things in this novel that are not fake, that is, the story I told you before. This story that happened in Utah has at least a 90% chance of being true. The story I was reading before
I always wondered why Mr. Conan Doyle would spend such a long time describing such an uncomfortable period of history, even though there are many adaptations with a strong literary flavor in this story, such as numbers written on the wall, or
It’s too mythical about the capabilities of the Avenging Angels organization, but overall, the main plot should be like that, it really happened!”
Wang Xu asked: "That's just your personal opinion..."
Mr. Cat raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "So I went to Mr. Conan Doyle today to confirm and verify my judgment."
"What?"
"Don't be surprised, he is not a celebrity now, he is just an ordinary writer. In fact, he is still struggling in the stage between being an unappreciated talent and becoming famous."
The corner of Wang Xu's mouth twitched twice: "So, he told you, is this true?"
Mr. Cat said: "Do you remember that Sherlock Holmes failed once in "A Study in Scarlet" and let a guy pretending to be an old man steal an exhibit from his hands, but that person never appeared in any of Conan Doyle's stories?
in this novel.
The prototype of this man actually knew Conan Doyle in real life. He was also a friend of Jefferson Hope, and it was he who told Mr. Conan Doyle this story."
Wang Xu said: "You checked really clearly..."
Cat Master smiled confidently: "Of course, let's talk about Conan Doyle. Although many critics in the world sneer at the literary status of detective novels, they have to admit that there are still some elements in many of Mr. Conan Doyle's works.
Deep meaning exists.
The cases he writes involve various social realities in Britain today. For example, "The Sign of Four" objectively reflects the colonial plunder of India, "The Red-Headed Club" satirizes the current unemployment rate in Britain, etc. In these novels
There are moral issues and criminal issues, but in the end, they all promote humanitarianism and the spirit of retribution for good and evil.
In "A Study in Scarlet", Lucy's story is undoubtedly intended to criticize polygamy and the use of religion to implement tyranny. But there is also a terrible fact hidden behind it, and that is the two most crucial characters.
, all exist in reality, one is Jefferson Hope, and the other is Driber."
Wang Xu crossed his legs: "Ah... let me think about it, what do we have on hand now? A big revenge has to be avenged, and Hou Bo, who finally suffered a heart attack, should have ascended. So in the end, we should come back.
Okay, let’s continue the question I just asked, has Uncle Zi become an injustice?”
Mr. Cat said: "Yes, an innocent soul."
Wang Xu asked: "Does this have anything to do with the Ripper case?"
Mr. Cat sneered: "Hmph... I went astray in the first place. Jack the Ripper is not a human being at all."
Wang Xu looked very puzzled: "What? No way? Even if you prove that a villain in a certain novel actually exists, you can't just put all the shit on his head, right?"
Mr. Cat said: "I knew you would say that, but you and I have ignored the same point, a very important point, which is the existence of 'us'!"
There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in Wang Xu's mind, and he seemed to suddenly understand: "You mean...actually we..."
Mr. Cat continued what he said: "We are a part of history, an indispensable part! That's why we come back here! Nothing is accidental, but a necessity.
Historically, Jack the Ripper's last murder was on November 9th, and he has disappeared since then. I have always been puzzled by the fact that the police could not catch him at all, and he did not seem to be able to change his mind.
, then what made this madman stop? Now I understand everything, the people who stopped him are us!"
Wang Xu nodded and said thoughtfully: "We will be here...because we are ghost hunters..."
"After thinking about this, it suddenly dawned on me that 'our' time travel was on a mission and was of great significance, and it was most likely related to the case of Jack the Ripper. If Jack were a human being, returning to
It may not be us who stopped him in 1888, because there will definitely be many good detectives in the future who can complete this task. But if Jack is not under human control and needs to be handled by ghost hunters, then our arrival will
That can be explained very well.
I didn’t know until this morning that I was not changing history, but correcting history. Without our time travel, Jack would have continued to kill. In order to keep history on the right track, we must stop the case after the November 9th incident.
he!"
Wang Xu asked: "Okay, assuming all your inferences are true, there is a force in the dark that brings us back to this point in time, and we are here to complete the mission of hunting Jack, then in what way did you do it?
Is it related to Zhui Bo’s wronged soul?”
Master Mao smiled: "It's a coincidence. I was originally at a deadlock in the investigation of Jack's case, and then I wanted to do something else. Sometimes changing the things at hand can also help me think.
, so I took out a magazine and read it, and happened to read the novel.
Two things suddenly flashed before my eyes. The first was Jack's letter, the letter with the kidney attached. He claimed to be 'from hell'; the other thing was that the targets he attacked were all prostitutes. What if
Looking at the simplest logic, these two situations can show a very clear answer, 'from hell' means that he is not human and only kills prostitutes because he hates them."
Wang Xu raised his eyebrows: "Oh, if you combine the two, you will find that this is a ghost who hates women."
"Then I thought about the issues related to this novel, and finally found that this guy Zibo fit these two characteristics very well, because he regarded women as tools and playthings, but in the end he died because of a plaything."
Wang Xu said: "But there may be many such innocent souls, and they may not be Zhui Bo."
Mr. Cat sighed: "Haha... Maybe we are just pawns in the hands of God. There is power in the dark that has already decided everything. It is not a coincidence that I turned to that magazine. It is a destiny that cannot be changed...
"
Wang Xu asked: "What do you mean?"
"Hmph... Use your spiritual sense to look through the whole city carefully. Apart from this guy Zibo, are there any ghosts anywhere? I think... As early as a few months ago, the barrier in the sky was just
At that time, there was a powerful force unknown to us that gradually wiped out all the 'supernatural' things.
This stage is left just so that Jack the Ripper's show can be staged, and we are the ones responsible for the ending... Haha, these guys are so thoughtful. The blood sacrifice must be staged and must end, but this final work, they throw away
Gave it to both of us."
After Wang Xu heard this, he immediately said unhappily: "If you had figured it out from the beginning and used your spiritual sense from the beginning, you might have saved a lot of brain cells..."
Mr. Cat sighed: "At least I solved the problem with reasoning at the last moment. After I went to Mr. Conan Doyle to confirm my reasoning today, I also went to see Eyecone. It really looked like the one described in the novel.
…”
Wang Xu stood up and walked to his room: "Then, tomorrow we will skin and remove this guy's bones and send him to the West..."
