At 8 p.m., Gao Cheng, as a little Valet, follows his uncle to the banquet. After seeing the luxurious decoration of the hotel banquet hall, he doubts the identity of the rich woman who invited him.
The luxury of the hotel can be explained by money, but it seems that the people at the same table attending the banquet are not ordinary people. It is said that they are all friends of the Fat Lady Diana, because they are very interested in hearing that there are famous Japanese detectives coming.
Uncle, who always boasts that he is an experienced adult, didn''t think much about it. He was very happy from the beginning. Although it was difficult for him to communicate with foreigners, his daughter Xiaolan''s English was not bad, and she had a good chat with these people.
"What''s the matter?" Xiao Lan called Conan and said, "didn''t I tell you that I had an appointment with Ms. Diana for dinner at the hotel at 8 p.m? We''ve all started to eat! "
"I''m sorry," Conan said with a shy smile, "doctor and I are patronizing to solve the code... In this case, doctor and I are looking for fast food nearby. Anyway, uncle is over there..."
Gao Cheng looks back at Xiaolan who is calling. It seems that Conan is still studying the secret code, but Xiaolan can''t manage so much. After apologizing with the fat woman, she goes out to find Conan.
"I''ll go and get them back!"
"Ah, Hello, Hello!"
Maori Kogoro failed to stop his daughter, leaving Gao Cheng with him at the scene.
Looking at the side, he didn''t understand anything. Gao Cheng, who was drinking a drink leisurely, had a stiff smile and a cold sweat on his forehead.
Big problem
The Fat Lady Diana has no feelings about Xiaolan''s leaving. It''s nothing to eat late. The key is Maori Kogoro.
"Sleeping Mr. Kogoro," the fat woman looked forward with a smile, "can you tell me some of your stories? Everyone is very interested in you who are comparable to Sherlock Holmes... "
"Er, ok..."
Uncle meets the audience waiting to listen, sweating to pick up the glass, subconsciously looked at the side of Gao Cheng.
I have heard about the case in Japan, but I can''t speak English. How about a performance?
"That, Chenghu..."
"Ms. Diana," Gao Cheng put down his glass and said to the fat woman in English, "in fact, detective Maori is investigating a case right now. At noon, someone in London sent out a lot of signs to warn of murder, and the police also caused a commotion..."
……
"What''s the matter?"
Near Big Ben, after coping with LAN''s phone call, Conan continued to study the code with a map of London, but he never got much.
"The sign should mean that there are two watch shops beside a castle like building, and there are also food shops, cake shops and even arms shops, but they can''t be found anywhere!"
Dr. a Li couldn''t help much. He said to Conan, "it seems that this code doesn''t refer to a shop selling anything..."
"Yes," Conan said anxiously, "there''s no clue at all. Sure enough, this kind of code can only be guessed."
Conan felt desperate. He was really good at solving puzzles, but at least he had to have clues and directions first. He couldn''t think out of thin air.
In this case, he was not in the mood to attend any banquet, so just now he was worried that Xiaolan would come out to find someone and directly deceive Xiaolan into saying that he was in the other direction of the London Eye Ferris wheel with the doctor.
"Xiaolan called again," Conan took out the ringing mobile phone, but said, "can''t let me concentrate on the secret code..."
"Why don''t you ask ah Cheng," the doctor said anxiously. "Maybe you can think of something together."
"It''s right to say that, but if he lost him carelessly, I have to go to him..."
Conan''s eyelids jumped and he got on the phone impatiently: "hello..."
"New one?" Xiaolan hesitated, "it''s me... Are you still sleeping? It''s still 5 a.m. in Japan... "
"Ah!"
When Conan reacted, he found out that it was his own mobile phone used by Shinichi Kudo. He hurriedly took out the bowknot voice changer and replied, "ah, no... I''m up, but there''s something to consider..."
In the banquet hall of the hotel, the uncle stayed around his neck to watch Gao Cheng communicate with the fat woman. It took him a long time to drink. When they looked at him again, they nodded and said "yes".
"Yes? The spire of St. Brad''s imitates a multi-layered wedding cake. "
Gao Cheng asked the location of the cake building from the fat woman and her party, but did not involve the building or area of the two swords.
"Put two swords in the white place..."
"Oh A friend of the fat woman suddenly thought, "if it''s white with two swords on the back, I''ve seen the double swords logo behind the famous white Mason porcelain. There''s only one shop in London!"
"Mason China?"
"Yes, most of the dishes in this hotel are Mason China, you see."
Gao Cheng then picked up a white plate and found the pattern of two swords crossing at the bottom.
In this way, all the places described in the code can be found. The key is what the code around these places means.
It''s better to run again tomorrow. Maybe we can find out the clues of the remaining two places.
The key is still "Sherlock Holmes". The prisoner asked Sherlock Holmes if he could not solve the puzzle. That is to say, Sherlock Holmes is the key to unlock the new code.
The titles of the Sherlock Holmes cases
Gao Cheng raised his chin and frowned.
Besides unlocking the code, there''s the prisoner.
We should not commit a crime when the police are completely confused, that is, we should have at least one or two days to arrange the notice of murder.
According to the analysis of criminal psychology, during this period of time, the prisoners are likely to observe in secret and enjoy the pleasure of the puzzles given by the police.
However, the information is still not enough, the profile of criminal behavior is still very reluctant, only a few main characteristics can be analyzed.
Revenge or stimulation
Seeing that Gao Cheng was lost in thought, the fat woman turned to her uncle and asked, "is this little brother your detective assistant?"
Uncle didn''t understand English very well. He was at a loss. When he heard the words of detective, he affirmed with Japanese mixed with English: "yes, he is also a detective! Detecitive！”
"That''s great!" The fat woman and her party were amazed. They looked at Gao Cheng, who took out the map of London and looked at it. They all gave their thumbs up to their uncle and said, "your assistant is wonderful. The combination is just like Holmes and Watson! We will be able to find out this case... "
"Peanuts?"
Uncle listened to a series of English, dizzy, completely do not understand what meaning, but see the fat woman seems to praise themselves, quickly happy way: "yes! We are two equally famous detectives. Of course, the city dweller is still young, and I need to take care of many places. This time, I will bring him to England to have a long experience... "
The audience didn''t understand Japanese, and they also didn''t understand what uncle was saying. However, the atmosphere of the conversation was pretty good. Although they talked separately, they were surprisingly harmonious.
In any occasion can mix well, no matter how embarrassing situation can cope with the past, perhaps it is also a gift of uncle, in the end even beyond Gao Cheng, no matter the language barrier, in front of the guests directly performed their judo, became the focus of the banquet.
Gao Cheng didn''t care about the cold sweat. More and more uncles marked all the places involved in the code on the map. Although he didn''t know the meaning of the new code in each place, he found quite subtle places through the map.
Starting from Big Ben in the middle, follow the line one by one, then go back to Big Ben and connect to the last Mason porcelain store. An abstract tennis racket shape appears on the map.
Of course, I can''t be sure it means tennis racket, but if it''s true, the prisoner''s target is probably the ongoing Wimbledon tennis match, and the day after tomorrow is Saturday''s final.
……
In the hotel room, Gao Cheng looks at Shinichi Kudo in front of him.
When the party was over, she said why Xiaolan had never gone back to find Conan. When she got back to her room, she saw such a frightening scene.
"So you''ve taken the antidote for your return home?"
"What can I do," Kudo Shinichi said helplessly, "I was almost caught by Xiaolan. If I don''t eat, Konan Edo is what Kudo Shinichi looked like when he was a child, isn''t it exposed?"
Gao Cheng''s eyelids are deeper: "that''s why I find it strange that you are still in Japan, aren''t you? Why does Xiaolan want to catch you? "
"It''s a long story," said Kudo Shinichi, grabbing his hair with a headache. "I can''t help it. I don''t know when my body will change back to Conan. Tomorrow I have to make excuses first. I''ll hide in my room for a day
"Chenghu, it seems that the interpretation of the code still needs to trouble you. The seven sentences in the code probably refer to the buildings in various places... Damn, it''s really bad. If you don''t untie it quickly..."
"If it''s those buildings, I''ve found them all. Tomorrow I''ll try to solve all the puzzles, and I won''t let the prisoners succeed."
Gao Cheng sighs quietly. Sure enough, Xiao AI is right to ask him to bring more antidotes. In this case, he can''t believe this guy at all. As long as he is likely to mess around, he will.
Shaking his head, Gao Cheng takes out all kinds of things he has collected in the dazed look of Shinichi Kudo. Even the drain on the bridge beside Big Ben also takes photos. In addition, the photo is the suitcase of the man in the suit at the station.
"Almost every place has left one of the case titles of the Sherlock Holmes series, Big Ben''s the valley of terror, elephant Castle station''s the missing bridegroom, egg building''s the city hall''s the masellen gem, and cucumbers building''s the dancer... Tomorrow I''ll go to the other two places to look for it."
Kudo Shinichi stares, waiting for Gao Cheng to come up with all the clues to slow down: "are you the one who found them?"
"What do you think?"
"Well, I mean... You''re not lost."