Chapter 454: Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection releases

Just as the whole Weibo was extremely lively, Ye Xuan looked at the silk banner that Mother Ye had specially hung up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

It's simply outrageous!

But looking at his mother's proud expression, Ye Xuan silently swallowed the suggestion of "maybe we should put it away."

As long as Mom is happy!

Shaking his head, Ye Xuan continued to open the mode of not going out and continued to copy the second story of the Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection!

Which is the famous "The Sign of Four"!

Although the first story, "A Study in Scarlet," was quite successful, it wasn't until the second story, "The Sign of Four," came out that the original author, Conan Doyle, stepped into the world literary scene in one fell swoop and became the uncrowned king of mystery novels.

As one story after another unfolded, Ye Xuan typed the last punctuation mark.

"Finished writing."

He muttered to himself, sent the manuscript to his blog, and Ye Xuan stretched comfortably as usual.

With his sending, the notification sound of the blog "553" update rang in countless people's ears again.

A crowd of readers flocked to the blog to read the second story of the Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection—"The Sign of Four."

At the beginning of the story, Holmes showed his deductive method bit by bit.

【You see, but I observe.】

As soon as Holmes said this, everyone was startled, and then the same doubt appeared in their minds.

What is the difference between "seeing" and "observing"?

Watson in the story also held the same doubt.

In order to make Holmes look bad, Watson specially took out a pocket watch and asked Holmes to infer the personality and habits of the watch's owner.

And the next moment, Holmes took a simple look and was already confident about the information of the watch's owner.

Just by looking at the engraving and marks on the pocket watch, he deduced that the owner was Watson's brother, who had a dissolute personality and was also a drunkard.

Looking at Watson's dumbfounded look, a crowd of readers understood in seconds!

Everything Holmes said was spot on!

Is this the great detective's deductive method?!

Just as the readers were shocked by the deductive method, the story continued to advance, and Holmes and Watson soon received a commission from a Miss Mary.

It turned out that Miss Mary's father had mysteriously disappeared years ago, but she received a mysterious anonymous gift every year.

A few days ago, she received a mysterious note asking to meet tonight, which was the reason she sought out Holmes this time.

On the note, four signatures jumped into view.

Holmes quickly made an inference that it might be the descendant of an old friend of Mary's father.

After meeting the person behind the scenes, sure enough, it was Xiao Shu, the descendant of an old friend of Mary's father.

As Xiao Shu introduced, everyone gradually learned that Old Shu and Mary's father had obtained treasure together, but because of uneven distribution, Mary's father died of a sudden heart attack.

Before Old Shu died, he told his descendants to take good care of Mary, but just as he was about to tell the two sons where the treasure was hidden, he was suddenly frightened to death by a black shadow.

Watching, the questions in the minds of countless readers grew more and more.

Who was that mysterious face in the dark?

What did the four-signature note left by the uninvited guest mean?

Why was Old Shu especially wary of people with wooden legs?

Where was the treasure?

Under layers of suspense, everyone followed the plot, and in the blink of an eye, they saw Da Shu die in a locked room.

And beside him was also a note, written with the familiar four signatures.

A locked-room murder case emerged!

Some readers were scared into a cold sweat by the reappearing four signatures.

Some readers shivered, but their eyes were shining, and they couldn't wait to read the sequel.

And next, it was Holmes's turn to appear.

Through a series of clues like footprints on the windowsill and the floor, Holmes quickly reached a conclusion.

【Exclude all impossibilities, and the remaining possibility, no matter how unbelievable, is the only truth.】

As soon as this famous quote, which caused a sensation in later generations, came out, it undoubtedly achieved the same effect at this time.

"This sentence gave me goosebumps all over!"

"Standing up on the spot! Damn! I want to use it as my motto!"

"From now on, I am a die-hard fan of Holmes!"

The subsequent story became more and more suspicious, and more and more questions were placed in front of the readers.

Bizarre child footprints, ghost-like wooden-legged men, bizarre poisonous wooden thorns, steamships disappearing on the river...

Until the murderer was caught, all the readers let go of their held hearts and breathed a long sigh of relief.

But the next moment, they saw that the treasure everyone had worked so hard to pursue was finally thrown into the river by the murderer.

And the ending of the story always had a twist.

What surprised everyone was that Watson confessed to Miss Mary.

A locked-room murder and robbery case finally turned into a romantic encounter...

After the story ended, a crowd of readers still hadn't walked out of the plot.

The captain of the Qianzhou Criminal Police Detachment also, driven by the female police officer, started reading mystery novels he had never touched before.

Not just him, even other police officers in the Criminal Police Detachment joined the ranks.

Everyone had the same thought.

Must study this Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection carefully.

Maybe they could rely on it to catch a few more murderers!

And as they were exposed to mystery novels for the first time, after finishing this case story, they felt it was simply hearty and refreshing.

Seeing the end, the captain couldn't help but tease.

"Why didn't you introduce this book to me earlier?!"

Subsequently, he couldn't help but read it a second, third, and fourth time.

Many readers also couldn't suppress their excitement and ran to Weibo to scream.

"Can someone really have such terrifying reasoning ability and observation skills as Holmes?!"

"I declare that Old Holmes is my favorite from now on..."

"Amazing, amazing! This story doesn't seem to be worse than the last one. Does Dog Xuan have no creative bottleneck?!"

Not only ordinary readers, but mystery novelist Chen Chen commented on "The Sign of Four" again.

【Mystery novelist Chen Chen: I thought "A Study in Scarlet" was already Mr. Ye Xuan's peak, but "The Sign of Four" adds reflections on human nature and the swaying balance of good and evil on the basis of "A Study in Scarlet." Another peak has appeared....】

At present, he has also become a loyal fan of Ye Xuan, waiting for Ye Xuan's updates without missing any!

With everyone's discussion, the keywords related to "The Sign of Four" soon rushed to the Weibo trending search list.

【Sherlock Holmes #The Sign of Four】

【Sherlock Holmes #Deductive Method】

【Sherlock Holmes #Never Marry】

The first thing that sparked heated discussion among countless readers was the deductive method Holmes used in this case.

"The basic deductive method is simply amazing! #Deductive Method" ===== CHAPTER 457 =====