"One for each of you."
Chu Kuang’s new work has finally been sent over.
Cao Dezhi wanted to go back to the office alone to watch—
But facing the gazes of his editors, he could only ask his assistant to print out a copy for everyone.
Let’s watch it together.
He himself returned to the office.
It is also a manuscript printed on paper.
Cao Dezhi drank the tea freshly brewed by his assistant while reading Chu Kuang's new book.
Although I have all kinds of worries in my heart, I still have to read the text for more specific situations.
Is Sherlock Holmes just Poirot with a different name
Perhaps the first case will provide some clues.
"When the political war of 1978 began, I received my doctorate in medicine from Hanzhou University and took the required courses for military doctors. After graduation, I was sent to the Chuzhou battlefield as an assistant military doctor..."
The story is told in the first person.
There were also a large number of cases in the Poirot series before Chu Kuang that were unfolded from a first-person perspective.
For example, the famous "The Mystery of Roger Affair" is told in the first person, and the murderer also pioneered the use of narrative tricks.
Most of the first-person perspectives in the Poirot series begin with the monologue of Poirot's assistant Hastings, including Poirot's death in the finale.
Chu Kuang's earlier first-person writing technique can be traced back to the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" of that year.
Chu Kuang seems to be quite fond of the first-person writing style and has a deep understanding of it. This is a very common writing technique in mystery novels.
In the story before us.
The character who unfolds in the first person is called "Watson".
This person is definitely not the protagonist, because Chu Kuang’s book title and he himself have explained it.
The protagonist is called "Sherlock Holmes".
Let’s talk about Watson first.
Watson has a wealth of experience.
He had experienced the war of regime change on Blue Star and was injured in the Hongkong battlefield in Qizhou. Because his body could not sustain the needs of the battlefield, he retired to London.
Cao Dezhi knew London.
London is one of the largest cities in South Korea.
The background of Chu Kuang's novels is never limited to a certain continent. He has good knowledge of geography and seems to have some understanding of the situation in each continent.
The background setting of the characters is also very realistic, as if those people really existed in that era.
This is in line with the Poirot series.
Keep watching.
After retirement, Watson planned to find a job in London, but he had to have a place to live, preferably with someone to share the rent with. As a result, he met an old friend who was also a doctor on the street.
The other party told Watson that a man named Holmes was also looking for someone to share a house with.
So Watson and his old doctor friend went to a medical laboratory in London.
Where Holmes worked recently.
This reminded Cao Dezhi of the first meeting between Hastings and Poirot.
Perhaps Watson plays the role of assistant to Holmes similar to that of Hastings to Poirot
Indeed, there are some similarities.
There was a hint of worry in Cao Dezhi's heart, and he believed that readers could also see this, and this seemed to indirectly prove that Holmes and Poirot had similarities.
However, when Watson rushed to the laboratory and met Holmes for the first time, Cao Dezhi suddenly intuitively felt the difference between Holmes and Poirot.
Holmes is indeed not Poirot!
“Pah, pah, pah!”
As Watson stared in amazement, Holmes was whipping a corpse violently with a whip. Anyone who saw this scene would think that Holmes was mentally ill.
Like a pervert!
Poirot would never be so rude. The old man with mysophobia always remembers to remain elegant.
What's going on
Cao Dezhi felt that Chu Kuang had gone too far in trying to show the difference between Sherlock Holmes and Poirot.
"Does he do this often?" asked Watson.
The friend said awkwardly: "Maybe he is in a bad mood today."
At this moment, Holmes looked at the doctor who had arrived and said, "You're here just in time. I need to know the condition of his bruises in 20 minutes. This is related to a person's alibi..."
Cao Dezhi breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that the purpose was to solve the case. Although this method can easily be misunderstood, it was indeed a very scientific experimental method in that era.
This is when Holmes needs his cell phone.
Watson hesitated for a moment and offered to lend his cell phone to Holmes.
"Thanks."
Holmes finished speaking, and casually said while using Watson's phone:
"Neon?"
"I'm sorry, how did you know that?" Watson asked, confused.
Should the doctor have notified him in advance
Cao Dezhi thought so almost subconsciously.
At this point, Holmes continued: "What do you think of the violin?"
Watson: “Ah…”
Holmes said without even looking up: "I play the violin when I'm thinking about something, and sometimes I don't talk for days. Do you mind? It's best for roommates to let each other know their shortcomings in advance."
"Did you tell him about me?"
Watson looked at the doctor, who shook his head quickly: "Not a word."
ha
Cao Dezhi was stunned.
Didn’t the doctor say that
How did Holmes know that
Watson asked Cao Dezhi's question: "Who told you this?"
"Myself."
Holmes returned the phone to Cao Dezhi: "It's too difficult for someone like me to find a roommate. I mentioned this to Mike this morning, and he brought you here this afternoon. He brought an old friend with him, who obviously just served in a certain army in the neon battlefield. It's not hard to guess."
Cao Dezhi was dumbfounded.
Brother, isn’t this hard to guess
Watson asked the second question on behalf of the reader Cao Dezhi: "How do you know about the Neon Battlefield?"
Holmes did not answer, but stood up and said, "No. 221 Baker Street. That will be our residence."
"that's all?"
Watson was full of questions: "We just met and we have to look for a house together? We know nothing about each other. I don't even know your name..."
Holmes paused.
He turned around and said, "I know you are a military doctor who was just sent back from the neon battlefield. I also know that you may suffer from sexual limb disability. Perhaps you can remove the word "maybe". Is this enough for us as roommates?"
Holmes rose and left.
Watson looked at his friend next to him.
The friend said helplessly: "Yes, he has always been like this."
In the novel, Watson was confused!
Outside the novel, Cao Dezhi was also confused!
Cao Dezhi read the novel from Watson's first-person perspective. Of course, he knew that Watson had fought in the Neon battlefield, knew about Watson's injuries, and knew that Watson was a retired military doctor, but how did Holmes know that
Are you a detective
You are a fortune teller!
How did this Sherlock Holmes know the person's background clearly the first time he met him?!
Cao Dezhi has ten thousand questions!
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ps: Thanks to Xiao Diou for the reward, girl, you are electricity and light~