After Wang Xu heard the story, he only asked one question: "What happened after that?"
The cat master said: "Later Lucy died, and she finally died of depression a month after her marriage. Drebber didn't show any sadness, because he married this woman just to get Ferrier's family business, but it was his. A group of wives and concubines were very sad about the girl's death and kept a vigil for her according to the teachings.
What happened next was dramatic. One night after Lucy's death, Hope suddenly appeared in the mourning hall. He took off the wedding ring from Lucy's hand and said, 'she must not be buried with this' , and then disappears again.
For the next ten years, Hope had only one goal in his life, and that was revenge! "
Wang Xu said: "Oh, that's it. I have the impression of the later story. Twenty years later, Hou Bo chased countless countries on two continents, and finally killed Drew in London pretending to be a coachman. Wen left the words RACHE on the wall, which means vengeance. Then the great detective Sherlock Holmes appeared. But what you said has anything to do with the case of Jack the Ripper?"
Master Mao said: "What if I tell you that some of the contents of this novel are true?"
"What?" Wang Xu exclaimed in shock, "You said Holmes is real?!"
Master Cat rolled his eyes: "Hey... I really overestimated you..."
"Bah! Let the fart go!"
Master Cat said: "Pay attention, Hou Bo's method of killing in "A Study in Scarlet Letters" is that he took the drunk Dreber to an empty room with no one there, and Drebe didn't give him back until he entered the room. He recognized it. Then Hope took out two identical pills, one was highly poisonous and the other was similar to vitamins. He asked Drew to pick one first, and then he took the other.
Because Hou Bo believes that the sky has eyes, and a villain like Drebber will definitely pick out poisonous ones, and it is true. Before Drebber died, he encountered the greatest fear, and his soul was undoubtedly full of resentment... "
Wang Xu interrupted: "So Uncle Zhui became a wronged soul?"
Master Cat said: "Don't interrupt, listen to me, what you should pay attention to is that this method of killing is actually a bit too idealistic, and there are many uncontrollable factors in it, so this paragraph is undoubtedly just a novel, I think there are at least seven The success may be fictitious, because the author wants to make Drebber's death more miserable, so that he can get the retribution he deserves.
Including the later mention in the novel that Hou Bo said, "On my way to kill, I saw the father and daughter walking in front of me. They were on both sides of the horse and always led me in front." This somewhat insane statement, and the fact that Hou Bo was not tried by law, but died in a detention center because of a ruptured heart aneurysm, are all very idealistic.
But there is something else in this novel that doesn't seem fake, namely the story I told you earlier. This story that happened in Utah has at least a 90% possibility of being true. When I was reading it, I wondered why Mr. Conan Doyle would spend such a long time describing such an uncomfortable history. , although there are many literary adaptations in this story, such as the numbers written on the wall, or the ability of the organization that is too mythical, but generally speaking, the main plot should be like that, that is what really happened of! "
Wang Xu asked, "That's just your personal opinion..."
Master 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, just an ordinary writer. In fact, he is still struggling at the stage between being underappreciated and becoming famous."
The corners of Wang Xu's mouth twitched twice: "So, he told you, is this true?"
Master 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 cheat a piece of evidence from his hands, and that person never appeared again in any of Conan Doyle's stories?" in this novel.
The prototype of this person 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 really did the research..."
Master Cat smiled confidently: "Of course, let's talk about Conan Doyle. Although many critics in the world scoff at the literary status of detective novels, they have to admit that many of Mr. Conan Doyle's works still have some Deep meaning exists.
The cases he wrote involve various social realities in today's Britain. For example, "The Sign of Four" objectively reflects the colonial plunder of India, and "The Redheads" satirizes the current unemployment rate in Britain. There are moral issues and criminal issues, but in the end, they are all promoting humanitarianism and the spirit of rewarding good and evil.
In this "Study in Scarlet", the story of Lucy is undoubtedly to criticize polygamy and the practice of tyranny through religion. But there is still a terrible fact hidden behind it, that is, the two most crucial characters both exist in reality, one is Jefferson Hope and the other is Drebber. "
Wang Xu crossed his legs: "Ah... Let me think about it, what do we have now? Hou Bo, who had a big revenge and finally suffered a heart attack, should have already ascended, so in the end, we still come back , Continuing with the question I just asked, did Drew become a wronged soul?"
Master Cat said: "Yes, a wronged soul."
Wang Xu said, "Is this related to the Ripper case?"
Master Cat sneered and said, "Hmph... I went astray at first, Jack the Ripper is not human at all."
Wang Xu had a very inexplicable expression: "What? No way? Even if you prove that a villain in a certain novel does exist, you can't put all the shit on him, right?"
Master Mao said: "I knew you would say that, but you and I both overlooked the same point, a very important point, that 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...in fact, we..."
Master Mao continued his words: "We are a part of history, an indispensable part! That's why, we will come back here! Everything is not accidental, but a kind of necessity.
In history, Jack the Ripper's last murder was on November 9, and he has disappeared since then. , so what made this maniac stop? Now I understand everything, the ones who stop him are us! "
Wang Xu nodded and thoughtfully said: "We will be here... because we are ghost hunters..."
"After figuring this out, it suddenly dawned on me that the time travel of 'us' has a mission and is of great significance, and it is very likely to be related to the case of Jack the Ripper. If Jack is a person, back to the It may not be us who stopped him in 1888, because there must be many good detectives who can complete this task in the future. But if Jack is not under the control of people and needs to be dealt with by ghost hunters, then our arrival, It can be well explained.
I didn't know until this morning that I wasn't changing history, I was correcting history, without our time travel, Jack would have kept killing, in order for history to follow the right track, we have to stop after the November 9th case he! "
Wang Xu asked: "Okay, assuming all your inferences are true, and there is a force in the dark that brought us back to this point in time, and we came here to complete the mission of hunting Jack, then how did you find it?" Contacted the wronged soul of Dreibo?"
Master Cat smiled: "It's a coincidence. I was at an impasse in the investigation of Jack's case. At this time, I wanted to do something else. Sometimes changing the things I'm focusing on can also help my thinking , so I took out a magazine and read it, and I happened to read that novel.
Two things suddenly flashed before my eyes, the first is the letter from Jack, the letter with the kidney attached, which he claimed to be 'from hell'; If you use the simplest logic, these two situations can show a very clear answer, 'from hell' means that he is not a human being, and he only kills prostitutes because he hates them. "
Wang Xu raised his eyebrows: "Oh, if you combine the two, you will find out that this is a ghost who hates women."
"Then I thought about the novel, and finally found that Drebber fits these two characteristics very well, because he regards women as tools and playthings, but in the end he died because of a plaything."
Wang Xu said: "But there may be many such souls, and it may not be Zhui Bo."
Master Cat sighed: "Hehe... Maybe we are all just pawns in the hands of God. There is a power somewhere that decides everything. It is not a coincidence that I found that magazine. The destiny cannot be changed..."
Wang Xu asked, "What do you mean?"
"Hmph... Use your spiritual sense to carefully search the whole city. Apart from Drebber, where are there any ghosts? I think... as early as a few months ago, when the enchantment in the sky just appeared After a while, a powerful force unknown to us gradually wiped out all the 'supernatural' things.
This stage is left just so that the Jack the Ripper show can be staged, and we are the ones who are responsible for ending the curtain... Hehe, these guys are really thoughtful. both of us. "
After Wang Xu heard it, he was immediately upset and said, "If you figured it out from the beginning and used your spiritual sense from the beginning, you might save a lot of brain cells from dying..."
Master Cat sighed: "At least I solved the problem with reasoning at the last moment. After I went to Mr. Conan Doyle today to confirm my inference, I also went to see Yan Zhuibo. It really looks like the one described in the novel." …”
Wang Xu stood up and walked to his room: "Then, tomorrow we will skin this guy and send him to heaven..."