Sherlock looked down at what Richard handed him.
I saw that the thing was about the size of an egg, with a metal shell and an extremely smooth surface, like an exquisite work of art. There is a gap on the surface that looks like it can be opened.
With a "click" sound, Sherlock opened the thing and saw a glass dial inside, with three hands of different lengths moving under the surface.
The shortest pointer moves the slowest and is almost invisible.
The hands are neither short nor long, and you can see the slow movement.
The longest slender pointer moves in the blink of an eye.
"Click click click..."
The hands continue to make crisp and pleasant sounds.
What Richard gave Sherlock was a pocket watch. In the Middle Ages where accurate time has not yet been fully popularized, it is a new object, and Richard feels that Sherlock is definitely interested in collecting it.
However, Sherlock's reaction was somewhat different from what Richard had imagined.
Sherlock stared at the dial of the pocket watch for a few seconds and said: "My dear friend Richard, are you going to give this thing to me, and then go to my warehouse to look for something? Tsk, this does fit the bill. Your temperament, and this thing of yours is obviously worth more than what you need. But... "
At the end of the sentence, Sherlock hesitated slightly.
"But what? Is there something wrong? You don't like it?" Richard asked.
"No, no." Sherlock shook his head, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just... I already have a similar collection, so I don't need yours. Of course, that Balas silver, if you find it, you can still You can take it away, after all, we are friends."
"Wait a minute!" Richard raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Sherlock and asked, "You said... you already have a similar collection?"
"Yes." Sherlock nodded.
Richard was silent: "..." This silence was not speechless, but thinking about something quickly.
The pocket watch is not a simple creation, and its technological content is not low. On earth, it was developed after the Middle Ages during the great navigation period, because on the boundless ocean, people need to use relatively accurate clocks to determine their specific position so that they can adjust their routes in time to prevent getting lost.
In the current wizarding world similar to the Middle Ages, although it cannot be said that similar things do not exist, but as far as he knows, they are not available on the market. So where did Sherlock get similar collections
Turning to look at Sherlock, Richard said, "Can I see your collection?"
"Of course, if you want to take it away, that's okay, my dear friend." Sherlock said generously, turning to the small door on the side and shouting, "Lucia!"
Lucia, dressed as a maid, quickly walked out of the small door. The blush on her face had not completely faded. She looked at Sherlock a little shyly and asked: "Xia...Mr. Sherlock, what can I do?"
"Well, Mr. Richard is more interested in one of my collections, which is the round box that makes a clicking sound that I put in the bedroom. Do you have any impression? Bring her over, okay? ?" Sherlock looked at Lucia and said with a smile.
Lucia frowned, as if remembering, then nodded: "Okay." She quickly ran into the small door.
After a while, Lucia ran out, holding a palm-sized object and brought it to Sherlock.
Sherlock pointed at Richard, and Lucia immediately handed the thing to Richard again.
Richard took it and observed it carefully.
I saw Sherlock's collection. The outer shell was silver-white with a metallic luster. It was very beautiful. It had a dial and hands in the middle. It looked like a work of art. However, it was somewhat different from the pocket watch in his hand. of.
A pocket watch is a pocket watch, but the one in my hand is... a small clock - two turns larger than a pocket watch. The three hands for hours, minutes and seconds are simplified into two hands for hour and minute. The accuracy is somewhat poor. The error of one minute is only about one second. In one day, it may be more than ten minutes.
But it is undeniable that the pocket watch and the thing in your hand can indeed be regarded as the same type - the technology inside may be quite different, and parts such as escape wheels and limit nails are missing, resulting in insufficient accuracy, but the technology is the same. A generation - just like a flintlock and an automatic rifle are very different, but they are both thermal weapons.
Richard suddenly became curious about the maker of this small clock and wanted to contact him to find out who he was and how he made such a thing that transcended the times.
He was able to create it because he relied on the accumulated wisdom of the more than 100 billion people who had ever existed on the earth. What did the other party rely on
However, he quickly suppressed this idea. After all, the main purpose of his visit today was to obtain the metal palladium to complete his ongoing research. It would be better to deal with such "extraordinary matters" after completing the research.
After careful preparation, Richard handed the collection to the girl Lucia, then took out the painting from the auction and handed it to Sherlock: "Your collection is indeed similar to what I gave you. Since you don’t need two similar collections, just accept this thing—a painting made of the king’s heart. After all, I don’t like getting things for free.”
"Painting?" Sherlock's eyes flashed, and while returning the pocket watch to Richard, he took the scroll from Richard's hand, opened it and looked at it a few times, "Is it a painting of hell? This is more in line with me. For taste, you can hang it in the study. But what do you mean when you say it is painted with the king's heart?"
"It means that its dye is quite special..." Richard simply said what the host said at the auction, "Off the east coast, there is an island of Lisbon, and there is a Kingdom of Pu Egypt on the island..."
After listening to Richard's story, Sherlock's expression became more exciting. He looked back at the words in his hand, his eyes glowed with strange light, and he sighed: "It's amazing, the paintings made with corpses! By the way, you should have painted it just now." This thing was taken out. This is a truly meaningful collection! I collected it and decided to put it in the deepest part of the warehouse!"
"you sure?"
"Of course!" Sherlock said loudly, not at all perfunctory, "I have collected so many things, but I have never collected such a special thing.
To me, this is not a simple painting, but great art, art!
Use the heart of the king to draw a picture of hell. Gee, I seem to really hear the wail of the soul in hell. Equality after death, this is the fate of all kings, it is simply the best explanation of hell.
Wow, I can't wait. I'm going to go to the warehouse and put it away so I don't accidentally break it. "
The more he talked, the more excited he became. The next moment, Sherlock stepped out of the door, and Richard had no choice but to follow.
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