Chapter 26 Chapter 24 Professor Wilmots

After returning to the ward in a daze, Lin Zhaohui comforted me and left.Mr. Holmes also came over and patted me on the shoulder. He knew the relationship between Ryan and me. From the time we met to the death of Ryan, Ryan and I were really inseparable, whether it was eating, sleeping, or Out and about, all together. I didn't close my eyes for a few days, and finally I couldn't bear it anymore, and my eyelids finally closed heavily. When I woke up again, it was already afternoon, and this time I woke up from hunger.The people of Sri Lanka have passed away, but the living still have to eat.

I called the nurse to get me black-bone chicken soup with mushrooms. While I was drinking it, someone opened the door and came in. It was Mr. Holmes and Lin Zhaohui.Judging by Lin Zhaohui's appearance, he must have just come out of the operating room, and the gloves on his hands have not been taken off yet. "Mr. Shi, you're awake." Lin Zhaohui greeted while taking off his hat and gloves. "Well, I'm very hungry." I replied, "I can't move my right hand yet, and it's awkward to eat with my left hand, like an old lady eating porridge. Look at the soup spilled all over the quilt."

"Hehe." Lin Zhaohui smiled and comforted me, "It's okay, in a few days, your right hand will be able to remove the plaster cast." "By the way," I remembered something, put down the spoon and asked, "What happened after I passed out that day? Did that perverted Wilkins get caught?" After hearing this, Lin Zhaohui turned his head and glanced at Mr. Holmes. Mr. Holmes pouted and motioned for him to speak. Lin Zhaohui then moved a stool and sat down in front of my bed, and said, "That Wilkins may have had an accident before, his right eye was injured, and he has visual impairment. After his left eye was pierced by the tip of Mr. Holmes' umbrella, he almost died. Just blind, but we managed to subdue him with some effort."

"This grandson will be taken and shot a hundred times." At this moment, I remembered that he had killed Ryan, and I couldn't help gritting my teeth, and at the same time I felt my right arm ache. "..." Lin Zhaohui glanced at me, believing that he could understand my state of mind.After a while he continued: "We did not hand him over to the police, but left him in the hospital for treatment." "What?" I yelled, and said excitedly, "Even if it is humanitarian treatment of prisoners of war, it depends on the person. The murderer Wilkins is not worthy of humanitarian treatment at all."

"Shi Hua, calm down." Mr. Holmes finally spoke at this time. He said, "I know you are very sad and angry about Ryan's death. Why are we all the same? Everyone feels very sad about this. But, neither He can use his emotions. We can find enough evidence to bring him to court and let the law punish him." "People like Wilkins don't deserve to be treated by the law at all. He should be cut to pieces!" Under the grief and anger, I lost control of my emotions. Mr. Holmes emphasized his tone: "He has no humanity and kills innocent people indiscriminately, but we are not. We have the right to arrest him and let the law punish him, but we have no right to kill him!"

"..." I was stunned by the majesty of his righteous words, and I lowered my head resentfully. "That's right." Lin Zhaohui interjected at this moment, "I tested the cloth on those engineers, and it was the same cloth that Mr. Xia found at the vines where Qi Wanfu lived in Liyuan, Zhangjiajie. It seems There is no doubt that Qi Wanfu died at their hands." "Besides, Wilkins is now the key to our case, and he still needs to speak up for many things to come." Mr. Holmes said in a slow tone at this moment. At this point, everyone was silent.After a while, Mr. Holmes said: "Shi Hua, Wilkins is just an executioner, just a pawn. We just need to find the manipulator behind the scenes - so far, it looks like that Professor Wilmots - as long as we find enough evidence, Bringing him to court is the real revenge for Ryan. I believe that we will have to fight him soon."

"Oh?" I followed, "Do you have any new plans?" "Obviously, the group of people we ambushed in the suburban cemetery that night were a group of rebels under Professor Wilmoth with two intentions. Through interrogating them, do you know what news I got? Tell me It will surprise you all." Mr. Holmes stopped suddenly at this point, which whetted the appetite of Lin Zhaohui and me. It was obvious that Mr. Holmes had achieved his goal. Lin Zhaohui and I asked at the same time, "What? What did you find?" Mr. Holmes smiled slightly and said: "It's incredible to say that, from the mouths of the three engineers and the fake Taoist priest, I learned that the purpose of their trip to China this time is to conduct an experiment, an experiment we have guessed before. , It is considered to be a ridiculous and outrageous experiment: by extracting the blood essence of some children with four pillars of pure yin—of course, they believe that the soul of the child’s extremely yin constitution is contained in the blood essence—the essence; With some special materials, incantations and rituals, the essence and blood are refined into pills. According to them, people who eat this pill can have superpowers.”

"Childish! Ignorant! Ridiculous! Ignorant!" Lin Zhaohui, who was a doctor, heard this, and several phrases popped out of his mouth. "Of course, they don't just believe that superpowers can be obtained through these evil and dark means. They have factual and psychological basis." Mr. Holmes continued, "That Wilkins is what they believe source of confidence in this statement." "Could it be that that freak Wilkins took that kind of pill to have such a superhuman abnormal physique and strength? To be honest, Wilkins is definitely a superman. I have experienced his power before! "At this time I interrupted.

Mr. Holmes nodded and said: "When I fought against Wilkins that night, I also saw that his strength and jumping speed are far beyond ordinary people. In addition, his body seems to have very A perfect immune system - you have also seen that Shi Hua's baseball bat hit him on the head that night and it was broken so simply, and then he was shot 4 times in the body, and he was able to stand up and continue chasing Ryan. ——These are simply not something normal humans, or even normal creatures, can do.” "Then...how can we explain Wilkins' perversion?" I asked. "The reason why I didn't hand him over to the police, but took him back to the hospital for treatment, was to let Dr. Lin give him a comprehensive examination after he recovered a little bit, to see how his genes are different from ordinary people. —clearly I would not believe that he took that nonsensical pill to make him so fierce,' replied Mr. Holmes gently.

"Besides, from the mouths of the fake priests and engineers," Mr. Holmes went on, "I also know why they acted behind Wilmots and Wilkins' backs that night-in fact, old Wilmots Ci has already predicted that the child's corpse with four pillars of pure yin may be deceitful.——They said that Professor Wilmots was cruel and cunning, and Wilkins under him was like a hound, firmly grabbing The lifeblood of their gang." "So, Scott took the lead and instigated the Taoist priest who was responsible for the practice, and stole Wilmots' parchment, in an attempt to obtain superpowers like Wilkins, so that he could get rid of Wilmots and Will. Kings is under control?" Lin Zhaohui took over the topic and said.

"Yes." Mr. Holmes nodded slightly. "Undercurrents are turbulent, and violence will eventually fail." Lin Zhaohui sighed and said with emotion. "I put that fake Taoist back and asked him to bring me a letter to Professor Wilmots. What he is looking for is the remaining half of the parchment, which is in my hand." Mr. Holmes Said, "I think Professor Wilmots will come to me soon. Regarding some questions about this case, it seems that I still need to communicate with this old fox face to face." An imperceptible smile faintly appeared on Mr. Holmes' resolute face. After three days in the hospital, I finally had a cast removed from my right hand.When the thick layer of carapace was removed from my hands, my whole body felt relaxed and much more comfortable. The hospital asked me to stay in the hospital to rest and observe for a few days, but I refused and went through the discharge procedures in a hurry.I don't want to be lying in a hospital bed with arms and legs, unable to go anywhere, unable to do anything. Just as I left the hospital with my things that day, I saw Mr. Holmes and Lin Zhaohui walking in from the outside. I stopped them and told them that I was discharged early and there was no need to go up. Mr. Holmes reached out to take the luggage from me, and said, "Then let's get in the car and wait, and Dr. Lin will come up and get something." Lin Zhaohui nodded, and trotted all the way into the hospital. As soon as I got in the car, the mobile phone in my pocket rang. I took it out and was about to open the flip to answer the call, when I suddenly froze—the caller ID was Mr. Holmes! I touched Mr. Holmes and motioned him to look at my phone. Mr. Holmes was also taken aback when he saw it.He thought for two seconds before saying, "You pick it up." My newly recovered hands trembled a little. I opened the flip cover tremblingly, pressed the green button, and then turned on the speakerphone. Then I said, "Hello! Who is it?" "Mr. Shi Hua, right? I know that Mr. Xia Fuyou must be by your side now, please ask him to answer the phone." A very polite voice came from inside, with a stiff accent. "Hello, I am. You should be Professor Wilmots, right?" Mr. Holmes replied. "Yes, it's me, Mr. Xia, I've known you for a long time." The other side was still very polite. But during this kind of friendly conversation, my heart sank. The legendary mastermind behind the scene——Professor Wilmots finally appeared. "Arranging someone to steal my mobile phone on the train seems inelegant, Professor Wilmots." Mr. Holmes joked. "Haha!" There was a burst of hearty laughter from the phone, and he said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Xia, I need to do things. If you are willing to tell me your address, I can mail the phone back to you, or give you another one, which is better. of." "Thank you." Mr. Holmes continued, "I would rather you hand it back to me in person, just as your country handed over Hong Kong to us, under a friendly and solemn condition." "To be honest, I really want to meet you. It's really hard to meet an opponent like you. I think if you don't work for the police, we can become good friends." The other side still said very politely. "Thanks for the compliment--I think so too, if you're not a criminal," said Mr. Holmes politely. "No, it's not flattery or praise. You deserve it. I think we'll meet soon," said Wilmots over there. "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, why not just today, and I have specially prepared a mysterious gift for you." Mr. Holmes said with a smile. "Oh?" The voice over there said with great interest, "Then I want to see what gift the famous Mr. Xia will give me. But, not now. I know I can't do it so soon. Convince you to join us, so the two of us are like two cats and two mice, in the eyes of each other, we are our own prey." "Okay." Mr. Holmes said with a slight smile, "Then come to me when it is convenient for you. I have prepared a 1998 Cabernet Franc and a gift that you are very interested in." "Okay, then we will meet again. I believe it will not be too long, this day will come soon, I am looking forward to it." The other side said. "Yes, I am looking forward to meeting you too." Mr. Holmes said, and hung up the phone. As soon as he hung up the phone, Lin Zhaohui hurried out with a folder.Mr. Holmes didn't say anything, took the folder and opened it. After reading Mr. Holmes's mouth showed a smug smile again.He closed the folder, waved his hand, and said in a good mood: "Drive, let's go, find a hotel first, I'm going to have a good sleep, wake up in the evening, let's make some wine and food to celebrate Shi Hua's discharge from the hospital." Passing some hotels along the way, Mr. Holmes refused to let Lin Zhaohui stop.It wasn't until we drove downstairs called "Shenglong Hotel" that Mr. Holmes called to stop, and then led us in. Mr. Holmes first used the license to ask the receptionist at the front desk for the check-in record form. After reading it, he booked a room on the 12th floor.On the way, Mr. Holmes said that he would go back to sleep. Unexpectedly, as soon as he passed the room, he really threw himself on the bed and fell asleep. Lin Zhaohui made a "shh" gesture to me and pulled me out.He said: "Mr. Xia hasn't slept for the past few days, but he is very tired. Let him have a good rest." I knew that Mr. Holmes was really working hard, so I nodded, followed me to the hotel lobby, ordered two glasses of lemon juice, and sat down to chat. For some reason, our topic ended up talking about Ryan, and the corners of my eyes got a little sour when I mentioned him.Lin Zhaohui also understood my relationship with Ryan, so he just patted my shoulder silently and stopped disturbing me. When it was just dark, Mr. Holmes, who was already dressed, came to the lobby, walked up to us and sat down, lit a brown cigarette, and said: "Doctor Lin, please go and order the food and beverage department of the hotel to give us Get a few good dishes, order Western food, and bring it to our room. Remember, a whole bottle of better red wine." "Okay, I'll get it right now. Let's have a drink tonight to celebrate Shi Hua's recovery and discharge from the hospital." Lin Zhaohui got up and said. "By the way, we need to prepare four sets of tableware." Mr. Holmes then instructed him. "What?" I asked curiously, "Do we have any other guests?" Mr. Holmes smiled, but did not answer me.I'm a little puzzled, we don't have any other acquaintances here in Hangzhou.Could it be... Could it be that there is nothing left to pay homage to Ryan? After Lin Zhaohui returned to the room, Mr. Holmes asked us to arrange the room and set up the tables and chairs. As soon as the cleaning was done, the hotel waiter delivered the food and red wine, and we waited for the waiter to fill the table.After everything was arranged, Mr. Holmes gave a waiter a tip of 100 yuan and said, "Please go to Room 1219 next door and invite Mr. Courtley Li to come over for dinner. You can say that Xia Fuyou asked you to invite him." of." The waiter took the tip, bowed and said, "Okay, thank you." Then he walked out. It turned out that it wasn't reserved for Ryan, but that there were real guests.I asked Mr. Holmes curiously, "Countley Lee? Your new friend?" Mr. Holmes smiled and said, "No, no, we are old friends." "What's going on?" I became more and more confused. Mr. Holmes took out a brown cigarette and lit it, "Our guest tonight is none other than Professor Wilmots." "Ah?" Lin Zhaohui and I exclaimed at the same time. "Don't be too surprised. In public places, Professor Wilmots is a gentleman. He won't do anything to hurt everyone." Mr. Holmes said lightly. "Then..." I was still a little horrified by the name "Wilmotz", I asked, "Then, how do you know he lives next door?" Mr. Holmes exhaled a puff of smoke, and replied, "When Wilmots called us this morning, did you not notice any other voices from where he was speaking?" I shook my head and said, "No." Mr. Holmes shook his head resignedly, and said, "There is faint background music, which is the music you heard when you drank lemonade in the hall just now." "Then how do you know that kind of music is in this hotel?" I still don't understand. "I have a job like this, and I have no fixed place to live. Hotels and hotels are my home. Obviously, I have lived here before." Mr. Holmes explained to me. "Then why do you say that Courtley Lee is Wilmots?" Lin Zhaohui, who was also confused, also joined the ranks of asking questions. Mr. Holmes spread his hands helplessly, and continued to explain to us: "I read the customer check-in list, and there are only foreigners living on the 12th, 13th, 17th and 21st floors. Obviously, because of Christians, he will not be the one on the 13th floor." , and how to exclude the other floors?” At this time, Mr. Holmes took out the piece of paper that was torn by Qi Wanfu and glued by Lin Zhaohui from his pocket, and said: “Handwriting—customers need to sign when they check into the hotel. .” "Boom, boom, boom!" Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door. Both Lin Zhaohui and I turned our heads in the direction of the gate.Mr. Holmes stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, straightened his collar, and went to open the door with his umbrella in hand. As soon as Mr. Holmes opened the door, a short but very strong middle-aged man stood in front of the door.He was wearing a top hat and a black dress with a bow at the neckline; he was leaning on a walking stick just like Mr. Holmes. "Hello, Mr. Courtley Lee." Mr. Holmes extended his hand warmly. The man bowed in a friendly manner, took Mr. Holmes' extended hand, and said in blunt Mandarin, "Hi, Mr. Xia, please call me Wilmots. Your coat is very handsome." Mr. Holmes smiled, said, "Thank you! Please!" and let him in. After closing the door, Mr. Holmes asked the man to sit down first, and then introduced Lin Zhaohui and me: "This is the famous Professor Wilmots." Lin Zhaohui and I were stunned for a moment, and we still imitated Mr. Holmes, got up and shook hands with him in a friendly manner, but quickly let go and sat down. Then Mr. Holmes pointed to the two of us and introduced to that person: "Professor, these two are my friends. This is Dr. Lin Zhaohui; the one next to me is my assistant, Editor Shi Hua." The man smiled and nodded to us one by one. ——Actually, until now, I still can’t believe that sitting in front of us is the legendary mastermind behind the scenes, the serial murderer, Professor Wilmots! His short stature, skinny head, cloudy eyes have been sunken, the tall aquiline nose is particularly eye-catching on the shriveled face, and his thin lips are bloodless. Mr. Holmes got up and poured a glass of red wine for each of us. He raised his glass first and said, "Come on, we are honored to welcome Professor Wilmots." That Wilmots hurriedly picked up his wine glass and got up, and accompanied Mr. Holmes to exchange greetings and said, "It's serious, Mr. Xia's reputation is far and wide, and he has known his name for a long time. It is really extraordinary to meet you today." "You're laughing, I'll do it first," said Mr. Holmes, and drank it down. "..." Lin Zhaohui and I are in a bit of a fog right now, what's the matter?A detective and a demon are flattering and greeting each other here.Has Mr. Holmes taken the wrong medicine?If it's really the devil incarnate, let's just take it down by force, do we need to be so polite? Mr. Holmes seemed to see through our thoughts, and he said solemnly: "The professor has a passport. He is a serious businessman who came to the mainland to invest. He is protected by our government and embassy. I can't just let him Sue someone for stealing my phone?" "Haha, Mr. Xia's words are really funny, I admire, admire." Wilmots laughed, then took out a box from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it in front of Mr. Holmes, saying: "This is Mr. Xia's mobile phone. Now that I have returned it to Zhao, I have offended you so much, I hope you will forgive me." Mr. Holmes smiled heartily, put the box away, and said, "Where is it? Come, let's eat." After the meal, Mr. Holmes and that Professor Wilmots chatted happily and happily.It was like reuniting with old friends for many years. From the American Civil War to the Great British Bourgeois Revolution; from the Orient Express case to the Nile Murder; from the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi to the Italian Mafia. Lin Zhaohui and I looked at the two of them chatting so harmoniously, and after looking at each other, we were a little overwhelmed. We awkwardly scratched the plate with a knife and fork, making a piece of steak unrecognizable and horrible. After a long time, watching Professor Wilmots put down the cutlery and wipe his mouth with a napkin, Mr. Holmes stopped talking and rambling. He said: "Your country's famous poet Shelley has a famous saying: 'A man cannot be really wise unless he is really moral. Shrewdness and wisdom are two very different things. A shrewd man is one who thinks carefully about himself. interests; a wise man is one who carefully considers the interests of others.' I don't know Professor Wilmots, what kind of person do you think you are?" Wilmots said with a smile: "There is also a folk proverb in your country that says, 'He who is full of wisdom, the sky cannot be poor'." "Oh?" said Mr. Holmes. "Do you really think so?" "Wisdom originates from the ruins of stupidity." Wilmots said, "In fact, there is no difference between wisdom and stupidity. All human behaviors serve their own senses. If you succeed, you are wise; if you fail, you are stupid. It’s very possible that you succeed at one thing and fail at another.” "Then, Mr. Wilmots," said Mr. Holmes with a smile, "would you be interested in having our wits clash? If I lose, I'll give you what you want; if I win, you Tell me what I want to know." "If there is no recording equipment installed in this room, I'd like to try it." Wilmots also replied with a smile. Mr. Holmes stood up, held up his hands, and said, "On my own behalf, no." "How do you tell me to believe you?" Wilmots said, looking at Mr. Holmes with a smile. Mr. Holmes replied: "It's because I asked that Taoist priest to take back the half parchment scroll that was found from your subordinate Scott." Wilmots was silent for a while, and then said: "Okay, I agree."