I, who lived in seclusion for thousands of years, was exposed by yearning

Chapter 282 The case that made Holmes miss
"As expected of my girl, the one that impressed me the most is the book that my grandfather guided and inspired."

After Ye Qing heard Zhang Zifeng's answer, there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

Sure enough, she still has fate with her own girl.

The most impressive book is that he guided Doyle.

In this book, Holmes has helped Doyle to enrich a lot of knowledge.

"Adventure history is your inspiration for him?"

"I remember that the book History of Adventures consisted of twelve short stories."

"Yeah, I also remember that this book seems to be a collection of Doyle's first short stories."

"That's right, this book is indeed a collection of short stories he published in magazines back then."

After Ye Qing nodded and finished speaking, he continued:

"No matter how good an author is, he has a time when he lacks thoughts. When I met Doyle, the old man, it was when he lacked thoughts in his mind, but the newspapers and periodicals had to submit manuscripts, so I suggested to him to write Short story."

In fact, it is only the long stories that are interesting to read, and the details in them are even more fascinating. It is a pity that Doyle lacks thoughts.

In order to submit the manuscript as soon as possible, I had to start with short stories.

"Indeed, when you have no thoughts, short stories are the easier choice to write."

He Jiong nodded in agreement.

The novel is certainly good-looking, but when there is no thought, Doyle can't control the development of the novel at all.

At that time, Doyle's detective novels already had many fans, and his reputation was considered very high at that time.

If the next novel is not as good as the previous one, it will undoubtedly be ruining my reputation.

Choose to start with short stories, and if he fails to write something well, he can correct it in time.

He Jiong continued:

"You just said that the short story in his adventure history was inspired by you. I remember that the first case in this book is the scandal in Bohemia that Zi Feng talked about."

"The plot of this case is about the entanglement between the king and his lover, and then the king went to Holmes to ask him to find evidence that they had been together. But the lover knew about the king before Holmes went to her. What would he do, so he played a scene with Holmes. When Holmes thought he was winning, the king's lover left the country the next day. Holmes failed to get back the evidence. This is the only time he misses in the book. case."

"Yes, that's right." Ye Qing nodded after listening to He Jiong's narration.

Doyle did not expect to include this short story in the first published manuscript.

In fact, many of the stories in the adventure history were told by him to the child.

The child processed what he told in words, and added some detective reasoning, so the whole story seemed more attractive than when he saw the real story.

"In the whole novel, this case is considered a failure, why put a failed case in the first article?"

He Jiong asked out his curiosity.

What everyone saw from the scarlet research and the four signatures was the wisdom and wisdom of Sherlock Holmes.

Putting this failed case in the first article, isn't it afraid that the book fans will not accept it?
The clever Sherlock Holmes would lose to a woman, who would not feel that Holmes is no longer the Sherlock Holmes in their hearts when watching it.

This doesn't match the original personality at all.

"As for this point, the old man, I was also a little skeptical at first, but after thinking about it, everyone saw that Sherlock Holmes has successfully solved cases repeatedly, without a single miss. There is no such perfect person in the world."

After Ye Qing finished speaking, he continued to speak:

"Besides, putting this case in the first article is actually a new way to catch the readers' attention and raise doubts. They will be curious about the character of Irene. After all, the missed case will make people think about the reason for Irene's appearance. Significance. The appearance of the characters in the book has her existence value, which can be regarded as a pavement for the later stage."

In the book, Irene is the first character to appear, and it is the case that Holmes missed, and she is the woman that even Holmes admires in his heart.

How can such a woman not be curious.

Why don't you want to see what kind of story will come from the woman whom Sherlock Holmes admires.

So put this case in the first article. Although some people may not understand it, it still has a sense of expectation.

Besides, Holmes' failure of the case can better reflect that although Holmes is smart, he follows the reality. He is an individual rather than an omnipotent god.

Sherlock Holmes will fail in the early stage, and the case that appeared in the later period is a bit flawed, and book fans can accept it, and the sense of gap will not be too strong.

"So that's the case." He Jiong nodded to show that he understood.

Huang Lei followed and said: "Actually, the character Irene has always been in Holmes' heart. He has great respect for Irene. In the book, Irene is always referred to as that woman, which represents her in Doyle's heart." Location. Doyle has always only mentioned that woman in the book, but from the expectation of the first chapter to the later plot, it never appeared again."

"Yeah, never showed up again."

Ye Qing listened to Huang Lei's words, took a sip from the cup, and let out a long breath, like regret for Irene and sigh for Doyle.

In fact, the original version of the story, the so-called Irene, wasn't that smart.

That real woman didn't end well.

The reason why Doyle writes Irene as smart, talented and beautiful is actually because this Irene brings together the characteristics of the two most important women in Doyle's life.

The old man's sudden sigh made everyone confused.

Could it be that the old man also regrets that Irene is no longer in the book?
But since the story is the old man's inspiration for Doyle, since he feels regretful, why not let Doyle arrange a happy ending for the two of them in his book?
"Actually, Irene's story is very different from what I told the old man."

Ye Qing said as he put the teacup on the table, his eyes drifted away into memories:

"The original story is what the old man saw when he was traveling. When the girl met the man, she was at Cardamom. She thought that they would get married in the end, but she didn't expect that the man told her a lie. In the end, because of the man's The family wanted him to get married, and the daughter of the other family knew about the existence of the girl, so she asked the man to get rid of the girl."

That must have been hundreds of years ago.

He met the girl on a cliff.

At that time, her body was covered with scars and bloodstained, hanging on the trunk of the cliff.

And this story was told to him by her after he rescued and resettled her.

Women at that time had no status. Except for women from rich families, their lives were generally not very good.

In fact, he not only told this story to Doyle, but also to Feng Menglong.

After listening to Feng Menglong's child, he wrote Du Shiniang, while Doyle wrote Irene.

Both children wrote novels based on this story, only the ending is different.

One ended in tragedy, and the other married someone else and had a new life.

(End of this chapter)