With a deep heart, I wrote this last case and recorded the outstanding genius of my friend Sherlock Holmes. From the study of the Scarlet Letter to his intervention in the case of the Naval Agreement-because his intervention undoubtedly prevented a serious international dispute-although the writing was very incoherent and I was deeply overwhelmed, I always tried my best to record my strange experience with him. I was going to write only the case of the "naval agreement", not to mention the case that disappointed me all my life. Two years have passed, but this melancholy has not diminished. Recently, however, Professor Colonel moriarty published several letters defending his late brother. I have no choice but to tell the truth completely and truthfully to the public. I am the only one who knows the whole truth, and I am sure it is time. It's no use keeping a secret. As far as I know, it has only been reported in the newspaper three times: once, it was 189 1 Geneva magazine on May 6, 2008; It was once seen in Reuters Telecom published in the British newspaper on May 7, 189 1. The last time was the letters I mentioned above, which were published recently. Both the first report and the second report are too brief, and the last report, as I want to point out, completely distorts the facts. It is my duty to make public for the first time what happened between Professor moriarty and Sherlock Holmes. Readers may remember that since I got married and started practicing medicine after marriage, the extremely close relationship between Holmes and me has become alienated to some extent. He will still come to me from time to time when he needs an assistant in the investigation, but this situation is becoming less and less. I found that in 1890, I only recorded three cases. 189 1 this winter and early spring, I read in the newspaper that Holmes was employed by the French government to undertake an extremely important case. I received two letters from Holmes, one from Narbot and the other from Nimes. From this letter, I guess he will stay in France for a long time. However, very unexpectedly, on the evening of April 24th, 189 1, I saw him walk into my clinic. To my surprise, he looks paler and thinner than usual. "Yes, I've been exhausted recently," he said before I asked. "I'm a little short of money recently. Do you mind if I close your blinds? " The lamp I use for reading is on the table, and it is the only lamp in the room. Holmes walked along the wall, closed two shutters and tightened the bolt. "Are you afraid of anything?" I asked. "Yes, I'm afraid." "What are you afraid of?" "Afraid of air gun attacks." My dear Holmes, what do you mean? "I think you know me well, Watson. You know I'm not a timid person. However, not admitting that you are in danger is foolhardy. Can you give me a match? "Holmes smoked as if he liked the sedative effect of cigarettes." "I'm sorry to bother you so late," Holmes said. I must also ask you to make an exception and allow me to climb over the back wall of your garden and leave your residence now. ""but what is this? " I asked, and he held out his hand. I saw his two knuckles bleeding by the light. "You see, it's not out of thin air," Holmes laughed. It's true. It can even break a person's hand. Is your wife at home? ""She's out visiting friends. " "really! Are you alone? " "yes." "That it's convenient for me, would you please travel with me to the European continent for a week. "Where to?" "Oh, anywhere, I don't care." This is all very strange. Sherlock Holmes never likes to spend any holidays aimlessly. His pale and haggard face shows me that he is extremely nervous. Sherlock holmes saw this problem in my eyes, so he crossed his fingers and put his elbow on his knee to explain. "Perhaps you have never heard of Professor moriarty?" He said. "Never." "Ah, there are talents and miracles in the world!" Holmes said loudly, "This man has influenced all over London, but no one has heard of him." This brought his criminal record to its peak. I tell you seriously, Watson, if I can beat him, if I can get rid of him as a scum for the society, then I feel that my own career has reached its peak, and then I am ready to change to a quieter life. Please don't tell anyone. The recent cases I handled for the Scandinavian royal family and France have created good conditions for me to live a quiet life I like and concentrate on chemical research. But, Watson, if I think that people like Professor moriarty are still running amok in the streets of London, I can't feel at ease. I can't sit quietly in an easy chair and do nothing. ""So, what did he do? " "His resume is unusual. He comes from a good family, received a good education and has an extraordinary talent in mathematics. At the age of twenty-one, he wrote a paper on binomial theorem, which was once popular in Europe. Taking this opportunity, he got the positions of mathematics professors in some of our primary schools. Obviously, his future is also brilliant. But this man inherited the extremely fierce nature of his previous life. The consanguinity of crime flowing in his blood has not been alleviated, and it has become more and more dangerous because of his extraordinary intelligence. Some of his misdeeds are also circulating in the university area. He was finally forced to resign as a professor and came to London to become a military coach. People only know him, but what I want to tell you now is that I found it myself. " "As you know, Watson, no one knows more about advanced criminal activities in London than I do. In recent years, I have always realized that there is a force behind those criminals, an insidious force, which has always been an obstacle to the law and sheltered evil people. I have handled all kinds of cases-forgery, robbery, murder-and I have felt the existence of this power again and again. I discovered the activities of this force in some unsolved criminal cases by using reasoning methods, although I was not invited to undertake these cases in person. Over the years, I have tried my best to uncover the darkness that covers this force, and this moment has finally arrived. I seized the clue and followed it. After many twists and turns, I found moriarty, a famous mathematical figure and retired professor. " "He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He organized half of the criminal activities in London, and he organized almost all the unsolved criminal activities. He is a wizard, philosopher and profound thinker. He has a first-class human mind. He is like a spider in the middle of a spider's web, motionless, but the spider's web is inextricably linked, and he knows its every tremor like the back of his hand. He seldom does it himself, just gives advice. His party member is large and well organized. We say that if someone wants to commit a crime, steal documents, rob others or assassinate people, just send a word to the professor and this kind of criminal activity will be carefully organized and put into practice. Even if his henchmen are arrested, they will be able to bail him out or defend him. However, the main figures who command these henchmen have never been arrested or even suspected. This is my inference about their organization, Watson. I have been trying to expose and crack this organization. " "But the preventive measures around the professor are very strict and the planning is very cunning. Although I tried my best, I still couldn't produce any evidence to take him to court. You know my ability, dear Watson, but after three months of hard work, I have to admit that at least I met an opponent with equal intelligence. I admire his skills rather than hate his crimes. But he finally made a mistake, a small mistake, but when I stared at him so closely, he couldn't have made this mistake. Since we have seized the opportunity, let's start from this point. Up to now, I have laid the French Open beside him, and everything is ready, just waiting for the net to be closed. In three days-that is, next Monday-the time will be ripe, and the professor and his main henchmen will fall into the hands of the police. At that time, the largest criminal trial will be held since this century, and more than 40 unsolved mysteries will be clarified, and all of them will be sentenced to hanging. But if our actions are a little sloppy, then you know, they can even slip away from us at the last minute. " "Well, if you can keep Professor moriarty in the dark, everything will be fine. But moriarty is really cunning. He knows every step of my network around him. He tried to escape from the net again and again, and I stopped him again and again. I tell you, my friend, if I record the details of my intrigue with him, it will definitely leave a distinct page in the history of backstabbing detectives. I have never reached such a height, nor have I been pushed so hard by my opponent. He did it very effectively. I just passed him. The final deployment has been completed this morning and will be completed in three days. I was sitting indoors thinking about all this when the door suddenly opened and Professor moriarty stood in front of me. ""My nerves are still strong, Watson, but I must admit that I was taken aback when I saw the man who harassed me standing at the door. I am familiar with his appearance. He is tall and thin, with a protruding forehead, sunken eyes, shaved face, pale face, a bit like an ascetic, and maintained a certain professor's demeanor. His shoulders are a little bent because of too much study, and his face is stretched forward, swaying gently from side to side, looking strange and humble. He narrowed his eyes and looked at me curiously. ""Your forehead is not as developed as I thought, sir, "he finally said." It is a dangerous habit to play with a loaded pistol in your pajamas pocket. "In fact, when he came in, I immediately realized that I was facing great personal danger. Because for him, the only way out of trouble is to kill me. So I quickly grabbed the pistol from the drawer and sneaked it into my pocket, aiming at him through my clothes. As soon as he mentioned this, I took out my pistol, opened the chamber and put it on the table. He still squints with a smile, but there is an expression in his eyes that makes me secretly glad that I have this pistol. ""You obviously don't know me, "he said." "On the contrary," I replied, "I think I know you very well. Please sit down. If you have anything to say, I can give you five minutes. " "You already know everything I have to say." He said, "So, you already know my answer," and I replied, won't you give in? ""Never give in. " He reached into his pocket and I picked up the pistol on the table. But he just took out a memo with some dates scrawled on it. ""1 month 4, you blocked me, "he said on the 23rd, and you blocked me again. You caused me a lot of trouble in mid-February; At the end of March, you completely ruined my plan. At the end of April, I found that I was in absolute danger of losing my freedom because of your constant persecution. Things are unbearable. ""Do you have any plans? "I asked." You must stop, Mr. Holmes! "He shook his head and said," You know, you really have to stop. ""Let's talk about it after Monday, "I said." Tut tut! "He said," I believe a smart person like you will understand that such a thing can only have one ending. "Then you must stop. You've done everything. This is our only way out. It's an intellectual pleasure for me to see you stir it up like this. I sincerely tell you that it would be sad if I was forced to take any extreme measures. Laugh, sir, but I assure you, it's really sad. " "In our work, danger is inevitable," I said. "It's not dangerous," he said. "This is the inevitable destruction. It's not just one person you are obstructing, but a powerful organization. Clever as you are, you don't realize the strength of this organization. You must step aside, Mr. Holmes, or you will be trampled to death. " "I'm afraid," I stood up and said, "because we talk too hard, I will delay the important things waiting for me elsewhere." He also stood up, looked at me silently and shook his head sadly. "Good, good," he finally said, "it seems a pity, but I have tried my best. I know every step of your game. You can't do anything before Monday. This is a life-and-death duel, Mr. Holmes. You want to put me in the dock, I tell you, I will never stand in the dock. You want to beat me, I'm telling you, you can never beat me. If you have enough wisdom to destroy me, please rest assured that you will die with me. " "You flatter me, Mr. moriarty," I said. "Let me thank you. I tell you, if I can guarantee to destroy you, I will die with you for the benefit of society. " "I promised to die with you, but you didn't destroy me." He growled and turned and walked out of the room. "This is my strange conversation with Professor moriarty. I admit, it has had an unpleasant influence in my heart. His words are so calm and clear that people believe he really means something, which a simple villain can't do. " Of course, you will say, "Why don't you call the police to prevent him?" Because I'm sure he'll call his henchmen to hurt me. I have the best evidence that it will happen. ""were you attacked? " "My dear Watson, Professor moriarty is a man who doesn't waste time. That day, I went to Oxford Street for some business at noon. Just as I was passing the corner of the intersection from Bentinck Street to Welbeck Street, a two-horse truck came at me like lightning. I jumped onto the sidewalk in a hurry and survived at the last minute. The truck rushed through this driveway in Mariri in an instant and drove away. After the accident, I only walked on the sidewalk, Watson, but when I walked to Weil Street, a brick suddenly fell from a roof and hit my feet. I called the police and checked the place. The roof was covered with slabs and bricks for building repair, and they told me that the wind blew off a brick. Of course I know it clearly, but I can't prove that someone hurt me. After that, I called a carriage and went to my brother's house in Bellevue Street, where I spent a day. When I went to see you just now, I was attacked by a group of thugs with big sticks on the road. I knocked him down and the police detained him. I hit the man's front teeth and scraped my knuckles. But I can tell you with absolute certainty that it is impossible to find out the relationship between the detained gentleman and the retired math professor. I bet that professor is standing in front of the blackboard ten miles away to answer questions now. Watson, when you hear this, you won't be surprised that I closed the shutters when I came to your house, and then asked you to allow me to leave the house from your back wall instead of the front door, so as not to attract attention. "I have always admired my friend's fearless spirit. This series of events today will add up to a whole day of terror. Now he is sitting there calmly telling the horrific events he experienced this day, which makes me admire him even more. " Are you going to spend the night here? "I asked." No, my friend, it will bring you danger if I spend the night here. I have made a plan and everything will be fine. As far as arrest is concerned, things have progressed to the point where those lawless people can be arrested without my help, but I will be asked to testify in court in the future. So, a few days before the arrest, I obviously had better leave here so that the police can move freely. If you can travel to the mainland with me, I will be very happy. ""Recently, medical services are very idle, "I said." I have another neighbor who is willing to help. I'm glad to go with you. ""Is it all right to leave tomorrow morning? " "Of course, if necessary." "Ah, good, very need. These are instructions for you. I beg you, my dear Watson, to abide by it to the letter, because now we are fighting to the death with the most cunning thugs and powerful criminal groups in Europe. Well, be careful that no matter what kind of luggage you plan to take, don't write down where you want to send it. Send a reliable person to Victoria Station tonight. Tomorrow morning, you hire a two-wheeled carriage, but tell your servant not to let the employer move the first and second carriages to attract business. You jump into the carriage, write an address and a note and give it to the driver. It says drive to the end of strand in Lauser Street and tell him not to lose the note. You must pay the fare in advance. As soon as your car stops, cross the street and arrive at the other end of the street at 9: 15. You will see a carriage waiting in the street. The driver is wearing a dark black cloak with a red collar. When you get on the bus, you can arrive at Victoria Station in time to catch the express train to continental Europe. " "Where can I meet you?" "At the station. The seats we reserved are in the second first-class car from the back. " "So, the carriage is where we meet?" "yes! "