48 Hours a Day

“You asked a friend to keep an eye on Sacred Heart Church in the afternoon? Why, were you already suspicious of Father Jacob then? ”

Holmes looked a little surprised in the carriage.

“No, I wasn't suspicious of Father Jacob at the time, and it wasn't just about the Church of the Sacred Heart," Zhang Heng shook his head, "you said earlier that the letter originated from the Church. Although we ruled out Father Jacob's suspicion in the morning, I didn't completely abandon this clue, but asked a friend to help me investigate several churches in the White Church District, and to facilitate the identification of those churches' attitudes towards the Buddha, she herself made up to be a Buddha. ”

“Miss Irene Adler?” Holmes' face was blanketed, "she said of makeup. ”

“Exactly.” Zhang Hengdao.

“Your bet on this one does seem very sweet, but I must say," Holmes said, "it is not wise to put a beautiful woman in danger, especially when the White Church is under the shadow of the most terrible serial killer. ”

Zhang Heng was also very honest, "It was really unexpected. I was planning to meet Mark Cohen when I finished my investigation, but I didn't expect to meet the police at Mark Cohen's residence. ”

Zhang Heng had been mixing with Holmes in recent months, and Scotland Yard officers like Gregson and Lestrade were familiar with him, but the officers at the bottom knew that he was limited, and in fact the officers at the bottom didn't know Holmes very well.

Zhang Heng ran into two policemen at Mark Cohen's residence and had no idea of his identity. At this point, Zhang Heng did not want to turn over his weapon because of a slight misunderstanding with Scotland Yard.

He thought he would meet someone he knew when he arrived at the police station, but when he told the policemen who were taking care of him, he caught up with Holmes to joke with him and nobody let him out.

Then it was not until after the investigation of Mark Cohen that Zhang Heng had time to rendezvous with the female singer, by which time it was completely dark, but the road accidentally ran into a wagon crashing over a fruit pulling scooter, where the drivers and the fruit farmers argued for a long time, Zhang Heng and Holmes had to replace another wagon, until it was around 9 pm in the East Side.

“Is this where you and she agreed to meet?” Holmes asked after getting out of the car.

The two of them are now standing in a small square, which is a relatively busy area in the East Side, yet there is no sign of Irene Adler nearby.

Although Zhang Heng had been worried about the female singer before, the situation in Eileen was not as dangerous as imagined, except because the police increased the number of patrols after the three murders, and because Mark Cohen fell into the net. Whatever the relationship between Father Jacob and Jack the Ripper, he obviously wanted to use Mark Cohen to replace Jack the Ripper. In that case, Mark Cohen was caught by the police, and Jack the Ripper should be hiding from him.

But somehow, women singers are still missing.

Was it because you waited too long to get home? That's hard to say, because after all, Zhang Heng is hours behind schedule, and Eileen Adler doesn't look like someone who would stand in a place and wait.

However, with the cleverness of the female singer, even if she leaves, there will be a way to notify Zhang Heng who came here.

Zhang Heng now worried that Eileen Adler was a little too smart, found an anomaly in Father Jacob, and tracked him down all the way to shock the latter, so he didn't intend to just wait.

The Church of the Sacred Heart was closed at 8: 00, while Father Jacob lived in a cabin behind the church, and Zhang Heng and Holmes rushed there, but from outside the window it was dark, and Zhang Heng flipped the window, Holmes walked through the front door, and the two surrounded the cabin, but when they went in, there was nobody there.

There was only one old dog lying on the floor, but it was too old to move, seeing strangers breaking in, not even screaming.

Holmes lit a candle and quickly swept around the area with candlelight.

Unlike Mark Cohen's bloody cabin, Father Jacob's residence is a very normal priest's residence, with simple decorations and a Bible beside his bed that he doesn't know has been turned over many times, there's nothing else to note in the house.

According to the Goblins, Father Jacob's normal life is simple and even stereotypical.

He doesn't go anywhere else, either in a church or a residence, so now that the church is closed and he's not at home, it's a paradox in itself.

Holmes walked around the kitchen half a turn and opened his mouth to think about something, but eventually didn't say anything.

And Zhang Heng completely ignored the situation over there. The disappearance of Irene Adler and Father Jacob's absence made things a little worse.

Especially since the singer was entrusted by him to get involved in this matter. If anything happens to her as a result, it is difficult for Zhang Heng to forgive herself, so he must now find Father Jacob as quickly as possible.

But Father Jacob was obviously much more rigorous than Mark Cohen, and there would be no journey on his desk, and the only note related to theology.

The whole house can be described with a drop of water, Zhang Heng stood at the desk, closed his eyes, and after half a minute he opened his eyes again, "Church. ”

“Hmm?”

“Whatever Father Jacob had to do with Jack the Ripper, it would not change the fact that he was a devout cleric. Jack the Ripper got information from him about those goblins, but as a priest, he was obliged to keep the contents of the confession confidential, and I don't think he meant to divulge it, so that's what Jack the Ripper should have heard," Zhang Hengton concluded, "there's probably a secret room in the church, right next to the confession room. ”

“Below.”

“Hmm?”

“That chamber is not next to the confession chamber, and below, the basement of the confession chamber is empty.” Holmes Road, “I found in my confession earlier, stepping on the floor was obvious, and I thought there was a cellar there or something. ”