Chapter 518

Zhang Heng returned to 221B Baker Street at 4 a.m. this evening, the area around the white church is still quiet. Only a few drunk drunkards fight behind the pub. As soon as the patrolmen arrive, all the drunkards except the ones who are not drunk disperse in a crowd, and then nothing else happens.

Zhang Heng sent Laomi back to her residence, then lay in bed for three hours, and opened his eyes at seven o'clock.

As he walked out of the room, Holmes had finished his breakfast as usual, and sat at the table with his pipe in his mouth and flipping through the newspaper.

"Good morning."

"Good morning." Zhang Heng also sat in his usual seat and rang the bell, waiting for Mrs. Hudson to bring up his breakfast.

"It seems that you came back late yesterday. Don't tell me that you still have no idea. I have high expectations for you." Holmes turned through the newspaper.

"I did find a very important clue. I probably know how Jack the Ripper chose his target."

"Oh?" Holmes also showed a look of great interest. He finally moved his eyes away from the newspaper and looked at Zhang Heng, "tell me about it."

"Don't forget that we are still in a competitive relationship now. If you want to know, you can find out for yourself." Zhang Heng light way.

Sherlock Holmes laughed. "Are you still angry about my choosing opera ahead of time? Well, I'll take it back, but I've gained a lot. In that case, let's rely on our own abilities and see who can find the answer first. "

He put down his newspaper, took off his hat and walking stick from the hanger, and said to Zhang Heng, "I have to admit that you really bring pressure to me. I think I have to work harder."

"I hope you can catch up with my case summary." Zhang Heng returned.

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After breakfast, the time is 7:15. It has been some time since Holmes left. Zhang Heng sat in his place for a while and sorted out his thoughts. He didn't talk big about Holmes.

Last night, he gained a lot, especially when chatting with Laomi. According to the Swedish jinu, they are not very welcome in the Eastern Church. Except for a small church called sacred heart, the priests there treat jinu equally. Sometimes some homeless jinu will go there for the night when they have no place to live. In addition, they are not welcome in the Eastern Church Besides, the priest will give them bread from time to time.

Laurie may not be aware of the problem, but Zhang Heng is acutely aware of what it means.

He searched all night for the answer to the question.

Who can get close to these prostitutes without attracting anyone's attention? The answer is always in front of us - the clergy.

They don't even have to deliberately collect information about these prostitutes, because these prostitutes will take the initiative to find them and tell them all their secrets when they confess.

Zhang Heng looked at his pocket watch. The reason why he didn't leave immediately was that he didn't have the time to open the Sacred Heart Church.

So Zhang Heng used the rest of the time to make a simple action plan for a while, and then put on the equipment of last night again, went out of the door and called a carriage.

As a result, when the carriage stopped at the gate of the Sacred Heart Church, he ran into an acquaintance by accident.

Holmes was standing outside the gate, looking at him with interest.

"It's interesting. It seems that although we choose different directions, we end up with the same goal."

Zhang Heng also seems helpless. He has tried his best to race against the clock and get the clue he wants, but he can't control the progress of Holmes.

The ability of this Victorian detective will not disappoint.

"How about we exchange the information we have before we go in?" Holmes suggested.

Zhang henglue also agreed after pondering.

Different from Holmes' direct announcement of his reasoning, Zhang Heng used it. Now this is a short-term alliance between the two. Equal trading should not affect the final outcome. It's just that they don't know who will win if they catch the murderer together in the church. But now they have come to this stage, so it's useless to think about it.

"I'll come first," Zhang Heng said. He briefly introduced his analysis and the information he got from Laomi. He added after a pause, "and the wounds on the faces of the previous three dead people, the first one is not obvious, but the knife marks of the second and the third victims are wrong. At that time, I felt a little familiar at first sight, but now I feel a little familiar It's like a cross. The murderer may be religious. "

"Impressive analytical reasoning." Sherlock Holmes also issued an exclamation, "I'm glad your work was fruitful yesterday. As for me, it's relatively simple. I went to the newspaper in the afternoon."

"Newspaper office?"

"Yes, I noticed the letter paper and the red ink on it. As you know, I did have a lot of research in this field. I judged which paper mill produced it from the material of the paper, and so did the ink. However, the information available on the ink is limited, because basically half of the red ink used in London is this one, but the letter paper is very popular I'm worthy of the trip. "Holmes laughed and then said, "these letters are different from ink. They're not the cheapest. It's very eye-catching to appear in the east side. But when I heard who the biggest customer of that paper mill is, I thought it's normal for this letter to appear here."

"The church?"

"Yes, church stationery is purchased uniformly and distributed to every church." Said Holmes.

"But there's more than one church on the east side."

"Yes, but the three murder scenes in this church are closest to each other, and I inquired about it nearby while you were still at home having breakfast. This sacred heart church is the most frequent church that jinu usually comes to."

Zhang Heng sighed and helped Holmes finish what he said. "There are two priests in the church. Father Matthew is 80 years old and is in a semi retired state. He moved to the suburbs five years ago to provide for the aged. He seldom cares about the church. He is only a church official. He is unlikely to be a murderer because of his age and physical strength, so the only one left is God Jacob Father, he is just fifty-six years old, still in a strong age, and he is also the actual head of the church. Usually, the prostitutes will come to him to confess. What they don't know is that father Jacobs probably has a great hatred for the prostitutes who have had children, drunk and lived together for some reasons, so the secrets they reveal become their life charms 。”

"As I said, we are now at the same starting point." Holmes said with a smile.

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