Chapter 523

Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes arrived at the church as fast as they could. The rusty copper lock on the door obviously could not stop them. Sherlock Holmes knocked on it with his cane As a result, I didn't expect that there was nothing wrong with the old lock.

Then he let go and watched Zhang Heng take out his revolver and shoot the lock. They finally rushed into the church.

Like father Jacob's residence, there is no one here. The moonlight falls on the bench through the stained glass, which is a kind of inexplicable forest and silence.

"Look for the entrance." Zhang Heng said a word to Holmes, and they parted.

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At this time, the underground Irene Adler also heard the above movement, she twisted her body, but now her hands and feet are tied up, she can't move, her mouth is blocked, she can only make a whine.

Father Jacob is standing at a wooden table praying as if he had not heard the gunshot above his head.

But what made the female singer feel terrible was another man in the room. He was a man between 30 and 40 years old. His skin was a little bit white compared with ordinary people. He seemed to see little sunshine. His beard didn't shave for a long time. His whole body was very thin, but he had a lot of muscles on his arm. He was wearing an old coat, and now he was in the middle of the night Sitting by the bed, I looked at Irene with interest.

The priest seemed to know what the female singer was thinking and said, "they can't get in for a while. This secret room was built in the Middle Ages to help people in the church avoid the war. Even if they want to dig it, they can't dig it for a while."

The female singer Wen Yan finally stopped twisting.

At this time, sitting on the bed, the pale man spoke and couldn't wait to say, "isn't it OK, can I do it?"

"Don't worry, just wait." Father Jacob didn't look back.

He took a bloody leather apron from under the table and continued to say to Irene, "you must be curious why we chose you It's all because of me, because of a mistake I made when I was young. "

"Can't we leave the story behind?" The pale man on the bed said impatiently. He turned his eyes to the leather apron and got excited immediately.

"It won't take long," said father Jacob. "Remember how I taught you to be polite and patient."

The pale man on the bed closed his mouth again, but there was a sick blush on his face.

Father Jacob's voice continued, "as I said, I made a mistake. At that time, I was only 19 years old. Father Matthew wrote to the church and said that there were not enough people on the side of the Sacred Heart Church, but at that time, few priests were willing to come to the East side. I was young and energetic, so I volunteered to help.

"I have to admit that at the beginning, I was a little bit not adapted to the life here. I came to London when I was 16 years old and stayed with father eberson all the time. We also visited the poor families in the east end, but it was totally different from living here. So I was a little depressed at that time. I wanted to go back to father eberson, but I didn't know I'm afraid that I can't bear hardship, but at this time I met a girl

"She is a prostitute in this area. Her name is Emma, but she has just joined the trade. She is only 16 years old. Because her father died and her mother ran away with other men, she had to work in this trade to support herself. But unlike other prostitutes, she comes to church every week. That's how we know each other."

"Probably because our age difference is not much, she thinks that I am different from other people in the church, so she would come to me to chat from time to time. At that time, I was also in a low mood, but she was comforting me a lot." Father Jacob seems to be in memory.

"Father Matthew warned me, but I didn't pay much attention to it. On the contrary, I felt that I was doing a good job to guide a lost soul, and I was proud of it. Until one night, she came to me again. It was very late at that time. She was beaten by a savage guest and her arm was cut by glass debris. I bandaged her and she secretly kissed me when I got up For a moment, I was stunned in the same place. At that time, there was a blank in my brain, and then she rushed up. I wanted to push her away, but I didn't know why I couldn't make any effort. So, the next thing happened naturally.

"She left me alone before dawn. It was only then that I realized what I had done. I was sorry and embarrassed. I knew I had failed to live up to the expectations of many people, father eberson, father Matthew Especially myself, no matter what the reason is, nothing should happen that night. I want to correct it. Since then, I have consciously alienated Emma. She came to church to see me several times, and I pretended not to be there. At night, I locked the door, and no matter who knocked, I couldn't open it. So after a period of time, she finally disappeared from my life.

"I breathed a sigh of relief and thought I could get rid of it, but I didn't expect that it was just the beginning of a nightmare."

Father Jacob said, and the pale man on the bed urged, "can we start?" As he spoke, he felt for a scalpel under his pillow."Give me more time." Father Jacob's voice was beyond doubt, so the pale man had to put the scalpel back.

"Almost a year later, I found a baby at the church gate and a letter, which was not signed, but I could recognize that it was Emma's letter. She said it was our child and there was no evidence, but somehow I believed what she said." Father Jacob paused and repeated, "..." I just believe what she says

The singer's eyes also changed when she looked at the pale man on the bed.

Seeing Irene's surprise, father Jacob nodded, "yes, he was the child. I sent him to the orphanage, but he didn't live well there. After he came out, I helped him find several jobs in the hospital, but he didn't work long. Just five years ago, father Matthew almost retired and moved to the suburb, leaving me alone in the Sacred Heart Church I told him about me and his mother. I just wanted him to know his life, but I didn't expect him to believe that he had such a miserable life because of his mother. "

"Can we start now?"?! Father Jacob The pale man on the bed didn't know how many times he urged. His patience was almost exhausted.

"She's yours. I used not to let you call me father, but now you can call me father." Father Jacob said faintly.

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