The Church of the Sacred Heart opened its doors at eight o'clock, and Father Jacob prepared two baskets of white bread to distribute to the nearby wanderers.

Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes took this opportunity to quietly observe Father Jacob on the side.

"Your previous assumptions were wrong." Zhang Hengdao.

"No way, even if there is a slight deviation in the details, it can't be so outrageous." Holmes said flatly, but he also looked a little helpless.

What the two men were talking about was an earlier inference made by Holmes based on the handwriting on the letter.

- "Left-handed, male, between thirty and forty years old, not strong and unstable in character, and conservative in thought. ”

Now it seems that, except for the male inference, the inference of left-handedness and age is incorrect, as for the character is not strong enough and unstable, and the conservative ideological tradition is not visible for the time being.

In addition, Zhang Heng also saw that Father Jacob's left shoulder seemed to have an injury, but it should be an old disease, he had been carrying the bread basket with his right hand, probably because his left hand could not exert his strength, and his hair was meticulously combed, and although the clothes on his body were a certain age, they were very clean.

He was like a standard clergyman, looking a little old-fashioned and majestic, but at the same time full of love.

Sherlock Holmes and Zhang Heng glanced at each other, both of them saw the confusion in each other's eyes, the investigation was carried out so far that Father Jacob's suspicion was undoubtedly the greatest, but when he really saw the real person, Zhang Heng found that the possibility of Father Jacob's crime did not seem to be very large.

Not to mention anything else, according to Sherlock Holmes and his on-site simulation, the murderer should have strangled the victim's neck with one hand and cut his throat with a knife with the other, and Father Jacob's shoulder injury made Zhang Heng very skeptical that he could do this.

So after that, Zhang Heng grabbed a wanderer next to him who received bread and said, "Friend, ask you something." ”

"What's the matter?" The wanderer was a little wary and hid the bread in his clothes.

Zhang Heng took out a shilling, "Is there anyone else in this church besides Father Matthew and Father Jacob?" ”

The wanderer snatched the shilling and shook his head, "There was a young deacon before, but he couldn't stand the life of the East End and left, and now Father Jacob is alone." ”

"Does he have any family?"

"No, the priest has always been alone, in this church more than thirty years ago, without a wife, without a daughter, uh...... But I heard that he still has a cousin, but not in London. The wanderer said while looking at the pocket where Zhang Heng had just taken out his wallet.

Zhang Heng knew what the other party was thinking, this was the Eastern District, don't look at it now that it was daytime, Zhang Heng had just given this guy a shilling, but that shilling obviously couldn't satisfy him, so Zhang Heng pulled off some of his coat a little and showed the revolver on his waist.

The wanderer immediately became honest, and he realized that the guy in front of him was not a master to be messed with, so he could only put away his own careful thoughts, and muttered away.

On the other side, Sherlock Holmes had already walked towards Father Jacob.

"I have sinned, Father."

"In life, everyone makes mistakes, my child." "What matters is whether you are willing to repent or not. ”

"I want to repent of my sins, for the lies I have told and for the wrongs I have done...... These things torment me every day and fill me with guilt. Sherlock Holmes said.

"Very well, it shows that your heart is still bright." Father Jacob nodded, "Come with me, kid." ”

So after that, Zhang Heng saw Holmes follow Father Jacob into the confessional room.

About a quarter of an hour later, Holmes walked out again, shook his head without waiting for Zhang Heng to speak, and said, "You don't have to go, it's not him." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"He had an alibi when the first and third murders happened." "Especially on the first night, he wasn't in the Eastern End, and the injury to his left shoulder was real, and he couldn't have done it with just one hand." ”

"What about complicity?" Zhang Heng asked.

"I can't completely rule out the possibility, but I asked him a few suggestive questions during the conversation, and from his answers it is not clear that he has any extreme hatred for the girls, and from the scene of the crime, I don't think there is any sign of complicity."

Zhang Heng was not too surprised by this answer, he originally asked in passing, it is generally rare for a serial killer to be a complicity, because no matter what reason they set foot on this road, they obviously want to play the role of God in their own world, but there is always only one God.

Sherlock Holmes was not discouraged, and he was not very disappointed when he pounced on him this time, and said, "This proves that there is no problem with my previous description of the murderer, and then I just need to find more clues, there is no problem with your general direction, as long as you can find the intersection between the three victims, the murderer is among them." ”

"Hopefully we still have enough time." Zhang Hengdao.

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Although the road to the church did not go through, it did bring a lot of inspiration to Zhang Heng, and he quickly shifted his attention to the small clinic in the eastern district.

In addition to priests, there is another group of people who can easily come into contact with these women without arousing any suspicion, and that is doctors.

At this point in time, the famous fourth homicide has not yet happened, and the murderer in that case dissected the victim's lower abdomen and removed part of the uterus and kidneys, and all this was done in the dark, because this time the patrolling police were very close, and the murderer probably took less than nine minutes, and the method was clean, so there were many people who suspected that the murderer was a professional surgeon at the time.

It's just that Raumi is from Sweden after all, and he is not very gregarious with other girls, so he has a limited understanding of the three victims, and naturally he doesn't know which clinic they usually go to, and Zhang Heng can only find other people to find out about this information.

Holmes had already taken a step ahead, Zhang Heng took one last look at the Sacred Heart Church, and found that Father Jacob's eyes happened to be cast at him from the church, the two glanced at each other, and then Father Jacob nodded politely at him, picked up the mop on the side, and continued to mop the floor with his head down.

As Sherlock Holmes said, there is a very quiet and calm power in his whole person, and Zhang Heng doesn't think that such a person will have anything to do with the serial killers in the Whitechapel District.

He hadn't forgotten the pact between himself and Sherlock Holmes, and he didn't stop here any longer, and walked towards the tavern where there were more maids.

Derpy said

Thanks to Chen Zhenli and Broken Wings Fried Chicken for the reward~