"You asked a friend to help you keep an eye on the Sacred Heart in the afternoon? Why, did you already doubt Father Jacob at that time? ”

In the carriage, Holmes looked a little surprised.

"No, I didn't suspect Father Jacob at that time, and this matter was not just for the Sacred Heart Church," Zhang Heng shook his head, "You said before that the source of that letter is the church, although we ruled out the suspicion of Father Jacob in the morning, but I did not completely give up this clue, but asked a friend to help me investigate several churches in the Whitechapel District in detail, in order to facilitate the identification of the attitude of those churches towards the maid, she also deliberately made up as a maid." ”

"Is it Miss Erin Adler?" Holmes's face showed a look of understanding, "She is indeed above me when it comes to makeup. ”

"That's right." Zhang Hengdao.

"You do seem to be serious about this bet, but I must say," said Holmes, "that it is not wise to put a beautiful lady in danger, especially when the area around Whitechapel is shrouded in the shadow of the most terrible serial killers." ”

Zhang Heng was also very frank, "The development of things did surprise me, I was originally going to meet Mark Cohen after investigating her, but I didn't expect to meet the police at Mark Cohen's residence." ”

Zhang Heng has been mixed with Sherlock Holmes in recent months, and police officers like Gregson, Lestrade and other Scotland Yard officers are more familiar with him, but the police officers at the bottom know him very limitedly, and in fact, the police officers at the bottom don't know Holmes very well.

Zhang Heng met two policemen at Mark Cohen's residence, and he didn't know his identity at all, and seeing that there was still a considerable amount of time before the end of the copy, Zhang Heng didn't want to turn his face with Scotland Yard because of a misunderstanding at this time, so he chose to hand over the weapon on his body directly.

Originally, he thought that he would naturally meet acquaintances when he arrived at the police station, but when he told the policemen who were guarding him about the situation on his side, he caught up with Sherlock Holmes and joked with him, and no one released him for a long time.

After that, it was not until after investigating Mark Cohen that Zhang Heng had time to meet the female singer, and at this time it was completely dark, but unfortunately on the way, a carriage knocked over a cart pulling fruit, and the coachman and the fruit farmer argued there for a long time, Zhang Heng and Holmes had to change to another carriage, and it was about nine o'clock in the evening when they arrived in the East End.

"Did you and her agree to meet here?" Holmes asked as he got out of the car.

The two of them are now standing in a small square, which is a relatively prosperous part of the East End, but there is no trace of Erin Adler nearby.

Although Zhang Heng has been worried about the female singer before, in fact, Irene's situation is not as dangerous as imagined, in addition to the increase in patrol manpower after the three murders, and because of Mark Cohen's arrest, no matter what relationship there is between Father Jacob and Jack the Ripper, he obviously wants to use Mark Cohen to replace Jack the Ripper, in this case, then Mark Cohen was caught by the police, and Jack the Ripper should also be hidden.

But for some reason, the female singer is still nowhere to be found.

Is it because you have waited too long to go home first? This is not easy to say, because Zhang Heng arrived several hours later than the agreed time after all, and Erin Adler does not look like a person who will stand in a place and wait stupidly.

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

Zhang Heng is now worried that Erin Adler is a little too smart, and he discovered the abnormality in Father Jacob, and he has alarmed the latter by tracking it all the way, so he doesn't plan to just do it and wait.

The Sacred Heart Church was closed at eight o'clock, and Father Jacob lived in a small room behind the church, Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes rushed there, but from the window it was dark in the room, Zhang Heng opened the window, Holmes walked through the main door, and the two surrounded the cabin, but after entering, it was empty.

There was only one old dog lying on the floor, but it was so old that it could barely move, and it didn't even bark when it saw a stranger entering.

Sherlock Holmes lit a candle, and the two of them quickly glanced around by the light of the candle.

Unlike Mark Cohen's bloody cottage, Father Jacob's residence is a normal priest's quarter, with a plain décor, a Bible that has been read an unknown number of times by the bed, and nothing else remarkable about it.

According to the descriptions of the maids, Father Jacob's daily life is also very simple and regular, and can even be called rigid.

He's either in church or in his lodgings, and hardly goes anywhere else, so it's unusual that he's not at home now that the church is closed.

Holmes walked around the kitchen for half a circle, opening his mouth to think about something, but in the end he didn't speak.

And Zhang Heng didn't care about the situation over there at all, Erin Adler's disappearance, coupled with Father Jacob's non-return, these two things happened together to make the situation a little bad.

Especially the female singer was involved in this matter because of his entrustment, if she suffered any accident because of this, it would be difficult for Zhang Heng to forgive himself, so he must now find Father Jacob as quickly as possible.

But Father Jacob is obviously much more rigorous than Mark Cohen, he doesn't have any mental history on his desk, and the only notebook is also related to theology.

The whole house can be described as leaky, Zhang Heng stood in front of the desk, closed his eyes, and opened his eyes again after half a minute, "Church." ”

"Huh?"

"Whatever the relationship between Father Jacob and Jack the Ripper is, it will not change the fact that he himself is a devout clergyman, Jack the Ripper got information from him about those maidens, but as a priest, he is obliged to keep the contents of the confession secret, I don't think he intentionally leaked it, then such words should be overheard by Jack the Ripper," Zhang Heng paused, and finally concluded, "There is probably a secret room in the church, which is next to the confession room." ”

"Below."

"Huh?"

"That chamber is not next to the confessional room, but below, the underground of the confessional chamber is empty." "This is what I found when I was doing my confession before, and the sound of stepping on the floor was so obvious that I thought there was a cellar or something. ”