Zhang Heng returned at 221B Baker Street at four o'clock in the morning, and the area around Whitechapel was relatively calm tonight, only a few drunk drunkards were fighting behind the tavern, and the patrol officers dispersed in a hurry except for the drunk, and nothing else happened after that.

Zhang Heng sent Raomi back to her residence, and then lay on the bed for three hours, opening his eyes at seven o'clock.

He walked out of the room, and Holmes, as usual, had finished his breakfast, and was sitting at the table, smoking his pipe and flipping through the newspaper.

"Morning."

"Early." Zhang Heng also sat down in his usual seat, shook the rattle, and waited for Mrs. Hudson to bring his breakfast.

"You seem to have come back quite late yesterday, how about it, don't tell me I still don't have a clue, I have high expectations for you." Sherlock Holmes flipped through the newspaper.

"I did find a very important clue, and I know a little bit about how Jack the Ripper picked his target."

"Oh?" Sherlock Holmes also showed a look of interest, and he finally looked away from the newspaper and looked at Zhang Heng, "Tell me about it." ”

"Don't forget that we are still in competition with each other, if you want to know, you can check it yourself." Zhang Heng said lightly.

Sherlock Holmes laughed when he heard this, "Are you still angry about my early selection of the opera?" Okay, I'll take that back, but I've really gained a lot, so let's see which of us finds the answer first. ”

After he finished speaking, he put down the newspaper in his hand, took off his hat and cane from the hanger, and said to Zhang Heng, "I have to admit that you have indeed put pressure on me, and I seem to have to be diligent." ”

"I hope you can catch up with my summary of the case." Zhang Heng replied.

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After breakfast, the time was 7:15, it had been a while since Holmes left, Zhang Heng sat in place for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and he didn't say anything to Holmes.

Last night he did gain a lot, especially when chatting with Raumi he got a very valuable clue, according to the Swedish maid, they are not very welcome in the church in the East End, except for a small church called the Sacred Heart, where the priest treats the maid equally, and sometimes some homeless maids will go there for the night without a place to live, in addition to the priest will give them bread from time to time.

Raumi himself may not have realized what was wrong with this, but Zhang Heng was keenly aware of what it meant.

He had been searching for questions all night and finally had an answer.

Whoever can approach these maidens generously without attracting anyone's attention, the answer is always at hand - and that is the clergy.

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

Zhang Heng glanced at his pocket watch, the reason why he didn't leave immediately was because it was not yet time for the Sacred Heart Church to open.

So Zhang Heng used the remaining time to briefly formulate a plan of action for a while, and then put on his equipment from last night, walked out of the house, and called a carriage.

As a result, when the carriage stopped at the entrance of the Sacred Heart Church, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

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

"Interestingly, it seems that although we have chosen the same direction, in the end, we have the same path."

Zhang Heng also looked a little helpless, he had tried his best to race against time, and he had successfully obtained the clues he wanted, but he couldn't control the progress of Sherlock Holmes.

The Victorian detective's abilities certainly don't disappoint.

"Well, shall we exchange the information we have before we go inside?" Sherlock Holmes suggested.

Zhang Heng also agreed after a little groaning.

Unlike Sherlock Holmes who directly announced his reasoning before, Zhang Heng used it, the two are now a short-term alliance, and equal trading should not affect the final victory, but I don't know who will win if the two of them catch the murderer together in the church in the future, but now that they have come to this point, it is useless to think about it.

"I'll come first," Zhang Heng said, he briefly introduced his analysis and the information he got from Raumi, paused and added, "There are also the wounds on the faces of the three deceased before, the first person is not very obvious, but the second and third victims, the knife marks are wrong, I felt a little familiar at first glance, and now I think about it, it does feel a bit like a cross, and the murderer's body is likely to have religious overtones." ”

"Impressive analytical reasoning." Sherlock Holmes also let out a sigh of admiration, "I am glad that your work was fruitful yesterday, as for my side it is relatively simple, I went to the newspaper office in the afternoon." ”

"Newspaper?"

"Yes, I noticed the letter and the red ink on it, as you know, I did do a lot of research on it, I can tell from the material of the paper which paper mill made it, and the same goes for the ink, but the information you can get on the ink is limited, because basically half of London uses this red ink, but the letter paper made my trip worthwhile."

Sherlock Holmes smiled and continued, "These letterheads, unlike ink, aren't the cheapest ones, and they're pretty eye-catching in the Eastside, but when I heard who the paper mill's biggest customer was, I thought it was normal for it to be here." ”

"Church?"

"That's right, the church's stationery is procured and distributed to every church." Sherlock Holmes Road.

"But there's more than one church in the Eastside."

"Yes, but the three murder scenes in this church are the closest, and I also inquired around while you were still at home for breakfast, and this church of the Sacred Heart is the most frequented church by the maids."

Zhang Heng sighed and helped Holmes make up for the following words, "There are two priests in the church, one of whom is Father Matthew is eighty years old, in a semi-retired state, he moved to the suburbs five years ago to retire, and rarely cares about the affairs of the church anymore, basically just in the church, with his age and physical strength, it is unlikely that he will become a murderer, so the only thing left is Father Jacob, he is just fifty-six years old this year, he is still in the age of strength, and he is also the actual person in charge of the church, usually those maids will come to him to confess, What they don't know is that Father Jacob probably has a great hatred for the servant girl who had given birth to children and was an alcoholic, and lived together, so the secret they confided became their talisman. ”

"Like I said, we're at the same starting point again." Holmes laughed.