Chapter 83: The Orphan of the Fog (35)
"Aaron was a Semitic, and according to his own reasoning, his parents were supposed to be Semites. His birthplace was in Polan, where a large number of Semites gathered.
"At the end of the last century, Polan was divided between Tsarist Russia, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary, and a large number of Semites living in Polan became citizens of Tsarist Russia. This made Tsarist Russia the country with the largest concentration of Semites in Europe......
By this century, the number of Semites in Tsarist Russia was close to five million. Of course, as in other European powers, anti-Semitic doctrine began to spread in Tsarist Russia. The Russian emperor personally took the lead in rectifying the Semites. As a result, life for the Semites in Tsarist Russia suddenly became difficult.
"Listen to him, he was born during this period. And his mother, perhaps a Semitic woman with a difficult life, was forced into a bad occupation, so that he was abandoned by his mother from birth - he was thrown directly in front of a church in the local Semitic diocese, so that he never even saw his mother, let alone who his father was.
"Before the age of ten, Aaron was adopted by the Semitic church. But the situation in the church is also complicated, he is half a child laborer, doing some hard work in the church, and being abused by the teaching staff...... In short, life is very difficult...... As a result, he was always very unsociable and wary of people - according to him, in the last years of his church life, he barely spoke so much that he could not develop his language skills, as he is today......
Later, the Russian emperor's persecution of the Semites intensified, and a large number of Semites began to move out, some across the ocean to North America, some to the East, and some continued to wander in Europe. Aaron's church was also demolished at that time, and Aaron, who was a teenager, fled from Polan to Sunset.
Fortunately, he came to the sun and did not lag behind, because he could recognize a few words, so he was also taken in by people who worked everywhere. It wasn't until 1 year later, when he worked as an apprentice in the clinic, that he was able to settle down and rely on self-study to enter the academy......"
Mrs. William then looked at Aaron, who was immersed in academics with her husband, and said gently, "It's hard to imagine how this child went through all these tribulations and finally came here. When I first saw you, I actually saw Aaron's shadow in you. You are all as calm and calm, you have both had the experience of being apprentices in a clinic, and you are both good seedlings to study medicine......"
“…… Thank you and Dr. William for your continued attention. Zhou Daoan didn't expect Mrs. William to associate herself with the "Ripper", so she had to smile bitterly, thinking that she was really inseparable from this killing god.
As if sensing a gaze behind him, Aaron also glanced back at this side. Fortunately, at this time, Zhou Daoan had already asked a lot of information he wanted to know, so he immediately stopped his doubts and took his coat and umbrella. This left Aaron with no anomalies in the ordinary.
After going out, Zhou Daoan's thinking was already very clear:
If he had seven or eight points of certainty before and corresponded Aaron's various circumstances to Jack the Ripper, then the information about Aaron Kosminki that he had just obtained from Mrs. William allowed him to fill in the last piece of the puzzle of the Ripper's "life experience" -
Exotic Semites, abandoned by their mothers suspected of being sold as girls, adopted by Semitic churches, but discriminated against and abused (don't think that the 19th century European church adoption of children will necessarily have a loving childhood, on the contrary, most of the children adopted by the church are regarded by the church as child labor, and even, many dirty deeds in the church have also befallen these orphans, for specific information, you can refer to the church scandals that have broken out in recent years, and even the world famous book "Notre Dame de Paris". Of course, this is not the case with all churches, but the plot requires it, and Aaron Kosminki belongs to the unfortunate category), which undoubtedly leads to Aaron's deep childhood shadow. When he becomes an adult and has a certain ability, revenge grows and he does radical things, and he has a motive.
At the same time, he was also a surgical student in the medical school, advocating "practice", and under the lack of anatomical resources in the medical school, his admired mentor was forced to leave his job, and the circle of classmates was ostracized...... The multiple stimuli from the outside world caused him to have to find an outlet......
Then, perhaps a late-night wandering, witnessing the dark peach-colored trade on the streets of the East End, the shadow of childhood strikes again...... Aaron pulled out his scalpel and used his blood to satisfy his desire to vent, and from this he found a thrilling experience and became addicted......
This is undoubtedly the most plausible inference about Aaron's identity as a ripper.
Now that he has a connection with the Ripper, there is no doubt that the number one suspect cannot be spared! Although it was still early in the afternoon, if I had made a trip to the police station, found Fred to explain the situation, and then went back to buy cooked food, it would have been much longer than expected—after all, the largest deli was only three streets away from a cheap clinic. After more than one and a half hours of back and forth, the vigilant Aaron will inevitably not be suspicious.
But now that Aaron shows up, just let him go? The arrests in this era are not like those of later generations, and if you know your appearance and name, you can be wanted nationwide. Often, when they leave the city, the arrests are minimal.
I must talk to the police - Zhou Daoan thought of his task again.
He limped and walked down another street.
Two streets away, there is a medium-sized delicatessen, the key is that it is old and has a wide variety. Of course, this is not the reason why Zhou Daoan chose this side.
The parallel street next to this street is where Zhou Daoan saw the "recruitment advertisement" at the beginning. There are the most patrols in the neighborhood, because there are so many "migrant workers" who gather on that street every day, and the police have to focus on jurisdiction.
The time pointed to 8 o'clock, when the streets were already lively, and early in the morning, under the advertising wall at the entrance of the street, there were the most onlookers. Not surprisingly, there were two patrol officers standing there, who were responsible for policing the recruitment wall — often people who were in a hurry to get to work and fought on the spot for less competitive positions.
Zhou Daoan looked at it from a distance and was overjoyed. The police officers patrolling there are all familiar faces - during the time when he was a "volunteer" in the police station, he brushed his face a lot. One of them is Frank, who has been his partner for a long time. Since Harold left, Frank lost his position as a "follower" and was sent to the front line. As far as the position is concerned, it is not a matter of promotion.
Zhou Daoan immediately walked quickly towards Frank - the young man was trying to maintain order on the scene, and he didn't react until Zhou Daoan walked up.
Frank was about to say a few words, Zhou Daoan had already waved his hand, and then motioned for Frank to step aside, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, and Zhou Daoan spoke quickly:
"I'm here to touch you, and I'm lucky that it's your turn to be on duty today. I've got something else over there, so I'll make a long story short......"
Zhou Daoan's solemn expression made Frank a little puzzled, he nodded, and motioned for Zhou Daoan to continue.
"Can you go back to the police station and talk to Fred Ebolin right away?"
"Is it something important? Fred has been immersed in the 'Ripper' case lately, and he hardly ......asks about other matters," Frank said hesitantly, after all, he returned to the police station immediately at this time, and the pressure on the scene was great, and if the matter was not urgent, he would have to bear the responsibility of leaving his post without permission.
"That's it." Zhou Daoan nodded, "You just need to tell Fred when you go back and say, 'The person you once saw at the red lantern in Chinatown has appeared', and he will understand!" Before noon, you can come to Dr. William's clinic......"
The second half of the sentence Frank didn't understand. But the first half of the sentence "That's the thing" still made Frank react quickly!
Needless to say, this case is also a thorn in Frank's heart! Although he is working hard to do the essential work today, there is no priority in his mind that can be more than the arrest of the murderer of the serial murder.
Without saying a word, Frank almost immediately turned and walked away, leaving his colleague alone to face the commotion.
Seeing Frank's crispness, Zhou Daoan sighed quietly, then quickened his pace, returned to the street next door with a delicatessen, and bought enough dishes for lunch according to the serving size of four people.
Next, return to the low-cost clinic. It took a little more than 1 hour in total, and sure enough, when he entered the door, Mrs. William asked Zhou Daoan where he went to buy groceries, and Zhou Daoan answered "truthfully" while noticing Aaron, who had suspended the discussion with Dr. William, and his eyes were looking at this side.
The answers, coupled with the labels on the cooked food packaging, proved that Zhou Daoan's answer was correct. Aaron's gaze quietly shifted again.
Throughout the morning, affected by the foggy weather, there were still no patients at the cheap clinic, only a patient with a toothache, Dr. William took a look at it, and took this as a "teaching case" for Zhou Daoan to diagnose and treat. And Aaron was also watching from the side - he had no interest in this minor illness, his eyes were just on Zhou Daoan, and he seemed to be more concerned about the level of this "little junior brother".
Zhou Daoan examined for a while and confirmed that it was caused by an abscess on the inner wall of the gums, and the method was very simple - open a small opening at the abscess, drain the pus, and disinfect it, which can basically be dealt with.
Although it was the first time to treat toothache, Zhou Daoan was not stage frightened, after a treatment, his hands did not tremble, his heart did not panic, and he also took into account the fact that he distracted the patient's attention while talking, and until the end of the treatment, the patient did not suffer too much.
Dr. William nodded his head from the sidelines, and looked at Aaron with a smile, meaning - what do you think of my new apprentice? And Aaron also nodded silently in approval.
No one knows, Zhou Daoan is actually very anxious in his heart - the message has already been spread, but he doesn't know when Fred will make a move, he can only watch Aaron here, while waiting.