Chapter 522 Quick Rescue

"You entrusted a friend to help you stare at the Sacred Heart Church in the afternoon? Why, did you start to 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 only aimed at the Sacred Heart Church," Zhang Heng shook his head, "You said before that the source of the letter was the church, although we ruled out Father Jacob in the morning. The suspicion of Father Gebu, but I did not give up on this clue completely, but asked a friend to help me investigate several churches in the Whitechapel area in detail. In order to facilitate the identification of the attitude of those churches towards prostitutes, she even made up herself Became a courtesan."

"Is it Miss Irene Adler?" Holmes's face showed a hint of understanding. "In terms of make-up, she is indeed above me."

"That's right." Zhang Heng said.

"You do seem to be very serious about this bet, but I must say," said Holmes, "it is not wise to put a beautiful lady in danger, especially when the Whitechapel area is looming. In the shadow of the most terrifying serial killer."

Zhang Heng was also very frank, "The development of the matter was indeed beyond my expectation. I originally planned to meet Mark Cohen after I investigated her, but I didn't expect to meet the police at Mark Cohen's residence."

Because Zhang Heng has been hanging out with Holmes in recent months, Scotland Yard police officers like Gregson and Lestrade are familiar with him, but the police officers at the bottom know him very little. The police did not know Holmes well either.

Zhang Heng met two police officers at Mark Cohen's residence, so he didn't know his identity at all, and seeing that there was still a long time before the end of the dungeon, Zhang Heng didn't want to turn against Scotland Yard because of a little 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 police officers who were guarding him about his situation, he caught up with Holmes and joked with him, and no one released him for a long time.

After that, Zhang Heng didn't have time to join the female singer until the investigation of Mark Cohen was completed. At this time, it was completely dark, but on the road, unfortunately, a carriage knocked over a cart pulling fruit, and the driver and the fruit grower Arguing there for a long time, Zhang Heng and Holmes had to change another carriage, and it was already around nine o'clock in the evening when they arrived in the East District.

"Did you and her agree to meet here?" Holmes asked after getting out of the car.

The two of them were standing in a small square, which was considered a relatively prosperous place in the East District, but there was no sign of Irene Adler nearby.

Although Zhang Heng has been worried about the female singer before, the situation of Irene is not as dangerous as imagined. In addition to the fact that the police increased the number of patrols after the three murders, but also because of the arrest of Mark Cohen, regardless of whether Father Jacob What is the relationship with Jack the Ripper? He obviously wanted to use Mark Cohen to replace Jack the Ripper. If that was the case, then Mark Cohen was caught by the police, and Jack the Ripper should have been hidden.

But for some reason, the female singer is still missing.

Is it because you waited too long to go home first? This is hard to say, because after all, Zhang Heng arrived several hours later than the agreed time, and Irene Adler didn't seem like someone who would stand in one place and wait foolishly.

But with the female singer's intelligence, even if she leaves, she must have a way to notify Zhang Heng who came here.

Zhang Heng is now worried that Irene Adler is a little too smart, and has discovered the abnormality in Father Jacob, and has alarmed the latter after tracing it all the way, so he does not intend to just wait like this.

The Sacred Heart Church was closed at eight o'clock, and Father Jacob lived in a small house behind the church. Zhang Heng and Holmes rushed there, but the room was pitch black from the window. Zhang Heng opened the window, and Holmes walked through the main entrance. The two surrounded the small room, but when they entered, there was no one there.

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 a stranger broke in.

Holmes lit a candle, and by the light of the candle, the two quickly scanned the surroundings.

Different from Mark Cohen's bloody hut, Father Jacob's residence is a normal priest's residence, with simple decoration and a "Bible" that has been read many times beside the bed. There was nothing else of note in the outhouse.

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

He was either at church or at home, and hardly ever went anywhere else, so it seemed odd in itself not to be at home now that the church was closed.

Holmes walked half a circle around the kitchen, opened his mouth to think about something, but finally remained silent.

Zhang Heng, on the other hand, completely ignored the situation there. The disappearance of Irene Adler and the absence of Father Jacob made the situation a little worse when these two things happened together.

In particular, the female singer was entrusted by him to get involved in this matter. If any accident happened to her, it would be difficult for Zhang Heng to forgive himself, so now he must find Father Jacob as quickly as possible.

However, compared with Mark Cohen, Father Jacob is obviously much more rigorous. There is no mental journey on his desk, and the only notebook is related to theology.

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

"Um?"

"No matter what relationship Father Jacob has with Jack the Ripper, it will not change the fact that he is a devout priest. Jack the Ripper got information related to those prostitutes from him, but as a priest, I am obliged to keep the content of the confession secret, I don’t think he leaked it on purpose, then Jack the Ripper should have overheard such things.” Zhang Heng paused, and finally concluded, “There is probably a secret room in the church , right next to the confession room."

"under."

"Um?"

"The secret room is not next to the confession room, but below. The basement of the confession room is empty." Holmes said, "I found this when I was doing the confession before. The sound of stepping on the floor was obvious. I thought it was there There's a cellar or something."