What happened to Isaac?

Xavier pretended to sort out the notes in the room, and then went to the dean again. The latter apologized and said that he was ill today and it was not convenient to continue walking, but maybe Louis could take them around.

"Don't be so anxious," Xavier said.He was supposed to leave, but he held on to the door frame, hesitating to speak.

The dean said: "Please worry about it. I go to see a doctor about once every two weeks. Occasionally, when I encounter emergencies, Father Louis will prescribe medicine for me—oh, by the way, he is a physician."

"That's why," said Xavier, "then I won't disturb your rest."

The timetable of the monastery says to eat before sunset, which translates to a specific time of about 05:30, which is still a long time from now.

During this time, Xavier randomly selected a dozen monks to talk to them alone.First mention things that the other party is familiar with to make them let go of their guards, and then guide them to output their opinions on a topic.

"There are some things you just can't get right by asking," Xavier said. "People like to beat around the bush like that."

Considering that nuns died in the previous cases, Li Qiming must have gone to the nun's convent to confirm those cases. Therefore, after obtaining the permission of the dean, Xavier met with the three nuns who had contact with Li Qiming.

One of the black-haired middle-aged nuns spoke calmly and logically, and most importantly, she was so beautiful—although to Isaac, no matter how beautiful her face was, it was blurry, but Xavier was obviously very interested, and couldn't help but Talk to her a few more words.

For some reason, the surroundings were getting colder and colder, and the nun suddenly felt restless.

She looked at him frequently, and suddenly said that she had something important to do, and left in a hurry.

What have I to fear?Xavier turned his head—Isaac stood behind with his arms folded, his face sinking like water.

"I," said Isaac after a while, "are older than you."

Xavier: "Also?"

"Also, I have big breasts," Isaac said.

Xavier: "..."

"Is black hair just that good?"

Xavier didn't know what to say - he couldn't say a word, just blinked innocently and smiled awkwardly.

Seeing him like this, Isaac was not angry, but just said, "Forget it, I'd better die."

Just as he pushed open the window and was about to step on the window frame, Xavier grabbed his waist and dragged Isaac back into the room.

"Don't stop me," said Isaac, "life, hum, is so boring."

"It's not what you think, actually... Actually I can't see her, I'm blind!" Xavier said.

Isaac:?

Xavier nodded sadly.

Isaac asked, "When did it happen?"

"...well, after seeing you," Xavier said, "it's not that I'm going to kidnap you with a disability, but after seeing you, I can't see anyone else."

Isaac didn't speak, just looked away silently.Xavier breathed a sigh of relief - but, if he read correctly, the demon had a momentary stomach upset.

Apart from this little hiccup, everything went well.Xavier didn't ask very deep questions, mainly focusing on his evaluation of the monastery itself and his impression of Li Qiming.What is certain is that everyone loves this monastery very much. As for Li Qiming—although it is impossible to say it clearly, when talking about him, some small gestures will reveal the views and intentions in his heart.

Detectives, Asians, Atheists, Peacebreakers...

He's not bad, just annoying.Xavier could see the eyes of some monks or nuns saying this.

**

The next day, the dean told Xavier that they could come and go freely in the monastery in the future.However, considering the size of the monastery, perhaps he should be the one to lead the tour around.

Xavier proposed to meet Daniel, the cousin of the deceased David, but the dean hesitated: "Actually, Brother Daniel heard that a new detective had arrived, and insisted that you would trouble him. The monk who was familiar with him was trying to persuade him He, now his mood is not stable, I will talk to him later."

Xavier also asked about Daniel from someone else yesterday, and he knew that he was indeed a person who was too upright and difficult to get along with, and he might get nothing if he bumped into the muzzle rashly.He didn't force it, he simply followed the dean's suggestion and went to visit the library in the monastery.

The Tibetan area is almost as large as the entire floor. Except for a few desks in the center, there are bookshelves all around, and wooden ladders are placed at the corners of each side for easy access to books on the top floor.Without Xavier opening his mouth, Isaac knew that he must be very excited now.

"What is this?" Xavier flipped through the borrowing records.

In addition to the book title and borrower, the borrowing record also has a string of numbers behind it. For example, the most recent one is 24:3. The way of recording is a bit like marking the source of the scriptures. I don’t know what it means.The dean told him that this was the idea of ​​the transcriber Gavin. The number in front is the number of the bookshelf, and the number in the back is the row number, so that the approximate position is fixed, and it is not easy to make mistakes when borrowing or returning.

As soon as the name Gavin was mentioned, a young man who was originally at the desk turned his head, stared blankly at them for a while while pinching his pen, and hurriedly stood up and greeted them politely.

Xavier asked him what he was doing, and the young man named Gavin moved away from the table—on which was a volume of ancient books, ink, pens, and a book waiting to be bound.He is a copyist.

By the 20s, it was not uncommon to have typewriters in offices, but the abbey, rich as it was, seemed to have no intention of using the new machinery.I heard that some skilled scribes can write far faster than staff using typewriters, but the dean gave another explanation: "Gavin is not in good health and cannot engage in physical labor."

He didn't say the rest, but Xavier could have guessed it—it was because he was slow to write that he was able to kill time on it year after year.

Gavin listened to them quietly, silent.

He looked very young, maybe less than 20 years old, but he was indeed a sickly young man, with a pale face, bloodless lips, and a tired look on his face.Noticing Xavier's gaze, he smiled shyly, then asked the dean softly: "Are you feeling better?"

"It's much better than yesterday," said the dean. "By the way, Louis asked me to tell you, remember to ask him to get the medicine after the copying work is over."

The following greetings ended after a sentence of "God bless", and Gavin, who was allowed, sat back and continued copying books.

Leaving the library, Xavier said, "Brother Gavin is very focused."

Hearing this, the dean had a smile on his face, which was completely different from the helplessness he felt when he talked about Daniel.Maybe it's because Gavin is so young, it's almost a paternal affection: "He's a good boy."

"Excuse me, but what happened to his body?"

"Alas. Some children are born to be easily called by the Lord and go to the kingdom of heaven at any time. He..."

Talking along the way, after going downstairs, the two sighed for the frail Gavin almost at the same time.

Through the promenade, you come to the courtyard. Occasionally, people pass by among the shadows of the trees. Maybe monks are meditating while strolling, but they are mostly engaged in picking or doing manual work. Going forward, there are several groups of monks working together in the courtyard. winemaking.

There was a pair of young people sitting on the stone steps, very close to each other, talking to each other.The older one was about to point out something to the other party, but when he raised his eyes and saw the three people coming, his complexion changed, and he hurriedly sat on the side.

The dean glanced at Xavier, perhaps because there were guests present, and he didn't say anything serious to them.Just the old man's suddenly condensed expression and extremely disappointed eyes were enough to make the two feel ashamed.

Perhaps the dean was ashamed for them, shook his head, and led Xavier and the others away quickly.After walking a long way, he suddenly let out a long sigh: "They are not suitable for this place."

Xavier couldn't say a word of relief. After all, Isaac always held his hand with his tail where humans couldn't see.

So he had no choice but to change the subject, say something else to the dean, and mention the successor, the dean obviously had a headache.The next dean may be the old principal of a certain public school. This principal was a pastor when he was young, and left the church halfway to study everywhere. It is said that he made a special trip to Paris to study painting for two years; he returned to China in his twenties to retake the university degree , and finally decided to be a teacher, and was promoted to principal in middle age.This wonderful life experience made Xavier speechless.

"His ability is certainly very strong," the dean said worryingly, "it's just that such an uncertain person..."

……

At about 7 o'clock in the evening, all monks return to their rooms to rest. They can read, write or chant sutras before going to bed, but for angels and demons, they just sit side by side on the bed and talk about heaven, hell and the planets. Gossip, the topic changed quickly, and suddenly it came to the dean after a while.

"Stiff and reserved old man," said Isaac.

"Don't be so mean, Isaac," Xavier said, though he generally agreed.He said that it is impossible to find anything by walking around the monastery led by the abbot, so he must find a way to move freely tomorrow.

"You think there's something wrong with him?" Isaac asked.

Xavier shook his head: "The places he took us through may be just for showing off, and some places he didn't think of were considered unimportant by him-I don't need others to be smart, it will affect the progress of the investigation. If Robert can Anticipating that there is a gay couple having a love affair in the courtyard, he will definitely try his best to prevent us from going there. However, I think those two people are interesting."

"I also think it's very interesting to watch young people fall in love."

"Not that," Xavier said with a smile. "Remember? The Dean said that those who behave badly will be judged by the Lord."

"Listen to his bullshit," said Isaac, "the Lord doesn't care."

"Yes, everything is man-made," Xavier said. "Many murderous ideas seem unthinkable to normal people, but they all conform to their own logic. For example, Jack the Ripper, he killed prostitutes, the motive may be that he thought prostitutes Unclean and therefore needs to be purged. By that logic, he shouldn't have killed an innocent housewife - but what if that housewife happened to be a witness?"

In Xavier's metaphor, Li Qiming is equivalent to the housewife who was originally outside the target of the murderer.

"Li Qiming will arrange for Sally in advance and send me news that he may have known that he had discovered something fatal," Xavier said, "encrypted information, maybe he was being monitored at the time, maybe he just didn't Hope it reaches the family ... but now it's not important to discuss why he did it, I'm more curious about what he found."

"Is he still alive?" Isaac asked.

Xavier said nothing.

The wind stopped, the trees were quiet, and the silent night fell.

It's so easy to have an outline, just like writing an essay!

That is to say, the previous 0 words including the sublines were all my improvisation... At that time, I thought "what's so difficult to write in daily life?" Being a sperm mother is annoying me to death!Do you still want to relax HE like this? nonono, it's not that simple

By the way, I was wondering if I should list the teasers and tributes of each chapter separately after the end?There may actually be more than you think, because in addition to linking various British works, there are many persecutions of Buli Tixu's stalks=v=I am good or bad