Old-time musicians

At the end of the morning prayer, Luo Yin sent back a message.

It was the shortest, least lettered, and most spiritual fluid-consuming message since the messenger contacted.

"Oh"

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At this time, the believers dispersed, and Bishop Tucqueville just came forward:

"Mr. Lavoisier, I will leave Laibiqi soon. The schedule these days is a bit tight. I have to accompany Miss Luo Yin to visit as many other parishes as possible, and then go directly to participate in the baptism festival. Do you want to accompany us?"

"I think it's not necessary for the time being." Fanning raised his head.

"Then, let's go directly to San Perto."

Tukville explained a few things to the clergy around him, and then took a step closer and said:

"By the way, in addition to those who were investigated later, a detail that I don't know if it is useful was also dug up from the original organist Aldan."

"What is the purpose of the ceremony to sacrifice Father Hester? This person couldn't say, but he mentioned that Hester has insisted on providing free medical services to the people in the small town regularly in addition to his church work since last year. The place where he assisted was a private clinic downstairs from his residence.

"Free medical services for the people, private clinic? "

So before leaving, Tukwell, Fanning and several other clergymen went to the downstairs of Hester's residence.

In the collapsed economic environment during the war, the flow of people in places like clinics is still considerable. Two shops merged on the street, several narrow corridors, and a slightly wider backyard with a shed constitute its entirety.

The patients with colds or diarrhea are the main part here, because those who have been injured while working or fighting are another major part, and there are also some poor people who have more serious or difficult to identify diseases but have nowhere else to go.

When everyone went in, it was still open for business. Amid the coughing, quite a few people saw a priest coming over, and they consciously went up to salute and covered their mouths and noses with clothes - if the risk of infection is considered, this shielding effect does not actually play a big role, but in the people In this era when people's health awareness is generally backward, this kind of action is enough to show their respect.

Hester's death at the scene was very strange and terrifying, so the church said in the notice that it was a sudden severe disease.

Naturally, the public would not ask about the "cause of death". At this moment, they only asked questions such as the date of the funeral.

But now the church's investigation results are pending, and the way to deal with his body cannot be decided. The answer can only be that it will be announced separately.

The doctor and nurse in the clinic are other people, but they cooperate very actively. All the questions that can be answered and the files that can be retrieved are in place.

This question raised another question.

One of Hester's assistants did not come to work yesterday, and he has not come today. Someone just went to his house to take a look, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Why didn't you say it yesterday?" A deacon frowned.

"He took a normal vacation yesterday. He said he was not feeling well. He told me a day in advance, so we went to look for him today. "The middle-aged doctor with dark circles under his eyes explained.

In fact, the missing assistant was not Hester's subordinate, but an employee of the clinic. It was just that when Hester was doing free clinics, he usually helped and took notes, so the two of them were quite familiar with each other.

"When something like this happens, the probability of this person getting into trouble is very high." Tucville, who was standing in the corner, said to Fanning.

"We need to send some people to look for him." Fanning suggested.

"Of course, we need to ask people to follow the investigation." Tucville nodded, "But this person is a bachelor who lives alone. It will take some time to find his whereabouts after he disappears. I will contact the municipal government and try to dispatch more police forces. Mr. Lavoisier thinks that this person may be infected with the so-called "worm"? "

Without waiting for Fanning to express his opinion, the two clergymen next to him felt that it was very likely.

On the way, Fanning had already given those incoherent interrogation records to Tukwell to read.

Combined with the free clinic, Hester's research on "worm science" made it easy to make a small inference: Hester needed to find cases of worm infection in order to conduct research, so he chose the free clinic, which allowed him to have long-term contact with patients in large numbers.

Of course, cause and effect may also be reversed: Hester first discovered the existence of worm infection among a large number of patients in the free clinic, and then launched a series of subsequent research.

But when trying to follow this inference

Everyone checked in this private clinic from more than eight o'clock in the morning to more than eleven o'clock, and read a lot of patient files with difficult and complicated diseases-Hester was doing free clinics. During the diagnosis, the assistant's record was relatively complete - many of them recovered, and some were still seeking medical treatment repeatedly; some still lived nearby and could be seen every day, and some moved away or died. In such an era, even if it was not affected by the war, it was common for life to be unstable.

But Fanning felt that he could not judge whether there were other patients who were infected with the so-called "worms". He did not know what symptoms they should have. The reason was that the region was too narrow and the sample was too small, but more importantly, there was still a lack of clear understanding of the concept of "worms".

At present, we can only hope that the church and the police can find out where the missing assistant went first.

That night, in San Perto, the headquarters of the Holy Sun Church, Pope Janine IX was also hesitating and thinking about something.

This thin and energetic old man is recognized as the most powerful Awareness in the world today, and is also the head of the official organization with the greatest hope of becoming the next Order. Even McAdam, who is known to be the most weird and difficult, has admitted on several informal occasions that he is no match for the Pope in a head-on confrontation.

At this time, Janinger IX was wearing a white robe embroidered with golden leaves, sitting at the desk outside the living room, repeatedly flipping through three or four different stacks of documents.

All of them were related to Antoine Lavoisier, a candidate who would compete for the priesthood at the Baptism Festival.

He had basically understood the specific situations just now, especially the report of Bishop Toqueville, which he read carefully several times.

Toqueville was a senior official he valued very much. Although he was criticized from time to time for "talking nonsense", this fully demonstrated his tough stance and the mutual trust among his colleagues.

Lavoisier's background is reliable in Tucqueville's eyes, and this person's high-ranking strength, outstanding artistic attainments, pious and enthusiastic qualities, deep study of doctrine, and especially the ancient priest legacy that is rare today, are definitely the mainstay of the church worthy of reuse.

But the problem is that there are too many controversies about this person!

If the Special Patrol Office has a lot of opinions, the Pope, who is familiar with the character of that group of people, can still express his understanding. Now even many politicians and nobles above Janus, and even several senior military officials have "reported" some euphemistic materials, and there are even more anonymous reports

He is the head of the church, but at the same time he is responsible for an entire country. He can't be completely detached like that saint, and many aspects of balance and coordination need to be considered.

At this moment, Tucqueville's report materials were put down, and the other stacks were picked up by him.

"I'm really curious. This Lavoisier has only been here for two days. How did he offend all these people?"