"Nonsense!"
Allen asked loudly: "How can you prove that these two things were given to you by a woman?"
Nok smiled, looked at the crowd around him, and said in a teasing tone: "It's understandable that Mr. Director can't understand. After all, your appearance is not as pleasing to women as me."
"You!" Allen felt offended!
What happened to his appearance! Twenty years ago, he was also a hot young man in England!
"You are sophistry! You are a young, poor boy with an embarrassing status. Who would admire you! Just because of your pretty face?"
As soon as he said this, not only Nok looked at him like an idiot, but even his subordinates glanced at him with contempt.
Nook Lane is young and handsome, and he has special silver hair. His temperament alone can charm a group of ignorant girls.
Not to mention that he is a priest of the Holy Church.
Although the power of the Holy Church has withdrawn from the territory of the Lion Heart Kingdom, it is still the largest power on the continent of Euro!
The Holy Papal State established by the Holy Church is the only empire on the European continent.
All other kingdoms are its vassals.
If the Holy Church had not been trying to destroy the "anti-God" organizations in the Holy Papal Empire in recent years, the Holy Church would have launched a holy war against the Lion Heart Kingdom who dared to betray the Holy Papal Empire.
Yes, the Lionheart Kingdom was once a vassal state of the Holy Papal State.
It's just that as the Black Bull Kingdom established a maritime fleet and became a maritime overlord, it plundered a large amount of wealth from overseas.
The small Black Bull Kingdom gradually became stronger, and the "god-defying people" within the territory were even more open and honest in their activities.
The Holy Pope Empire also wanted to launch a holy war against the Black Ox Country, but the Black Ox Country is now too rich.
As the westernmost country on the west coast of the European continent, it has bought over the neighboring kings of the Red Bull Kingdom, the Kingdom of France, the Principality of Ferrara, and the Principality of Modena.
Even if the Holy Papal State is an empire, it cannot ignore the opinions of the vassal monarchs and send troops to their territory.
This has resulted in the current situation where the empire is too big to lose.
Therefore, even if the Holy Church only has this church left in front of the Lion Heart Kingdom.
As a priest of the Holy Church, Nook Lane is also superior to others in terms of status.
More than ten years ago, a priest of the Holy Church would have had a status that was at least equal to that of an earl of the kingdom!
Therefore, with such an identity and appearance, it is not surprising at all to have some admirers.
The girls just admired him, but they were not rushing to marry him.
Besides, isn’t it normal for a handsome and well-established young man to have a little romantic affair?
It is said that when Her Majesty the Queen was young, she had an affair with a certain big shot in the Holy Church!
In the end, because he was abandoned by the big shots, he supported the Natural Church to replace the Holy Church out of love and hatred.
Of course, no one can know the truth.
But this does not prevent it from becoming a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner.
So it's no surprise that Knock has a bit of a gift from women.
It is really unjustifiable to try to convict Nok as the "Ripper" based on this.
Although everyone wants to eat melon, they don't want to be fools.
There was a lot of discussion immediately.
Allen heard everyone's discussion and yelled unwillingly: "Even if you are not the [Ripper]! But the evidence that you are an arsonist and a criminal who sells orphans is conclusive! Come on! Get him!"
"absurd!"
Nok was furious: "What you call conclusive evidence is all your own unfounded inferences!"
"I can make a ignition device, and so can you! If I have an alibi, it's a forgery. What about you? You deliberately tried to convict me. I also said that you deliberately set the fire to frame me. ! Otherwise, why did the fire burn for two whole hours, and the people from your police station arrived so late!"
"Don't tell me that your police department is so busy that you can't find anyone to put out the fire for two hours!"
"Whether my illness is real, the doctor who treated me can prove it, and whether I set fire to it, my brothers and sisters can prove it. Why do their certificates turn out to be false in front of you!"
"You said I created an illusion to deceive them. Where's the evidence? Where's the prop you mentioned that was used to create illusions!"
"There is no key evidence, and you want to accuse a church priest. Do you really think that the Holy Church has declined, or do you think that the Kingdom can really withstand the wrath of the Holy Church, so you dare to be so unscrupulous? Slandering a noble priest!"
boom!
Nok's words exploded in Allen's mind like thunder.
Yes, how dare he casually slander a priest of the Holy Church! Was it the suppression of the Natural Church that made him forget the tyranny of the Holy Church?
It was Sherlock's glib tongue that fascinated him!
I even forgot that if you want to convict clergy of the Holy Church, if the evidence is conclusive, you must report it to the highest local authority of the Holy Church and obtain authorization from the top of the Holy Church. Only then will the kingdom have the right to convict the clergy who committed the crime. !
Otherwise, any private behavior against the clergy of the Holy Church will be regarded as a provocation against the Holy Church!
This is the overlord clause set by the Holy Church when it was still the overlord of the European continent!
How could he forget!
Although the power of the Holy Church withdrew from the Lion Heart Kingdom, everyone with some status knew that ten years ago, the cardinal of the Holy Church took the initiative to withdraw all the clergy under his command in order to return to the Papal State to compete for the position of papal candidate.
But this does not mean that the Holy Church does not want to make a comeback.
Nowadays, there is a raging undercurrent on the mainland, and countries are ready to take action.
As long as they have an excuse, they dare to launch a holy war at any time and make the Lion Heart Kingdom become the chicken that is being warned!
He, Alan Covert, almost became a sinner in the history of the kingdom!
correct!
The Holmes boy!
Didn’t that guy say that he had evidence to kill Nook Lane?
As long as there is evidence, even if he, the police chief, has no power to convict Nook Lane, he can still ask the kingdom to deport this kid!
But why hasn’t the boy from the Holmes family shown up yet?
Could this be a trap set by the Holmes family for Kvothe?
At this moment, Alan Covert was panicking.
He has always ignored the most inconspicuous identity of Nok Lane!
It's all because the Natural Church has been so arrogant in recent years that Alan Covert has forgotten what a giant beast the Holy Church is on the other side of the sea!
Just when Alan Cowart was intimidated by Nok's momentum and became speechless, the Sherlock Holmes he longed for appeared!
"Hmph! Nock Lane, don't be too proud. I have brought the witnesses. Today I will expose your hypocritical mask in front of everyone! You murderer!"
The crowd divided into two parts, leaving room for Sherlock Holmes, who spoke in the middle.
In fact, he had arrived long ago, but the witness he sent his servant to summon had not yet arrived, so he never showed up.
Nok was not surprised at all when he saw Sherlock's appearance.
Do you really think he just prayed all morning?
He spent the whole morning analyzing yesterday's events from beginning to end in his mind over and over again.
It was obvious that someone was targeting the Abbey, or perhaps him personally.
Nok had a target of suspicion in mind.
There is only one force that can cause so many things and still allow the police department to serve it - the Church of Nature.
But why?
If the Natural Church wants to build a monastery, the time when John returned to the Kingdom of God last year was the best time for them to start.
But if it weren’t for the Natural Church, who would have so much energy to find human traffickers from other places, first rob them, and then set them on fire?
The performance of the director in front of him made Nok a little confused.
But the appearance of Sherlock Holmes made Nock feel that things became reasonable again.
If Sherlock Holmes planned this, it would make sense.
It's not surprising that a smart kid who likes to get into trouble and a police chief who is eager to make meritorious deeds and eager to prove himself team up to create such a frame-up full of loopholes.
In particular, Sherlock Holmes knew that Nock had received a large sum of money from Ford Holmes. Using this as a breakthrough point to frame Nock was completely in line with the character of this aristocratic young master who has high ambitions but low power!
However, a dignified police chief was accompanied by a kid who was misbehaving. It seemed that this kid was a little sick and had to seek medical treatment!
Knock quickly emerged from Sherlock's room and analyzed a lot of information that he thought was reasonable.
However, thinking that this young master actually did not hesitate to attack the children in the monastery and even set fire to the monastery in order to take revenge on him. Such ruthless methods made Nok feel murderous in his heart.
"Oh? Is this a change of scene? If I remember correctly, young Mr. Holmes, although you are born into a noble family, you do not have the power to enforce the law. I wonder in what capacity are you standing here talking now?"
Nok suppressed the murderous intention in his heart and asked the above sentence with a murderous heart.
Sherlock was stunned. For a moment, he didn't know what position he should take to speak.
Seeing that the boy from the Holmes family was being stumped by Nok, Allen remembered a certain profession in the storybook he had been reading while passing time in the office, and quickly spoke out to save him: "He is a detective! He is a specially hired assistant of our police station!"
Nok asked in confusion: "Detective? Is this another new profession?"
Allen took advantage of the situation and continued: "Yes, it is a new profession. It is a talent who specializes in studying cases, investigating clues, and finally helping the police solve the case. Young Mr. Holmes has this talent, so I hired him as an exception."
Allen no longer cares about his nonsense. As long as the immediate crisis is resolved, he will at worst create a "detective" position for the Holmes boy, without any salary!
Sherlock also didn't expect that Alan would be so quick-witted and actually make up such an identity for himself.
So, he straightened his back, looked at Knock confidently, and said, "Yes, I am the detective specially hired by the police station to solve the case, Sherlock Holmes."
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