The laws of this era were still very strict. Under normal circumstances, the day a murder occurred or was discovered, the crime was reported on the spot. Arthur could already imagine the scene when the police officers faced countless mutilated limbs and internal organs in the dark.
Vernon mounted his horse and rushed directly to the city without stopping. Arthur came to the stage, put his hat aside, and apologized to the residents below: "I'm sorry, everyone, I am Arthur Conan Doyle. I was delayed due to something, I'm really sorry."
Many people here know Arthur's name, but what they didn't expect was that the rumored hero would be so young.
The people below immediately became lively. Some bold people immediately asked Arthur: "Sir, are you the one who eliminated the plague?"
Arthur smiled and nodded, "Yes, but this is not my fault alone. If you want the epidemic to completely disappear in Scotland in the future, then you only need to abide by the three things I often say."
Before Arthur could say anything, the residents below began to sing in unison: "Boiling water kills the poisonous insects inside. Garbage is a breeding ground for diseases. Mosquitoes and flies are messengers of plague. Everyone must be careful about it."
Although the whole song does not rhyme very much, it is catchy and feels very smooth when listening to it.
Arthur was very happy. He had been working hard to promote his epidemic prevention policy in the old city, but it was obviously not as effective as this ballad.
He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Who composed this song?"
"Sir, it's our pastor."
Arthur was stunned and asked, "Are there any other churches in Roslyn?"
"Some gentlemen, it's right in the middle of the town. We built it ourselves, but Pastor Alan Brooke came from the church."
Arthur felt a little confused as to why the small town of Rosslyn needed two churches.
This couldn't help but remind him of the rumors that the residents of the town were at odds with the St. Clair family.
"I hear you all don't like it very much, the St. Clair family. Is that true?"
The residents who were lively just now were silent at this moment, and no one answered his questions. It seemed that they all knew the news of Father Ovie's death.
Arthur simply said: "Thank you everyone for coming today, then please stay here for those who prayed here last night, and others can go home first."
The residents began to disperse gradually, and Arthur called Sister Pamela. After her confirmation, Arthur also discovered an interesting phenomenon. Among the 13 people present, there was only one woman.
Praying is usually a group activity for the whole family. Seeing that the youngest among these people is about thirty years old, Arthur doesn't believe that they haven't started a family yet.
So Arthur first asked about their relationship. Except that the woman came here as a couple, the rest were from different families and had different surnames.
Arthur couldn't help but ask about their wives and daughters. One of them, an old man who seemed to have some status, answered for everyone: "We are very poor here, sir. Women have to continue working at night, so they don't come to church often."
Arthur nodded and asked: "So who was the last one to leave last night?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Finally, the old man stood up and replied: "We all walked together after praying last night."
After the old man finished speaking, everyone immediately followed suit.
Arthur didn't believe it and asked each of them to find a witness. As a result, two or three finally found the witness for them to go home.
Because of the church's geographical location, these people all took the same route home, so Arthur couldn't find any loopholes in their words.
Arthur finally asked: "Why are there only 13 of you here to pray all the time?"
The answers they gave Arthur were also varied. Some said it was because Father Ovie was a nice person, some said it was because it was close to home, and some said it would be more effective to pray here.
Arthur didn't know what he promised before God, but he didn't find any obvious problems in the words of these people.
But one thing that caught his attention was that these people seemed to be dressed slightly better than the residents of the town.
Late at night, Arthur lay in bed, tossing and turning. He originally thought that this should be a case that was not too difficult to solve. Unexpectedly, after he denied that it was a devil who committed the crime, there was suddenly no follow-up case. ideas.
Arthur couldn't help but open the human leather book again. It mainly talked about the history of the Fraser family recorded by Edward and some major events. There was nothing related to magic in it.
Arthur had finished reading the entire book. He gradually lost interest in the book. When he turned to the blank page at the back, he suddenly had an inspiration.
He placed the book on the table, picked up the quill, and wrote on it: Baphomet, devil, goat head, weapon, chain and hammer.
He also painted a detailed portrait of Baphomet on it.
Arthur looked good, and added Beelzebub's details and its portrait below.
Just when he was happy, suddenly a strong wind from nowhere blew into the room.
In an instant, the human-skin book suddenly burst into flames, and the green flames seemed to come from hell. Arthur was so frightened that he jumped aside.
The flame suddenly gathered a little, and like a pen, it began to draw a pattern of an inverted pentagram on the human skin cover. Finally, the flame disappeared, and the book became silent again.
Arthur stood aside and waited for a while. After seeing that no more strange events would happen, he carefully picked up the human skin book.
In addition to the five-pointed star on the cover, there was a row of strange words underneath, but Arthur recognized it for some reason.
It clearly says "Hell Bible" on it.
Arthur trembled and opened the page of the book. What came into view was the first chapter, Demonic Apocalypse.
When he turned it back again, it was full of blank pages. When Arthur continued to look back, he finally saw the Beelzebub he had written on. He saw that the Beelzebub he had drawn seemed to be alive, and he was writing. There was a constant roar.
In its introduction, it was even divided into levels. Beelzebub is the highest-ranking demon, with the name Lord of the Flies written in the column.
There are also some introductions that Arthur didn't know before, such as gluttony among the seven devils of hell, and its symbol is an inverted pentagram, with a fat and disgusting fly man in it, and the right hand held in his left hand. The staff represents its power, but is pointed towards the star in the far left corner.
This reminded Arthur of the nursery rhyme, and the pentagram on his right hand, the shining point on the far left.
Arthur had some doubts. Could it be that the power he used had always come from Beelzebub, but he immediately rejected it because he used this power to block Beelzebub's attack.
Arthur continued to browse and finally found Baphomet. Its level was at the lower level of high. Arthur's feeling was indeed correct. It was indeed much worse than Beelzebub.
But Arthur was shocked when he saw the introduction.
Baphomet, the originator of witchcraft, was once the totem worshiped by the Holy Knights because it also had another god name, Mithras.
And below, there is also a diagram of the magic invisibility array he used today.
Arthur couldn't help but feel a little funny, as if a man made a sharp sword, but was killed by the sword in the end.
"Okay then! I'll count it as suicide."
