Arthur returned to Jabi's estate.
"how are things?"
Jabi spread his hands and said, "I don't know, I've been sleeping in the hotel. So many people have died here, I won't live here?"
"What? You want to sell it?"
"Of course, I don't want Elizabeth to live in a room where someone has died."
Arthur could understand Jabi's mood, but he still couldn't help but persuade him: "This place is actually quite good, and there is no house where no one has died! Why don't we clean up this place, or replace it with a new one?" The place needs to be tidied up again.”
Finally, Jabi listened to Arthur's opinion, but Arthur spent the whole day in the manor, looking for things related to the second and third kindness.
Looking at Arthur who was serious and focused all day long, Jabi could not help but persuade him: "I am so nervous again, why not go to more drinking parties with me."
Arthur had no interest in the reception at all, and was also a little disgusted, because he felt that he had seen through the truth of the reception, which was just a bunch of boring people looking for fun.
For him, these unintentional activities are a waste of time.
"Baron Locke said today that he held a celebration party specially for me this time. Arthur, you must go this time."
Since it was to celebrate Jabi, Arthur agreed.
The Locke Manor was actually decorated with colorful stripes for Jabi, which made the entire manor look joyful.
Seeing these wonderful arrangements, Arthur admired Baron Locke quite a bit, and felt that this man was almost born for banquets.
It only subsided for a few days, and soon the singing and dancing became peaceful again. No wonder some great writers in modern times always loved to criticize the aristocrats of this period.
In fact, what he didn't know was that these expenses were secretly paid for by Jabi himself.
But this time when he saw Arthur, Baron Locke was particularly eager. He was still thinking that Arthur could develop new drugs so that he could make a fortune together.
Although Arthur made it clear at the time that he would not do such evil things, people who have the ability to make a lot of pounds can still be respected.
There were many more people attending the banquet this time than last time.
There are not only nobles, but also some business elites and church representatives, as well as many universities and colleges.
The former wants to help Jabi take care of his family property, while the latter is actually here to raise donations.
Having become a prodigal son in the eyes of the British aristocracy, he would naturally not be so stingy with the outside world and began to tear out his own checks.
"If you squander like this, I think you will become a pauper in a few years."
Arthur looked at the confused Jabi and had to remind him.
Jabi, who was in high spirits, didn't care, and said to Arthur: "Did you know? Brother, the Fraser family's factories and mines will earn me tens of thousands of pounds of assets every day, so don't worry, I will give you Theirs is not as fast as mine. Especially as you know, I don’t care much about these things."
Arthur believed what Jabi said, but he also knew that the Fraser family's business was booming now, and that was the result of generations of the old Fraser family using unscrupulous means to gain benefits. .
And Jabi seems to be a kind of revenge against the entire Fraser family. Although Arthur does not agree with this behavior, good Jabi has also turned into those corrupt nobles and collaborated with them.
Of course, Arthur also thought about guiding Jabi to distribute these assets to some poor people and do something more meaningful.
But he found that if he did this, he would immediately be suppressed by the entire British aristocratic class, no matter how powerful it was.
So not only Arthur knows this, but Jabi also understands it very well.
"Are you Arthur Conan Doyle?"
At this time, an old man dressed as a scholar came over to them.
"Hello! I am Conan Doyle. Who are you?"
"My name is Rand Smith, and I'm the director of the Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory at the Royal Academy."
"Nice to meet you, Director Smith."
The last time Arthur was in Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria had mentioned Rand Smith's name. This shows his popularity, and even the Queen had to say good things for him.
Because he rejected the Queen's proposal last time, he immediately said: "I'm sorry, Professor, I refuse your kindness due to some personal reasons."
Rand Smith smiled and waved his hand, "It's nothing. In fact, in the field of microbiology, you have obviously been ahead of all of us. You should have been given a better position, but you know there are always some traditions that stand in the way." My steps.”
The tradition he mentioned was actually Arthur's age, so there was no Royal Academy to recruit him, but it could only do so in the name of bringing in talents.
But he couldn't get a position directly, even as a researcher. In fact, the University of Edinburgh also had this tradition. However, Arthur was his own child and his achievements were so great, so he was given special treatment.
Despite this, Rand Smith still refused to give up, and introduced: "You can also come to our school to take a look when you have time. Not only does it have the most top-notch experimental equipment, but it also has the most complete subjects."
In this era, all universities flaunt the quality of the school based on the number of subjects.
The Royal College of London was run by the royal family. He collected almost all subjects and put them in this university.
But the funny thing is that among so many subjects, the Royal Academy is more famous for theology, mainly the study of the Bible.
So chatting with Professor Rand Smith also aroused Arthur's interest.
"Professor, what do you think of Matthew 26?"
Matthew Chapter 26 mainly talks about the journey of Jesus from birth to death. Professor Smith did not expect that a young man like Arthur would be interested in Jesus.
In fact, what he was more afraid of was that Arthur would say something against Jesus and superstition like those radicals in society.
So I comforted you as much as possible: "Child, although faith is something invisible and intangible, sometimes it can help you and calm your mind."
Arthur immediately understood that Professor Smith had misunderstood what he meant, and immediately explained: "Professor, you have misunderstood me. I am really interested in this content. Especially Jesus gave Judas three An opportunity to repent. I want to ask you, do you understand the second dipping of bread?"
Professor Smith really didn't expect Arthur to be really interested in the Bible, but what the hell was the dipcake?
He could only think about the reason for his question and answer, "The dipped bread is just a kind of Passover food, and Jesus personally gave the dipped bread to Judas. It was also a kind of warm hospitality given by the host to the guests at that time. This is Jesus’ advice to Judas.”
As expected of a college famous for its theology, a medical professor actually knew more detailed and comprehensive information than a priest.
If Father Belmont were here, he would definitely be ashamed!
But Arthur thought for a while, but found no clues, and couldn't help but ask: "Then do you know about the third kiss? What happened then?"
Seeing Arthur's serious look, Professor Smith could only explain: "This was a etiquette at that time. When Judas and Jesus invited Rabbi, they kissed Jesus and were arrested, so Judas The kiss was also described as a shameful betrayal."
Arthur scratched his head, feeling that there still didn't seem to be anything he wanted to know.
At this time, Jabi suddenly asked: "You just said you wanted to invite Rabbi, what happened?"
"This! Rabbi has many meanings, including the meaning of teacher, and it also symbolizes respect for the sublime, just like the sun and moon."
Arthur suddenly interrupted: "There are also stars."
Professor Smith shrugged, "Yes, and there are stars."
"Thank you very much Professor Smith, you are really helpful."
Arthur hugged Professor Smith tightly in excitement.
Although Professor Smith didn't know what Arthur was excited about, he still said hurriedly: "I'm glad I can help your child."
At this time, Arthur let go of the professor, "I'm sorry, professor, I have to take care of some things right now."
With that said, he ran out of the manor in a hurry.
"What's wrong with him? Is there something urgent?"
Looking at Arthur's hurried back, Professor Smith couldn't help but asked Jabi doubtfully.
Jabi knew that Arthur must have thought of something, but he didn't want to talk to Professor Smith, so he casually said: "You know, Arthur is a scientist, and some of his genius behaviors are the result of those of us." Difficult to understand."
Professor Smith...
"Uh! By the way, Professor, this is my donation to the Royal Academy. Please accept a little bit of my kindness on behalf of the school."
When Professor Smith saw four zeros hanging behind the number 1, Jabi suddenly became the nobleman most recognized by the Royal Academy.
Arthur rode back to the manor alone. Far away, he saw a five-pointed star on the roof of the mansion.
It was just like an ordinary decoration. It was not very eye-catching when placed on it. If Professor Smith hadn't explained the definition of rabbi to him, he would never have thought of this.
So kissing has more meaning, it is a kind of faith of the inferior to the superior, just like the five-pointed star now, it is placed high on the roof.
In order to facilitate maintenance in such high-rise buildings, there are direct passages to the roof from the interior.
Arthur followed the passage to the top of the building, and then discovered that there was actually a five-pointed star array on it.
However, it seems that this place has not been repaired for a long time. The altar above is already in tatters, and the five-pointed star is erected on top of the altar.
It was in the shape of a five-pointed star welded with iron rods. When the moonlight shone down at night, a star suddenly flashed in the middle of the five-pointed star.
