Chapter 1668 The Secret Word of the Goddess (13)

  The Richelieu branch is located in the second arrondissement of Paris, next to the Church of Our Lady of Victory. Perhaps because of this, the Place de la Loire opposite the library was used as a cemetery in the past.

There is a Loire fountain on the square. It was built in 1844 and is said to be used as a tribute to the four main rivers of France, the Seine, Loire, Saône and Garonne.

  The Richelieu Library will not be open to the public after 5 pm, and even the scholars who are studying will have to leave by 7:30. However, there is a special situation.

  "Please go here, Mr. Smith." Iger, the curator of the library, said to Severus politely.

   "Where are we?" Severus said, looking at the bookshelves around him.

"This is the central library." Iger said. "Although the exterior looks old, our interior has constant temperature and humidity to ensure that the paper will not be unreadable due to damp and mold, and we also have dedicated repair personnel. Your manuscripts are stored. It will definitely be properly collected in our library."

  Severus ignored her. He had a manuscript of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in his hand. As long as he became an “investor,” the curator would not complain even if he stayed late.

   "What are these?" Severus said, looking at the row of tubes on the ground.

"That's the conveyor system we used before." Aiger said. "It was pneumatic, and we were still using it before 1998. Readers used to write the name of the book they want on a paper roll and send it to us through these tubes. In the hands of the sorters, they then searched each shelf, and after they found the books, they piped them to the readers’ hands.”

   "Why not use it now?"

"We have a computer." Iger said with a smile. "Now our administrator searches directly on the computer, and it can reach the readers in 10 minutes, and more than one person once said that there were monsters roaring in those pipes. In order to prevent the monsters from running out, and to reduce the risk of injury to the maintainers and employees, we used a new transmission system."

   "It's a pity, I still want to experience it." Severus said lightly.

   "Why don't I take you to another place." Aiger said, "Have you heard of Computer Deep Blue?"

   "How could I not know?" Severus said with a smirk.

   "There is a dark blue hallway in our library, which is also closed to the public."

   "As long as I put the manuscript paper here, it will be open to me?" Severus asked.

   "Can you believe it?" Iger patted the handrail of a staircase and said, "The old man actually built a staircase for the servant."

  Severus looked at Iger, she smiled mysteriously at Severus, and then said, "Please here."

  After she turned around, Severus sighed in secret, and then he looked down at the gas transmission system downstairs, and then followed Iger out of the steel frame walkway.

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  Alessandro circled the St. Sulpice fountain two more times.

  "Don't look." Felix sat at the fountain and said glumly, "Except for the quill on the east side, the other sculptures are the same."

  "I also checked the rings on their hands." Haji said, "At first I thought that one of them was holding a cup in his hand, but then I found out that it was a bird standing there."

  "Will it be that simple? Hidden in the altar of the church?" Alessandro asked.

   "I didn't see where it is simple?" Felix said, "I think my brain cells are almost dead."

   "The priest must have been alert, we might not be so easy to sneak in again," Haji said.

   "You want to say I was too rash?" Alessandro complained.

   "I didn't say that." Haji said flatly, but his expressions were indeed opposite.

  Just as Alessandro was about to say something, his phone rang, and Monica’s voice came across from him.

   "Why haven't you arrived yet?" Monica asked.

  "Don't go with that kid!" Alessandro roared, "I'll be here soon!"

  "Who do you think you are? Are you uncle..."

  Alessandro had hung up the phone before Monica had finished speaking.

   "Raising a daughter is not easy." Haji rubbed Felix's hair and said, "Fortunately, he is a son."

   "Mom will apply ointment to me." Felix said to Haji.

   "I'm so sorry, I'm not your mother." Haji also deliberately touched the big bag on Felix's forehead. "Next time you don't want to be stung by a bee, run faster."

   "What dad are you?" Felix complained, and ran to the pharmacy to buy medicine.

The logo of the pharmacy is easy to recognize, it is a red cross, which is common throughout Europe. The store Gianluca confirmed that it was rebuilt in recent decades, although this row of apartments looks like a 19th century building .

  An experience can be summed up so far, that is, these places where things have been hidden have not changed in at least one or two hundred years. These locations are almost all landmarks, but the hiding places are very hidden and not accessible to ordinary people.

   "The underside of the altar is indeed a blind spot." Alessandro said to Haji, "Maybe the oval plate should be removed?"

   Haji looked at the red cross without making a sound, and after a moment he said, "Do you know what that is over there?"

  Alessandro looked in the direction that Haji was pointing at.

   "There was a refugee camp during World War I," Haji said.

  "How do you know?" Alessandro asked.

"Smuggling from France to the United Kingdom must either go through an undersea tunnel or take a boat. I was still taking my child and fucking. Of course, I have to investigate and act." Haji said, "There are many people who choose to settle in France, of course I have to investigate. Know where the refugees live."

   "Oh." Alessandro didn't know what to say.

“Paris was almost razed to the ground after the First World War. Not only that, but there were also orphans everywhere. They were homeless. They were placed on the opposite side with the help of the American Red Cross. It used to be a seminary. It was converted into a refugee camp for children."

  "Theological Seminary?" Alessandro said in surprise.

   "Yes." Haji said.

  Alessandro immediately dialed Gianluca’s phone.

  "Can you check for me, what is the building on the south side of St. Sulpice Square now?"

   "Paris City Tax Office." Gianluca said a few seconds later, "What are you asking this for?"

  "The seminary became the tax bureau?" Alessandro asked.

  "The seminary?" Gianluca was taken aback for a moment, "How do you know it was a seminary in the past?"

   "I asked the passerby." Alessandro said.

   "There used to be St. Sulpice Theological Seminary, wow, there are many celebrities who have read books there." Gianluca said, "Talerand, Condorcet..."

  "Who is the bishop south of the fountain?" Alessandro asked Haji.

   "Masiyon, he is known for being good at eloquence." Gianluca said.

  Alessandro looked at the fountain and said, "I don't know French, what does clermont mean?"

   "How do you spell it?" Gianluca asked.

  "C-l-e-r-m-o-n-t."

   "Clermont, wait, that's the parish of Massion, in south-central France."

  Alessandro turned to the west again "d-e-n-i-m-e-s."

   "Denimes does not have the word, but if it is nimes, it is the parish of Fleissier, in the south of France."

  "Aren't there supposed to be birth and death years under a normal sculpture? How could it be a parish?" Alessandro asked.

   "Maybe it's just a coincidence, you go to see the sculptures of Bosue and Finaren."

   "Meaux."

   "That's the parish of Bossue, the city of Meaux in eastern France."

   "Cambray."

  "Are you sure you did this?" Gianluca asked.

   "Of course, I'm sure." Alessandro said.

   "Looks like a German place name." Gianluca said.

  "Don't check, you first make sure what is special about Claremont." Alessandro asked.

   "Does Michelin count?" Gianluca said.

   "What?" Alessandro asked.

   "The Michelin factory is there," Gianluca said.

   "I thought you would recommend a Michelin restaurant to me." Alessandro said with a smile.

"It's a volcanic city. It can hardly develop agriculture, but can only develop agricultural machinery and rubber industry. That is to say, when the fountain was built, Claremont was a just-started industrial city, and only Volvic thermal water was famous. Gianluca said, "It's also Pascal's hometown."

  "What about other bishops?" Alessandro asked.

"If you ask the Bishop of Bosue in the north, he is a great orator, famous for his preaching of monarch power, and he also has a nickname called the Eagle of Motown." Gianluca said, "the one in the west. He is good at writing and he has written many books on religious history."

  Alessandro tilted his head "Why did you choose these four people?"

   "I will continue to check." Gianluca said, "Good luck."

  After Gianluca put down the phone, Alessandro looked at Haji "Are you going to visit the seminary?"

   "Wait until I put the medicine on my son." Haji said, "Take this opportunity to think about it."

  (End of this chapter)