William had only waited a few minutes in the café when he saw a large group of policemen running into the café. When they saw that William was the only man there, the group of policemen directly surrounded William.
Well, the person who talked to him on the phone was indeed very powerful, but I didn't cause any trouble in France. Why are the police looking for me?
"Mr. William Devonshire?" asked a middle-aged policeman with a beard.
William nodded. "Mr. Policeman, how can I help you?"
"Mr. Devonshire, my name is Bezu Fache, the director of the Central Judicial Police of France. When did you meet Jacques Saunière today? When did you part? Where were you from 6 to 8?" Director Bezu Fache asked.
William looked at Bezu Fache and then looked at the French policemen around him. No one was stronger than him, so he said helplessly, "We met at this café at 3 p.m. and parted after half an hour. After that, I went to the Champs-Elysees and bought two Patek Philippe watches at the Patek Philippe store. One of them is in my hand."
William showed the Patek Philippe watch to Bezu Fache. Bezu Fache looked at the watch and nodded. He was an experienced policeman, so he could tell at a glance that the Patek Philippe watch in William's hand was real. Judging from the style, it was definitely not cheap. Bezu Fache's suspicion of William lessened. At least if William was the murderer, he wouldn't have stayed outside the Louvre and waited for the police to come.
Bezu Fache motioned for William to continue. "After leaving the Patek Philippe, I went shopping at the Eiffel Tower and met two Hong Kong celebrities who were traveling to France. I chatted with them until 7: 30. Then I walked to the café and ordered dinner. At 8: 40, I didn't see the professor, so I called him. Then you came.
Mr. Policeman, can I ask what's going on? Why didn't Professor Jacques Saunière come? Did something happen? "
Bezu Fache ignored William. He first asked his men to ask the waiter in the café. He also used the walkie-talkie to order the monitoring center to check whether there were any videos of William in the surveillance cameras on Champs-Elysees Avenue and Eiffel Tower Square. After a few minutes, Bezu Fache received a reply from the monitoring center confirming that William had an alibi.
Bezu Fache hesitantly said to William, "Professor Jacques Saunière was murdered in the Louvre Museum at around seven o 'clock tonight."
"What?" William was shocked. William stood up in surprise, and the wooden chair in his hand creaked.
Bezu Fache and the surrounding policemen were shocked by William. Looking at the back of the chair that had been broken by William, they swallowed in horror. Everyone was scared. How much strength did it take to break the chair? If it had been a human body, the bones would have been broken immediately.
William roared and shouted, "Damn it, tell me who did it!" He had finally contacted Jacques Saunière, but he had died in a few hours. Now he had to find the secret from Henry.
Then he wondered if it had been done by the hostile forces mentioned in the letter that Henry had left for him. Was someone looking for the secret guarded by the Devonshire family?
Bezu Fache unconsciously touched his wrist and said calmly, "I don't know. I'm also looking for the murderer. After our investigation, Professor Jacques Saunière wrote your and Professor Robert Langdon's names on the ground with an invisibility potion before he died.
Now that you've been cleared of suspicion, the murderer can only be Robert Langdon. We've found Robert Langdon. I'll expose Robert Langdon's true colors at the scene and catch him in front of the victim's body. "
"You can go, Mr. Devonshire, but I ask you not to leave France for the time being. I need to summon you at any time," Bezu Fache continued.
William would not leave just like that. He still wanted to see if he could find any clues on the professor's body.
"Can I follow you to see the professor? I just came to see him from Oxford today. I didn't expect that the professor would be killed after only a few hours. I want to see you catch the murderer with my own eyes. You said that the professor wrote my name with an invisibility potion before he died. Maybe I can find something at the scene. Officer, maybe I can help."
Bezu Fache thought for a moment. There was indeed an abbreviation of William's name at the scene, which meant that the professor did think of William before he died. It was better to let this guy stay close to him.
He nodded and said, "Well, Mr. Devonshire, you can follow me, but I hope you won't disturb my interrogation."
"No problem, I promise I won't disturb your interrogation. I'll just watch from the side," William promised.
William followed Bezu Fache to the exhibition hall of the Louvre where Jacques Saunière was killed. It was his first time to visit the Louvre. He looked at the huge oil paintings around him curiously and asked, "Officer, are these oil paintings real? It's the first time I've seen such a big oil painting. It must be seven or eight meters high."
Bezu Fache looked at William with disdain. What a nouveau riche. He asked, "This is the Louvre. Do you think these oil paintings are real or fake?"
William nodded self-righteously. Then, he looked at these huge oil paintings with an infatuated expression. He looked at them as if they were treasures. He thought to himself, 'God, how much are they worth?'
Fache looked at William like an idiot and said, "Of course they're fake. There are so many tourists here every day. The real ones have been put away long ago."
Go to God, you bastard. William glared angrily at Fache. This guy was as hateful as he had been on the phone.
Fache shrugged and laughed. You're just a nouveau riche who pretends to know when you don't know.
William followed Bezu Fache gloomily to the professor's body. He was shocked by the professor's appearance before he died.
Jacques Saunière was naked. There was a five-pointed star drawn on his body. There was an eye-catching one under his left chest. This should be a fatal wound. Why did the murderer put the professor like this?
"God, why did the murderer put the professor like this and draw a five-pointed star on his body? Is this some kind of special ritual?"
Bezu Fache shook his head and said seriously, "You said it wasn't done by the murderer. It was done by the professor himself."
"What?" William exclaimed. "Why did he do this? What is he trying to say?"
Bezu Fache held a fluorescent flashlight in his hand and shone it on the ground. A few lines of numbers and words appeared on the ground. However, before William could see them clearly, Fache's subordinate reported that Professor Langdon had arrived. William had no choice but to follow Officer Fache to take the elevator to the ground floor to meet Professor Langdon.
"Professor Langdon."
"Yes."
"Hello, professor. I'm Officer Bezu Fache." After the two shook hands, Fache saw that Professor Langdon had been looking at the pyramid in front of the Louvre. He asked, "Do you like pyramids?"
Professor Langdon said, "It's very spectacular."
Fache said with a look of disdain, "It's just a scar on the face of Paris."
William stared at Langdon, dumbfounded. Isn't this Brother Hanks? In his previous life, Brother Hanks was very famous, but for William, who was born in 1998 in his previous life, he had only seen a few of Hanks' movies. Even if he had watched more than ten years ago, he could only remember the scenes that left a deep impression on him. It was impossible for him to remember all the details. What kind of movie was this?
William, who was in a daze, was amused by Fache's words. Not all Parisians liked the pyramid in front of the Louvre. Many Frenchmen felt that erecting such a modern glass pyramid in front of the ancient Louvre was a disservice to the Louvre. It was neither fish nor fowl.
"This is William Devonshire, a good friend of Jacques Saunière. Saunière called him from England to Paris a few hours ago. I asked him to come with you to assist in the investigation. This way, please, Mr. Langdon."
The professor looked strangely at the excited William. He smiled and nodded politely as a form of greeting. William, who was smart, remembered that this was the real world. In order to prevent Fache from suspecting him again, he did not want to talk to Langdon at all.
Everyone took the elevator down to the basement. Langdon saw an inverted pyramid and said happily, "This is an inverted pyramid. The two pyramids may correspond. They're so special."
To ease the tension, Langdon said as they walked, "I'm just a historian and runologist. Officer, I'm not sure if I can help."
Fache pursed his lips. I didn't ask you to help. "How long have you known Professor Saunière?"
"Not long. We've only met once. We met at an academic conference," Langdon said, smiling awkwardly.
"What's so funny?"
"We had a big academic disagreement. Later, when he called me, I was shocked."
When the three of them walked to the elevator, Professor Langdon looked at the elevator nervously and said, "Can we take the stairs?"
Fache, the rude guy, did not care about Langdon's opinion. He walked into the elevator with William and stared at Langdon, motioning for him to come in.
Langdon was scared by Fache's stare. He had no choice but to walk into the elevator. After entering the elevator, Langdon looked very nervous. His expression was dull, his eyes were dull, and he could not speak clearly. William and Fache looked at each other. They could not help but suspect Professor Langdon.
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