Professor Langdon, who did not know that he was being suspected, looked a little better after he walked out of the elevator.
Fache asked, "You look nervous, Langdon."
Fache's words made Langdon even more nervous, as if someone had exposed his secret. His face was a little ugly, and he quickly took a deep breath, shook his head, and did not speak.
After following Fache into the exhibition hall, Langdon quickly found a topic to divert Fache and William's attention, "Grand exhibition hall, you found the body here, right?"
Fache frowned and asked, "How do you know?"
Langdon said in a relaxed tone, "I recognized the picture you showed me. The wooden floor on it is like this. My memory is good, so I can't be wrong."
When Langdon saw Saunière's body, he swallowed with a frightened expression, "God."
After quickly approaching and observing for a moment, Langdon said, "The way Professor Saunière's body was placed refers to the Verutes, the most famous sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. But why did he draw a pentagram on his chest?"
Fache asked with his hands behind his back, "Is there any special meaning to this?"
Langdon was a little speechless at Fache's question. He was too ignorant. He said helplessly, "Symbols have different meanings in different situations."
Fache said seriously, "Professor, I asked you to come here because I want to know the meaning of this symbol here."
"The pentagram is a pagan symbol in the eyes of Christians. This is a very early pentagram, a symbol of the goddess Venus, representing the female half of all things. This is called the Sacred Feminine Symbol in the mouth of religious historians."
Fache asked, "You mean Saunière drew a feminine symbol on his chest before he died? Ha, why?"
Langdon was speechless, "I don't know, officer."
"Is that so?"
"Of course. How would I know why Saunière would do this? I can only tell you what I know. It's not some devil's prophecy."
Fache held the fluorescent flashlight and shone it on the ground. Some words and numbers appeared on the ground. Fache said to Langdon, "What do you think the deceased wrote before they died?"
Langdon thought for a moment and said, "Probably the name of the murderer."
"Yes, that's right." Fache saw that Langdon's expression was becoming more and more serious. He was about to continue speaking when he heard a voice.
"Captain Fache, I'm sorry to disturb you. I received a photo from the scene and cracked the code. I believe that the number written on the floor is the Fibona sequence, so headquarters sent me to understand the situation."
As soon as he finished speaking, William and the others turned their heads and saw a police officer quickly walking over with a beautiful lady. He came to Fache's side and handed him a document.
Fache took the document and looked at it. He nodded, "Well, officer Sophie, what do you want to know?"
Sophie didn't answer Fache. Instead, she said to Langdon, "Sorry, officer Fache, please wait a moment. Headquarters has an urgent message to send to Professor Langdon."
The beautiful lady smiled at Langdon and said, "I'm Sophie, from the French Criminal Police Decoding Department. The American Foreign Affairs Office called our headquarters. I'm sorry, but the Foreign Affairs Office said that this is a matter of life and death. Professor Langdon, you'd better answer it now. This is the phone number left by the embassy. The password is the last three digits."
Langdon took the note in confusion. When he heard that it was a matter of life and death, he hurriedly dialed the number on the note.
When the call went through, a voice came from the phone that surprised Langdon. "Professor Langdon, please stay calm. I'm Sophie. Please do as I say. You're in a very dangerous situation right now. Don't tell Fache anything. He didn't ask for your help."
Fache looked at Sophie and Langdon in confusion. He glanced at William, and William shrugged to show that he didn't know.
Fache told Sophie about the case. Sophie smiled and shook Fache's hand.
After Sophie left, Langdon said hesitantly, "The embassy said that a relative of mine was killed. I'm sorry, officer. My mind is in a mess right now. Can I go to the bathroom?"
When Fache heard that Langdon's relative was killed, he saw that Langdon was in a daze. He nodded embarrassedly and pointed in the direction of the bathroom to Langdon.
"I'll go too. I just want to go to the bathroom too." When Langdon answered the phone, William cast an invisible amplification spell on Langdon.
He heard everything that Sophie said to Langdon. He suspected that Langdon was trying to escape by going to the bathroom at this time. He walked up to Langdon with a smile and said, "Let's go, professor."
Langdon and William had just entered the bathroom when they were surprised to see Sophie waiting there. When she saw William come in, Sophie didn't seem surprised at all. She asked Langdon directly, "Did you get Saunière's message?"
"What are you talking about? You've got the wrong person. I was asked to consult. Why did you say that I'm in danger?" Langdon asked in confusion.
"No," Sophie said sternly, "You're being watched, Professor Langdon. Fache is a straightforward person. He will bring the suspect to the scene and watch them perform. He hopes that the suspect will give himself away and be proven guilty on the spot."
Langdon pointed to himself in surprise and asked, "Suspect? Me?"
"Yes, Langdon. You can check your pocket," Sophie said. "Hurry up."
Langdon touched his pocket in disbelief, but when he touched his coat pocket, his face darkened. He found a fingernail-sized GPS locator in his pocket.
Sophie took the GPS locator from Langdon's hand and said, "This is a GPS locator. It can accurately find anyone's location. This is to prevent you from escaping. As for you, William Devonshire." Sophie took out two pieces of paper and gave them to Langdon and William. There was a photo on the paper. It looked like the invisible words and numbers at the crime scene.
Sophie said to William, "When did Saunière find you today?"
"I called Saunière this morning. He asked me to meet him at Café Monica. After that, he went to work. We agreed to meet at the café at 8 p.m.," William said.
"What about you, Professor? What message did Saunière leave for you? Fache didn't look for anyone else. He only looked for you and William. William has evidence to clear his name, but now you're the only one who can't. Tell me what message Saunière left for you. We don't have much time left, Professor Langdon," Sophie said.
Langdon was stunned. "Then who are you?"
Upon hearing Langdon's question, Sophie said in a low voice with a hint of sadness, "Saunière deliberately wrote down the Fibonacci sequence in order to get me, a member of the Decoding Department, to join the case. The abbreviation of your name and William's name, WDS, was written at the end to get you two to join the case. Professor Langdon, you're a symbol expert. He probably looked for you to crack the code.
As for why he wanted William to join the case, I don't know. In that case, Mr. Devonshire, can you explain why Saunière wanted you to join the case? "
William looked at the photo in his hand. It did indeed have his and Langdon's names on it. It didn't take long for him to figure out why Saunière wanted him to join the case. Firstly, it was to help him uncover the secret. Secondly, Saunière knew that he was strong enough to solve the danger in the search process.
However, William wasn't that gullible to believe Sophie's words with just one line of numbers. William wasn't that gullible.
"Then how can you prove that Saunière also wanted you to join the case? I don't believe you with just one line of numbers, Sophie."
"PS. The PS in the photo is referring to me. Saunière is my grandfather. He used to call me Princess Sophie when I was young. The first letter of Princess is P, and the first letter of Sophie is S."
William and Langdon looked at each other in shock. After a moment of thought, they nodded. William walked up to Langdon and grabbed Langdon's right hand. He carefully examined it for a moment and even put Langdon's right hand under his nose to smell it.
Professor Langdon's hand was clean and delicate. There was no smell of gunfire. William checked Langdon's left hand and said, "Well, I'll believe you for now, Professor. At least your hand doesn't look like someone who has fired a gun."
Langdon suddenly grabbed William's left hand and looked at the ring on William's left little finger. "The Iris Emblem. How did you get this ring? Isn't the Priory of Zion a legendary existence? William, who are you? "
Sophie also looked at the Iris Emblem ring on William's hand and said, "I've seen this ring before. Saunière also has this kind of ring."
Sophie and Langdon looked at William in surprise. "So you and Saunière are both members of the Priory of Zion. This also explains why Saunière met you and let you join. God, this means the Priory of Zion is real."
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