"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is to find out who killed Saunière and that GPS tracker."
William walked over to Sophie and took a bar of soap from the sink. He pressed the GPS tracker on the bar, opened the window, and threw the bar of soap into a garbage truck that had just arrived. "Follow me." He then led Langdon and Sophie into the ladies' room.
The three of them didn't have to wait for five minutes before they heard the sirens from downstairs. Then, they saw a dozen police cars rushing towards the garbage truck.
William smiled at the two. "What should we do now? Where do we start, Princess Sophie, Professor Langdon?"
Sophie didn't say anything. She just led William and Langdon to Saunière's body. "He was much older than I thought. We haven't talked for a long time. He called me several times today, but I didn't answer. He sent me a message saying that he had something to tell me. I thought he wanted to see me, but I didn't even get to see him for the last time. I'm sorry, Grandpa."
William heard Sophie's words. Saunière, that old man, didn't call me before he died. It seems that the old man still doesn't trust me. Did he leave my name just so I can protect Sophie?
After crying silently for a while, Sophie said, "Saunière couldn't find me, so he could only come to the two of you. Professor Langdon, you're a rune expert, and William and Saunière are from the Priory of Sion. There must be some connection between you and Saunière for him to trust you and ask for your help. The situation must have been very urgent, and Saunière didn't have time to tell any of us."
William complained in his heart. It wasn't that Saunière didn't have time to tell him and Langdon, but that he didn't trust them.
At this time, Professor Langdon picked up the list of numbers that Fache had thrown away. He took out a pen and started writing in his small notebook. "According to the numbers, the only new words that can be combined with that sentence are Leonardo da Vinci and Holy."
Langdon and Sophie looked at each other. Sophie said, "Da Vinci, the Mona Lisa painting is not far away. The clue must be there."
With the clue, Sophie quickly led the two to the Mona Lisa painting. The three of them shone a fluorescent flashlight on the bottom right corner of the painting and found a line of words written with an invisible pen. "Another word puzzle."
William looked at the sentence, completely clueless. Langdon, on the other hand, kept thinking of new words based on the letters of the sentence. Finally, when he said Madonna, Sophie immediately said that the Madonna painting was in another hall.
The three of them found an irises key behind the frame of the Madonna painting. Langdon looked at the key in his hand and then at William. "This is the same symbol of the Priory of Sion as the ring on William's finger. What is Saunière trying to tell us?"
William shrugged his shoulders. He was completely confused and had been doing nothing the whole time. However, William's ears suddenly twitched and he said, "Someone's coming. You guys stand there and don't move. I'll deal with it." With that, William walked to the door and hid behind it.
Ten seconds later, Sophie and Langdon saw a Louvre security guard running towards them. With his hand on his gun, the guard shouted at them, "Hands up! You're under arrest!"
The guard had just walked a few steps into the hall when he sensed someone behind the door. Before he could turn around, William knocked him out.
He gently placed the guard on the ground and motioned to Sophie and Langdon to hurry up. The three of them quickly walked out of the Louvre and left in Sophie's car before Fache and the others returned.
In the car, Sophie held the irises key and said, "This is Saunière's. I saw it when I was a child. He said he would give it to me when I grew up."
Langdon took the key and asked, "Sophie, have you heard of the Priory of Sion?"
"No, today is the first time I've heard of it. What does it have to do with the Priory of Sion? William, shouldn't you tell us? You and Saunière are both members of that association. You should know it better than anyone. "
William, who was sitting in the backseat, rolled his eyes. "I don't know. I only know that this ring on my finger belongs to my grandfather. He gave it to Saunière when he was dying. I found the information in my grandfather's belongings last night. I called Saunière this morning and he asked me to meet him at a café in the afternoon. He then returned the ring to me and said he would take me to England to join the association. I don't know anything else."
Langdon saw that William was unwilling to speak, so he had to do it himself. "The Priory of Sion, also known as the Zion Society, is the oldest and most secretive organization in the world. Its presidents include Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton. The irises are their emblem. They protect a secret known as the 'Man's Dark Deception.' The Zion Society is responsible for protecting the source of the God of Light's power in this world."
William asked in surprise, "What source? Doesn't the God of Light's power come from himself? How are we going to find him? This is something that happened thousands of years ago. And Professor Langdon, how do you know all this?"
Sophie, who was driving, had just dodged two police cars when she said, "Let's not worry about that for now. We have to find a place to hide. Fache won't give up looking for us."
"Sophie, let's go find a car dealership. Don't forget that I'm not wanted. Let's buy a car," William said.
"Yes, William, you're not wanted yet." Sophie immediately drove to the nearest Renault dealership.
William got out of the car and walked into the Renault dealership alone. He swiped his card and bought a car. He picked up Langdon and Sophie 500 meters away from the dealership and drove away.
In the car, Sophie asked William, "William, does the Zion Society really exist?"
"I don't know. I only heard about it from Saunière today. Do you want it to exist?" William asked.
Sophie was silent for a moment before she said, "I don't know. Saunière has been training me to decode and solve puzzles since I was a child. He often asks me, Sophie, what's next? What are we going to do next?"
Langdon smiled and said, "Find the treasure."
"To help Saunière find the murderer, I hope the Zion Society exists. Then we can find more helpers," Sophie said.
"But I hope it doesn't exist because the legend of the Zion Society is too bloody. Most of its members were slaughtered. Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, a French king conquered Jerusalem. The largest Crusade in history was actually planned by a secret brotherhood, the Zion Society. Their army was called the Knights Templar.
The Knights Templar claimed to protect the Holy City, but they were actually hiding their true purpose. According to legend, the war was to find an ancient relic, an ancient relic that had been lost since the God of Light was alive. The Church was trying to find that relic by any means necessary. "
Hearing this, William quickly stopped the car on the side of the road and asked, "Did they find it?"
Langdon looked at William in confusion and did not speak. William quickly said, "Tell me, Langdon."
"Well, I don't know. Let me put it this way. The Knights Templar suddenly stopped their search and went directly from the Holy Land to Rome. No one knows if they blackmailed the Church of Light.
Perhaps the Church of Light had bribed the Knights Templar with money, but the truth was that the Pope had issued an edict and granted the Knights Templar supreme power. By the fourteenth century, the Knights Templar had become too powerful and posed a serious threat to the Church.
Therefore, the Holy See issued a secret edict, an edict that was opened at the same time in all of Europe. The edict said that the Pope announced that the Knights Templar secretly worshiped Satan and were ordered by God to eradicate these heretics. Due to the careful planning, their mission was successfully completed. Except for England, the Knights Templar in Europe were almost completely wiped out.
After that, the Church sent an army to rob the Zion Society of their treasure, but they found nothing. The Knights Templar who were lucky enough to survive disappeared. Since then, the search for the holy relic and treasure began. "
Sophie asked, "What holy relic and treasure? Why have I never heard of it from Saunière?"
Langdon smiled and said, "Sophie, you have heard of it. Everyone in the Western world has heard of it. The holy relic is the legendary Holy Grail."
"Holy Grail."
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