Chapter 1668 The Goddess’s Secret Word (13)

The Richelieu branch is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, next to the Church of Our Lady of Victory. Perhaps because of this, the Place de Loire opposite the library was used as a cemetery in the past.

There is a Loire Fountain in the square, which was built in 1844. It is said to pay tribute to the four main rivers of France: the Seine, the Loire, the Saône, and the Garonne.

The Richelieu Library is closed to the public after 5 p.m., and even the research scholars have to leave at 7:30. However, there is one special situation.

"Please go this way, Mr. Smith." Egger, the library director, said to Severus politely.

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

"This is the central library." Egger said, "Although it looks old on the outside, we have constant temperature and humidity inside to ensure that the paper will not become unreadable due to moisture and mold. Moreover, we also have specialized restoration staff to store your manuscripts.

It will definitely be properly collected in our library.”

Severus ignored her. He had a manuscript of the American 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 pipes on the ground.

"That was the conveyor system we used before." Egger said. "It was pneumatic. We were still using it before 1998. In the past, readers would write the names of the books they wanted on paper rolls and transport them to us through these tubes.

In the hands of the sorters, they then search from each bookshelf, and after finding the books, they are delivered to the readers through pipelines.”

"Why don't you use it now?"

"We have computers." Egger said with a smile. "Now our administrators can directly use computers to search, and they can reach readers in 10 minutes. Moreover, more than one person has said that there are monsters roaring in those tubes.

In order to prevent monsters from running out and to reduce the risk of injuries to maintenance personnel, we used a new transmission system."

"What a pity, I still want to experience it." Severus said easily.

"Why don't you let me take you somewhere else?" Egger said, "Have you ever heard of the computer Deep Blue?"

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

"There is a dark blue corridor in our library, which is also not open to the public."

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

"Can you believe it?" Egger patted the handrail of a staircase and said, "People in the past actually built a staircase specifically for servants."

Severus looked at Egger, she smiled mysteriously at Severus, and then said, "This way, please."

After she turned around, Severus secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then he looked down at the gas transmission system downstairs, and then followed Egger out of the steel walkway.

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Alessandro circled the Fountain of Saint-Hypis twice more.

"Don't look at it." Felix said gloomily while sitting by the fountain. "Except for the one on the east that has a quill in its hand, the other sculptures are all the same."

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

"Is it that simple? Just hide it in the altar of the church?" Alejandro asked.

"I don't see how simple it is?" Felix said. "I feel like all my brain cells are dying."

"The priest must be alert. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to sneak in again," Haji said.

"You want to say I'm too rash?" Alejandro complained.

"I didn't say that." Haji said calmly, but his expression did mean the opposite.

Just when Alejandro was about to say something, his phone rang, and Monica's voice came from the other side.

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

"Don't go with that boy!" Alejandro growled. "I'll be right back!"

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

Before Monica finished speaking, Alejandro had already hung up the phone.

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

"Mom always puts ointment on me," Felix said to Haji.

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

"What kind of father 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 and is used throughout Europe. Gianluca confirmed that the store was rebuilt in the past few decades, although this row of apartments looks very much like a building from the 19th century.

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

"There is indeed a blind spot under the altar." Alejandro said to Haji. "Maybe remove the oval plate?"

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

Alejandro looked in the direction Haji pointed.

"It was a refugee camp during the First World War," Haji said.

"How do you know?" Alejandro asked.

"To smuggle from France to the UK you have to either go through an undersea tunnel or take a boat. I was still taking my child with me at the time. Of course I have to investigate thoroughly before taking action." Haji said. "There are many people who choose to settle in France. Of course I have to investigate."

Know where the refugees live.”

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

"After World War I, Paris was almost razed to the ground. Not only that, but there were also orphans everywhere. They were homeless and had to rely on the help of the American Red Cross to be resettled in the opposite place, which used to be a seminary. It was converted into a refugee camp for children.”

"Seminary?" Alejandro exclaimed.

"That's right," Haji said.

Alejandro immediately dialed Gianluca's number.

"Please help me check, what is the building to the south of Saint-Hypis Square now?"

"Paris City Tax Office." Gianluca said after a few seconds, "Why do you ask?"

"The seminary turned into a tax office?" Alejandro asked.

"Seminary?" Gianluca was stunned for a moment. "How do you know it used to be a seminary?"

"I asked the passerby," said Alejandro.

"It used to be the Seminary of St. Hypis. Wow, so many famous people studied there." Gianluca said, "Talleyrand, Condorcet..."

"Who is the bishop south of the fountain?" Alejandro asked Hadji.

"Marsillon, he is famous for his eloquence," Gianluca said.

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

"How do you spell it?" Gianluca asked.

"C-l-e-r-m-o-n-t."

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

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

"There is no such word as Denimes, but if it were nimes it would be the parish of Fulaisier, in the south of France."

"Aren't there supposed to be dates of birth and death underneath a normal sculpture? How can it be a parish?" Alejandro asked.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence. Go and see the sculptures of Bossuet and Finallon."

"Meaux."

"That's Bossuet's parish, Meaux in eastern France."

"Cambray."

"Are you sure that's how hard you try?" Gianluca asked.

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

"It looks like a German place name," Gianluca said.

"Stop checking, first make sure there is something special about Claremont." Alejandro asked.

"Does Michelin count?" Gianluca said.

"What?" Alejandro asked.

"The Michelin factory is over there," Gianluca said.

"I thought you were going to recommend a Michelin restaurant to me." Alejandro said with a smile.

"It is a volcanic city, and agriculture can hardly be developed. It can only develop agricultural machinery and the rubber industry. In other words, when the fountain was built, Claremont was a fledgling industrial city, and only the Fulvic hot spring water was famous. "Gianluca said, "In addition, it is Pascal's hometown."

"What news about the other bishops?" asked Alejandro.

"If you ask Bishop Bossuet in the north, he is a great orator, famous for preaching the divine right of kings, and he also has a nickname, the Eagle of Meaux." Gianluca said, "The one in the west

He was good at writing, and he wrote many books on the history of religion."

Alejandro tilted his head and said, "Why did you choose these four people?"

"I'll keep checking." Gianluca said. "I wish you good luck."

After Gianluca put down the phone, Alejandro looked at Haji and said, "Are you going to go to the seminary?"

"We'll wait until I apply the medicine on my son." Haji said, "Let's take this opportunity to think about it."
Chapter completed!