梁不凡八年前被父亲送到北疆青龙军中，第二年初次挑战魔君生命垂危，陈思思送往昊天神殿，因为家族戒指半步入玄，后继承老神官衣钵，出任大夏神官，不久以后护送陈思思回朝歌即位，秘密回过一趟青州看望妻女，只有梁家人知道梁不凡是大神官

At Midsomer Priory,home to a small group of nuns,Mother Thomas Aquinas is strangled and,shortly afterwards,a set of silver worth £60,000 is found to be stolen from the safe. Sister Catherine,the most recent member of the order,turns out to be descended from Sir Anthony Vertue,who donated the priory to the nuns two centuries earlier and Barnaby learns that if the order is ended she will inherit the land and buildings. Father Behan,who heard the nuns' confessions and had long exhorted Mother Julian,the prioress,to sell the premises,is also killed and the missing silver turns up,not stolen but sold by Mother Thomas Aquinas. Then Barnaby learns of an atrocity in Africa thirty years earlier where Mother Julian was a missionary,which could help him solve the case but also put an end to the sacred trust.