Wei En put down the candle in his hand and said, "Vincent, don't worry, I'm fine."

Everyone was silent, not knowing what to say. A faint feeling of disappointment spread among each other. Vincent said: "In this case, we might as well go back to rest first and wait until dawn to know the result." Everyone agreed.

Everyone walked out of the hut, and the priest came forward to greet them and asked excitedly: "How is it? Is this medicine effective?"

Wei En said calmly: "It will take a night of observation to determine whether it is effective."

The priest's excited expression suddenly disappeared, and he said helplessly: "Okay, I'll have someone keep an eye on him, and I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

Wei En nodded, and everyone mounted their horses and returned to the resting motorcade.

Due to the Black Death, the nobles and princes of Fort Rio have begun to flee the city, and the Xiao family is no exception. The convoy will camp here for one night and will head east early tomorrow morning to the Xiao family's Elysee Palace.

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After a tiring day, everyone left without saying anything. The women in the convoy slept in the carriage, while the men set up some simple tents. Wei En got into the tent and lay down for a while. The snoring sounds all around him were one after another, earth-shattering. In a fit of anger, he screamed again.

Went outside to the grass.

The cicadas chirped softly, the crescent moon hung sideways, and there were still a few bonfires burning on the grass. The fire was not very bright, but it was enough for lighting in the middle of the night. Several half-asleep guards heard the footsteps and barely opened their eyes.

Seeing that it was Wei En, he immediately closed his eyes again.

Although it was a midsummer night, Fort Rio was close to the seaport of the Jose Plain, and the temperature difference between day and night was huge. Wei En sat by the bonfire, but did not feel the heat. He picked up a few branches and threw them one by one.

Entering the campfire, listening to the "crackling" sound of the flames burning the bark of the tree, I was stunned for a moment.

"What are you thinking about? So absorbed?" A voice sounded in his ear.

Wei En turned his head and saw a handsome face. Under the light of the bonfire, the lines of the face looked so soft, the bright eyes reflected the light of the flames, and there was a slightly lazy smile hanging on the thin lips.

The smile is in perfect harmony with this quiet night.

Wei En coughed, withdrew his gaze and said, "Mr. Xiao, it's so late, why don't you sleep? You have to go on the road tomorrow."

Mr. Xiao smiled, sat next to him, and said, "We are both awake late at night, why don't we have three drinks when we sit across from each other?"

Wei En was startled, and then he smelled a scent. He saw Mr. Xiao holding a vegetable box in his hand. He opened the lid and found several exquisite side dishes inside, as well as a pot of wine and two wine glasses.

"Have been busy all day? Aren't you hungry?" Mr. Xiao said with a smile.

Wei En also smiled and said, "It was fine at first, but now you've made me so greedy."

"Then eat it while it's hot." He said, handing over the knife and fork.

Wei En took the tableware and was not polite. He forked a piece of beef and put it into his mouth, chewing it with relish: "Smells! Delicious!"

Mr. Xiao placed the wine glasses, picked up the wine flask, and suddenly said: "Are you drinking?"

Wei En nodded, forked another piece of beef and put it into his mouth. Mr. Xiao looked at his uncomplimentary eating appearance, shook his head and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, are you afraid that I will snatch it from you?" As he said,

Filled with wine.

Wei En swallowed the beef, sighed with satisfaction, and asked: "Mr. Xiao, how's your drinking capacity?"

Mr. Xiao gently twirled the wine glass with his slender fingers, stared at the amber liquid in the glass, and said lightly: "Drink to enjoy yourself, especially when you are troubled, drinking a few glasses can make you relax."

"The cold wine warms the plum blossom moon and cuts away three thousand worries." Wei En picked up the wine glass.

Mr. Xiao raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Three thousand troubles? I didn't expect you to be a poet."

Wei En stretched out his cup and said, "I'm a dry person. Here, I'll give you a toast."

Mr. Xiao glanced sideways at Wei En, his eyes moved, and he suddenly said: "What do you want to respect me for?"

"Let me think about it. Well, thank you for the food and wine."

Mr. Xiao shook his head and said: "It's not sincere enough, so I won't drink."

Wei En's smile stopped, and he thought for a moment and said, "I hope you can put down your aristocratic status and run around for other people's illnesses."

Mr. Xiao sighed: "In front of the God of Death, there is no noble or noble person. Helping others is helping yourself." After saying that, he put the wine glass to his lips.

The two drank it all in one go.

Wei'en filled up the wine and continued to eat the food. Mr. Xiao said: "Wei'en, if your Yunnan Baiyao doesn't work after tonight, it means it's ineffective, right?"

Wei En stopped his hand and was silent for a while, then said: "Mr. Xiao, you are a smart man, and I won't hide it from you. To be honest, this Yunnan Baiyao is Xingjunsan that I cast a spell on. It itself has no effect on the Black Death."

Any influence. If my spell was effective, it should have taken effect after the patient took the medicine at that time. Now, waiting all night is actually just me taking a chance and hoping for a miracle."

"Wei'en, I want to ask you, that man has already contracted the Black Death. There is actually not much difference between burning to death and dying from illness. You are not a doctor and you have never met the man. Why did you take over this matter? What if you did it?

No, if someone accuses you of being a heretic, wouldn't that make you angry?" Mr. Xiao asked.

"Pagan? I haven't considered this. I just want to find a solution to the Black Death by rescuing this patient." He sighed: "It seems that I failed."

"Solve the Black Death? Did you know that not long after the end of the Holy War, this place was ravaged by the Black Death? In just a few months, people died one after another. No matter your age, identity or gender, as long as you are infected with it

, without exception, died of fever within a few days. No one knew its cause, and no one knew how to treat it. People could only flee to the countryside, but death followed one after another, sweeping through the kingdom mercilessly.

In cities and villages, there are exposed corpses everywhere near cemeteries, because so many people died so fast that the speed of digging graves could not keep up."

Listening to Mr. Xiao's eloquent talk, Wei En shrank his neck and felt a chill. He picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.

"What happened next?"

"Later? In the winter, the Black Death suddenly and inexplicably disappeared, which allowed the people who had already fallen into despair to see hope again. According to the book, it was the Pope himself who cast a spell and used the light of God to stop the plague.

It continues to be rampant." Mr. Xiao said this and looked at Wei En: "What? Are you scared?".

Wei En nodded and said: "It is human nature to feel fear when encountering scary things. What about you? Don't you feel that your life is in danger?"

Mr. Xiao also took a sip of wine: "I feel scared too. However, I am even more surprised. Where did the Black Death come from?"

"When it comes to danger, people often have two attitudes. One is to sit back and wait for death or run away; the other is to treat it calmly and look for opportunities to turn the danger around. The latter are in the minority, but they are often the ones favored by luck. See

Come on, you belong to the latter."

Mr. Xiao smiled: "Both each other."

"As you said, since the Black Death is so terrible, we need to find a countermeasure. Should we just watch the tragedy of that year happen again? What's more, one day, we may also become part of it." Wei En.

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Mr. Xiao said: "The Pope will not ignore it."

"The former pope has returned to heaven long ago. To be honest, no one knows whether the current pope can cure the Black Death, and it is not the behavior of a strong man to leave his destiny to others." Wei En shook his head.

"Don't say these nonsense in public. If you doubt the Pope's ability to save all sentient beings, you will be judged by the church immediately." Mr. Xiao glanced at him, and Wei En chuckled.

Mr. Xiao held the wine glass and said leisurely: "Anyway, I understand your intention. Alas, I don't know what kind of chaos the capital is now."

Wei En looked at Mr. Xiao, and unknowingly, his fair face was covered with two faint blushes due to the alcohol. Under the cover of the bonfire, it actually looked a bit gorgeous. Wei En looked at it twice, but

Forgot to speak.

The corner of Mr. Xiao's eyes turned and he coughed slightly. Wei En looked back and asked: "Well, oh, by the way, Mr. Xiao, what is the isolation point?"

Mr. Xiao's face darkened and he said coldly: "Isn't it a masterpiece of the church? Huh, it's simply unreasonable."

Wei En asked in confusion: "What masterpiece?"

"I heard from my family that after the Black Death broke out, the church opened two settlements outside the city. If one person in a family got the Black Death, the whole family would have to move into the settlement immediately without the permission of the church.

, no one is allowed to leave, and anyone who escapes will be regarded as a so-called devil's preacher, just like the man today, who will be immediately executed and burned alive after being caught."

Wei'en was shocked and angry after hearing this, and said: "Then the people in the residential areas have to wait to die? Such cross-infection will cause problems even if they are not sick."

"Cross infection? Well, almost. Alas, the current church is really too much." Mr. Xiao couldn't bear it and sighed.

Wei En lowered his head, suppressed his anger, used branches to stir up the ashes of the bonfire, and said in silence for a long time: "I really don't understand, can everyone just swallow their anger and let others slaughter them?"

Mr. Xiao's eyebrows were raised, and he wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he fell silent. Wei En sighed inwardly, what does it have to do with the church's torture of the common people and the nobles? What he said just now, Mr. Xiao didn't

It is already very rare to consider yourself a pagan, what else can you ask for? Thinking of this, he felt his heart was filled with panic, and he drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Unknowingly, the two of them had their own thoughts and drank with their heads down. The jug was soon empty. Wei En picked up the jug, shook it a few times, and poured the last bit of wine into their glasses. He raised their glasses solemnly.

He said in a loud voice: "Mr. Xiao, thank you very much for the meal tonight." After saying that, he raised his head and drank.

Mr. Xiao stared at him, hesitating to speak, his expression changed, and he finally finished his drink without uttering a word.

Wei'en put down the cup, and Mr. Xiao stood up and said: "Wei'en, it's almost dawn, take the time to rest for a while."

Wei En nodded and was about to answer when suddenly, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the distance. The direction of the sound was coming from the town. The two of them were startled at the same time. They were running horses late at night. It must be an emergency. The guard

The sentry was also awakened by the sound of horse hooves and stopped him.

The horse was very fast and arrived at their campsite in a short time. The knight on the horse ignored the sentry's inquiry. After seeing the two Wei En, he dismounted and ran towards them.

The knight ran to Wei En and panted: "Sir, sir, something happened!"

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Chapter completed!