Chapter 16 The Black Death
Later, Mende suddenly died suddenly.
No one knows the reason for his death. The official blocked the news, but I heard that he died miserably...
A week later, the soldiers who had been in charge of Mend in the town suddenly fell ill.
No one found out the cause of the disease. They began to cough, vomit, and red spots appeared on their bodies...
Three months later.
It is still the big tree outside the church.
But the leaves are already alopecia areata, and the two girls standing on the branches are looking at the dead town.
I can't see anyone, the wind blows on the empty streets, blowing down the signboard of the once lively tavern.
The sign that fell on the ground made a breaking sound. A puppy was frightened and limped out of the corner, with a rotten dead baby in his mouth...
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Under the candle as yellow as beans.
Windsor, wearing a snow-white nun's robe, held the chain carved by the light crystal core, trying to draw warmth from the crystal core.
In the small room, the doors and windows were closed, but they could not resist the invasion from the darkness.
Mother Windsor grabbed the quill and opened the already torn parchment roll, slowly writing the words on it:
The arrival of evil is so sudden that it is now caught off guard.
I don't know where evil originated. When it began to spread to the earth at a terrifying speed, human beings experienced the most harsh catastrophe. Without any joy and singing, everyone was crying and sadness spreading to the earth.
Sorry to describe the content I want to write in this sad and depressed tone, but whatever I see, hear and feel makes me penetrate into despair from the depths of my heart.
The holy light cannot stop the invasion of evil. Is it that God wants to abandon His people?
I prayed silently, begging the gods to drive away evil with the most devout prayers and give humans a quiet and peaceful world, but I received no response.
Next will be everything I recorded that I have seen and heard with my own eyes.
Because I don’t know whether I can resist evil, maybe it’s now or tomorrow, evil may devour me.
All I can do is record it all.
I don't believe that humans will lose hope.
I hope what I wrote can allow later generations to see that the world was once in a difficult situation.
In the 97,281 year of the birth of our Lord, our human habitat, the beautiful continent is baptized by disasters. Its horror and evil only reminds of black and death. Please allow me to call it the "Disaster of Black Death". The spread of the Black Death. I don't know whether it was the gods abandoning his people or the humans atonement for countless sins committed by humans; it was specifically passed from there, and there is no conclusion yet. The most reliable statement is that the priest in a small town in the Kingdom of Allah in the south blasphemed the gods, and evil originated from it. I instinctively do not want to believe this, but I cannot refute him that sins exist in anyone. It will not change because of being a believer, including myself.
From the emergence of the Black Death to the outbreak, it took only a few months. All the people in that town died; and the disaster continued to spread everywhere. Now, the disease was found in half of the continent. The infected areas were still increasing wildly. Everyone was helpless and could not get any way to prevent them. People had sent people to clean up the dirty places in the city. Orders for prohibiting patients from entering the city have been issued, and various measures to protect health have been implemented. In addition, devout people sometimes go to churches to pray to the gods in groups, but what they did was the same as I did, and there was no miracle that could delay the disaster, and the number of infected people was still increasing.
Because of my profession, I have helped some patients, and the symptoms of the disease are as follows. Men and women who are infected initially swell up a tumor in the groin or under the armpits. Later, they grow bigger and bigger and bigger, and there is a small apple or an egg. Generally, people call this tumor "epidoma", and in a short time, the "epidoma" that is like death spreads from those two parts to various parts of the human body. After that, the symptoms of the disease change again, and black or purple spots appear on the patient's arms, legs, and other parts of the body. Sometimes they are sparse and sparse, sometimes thin and dense; but anyway, this is like an early tumor, a sign of death.
So far, no one has a way to transplant this disease. No matter how you ask a doctor to take medicine, the disease will not be cured. The use of holy light can cure the external trauma, causing them to heal due to scratching oxygen, but in a short time, they will die. After anatomy, it turns out that their internal organs are rotten. All the wise doctors cannot find the real source of the disease. Instead, many doctors and pastors are infected with the disease and die in pain because of helping patients.
The Black Death is so terrible. It not only has its 100% mortality rate, but also its contagious efficiency is also amazing. Healthy people get sick as soon as they come into contact with the patient. The situation is as easy to burn as dry fire. When talking to the patient, when they come into contact with the clothes and things they touch, they will be infected with the virus if they are not careful.
In addition, there are many very horrifying events. The Black Death is not only contagious between people, but also livestock other than humans will get sick as soon as they come into contact with patients or something from the dead. After a while, they will die and die. One day I saw with my own eyes: several dogs kept rolling around after biting the patient's clothes. After a while, they fell on the pile of clothes and died as if they had taken poison.
It is not only the Black Death that rages, but this terrible virus has brought countless sequelae.
The horror of the disease has caused humans to lose their confidence in living.
Many people are broken down. Because they have to face countless painful deaths every day, including their relatives and friends, their hearts are filled with horror and all kinds of weird thoughts.
Later, their fear of the Black Death had reached a mad stage and they had lost any feelings. They ruthlessly abandoned their sick relatives and friends: they avoided contact with anything they had used with the patient. They thought that in this way, their safety could be kept.
In the present, without moral constraints, people began to become like wild animals and acted only according to their own desires.
Many people indulge in joy, sing wildly, try to satisfy all their desires, and laugh it off. They drink day and night, wandering from this hotel to that hotel, and even come on a whim. They break into other people's houses and do whatever they want. No one comes to stop them, because everyone is in danger, so there is no need to worry about whether they have property or not. Therefore, most of the houses have become public property. Any passerby can break in in a big way, just as they are occupied by their own homes. However, despite their rampage, they still avoid the patients.
Many people have a cruel opinion for their own safety. They say that there is only one way to fight the plague - the only good way is to avoid the plague. More and more people only care about themselves and ignore the rest. They deviate from their cities and abandon their hometowns, their relatives and property. They fled to another place where they are temporarily safe. When the plague spreads to the place where they fled, they fled elsewhere, but some of their illnesses are not aware of it. Instead, they bring the virus on their bodies to the new place.
I think this is why the virus spreads so quickly.
Their minds have lost all their functions and only act according to instincts. But they don't think about it,
What's the use? The disease will not disappear because of escape. As long as this black death is there, it will spread to the entire continent sooner or later. Where can they hide at that time?
They gave up love, friendship, and family in their own health, but they didn't think that if they fell ill, they would be abandoned by people, no one would take care of them, and they would be discontinued in pain and loneliness.
For me, this is even more unbearable for me.
Without any love, what else is necessary for the world to exist in this way?
Everyone lives carefully, you avoid me, I avoid you. Neighbors, no one cares about anyone else's affairs, relatives and friends almost cut off contact, and even if they say something rare, they are far away. The older brother abandons his younger brother, uncle abandons his nephew, sister abandons his brother, and wife abandons his husband are common. The saddest and most incredible thing is that even parents are unwilling to take care of their children, as if they were not born by themselves.
According to the customs that always come, when a person dies, the female relatives and relatives of relatives and neighbors have to gather at the funeral family to hang the family of the deceased. The men from that family gathered at the door with their neighbors and citizens from other places. Then the priest came, and the number of people depends on the show of the family. The coffin was carried by the friends of the deceased. Everyone lit a candle, held it in their hands, and sang an elegy. It was very lively all the way, and it was carried to the church designated by the deceased before his death. However, as the plague became more and more rampant, the patients died, not only were no one hanged, but many of them were rotten at home. It was really rare that a few deceased could get the sorrow and tears of their relatives, so that their relatives and friends would not come to mourn - they were having fun in time, having a banquet, and having fun with each other!
There are corpses everywhere in the city. If the living nearby can find the porter, they will ask the porter to help carry the corpse out and put it at the gate. If the porter cannot be found, they will do it themselves. They do this not out of compassion, but for fear that the rotten corpses will threaten their survival. Every day at dawn, every household will be filled with corpses. These corpses are placed on corpses and carried out. If they cannot get the corpse, they will be carried with wooden boards.
A corpse rack often carries two or three corpses. It becomes common for couples, father and son, or two or three brothers to put them together on a corpse rack. Sometimes, digging and burying them, and just digging the pits that buried the people deep enough, suddenly six or seven corpses came, and they had to continue digging downwards.
Every day, even every hour, a large number of corpses are transported to churches throughout the city, and the church cemetery can no longer accommodate them. When the cemetery is fully buried, I have to dig some long and wide pits around and bury hundreds of corpses later. Just like the pile of cargo in the cabin, these corpses are placed layer by layer in the pit. They are covered with only a thin layer of soil, and they are sealed with soil until the entire pit is full.
This is true in the city, and the towns and villages in the suburbs did not escape this catastrophe, but the disaster was not as powerful as in the city. The poor farmers fell ill in the neglected village and in the deserted fields, and there was neither a doctor nor anyone to come to see them. They fell dead on the road, in the fields, or at their doorsteps. They died, not like a person, but like a livestock... "
"Mother Windsor, Mother Windsor."
A rushing knock on the door interrupted Mother Windsor's writing.
She stood up and opened the door. There was a pretty woman outside, Catherine. She said in a crying voice: "Mother Windsor, Pastor Hickman suddenly fainted..."
Hearing Catherine's words, Windsor's eyes turned dark and he almost fainted.
She squeezed the chain in her hand hard, walked out the door, and said, "Take me to see..."
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Entering the southern continent in summer.
Yang Zheng brought Mixue'er to Weirong Kingdom.
At this time, Taoyuan had become the largest business in Weirong Kingdom, and even in various parts of the world, it was already one of the best big business companies.
The Taoyuan Caravan brought various resources from Lan Menghai and then transported them to Weirongguo from the headquarters of the Haoran Alliance.
Because of Rachel, Yang Zheng lived in Weirong for a long time.
Therefore, Taoyuan's center of gravity has long moved to Wei Rong, and it is just an empty shell at the headquarters of the Haoran Alliance, attracting attention.
A large amount of supplies brought earth-shaking changes to the Weirong Kingdom. People's living standards were better, and the people's hearts were naturally in their hearts. The power of the Demon God Cult in Weirong was deeper. Yang Zheng was also loved by more and more people.
It is also because of the existence of Taoyuan.
When doing business with merchants all over the world in Taoyuan, he also promoted Wei Rong's good fortune.
Yang Zheng was not talking nonsense, the Wei Rong Kingdom was indeed developing rapidly, bringing countless businessmen to life.
Yang Zheng has always believed that war is just a continuation of politics. Without politics, there is no war. The reason why politics is not for the people's livelihood or for the economy.
Taoyuan will dump more and more low-cost goods, gradually corroding other countries in terms of economic and people's livelihood, and combining the interests of those countries with the interests of Taoyuan. Once this quantitative change causes qualitative change, then these countries will be inseparable from Taoyuan. Yang Zheng will be able to conquer other countries at the economic level without war.
This is the "war" with modern art.
In Yang Zheng's eyes, fighting and killing have no technical content.
Whoever has more money is the boss.
By applying economic means to this immature world, Yang Zheng hopes to not fight and finally integrate human power.
This period of time was the most fulfilling and sweetest day when Yang Zheng came to this world.
The relationship with Rachel finally became clear, and he gained the taste of love that he had not tasted for a long time.
Although the two of them are too busy with things on weekdays, they will meet as long as they can squeeze out time.
It doesn’t have to be having sex. Just looking at each other, talking to each other, and confiding, makes the two feel that life is so sweet.
Yang Zheng and Rachel couldn't believe that they had been rejuvenating in this youthful age, but the facts were the same. They were as passionate as boys and girls of sixteen or seventeen years old, and would be happy for each other's look and action. They cherish every second they were together, and each other's figure was in their minds.
The feelings that have been suppressed for too long are so passionate, like the wine that has been aged for many years, the longer it is, the more fragrant it is.
Mixue'er also came to the Weirong Palace.
Rachel liked her so much that she always wanted a daughter, and now her dream came true.
Because Sidi'an embarked on the path of kings and was gradually leaving her, the appearance of Mixue'er filled the only void in her heart, allowing her motherhood to be squandered.
Mo Bingyun and Yue Ruxue often come to Wei Rong Kingdom.
This is where they left sad memories back then.
But now those faces have passed away, they have disappeared.
Yang Zheng didn't know if they saw their relationship with Rachel, but love was indeed blind.
He didn't know what choice to make, and in this case, he didn't need to make a choice. This is not the earth, and he didn't need to follow the monogamy principle.
Why bother to hurt the hearts of those who love him?
Let everything go with the flow.
In this long life, love is just a link. It is better not to love than to love too much. Enjoy love. There are countless wonderful things in life, enjoy life.
Chapter completed!