A suspected plague broke out among the relief teams coming from King's Landing.
As the commander of this army, the imperial prince Horos Targaryen decisively adopted thunderous methods.
Through measures such as confinement and isolation, all sick patients were identified immediately and then imprisoned together, finally suppressing this potential crisis.
However, in the outside world, this crisis is accompanied by raging floods, spreading silently across the land.
As the capital of the Riverlands, the Twins City is built on the mouth of the Green Fork River. The Twins City is also called the "River Ferry". If you want to travel together, you must take the stone bridge of the Twins City, otherwise you will
It takes a hundred miles of detour.
The Frey family, which had spent several generations building the Twins, relied on this and quickly accumulated a large amount of wealth. It became the most powerful vassal under the Tully family at that time, and could even summon
Arise an army of four thousand men.
However, after Viserys counterattacked the Seven Kingdoms, the families in Westeros underwent earth-shaking changes and a major reshuffle of power took place.
The ancient families that once ruled the Seven Kingdoms have all changed their owners, except for the Starks who still rule the North, the Martells who rule Dorne, and the Greyjoys who rule the Iron Islands.
The Tully family was deprived of their title of lord and became an ordinary earl, while the Bracken family became the governor of the Riverlands and was granted the title of Twins because of their successful side. The efforts of several generations of the Frey family,
It's really sad that the Bracken family finally took away the fruit.
However, due to the recent heavy rains, Twin River City has also been hit by flooding.
A week of continuous heavy rains in the Riverlands caused the water level of the Green Fork River to surge, endangering the safety of the Twin River City. Therefore, the Bracken family members were forced to briefly withdraw from the Twin River City and went to the surrounding hillsides.
Take refuge.
But then, as the heavy rains gradually stopped recently and turned into light rain, the water level of the Green Fork River dropped a lot after a flood discharge. These people were tempted to return to the Twin River City, after all, they were on the mountain to avoid the flood.
Life was not easy, with not enough food and clothing.
But at this time, the eldest prince Horos Targaryen, who came from King's Landing, led an army to the Riverlands to relieve the disaster.
Therefore, as the host, Hendry Bracken, the governor of the Riverlands, naturally needed to pick him up. He set off for the town of Saltworks in the Trident River Basin, which was the most severely affected.
The guards of the Bracken family escorted Mrs. Kerrylin and the young master back to the Twins.
The Twin River City has been soaked in water for a while. Although the castle is relatively strong and there is no serious problem, the walls are still severely corroded.
After the water receded, the ground and flooded walls were covered with moss. The rooms on the ground floor were also flooded. Most of the furniture had been damaged. There were also livestock and animals floating in from nowhere.
The human corpses had been soaked in water for many days and were highly decomposed. The air was filled with a fishy smell, and flies and mosquitoes were flying everywhere, making people feel nauseated.
But despite this, living in a warm stone house is still better than living in the wind and rain on the mountain.
Therefore, as Hendry's wife, Mrs. Kerilin had no choice but to take her two sons, hold her nose and suppress the disgusting feeling, and live in the Twins City, finding a room on the second floor.
A flooded room.
"Ahem"
However, not long after returning to the Twins, unexpectedly it rained all night, and Hendry Bracken's eldest son, Rosso Bracken, suddenly fell ill.
At first, the boy just had a loss of appetite, was lazy and lethargic, but at that time everyone was busy cleaning up the castle and no one noticed.
Then Rosso Bracken's condition turned into a violent cough and his face turned pale. It was only then that the boy's condition attracted people's attention.
Lady Carellin hurriedly called for the maester to treat her son. At first, the old maester diagnosed it as a cold and boiled some medicinal soup for the boy to drink. However, there was no effect, and Rosso Bracken's condition became more serious.
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But at this time, Mrs. Kellyn suddenly developed the same symptoms as the boy. She began to cough violently and even had a high fever that was difficult to get rid of.
In today's era of backward medical conditions, getting sick is a very terrible curse. Even high-ranking officials, princes and nobles are likely to die if they accidentally get sick. Therefore, the lady and the young master got sick at the same time, and the Twins City naturally became panicked.
Then a letter from the Twins was delivered to Lord Hendry Bracken in Saltworks Town.
Although Hendry was anxious when he first received the letter, he did not associate the illness of his wife and son with the plague until this incident happened.
Governor Bracken was still trying to remain calm on the surface, but in fact he was already anxious, which is why he became inexplicably distracted.
Especially after seeing the charred remains, I didn't know whether it was because of a guilty conscience or other reasons. My heart was beating so hard that when His Royal Highness asked him questions, he didn't even respond for a while.
Hendry certainly knew the horror of the plague. Once the plague spread, a considerable number of people who were infected would die if they could not survive, and the plague would spread over a wide range.
However, Hendry knew the horror of the plague, but what he knew even more was the way people responded to the plague.
Therefore, when he learned that his wife and son might be infected with the epidemic, his first thought was to conceal the matter.
When Hroth Targaryen asked him if he had heard of similar cases elsewhere, he quickly shook his head in denial because he did not want his wife and son to be burned alive.
Hendry still had a certain sense of luck in his heart, just in case Kai Ruilin and Rosso did not get the plague, or recovered under the treatment of the maester.
After all, the mortality rate of the plague is not 100%, and many people can survive after getting sick.
Therefore, when facing Heros, Hendry finally chose to lie for the sake of his wife and son.
However, Hendry chose to lie and keep silent, but the plague did not stop because of this, but continued to spread quietly.
The army under the eldest prince Helos went through a period of closed management, and finally no new patients appeared.
Then when they opened the door and walked out, they found that the world outside had changed dramatically.