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Chapter 319 The Black Death

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An iron shoe stepped on the wood rat bones that covered the ground, crushing a rat's skull to pieces.

Jeanna frowned, turned over and jumped on the horse, and galloped towards Constantinople.

Along the way, she saw a lot of dead beasts, most of them belonged to the royal garden, and there were also a few animals raised by ordinary civilians. Their skins were wriggling, and they were obviously crowded with eating mice.

When approaching the city gate, the surrounding scene became bustling again.

Many of the people waiting in long lines to enter the city were chatting with lingering fear.

"The mice in my lord's barn are crazy. Not only are they not afraid of people, but they dare to bite me-the poor cat that Miss Ronia kept was killed by the mice."

"I also met those crazy rats, and I was bitten by them, it really hurts!"

"Be careful of those rats. They must have been parasitized by the devil. If bitten by them, it might be like being bitten by a mad dog."

"Shut your crow's mouth!"

Rabies is a terminal disease in later generations, let alone in the still ignorant Middle Ages, the only tenderness people treat a rabies patient is to help him get rid of it in advance.

Someone complained in a low voice: "This year's harvest is not bad. After deducting the taxes and rations to be paid, there are rare leftovers. I originally wanted to offer a bag of grain to Father Malganis so that he could preside over my boy. The wedding—it's all ruined by those nasty rats."

People whispered to each other, not daring to shout loudly.

The citizens of Constantinople were much more confident than those tenant farmers who went to the city to find work. It was said that the emperor had lost a battle before, and those citizens dared to tie up city officials and parade through the streets to protest.

Jeanne listened to their conversation for a while, and as if she had made up her mind, she suddenly stepped forward and grabbed a complaining tenant by the arm.

"Master, are you?"

The tenant farmer was frightened out of his wits and asked in a panic.

But Jeanna didn't reply, she just pushed away his worn linen sleeve, revealing an arm covered with black pus.

Her expression was a little pale, and she subconsciously took two steps back.

"Black Death?"

The tenant farmer recognized that it was a woman's voice, but he still didn't dare to forcibly withdraw his grasped arm.

After all, it was a knight master with a full set of exquisite silver armor and a steed steed, most likely a nobleman.

Even a female knight was something an ordinary tenant farmer like him would not dare to provoke.

"Ms. Knight, please let go of poor old Barry. He still has two poor children to support. I don't know how he offended you, but it must not have come from his own will."

"Please forgive me!"

Companions of the sharecroppers came together to say good things.

Jeanna didn't know what to do for a while.

The man infected with the Black Death was hopeless, and it was unknown how many of the people in front of him were carrying the deadly germs.

Moreover, they were about to enter the city—into this densely populated city.

Maybe she should stop these people, but she can't do it at all - even if she does, it doesn't make any sense, because the number of people who have entered the city so far is unknown.

Besides, this Theodosian city wall can stop thousands of troops, how can it stop the mice that can dig holes and the fleas that jump from them to people?

In her heart, she couldn't help but feel a strong sense of powerlessness.

Even if she becomes an elite, she has no means of defense in the face of such a terrifying natural disaster.

"What happened?"

A group of knights in fresh clothes and angry horses was about to leave the city when they heard the movement and leaned over here.

"Crown Prince Henry?"

Jeanne spoke.

"It's you?"

Crown Prince Henry's face was a little embarrassed. He didn't know that Jeanne was actually a female knight until after the fact.

Losing to her in the big arena can be said to ruin his reputation.

It's just that he doesn't know why, but he can't bring up any grudges in his heart. Instead, he feels a faint sense of anticipation when he sees her, just like when he saw that lovely nun in the monastery when he was young.

"You came just in time, I need your help with something!"

Jeanna took off her helmet, and her long golden hair spread out like a waterfall: "I am Jeanna, the chief knight commander under Marquis Lothar."

She let go of the tenant farmer's hand and grabbed Crown Prince Henry.

The crown prince subconsciously wanted to dodge, but where was Rang Na's opponent, she grabbed her shoulders and pulled him closer.

"Stop, what are you going to do to my lord?"

The knights behind him pulled out their swords and glared at Jeanne. They didn't like the female knight who killed many of them in the arena and brought them great shame.

However, this woman is quite beautiful.

Some people's originally stern eyes couldn't help but soften a little.

"what are you going to do?"

Crown Prince Henry looked at Jeanna with a dull look in his eyes, swallowed for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "I mean, what do you need my help with, can you let go first?"

He only felt that Jeanna's hand holding his shoulder was like iron tongs, and he couldn't break free at all.

"Notify Empress Lagia immediately, close the gates, watch out for those damned rats, a terrible plague is about to happen - hey, mark every word I say, I'm not kidding, it's definitely a bechas The Great Dinny Plague will have even more terrifying disasters!"

Seeing Crown Prince Henry's disapproving face, Jeanna immediately increased her tone.

"I swear by the surname of Dark and the surname of Lothar, the lord I serve, what I said is not false, and this disaster is by no means limited to Constantinople. Once it spreads, your Germania , more distant Gaul, Apennines... the whole world will fall into a catastrophe."

Henry didn't know whether he was shocked by Jeanna's serious tone, or attracted by Jeanne's beauty, so he didn't reply for a long time.

It is true that in terms of beauty, she is obviously inferior to Queen Lagaia.

But it was the first time Henry saw such a heroic female knight.

He was not short-sighted. After the establishment of the Tower of Witches, his father did not have any female knights under his command, but they were all big-bodied, strong-bodied, and more brutal than men.

Nothing compares to Jeanne.

Jeanna frowned, and increased her strength: "I'm not joking, go to see Queen Lagaia immediately, and tell her what I said, I have to go to my lord."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Crown Prince Henry had a shoulder pain and said quickly.

Looking at the back of Jeanna going away, Crown Prince Henry paused for a moment and sighed softly.

He somewhat regretted why he married so early, although his wife brought him a kingdom claim as a dowry.

"My lord, we just let her go?"

"Um…"

Henry was silent for a moment, then got on his horse: "Everyone come back to the city with me, we are going to see the Queen."

In the dark dungeon.

Compared with Jeanna's holy flame, Anna's fire spell is much simpler.

The dark long corridor is now covered with a layer of black ashes, which creaked when stepped on.

Although Lothar now has limited spells and knowledge, he is considered an official wizard, but he couldn't see any abnormalities from these mice.

It's just that the beast's intuition reminded him that these little things living in the gutter are quite threatening.

Lothar frowned and said, "How can someone study something like plague."

Is the plague something that humans can tame?Isn't he afraid of being backlashed?

"It turns out that there is."

Anna's tone was serious: "Moreover, there is a high probability that that person has really tamed the plague, and integrated magic power into the plague—like a curse."

"Killing that person can really make the plague disappear?"

Although Anna said so before, he still had some doubts.

After all, this matter is too important.

Anna hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It doesn't have to be a person, it could also be a thing - no one has seen such a thing as the source of the plague before. I have only seen it in the books in Constantinople. There are similar ideas."

"Perhaps destroying the source of the plague is effective, or it may not be effective. We can only pray for the former."

A group of people continued to walk deep into the corridor.

Along the way, we cleared up several groups of rats.

Anna's footsteps suddenly stopped, her lips were moving, and she didn't know what to say.

Following her line of sight, Lothar could see a few broken strands of red silk scattered on the ground, soaked in sewage.

It also had roses outlined in gold thread, Lothar remembered, exactly like the pattern on Lienna's red dress.

"It's the work of Master Dusen."

Anna gritted her teeth and said, "Lienna should have just passed by. Let's pay attention to the footprints in the mud. That guy is an ignorant slob. She doesn't know levitation."

Lothar's heart was a little heavy. In fact, by now, everyone knew that Lienna was probably dead.

Otherwise, she has no reason not to reply to the communication.

The double-headed eagle emblem handed down by Anna is not so easy to lose or damage.

(End of this chapter)