Soul echo

Chapter 389 The Living Corpse Plague in Schaffhausen

The lord of Schaffhausen was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, who didn't seem to have any outstanding features, his appearance was mediocre, and his figure was also ordinary.

Neither fat nor skinny.

He has tried his best to dress himself up to make himself more eye-catching, but unfortunately his aesthetics are really not very good, even if he dresses up, he looks ordinary.

After hearing the news brought by Zhong Ye, the lord's face instantly became ugly.

Since ancient times, once the plague spreads, there will be corpses everywhere, and the corpses will be measured. Sometimes, even the status of the lord cannot protect them. More lords and nobles died of the plague than the nobles who died of accidents. .

"Constancia... did such a thing really happen?" the lord asked anxiously again.

Zhong Ye nodded solemnly: "Not only has Constantia fallen into the city of living corpses, but the plague of living corpses has also spread out due to the actions of the plague believers, infecting many wild animals.

"These bloodstains on my body came from a few plague believers. When I found them, they were throwing plagues into Lake Constance, and it seemed that this was not the first time they had done so."

Hearing these things, the lord only felt his scalp go numb, and there was only one thought echoing in his mind—or should he run away?

But where can he go?

The lord thought hard, and then was dismayed to find that there was no way for him to escape.

The pastor acted as if he hadn't seen the change in the lord's expression, and said earnestly: "My lord, the most important thing now is to take over the people from the surrounding villages and seal off Schaffhausen. This is not only to protect Schaffhausen. The people, it is to resist the invasion of foreign plagues."

"You..." The lord raised his head sadly, opened his mouth slightly, and after being stunned for a moment, he lowered his head helplessly and sighed, "Forget it, I will give orders and let others obey your orders—this time Plague, please..."

The lord had such a good attitude and cooperation, which Zhong Ye never expected.

Before meeting the lord, Zhong Ye had guessed the lord's character, whether it was tough, or sinister, or greedy, or weak, but the only thing he hadn't guessed was mediocrity.

After walking out of the reception room of the castle side by side with the priest, Zhong Ye asked the priest in a low voice: "Do the lords of Schaffhausen usually look like this?"

The pastor nodded without thinking, "That's what he is—why? Is there anything strange?"

It was indeed a bit strange, but Zhong Ye couldn't tell where the strangeness was.

Before coming here, he assumed that the lord was a collaborator of the group of human traffickers, but looking at it now, everything the lord showed couldn't correspond to the image he imagined.

"Mr. Paulino."

Hearing the sound, Zhong Ye's eyelids twitched. He glanced over and saw a maid at the corner temporarily put down her work and bowed to a well-dressed middle-aged man in salute.

Compared with the lord, this middle-aged talent who looked no older than the lord was more like a nobleman.

The middle-aged man walked towards them, and after approaching, he expressed his courtesy to the two of them with a rather skillful simple courtesy.

After receiving the gift in return, he smiled slightly, expressed with gestures that he still had urgent matters, apologized to them, and then passed them by.

After walking around the corner and confirming that there is no one else around, Zhong Ye asked again: "Who is that person?"

The pastor thought about it carefully, "Paulino Baum, the adopted son of the previous lord, if the lord we met just now hadn't been found, he should have inherited everything from the Baum family, including Schaf Howson."

"Then he now..."

"He is now the chief steward of the Baum family. Because the current lord is an illegitimate son, he grew up among the common people and has never learned how to govern a territory. Therefore, before his death, the old lord appointed his own son, that is, The current lord inherits Schaffhausen and hopes that Paulino can become a steward to assist his son.

"However, I have always felt that the old lord's actions were too much. In order to let the current lord succeed, Paulino deliberately scalded his own throat and made himself a mute, so that no one would object to the old lord's illegitimate son. To be rulers of Schaffhausen - they'd rather work with a 'vulgar' illegitimate child than a mute."

After sighing, the pastor raised his finger and pointed to his feet, "Fortunately, the current lord is a sensible person. Now Schaffhausen is much better under Paulino's governance than it was ten years ago."

Zhong Ye said meaningfully: "In other words, in Schaffhausen, he is actually exercising the power of the lord?"

Hearing this, the pastor instantly understood Zhong Ye's implication, fell silent for a moment, then nodded helplessly, "Yes...he has been exercising the power of the lord of Schaffhausen all this time, he is the essence of Schaffhausen. lord of the

A real and nameless 'lord', a fearsome butler...

"Just now, I felt fear from that maid." Zhong Ye turned to look at the pastor, "Do you know what's going on?"

"Fear?" The pastor was taken aback and looked up in astonishment, "But I heard that although Paulino is a bit arrogant, he will not punish his servants at will."

Zhong Ye slowly shook his head, "You should have been in contact with Paulino a lot. Think back, what kind of behavior does the servant have when facing him? Does it mean that every time you see him, even if you still have Work, will you salute him?"

Immediately, the pastor fell into memory.

The more he recalled, the tighter his frown became.

"...What does this mean?" The pastor looked at Zhong Ye in confusion.

With a chuckle, Zhong Ye said: "What I mean is that Paulino likes to use this method to show his identity and status. If there is no accident, if the lord passes by, the servants who still have jobs will definitely not Stop what you're doing, what should you do or what should you do—in this way, won't you be able to show that he is superior to the lord?"

The pastor's eyes widened. He had never paid attention to these small details, but after hearing what Zhong Ye said, he seemed to have seen similar scenes.

"The entire Schaffhausen Castle is under the control of Paulino, that's why the lord has not found out for so many years." Having said that, Zhong Ye narrowed his eyes, "The above are all my guesses, but if this is Really, then I think the person most likely to contact and help those traffickers is Paulino."

What Zhong Ye said was not unreasonable, the pastor even felt that he couldn't find a reason to refute.

These reasonings are so smooth that there is hardly a single loophole.

Could it be that Paulino really became a collaborator of a group of human traffickers, responsible for providing supplies and cover for the passing traffickers?

The pastor and Zhong Ye fell into silence, and neither of them spoke again until they left the castle.

Zhong Ye had promised before that he would not do anything to the lord until the plague in Schaffhausen was resolved. Although Paulino was not a lord, he was better than a lord and actually controlled Schaffhausen.

Zhong Ye didn't intend to play word games, he always said what he said, and intimidating or even killing a 'lord' at such a time would only make Schaffhausen chaotic.

Walking to the street, the pastor said goodbye to Zhong Ye.

He also wanted to have a little heart-to-heart talk with the Earth Mother believers in the small town, and discuss the matter of taking in the population of the surrounding villages.

The church is too small to accommodate so many people. They need to build another camp outside the city. The project is huge, and he cannot complete it alone.

And now I am afraid that the plague carriers in Schaffhausen don't know that they are infected with the plague, and they are still living as usual. In addition to the above work, he has to identify which are normal people and which are plague carriers. Only he can do this.

Seeing the pastor disappear into the crowd, Zhong Ye felt a little heavy.

There are hundreds of people in Schaffhausen anyway, and it is not an easy task to identify the plague carriers one by one.

Walking towards the adventurer's house not far away, Zhong Ye thought carefully, what can he do at this time?
"what!!!"

--boom!

The closed door of the Adventurer's House was knocked open, and a figure flew out of it and fell to the ground.

Then, another figure swooped in from the air, opening its mouth to bite.

However, an iron-clad boot suddenly appeared, heavily imprinted on the figure's head, and kicked him aside.

Zhong Ye looked at the man lying on the ground. His neck was bloody and bloody. It looked like he had been bitten hard by something and tore off a piece of flesh. Fortunately, no artery was injured, so it was not fatal.

A group of adventurers ran out from the Adventurer's House, looking at the figure that fell in the distance in shock.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"Why did you suddenly go crazy and bite people?"

"Come someone to help bandage it." Zhong Ye stepped over the wounded and walked towards the figure in the distance.

That guy was getting up from the ground, and when he looked up and saw Zhong Ye, it let out a roar.

Its posture and appearance made Zhong Ye feel extremely familiar.

"The living corpse..."

Has this started?
(End of this chapter)