Goddess Wanhua Mirror

"Even the priests of the local God of War Cult went up to the top."

"That's really serious..."

It started in January at the earliest, when a slave ship from the other side of the ocean suddenly appeared off the coast of Oyster Harbor.Although the kingdom's local laws and regulations do not allow the existence of slavery, it will not refuse to allow foreign slave ships to temporarily stop at coastal ports for replenishment.

However, the situation of this slave ship was obviously different. She did not sail into the port, but ran aground on the beach in the southern suburbs of the city. It seemed that she had lost control long ago.

The first people who discovered the stranded slave ship were a few fishermen living nearby, but they did not report to the government at the first time, but boarded the ship without authorization and searched for some property before passing it on to the lord's guard.

The guard soldiers who rushed to the scene found that the appearance of the three-sail slave ship was intact, but the captain's cabin and the upper deck were empty, and the entrance to the lower cabin was sealed by a large number of wooden boards, and it could be smelled from the gaps in the deck. A sickening stench.

The leading guard captain was a veteran who had fought many battles. As soon as he smelled the stench, he knew what was in the hold.So he hurriedly led his men to evacuate outside, and then ordered his men to burn the stranded ship.

It is said that after the slave ship was completely ignited, someone at the scene heard a human-like wailing sound from the ship, indicating that there may be survivors inside.But the captain of the guard pretended not to hear, and kept ordering his men to add firewood to the fire.

The slave ship burned like this for four consecutive days and nights, until it was completely reduced to a pile of charred ashes, and the guards withdrew back to the city to report to the lord.

However, the matter did not end there. Less than a week later, an unprecedented strange disease quietly appeared in the local slums...

End of this chapter

This world's understanding of the plague is very superficial. It only knows that once many people die and the corpses are not buried in time, it is easy to cause the plague.This led many people to mistakenly believe that the culprit of the plague was the curse of the resentful undead on the living.

Therefore, based on this erroneous perception, the undead took the blame that did not belong to them, and the religious people took the opportunity to make their debut.

There were originally two sects in Oyster Harbor, one was the Goddess of the Four Seasons Cult, and the other was the Poseidon Cult who believed in the Lord of Ocean Currents.

The former is the god with the most number of gods, the church under his command is rich and powerful, and the believers are spread all over the world. In recent years, he has taken an active offensive stance in missionary work, and even has the ability to completely overwhelm the other three imperial families in many well-known big cities. Two religions, to the point where one family dominates.

The latter's Sea God Religion is tailored to local conditions. The Lord of Ocean Currents is the god who controls the ocean, but all boatmen and sailors who make a living at sea do not worship him.The coastal cities can be said to be the foundation of the Sea God Sect. No matter how powerful and skilled the missionaries of the Goddess of the Four Seasons Sect are, they can drive out the Holy Sect of Light and the God of War Sect, but they cannot do anything to the Sea God Sect.

These two are actually allies in Oyster Harbor, and they joined forces to drive out other sects that tried to get involved in Oyster Harbor.

But this time the situation is different, because the plague does not depend on beliefs, and religious struggles can't deal with viruses at all.So when infected people appeared in the slums, the situation quickly took a turn for the worse, reaching the verge of getting out of control.

In fact, in the first two weeks of the outbreak, the disaster could have been stopped in time.Because the infected person was discovered very early, the symptoms of the patient are mainly body temperature imbalance, feeling hot and cold, and the blood becomes thick and black, so it is not difficult to detect.

If a priest could act in time at this time and treat these patients with divine magic, maybe the plague could be wiped out in its infancy.But unfortunately, the first few infected people were poor people living in slums. They had no money to find priests to treat their illnesses with magic spells, so they could only find cheap pharmacists or fight by themselves.

As a result, the epidemic spread under people's noses. By the time the lord found out that something was wrong, there were already hundreds of infected people in the city, and similar cases were also found in the surrounding villages and towns outside the city.

Realizing that a terrible plague had appeared in his territory, the local lord, Viscount Maple, was also a ruthless person. He directly dispatched his guards to gather all the infected people in the name of concentrated treatment.

But for the same disease, infected people with different identities are treated differently. The rich and powerful can receive magical treatment from priests, but the poor are imprisoned in dilapidated courtyards where they lack food and drink and wait to die slowly.Later, someone gave the lord a bad idea, suggesting to send someone to set a fire at night and cremate all the patients on the spot.

Although the lord did not adopt this cruel suggestion and even reprimanded the speaker, the news accidentally leaked out.The family members of some patients mistakenly thought that the lord wanted to kill people, so they tried to rescue people secretly at night, and ended up fighting with the guards guarding the patients.

During the melee, the guards faithfully carried out the order of the lord, and any sick person who tried to escape would be killed without mercy.In the end, a large number of patients were killed, but a small number of patients escaped by chance, and some guards were infected because of contact with patients during the battle.

After the riot broke out, the epidemic in Oyster Harbor was completely out of control. The massacre of patients by the guards confirmed the previous rumors, and people no longer trusted the lord.

The result is that more and more infected people choose to hide in hiding because of fear.People who are still healthy are also trying to escape, and this series of changes is further exacerbating the difficulty of controlling the epidemic.

So far, the number of infected people in Oyster Harbor is conservatively estimated to be tens of thousands. The two local sects combined have less than ten priests. Lord Muli calls for help.

After the earl learned of the situation, he immediately mobilized the various sects of Wolfhelm City to send priests to rescue Oyster Harbor. At the same time, he quickly mobilized the army to block his own border, and sent people to Pine Town to invite "Lord Patriarch".

The Earl had heard about Lude of the God of Medicine Sect as early as last year. His knight captain Jie Gang, his eldest daughter Sharo, and even the great magician Hamilton who had always sneered at religious people all praised him. Consider this a respectable elder.Praise Ludd for being knowledgeable and compassionate, like a living saint!

It was precisely because of these "Lu Chui" by his side that the Earl had a very good initial impression of Lu De.

"Mr. Priest, I have long heard that your religion believes in Evelina, the God of Medicine, and is good at curing diseases and saving people in magical arts. Your Excellency has experienced many battles in this area and saved countless lives. I wonder if there is any good medicine against the plague?"

"In terms of medicine, I have indeed prepared some, but in terms of dealing with infectious diseases, I always believe that prevention is more important than cure."

"Oh! How do you say this?"

The local priests in Oyster Harbor have proved by facts that magic can indeed cure the infected, and it can be called an immediate miraculous effect.But even with such unscientific and powerful treatment methods, it still cannot effectively curb the spread of the plague. The root of the problem lies in the preventive measures.

It was precisely because they failed to control the spread of the plague that even though priests were constantly saving people, the number of infected people was still increasing, and even some priests and monks were not spared.

If it is possible, Lude really wants to perform an out-and-out "miracle" in Oyster Harbor, and directly perform group healing and wide-area antivirus on the entire city.Casting such a large-scale divine technique consumes a lot of money, but it is bound to bring extremely rich benefits.

Not to mention the nearly [-] local residents who witnessed the miracle, how many believers can be transformed in an instant, and how much faith can be inspired.The miracle itself is an unparalleled super gimmick.As long as the follow-up publicity works properly, the benefits are absolutely incalculable.

It's a pity that the current Aina doesn't have this ability, even if several goddesses under her sect join forces, they still can't gather so much divine power.And a god with this ability... may not be able to figure it out.

Lude didn't bother to explain to the earl what viruses and microorganisms are, but based on the knowledge of the earth's epidemic prevention, he provided the other party with some relatively simple and easy suggestions, trying to make the earldom prepare in advance and try its best to contain the virus. spread of the epidemic.

First of all, the first step is naturally to establish a quarantine zone to prevent the people of the earldom from coming into contact with the refugees who may be infected.But to achieve this, it is definitely not enough to send people to patrol the border around the clock.

The entire Oyster Harbor is surrounded on three sides by the earldom, and the land border alone is hundreds of miles away. With only two thousand earldom private troops and militia, it is tantamount to dreaming .

Unless the earl's men can build a wall along the border that no one can cross within three days, and then let the viscount of Oyster Harbor pay for it!

Therefore, Lude believes that it is impossible to stop them alone. It is best to set up shelters at the border junctions and use the fact that the blood of infected people will turn black to screen refugees.At the same time, hundreds of villages and towns in the fief are self-enclosed, strictly restricting population movement.

Earl Lumley is quite famous in the north, unlike Viscount Maple next door who has already lost his credibility in the eyes of the public, his promises are still believed.

In addition to the external blockade, the lord has to issue notices to publicize the knowledge of epidemic prevention and advanced hygiene habits to residents in various places. It is best to send full-time officials to supervise and resolutely enforce it.

Lude introduced to the earl a series of measures he had taken to improve the local sanitation in Pine Town, including building public toilets and bathrooms, requiring believers to wash their hands frequently, and not to defecate anywhere.

"Good hygienic habits may not make you invulnerable to all poisons, but it can definitely reduce the probability of getting sick. If the people of the Earl cannot understand, you can try to explain it to them, saying that most diseases are caused by It is caused by some tiny evil spirits (bacteria) that our mortals cannot see with naked eyes, and bathing with clean water can effectively remove those evil spirits that stick to our skin. In addition, drink more hot water, and the heating of the flame can also cause It has the effect of exorcising evil spirits (sterilizing bacteria). Heat the water to a boil, then cool it down to the point where it doesn’t burn your mouth, and you can drink it.”

After making more than a dozen suggestions in a row, Lude's words made the earl nod frequently.

At first, the earl thought that Luther was a priest, and the advice he provided to him must be to hold religious activities such as sacrificial ceremonies, so as to pray for the "omnipotent" god to grant divine grace, but in the end, Luther was completely uneasy. However, all the administrative measures mentioned are feasible.

How to do it specifically?

Why do you do this?

How can we get the people to follow suit obediently.

It's full of "dry goods"!It's that the words are clear and well-organized, and the thinking is meticulous, which is obviously not something that came up with a slap in the head.If Luther wasn't a priest, the count would have hired him as his staff.

That night, the Earl hosted a banquet in the castle for Ludd and his party.The follow-up dwarf troop is still on its way, and it will take a few days to reach Wolfhelm City. The Earl has ordered ten ferryboats and corresponding sailors to be mobilized, and they will be used by the rescue team led by Lude free of charge.

At the banquet, the earl and the old earl raised their glasses to Luther frequently, showing the utmost courtesy and preferential treatment.And the guests who came to the banquet, after learning that the old man with white beard and hair in front of him was the "famous" high-ranking priest of the God of Medicine Sect Lu De, all eagerly came up to make friends.

In the past year, Lude's reputation in the northern part of the kingdom has risen at an unimaginable speed. It is said that he is the god's choice with unfathomable strength, a master of knowledge and talents, a saint who is merciful to the common people, and even a rich man. rich man.

But what fascinates the most is the endless variety of magic medicines in the hands of the old man, but anyone who has used them has nothing to say bad about them!

certainly!Among the guests present, not all of them were so philistine and vulgar. The purpose of a few literary youths was to ask Lu De about the news about Shakespeare, the master playwright.

Last fall, the Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe, who completed their studies here in Ludd, left Pine Tree Village to start a tour of the North. The first stop was Wolfhelm City, the capital of the Earl of Lumley. With the play "Romeo and Juliet" It became an instant hit in the local area and was sought after by people.

Under Lude's suggestion, Serves also sold the peripheral products of the drama after the performance, including hardcover original novels, portraits of the characters in the play, and Q-version clay figures, etc. In addition to the tickets, there are also Big bucks.

While fascinated by the wonderful plot, many viewers also had a strong interest in "William Shakespeare" who created this work.Because before this, people have never seen such a high degree of completion of literary and artistic works, and the name of Shakespeare is also known for the first time.

Therefore, while reminiscing about the plot of "Romeo and Juliet", everyone also began to want to know about this literary master and read his other works.

It was also thanks to Serves's reliable mouth that she only publicized that her song and dance troupe was funded by Lude, and Lude was a friend of Master Shakespeare, so Lude's "true identity" was not revealed.Otherwise, these young people who are eager to chase stars will not be as rational as they are now.

In the end, thanks to Sha Luo, who has absolute prestige among the younger generation in Wolfhelm City, who came forward to make a rescue, Lu De managed to get rid of these fanatical fans.

"Thank you, Miss Shaluo, these young people... are indeed a little too enthusiastic."

"You're welcome, master. Those idiots have been asking about Shakespeare since they saw the play last year. It's like a demon. A bunch of fools who can't distinguish between fantasy and reality!"

Glaring viciously at several literary youths not far away, when mentioning the Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe and "Romeo and Juliet", a drama that set off an upsurge in the entire northern part of the kingdom, Sha Luo couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

On the one hand, she really likes this work very much personally, and she has also marveled at the fate of the hero and heroine in the play, but the popularity of this play has also brought her some unexpected troubles.

When I was stationed in Pine Tree Town, I don’t know which turtle grandson started it first. It was rumored in private that the prototype of Romeo and Juliet was Rodriguez and her Sharo. , I really just followed this line of thinking to make up my mind.

Sha Luo got mad about this more than once, and as a result, this "baseless" imagination spread to Wolfhelm City along with the drama tour, and even her sentimental mother believed it.

For this reason, during a dinner, the countess asked her daughter if she already had a lover, and she did not forget to remind Sharo that as parents, they would unconditionally support her in pursuing true love and did not mind the status of future son-in-law. The conflict between the Mo Lin family is not that serious.

Faced with this undisguised "hint" from his mother, Sha Luo's expression at that time was distorted like half a dead mouse after drinking soup!

End of this chapter

Three days later, the dwarven volunteer brigade arrived in Wolfhelm City smoothly. After a short rest for a day, they were going to take a boat to Oyster Harbor.In addition to providing ten ferries, the Earl also dispatched a group of pharmacists and manpower from the local area to support Lude.

It is worth mentioning that the leader of this group of people is not the calm and reliable Captain Jie Gang, but Sha Luo, the eldest daughter of the earl's family. It is said that the other party volunteered to participate in this operation.

"As long as I can stay away from my mother, I will go to slaughter the dragon!"

On the ferry that set sail, Shaluo leaned on the side of the boat and took the initiative to complain to Lu De about her own mother who was in a "love brain".

Judging from the current situation in this world where people can get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Sha Luo, who is still single at the age of 24, is definitely a rare flower.

In fact, the Earl's family was not less worried about the eldest lady's lifelong affairs, but they couldn't help being doted on by the old earl who was a grandfather, and Sha Luo had indeed shown martial arts training that far surpassed most of his peers. Talent, in the end, you can only let it go.

However, the situation changed this winter. Affected by the drama and rumors, Sha Luo's mother had some unreasonable guesses, and determined that her daughter had an affair with the son of an old rival.

You must know that Rodriguez is older than Shaluo, but he is still single as of now, and he has kept himself clean for many years. He has lived with his elf grandmother in the Forest of Tranquility since he was a child. He has never heard of him having an affair with any lady. It can be said that his father, who is the same as his self-propelled cannon in character, is very different.

In addition, Shaluo's reason for refusing blind dates is "I don't want to marry a man who is weaker than me", and Rodriguez happens to be one of the top knights among the younger generation of the kingdom, and he is absolutely stable against Shaluo in terms of strength. One end, so the "clues" all matched up at once!

From the countess' point of view, if her careless eldest daughter really had a secret relationship with the eldest son of Duke Ganmerin's family, then this underground love affair, both public and private, can be regarded as an affair. pile of good things.

First of all, Rodriguez has no qualifications in all aspects. He is the first heir to the Duke's family and a top master of the young generation. He is polite and has an appearance of one-eighth elf blood.

In contrast, Sha Luo, who is poor and evil, is not so interesting in all aspects, and he is somewhat unworthy of such a great guy!

And if the two survive in the end, it will also play a certain role in easing the relationship between the Lumley family and the Ganmalin family.

Although the Countess is not particularly politically savvy, she still has a certain degree of understanding.She knew that the king, as the highest person in the country, hoped to see a balance of "discord with each other but no real fight" among the local nobles like them.

However, the relationship between the two families has become more and more rigid in the past few years. Fortunately, the Lumley family can say that the earl who heads the family is young and vigorous, and his mind has always been clear enough. It's a bad sign, and the friction between the two parties is increasing.At this time, we should find a way to relax a little bit. Marriage is a good choice.

So the Countess went to "heart-to-heart talk" with her daughter these days when she had nothing to do, trying to get the answer she expected from Sha Luo, but the result was just the opposite.

Lu De on the side seemed to listen to Sha Luo's complaints patiently, but he couldn't help complaining in his heart. Sure enough, parents in any world are the same.

In my previous life, I was often urged to marry by my own mother. In order to lure him to a blind date, I even used tactics to engage in "Vietnamese Cong-style blind dates" for Lu De, and repeatedly led my own son into the ambush carefully arranged by her old man. The circle is simply impossible to guard against.

It took two days for the ferry to finally reach the mouth of the sea.When we got here, it was the border of the Viscount's territory where Oyster Harbor was located.

After the fleet entered the sea, they hoisted their sails and sailed northward along the coastline. Along the way, fishermen’s settlements could be seen not far away. The larger ones had a hundred or so houses and were about the size of a medium-sized village, while the smaller ones had only a few earthen shacks. , a dozen people and a few small boats.

The boat didn't dock. Lude observed these settlements with a telescope. From time to time, fishermen's boats passed by them. The sanitary conditions of the other party were visibly bad, and a stench could be wafted downwind from a long distance away.

"Master, these fishermen obviously live by the sea, why do they all look like they haven't bathed?"

"Silly girl, because sea water is salty."

She explained to the ignorant Aina why she couldn't bathe in sea water. The little nun seemed to understand, after all, Songshu Village is located at the confluence of two rivers, and there is no shortage of water in the area, so it was hard for her to believe the difficulties of these fishermen. .

After thinking about it, Lude felt that this was a good teaching opportunity, so he taught all the medical students on the boat, taking the current situation of the fishing village that they could see in front of them as an example, explaining the hygiene knowledge they need to know, which is very helpful to them. The puzzles they will face next can be helpful.

The fleet sailed along the coast for another half a day, and finally at dusk, a harbor city was seen in the distance.The captain of the team leader told Lu De that there was the destination of their trip - Oyster Harbor.

As the largest natural harbor in the northern coastal area of ​​the kingdom, it was once the wealthiest territory of the kingdom before the outbreak of the epidemic.Although the area of ​​the whole fief is not large, and the population is only about a hundred thousand, but because of the existence of the port, it has gathered a lot of wealth.

But this once bustling and bustling city now showed a kind of morbid depression, completely losing the vitality and hustle and bustle of the past.

"I seem to smell the breath of death..."

Limited by the world's backward communication methods, when Lu De and others arrived in Oyster Port, it had been almost three months since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the local poor epidemic prevention measures did not prevent the spread of the epidemic locally.

However, contrary to Lude's previous expectations, the interior of the huge harbor was full of hundreds of ships moored, and none of them seemed to leave.

It wasn't until a small boat approached and called them to stop the boat quickly that Lude learned from the other party that at the exit of the harbor, a string of sailboats had sunk under the water as artificial reefs, leaving only about 40 meters wide on the side near the south bank. An opening for ships to enter and exit.

Although the local Viscount Maple had muddled operations in the early stages of the epidemic and failed to contain the spread of the epidemic in the first place due to the riots caused by rumors, this old sailor who had gone to sea to face the wind and waves was not completely Incompetent people also have their own responsibilities.

In order to avoid the further spread of the infection, the Viscount, after realizing that his territory was out of control, decisively ordered the blockade of the port, prohibiting any ships from leaving here, and even blocked the lanes and set up ballistas on the shore.

Under his strong blockade, hundreds of ships were forced to stay in the local area, no matter how the owners of these ships pleaded or even threatened, Viscount Maple had a strong attitude and forbade anyone from leaving his territory.

Before the fleet docked, Lude directed everyone to put on the protective equipment they brought.Including gloves, masks, beige coveralls, and upgraded dwarven dust goggles.When everyone disembarked in such a disguise, the locals who came to greet them were obviously at a loss.

"You, are you from the God of Medicine Sect?"

Because the earl had sent a letter in advance to inform them, and the flags of the earl's family were all flying high on the ten ferries, so although the local people were surprised, at least they didn't regard them as some monsters and ghosts.

At this time, Sha Luo took the initiative to show his identity, showed his family emblem and waist badge to the leader of the other party, and then respectfully introduced Lu De beside him, and said that they brought a lot of things to cure diseases and save lives.

"Is it really a magic medicine that can cure the plague? How many are there? How many people can it save!?"

Hearing Sha Luo say that there are medicines that can cure diseases on board, all the local people present were shocked.More than [-] people have died from the plague in Oyster Harbor in the past two months. The total number of infected people is hard to estimate, but it will definitely not be less than [-]. Hundreds of corpses are dragged out of the city every day for incineration.

The dead have no rest, and the living are filled with fear.