Chapter 195 The signs of the plague
What is very ridiculous is that although Duanmu Huai and others have fought with the Rat Man, in fact, most people in this world believe that the Rat Man does not exist.
The reason is actually very simple.
That is, most of the people who have seen rat people are dead.
As mentioned before, the rat people fight in a different way. They will not rush up to fight immediately, but will first release the plague through the rat group to weaken the vitality in the city as much as possible. When the resistance in the city is basically collapsed, the rat people will pour into the city through the tunnel. At that time, facing the unparalleled number of rat people, the soldiers plagued by illness will have only one way to die.
Initially, it was an exception in the City of Silver, because the Rat Man acted with the believers of the God of Disease at that time. In fact, even so, only a very small number of people escaped from the City of Silver. In addition, the world''s civilization is backward and information is blocked. In this case, even if a rat attack is attacked, most people just listen to jokes.
This is the rat, cunning, insidious, and annoying.
According to this Sigma priest, when he came here, the plague had not spread to the city. Everyone was very welcome at that time. After all, a Sigma priest appeared and might protect the city from being infected by the plague.
Facts prove that Sigma is not in the service area and is useless.
So this priest gradually began to be coldly treated. When the plague broke out, he was regarded as the culprit for the plague.
"Does the lords of the southern lords not care about the matter?"
"I heard that the lords of several southern cities died suddenly overnight, and many senior officials seemed to have died because of this."
It''s those **** rats that have tricks.
The Rat Man is best at assassination. After losing his leader, the senior management will fall into chaos, and the plague will be rampant, so the problem will be even more unavailable.
But then again, Duanmu Huai was not completely unprepared for this situation.
I don’t know if the thing Kukulu and the others made is effective.
But now is not the time to use it.
“Now is not the time to consider these issues.”
Looking at the Sigma priest complaining endlessly, Duanmu Huai frowned and spoke.
"Are you here to preach or help with the plague?"
"Of course it''s to treat the plague!"
Speaking of this, the Sigma priest raised his voice, but the next moment, he immediately became weak again.
"But... As you can see by Lord Knight, the people here do not believe in Sigma..."
"Since that''s the case, let''s change the way."
"A different way?"
"Um………"
Duanmu Huai thought for a moment, then knocked on the table.
“Areyougoing to Scarborough Fair…Parsley, sage, rosemaryandthyme…”
"King Master?"
Hearing Duanmuhuai''s words, not only Sigma''s priest, but also Lorena and Bambi and others looked at Duanmuhuai in surprise. The latter noticed their gaze and coughed.
"Oh, nothing, just recalling...well, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...you know these."
“Yes, is this…?”
"Using these four flowers, you can make something called Four Thief Vinegar, which can disinfect and suppress the plague to a certain extent... If you want, you can try it."
"Is that true? I understand... I will try it."
Hearing this, the Sigma Priest frowned, then showed a sudden enlightenment expression, nodded vigorously, stood up and bowed to Duanmu Huai, and then left.
"Yeah, that''s pretty good."
Looking at the back of the Sigma Priest, Duanmu Huai nodded. If this guy said that as a priest, he would not use this kind of method, then that would be another matter.
"King, did you sing a song just now?"
It was not until this time that Lorena asked in disbelief.
"Well, a folk song."
Duanmu Huai nodded. He sang a folk song "Scarborough" which is very famous in their world. The reason Duanmu Huai remembered this folk song is because he remembered that when players discussed the Rat Man Plague in the player forum, there was a powerful man who didn’t know whether it was history or somewhere that said that this plague was a completely replica of the Black Death, and he also gave everyone some knowledge.
That is, during the Black Death period, a thing called the Four Thiefs was used by the people to disinfect and prevent the epidemic. The reason for this is that many people died during the Black Death period. During this process, four thieves took advantage of the dead to steal property everywhere. After being arrested, the soldiers were curious about how they stole in the rooms of so many dead people without getting infected with the plague. The latter then told them that they had made a vinegar with four kinds of flowers. Before each stealing, they would soak vinegar in a cloth strip to cover their mouths and noses, wrap their hands and feet, and prevent plague.
After that, this "secret recipe" spread and was named Si Thief Vinegar. The boss also told the player that the song "Scarborough" is actually the Black Death...
“Are you going to Scarborough?
Pasley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Say hello to a girl there on my behalf.
She used to be my lover.
Please let her make me a linen shirt.
Pasley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
There is no need to seal the top, nor do you need needles and threads.
She will be my true lover.”
As for the second paragraph of the song, "Ask her to find a piece of land for me, just between the sea and the shallows, and ask her to use a leather sickle to harvest the harvested heather into a bunch" means that the man has been infected with the Black Death, and asks the girl to find a cemetery for herself and use a broom made of heather to clean the cemetery so that she can be buried...
Well, I have to say that at that time, many players said that they knew a useless knowledge...
But to be honest, this popular science has indeed made many players remember it. After all, the song "Scarborough" is very popular. Everyone thinks it is a song that sings love. The repeated "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" in it is indeed a bit strange, but everyone just thinks it is a flower similar to roses to express love.
But in fact, the original meaning of this song is to let the public remember the recipe of the four thieves to facilitate use in the future...
I didn''t expect that this is what it means...
Well, after knowing this background story, it is inevitable that you will feel cold behind your back when you listen to this song.
Although that''s the case, some players later said that they had made four thieves vinegar sold in the city according to this method, which was very popular and achieved certain results... As for nonsense, it was true. Duanmu Huai didn''t know. No matter what, there was no loss when he tried it, right?
After all, vinegar does have the effect of disinfection and sterilization. When I was a child, my family would burn vinegar for disinfection and prevention during the flu season. It cannot be said that it is useless at all.
“Anyway, nothing special.”
Duanmuhuai briefly introduced the situation about this song, and then returned to the topic.
"After that being said, what do you think of what the priest said just now?"
Before leaving, the Sigma priest also provided a clue to Duanmu Huai, saying that when he was preaching, he had met someone from the religious court here.
The religious situation of the southern lords is a bit different from that of Sigma and Batonia. They are independent lords, so religion is also managed in a unified manner. Although there is not a state religion like Batonia, a department that unified management of the denomination is also established, which is the Religious Court.
But unlike the Inquisition, this department seems to be more like coordinating the conflicts between various sects.
But not long ago, as the Sigma Priest said, he met the people from the Religious Court with a group of soldiers, who seemed to be tracking a pair of siblings.
“Sister and brother?”
"Yes, I heard that the younger brother seemed to be carrying the bloodline of the evil gods. Some people also said that this plague and rat outbreak were caused by him."
After hearing what Sigma priest said, Duanmu Huai was also stunned.
"It should be just by chance."
Lorena made her own opinion, and Odaile nodded.
"People always want to find a scapegoat in difficult times, so that they can legitimize their inner guilt. As long as they regard it as someone else''s fault, they are not wrong."
Odai''s expression was a little gloomy when she said this. Maybe she remembered the scene when she was dismissed from the engagement - although Duanmu Huai was not wrong at all. But it is obvious that this is not what to say now.
"Is there no way to save the people here?"
Bambi frowned and asked uneasily, while Duanmu Huai shrugged.
"I don''t have such ability... Even if An comes... I guess there is nothing I can do."
Manalia''s magic does not include healing the plague, it is mainly the work of an alchemist. Not only that, the plague spread by rats is not just an ordinary plague, but something similar to a curse. From this point of view, using magic tricks is even more appropriate. Logically speaking, in the face of this situation, it would be more appropriate to let the priest of the **** of healing and mercy Salayas help.
Letting Sigma''s priests come here to stop the plague is like letting the officer be responsible for the operation of the patient, it is like playing the piano randomly.
From this point of view, the southern leaders were not taking action at all, but it is unknown whether they found the right direction...
"Anyway, there is nothing we can do here, keep moving forward, let''s go to the center and see how things are going there."
This is just the border between the southern territories, but even so, it has become like this. You can imagine how bad it is inside. If this continues, once the rat disease completely breaks out, a large number of refugees may go to Batonia. This is obviously not a good thing for Batonia, who has just ended the civil war and has not recovered.
As for what exactly... I will only know after I go.
(This chapter ends)