Good-looking, not allowed to farm

(One)

At this time, Wangcheng was already a bleak and desolate scene.

Jamie intends to stand up and preach the knowledge of epidemic prevention to the public, but his own reputation is not even as good as Mrs. Helena.

Because, at any rate, Mrs. Helena still has the identity of the founder of the Rescue Society, unlike him, unless he risked being executed by the king and put on the identity of a mad hatter, otherwise, people would not know who he was at all.

Therefore, in the end, he could only stay at home, silently sorted out the relevant knowledge, and then handed it over to the lady to preach at the rescue meeting.

In addition, he specially edited the relevant knowledge into a book and sent it to the rebel army. He only asked not to sign it, so as to avoid being found out that the Mad Hatter and Louis were the same person. After that, he let them handle it.

It wasn't until all these things were done that his uneasy and irritable heart finally settled down, and he thought he had done his best.

Therefore, you can stay at home with peace of mind, and continue to insult the king for all kinds of inactions under the pseudonym of the second generation of the Mad Hatter.

Another week or so passed.

The plague still hasn't disappeared automatically, and it's obvious that it won't get better in the short term.

King Richard simply ordered again, and neighbors were required to supervise and report each other. It was still the old rule. As long as the person who was reported had a little symptom, even if it was mild, he would be executed.

The euphemistic name is to prevent the spread of the plague, so it is better to kill by mistake than let it go!

Jamie wanted to dissuade him, but he knew that what he said was of little weight, and worried that it would be useless, so he went to fool his cheap father, Mr. Dressel, to "plead for the people".

Lord Dressel came from an old noble family, so he didn't have much sympathy for the common people at the bottom.

But he is rigid by nature, and he likes to do things like the loyal ministers of the past.Loyal ministers have always paid attention to patriotism and love for the people.Therefore, even though he knew that the king didn't like him, he insisted on running to the palace to plead with the king for those people.

He suggested that the epidemic hospital be used instead of execution, that is, after some symptoms are found, the execution can be temporarily suspended, and the person should be thrown into the epidemic hospital for isolation.

King Richard thought about it, and considering that the plague hospital would not be built near the palace, it would not hinder him, so he agreed.

However, this policy was announced in the name of Master Dressel.

Logically speaking, this is benevolent government.

After all, locking people up in an epidemic hospital is better than executing them.

But this world is different from modern society. There are no reasonable rules and regulations in the temporarily established epidemic hospitals, let alone special care and management.Once the patients are thrown in, let alone the lack of medical treatment, even the supply of food and water may not be sufficient.

In this way, once a person is imprisoned, it is actually no different from waiting for death, and it is even a hundred times more sad than direct execution.

For death is death;

Locked in and waited to die, instead of suffering some torture before death.

So, although Master Dressel had done a good deed, he was once again insulted by the ignorant people.

They didn't think about the existence of the epidemic hospital instead of execution. The original intention was to save people's lives. They only knew that because of Mr. Dressel, many people would be imprisoned in a terrible place to wait for death!

So, everyone hated this lord.

At that time, when a family died of an epidemic, a cross would be drawn with red chalk on the door, representing that the family died of the epidemic, and warning outsiders not to enter easily.

We can wait until the incident of the epidemic hospital comes out.

Someone painted an unlucky red cross on the gate of Dressel's house.

As a result, Mrs. Dressel has a lot of complaints about her husband and cheap son Jamie, thinking that they are meddling in their own business and dragging the family.

But the former is the head of the family, she dare not chatter too much;

The latter has long been in a state of half-moving out, living with Mrs. Helena every day, and there is no way for her to vent.

In the end, she had to devote all her energy and time to her daughter Suzanne, taught knowledge extremely severely, corrected her every word and deed extremely rigidly, and often talked about how some women should be chaste and virtuous, without complaint. Giving everything for the family... made Suzanne miserable.

Afterwards, the people, perhaps fearing that they would be imprisoned in the epidemic hospital if they were not careful, began to flee out of the city one after another.

At this time, Zhu Dian asked the king to restrict the entry and exit of the people in the royal city in the name of justice that "the source of infection of the epidemic cannot be transmitted to the outside".

This time he put forward very thoughtfully: "Only after receiving the official health certificate can you enter and leave the royal city."

The idea is still good.

King Richard also readily agreed.

But soon, Jamie discovered a miraculous thing. It turned out that the so-called health certificate could be bought and sold.

A health certificate is worth around five hundred;

If a family comes to buy, a discounted family (group purchase) price can also be given.

In addition, due to the large number of people purchasing health certificates, long queues are often required.

If someone is in a hurry and wants to jump in line, the official here... also provides the price for jumping in line.

A few days later, Judian managed to make a huge sum of money.

He entered the palace happily, and shared the spoils with King Richard.

Both parties are content.

In this regard, the king of the country who took the lead in making the country rich actually sighed and said: "Those nobles are richer than me! Everyone likes to ask me for money, but they don't know that I am the poorest one! If If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to spend so much money to buy a health certificate.”

Zhu Dian immediately flattered: "Your Majesty is a god who came to the world. Even if everyone is infected with the disease, you are immune to all diseases. Why do you need to buy a health certificate?"

King Richard smiled and did not answer.

Just because the vast majority of people, like Kuna, still believe in the idea of ​​the divine right of kings, and regard the king as a god, but in fact, like the noble class, and members of the royal family, they are all aware of this— —The king is also an ordinary person.

But you know, you know, after hearing such words...

King Richard was still happy, so he gave Judian the right to continue selling health certificates. From then on, not only the royal city, but also everywhere can sell them.

After Jamie heard the news, he gave a wry smile, but he didn't have much energy to get angry anymore.

Since the outbreak of the plague, all kinds of ridiculous and unprecedented strange behaviors have been staged one after another.

So that he was in a trance for a while:

Is this world a real world?

But no matter how suspicious he is!

The reality in front of me...it is so outrageous!

Ordinary people can't afford any health certificates, so they can only stay behind closed doors and stay at home.

The nobles have a health certificate.

However, some people who believe in the so-called fate are reluctant to leave the royal city for the time being, and only slightly reduce the number of gatherings and banquets, claiming to the outside world that "the epidemic is a disease of the poor and will not affect the rich and nobles" (in fact, it is just relative The living conditions of the poor are poor, and the living conditions of the rich are better and cleaner); there are also some relatively timid nobles who are still afraid, so they evacuate the royal city one after another and live in villas in the countryside outside the city. Trying to avoid the plague with this.

No matter what measures you take.

The end result is the same - Wangcheng quickly emptied.

At this point, the whole country, except those nobles...

There were extremely miserable faces everywhere, and the sound of wailing and crying was endless day by day.

Jamie is still selfish after all.

Seeing that the plague had developed so far, he was also very frightened, and immediately persuaded Madam Helena: "Madam, let's leave the city tomorrow and go to the countryside to take refuge!"

At that time, in addition to the miracle doctor appearing in the world and completely solving the epidemic...

Others have no good way to deal with such critical situations, so they can only save their own lives.

So, after thinking about it for a while, Madam Helena had no choice but to agree.

The two packed their luggage together at night, and hid some taboo manuscripts and materials properly. They left the city and took refuge in the countryside at dawn.

But early the next morning, Mrs. Helena just got into the carriage.

When Jamie was about to step into the carriage, a servant hurried over and shouted before he even had time to salute: "Wait a minute, Master Louis."

Jamie turned around uncomfortably and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant replied with a sad face: "Miss Susanna is not well."

Jamie was taken aback.

Before he had time to think carefully, he closed the door of the carriage casually, turned his head and said to the driver: "Don't wait for me for a while, just take Madam away!"

Then, through the car window, he forced a smile to the worried Mrs. Helena: "Honey, it looks like you have to go to the countryside by yourself."

Mrs. Helena hurriedly said, "I'll stay with you."

Jamie shook his head, waved his hands again, and said softly, "Ma'am, just listen to me! Don't make me worry about anyone else."

Lady Helena nodded, holding back her tears.

She still remembered Suzanne as a very lively and lovely little girl, and she knew that Jamie was definitely in a bad mood at this time.

Out of the idea of ​​not wanting to worry the other party...

She put on a relaxed attitude, and smiled again, while letting the coachman drive forward with the whip, while watching through the car window for a long time, until the distance between him and her was getting farther and farther...

And Jamie also stood there, watching her all the time, until he was sure that she had gone far and would not turn back, then turned around with confidence, and rushed back to the house with the servant.

At this time, Dressel's house was already in a gloomy state.

But what is better than ordinary families is that nobles always have some privileges!

Therefore, Susanna was neither executed nor sent to some plague hospital.

She just lay straight on the bed, some purple spots appeared on her body, her eyes were closed tightly, her complexion was sallow, and her breathing was so weak that it was undetectable.

Lord Dressel sat on a chair haggardly, with wrinkled face and gray hair, as if he was already an old man.

Mrs. Dressel's eyes were red from crying. According to the servant, she had fainted three or four times before.

Both couples were in such extreme grief that they couldn't take charge at all.

In this way, the whole family can only be handed over to Jamie to manage.

But things have come to this, and Jamie really doesn't know what else to do.

He took the anti-epidemic pamphlet he had written to the housekeeper to follow. Then, after protecting himself a little, he hurried to Suzanne's bed.

Xu Shi faintly sensed that someone was standing beside her. Susanna, who had been asleep for a long time, opened her eyes very weakly. Seeing Jamie's handsome face in a daze, she couldn't help muttering: "Ah, is it a god?"

But immediately, she came to her senses, and while struggling to sit up, she said in a very low voice, "Brother, it's you...you, you're back..."

Jamie bent down to help her.

But Suzanne was taken aback, she couldn't help but shrank back, and said in a panic: "No, don't touch me, it will be contagious."

Jamie didn't want to cry at first, but seeing her like this, her eyes became hot and she almost shed tears.

Then, in a very gentle tone, he said, "Don't worry, my dear. You see, I'm still wearing gloves, so I won't be afraid of any infection."

Susanna forced a smile, and finally stopped resisting, let him help her up, and leaned against the head of the bed.

At this time, her face no longer had the weird and lively expression she used to have, she could only talk to Jamie very weakly and slowly: "Brother, it's fortunate that you are back... I have always been thinking about... thinking about goodbye On your side, you are so beautiful... If I can't see you again before my farewell, I will be sad even if I die..."

Jamie immediately frowned and reprimanded: "Nonsense, you will be fine, but you are just sick."

Susannah shook her head slightly.

Perhaps it was because of being too tired and too uncomfortable, she could hardly even shake her head, so she just murmured: "To tell you the truth, I actually don't know what fun it is to live...Louis, I My brother... a woman's life is very boring, and you can almost see the end at a glance. Marrying, having children... living in rules and regulations, you all hate Mrs. Laurie... but I envy her a little. Alas, It’s great to be a bad woman, you can do whatever you want, but unfortunately...it’s a pity that I don’t have a chance to experience it..."

If it was the past, Jamie would have to correct her wrong thoughts.

But now, he just wanted to cry for this underage girl, with countless guilt and sadness in his heart.

Because I knew that in a family like Dressel, this little girl's daily life was extremely lonely, but I never wanted to accompany her for a while, and because I always felt that I was a fake in my heart, and was afraid of being discovered, Therefore, I always keep a distance on purpose, even if she gets close to her every time, it's just annoying, and I still have to find a way to drive her away, so as not to let her come over to get in the way.

Thinking about it now, the past is vivid.

But it's too late to regret!

The tears that had been rolling in my eyes finally fell down...

Jamie couldn't help sobbing: "Susanna, Susannah, please hold on! You want to live, you think you have to live before I can take you out to play. From now on, don't envy Mrs. Laurie, when you recover from illness Yes, I can take you to whatever you want, horseback riding, hunting, looking for a lover... whatever you want, I can take you there..."

Susanna stared at him blankly, with a longing light in her eyes: "Really? Brother? You are willing to take me to find a lover..."

But at the next moment, she coughed again and complained in a low voice: "But there is no man more beautiful than you..."

Jamie tried to comfort her, saying that he was nothing, and there were more good men waiting for her in the world.

But Suzanne had already lost the strength to respond and speak.

She just tried to keep her eyes open to listen...

So stay up at night.

The little girl closed her eyes completely.

Until this time...

People know that the disease is the most fair thing.

It does not distinguish between gender, beauty, ugliness, high and low.

But all people are treated equally.

(two)

Not long after Suzanne's death, several nobles soon contracted the disease and left quietly.

And these cases prove once again that no matter rich or poor, high or low, beautiful or ugly, it is inevitable to get sick.

As a result, all the nobles dared not stay in the city any longer.

The once prosperous royal city became empty, and the gates of the city were full of horse-drawn carriages waiting to leave the city.

In the end, even King Richard couldn't stay anymore.

He didn't care about Queen Elisa, who was still in self-isolation, and moved directly to another relatively remote palace with a mighty motorcade, mistresses, and cronies.

Then, in order to "let everyone face the epidemic with courage and optimism", another dance was held.

Jamie knew nothing about these things.

For Suzanne's sake, he, together with the Dressel couple, has been put on the king's list of "infection risk, and cannot be brought together to the palace".

At the same time, for the safety of travel.

King Richard also took the Royal City Guard and some mounted police to the palace.

So, not long after they left...

A group of hooligans, hooligans and robbers who came out of nowhere are ready to take advantage of this opportunity to show their skills.

This group of people held torches, set fire to several houses, and vandalized and looted everywhere.

They ran around in the streets and alleys, howling endlessly, and lifted up the portrait of the king with a wooden pole, shouting loudly along the street: "Look! Look at the king who has abandoned you! Look! Look at the king who has abandoned you!"

Due to the lack of manpower in both the police and the guards, they have been making trouble for a long time and no one cares about them.

And the scariest thing is...

Due to Mr. Dressel's previous actions, he has also accumulated a lot of bad reputation among the people.

These hooligans vented their anger and came to the door.

Jamie urgently ordered the servants to close the doors and windows, shut the door, and prepared several tanks of water in advance to prevent them from setting fire.

That group of people was howling to rush in!

Fortunately, they were informed that the police and army were on their way.

They just gave up and burned the king's portrait at the gate of Dressel's mansion, and wrote a line of bright red and bloody characters on the gate-Dreisel, why don't you die? !

Afterwards, this group of crazy hooligans were besieged and killed by the hurried police and army.

In such a chaotic season, there is no time to pay attention to what to keep alive.

Therefore, according to the description of those who happened to see this scene, the scene was like a hunting, driving the prey to the middle of the encirclement, and then shooting arrows in unison, and soon killed a lot of people...

The body collector was still dressed in black, and rushed over like a god of death.

He was driving a car full of corpses, and in the days to come, he would be extremely busy and frequently appear on the streets of Wangcheng.

After that, Dressel-sama finally fell ill.

It wasn't an epidemic, but he suffered too much stimulation, and he was too old, so he fell down uncontrollably.

On the other side, although Mrs. Dressel was not sick, she had a big emotional problem.

She was so sad and hopeless that she didn't want to pay attention to her husband, nor did she want to pay attention to Jamie, a cheap son who had nothing to do with her.

So, in order to stay away from the sad place of Wangcheng...

She silently packed her luggage, went out alone, and was going to live in the countryside. Moreover, it was not a temporary thing, it was the kind... Even if the plague was over, she never wanted to come back.

Under such circumstances, Jamie had no choice but to stay and take care of Mr. Dressel, who had become a widowed old man.

This pair of cheap father and son who had nothing to do with each other had a rare peaceful coexistence for a long time due to the special situation of the epidemic.

After another few weeks, most of the damned people are almost dead.

The atmosphere in Wangcheng gradually changed from anxiety and fear to indifference and death.At this time, it is no surprise that the living people already regard the affairs of the dead as commonplace.

On this day, because the weather was not bad, Jamie helped Master Dressel out of the house and sat on a chair in the yard, wanting him to bask in the sun and relax.

But Master Dressel was listless, sitting crookedly in that chair, staring blankly at an unknown place.

Although he is old-fashioned and conservative, he is not very pleasant on weekdays.

But seeing how miserable he is now, Jamie was still very sad, so he wanted to comfort him, and deliberately said in an optimistic tone: "My lord, I heard this morning that the epidemic is about to get better."

Dressel-sama remained silent without listening.

Jamie said on his own: "Don't worry, we can go out together when your health is better. The royal city is not crowded at all right now, oh... Although the epidemic is fierce, fortunately, it will pass. After the order of the royal city is restored, such a prosperous life should still be able to resume..."

But Master Dressel was not very interested.

With an expression of indifference, he turned his eyes slightly to Jamie, and said in a low voice, "It's too late! It's too late! My Susanna is gone...My Susanna, my Susanna!"

While talking, he became a little excited: "You said that the epidemic is about to be cured, but why didn't my Susannah wait until this day..."

Jamie hurriedly pressed his body, and tried his best to comfort him: "My lord, don't be sad, if Susanna sees you like this, she will be sad and worried..."

Master Dressel leaned back in the chair weakly, and raised his hands tremblingly.

Then, he covered his face with his hands, and wept bitterly.

Faced with such a situation...

Jamie couldn't bear it very much, and couldn't help thinking to himself: "I've had enough, if there is a god, let's quickly let all the sorrow end here!"

After another few months, the good news is that the subsidence of the epidemic is already a definite news.

But what I didn't expect was that the poor Master Dressel didn't change his luck and escaped from his tragic fate.

Only because the returning King Richard faced the withered livelihood, the chaotic royal city, and even the angry people...

If you don't want to conduct any self-examination, you will have to find a pot king.