A few days later, a group of men in black wearing beak masks appeared on the streets of Constantiniya.
Among these men in black are doctors, but most of them are guards who maintain order in Constantiniya. Under the guidance of Paracelsus, they completed training in the correct donning and doffing of this suit of clothing. The long beak was stuffed with linen soaked in water of life, which gave them a strong smell of wine with every breath they took.
Paracelsus hoped that this would bring them health and protection from poison.
Paracelsus walked at the forefront of the group of men in black.
"Clean up all these feces and garbage. These things will breed mosquitoes. Also, get out all the people hiding in the sewers. There are so many toxins on the surface, and they are still hiding in the sewers. What do they think? Remember to clear the sewers All the clothes of those who came out were ironed with boiling water, and then some water of life was applied to their heads and hands..."
While Paracelsus inspected the situation in Constantiniya, he directed the soldiers behind him to deal with the discovered problems in a timely manner.
He soon arrived at the center of the city. A large number of people gathered there.
"Disperse! Basileus should have ordered a ban on gathering!" a guard shouted to the group of people.
Paracelsus signaled the guards not to worry, stepped forward and said: "Please leave here immediately. There may be potential patients among you. Don't take it lightly because you don't have symptoms. After all, even if you drink poison, you will be It will take a while for it to kick in."
The group turned around and looked at Paracelsus dissatisfied. Paracelsus then noticed that these people were all priests of the temple.
"We are holding a ceremony to worship Apollo!" an old priest shouted, "interrupt the ceremony, what if the sun disappears again?"
Before Paracelsus could answer, a girl's voice came from the crowd: "Listen to him and disperse."
The old priest turned back in surprise: "Priest of Apollo, you..."
"Apollo is the god of medicine, so you should respect doctors to a certain extent."
The owner of the voice separated from the crowd and came over. It was actually Draguet wearing a golden robe.
——Summoning the sun and repelling the enemy army, these two things gave Drague unparalleled reputation. In just a few days, Drague had already conquered a very important figure in the Constantinian priest group. . She asked the priests to disperse. Although the priests were unwilling, they had no choice but to bow their heads and disperse.
"Paracelsus, although we are not very familiar with each other, the King of Sweden mentioned you in a letter to me. She said that if a plague breaks out in Constantiniya due to the siege, let me seek your help." Drague looked at Paracelsus and said, "You are a believer in the Church of Abraham, but when we were injured by Yin Ben Sina before, you helped us deal with the injury in front of Yin Ben Sina. When I came to you, you immediately agreed to come with me. So I am willing to believe you. Do you need my help? "
Paracelsus was a little confused about Drague's appearance here: "You are here to hold a ceremony. Is it okay on the other side of the city wall?"
"After implementing your plan, there are far fewer soldiers able to defend the city. But Alemanni haven't noticed it yet. They haven't launched an attack in the past few days. They are probably waiting for the plague to spread further." Draguet said, "Everyone is very tired these days, and I thought of holding a ceremony to celebrate the emergence of the sun to make the people of Constantiniya feel more relaxed."
"Don't do this. Drague, don't gather in crowds until the plague is over. We don't know how this toxin enters the human body. It may be a mosquito bite, or it may just be a drop of saliva. We There is nothing we can do about this plague at the moment. All we can do is try to prevent those who are still alive from getting infected."
"He's helpless?" Drague opened his mouth in shock: "Didn't you already cure Basileus's wife?"
Paracelsus motioned Drague to come closer, and then whispered in her ear: "Actually, even if I don't do anything, she will almost be cured. This disease is already 20% probability of survival. I just didn’t expect that Basileus would rather let his wife suffer than use alchemical potions. I can’t cure any patient without using alchemical potions. The power of the Black Death is beyond yours As you can imagine, any herbs that exist in nature will not be able to work. I think even if Yin Ben Xina comes over, he will be helpless."
"Then what should we do?" Drague almost shouted, "Although I have used your method, the plague is still spreading these days?"
"So I am patrolling the city now. Next, I want to go to the site where the corpses were buried." Paracelsus said, "There must be something I missed that continues to spread the toxin."
Some soldiers dressed in black were working in a corner of Constantiniya. They came to help the citizens dig deep pits to bury the bodies. The entire morgue was filled with corpses and emitted a foul odor. In order to drive away mosquitoes and fleas, people used fire to light mosquito-repellent herbs, which added a smoky smell of herbs to the corpse odor in the morgue. Drague couldn't help but cover his nose as soon as he got close. Paracelsus and the soldiers seemed much calmer. The strong smell of wine emanating from the beaks on their masks somewhat covered up some of the stench in the environment.
"We don't have time to deal with these corpses!" An officer who directed the soldiers to dig pits reported to Paracelsus, "The garrison of Constantiniya is not enough to begin with, and there are no more manpower to allocate here! These piles of corpses are growing every day!”
"This is absolutely not possible. Use incineration. Pour oil on these corpses and set them on fire." Paracelsus said, "This is a last resort now, and the citizens of Constantiniya should also be able to Understood.”
He approached the pile of corpses, and suddenly seemed to see something, and fiddled with the corpses with the wooden stick in his hand. Then, he walked around the pile of corpses several times and kept pushing the corpses away with a wooden stick, as if he was searching for something.
"Why are there so many rat corpses?" Paracelsus asked, "Where did they come from?"
"They are probably here to eat meat," the officer said. "Of course you will die if you eat these poisonous meats. But there will be fewer rats."
"It's not just here." Suddenly a soldier said from the side, "In the whole of Constantiniya, you can often see the corpses of rats on the streets these days."
People can't see Paracelsus's expression under the mask, but from his voice, his excitement can be detected: "A lot of rats died? Apart from rats, are there other animals that died in large numbers?"
The soldiers thought for a while and shook their heads: "It seems there are none. Basileus actually asked us to kill mosquitoes and fleas, but the reserves of medicinal herbs in the city are not very sufficient."
"The source has been found!" Paracelsus tapped the ground with a wooden stick in great excitement, "It's a mouse! I'll report this to Basileus right away!"
"That's not necessary," said Draguet. Then, she raised her head and let out that shocking roar toward the sky!
The roar spread throughout Constantiniya, causing dogs, horses, cattle and other domestic animals throughout the city to become restless and desperately trying to break free from the ropes. The animals that were not bound by ropes, including mosquitoes, fleas, ants, rats... all lined up and fled outside the city, rushing into the siege camp of the Alemannic Federation.
