Chapter 480: Return to Copenhagen
However, Marin did not receive a response. Prince Christian, who was lying weakly in the hospital bed, heard Marin's words, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't say anything. Because, it's useless for him to say anything......
At this time, Prince Christian was full of despair. He didn't even know if he would survive this poisoning. Therefore, he didn't bother to communicate with Marin either.
But Marin doesn't think so, Prince Christian is the crown prince of the Kingdom of Denmark and the crown prince of the Kingdom of Norway anyway. Now, he has fallen into his own hands. A living Prince Christian is more valuable than a dead Prince Christian. So, Marin decided to help Prince Christian detoxify......
Marin remembers vividly that the solution to the Canterella poison was to slice open the belly of a live mule, and then the man climbed into the belly of the mule, drenching his body in the red-hot blood and internal organs......
Relying on this antidote, although he was also poisoned by Canterella, Caesar. Borgia survived. As for Alexander VI, he was too old and weak to climb into the body of a living mule with his stomach open, so he had to hang up......
And the prince Christian in front of him, after a long period of torture by poison, may not have the ability to climb into the belly of the cut mule.
But Marin felt that it didn't matter if the mule's blood and internal organs were in the mule's belly. Anyway, it's just a means of insulation. So, he decided to take the blood of the mule, and at the same time remove the entrails of the mule, put it in a basin, and let Prince Christian soak it.
As for the high temperature environment that is required, this is not difficult. Just put it in a closed room with a high temperature point......
So, Marin ordered the construction of a hut with a fire kang......
Of course, Marin can't just come up and say that he sees that Prince Christian has been poisoned by "Canterella". Otherwise, it will soon become a self-confession?
So, Marin first pretended to care about the prince and asked how the prince became like this......
Prince Christian did not have the strength to answer, but General Maxim stood aside and answered in his place......
Marin pretended to be trying to remember, and then said in a tone of uncertainty that he was not sure:
"This poison in His Highness, I really want to hear about it somewhere......"
General Maxim, a faithful servant, immediately asked excitedly:
"Lord Marin, do you know how to detoxify? Our Highness has been tortured to death by this poison. You captured him in time, and you should also need a healthy Highness, right? ”
Marin nodded and said:
"You're right, I do need a healthy Danish crown prince as a captive. I'm not sure, though. That kind of poison, it stands to reason that a person who is poisoned will die in seven days...... How did your prince survive? Marin gouged the question back to General Maxim.
"Seven days...... Mortal ...... You mean, this poison was laid seven days before the poison? General Maxim asked thoughtfully.
Marin nodded and said:
"Yes, this is a rumor I heard when I was in the city of Rome before. It is rumored that this poison is called 'cantrella', and it is the unique poison of the Borgia family, to which His Majesty Alexander VI belonged to the previous Pope, and it is extremely powerful, but it is a chronic poison, and it will die until seven days later......"
Marin's doubts are not fake, it stands to reason that Prince Christian should be dead, how did he survive? After all, Cantarella is so poisonous......
At this time, General Maxim suddenly patted his head and said:
"I remember! On the night of the seven days before His Royal Highness was poisoned, we drank in the Prince's tent. It seems that the newly recruited attendant under my command took the initiative to pour wine for us, and also poured wine for His Royal Highness the Prince...... Should...... It's the poison he took advantage of......"
"Later, this guy disappeared, and a few days later, His Highness was poisoned......"
Prince Christian was excited at this time and wanted to struggle to get up......
When General Maxim saw it, he hurriedly cleared up:
"Your Highness, that wasn't what I commanded. That guy was introduced to me by Holson, and I didn't know he was an enemy! And, I heard from his men that he was drunk the night before he fled, and a few words of Swedish popped out of his mouth...... The next day it was gone...... I suspect that he is a Swedish spy ......"
Although Prince Christian couldn't move, his eyes were full of anger at this time......
Marin also deliberately answered:
"Swedes...... No wonder......"
General Maxim suddenly bowed at this time and said:
"Lord Marlin, now that you know about this poison. So, do you know the solution? His Royal Highness the Prince is dying. I suppose you also need a healthy prince as a hostage, right? If you know, the solution, please save him......"
Marin gestured with embarrassment, and then said:
"Okay, I'll try ......"
Marin then found a live mule and sent his men to violently open the stomach and remove the entrails. Then, a large wooden bucket is placed under the belly of the mule to receive the blood of the mule.
Then, Marin put the barrel filled with blood into the room with the ondol and began to order someone to burn the fire in the ondol stove and warm the room.
He then sent for a wooden barrel to be placed on the kang in the room to keep the blood and internal organs warm......
In the end, he ordered the weakened Prince Christian to be carried over, stripped naked, and thrown into a barrel......
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Marin's idea was not wrong, it could indeed replace the antidote that people actively climbed into the belly of a mule. However, Marin did not tell Prince Christian how to interpret it, nor did he tell Prince Maxim. Because, maybe one day he'll need to use the Cantarella poisoner. If people know and understand the Fa, this medicine will be useless.
Therefore, at the time of detoxification, Marin did not tell Prince Christian and General Maxim that it was the blood of the mule, nor did he let them see the process of killing the mule.
Before throwing Prince Christian into the barrel, Marin poured a bottle of white powder into the barrel in front of Prince Christian and General Maxime, and said that it was a precious antidote, bought from Rome...... In fact, that's a bottle of flour...... Pour it in and it becomes a mushy. But because it was poured in blood, Prince Christian and Maxim could not tell that it was ordinary flour...... Because, that bloody paste, was obscured by the blood-red and more striking visceral entrails of the mule......
Therefore, Prince Christian and General Maxim thought that the main role was the bottle of "powder" that Marin poured in, and the blood was probably the solvent...... Anyway, Marin's deception achieved its purpose......
Finally, not to Marin's surprise, Prince Christian's poison was cured, and his health began to improve......
And Marin, who also took the army and Prince Christian, who was in better health, headed east......
After arriving at the port of Vejle, where they had last crossed the sea and landed on the island of Zealand, the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg had been waiting on the surface for a long time......
At this time, Denmark had no navy, and the island of Zealand was surrounded by the warships of Lübeck and Hamburg, and Marin's army was about to land, and the ships of the two families had been waiting here for a long time, waiting for the army to go to Zealand to besiege Copenhagen......
When Marin's army arrived, they first expanded the wharf at Vejle, building a number of temporary longbridge piers to accommodate more ships.
Then, the ships of Lübeck and Hamburg, carrying Marin's army, began a second landing on Zealand...... Or from Vejle, landing at Fort Kairon, northwest of Zealand......
Fort Chellon also doesn't have enough docks, but it doesn't matter. Marin first sent part of the engineering troops to land at the pier of Fort Kailong. They then built more temporary longbridge piers to facilitate the docking of more ships.
As soon as the temporary pier was repaired, a large-scale landing began......
A few days later, Marin's army had landed completely, and came to the east of Zealand, where it besieged Copenhagen, the capital of the Danish king, under the horrified eyes of the Danes......