"Count Sutter, I apologize to you for what happened to Count Mead, I know you can't forgive me, and I don't expect your forgiveness." Eugen's tone softened, no longer as aggressive as before.

Count Sartre looked at Eugen with a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth, he knew that Eugen was speaking softly now, just to make him obey orders, but this was simply impossible.

Eugen let out a long sigh, waved his hand to the counts beside him, and continued: "I am not now as an earl, nor as a commander, but only as a subject of the Empire, in the name of His Majesty Charles VI, I make a request to you, hoping that you will not put the subjects of the entire Empire, including your heirs, in danger because of a moment of anger. ”

The expression and tone on Eugen's face changed with the content of the words, and there was a hint of compassion.

Count Sartre stared at Eugen and scolded coldly: "What, are you trying to threaten me with their lives?" Hmph, you think I'm going to believe what you say? ”

The earl's son next to Eugen was also a little angry, he looked at Eugen with a sneer, and said, "Just you, something like a yellow-haired chick, still want my life!?" ”

Hearing the insult from the earl's son, Eugen was not angry, but just shook his head and sighed and said, "Alas, you misunderstood me, Count Sutter. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked directly at Count Sartre, and said solemnly: "I'm not just talking about you, but also about the thousands of people in your city, as well as their children, and even the countless families and countless people in the rear empire, who may be in crisis because of your decision. ”

"This crisis does not come from me, but from San Marino, not far to the south! From Rome! From Florence! From all the places where diseases are rampant! ”

At the end of the sentence, Eugen's voice grew louder and louder, but it did not contain the meaning of coercion.

Hearing this, Count Sutter fell silent, he did not know much about what was happening in the south, but he had only heard of it. Hearing Eugen say this at this moment, he also wanted to know something from Eugen.

Seeing that Count Sartre's expression was a little relaxed, Eugen hurriedly continued: "Count Sartre, the terrible Black Death has been raging in these places, and not long ago, I just received news that Rome has been completely broken by the disease and turned into a dead city......

"Nonsense!" As soon as Eugen was halfway through speaking, the son of the count next to him angrily scolded: "How can Rome become a dead city, where the Holy See is located, and the light of God shines!" ”

As he spoke, the earl's son turned to Count Sartre and asked, "Father, I see that this guy is trying to deceive you and deprive you of military power. ”

Eugen did not refute the words of the count's son, he just stood aside and watched the performance of the count's son as if he were a clown.

Count Sartre did not listen to his son, although he was short-tempered, he was not an ignorant and reckless fool, he did not believe that Eugen did not know what Rome was, even if he borrowed Eugen's two guts, he did not dare to make up such rumors.

If this was something Eugen had made up, once known to the Holy See, it would have been possible to send Eugen to the pyre and burn alive in the name of heresy.

"You stand down first." After thinking about it, Count Sutter said in a deep voice, and then he stared intently at Eugen and motioned for Eugen to continue.

Eugen saw that the time was almost up, so he took out a letter from his bosom and asked the guard next to him to present it to Count Sartre, and at the same time explained: "Count Sartre, this is a letter written by His Excellency the Pope himself in Vienna, and it was delivered to me shortly after the city of Rome was broken. ”

Count Sartre's expression sank, he clearly saw the lacquer seal belonging to the Pope on the envelope, took out the letter and skimmed it casually, and he could see that what Eugen said was true.

Moreover, the meaning of this letter itself is even more weighty than Eugen's words, and the Pope actually wrote to Eugen himself, putting Eugen in charge of fighting the Black Death, which means that he has been recognized and supported by the Holy See.

It's no wonder that the big names in the Mead family in the Holy See didn't continue to pursue it, and if the big man could keep his mouth shut, only the current pope could do it.

At this point, Count Sartre was already a little relieved in his heart, but he still said with a calm face: "But, what does this have to do with my Verona City, even if the disease you said is true, I don't believe that he can cross those mountains and rivers and come to my Verona City. ”

Hearing this, Eugen said with a solemn expression: "Count Sartre, you must know that the first place where the disease first appeared was in the far east, in the city of Jiafa, near Mongolia. ”

"First of all, this disease easily crossed the vast Mediterranean Sea and reached Sicily, where I had arranged for people to carry out a strict defense, but it only lasted less than a few months before it was completely defeated. Then the disease crossed the Strait of Messina and set foot on Italian soil. ”

"It can be said that where there are people, the disease can spread, and the only thing we can do is to delay as much time as possible to prevent the disease from coming."

Count Sutter was silent again, but he was very angry at the death of Count Mead, and therefore hated Eugen very much, but he was not prepared to let all the inhabitants of the city, as well as his own children, accompany Count Mead's funeral.

Finally, Count Sartre said, "Well, I'll believe what you said for the time being, but I need to think about it, and I haven't seen any evidence yet, so you'd better show me some evidence that has enough weight." ”

Speaking of which, Eugen knew that this was Count Sartre's bottom line, and it was really unrealistic to want Count Sartre to agree to him immediately.

Therefore, Eugen didn't say more, just arched his hand at Count Sartre, and then said goodbye and left, when he left the door, Eugen turned his head to look at Count Sartre and finally said: "Count Sartre, I will go down to prepare evidence, I hope you can think about it as soon as possible, the disease is approaching step by step, our time is running out." ”

With that, Eugen left directly.

Count Sartre sat on the throne, watching Eugen's departing back, thoughtful.

The earl's son glanced at Eugen angrily, and stepped forward to ask, "Father, you don't really want to promise this Eugen, have you forgotten your promise to Hohenzollern?" ”

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