Chapter 361: Jane. Morality. Darker in Bruges

The scene in Bruges at this time was particularly terrifying, because the disease was transmitted through the respiratory tract, so when people talked, it was transmitted from one person to another. All patients felt excruciating pain, some trembling all over; As a result, bean nucleated pustules appear in the arms and thighs, which become infected and penetrate the body, causing the patient to vomit blood violently. This horrific symptom is ineffective and lasts for three days before death, and not only can talking to the patient lead to death, but also that anyone who buys, touches, or gets anything from the patient can be infected and die.

In the face of a sudden plague, people cannot explain it, let alone treat it. In search of sustenance, people flock to churches in anticipation of the protection and comfort of the gods. Led by the pastor, they prayed together and prayed to Heaven to stop the spread of this plague. But nothing came of his prayers. On the contrary, there are more and more dead, and people bury the dead who are sent day and night, and the ceremony becomes very brief. In order to stop the spread of the plague, the houses of the dead were sealed so that no one dared to step into them. However, the plague continued to spread like a flood of beasts, and then it spread to the surrounding villages, and no one was able to escape it.

Every evening, someone pushes a wheelbarrow and shakes a bell in his hand and shouts: "Collect the dead body, collect the dead body", so every household will carry the body of the deceased out, put it on the car, and push it outside the city to be burned. There is no intention of sending the dead to church for funerals, and in fact many pastors have died.

"On the day the victim became ill, blisters and boils appeared on his arms, thighs and neck. They were so weak and tortured that they could only lean against their beds. Soon, the boil became the size of a walnut and then the size of an egg or goose egg, and the sensation was heart-wrenching. The illness lasted for three days, and on the fourth day, another lonely soul ascended to the kingdom of heaven. Morality. Does Duck continue to tell the truth about this tragedy, she has seen too many deaths in Bruges these days, and although she has tried her best to save their lives, she is still powerless.

"O merciful God, I beg you to appease your anger, please do not destroy all the people of the world in this way, and do not let the righteous be condemned along with the evil" Jenny. Morality. Duck prayed earnestly to God for this, and she felt deeply remorseful for her incompetence.

In the face of this terrible plague, people fell into deep fear, as if they were witnessing the coming of the end of the world, and God was punishing all the sins of the earth. Hundreds of people die every day, and the vast majority of people are beginning to believe that hell is coming.

Because of the fear in people's hearts, siblings, uncles and nephews, husbands and wives abandon each other, and even worse, parents abandon their children without care. People are abandoning the sick and losing their possessions in order to save themselves.

Others form small communities and live in complete isolation from the outside world. They shut themselves up in houses without sick people, ate the best food and drank the best wine in moderation, avoided contact with anyone, and cut off any news or discussion of death and disease. Others do the opposite. They believed that having fun in time would help protect against the Black Death.

So, from tavern to tavern, they drank and sang songs, and had fun, and they were reluctant to give up day and night. Sometimes they also break into other people's houses in search of a thrill to the senses. Because many people at the time abandoned their homes and property, they were condoned to do so. As a result, many premises have become public property, and these people use other people's belongings as if they were their own.

Administrators and the judiciary have all but disappeared because, like everyone else, they either die or get sick, or simply close themselves and their families off and neglect their duties. Most commonly, however, large numbers of people abandon their cities, homes, residences, relatives, and possessions, and flee abroad or at least to the countryside.

The entire city of Bruges has long been devoid of nobles, bishops and officials who preside over government affairs, and even the priests have disappeared, and those who have a way to leave have already fled the epidemic area, and the priests who have no way to leave dare not take half a step out of the room, for fear that they will be infected with the Black Death.

"Pray for the dead, I have no other way but to do that." With this in mind, Jeanne went from house to house to visit the priest who was still stranded in the city of Bruges.

As one of the few surviving priests, Mike was so impressed by Jenny's piety that he risked his life to hold religious ceremonies for the dead under Jenny's leadership, despite the risk of catching the plague. But this ritual is no longer performed only for a single deceased, but in front of piles of corpses.

In addition to the dead, and more importantly, the people, Jeanne, with her followers, the knights sent by William, and the local priests, set out to reorganize the order in Bruges.

Food scarcity, soaring prices, moral turpitude, broken families, collapsed churches, and disintegrated governments would have been tricky for even the most adept aristocracy, but Jenny did.

Risking her life, she wore nothing but a white long-sleeved clergyman's uniform, a hat and a mask, and a few followers to go alone to one closed community island after another to convince them to accept her help and guidance.

Most of the time, she was able to influence the inhabitants with her piety and gentleness, and convince them with her practical actions.

But there are also a small number of Flemish people, who still remember the Norman invasion of Flanders and the atrocities committed against the Flanders two years ago, when too many people were homeless because of the war, and although the refugees were relieved after the war, the wounds between the Flanders and the Normans may never be erased.

Perhaps, in their eyes, even if Jenny's behavior is admirable, as a member of the Norman nobility, she is also a nobleman who fights for tigers, and her actions are nothing more than crocodile tears.

In the face of the rejection of the Flanders, Jenny was not discouraged, she used unremitting care to slowly melt the ice in the hearts of Flanders, as long as they have difficulties, Jenny will appear by their side to solve their difficulties, even in the face of all kinds of difficulties without regrets.

The human heart is also long, and no matter how much the Flemish people resented the Normans, under Jeanne's care, more and more people gathered around her, and willingly became her followers, helping her as much as they could.

Fortunately, Jeanne's efforts were not in vain, and after more than three months of quarantine in Bruges, the plague finally had a tendency to subside, and the daily death toll was slowly decreasing, prices were stable, food supplies were no longer scarce, and order was restored, all of which were the result of Jeanne's efforts.

The inhabitants of Bruges were so touched by Jeanne that they honored her as a saint and called her Saint Jane. Morality. Duck.