I'm so mentally broken!

He rubbed his face to calm himself down, and then he realized that he had rubbed his hand of grease, and his mind suddenly collapsed......

He sniffed and felt like crying.

It took him a long time to recover a little, and he picked up the crockpot on the table and poured two sips of water, and whispered the four-character mantra of "stable aura".

In fact, there is no need to worry about "marrying a stinky wife", maybe your future wife will not only stink, but also old and ugly? This was not uncommon in the Middle Ages, when political marriages flourished. ”

"Or maybe he was burned at the stake as a "demonic possession" before he even married his wife?"

"They all say, 'I'm happy too soon,' and I'm sad too soon. ”

People can't always worry about the bad things that may happen, because there is a worse possibility - Zhou Shuren.

After adjusting his mentality, Li Ang still laughed at himself with interest: "Thinking of not being able to take a bath, why did my first thought naturally come to mind?"

"Is it because I used to focus too much on my studies when I was in school and never fell in love, so I always felt regretful subconsciously?"

The mouth is brisk, but in fact, Li Ang knows very well that his heart is still uncomfortable, and he doesn't want to accept the reality in front of him, so he talks to himself to divert his attention.

To avoid being heard by people outside the door, his voice is quiet.

"Hmm—I feel hungry after pouring water into my stomach. ”

Leon found a plate of food that had been completely chilled in front of the door of his room, a wooden tray with pale green pea bisque, a small strip of white bread, and some wilting berries.

This was probably delivered last night.

During the original owner's self-isolation, the servant would bring food from the secret door under the door every day, but it seemed that he did not have time to enjoy this last supper.

Leon leaned in and sniffed, and a faint rancid smell came from him.

"It's a pity that ordinary civilians don't get enough of this food a year. ”

The Barony of Tebelli is located in the south of Sicily, with a typical Mediterranean climate, and is in a warm and humid environment almost all year round, and the room he is in is located in the castle of the Tebelli family, which is darker and damper than the outside, and it is completely natural that the food will spoil overnight.

"It's time to go out and find something to eat. ”

Thinking of this, he sighed: "I just finished eating with a customer before I crossed over, and I was about to go home, but it's a pity that I ...... Every night my mother would leave the light for me. ”

Sadness came from it, he hurriedly shifted his attention, now is not the time to cry with sorrow.

Standing in front of the door, his hand just raised and couldn't help but put it down: "I don't know how much Baron Tebelli pays attention to the details of his son's usual life, what if he is seen through?"

"Just stay here and continue to pretend you're in quarantine. ”

Cowardly thoughts flashed through me.

"No, I can't stay here for the rest of my life, and since I'm going to leave sooner or later, it doesn't matter sooner or later. ”

He now has a kind of nervousness about the midterm exam, passing the answers to the girls at the same table in front of the dean of teaching.

"Phew—relax, you're Leon now, you have all his memories, you're not an impostor, and Leon died of the Black Death, you're not a murderer, you need to be responsible for inheriting his body, and you can even take on the obligation to protect his family, but you don't need to be responsible for his death, and you don't need to feel guilty. ”

Leon let out a sigh of relief, raised his hand again, pulled out the latch-like crossbar from the door, and pushed the heavy wooden door with iron open.

Outside, there was a dimly lit hallway, the walls on either side blackened by torches, and the narrow windows let in a far dimer light than his own room.

There was a sleepy servant guarding it, his face full of exhaustion, and it was evident that he had not rested for a long time.

His name was Nelson, and he was a personal servant of Baron Tebelli.

Ever since Leon locked himself in his room, Baron Tebelli had sent his personal servants to wait here, and he was in charge of such chores as delivering meals to Leon every day.

Leon cried out in Latin, "Wake up, Nelson. ”

Nelson woke up suddenly, he looked at Leon, his eyes were suddenly full of tears, he hurriedly got up from the ground, held Leon's hand, and said tremblingly: "Young Master Leon, you finally came out!"

"Nelson, you don't have to ......"

His reaction was somewhat unexpected, and he thought that when he came out, he would make others avoid him, even if he had already recovered.

People are self-interested, and even the medical staff, who are usually very supportive, will still be turned away by the community owners when the epidemic occurs.

The people of the Middle Ages were not stupid, they knew that the Black Death would spread through infected people, and they would respond to the epidemic in isolation.

But they don't know that there's such a thing as an incubation period, or that the source of infectious diseases is rats and not human-to-human.

Li Ang looked it up in his memory for a while, and he understood the other party's loyalty.

Lyon's mother died a long time ago, and Baron Tébelli remained alone for many years without remarrying, which was quite rare for medieval aristocrats who used marriage as an important political tool (the Habsburgs historically established their hegemony in Europe through marriage, which shows the importance of "marriage").

Therefore, Leon is the sole heir of the entire Tebelli family, and a personal valet like this is often both prosperous and lost with the main family, his father, grandfather, great-grandfather...... He has served the Tebelli family for generations, and once the Tebelli family dies out, servants like him can only be reduced to commoners.

The bundling of interests is the foundation of loyalty.

Leon tried to keep himself in the same habit and tone as Leon had before, and said with a hint of joy in his tired tone: "Thank God, I felt a lot more comfortable last night, and I woke up from a big sleep only to find that I was healed, so the quarantine was over, and I managed to escape the damn cage." ”

Nelson hurriedly drew a cross on his forehead and said happily, "Thank God, it's so good that I'll go and inform Lord Tebeley, and he will be very happy." ”

Leon hurriedly said, "Alright Nelson, to celebrate my victory over the damned plague, I would like you to have your servant serve me a hearty and delicious breakfast before I go and inform my father of the good news." ”

Nelson smiled, "Follow your orders." ”

They walked up the dimly lit staircase to the lobby on the first floor of the castle, where Leon sat down at the rectangular table and waited, surveying the familiar and unfamiliar "home".

In the center of the hall hang three wooden plaques resembling a shield, each with a different emblem.

The red and yellow stripes with two eagles represent the Otteville family of the King of Sicily, the green vertical stripe with the lion represents the Campbell family of Syracuse, and the bauhinia emblem on the far right represents the Tebelli family themselves.

The family emblem of this era is seriously homogeneous, with the eagle emblem of the Roman Empire in front of the jade, almost half of the kingdom emblems will appear eagles, vultures, sea eagles and other elements, but in fact, most of these kingdoms formed by Germanic and Celtic people, and the Roman eight poles are not together.

In the north, the HRE Empire, which was neither sacred nor Roman in the East Frankish kingdom, developed this shamelessness to the extreme.

In front of the emblem is two iron candlesticks, and iron chandeliers hang overhead, the former for daily lighting and the latter for banquets hosted by the Tebelli family.

Next to the cabinet is a weapon rack with javelins, shields and swords, symbolizing the master's status as a knight.

Leon looked around for a time when a servant came in with food.

The servant said with great emotion: "Thank God, it is a miracle to hear that you have overcome the plague, and you must have been favored by God." ”

Leon nodded, drew a cross on his forehead, and said, "Thank God for your grace." ”

The servant laid out the plate on a yellowed white tablecloth with a knife, two pieces of white bread with a rich wheat aroma, a large bowl of vegetable soup, and a boiled apple—which was more than enough for a breakfast.

But what is puzzling is that people in the Middle Ages actually thought that fruit could only be eaten when it was cooked, just as strange as if they didn't drink boiling water.

Slices of bread are served in his mouth and served with vegetable soup, and Leon munched on it.

Although the so-called white bread that only the superior could afford to eat did not make Leon feel very delicious, when he thought that most people in this period had to eat black bread mixed with gravel and even couldn't afford to eat it, he couldn't care about the pampering of modern people.

He was well aware that he had to overcome many, many difficulties, and that differences in eating habits were only the most insignificant part of them.

Quickly disposing of the food on the table, Leon got up and walked to the castle gate.

Nelson had gone to inform his father, and soon he would face his first test of time.

"It is important to maintain some of Lyon's personal habits, such as his habit of looking at each other when talking to his father, his tone is aggressive, and he seems to be a stubborn child, but in fact he is a very gentle man at heart, he is sympathetic to the common people, and he imprisons himself in order not to transmit diseases to his father and domestic servants—a very good man indeed. ”

Of course, there must have been the idea that he didn't trust the bird-beaked doctors and that he was already in despair and fear, and just wanted to keep himself away from the crowd. ”

"People are complex, and I have to be cautious enough to fully play Leon!"

"But while maintaining the habits of the original owner, there is no need to overkill, it is normal for people to change after experiencing life and death. ”

At this moment, Nelson hurriedly ran in and said, "Young Master, if your body is well, Master Tbelli will tell you to go to the square to meet him." ”

"Okay, I'll go over now. ”

Outside the castle is a manor, surrounded by low walls, the manor is equipped with prayer rooms, blacksmiths, carpentry workshops, stables, and livestock sheds, and if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, even if the town outside is occupied by foreign enemies, it can still hold on for a long time, which is the meaning of the castle in this era.

Truth be told, the castle of the Tbelli family was much more shabby than Leon had imagined, much more modest and damp than the ornate castle of the Victorian era, and if it weren't for the plague that is now rampant, the Tbelli family would have lived on the estate.

The castle is a tool for defense, so there will naturally be less consideration in terms of comfort.

Suddenly there was a melodious bell in the distant town.

The bells of this era have many meanings, whether it is a wedding, a funeral, an invasion of foreign enemies, or a rally.

He listened for a moment, and then he could tell that it was a meeting.

Leon asked, "What's going on?"

Nelson said, "It's the Lord who has gathered in the square to judge a witch who has brought us a plague with evil sorcery. ”

"Witch?"

Nelson said, "Yes, we found the 'forbidden book' from her house and threw her into the lake, and she is still floating, which means that she is protected by the devil and is an evil witch!"

How could Leon not know that the most famous witch hunt in history, initiated by the Church that almost represented the darkest side of the Middle Ages, persecuted more than 100,000 innocent women.

Many women are falsely accused of being witches simply because they are beautiful and hated, and ignorant people have no doubt about the Church's claim that witches were the "source of the Black Death."

As for whether there is indeed a real witch, he naturally thought it was nonsense before, but now he can't be sure, after all, even demons exist, and it's not impossible to imagine that there will be witches, right?

Thinking of this, Li Ang pretended to be casual and said, "She will be burned to death, right?"

"Yes, witches cannot be killed by other means, only burning at the stake can wipe out their fallen souls. ”

Leon frowned, "But who can prove that the plague was brought by the witches?"

Nelson was stunned, he had never doubted this, but he had never thought about it either: "I...... The priests all said that if we burned the witches, the plague would cease and our sins would be washed away. ”

When he said this, his face showed a wisp of yearning, and he actually had a sense of mission like a saint, and he was completely unaware of the cruelty in it.

This can't help but make Leon feel creepy.

He was very suspicious that if he showed anything unusual, since he was the heir of the lord, once he was recognized by the church as a demon-possessed witch, he would instantly rebel against his relatives!

This ignorant theological world that regards cruelty as righteousness!

He was out of step with everyone in this world.

Passing by the prayer room, the priest in a black cloak was praying in a low voice, and he, who had inherited Leon's memories, realized that the priest had just performed a funeral mass.

Before he self-isolated, many people had died in the small towns in the territory.

It is foreseeable that for a long time to come, the priest's sacrificial cloak will be black.

A deep prayer sounded: "Lord, keep us away from evil, may you always grant us health and keep the plague away from us......"

"Father Sean is praying again, and his piety will surely be seen by God, sheltering the family of Tebelle," said Nelson gratefully. ”

What are you kidding to fight the epidemic by praying to God and worshiping Buddha?

Li Ang shook his head secretly, before the time travel, China was also experiencing a great plague all over the world, and he had all kinds of common sense to resist the plague in his head, but if these common senses were put forward in this era, it would be no less than an impact on the authority of the church.

The church preaches every day that the Black Death was brought about by witches, and you are trying to conduct witch trials, but you are here to do quarantine and disinfection, what's the matter? Do you think the church is wrong?