The Duke of Orleans was still struggling to support him, believing that the king would never give up on him easily, but in Paris, and throughout France, there were whispers, because after learning of the outbreak of the Black Death in Nancy, Lorraine, the first thing the king did was to block the roads, and ordered all the territories and villages and towns from Lorraine to the south and north to be put under martial law. The means of preventing and preventing the Black Death spread to all corners of the world—these roads were one of the brilliant achievements of the king in these three years, and one of the main culprits in which the treasury of France was emptied, starting from Paris and spreading in the direction of Le Havre in the west, Artois and Verdun in the north, Frans-Comte in the west, and Orleans in the north, although it was not yet guaranteed to lead to any place, but at least it ensured that every department had a road for horses to gallop quickly, and this road was now almost a lifeline for the people. The magistrates also brought with them the king's soldiers, and if the officials or lords did not cooperate, they had the right to arrest the latter, and in the worst case, they were allowed by the king to execute the criminals— This kind of behavior would have been criticized if it had been placed ten days ago, but at this time, as long as there is still a little brain, there will be no nonsense about it, in fact, although some of the demands of the magistrates involve places that the lord does not want people to set foot in, or secret materials, they also obediently take them out, just to get a place in Paris.

  Yes, just as the people of Lorraine flocked to Nancy, and the people from the other places mentioned above, they also went to Paris—they believed that the place where the king was, it must be safe—after all, in this era, there were still kings who used touch to treat their subjects for scrofula (tuberculosis), and Louis himself used such rituals, but even if Saint Louis was reincarnated, he might not dare to touch the black silk patients, and whether to accept these nobles became the king's problem.

  It is conceivable that if they refuse, those people must be resentful, but if they accept it, and do not say whether they will or not

  There were carriers of the seeds of the plague, a population alone—these people would not have come alone, they would have brought their families, servants and soldiers, and Paris could not have carried such a large number of people, so the king said, "Let them go to Versailles." ”

  The idea of building a new palace in Versailles has been around since Louis was a teenager, and not only because the people of Paris have betrayed their king twice, and not only because the people of Versailles are more reverent and loyal to the king, in the end, it is still the population, the population of Paris has been violently reduced because of the riots, the problem is that after several years of reproduction and migration, Paris is overcrowded again, if it were not for the king who had done some expansion and combing of the city of Paris before, such a population density would have broken out sooner or later with a plague.

  Louis originally conceived of extending the boundaries of Paris outward, just like people hundreds of years later, in order to accommodate tens of millions of people, and constantly take the towns around the city into their arms, the king did not re-establish a city of Versailles, he just wanted to not only move the court to Versailles after the completion of the palace of Versailles, but also to connect Versailles with Paris, so that Versailles became the Moon City of Paris, and when the place between Versailles and Paris gradually prospered, then the area of Paris naturally expanded to Versailles- I just didn't expect that the Palace of Versailles was just beginning to take shape, and he would have to stuff hundreds of nobles into it.

  But there is really no other place for these people than Versailles. First of all, in addition to the king's palace, Versailles also had apartments built by the king for the workers and designers, these houses could be built up to five stories because of the cement, although they were ugly, but they had doors, windows, the most basic furniture, and even public baths and sanitary facilities, which could be used to feed the servants and soldiers, and secondly, Versailles, although not far from Paris, was not close enough to reach it, it was surrounded by forests and swamps, and it is no exaggeration to say that if there was an outbreak of plague here, as long as the road was cut off, none of the people inside could get out。

  Finally, if you have not forgotten, Versailles was bought by two kings in a row, Louis XIII and Louis XIV, even those swamps and forests, so they are the lords here, and what happens in this territory, the people in this territory, must obey their laws.

  But what disturbed people was that the king never mentioned the Duke of Orleans, who was besieged in the castle of Nancy Fleurville, did not say that he would send troops to encircle the mob, nor did he hold a mass to pray for his brother Philippe, so that he could not ask for God's blessing - not to mention what the Queen Mother did, but what people watched was the attitude of the king, and they could not help but wonder if the king had the intention to destroy such a talented brother. The former Duke of Orleans, Gaston, had never escaped suspicion of Louis XIII being seriously injured in a fall from his horse, and the two Majesties were willing to watch him die when the King and Queen Mother did not hesitate to sentence him to exile after the riots had subsided (the harshest sentence a blood prince could make), and the fact that the Duchess of Gaston and her daughters were still mourning him, and that the court never stopped laughing and laughing.

  Could it be that the title of Duke of Orleans is so ominous? Or is it Gaston's curse?

  Louis walked alone in the Louvre, and now the Louvre is no longer glorious, and there are traces and smells of lime water everywhere - Fortunately, for the renovation of the Louvre and the construction of the Palace of Versailles, Paris has accumulated a lot of lime, which is now used to prevent epidemics, but what people don't know is that those mixed with lime are also from the magic potion crystals extracted by the wizards of the inner world, this crystal came from the invention of Valo Visari, which was first used to detect the composition of ores, later used to make dyes, and later it was found to be toxic, and finally it was studied by wizards, and it can also be used as a healing potion.

  For wizards, this kind of experiment is quite novel, because for the people of the world before, they rarely delve into a thing, like a spell, once it is invented, then the teacher requires the student to read and do it meticulously, and the same is true for potions, as for the root - only the wizards of the big family can possibly touch the mysteries inside the door. But ever since the king learned of the existence of the inner world, he has been full of inquiry about this place that he does not know about, and what the extended family can provide to the members of the lineage, he can also provide, whether it is a venue, a sample, or precious materials such as precious stones, as long as he can give him results, his generosity can make any parent in the inner world impressed.

  And this white crystal, is the wizards to deliver the latest results to the king, they were originally mixed into a potion, used for external and internal use, can treat bleeding and fever, and people have fever, more often because of infection, so the king guessed whether it will be an effective antiseptic drug, after the experiment found that this is indeed the case - this crystallization is extracted from the medicine smelted in coal, and coal, since there was Lorraine, the king has been advocating the burning of coal, this "fashion" is also related to lace, Dyes, baths, and so on were spread to the provinces, and for a time the production and supply of coal increased dramatically, and the ones used by the wizards did not attract anyone's attention at all.

  Before the outbreak of the Black Death, the wizards had accumulated a lot of raw materials for the crystal, and when the news of the Black Death was confirmed (or even earlier), the king not only asked the wizards who were fortunate enough to stay outside the plague area to stop all their work and work on the crystal, but also issued an order to the Duchess of Colonna, and the Mancini family behind her, to bring in more wizards to make this crystal- Although it is only a handmade product, fortunately, it only needs to be melted into the water a little bit to achieve the effect of sterilization and anti-epidemic, and at the very least, it is no problem to ensure that Paris and Versailles are not infestation.

  In addition, although it is speculation and most people do not know that the Black Death was spread by rats, after the renovation of Paris, the clean streets and houses, the repelling of bugs and rats, and the public baths that have reopened since I don't know when have also made Paris a clean island, where people find themselves less likely to get sick - such rumors will not be blocked from the ears of the provinces.

  Of course, the most important thing is that they are all going to make a pilgrimage, and the Virgin of the altar in the center of Notre-Dame de Paris weeps every day, all the time, and the pilgrims do see it, and even if no one approaches the icon, the clear tears will still flow on time, and Bishop La Rivière leads the priests to respectfully take the tears, merge them into the holy water, and then distribute them to every devout believer.

  The holy water was originally wine, and according to the king's orders, sugar was added to the wine, and some people who felt weak out of fear naturally felt refreshed after drinking it, while others were also dissolved in the holy water because of the magic potion crystals that were also melted in the holy water, which were soluble in alcohol and had a somewhat sour and bitter taste, but in wine, no one could drink them.

  Now the Queen Mother, the King and the Queen, the Dauphin, the Duchess of Orleans and her daughter, drank it, as did the attendants and maids, and there was always a faint smell of wine in the air, in fact it came more from the crystals of lime water— But compared to the stability inside and outside Paris, the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Orleans have always frowned, the Queen accompanied them when the King was dealing with political affairs, as soon as the King came in, the Queen shook his hand after saluting, Louis shook back, Queen Theresa is indeed not beautiful, but even the most disgusted Spaniards, at this moment have to say that the Queen Queen's dignified and calm demeanor does give them great comfort and support - Louis also feels this way.

  Before the king had time to greet his mother, the queen mother cast an earnest gaze, which is understandable, Louis is all her hopes and sustenance, but her favorite should be Philippe. Especially after she made such a decision for Louis and France, she has always had a deep apology for this young son - when Louis decided to reuse Philippe, she was still worried about whether Philip would be ambitious because of it, and now she thought that she should be more worried about Philip's safety, after all, no feat, can be easily obtained by lying in a comfortable bedroom.

  "Don't worry, mother," Louis stepped forward and put his arm around his mother's thin shoulder, "I have sent someone to fetch him, and he will soon be back in Paris to be with us." ”

  A convoy of cars was speeding along the concrete road from Paris to Verdun, but it was strange that there were no knights and soldiers protecting the carriages outside the convoy, except for the carriages drawn by the two horses, and that they were in the middle of the night, even if they still had their headlights hanging (which was better than nothing on a cloudy night), and that the coachmen were able to be like the old men without the trouble of not being able to see at night, which was too dangerous.

  Except for men, dark creatures, or wild beasts, if there were any extra obstacles in the road, and the carriage that had not been detected and avoided in time would have flown out at this terrible speed, and the carriage would have tumbled and broken, and the necks and legs of the horses and passengers would not have been kept intact.

  But neither the darkness nor the danger posed any threat to the silent coachmen, who went down to the ground and waved their whips regularly, making it explode in the air, so that the horses could be as effective as they wished, and the horses ran as hard as they wished, their sweat soaking their manes and clinging to their undulating muscles, and the oncoming wind became so strong that it almost blew open the hood of the coachmen.

  And to the astonishment of the fact that the darkness was almost omnipresent, the coachman suddenly uttered a strange cry, and the horses pricked up their ears and swirled, and they heard them, as if in a moment, and the wind, with its four hooves, slowed down its speed, and when the clouds gave way a little, and a small ray of light cast over the wilderness, they saw it too—and less than a hundred feet away from them was a great tree lying on the road.

  If the carriage was still in a hurry, it was inevitable that the carriage would be destroyed and people would die, but at this time the speed of the horses had been reduced to the extent that even a fast human could catch up, and of course the carriage would not crash with it, and the black carriage slowly stopped in turn, but the coachman above did not speak, nor moved, and after a few seconds, the person he was waiting for appeared.

  Torches were lit one after another, and this was Revigny, who had in fact entered the region of Lorraine, whose lord was not a pro-French man, and whose wife was loyal to the Austrian Archduke, who preferred Lorraine to maintain its current de facto independence.