Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 299 The truth comes out
Now, the expression on Denise's face is quite embarrassed. Although she is full of fear about such an experience, it is impossible to expect her to express her shame.

Unlike her sister who has a rather weak personality, Denise is actually very strong-willed and outgoing, and extremely courageous, which is why she is actually quite familiar with Gothel.

After Gossel left Landolfo's hideout with Denise in his arms, he told Gilles that there might be a child hidden in the cellar, and then he brought Denise to the palace to reunite with her sister.

Then Gossel was busy dealing with related follow-up issues. After everything was over, he came back to the lounge in the palace, intending to find out what had happened there, because Landolfo always insisted that he had not kidnapped any child.

Gothel sat down next to Denise. Adelinde still looked a little angry, but when she saw Gothel coming, her face looked better. It was obvious that the two sisters had just had a small conflict.
"What's going on? Tell me." Gothel rubbed Denise's little head and asked kindly.

After feeling Gothel's concern, Denise confessed what happened, and Adelind pouted again. It was obvious that she had heard the reason once and the reason for her unhappiness was related to this.

"That's what happened. That afternoon, when I went to play at Aunt Ina's house, Aunt Ina told me that Leila had gone to her grandmother's house and would be back for a long time. Then she said she missed Leila very much and asked me if I could be her daughter for a day. If I agreed, she would give me sugar cookies..."

After hearing this, Gossel actually realized the possible reason behind this, and Denise's subsequent words also confirmed his guess.

Noticing Gothel's expression, Denise felt inexplicably frightened, and then her voice became softer:

"I promised Aunt Ina, and then Aunt Ina also said that every time she called me Leila, I had to agree, otherwise it would be considered a breach of contract. And then not long after, some bad guys came to see Aunt Ina. I don't know what they were talking about. Anyway, Aunt Ina suddenly called Leila again, and I subconsciously agreed..."

"Then, the next thing was that I was gagged and put into a sack."

At the end of the speech, Denise covered her eyes and snuggled into her sister's arms. Gothel was really a little scary at this time.

Gossel didn't stay here for too long, but left the lounge directly.

When Gilles saw Gothel again, Gothel was just holding a piece of grass in his mouth and looking at the sea.

"Gille, I once thought that someone sold their own child because they couldn't afford to raise it, but now someone has shown me another situation. She didn't want to sell her own child, so she chose to sell someone else's child."

The latter is more heartbreaking than the former, because the former can be said to be a choice made under duress, but the latter is doing evil things in the name of parenthood.

"Of course, if possible, I would even wonder if I would feel better if that lady was doing it purely for money."

"You are just asking for trouble. If you really want to find out what that lady inside is thinking, you can just ask her yourself when we go to arrest her. After all, the crime of human trafficking is already established."

Gothel dropped the grass in his mouth, sighed, and caught up with Gilles.

Ina never imagined what a storm her helpless decision would cause in the city of Tyre and the kingdom.

Just like the butterfly in the butterfly effect, she just flaps her wings gently and will create a storm in the future.

The storm had not actually arrived yet, but just the prelude was enough to make Ina realize that she had made a big mistake.

In the first half of the night when Denise was sold by her, Adelinde knocked on her door and asked where Denise was. At that time, Ina said she didn't know. In the second half of the night, another policeman knocked on her door and asked where Denise was.

It was because of the insufficient light at the time that the policemen did not notice my slightly panicked expression.

By the next day, the chaotic rumors spreading in Tyre made Ina even more uneasy.

Finally, when the night of the third day fell, Ina took out the small bag of gold coins that was pressed under her bed. This was the value of Denise and the price of her conscience.

After walking through the streets of Tyre at night in her robe for a while, she came to another slightly dilapidated house.

Ina knocked on the door, and a little kid opened the door, poked his head in, and made sure that there was no one else behind Ina before letting the old lady into the house.

"Have you collected all the money?" A slightly hoarse voice came from behind the dim candlelight, and Ina, an ordinary aunt, uttered a faint "hmm".

"Let me tell you first, this medicine is imported from Damascus. It can cure many diseases directly, but it is very expensive. Are you sure you don't want to consider it?" The hoarse voice, in a strange tone, reminded Ina of the cost of this treatment.

But Ina nodded firmly. She had already sold her conscience, so how could she give up halfway?

The voice behind the candlelight did not continue. The rather old figure stood up from his chair and took Ina into a room in his house.

After opening the door, you can see a thin girl lying on a small bed.

Ina quickened her pace and tried to rush over, but was stopped by the owner of the house.

"Speaking of which, if you have so much money, why don't you take your child to the Tyre Clinic for treatment? Why do you have to come to me, a pagan doctor?"

When Ina heard the word "Tyr Clinic", she was a little confused: "Tyr Clinic is very expensive... Aren't the people who can go there only nobles and wealthy businessmen?"

She actually didn't know how high the clinic's charges were, but she knew that if her neighbors were sick, they would never go to the hospital. They would only go to some witches or the owner of this house, an Arab doctor.

The old doctor shook his head. He knew more and understood more than the ignorant people in this neighborhood. The doctors in Till Clinic might charge expensive medicines.

But so far no one has ever been killed by drugs, and the medical training they help to organize is also imparting sophisticated medical skills to intellectuals with a cultural background.

It can be said that if Ina took the money to the clinic and saw that doctor, there is a great chance that her daughter would recover.

But what he didn't know was that Ina's money was not clean, and once she was questioned where it came from, it might expose the crime involved.

Arab medicine has a brilliant history. The world's first formal hospital with documented history was established in Baghdad during the Abbasid Dynasty in the 9th century AD. About a century later, five more hospitals opened in Baghdad.

Of course, Arab medicine was not developed independently by the Arabs themselves, but was refined by Islamic civilization on the basis of many strengths and weaknesses, integrating the concepts of ancient Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian and Persian medicine and the Ayurvedic tradition of ancient India, while making many advances and innovations to create its own glory. But today, the Arab doctor in the room did not realize that the medicine he used, the box of exotic medicine imported from Damascus, had actually gone beyond the scope of Arab medicine.

And the way he chose to use it was to let the patient roll the dice with his own body.

The doctor used a cup of water to dissolve the white powder and asked the dying Leila to swallow it. Perhaps it was the effect of psychological comfort, Leila felt better.

After making sure that her daughter had taken the medicine, Ina couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As long as Leila was still safe, she would think it was right even if she was arrested and imprisoned later.

However, just a few minutes later, the doctor panicked. Laila, who was lying on the bed, began to breathe faster and cough. Her pale complexion became even more frightening.

When the doctor touched the girl's hand, he could even feel that the girl was sweating profusely.

Even if the doctor does not know what is going on, he can judge based on his own experience that if effective medical treatment is not carried out, a life will pass away before his eyes.

Apart from some rescue methods he knew, out of his ethics as a doctor, he abandoned those meaningless prejudices at this juncture.

The doctor shouted to the apprentice at the door: "Go and get Dr. Clovis!"

……

Ina was arrested, and the old Arab doctor was also sent to the police station with her because he was suspected of practicing medicine without a license and had a medical accident that almost caused the patient's death.

Of course, practicing medicine without a license is just a joke. The Kingdom of Jerusalem has been planning to conduct formal assessments of doctors and clean up those who are not up to standard.

But that is just a draft, a conceptual thing, and it cannot be actually implemented now.

But the medical accident that almost caused the patient's death was a reality that the doctor could not avoid.

Although you won't have to go to jail, you will still have to spend a lot of money to pay various expenses.

Well... yes, medical malpractice, even if it really causes death, will not be subject to any severe punishment these days.

After all, these days, when poor people go to see a doctor, their lives are already hanging by a thread, and it takes real skill to save them.

It’s normal if it can’t be saved.

Moreover, the Arab doctor's handling method was actually something that only an experienced person of this day could do. His decisive action of asking Dr. Clovis for help at the critical moment further demonstrated that he did not have any subjective malice.

"Hmm... Actually, it should be a penicillin allergy. I really didn't expect that the latest medicine produced in Transjordan would be sold to us in Tyre after being passed around by Arab merchants."

Clovis pinched his eyebrows and felt very troubled.

Garys had already predicted the idea of ​​developing penicillin by local methods. After so many years, the local method of developing penicillin finally produced some results thanks to Abdullah's continuous attempts in Transjordan.

In order to make money, Transjordan would naturally hype up this drug as a miracle drug and sell it at a high price.

"But then again, Denise was sold for eight gold coins. Is this price enough to buy a box of penicillin that has changed hands several times?"

In the clinic, outside Leila's room, Gothel frowned.

Clovis shrugged and replied, "It's mixed with starch. The actual dosage is very low."

Listening to Clovis' explanation, Gothel looked at the child in the ward again, then lowered his eyes. He already knew what had happened, and understood it all...

The child is innocent, and both Ina and Landolfo bear the blame. But what role did the Paladins play in this process?

Gothel didn't want to be sentimental. He only knew one thing: this society could actually become better, and they obviously hadn't done enough.

……

In Europe at this time, less than 10% of the population lived in cities, and perhaps only 5% of the population lived in cities. Agriculture became the undisputed absolute economic entity in Europe, and criss-crossing manors and villages existed parallel to each other in the countryside.

A manor is an estate, referring to land that is property under a certain land ownership relationship.

The real estate of a manor not only includes farmland, woods, grasslands, rivers... but also includes the serfs on the land.

Larger manors can encompass the entire village, while smaller manors crisscross the villages. Quite a lot of farmers may belong to the same village, but belong to different manors and have different lords.

The complexity here is quite confusing.

However, if we look specifically at the manor where Landolfo is hiding, it can even be said to be a complete village, because Jocelyn has completed the integration of ownership of this area.

He is the master of all villages and all manors. He is the ruler of this land and a vassal of the kingdom.

As a member of the House of Lords independent of the Ibelin family, Jocelyn can actually be said to be in a high position of power.

Who could have imagined that the manor of such a great man would face the threat of being surrounded?
Anyway, Landolfo had never expected this. He didn't even connect the fact that he was surrounded with himself, and thought it was a struggle between those big shots.

Because he knew what secrets were hidden in this manor, and he also knew that once the secrets were revealed, a clash between those big shots would be enough to shatter him to pieces.

(End of this chapter)