Great time travel

Chapter 614: Dawn of the Living Dead

Chapter 14, Dawn of the Dead

Although they have roughly figured out the general reason for the abnormal transfer of the militia group this time, which deviates from the original plot, Wang Qiu and the others are still at a loss as to the ins and outs of this inexplicable London plague.Next, according to the descriptions of several travelers who just came from London, this illness seems to be a bit like influenza, but the specific name of the disease and the cause of the outbreak, whether it is a single infectious disease or a compound plague, I am afraid that only God knows.

"... When I was in London last week, I didn't feel any different?" He murmured, but he didn't take it too seriously - based on the experience of traveling through different worlds so many times before, "traveler There must be a plague after death" has become a common sense in Wang Qiu's understanding.

Therefore, this London plague, which did not appear in the plot of the novel "Pride and Prejudice", may be the butterfly effect caused by the passage of various modern viruses by modern people like myself.Longbourne is in the countryside, with a large area of ​​land and few people, and a good natural environment, so the germs of the modern world have not caused major disturbances here.On the other side of London, the sanitation environment is poor, the population is crowded, germs are easy to breed, and the residents' physical fitness is also poor.People like myself walked over with modern germs, and then lit the powder keg... The whole cause and effect is probably like this?

In view of the above speculations, Wang Qiu and his companions still did not pay enough attention to the London plague itself, but felt a little worried about the disturbance caused by the plague to the main plot of "Pride and Prejudice", but did not know how to proceed .

——I used to wander in the plot world of horror movies, war movies, adventure movies or superhero movies, and got used to all kinds of decisive, simple and rude ways of doing things. Now I have traveled through the love novel of "Pride and Prejudice" , but some don't know what to do.

At the same time, some school officers and lieutenants of the militia continued to use the last little time before entering the London epidemic area to try to save themselves, looking for personal escape strategies, and selling their military positions at low prices everywhere.It's a pity that there are very few successful transactions. Only a few people who are greedy for cheap are willing to take the risk of catching the plague to buy their official hats, and the price is even lowered to [-]% or even [-]% off the market price.

On the other hand, in order to make up for the lack of soldiers in the regiment, another part of the second lieutenants and lieutenants were sent out to catch the strong men. They made a big fuss in the taverns and slums of Meryton, but unfortunately there was little result-Meryton is not a big city, just a city. In a small town with a population of 3000, there are very few homeless, beggars, criminals, and vagrants who meet today's conscription standards.And these "social scum" are local snakes. Many of them are well-informed. When they saw the militia stationed, they had a premonition that something was wrong. Before the red uniforms started to arrest the strong men, they had already slipped away...

Despite the above-mentioned unsatisfactory points, on the whole, the officers of the militia are still very popular in this rural area.A few years ago, this regiment also stationed in Longbourne and Meryton, and made many friends. Now they revisit the old places and walk among each other again.

Then, because of a very dangerous mission, and God knows whether they will come back alive, the officers of the militia generally seized the time to let go of their lives, intending to enjoy one last time in the town of Meryton, spending extremely generously, as if afraid of "" People die and the money is not used up" Generally.

So, on the third day of the garrison, the officers of the militia emptied their pockets, scraped together a lot of money, bought drinks and food, hired musicians, and then borrowed Lawyer Philip's house to hold a dance, inviting local gentry Ladies and gentlemen at home came to participate, ready to have a good time.

And this lawyer Philip is the uncle of the five Bennet sisters, so the five Bennet sisters and "Mr. Collins" (played by Wang Qiu) who will inherit the Bennet family's estate in the future, as well as Mr. "Captain" (played by Political Commissar Guo), also received the invitation to the ball.

In this regard, Wang Qiu, who was disguised as Mr. Collins, readily accepted the invitation, and was going to take this opportunity to find out more information, and at the same time see if there was any chance to earn points—for this crossing, the central government specially sent people to carry out the investigation for Wang Qiu. Special training in ballroom dancing in the eighteenth century, he is waiting to show his skills!But Political Commissar Guo has had some colds since he came back from London last time, which seems to be due to his aging body and weakened resistance. Although he took medicine, he has not recovered. In the past two days, he has started to have a fever, and the fever is severe. So I could only stay at home and recuperate, and declined the invitation to the dance.

Then, Shizuka Marikawa and Rika Nan, who were staying in the Bennet house under the guise of maids, were very interested, but they had to stay in the house and had no chance of this dance—gentlemen and ladies of the upper class Our dance party is not something that low class people can participate in...

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By the standards of this era, Lawyer Philip's house in Meryton was quite decent - a spacious enough living room, exquisite and beautiful wallpaper, portraits of previous owners, a cleaned fireplace, a brand new light silverware and fine white linen tablecloths.While some of the details may not be elegant enough to be far from resplendent, it is probably the best this town has ever seen.

And those young ladies who came from all directions added a touch of excitement to this country dance—although the bloated long skirts of this era can hardly reflect the slim figure of women, but only their overflowing With a youthful and energetic smile, it is enough to make people feel happy...

In short, there were a lot of guests in the town of Meritun who came to this ball to support the officers of the militia, especially the ladies who were in uniform. Even a pregnant woman who was obviously pregnant for several months was arrested The little fresh meats were attracted.When Wang Qiu, who was disguised as Mr. Collins, took the time-traveling version of the five Bennet sisters to the meeting in a carriage brought from the modern world, there were already many people standing at Lawyer Philip's house, whether they were those in uniform Ladies and gentlemen, they were all talking and laughing loudly, the noise was comparable to a market.

"... Oh! There are so many people here. It makes my eyes dazzled." Standing at the door of the living room, Elizabeth rubbed her forehead and said - as a house girl, she was born to this kind of chattering and chattering. There is a bit of stage fright in social situations.

"...It's really too noisy, and it's noisy and crowded." The time-travel version of Miss Jane also echoed, she also lacked interest in this dance, after all, the living room of Philip's house is limited in size, and the officers seem to forget After realizing this, she sent out too many invitations. As a result, after so many people were crowded, she felt a headache just standing there, and when she thought about what might happen when she danced later, she felt that she was abnormal Heart tired.

"...Why hasn't the music started yet?" Looking at the crowded scene at the train station during the Spring Festival travel rush, Elizabeth also had a headache. She planned to dance a dance or two, and then found an excuse to leave halfway, "... ...when will the dancing begin?"

"...Because the master hasn't arrived yet..." Wang Qiu, disguised as Mr. Collins, explained, "...Look, they're here!"

Looking over at Wang Qiu's finger, Elizabeth saw the landowner lawyer Philip leading a group of military officers. Although the middle-aged Uncle Philip seemed to affect the picture, as long as he was blocked, this kind of picture would appear in the picture. It is still very beautiful in the eyes of women.

——It is said that men in uniform are the most masculine. Elizabeth didn't quite understand it before, but the strong visual impact now woke her up. Those officers in red uniforms looked more masculine than other men. Even more upright and heroic.

So many handsome guys in red uniforms appeared in front of her, they were so tall and straight, heroic, and tough, as if the neat uniforms and cloaks on them had magical powers, which instantly raised the handsome appearance of these people several notches— — No wonder there are so many uniforms among the ladies and gentlemen of the squires. How can those ignorant country women resist such a group of handsome men full of male hormones?

Seeing so many handsome and unrestrained "little fresh meats", the little hearts of the ladies immediately involuntarily accelerated their beating speed.What makes these idiots in classic uniforms even more happy is that the Bennet five sisters, who were originally the most beautiful and "beautiful" in this rural area, have become extra "shy" for some reason, and have not shouted for joy. Go up to show off and compete with them for men—although there are many militia officers holding banquets, there are obviously more ladies and ladies attending the banquet, and the overall gender ratio is generally more females than males: with more monks and fewer meat , and deducting some old, ugly or bad-tempered unpopular officers, there are still many unlucky ladies who can only sit on the side and be wallflowers...

As a result, in the hall, the clothes were fragrant and the temples were shining, talking and laughing. Those pure or seductive wives and young ladies, as well as handsome and lively men, were all looking for prey they were interested in.The long-awaited band also began to play a lively tune, and a warm atmosphere rushed over.Everyone found their dancing partners one after another, stretched out their hands politely, and then walked to the middle of the hall together, dancing gracefully.

The social dances at this time are a bit of a group dance. There are often men and women standing in two rows, exchanging partners when turning around, moving forward and back, and those well-dressed girls are like flowers and butterflies. Among the male guests, there were bursts of silver bell-like smiles from time to time.The whole scene is like a scene of a living British costume drama, exquisite and gorgeous everywhere, colorful and pleasing to watch.

Although the time-travel version of the five Bennet sisters is a little stage frightened and not so active and lively in the face of this kind of scene, but after all, they are naturally beautiful, and their beauty is hard to hide, which makes the officers of the militia shine brightly.Moreover, they wear a lot of shiny and exquisite jewelry (artificial gems and cheap jewelry in the modern world), and the dresses they wear also use "expensive" embroidered silk fabrics (also online shopping in the modern world), it seems that the family should also They look very good, even those snobbish people who hate the poor and love the rich regard them as ideal prey who can get both money and man.

Therefore, at the ball, among the five Bennet sisters, except for the ugly Mary, the remaining four girls are all favored by the young officers, and there are always people vying to come to show their courtesy, and at the same time Attracted resentful and jealous eyes from the rest of the ladies...

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However, what Wang Qiu, who was pretending to be Mr. Collins, did not expect was that he also became the "hot item" of those gentry ladies!

——This discovery made Wang Qiu very puzzled at first. He naturally saw his own appearance after makeup in the mirror, and he felt that it was just ordinary, far from handsome.The clothes on my body are not unconventional either, they are simply the second-hand goods left by Mr. Bennet... Why don’t you girls who are obsessed with uniforms go after those handsome officers in red uniforms? Where's the guy?

Later, after some overt or covert exchanges, he discovered that his current status was actually quite attractive to unmarried women of the squire class—how should I put it?In the final analysis, everything is still the fault of property.

Borrowing the title of another masterpiece "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen, the author of "Pride and Prejudice", the young ladies of the British squire families in this era, of course, have "sensibility" who are desperate for love and even leave their families to elope. exist.But more ladies belong to the category of "rational school". Although they are also obsessed with the red uniforms of young officers, they know very well in their hearts that they are just playing with these handsome officers. Don't count on them for lifelong events—there are few low-ranking officers in the British Army these days. They are either civilian children who want to get ahead by joining the army, or the second sons and daughters of big families who have no right of inheritance. The youngest sons, in short, are people with little money. They only have a pretty face and sweet words, and they cannot provide them with a luxurious life of pampering.

In this way, "Mr. Collins" who can inherit the Bennet family's estate in the future and has a stable rent income of two thousand pounds is obviously a very good golden job in the eyes of the girls, or a "taker": such a guy may Very boring, unable to give them a romantic love.But it can make them as idle as the clouds in the sky all day after marriage, doing nothing from morning to night, and spending money like running water.

Of course, apart from the estate that will be inherited in the future, the current "Mr. Collins" seems to have no other job or source of income.If it is in modern society, it may be regarded as a sign of incompetence.But in that era, it was just a symbol of decency and nobility!

——It may be difficult for some modern people to imagine that on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, Britain, although it seemed to be full of vigor and vitality, the atmosphere of the entire upper class was still very high. Conservative, decadent and decadent.Those successful capitalists who worked hard and worked hard to make a fortune are often regarded as upstarts covered in money, and suffer from all kinds of exclusion and contempt.Other lucky ones who inherited a large amount of inheritance without any work were regarded as decent gentlemen worthy of respect. All professional guys from capitalists to engineers are not decent people.Only those social parasites who don’t do any work at all and rely on manors to earn land rent or deposit bonds to earn interest are the real "born noble"...

Although he has roughly figured out the cause and effect, as a young man with modern thinking, Wang Qiu is still somewhat comfortable with the courtesies, winks, and incomprehensible dark expressions of English country gentry ladies at the end of the eighteenth century. bad.

Just imagine, when a little girl meets you for the first time, she stares at you with her affectionate eyes, pays attention to your every move, it seems that she will send you a sweet kiss in the next second, what are you Feel?Note that this is not a romantic place, but a social occasion, and the other party is not a table girl who can be hooked for a little money.If they really kissed each other, then the troubles that followed would be impossible to get rid of!

Well, if you feel very good about yourself, it is obviously a very honorable thing to be favored by so many ladies.So what if it's a group of girls?A group of such girls surround you as if seeing a piece of delicious meat, scrambling to flatter you, talking to each other aggressively, vying to dance with you, but you can't even remember their names... ...can you still fit in well?

If he really was the kind of "stupid and naive" guy, he might be very happy.However, as a reincarnation of infinite space who has experienced the killing field, Wang Qiu believes even more in the truth that "there is nothing to show courteousness to, rape or steal"... What's more, these country gentry ladies who took the initiative to come over are really very good in terms of appearance and figure. Ordinary (girls who are self-sufficient and beautiful will not be so proactive), and most of them poured strong-smelling perfume or powder on their bodies, making Wang Qiu always want to sneeze-this kind of beauty is really not something he can bear yes...

So, after barely dancing two dances, he didn't leave the stage anymore. Instead, he hid in a place by the wall and sat down, holding a glass of wine to watch the excitement.

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At the same time, in Langborn Village, in the Bennet family’s house, the female school doctor Ju Chuan Shizuka from the plot world of "School of the Dead" is doing her long-lost job, treating the bedridden Political Commissar Guo ——Since returning from a trip to London last time, Political Commissar Guo's health has gradually become a little bit unwell. In the past two days, he even developed a high fever.

In desperation, Ju Chuan Shizuka had to use the [Automatic Medical Box] from the world of Doraemon - because the contact with the world of Doraemon was cut off at the moment, the supply of [Automatic Medical Box] was not replenished, and there was still It has to be given to terminally ill patients in the modern world to save their lives.Even if Wang Qiu and the others contracted some minor ailments in another world, they tried to use ordinary treatment methods as much as possible, and only used the [Automatic Medical Box] unless it was absolutely necessary.

Then, under the miraculous diagnosis and treatment of [Automatic Medical Box] that can cure all diseases, the unknown disease that Political Commissar Guo suffered from was cured very quickly, and he could recover with a little rest.But the problem is that Ju Chuan Shizuka took a deep breath when she saw the pathological analysis report that followed.

"...The traits and data analyzed... actually look like the T-virus that creates zombies? Where did Commissar Guo get it from?!"