This order was not issued by him, but by the Duke of Ji'an. After the outbreak of the epidemic in Sicily, the Duke of Ji'an learned about the pearl sealing plan and carried out the entire Italian Peninsula.

For this reason, Eugen was quite sad. The most sorry for his actions was the kind old man who had high hopes for him and handed over all his power to him.

It can be said that Eugen used the power given by the Duke of Ji'an without restraint. The Duke of Ji'an is the lord of Earl Mead. If he wants to execute Earl Mead, only the Duke of Ji'an personally gave the order.

The Duke of Ji'an had indeed said something like "Eugen's order is his order", but it is still a bit too much to kill an earl.

Eugen's move did not disappoint the trust of the Duke of Ji'an. He even cut off one of his earls without even informing the Duke in advance.

However, Eugen had no choice. He could not allow the Black Death to cross the defense line, nor could he allow the nobles to make trouble on the disaster prevention line for their own interests. In the end, they made a lot of money and ran away, but they had to let the ordinary people bear the consequences.

Therefore, he cut off the head of Count Mead. There were more than borers than Count Mead, church priests, lower class nobles, and even ordinary soldiers, all of whom had the opportunity to make disasters and wealth.

Eugen's move shocked everyone else in one fell swoop. Eugen dared to kill him, let alone others, which is the most powerful and direct threat.

He knew that his actions would make the Duke of Ji'an very angry and even hate him, but for now, he could only pray that as time goes by, the Duke of Ji'an would understand what he did.

After leaving Pescara, the escort team returned to the previous state of scattering progress. Of course, they would not do too much. Although the prince hinted that West could arrive at Viana a little later, there was a bottom line. If it delayed for too long, it would be difficult for the prince to explain to the nobles across the country.

So two days later, the escort team officially entered San Marino, the most glorious city in Italy except Rome.

In terms of prosperity alone, even the Medici family is located in Florence, which is not as good as San Marino.

In fact, Florence is not outstanding in its prosperity, but the environment there is more comfortable, so the Duke of Ji'an placed his residence there.

In contrast, San Marino is a bustling commercial city, which is also under the control of the Medici family, and creates extremely considerable tax revenue for them every year.

As for another famous city, Rome, it is under the control of the Holy See, and it is difficult for the Medici family to insert their hands into it.

In Italy, secular aristocratic power and the power of the Holy See are combined with each other, but they belong to two systems. Nominally, the Duke of Ji'an is the lord of all the cities here, but in fact, many of the cities under the control of the Holy See have nothing to do with the Duke of Ji'an.

The two sides are united, but they are clearly divided.

For example, Earl Mead, who was killed by Eugen, the lord who swore allegiance to him was the Duke of Ji'an, but in essence, he was actually working for the Holy See. His father was an elected emperor in the Holy See who had the power to elect the emperor. Most of the huge taxes generated by his Pescara each year were sent to the Holy See.

Therefore, relatively speaking, some people in the Holy See have a greater hostility towards him. Fortunately, he also has some friends in the church, and the Pope's attitude is still inclined to him. Otherwise, the pressure faced by Eugen would be extremely terrifying.

When he arrived in San Marino, even if Eugen came to a safe place, he would no longer cause trouble for Viscount Ed, and the butler West, who was in charge of the escort, was relieved.

"Mr. Eugen, let's rest in San Marino for two days first, let these tired soldiers relax and then move forward. What do you think?" Butler West followed Eugen, and Eugen had no appearance as a prisoner at the moment.

Eugen nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, we are running around in Pescara these days, so we should have a good rest. And I also want to see the style of this city."

The two of them chatted and led the team into the city of San Marino.

The guards of San Marino City had already received news that they had prepared residences for the escort team in advance, and the arrangements were very reasonable.

Eugen never thought that after coming to San Marino, he would receive news from Corion.

As soon as he lay down on the bed of the velvet quilt in his residence, a servant knocked on the door and walked into his room and said to him: "Mr. Eugen, a knight named Corion wants to see you, and he says he is your retainer."

"What? Corion?" Eugen jumped out of the bed in surprise, grabbed the servant's arm and said, "Are you talking about Corion? Where is he?"

The servant didn't seem to have expected Corion to be so important to Eugen, so he hurriedly said, "Just, just outside."

"Okay, take me over quickly." Eugen said anxiously.

The servant agreed, then opened the door and walked quickly outside.

Soon Eugen led the servant down to a street outside the courtyard. There was no Corion outside the courtyard, and the servant's footsteps did not stop, but continued to walk into an alley not far away.

Eugen asked, "What's going on? Where is Corion? Isn't he waiting outside the door?"

The servant turned around and smiled and said, "Oh, Mr. Corion was injured and had some difficulty moving. He is now waiting for you in a residence in the alley over there."

Just as the servant turned around, Eugen vaguely saw a trace of brown on the servant's unexpected yellow collar.

"No, who are you?" Eugen suddenly stopped and shouted.

When the servant heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He suddenly reached into his arms and pulled out a short knife, stabbing Eugen's chest.

Eugen was already prepared for moving forward, so he hurriedly dodged backwards and avoided the first stab that the other party stabbed. However, the fake servant refused to give in and continued to chase Eugen. The short sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake, stabbing Eugen again and again.

At the same time, three bandits holding short swords suddenly rushed out from the alley not far away and chased them towards each other.

Eugen immediately fell into crisis. The soldiers who escorted him were still in the yard. Even if they called for help now, they would not come to rescue Eugen at all.

At this moment, suddenly, a man was riding a horse, carrying a long sword, and rushed towards this side quickly.
Chapter completed!