Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1724 The secret words of the goddess (sixty-nine)

  On the evening of March 19, 1692, a few hours after Martha Corey’s arrest warrant was issued, Deodat Rosen came to Salem from Boston.

Since Paris took over his position in 1688, Rosen has not returned to the place where he had stayed for 20 years. He resettled in Boston and helped with things in the church where Paris was previously. He often patronizes the local area. The homes of well-known pastors, including Cotton Mather. However, at this moment, the streets of Boston were discussing Salem matters, so that he could no longer discuss theological issues with other monks.

  He carried his handbag and headed to Neil Ingram’s tavern and inn.

  Before Bailey, Salem didn’t even have a priest. The townspeople didn’t even go to church as a collective event. The tavern was the only center in the town. Perhaps drunken fighting was the only entertainment in Giles Corey’s time.

  It was the era of pioneers. Unlike now, the town has a certain scale, and civilization and etiquette norms have also been established. Once the new generation grows old and the children grow up, when these children also become parents, a new generation is coming. Perhaps the older generation feels that the life of the pioneers is very difficult, but at least they do not have to live in the shadow of witchcraft accusations like the new generation of Salem townspeople.

  Everyone went to the chapel next door, so that there was no one in the overcrowded tavern on Sundays, only a young man in his early 20s was cleaning the bar.

   "Good evening, Mr. Hutchinson." Rosen said to the young man.

   "I didn't expect you to come back, Father." The young man stopped wiping the glass, looked at Rosen and said.

   "Where is your adoptive father?" Rosen asked.

  Hutchinson murmured in the direction of the chapel, "Stay with others."

   "Why don't you go?"

   "That's nothing good. They wanted to drive Mrs. Corey away."

   "Mrs. Corey?" Rosen asked in surprise, "You mean Martha Corey?"

   "She was arrested, just a few hours ago." Hutchinson said coldly, "They can't tolerate people who have contaminated their water."

  Rosen silently looked at the young child.

  The first immigrants who arrived in Salem landed on the coast and looked for water. There was a stream in the forest where the town was located. Everyone knows that we must keep the water source clean and keep pollutants away. In the New World, "pollutants" refer to slaves from Africa. They are like the Vaishyas who are forbidden to approach the Brahmin water source, but Salem’s. The situation is a bit special.

The slaves here are mainly Indians. They were captured and become slaves after the loss of the King Philip's War. Many people were sent on ships and trafficked to the West Indies. Benjamin Hutchinson's father also died in that scene. War, but he was adopted by the owner of the tavern, Nathaniel Ingram.

  There was an armed conflict near a creek. The blood of New England soldiers and Indian warriors stained the creek red. From that day on, the nameless creek was named "Blood Creek".

It is precisely because of this that the New England government began to issue conscription orders, but there are still many men from one town to the next in order to escape military service. This has led to a certain degree of disorder. Some people took advantage of this opportunity to commit crimes. Calculating the age of Martha Corey's son, he was basically born at that time.

  Infanticide is a crime, whether it comes to this world or not, even if New England immigrants are short of manpower to confront the coalition of Indians and French.

But Salem was not attacked by the Indians. It exists because it can escape the attack. But Martha is not a local. She married to Salem from another place, and she took it with her. That mixed-race child.

She was unpopular from the beginning, but she was the wife of Giles Corey, who likes to fight. The shouts from next door were so lively as if they were celebrating a festival. It seemed that the excitement of the townspeople far exceeded that of the trial of Sarah Gu. De is the female beggar who will curse cows.

  As Benjamin Hutchinson said, they wanted to do this a long time ago, but they never found an excuse.

  The truth is not important to them at all.

   "I want a room." Rosen said.

   "Any requirements?" Hutchinson asked.

   "Just be quiet." Rosen said.

  So Hutchinson put down the wine glass, took a bunch of keys from the drawer, and took Rosen to the guest room.

   Twenty years ago, Rosen received basic medical training in the UK. At that time, Salem didn't even have a doctor.

  He knows these people, what they value and what they hate, just as he knows their condition.

  People are angry.

  This is also the reason why Rosen feels exhausted. There are many ways for people to express anger. Some people wave their fists, some roar loudly, and others grit their teeth, only their eyes emit a terrible fierce light.

  Rosen is an old man. He has lived with these townspeople for 20 years and knows them well.

   But let's put it this way.

  This is a hell, everyone is eager to leave here, but the townspeople’s property and land are here, without these they will live like rootless duckweed.

  You never know what angry people can do. Just two months ago, the pastor of York County was killed by the Indians who attacked them. Right at the door of his house, they also cut off his scalp.

Rosen felt that the villagers in Salem might not be able to do such a **** thing, but he did not dare to try. Even if he knew that an innocent woman had been framed, he could not put down his bag like a hero and went straight to Save her next door.

  Otherwise, what else do you expect? Let Rosen use the prestige he has accumulated over the years to calm those people down?

  As Pastor Paris said, there is an angry devil in this town. There are so many uncivilized and rational people in this world. Not everyone is as easy to communicate with the top students who graduated from Harvard and seminary.

  The countryside is not an idyllic place. Compared with the cities, the witch-hunting in the countryside is more rampant.

  Social abuses need to be corrected, but the people who need to cooperate must be corrected, otherwise any reform will fail.

A good leader needs not only good eloquence, but also the ability to mobilize people. Paris lacks this. He wants to change these townspeople, but he knows that his position in the city has been replaced by this old guy who lied to him. , Can he still maintain that mentality?

Paris’s classmate John Wise seems to have chosen the right path to mobilize his church members to resist the government’s excessive expropriation, but this is only suitable for revolution, when it is the Americans’ turn to form their own country to find residents to collect taxes. It's not so easy to get support anymore.

  This is also the reason why the British generally feel that Americans lack wisdom.

They can accept inequality but cannot accept that they are discriminated against. Those who are lower than their caste will be suppressed, and those who are higher than their caste will rebel against high-ranking people and fight for equality. They also need force. In such a violent social system, How can you not protect yourself by force?

  These people need help, but they are not doctors who can cure diseases, or even pastors like Rosen.

  He is old and lacks energy, not to mention this witch hunting frenzy has been incited. If you have the heart to save the crisis, it is better to think about how to protect yourself. You may be morally flawed or have offended Ann Putnam.

  Martha Corey may have taught her the appearance of an elder, but now is not the time to let those little girls obediently.

  Now directing the men to go round and round, it is these little girls who are in the identity of the victims. They are the ones who control Salem.

They can use their clothes to identify the murderer who tortured them, or they can use the witch to blind her eyes or ears where they can’t tell where they’re sitting, so that they can’t see or hear. These teenagers The child is completely invincible.

  Men use their "identifications" to catch witches, they are all "old women" in their eyes.

  Everyone knows that once the accusation is established, the defendant will be hanged, so Martha will say that Ann, who is only 12 years old, is a little bloodthirsty girl.

   "Please come in." Hutchinson opened a door, and Rosen thanked him politely. He had just arrived and put his bag down when someone came.

Her name is Mary Walcott. She is 16 years old this year. She is the daughter of Jonathan Walcott, the captain of the village militia. The Walcott family lives next door to Patterson’s. Jonathan used to be Rosen’s deacon. .

   "Good evening, Father." Mary stood at the door and said.

   "Good evening, Mary." Rosen said, "How is your father?"

   "He is fine." Mary said, "I saw you on the road just now."

  "You didn't go to the interrogation either?" Rosen asked.

   "That's terrible." Mary said cryingly.

   "You are a kind child." Rosen said softly, "I feel sorry for you to see this scene."

   "Father has been outside all this time, and I am now living in Putnam's house." Mary said with some embarrassment, "Although something happened to my aunt's house, I dare not stay at home alone."

   "I'm sorry to hear this." Rosen said, "Do you want me to help you?"

  "How can you help me?" Mary asked.

   "I'm going to Pastor Paris's house later, and when I get back from there, I think I can talk to you." Rosen said.

   "I'll think about it." Mary said, and she stopped when she turned to leave and walked to the door.

   "There is something I think you should know, Father." Mary said.

   "What?" Rosen asked.

   "Paris is running between the court and the house now. I heard that his payment has not been paid for a long time."

   "That must make him very anxious." Rosen said.

   "It's not anxiety. I think he is about to be drained. During his sermon, he will discuss how to define the devil, angels and evil spirits."

   "Thank you for telling me this." Rosen said.

   "Can I ask you a question?" Mary asked.

"of course."

  "You have been away for so many years, why did you suddenly think of coming back?" Mary asked.

   "I think Salem needs me." Rosen said, "Especially at this time of fear and shock, we need to show sympathy and compassion."

   "Why don't you go to the next door and talk now?" Mary asked.

  Rosen did not answer this question.

   Just then, Mrs. Ingram came, and she was here to take Rosen to Paris’s house.

   "Good night, Father." Mary said, and then quietly left Rosen's sight.

  (End of this chapter)