Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1725 The Secret Word of the Goddess (Seventy)

  Observation, whether it is looking up at the stars to pursue oneself, or looking at neighbors, that is the core of the great cause of worshipping God, this term appears in all church conventions.

The priest himself is the prophet and the watchman. The residents of the parish maintain a "sacred awakening" to each other. In Salem, everyone and everything are supervised, and the ship can dock in Salem without disturbing anyone. The villagers have every reason to sneer. In addition to fence observers and wheat surveyors, each community has also funded an inspection team composed of sheriffs. This team monitors many homes and taverns. If anyone drinks excessively, they will intervene.

  They are tax collectors, defenders, law enforcement officers and informants. They will review anyone who is still outside at 10 o'clock and encourage people to conduct catechism at home. At the same time, the guards in these towns have to take turns to monitor each other. They are on duty twice a week. They look after an insecure group like a shepherd’s shepherd dog. Their eyes are to look at the Indians hiding in the dark. It is also necessary to look at the living rooms of every household. It is precisely because of these people that there are no secrets in the town.

  Boston is another way. When the night comes, people start to be busy with nightlife. The night is the best disguise. As long as the smugglers give enough bribes, their ships can also dock in Boston's harbor.

The town of Cambridge, where Harvard is located, is not far from Boston. These well-educated young people will have some frivolous behaviors, but they are always within a controllable range. Therefore, even if Salem and Boston are similar in size, Boston gives others It still feels more like a city.

  The crime rate in Massachusetts in the 17th century was not high. This may be related to the education people received at that time.

In fact, many people go to theaters not to watch actors, but to read stories. The Bible is actually a story book. The Puritan’s beliefs make them feel at ease and vigilant, but they are also eager to listen to stories like many people. It is the instinctive reaction of those who are logically rigorous and rigid in their thinking.

Of course, this also means that these people who know how to read have more channels to obtain information than those who don’t know words and can only spread it by word of mouth, and they are more likely to be influenced by propaganda magazines with ulterior motives. The role of the pastor is also in this. Right and wrong and authenticity, it’s better to get people together or to do things like singing hymns than yelling with anger.

  Masha's character is a bit stubborn, and the more angry the townspeople are, the more provocative she is.

  Hassan hit the tabletop with a wooden hammer, and soon people remained silent again. Then Hassan asked a question about why her husband was prevented from participating in the witch trial on March 1st.

  Masha said, "I don't know what good it is." A different voice immediately sounded on the church bench, "Martha Corey doesn't want the witch to be eliminated."

  She looked at the people sitting on the bench. There were always some people who were afraid to express their opinions in front of the crowd, but would hide in the crowd and talk.

  Masha couldn't help but laugh. This smile made Hassan feel uncomfortable. He reprimanded, "Is what happened to the girls ridiculous?"

   "Everyone of you is against me, deliberately misinterpreting what I mean, so I can't help but want to laugh." Martha smiled and said, "If you want to hang me, what can I do?"

  Her words angered the crowd, and the girls became bolder. They screamed and laughed at Martha, saying that she was not a gospel woman but a gospel witch.

  People hope she can confess her guilt and tell many witchcraft-related stories like Tituba, but Martha refuses to do that.

She stood on the fence of the dock for an hour, or two hours, so she couldn’t help but rest on the fence. As a result, it seemed to make an unfortunate town citizen Joshua Pope feel that she had fallen into Martha’s. Witchcraft, her stomach hurts so badly, as if a villain got in to tear her apart, she threw the warm water cylinder in her hand towards Martha.

Masha avoided the attack of the hot water canister. In order to protect the safety of the victim, her hands were tied. Pope took off her boots again and threw it out forcefully. This time it was impartial and hit Masha's head. .

Pope opened his head, and the others also smashed Martha with their hands. Hassan acquiesced to the people’s behavior, and after a while he beat the wooden hammer to keep people quiet, and then he allowed to accuse people to question her. At this time, their scale There are already ten people, half women and half girls. They raise a series of questions from all directions, such as whether she gathers with other witches in front of the chapel, or how long has she signed a contract with the devil?

  Martha ignored them. They had the answer. Martha had signed a ten-year contract, but had served him for six years. In addition, they asked who was the boy’s father and whether he was the devil’s child.

  Even Indians like Tituba have heard of the "Black Devil", which appeared in 1684 by Cotton Mather’s father Inchris Mather, “The Great Providence”. This is a cunning character with a history of 6,000 years of evil. He is good at disguising. New Englanders know him, but they don't know what he looks like, because he has no tail or wings.

  In an official version in 1692, he was not as tall as a cane, had dark skin and straight hair, and wore a top hat.

  This was their intention, and they finally asked the question.

   Giles often interacts with people, but what if someone talks about this issue quietly behind him?

The court trial has become more and more detached from rationality. Hassan had to stop the women and girls from questioning. He asked Martha a doctrinal question, and Martha logically answered it. At this time, the girls asked to check Martha. 'S hand, asking them to make sure that the canary has left marks on Martha's fingertips.

Martha’s hands were clean, but the girls found in their hair the needle that Martha used to frame them with magic. Father Noyce immediately declared Martha guilty and made sure that Martha used it before their eyes. Witchcraft.

  Hassan was exhausted by the trial, expecting Martha to plead guilty, unless she was beaten by torture like a religious inquisition, and his testimony was only meaningless stomping and screaming.

  "Don't you think this case is already clear at a glance?" Hassan asked, "Don't you find the victims as calm and rational as their other evidence?"

At that time, Martha looked a little at a loss. After a while, she told the judges in Salem, "You can't prove that I am a witch, but your attitude is like Enos. From the very beginning, you determined it firmly and firmly. This is indeed enough. It's clear at a glance."

  So Hassan sentenced Martha to jail in the town, and for the next six months she would be chained and await trial.

  The girls and women were not satisfied with the result. They thought that Martha was making them uneasy, but they could do nothing more.

  This is the case for children. As long as adults don’t take them seriously, they will be poor. Of course, with the exception of Abigail Hobbs, she would find outsiders to frame her parents and put them in jail.

  So, does Hasan continue to arrest the Boston woman or start hunting for the tall white-haired man?

If you look for that tall man, then all the men who are spectators in the audience will become the object of interrogation and suspicion, and this terrible accusation is that some of them are demons. In order to achieve the purpose of "purification", he will be Burned to death.

   Just like Xiao Ann Putnam "predicted", he was tied to a barbecue, like a screaming pig, cooked by these "rational and calm" villagers.

  (End of this chapter)