Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1754 The Queen of Hell (25)

  When Ann Putnam accused Martha Corey, he said that there was a pale old woman sitting in her grandmother’s place.

  In a town like Salem, the prosperity of a family is related to the number and location of their seats in the church. After the witchcraft trial, the Putnam family had fewer seats in the church, and the former prophet, under the auspices of the new priest 14 years later, prayed for forgiveness from those arrested or accused.

   mentioned twice in her confession, "I am acting with other people", and mentioned "I'm just a tool" three times.

  The pastors are not those teenage girls, they know exactly what happened.

Beginning when Ann Putnam said that the devil would be transformed, and that he changed his appearance without changing his gender, it meant that all priests could be accused like Burroughs, and their lives were taken by an invisible sword. Threatened that if they didn't do something, they would be forced to "act" just like the victims standing in the plaintiff's booth.

This trick was done by the French king before, but the French did it more blatantly. They captured the Pope directly to Aviglión. Even Inchris Mather, who had an unusual relationship with Phipps, knew that he was in control of others and How big is the difference between being controlled by others.

  So after discussing it, the priests went to Alden’s home in Boston and collected all the “evidence” that might be related to the allegations of witchcraft.

  Professionals destroyed the evidence without leaving any clues. After doing this, the pastors went to Boston’s Old South Church, which is the church hosted by Samuel Conrad. This church was the only church in Salem that had both a pastor and a defendant. John Alden was the long-term patron of the church.

  Many people are not clear about what to do when faced with the choice of death and money. If Philip Ingrisch does not run, he will not lose 1,500 pounds of property.

  Cary asked Pastor Hale for help. The pastor was not in vain, but it was a pity that the little girls recognized Elizabeth Cary in public all at once, and it was useless if the relationship was unblocked. In addition to some people who were publicly executed, there were also those who died in prison. An old widower who was accused of his wife paid regular salaries to Pastor James Allen, who also enjoyed 300 acres of land in the Nas family.

  Some "rules" women don't need to know, men have to know, otherwise the whole family will have to go in. As for the Carrie family, there was a crazy woman. She was only 38 years old, but she said that she had been a witch for 40 years. Not only her direct family, but her nephew and cousin were all accused by her.

It’s not that simple to change one life for another. The Massachusetts court is not a religious court. The clergy can only put pressure on the court by praying and fasting. At that time, all the prominent figures in Boston went to show their prayers. God interfered with Alden’s support.

Fasting is the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. During the time of Louis XV, the monk Massion used 10 monks to fast in front of the king, so that his style of life was reduced. Protestants did not have this rule, but among the Puritans it was. some.

  Fasting is not about not eating nothing, but only eating water and bread. Compared to the fasting of the Puritans, the banquet is more enjoyable. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to announce that the fourth Thursday of November is Thanksgiving. At the same time, he also left a tradition when his son hugged him. He broke into the cabinet with a pet turkey Jack, hoping that he would pardon the turkey with the president's amnesty and prevent it from becoming a feast.

  However, North America did not have a president in 1692, and the King of England on the other side of the ocean could not hear people’s prayers. After all, the priest is not the sorcerer accused by the girls, and can transmit voices from a long distance.

  One of these people who came to pray was very special, and that was the witchcraft judge Samuel Sewell. He was a burly and friendly man who also graduated from Harvard University. Compared to Noyce, the pastor who is actively involved in it, the judge does not seem to like his work so much, but he did not resign from the trial court like the judge Nathaniel Thorntonstall.

The chief judge is Stoughton, and Hassan, Corwin, and Sewell have to preside over their own courts to deal with so many witchcraft charges. Among them, Elizabeth Cary was in charge of the trial by Sewell. The day she escaped happened to be The day after the sheriff in Salem ran to Andover to arrest the prisoner, the prison was empty, which gave her a chance to escape.

In this world, there are people who can ignore the many children who are waiting to be fed by their relatives, call the living people standing in front of them as dead, and then embezzle relatives’ property as the grace of God. There are also people whose conscience is so disturbed that they can’t sleep and go to prison to visit. .

In that hot summer, it has been a long time since it rained. On July 20, Alden’s friends prayed for an afternoon, chanting "Psalms" hymns, singing "Jehovah performs justice for everything When the people avenge the justice," thunder suddenly sounded from the horizon, and then the rain poured down that night, as if to wash away all the sins.

  What’s wrong with babies? On the contrary, adults need more baptism. When those heavy sins are washed away, it's like a filthy person becomes clean again, and the whole person feels relaxed.

The severity of the crime is measured according to different scales. The crime of the same illegal act, if it is committed because of strong, wealthy, or dependent on relatives and friends, etc., is more serious than the crime committed by absconding and assisting in absconding. Is significant.

  Not only witnesses and juries, but even judges and the law have been manipulated as "tools". In the face of such tyranny, what crime does people choose to flee?

In the ninth month after all the turmoil disappeared and calm again, Philip Inglisch returned to Salem, the gorgeous house with many gables, which was looted and robbed without even a needle. Left. This wealthy businessman restored everything in the house like Paris did when he first arrived in Salem, then took his wife back and continued to live in Salem.

He no longer went to Salem Chapel, which was close at hand. Instead, he paddled a canoe to Marblehead to attend the Anglican service. Regardless of his religion, he just found it difficult to pray with the people in the town anymore. Up.

  Except for the early death of his wife, his life returned to normal, he started his business again, and continued to apply for compensation for the next 25 years.

He may always remember the pastor who said "Run away, idiot" to him, and reminded his wife at a critical moment, but he may never know that after he escaped, a seventy-year-old man replaced him. On the noose.

George Jacobs is a limping old man who is bent over and needs two canes. He loves to laugh. When the judges introduced the plaintiffs, he invited the girls to speak boldly. He waited eagerly. The stories they tell.

Abigail Wilmes provided her confession, but Jacobs laughed loudly. When he was asked what he wanted to defend himself, Jacobs smiled and asked the judge: "Your Excellency, you Everyone believes what she said is true? If you can prove that what she said is true, then I will admit that I used witchcraft."

As early as twenty or thirty years ago, Jacobs was sued for drowning a horse. He claimed that he was trying to drive away animals that tried to invade his farm. That time happened to be the Putnam home and Topps. When Field's four families had a dispute over border and log issues, a mare ran into the Putnam's barn.

The judges can’t do anything to an old man. Perhaps the ghost of Jacobs is more lethal than the crutch he wielded. Later, Sarah Churchill, Jacobs’s former maid, urged Jacobs to confess earlier, Jacobs Booth's eyes didn't stay on her at all, and she ignored her words. Later, Hassan and Corwin asked her questions, and the interrogation could continue.

   "Does Jacobs do family prayers?" the judges asked.

   "He doesn't do it, I know you are living an evil life." Sarah rebuked the old man.

   "I don't pray with my family because I can't read." Jacobs replied.

  "This is not an obstacle. Can you recite the "Lord's Prayer"?" The judge said, "Let us listen."

  Old people with memory decline tried many times, and each time they stumbled. Almost every witness in front of Hassan and Kewen is like this. They are good at putting pressure on interrogators.

  When Jacobs knew he was convicted, Jacobs shouted, "I am a wizard, you can tax me, even if I am a vulture, you can also tax me, I did not cause any harm!"

  As the plaintiff, Moses Lewis was beaten with a bruised nose by the ghost of Jacobs. She was urged to sign the book and received gold and many good things in order to shut her up.

   "I firmly believe that George Jacobs is the most terrifying wizard." Lewis said in the court, and then Jacobs was sent to the Boston prison along with 9 other witches.

Others say that he is not a wizard, but Jacobs admits that he is a wizard. If he admits that he is a wizard, then he should confess to other wizards, just like her granddaughter did, so that he can survive, but Jacobs said he can pay. tax.

  Will wizards pay taxes to the Muggle authorities?

There was once a French nobleman who used an invisibility curse to hide his neck during the reign of terror, making the executioner think that his head had fallen to the ground before he escaped. There were also wizards who used the freezing curse to deliberately burn themselves a few times. Ten times, there may be a way to escape by hanging.

Not all fears are false. In the interrogation on May 10, George Jacobs’ main accuser Sarah Churchill left the scene in tears, her hands wringed with anxiety, giving her grief at high speed. Ingersoll's niece listened.

She cried and said that although she swore to touch the book of the devil, in fact there was no such thing. Her testimony was "all false." The older woman asked her why she lied. Sarah said that the judges threatened her. Putting her in Salem Prison with Burroughs, she would rather do perjury than lock herself in a dark hole with the wizard.

A week later, on May 17, the first witchcraft death case occurred. This case almost killed Mosie Lewis and almost released Rebecca Nass. Many people were willing to be in the petition. Sign her to prove that she is innocent.

If the defendant proves that the plaintiff did perjury, then the defendant can counter-suit for defamation, and no more people will die except Sarah Osborne, who was on May 10th. He died in a Boston prison.

   Isn’t Martha Corey more hateful than Sarah Osborne? Osborn is just a poor and sick old woman. Why would Sarah Goode accuse her?

  Perhaps because Osborne lost her inheritance like her, but Good was homeless, and Osborne still has a home and a man who took care of her.

  Mark Twain said: A beggar will never envy a billionaire, because he knows that it is out of reach, but he will definitely be jealous of another beggar whose income is higher than him.

  If he was born hundreds of years earlier, perhaps the coldest winter he experienced would not be the summer in San Francisco.

  (End of this chapter)