Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1725 The Secret Words of the Goddess (Seventy)

Observation, whether looking to the stars for self or neighbor, is at the heart of godly devotion, and the word appears in all the covenants of the Church.

The priest himself is a prophet and watchman, the parishioners keep each other in a "holy wake", everyone and everything in Salem is supervised, and ships can dock in the town of Salem without alarming anyone The villagers have every reason to scoff at the statement.In addition to fence watchers and wheat surveyors, each community funded a watch team of sheriffs who watched homes and taverns and intervened if anyone drank too much.

They are tax collectors, moral defenders, law enforcement officers and informants.They censor anyone who lingers outside at 10 and encourages people to hold catechisms at home.At the same time, the guards in these towns have to take turns to monitor each other, on duty twice a week, just like a shepherd's sheepdog watching over an insecure group. Their eyes have to watch the Indians hiding in the dark, Also look into the living rooms of the houses, because of these people there are no secrets in the town.

Boston is another look. When night comes, people start to be busy with nightlife. Night is the best camouflage. As long as smugglers pay enough bribes, their ships can also dock in Boston's port.

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 though Salem and Boston are about the same size, Boston gives people Still feels more like a city.

The crime rate in Massachusetts was not high in the 17th century, which may have something to do with the education people received at that time.

In fact, many people go to the theater not to watch actors, but to read stories. The Bible is actually a storybook. Puritan beliefs make them live in poverty and be vigilant in doing things, but they are also eager to listen to stories like many people. It is the instinctive reaction of those who are logical and rigid in thinking.

Of course, this also means that these people who can read have more channels to obtain information than those who do not know how to read and can only pass on word of mouth, and are more likely to be influenced by propaganda magazines with ulterior motives. The role of the pastor lies in this, teaching them how to distinguish Right and wrong, getting people together or making them do something like sing a hymn, that's better than shouting in anger.

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

Hassan tapped the wooden table on the table, and soon there was silence again, and then Hassan asked why her husband was prevented from participating in the witch trials on March 3st.

No sooner had Martha said "I don't know what's good in that" than a different voice rang out from the pews "Martha Corey doesn't want the witches removed."

She looked at the people sitting on the bench, and there were always some people who didn't dare to express their opinions in front of the crowd, but hid in the crowd to speak.

Martha couldn't help laughing, this smile made Hassan feel uncomfortable, and he reprimanded, "Is what happened to the girls ridiculous?"

"I can't help laughing when you all oppose me and misinterpret me on purpose," said Martha with a smile. "What can I do if you want to hang me?"

Her words enraged the crowd, and the girls grew bolder, screaming and mocking Martha, saying she was not a gospel woman but a gospel witch.

People wanted her to plead guilty and tell as many witchcraft stories as Tituba did, but Martha refused to do that.

She stood on the dock fence for an hour, or maybe two, so she couldn't help leaning on the fence to rest, and it seemed to Joshua Pope, a hapless townsman, that he had been hit by Martha. Sorcery, her stomach hurts badly, as if a villain got in to tear her apart, and she threw the water heater in her hand at Martha.

Martha dodged the attack of the water heater, and her hands were bound for the safety of the victim. Pope took off his boots again and threw it hard, this time hitting Martha's head impartially. .

Pope started, and the others hit Martha with what they had in their hands. Hassan acquiesced to the behavior of the people, and only after a moment did he strike the wooden hammer to silence the people, and then he allowed the people to question her. There were already ten people, half women and half girls, and they threw a series of questions from all directions, such as whether she had assembled with other witches in front of the chapel, or how long had she signed the contract with the devil?
Martha ignored them, and they had their own answers. Martha signed a ten-year contract, but she had served him for six years. In addition, they asked who was the boy's father and whether he was a child of the devil.

Even Indians like Tituba had heard of the "black devil," which appeared in Cotton Mather's father, Incris Mather, in 1684's The Great Providence.This is a cunning character with a history of 6000 years of evil, good at disguise, and everyone in New England knows him, but they don't know what he looks like, because he has no tail or wings.

In a somewhat official version from 1692, he is not as tall as a cane, has dark skin and straight hair, and wears a peaked hat.

That was their intention, and they finally asked that question.

Giles was often hands on, but what if someone was whispering about it behind his back?
The court interrogation has become more and more out of reason. Hassan had to ask the women and girls to stop questioning. He asked Martha a question about the doctrine, and Martha answered logically. At this time, the girls asked to check Martha hand, asking them to make sure that the canary had left no marks on Martha's fingertips.

Martha's hands were clean, but the girls found in their hair the needles that Martha used to cast a spell to frame them. Father Noyes immediately declared Martha guilty and convinced that Martha used it in front of their eyes. Witchcraft.

Hassan was exhausted by the interrogation, and it was impossible to expect Martha to confess unless she was tortured like an Inquisition, and his testimony consisted of meaningless stomping and screaming.

"Don't you think the case is clear?" Hassan asked. "Didn't you find that the victims were as calm and rational as their evidence?"

Martha looked a little dazed at the time, and a moment later she told the judges in Salem, "You can't prove that I'm a witch, but your attitude is like Enos's, and you have firmly and strongly determined from the beginning, which is indeed enough. It's clear at a glance."

Hassan then sentenced Martha to the town jail, where she would spend the next six months in chains awaiting trial.

The girls and women were not happy with the result, they felt that Martha's presence would disturb them, but there was nothing more they could do.

Children are like that, and as long as adults don't take them seriously, they are useless.Of course, except for Abigail Hobbs, she will find outsiders to frame her parents and put them in prison.

So, should Hassan continue to hunt for 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 objects of interrogation and suspicion, and the bad accusation is that some of them are demons. In order to achieve the purpose of "purification", he will be burnt.

Just like what Ann Putnam Jr. "prophetated", he was chained to a barbecue spit, like a squealing pig, and roasted little by little by these "rational and calm" villagers.

(End of this chapter)