Chapter 1748 Queen of Hell (19)

Magic only blooms in the souls of a few.

This ability is related to the soul rather than blood. No matter how hard the pure-bloods try to protect it, Muggle wizards will eventually appear.

For children in the 20th century, witch hunting was a long time ago. Their neighbors and family members did not look like the Muggles in the witch hunting movement. Why should they continue to abide by the old international laws of secrecy?

On July 19, 1692, in a suffocating atmosphere, Salem's Sheriff, Handsome Herrick, and his deputies loaded five female prisoners with their hands bound into a wooden cart, protected by armed guards.

We walked slowly through the center of Salem, past the church, Hassan's house, Stephen Sewell's house, Corwin's house, and the wide-eyed, whispering crowds.

The five women being escorted in the car were in ragged clothes and had bloodless faces. The youngest of the five was Sarah Good, whose five-year-old daughter Dorothy was still imprisoned in a Boston prison. She was pregnant during the trial in March.

He gave birth to a child and died in prison.

The eldest were Rebecca Nurse and Susanna Martin, a widow from Amesbury, both seventy-one years old, and Elizabeth Howe and Sarah Wilds, who were originally

They were supposed to be executed together with Bridget Bishop in May, but through the efforts of Frances Nurse, their executions were postponed.

A total of 7 people, they were the first victims of the Salem Witch Trials.

The five women in the car were strangers to each other before they were arrested, but they became inmates after spending the most miserable weeks of their lives in a nearby jail.

"It's such a pity." Sarah Good looked at Rebecca Nurse with eyes filled with resentment and said, "If you could get out, it would be those little bitches who would die."

Rebecca pursed her lips and looked at the crowd silently.

When many neighbors heard that Nas' death sentence was suspended, many neighbors breathed a sigh of relief, but some people protested strongly, and the most violent protest was from Rebecca's accuser.

Witchcraft accusations are not just a life-and-death outcome. There are also defendants who countersued for defamation and slapped the plaintiff dozens of times. However, after Mary Addis was briefly released on May 18, she almost caused the death of Mercy Lewis.

Rebecca's pardon was cancelled.

Reverend Paris was at Lewis's bedside. He brought Abigail Wilms with him. Both she and little Ann Putnam saw Mary Addis and her accomplices squeezing Lewis's cheeks.

The latter was nearly suffocating due to difficulty breathing. On the evening of May 20, Addis's ghost warned Lewis that she would not survive midnight. Lewis was so frightened that he cried, so the court bailiff rushed to Topsfield to retake Mary.

Addis was arrested, and once she was shackled and taken to the Boston jail, Lewis recovered.

To put it simply, those girls whose average age is no more than 16 years old want these old women to die so that they can feel at ease.

You can't say that these little girls are bloodthirsty. You can only say that it is mixed with the feud between the Putnam family and the Nurse family, the factional struggle among the Salem priests, and the political issue of the appointment of the governor. This is no longer a matter between village women.

of abuse.

As early as 32 years ago, when the Putnam family appeared on the disputed land wielding axes, if the men did not deal with it calmly, it would have been enough to cause a war between the lords in the Old World.

Philip English could leave everything and run away, but others could not. After getting married, people have a lot to consider. They will end their adventurous and radical lives and begin to stabilize. This is the human invention of family-family-homeland.

An organizational structure that has relied on it for thousands of years.

If the Putnam family touches the women of the Nass family, they will face the revenge of the Nass family men. The War for the Spanish Throne has nothing to do with the common people. They are not even qualified to see the crown that the powerful are fighting for. However, the participating parties and

The civilians of Italy have suffered as a result. In order to prevent the other side from requisitioning grain, soldiers on both sides are burning farmers' houses. What else can they do besides hiding in the Alps?

As the wooden cart creaked toward the suburbs of Salem, a place called Hanging Hill, what did the onlookers on the road see?

When Rebecca and the woman in the car looked at the crowd, what did they see?

More than 1,000 years ago, someone also faced this situation, but he was asked by the judge whether he was the son of God. He answered yes, so he was sentenced to death and was to be crucified.

The Romans only maintained local security. This was a way for them to fight foreign wars. As long as they recognized themselves as allies of the Romans, they would receive protection from Rome. Correspondingly, allies also had to provide funding when Rome wanted to go to war.

That was not their business, but someone still couldn't help but put a crown of thorns on him for fun. At that time, the man was climbing up the bumpy hillside carrying the cross he wanted to crucify.

Similarly, the carriage carrying five people also climbed hard along the rugged mountain road. It stopped twice on the way. The second time it stopped was next to the rock formation. There was no road ahead, so the five people had to get out of the car and walk the rest of the way.

A few yards of untidy road led to the top of the hill, where they saw the gallows, with five nooses attached to it. There was an executioner in a black pointed hat standing on the platform, and beside him stood a priest in a white robe.

He was holding a Bible in his pocket, and he was looking at them with compassionate eyes.

Someone put hoods on the women to cover their eyes, but they inevitably staggered when they climbed up the ladder to the gallows. The priest on the stage reminded them to be careful of the steps, just like he usually reminded them at the door of the chapel.

What believers say.

When they all stood up, the executioner tied the noose around their necks. Father Noyes recited scriptures for them. After reading, he said to the "witches", "You are witches and have done very evil things."

,What else do you want to confess now?"

"You are a liar!!" Sarah Good hissed. "If you say that I am a witch, it is better to say that you are also a wizard! If you take my life, God will make you drink blood!"

The crowd watching in the audience were frightened by her terrible curse and fled away. At this time, the executioner pulled the handle, and the wooden planks under the prisoners' feet were removed. This process was very fast. People will pull downward due to their own weight, and the noose will move forward.

When pulled up, the human cervical spine is very fragile. Rather than being hanged, this kind of hanging is more likely to result in fracture or dislocation of the cervical spine, causing the brain to lose blood supply. The prisoner will lose consciousness in an instant and basically feel no pain.

However, this requires a very professional operation. The process for ordinary people to hang themselves at home is slow and painful. If the respiratory tract is tightened, the brain will immediately be deprived of oxygen, and the blood circulation is still going on.

This kind of self-hanging can sometimes be saved in time. Very few people survive the hangings carried out by professionals. In that scorching summer, the corpses of the witches were displayed to the public for a while under the blue sky and broad daylight, and were quickly put down.

, and then was thrown into a pile of rocks on the mountain and buried.

They were indeed still there at first, then disappeared, but no one thought they were resurrected.

While the first execution of Bishop provided a brief pause in torture and accusations, the second execution did the opposite, with people encountering ghosts in the streets and watching them fly by.

On July 20, the day after the execution, the pastor's wife, Elizabeth Paris, began to have her first convulsions.

It was a Sunday. Pastor Parris went to preach. When he came back, he found his wife lying on the ground in convulsions like his niece. He immediately went to see Hassan and Judge Corwin.

The last group of witches were hanged, and a new group of witches came again. They confessed to their depravity and told many sensational conspiracies. It took them three days to find a possible clue from the many conspiracies.

There was a woman named Old Ann Foster, who claimed to have flown over from Andover on a pole, and she also showed her own mark - a backward C.

The judge immediately sent Pastor Noyce to Andover to investigate.

Andover was the hardest hit during the extreme cold weather of 1692. When the investigation team arrived in Andover, many people accused witches of causing the climate anomaly.

Among them was a strong and burly 18-year-old young man named Richard. He was very strong and stood out in the crowd, but he twisted a handkerchief and said shyly, "Sometimes the devil disturbs my mind and makes me sad."

I can't help but hurt the pastor's wife."

"How come you're working for the devil?" Noyce asked.

"It must be my mother's fault." said the young man. "Not only did she fly to Salem on the same pole as Ann Foster, but she also turned me into a wizard. Even though she was imprisoned, she was still

She transformed into a cat and came to visit me recently. She told me that the devil had promised her that she would be the queen of hell."

"What's her name?" Noyce asked.

"Martha Carrier, please, I don't want to become a wizard, she forced me." Richard Carrier begged.

"Do you have any other accomplices?" Noyce asked.

"My brother, he participated in the devil's baptism that his mother arranged for him." Richard said, "They dipped him in the river between our house and the Foster's house. Satanic baptism is held in rivers and ponds. It is the wizard here.

customs.”

"Approximately how many people are attending?" Noyce asked.

"About 80 people." Richard answered.

Noyce paused and asked, "Did you know that there are only 600 people in your village?"

"Yes, I know, our village is controlled by Satan. Look at the weather here." The young man said painfully, "God, please save us."
Chapter completed!