Chapter 1446 The Naughty Boy Six Hundred Years Ago
The news of the burning of witches spread throughout the city immediately.
In this dark and chaotic era, people's thoughts are highly restricted. The princes and nobles may still rely on hunting in parks and endless banquets to pass the time. However, the entertainment activities of the common people are almost non-existent. Between the church and the nobles, Under high pressure, any behavior that expresses emotions may be labeled as "witchcraft." This extreme "purification of thinking" has instead spawned a more extreme and twisted form of emotional catharsis: witch hunting.
Since early morning, the sky has been overcast, with lead-stained dark clouds covering the city in layers, and then hanging low to the horizon like a cover. The weak sunlight cannot penetrate the clouds and can only shine through the gaps in the clouds. A hazy halo of light leaked out, no longer able to illuminate the earth. The cold wind mixed with moisture swept through the moldy streets and roads filled with sewage sludge, filled with the stench of decay.
Under the dim sky, the whole city seemed to be filled with a dead atmosphere. This bad weather seemed to be an ominous omen. Some old people took to the streets, looking at the low dark clouds and praying constantly, chanting the name of the Holy Spirit. , they remembered the long-standing superstitious stories - about the devil hiding underground in the city, the informants wandering at night, the ghosts crying in the small attic, and the building outside the city that is said to mysteriously disappear when the fog falls. Cemetery, they believed that the weather was a sign of at least one of the evil forces at work, and therefore warned their families not to go out at such a time.
Yet for most people in town, burning witches was still more attractive than bad weather.
A large number of civilians passed through the gates in the inner city early and gathered in the square. They were even willing to wait here for several hours just to watch a burning. The high platform on one side of the square was prepared for nobles. Gentlemen who are interested in "viewing" can come to the high platform at any time in a carriage and wearing warm furs. However, ordinary people can only get up early to occupy the square. A place on the top. Such "grand events" have also spawned many people who make a living from it. Some people specialize in helping people grab seats in the square, and some specially build wooden platforms on the roofs outside the square. You can get these with a good view for two or three small bucks. "Special seats", there are even small vendors who have set up stalls outside the square, preparing to take advantage of this burning to earn enough bread and bacon for the whole family for a week: if it were not for the bad weather that started in the morning, the number of these vendors would even be It will be twice as much.
Hao Ren and Lily didn't arrive early enough, so by the time they arrived, there was almost no place to stay in the square. However, with enough strength and flexibility, the two people still managed to squeeze in, causing curses all the way. After complaining, they came to a location very close to the stake. Lily stood on tiptoes and looked around curiously. Even in human form, it still seemed like there was a tail wagging behind her: "Wow - it turns out that the scene of witch burnings in the Middle Ages looked like this..."
"After all, people in this era don't have many entertainment activities," Hao Ren said casually. "This is an era where couples who make too much sex may be reported as heretics. People can only vent their anger by 'watching' executions." Emotional."
"Hey, what a pervert," Lily muttered in a low voice. At the same time, she also saw the traders and idlers who took advantage of the burning to make money. She had seen descriptions of this in books, but reading books was one thing, seeing it with her own eyes That's another thing: some markets and attractions in later Europe were developed on these foundations, and now it's better to see them than to hear them. "By the way, the Lady Mary seems to have arrived, and I can smell their scent." "
Hao Ren nodded: "Well, we will wait and see what happens."
After saying that, he looked up in the direction of the burning stake and waited quietly for the witch named "Hesiana" to be escorted up.
He didn't wait long.
Witches who were sentenced to be burned at the stake had to be escorted into the venue in advance. The process of tying the witch to the stake was also part of this crazy "entertainment". Therefore, after the hay and oil were ready, Hao Ren saw a strange car. The prison car drove in from the entrance to the back half of the square: the prison car was pulled by a pure black pony wearing an eye patch. There was a large black iron cage on the car. The railings of the iron cage were surprisingly thick. level, and there are countless chains tied criss-cross between the railings. Every few links of the chains have a silvery-white luster. They are obviously made of pure silver, and there are many more chains that can be seen around the prison car. Crosses and sharp spear-like decorations—Hao Ren believed that those things were more than just decorations.
These things meant that there was a real witch in the cage, not a poor victim.
The witch sat quietly in the center of the cage. She was wearing a simple coarse cloth dress and a dark blue belt. Her long black hair covered most of her face and hung down to her waist. Her long hair was invisible. Add to any decoration. What is amazing is that there are no whip marks on the witch, and there is even very little dirt on her body, as if she had not been abused in the church dungeon: this is simply incredible in this day and age.
Hao Ren heard someone in the crowd seem to be talking about something related to this witch. They mentioned that this witch has great power and is still difficult to harm even if she is surrounded by holy water and crosses. It is said that neither whips nor awls can hurt her. She left scars, and even executioners who got too close to her would be affected by miasma and curses - she only showed a certain fear of fire, so the church finally decided to give up her "trial" and instead directly Burned to death in the square.
I don’t know if these rumors are true or false.
At this time, the witch was finally transported to the stake. She was covered with heavy chains, and even here, the people responsible for escorting did not seem to have any intention of taking off the chains: they seemed to intend to let the witch be included with these instruments of torture. Being burned at the stake. Seeing the two burly men escorting the witch as if they were facing a formidable enemy, Hao Ren couldn't help but wonder what the witch had done to scare these vicious guys out of their wits.
A gust of wind blew away the witch's long hair hanging in front of her face, and her face was finally completely exposed to Hao Ren.
She was younger than Vivian, but her outline was almost the same.
Hao Ren couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my god... is that little bat spirit?!"
Lily also said in unison: "Landlady, it's really Hesiana!"
Hao Ren was already in great shock at this time - although he had guessed that the Hesiana mentioned by Mrs. Mary and Helen was the naughty child he knew, he was still not sure because of the following reason: A: How could Hesiana be captured by humans?
How could such a weirdo, who drinks holy water, eats garlic, wields a Bible, and wields a silver sword without doing anything wrong, could be caught by a human church that only has basic exorcism abilities?
She inherited Vivian's magical talent and is not afraid of common exorcism methods at all!
Hao Ren couldn't help but stare at the "torture tools" on Hesiana's body. Most of those torture tools were just ordinary steel with some silver parts mixed in. Maybe those silver parts had been blessed with salt and holy water, but they were not the same as those of the demon hunter. The holy silver used is still very different. Let alone such a chain, even if the human church uses pure silver to build an airtight dungeon, it may not be able to trap Hesiana!
He noticed the expression on Hesiana's face: even though she was bound by heavy chains and being tied to the stake, there was no depression or fear in her eyes at all. On the contrary, there was only calmness in her expression. And a hint of well-hidden banter.
After dealing with this naughty kid many times, Hao Ren understood her little expression to some extent: it was an expression that indicated that the plot was about to succeed.
"Something bad happened," Hao Ren said in a low voice, "Something bad happened this time!"
"Landlord, are you talking about Hesiana? It's okay, let's just rescue her - now she still owes us a favor!"
"I'm not saying that Hesiana did something bad. I'm afraid those witches meant to do something bad - Hessiana was caught on purpose!"
"Ouch?"
At this moment, Hesiana was tied firmly to the stake, and the shackles on her body were tightly locked with the buckles on the stake. The clicking sound of the shackles seemed to wake her up from her thoughts. , she raised her head and looked around the square lazily.
Then he saw that the expression on her face froze for an instant, and a huge "fuck" seemed to be ready to burst out.
A thin man in a robe stood on the stage near the noble seat and began to read out the charges from a piece of parchment (according to medieval practice, these charges were basically "standard articles" made up based on imagination):
“…sneak into cemeteries after dark and carve blasphemous symbols on the tombstones…
"He held a witchcraft secret meeting, summoned the devil from hell in the apple orchard, and together with the devil killed an innocent adult man...
"Insults against the regional bishop's mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and as far back as..."
The thin man's reading was convoluted and long-winded, almost making people sleepy, and the witches in the crowd had already stood at several predetermined positions, stepping on the Leta runes that had been set in advance.
Hesiana suddenly turned to the high platform and shouted loudly: "You are done with your ****! If I admit it, hurry up and light the fire! You ****! All the XX in your family are ****! Hurry up and light the fire!"
A series of jaw-dropping yells resounded in the square, and everyone there was in an uproar. However, the thin man with an expressionless face like a zombie showed no reaction at all, and continued to speak in an unhurried tone: " He publicly insulted the judge, the judge's mother, and the judge's father on the burning ground, and fabricated the unclean behavior of relatives in the judge's family..."
Hesiana yelled: "I'll fuck you, you bastard!"
Mrs. Mary's voice was slower for a second and followed: "Do it!"
A dark cloud of locusts instantly covered the sky and swarmed into the square from all directions. The ground beneath everyone's feet also squirmed like a living thing. The people gathered in the square instantly let out huge exclamations, followed by crying for father and mother. screamed - everything suddenly became extremely chaotic!
Several figures rushed towards the execution ground, and Hesiana let out a final roar in the chaos:
"Where did this damn bunch of idiots come from? They are trying to rob the execution ground!!"