I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 131 You must be very disappointed in this world, right?

Alicia frowned, because she remembered the corpse of a woman tied to a wooden post that she had seen in that town before.

She lived in the Fairyland for three years, and also learned some magic, so she is considered a half-magician.

Therefore, she could feel that the woman in front of her didn't have any magic power at all.

That is an ordinary woman.

"What are they doing?" Alicia frowned, "Do they have any evidence? Just confirm that she is a witch.

Also, why are they so obsessed with arresting witches? "

Xiaya silently took out a book from her body and handed it to Alicia.

Alicia subconsciously took the book, titled "The Witch's Hammer".

"What's this?" Alicia asked.

"Crackdown on submissions." Xia Ya teased.

"It provides instructions on how to detect witch crimes and provides reasons for suppressing witchcraft.

At the beginning, the Marquis of Oss was possessed by the devil, and your disappearance was also thrown on the head of the witch. "

He nodded, "In a sense, they are really right."

Then, he continued, "And what the angel said before, was also misinterpreted by them in some way.

It shows that witches are divided into two categories, one is only for divination and solving problems, and the crime is relatively light;
The other type turned their backs on God and served the devil, not only endangering mankind, but also establishing the cause of the devil, committing serious religious crimes.

This is different from people with impure beliefs who commit crimes in a daze. There is no need for mercy for these witches, and they can be sentenced to fire.

If she has the intention of repentance, the court can deal with it more leniently, and hang or hang the witch first, and then burn her to death.

During this year, the book was printed frantically in the south, and almost everyone had a copy. "

Alicia fell silent, she had realized something was wrong at this moment.

After a while, she said, "Whether the trial is a witch or not, it must go through the court. Jurisprudence is one of the foundations of this country."

"Of course." Xia said with a deep smile, "Procedures still have to go, but, for witches, the court is not "indictment lawsuit", but "investigation lawsuit"."

Alicia frowned slightly.

The indictment is the so-called impeachment doctrine, which originated in Europe.

If you want to fall into a crime, someone must file an accusation and impeachment before the judicial authority can start the proceedings.

The court only listens to the arguments of the plaintiff and the defendant, and judges whether the accusation made by the complainant is grounded.

If the complainant cannot convince the court members of his point of view, he will be convicted of false accusation, and the court will punish the complainant according to the seriousness of the false accusation and the degree of harm caused.

Under indictment proceedings, public trial and oral debate are often adopted.

But investigations and litigation are different.

Xia's words continued, "After the anonymous report, it is up to the judge to decide whether to accept the investigation.

The identity of the accuser will be kept in complete secrecy and all subsequent costs will be borne by the accused.

And to denounce a person as a witch doesn't need any real evidence at all.

Do you know how she was captured? "

Shaar stared at the guards who were gradually going away in the distance.

Alicia didn't speak, but Xia continued to speak.

"The whistleblower's reason was that "his child once threw stones at her, and soon after, the child fell ill and died young."

A few cases in the past month or so didn't even have an accuser, but came from the countryside eg: "someone gets into trouble when it comes to witchcraft" or "someone's rosary broke for no reason".

The court begins the litigation procedure based on its authority, and the referee also plays the role of the accuser.

This kind of lawsuit uses secret interrogation, and the person under trial is completely isolated from the outside world. He does not know what evidence the court holds against him, nor does he know the content of the review.

And, isolated from the outside world, you should be able to imagine what to expect. "

Alicia took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.

"The so-called trial no longer follows the presumption of innocence, but the principle of presumption of guilt.

During the rigorous interrogation process, all that was wanted was the full confession of the person accused of being a witch.

Even if the court agrees to appoint a lawyer to defend him, the lawyer fears that he will be accused of being a fellow traveler of a witch, and will also pressure the person under trial to plead guilty.

To convict a witch, the first and necessary evidence is the witch's confession.

Therefore, in these referees, in order to obtain the confession of these witches, they usually use harsh punishments to make them confess their crimes.

And under the severe and cruel punishment, I rarely see someone who can not be beaten into a trick.

You turn to page No.40 of the book, where there is also a set of standard criteria for judging witches.

As long as they meet the conditions, they have the same evidence to identify them as witches.

Coupled with the confession of the witch, a witch case is established. "

Alicia began to flip through the book, and soon found six pages of No.40.

One of the guidelines is to look for the "devil's mark"

The devil will leave a mark on the wizard's body. Because the devil's mark has been touched by the devil, the sting is painless and will not bleed.

Therefore, the suspect’s body hair must be shaved, and the body must be stripped to check for such devilish marks—such as protrusions, spots, calluses, scars, or birthmarks. If found, they must be stabbed with a pin or a knife to see if the suspect feels pain.

The second is to observe the weight of the wizard. The wizard can fly in the air and communicate with the devil, so his weight will be lighter than it looks.

"What's the criteria for looking lighter?" Alicia asked.

Shaar shrugged.

Alicia's complexion became even more serious.

There is no standard, which means that this standard can be judged arbitrarily by judges.

The next step is to observe whether there are "little ghosts" approaching.

The suspects will be cross-bound neck and legs, imprisoned alone in the dungeon for two days and nights, and deliberately leave a small hole on the door of the cell, to spy on whether there are "little ghosts" coming in and out through the hole.

The so-called "ghosts" are nothing but animals such as beetles or mice that often appear in dirty and dark places.

These things are found in almost every prison.

Finally, observe whether it will shed tears-another characteristic of a wizard is that he will not shed tears, no matter whether he is tortured physically or mentally.

According to demonologists, the reason why wizards don't shed tears is because the devil taught wizards the restraint method, so that they will be in a state of trance without pain when they are tortured.

"Just a few days ago." Xia Ya said slowly, "A witch was tried in a nearby town, when the judge asked her why she didn't cry.

Her answer was that she had suffered too many beatings before, and her tears had dried up.

But apparently, the judge didn't believe her. "

Alicia didn't look any further, but closed her eyes tremblingly, "What's wrong with this country?"

Xiaya pondered for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.

"Three years of war and plague terrorized the South.

The continuous occurrence of military disasters, crop failure, plague and animal epidemics emerged one after another, and the economic situation in the south was deteriorating.

Life is severely impacted, hungry, confused, uneasy. The society lacks a sense of security, and social emotions lack outlets.

All kinds of chaos, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and plagues, flooded the land, the social system collapsed, and conflicts intensified.

The most important thing is that the church has also begun to decline in these years, the theological authority has been shaken, and it has been challenged by the imperial power, and religious struggles have been fierce.

Outside of the two powerful religions, witches and pagans are classified as ghosts and monsters.The church believes that God created the world, witches cast spells to disrupt the world, and use evil forces to control pagans.

People need an outlet, the ruling class needs an excuse, and religion wants to take this opportunity to silence and strengthen theocracy.

The devil's advocate, the wizard, is naturally the most perfect evil lamb. "

"What the hell is Victor doing!" Alicia gritted her teeth and said, "Let the people of the church be so unscrupulous!"

"What if he is also one of the masterminds behind the scenes?" Xia Ya's eyes flickered.

Alicia seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Xia in disbelief.

"With the sword in the stone, he may no longer be able to obtain orthodoxy in the country, but the "divine right" is not necessarily the case."

Shaar's tone was very calm.

"Worse than a heretic is a heretic.

An angel descended on what they considered a heretical church, which was undoubtedly a huge shock to those self-proclaimed orthodox believers.

And this has also become Victor's capital to use them.

He fostered the sect in the South and expelled the Puritans, helping them expand their influence.

And if one day, destiny appears.

Victor can also use these churches to refute the Mandate of Heaven, further test the divine will, and control public opinion in the south.

If the god doesn't pay attention to this, and he can't obtain orthodoxy through these methods, then he will proceed to the next step.
Let this sect support him as the destiny.

With the actual control area in the south as the border, build another country.

This is an exchange of interests. For this sect, they will have their own foundation on this continent.

Restore the glory and influence of the past. "

"But in this way, aren't these sects afraid of God's punishment?" Alicia couldn't help but ask.

"It's actually very easy to fool around." Xia whispered, "People only believe what they see with their own eyes. How do these sects that originated in Europe know that what happened in the imperial capital was not directed by some people in the imperial capital? What about self-acting?

People only want to believe what they want to believe.

You say, are they willing to believe that what they think is a heresy is inspired by God, or are they willing to believe that it is false? "

Alicia was silent for a long time, and after a while, she took a trembling breath and said, "Semmerer is right."

Her eyes were burning with flames, "They are not the apostles of God, and they don't even have the slightest respect for God.

These believers who claim to be the messengers of the gods cut open their sacred appearance and tear off the sacred banner, and what they see will only be dirtier essence than rats in the ditch. "

Xia Ya stretched out his hand, and the surrounding scene changed instantly, and they moved to a dark and cold place in an instant.

This is the dungeon of the city, and several vents are near the sewers, so the air has a stench of a sewer, not only that, but it is also cold and damp, with not much light.

Anyone who lives here for a long time will definitely have physical problems, even if there are no mental problems.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air.

Shaar and Alicia went all the way, passing several cells on the way, but none of the criminals in the cells saw them.

In the end, they entered an execution chamber deep in the dungeon.

A naked woman was hung here with her hands and feet tied. No one who saw this scene would have any evil thoughts in their hearts, because she was too miserable.

There is no doubt that the woman in front of her should be one of the women who were slandered as a witch.

In order to verify whether she was a witch or not, the torturers shaved off all the hair on her body. She should have beautiful hair, but at this moment all she could see was a bloody scalp.

There were blood spots all over her body, countless blood spots gathered into blood streams and dripped down her feet, as if someone had stabbed them bit by bit with needles, and some places were covered with blood. It has been pierced many times, and even festered.

Alicia turned her head a little unbearably, but still looked at her, "What is this, are you using the criminal law to force her to confess?"

"Do you still remember one of the criteria for judging witches in the book I showed you?" Xia whispered softly, "Check the body for protrusions, spots, calluses, scars or birthmarks, which are called witches. It is called the mark of the devil.

Then use acupuncture to see if it hurts, the one that doesn't hurt is the devil. "

He looked at the person in front of him, "Obviously, she doesn't have these special marks on her body. However, those monks obviously won't be reconciled.

As I said, this is a presumption of guilt trial.

Because the church can't be wrong, if there is, it can only be the trick of these evil witches.

They are claiming that the marks are invisible, and that the skin with the invisible marks will not feel pain, and will not bleed even if it is punctured.

So in order to find the so-called invisible marks, these monks and torturers used iron needles to repeatedly poke every inch of the suspected witch's body.

When a certain part of her skin was completely necrotic and she was stabbed again, she didn't feel any pain.

So these monks will triumphantly announce that they have found the invisible demon mark, and then sentence the other party to be a witch and execute him to death. "

Alicia clenched her fists and took a deep breath, "Arthur must pull out that sword as soon as possible, Britannia, we can't let this group of insects control power anymore!

Every extra day, one more person will die because of it. "

Xia Ya didn't answer, just quietly stared at the person in front of her, and said her name in a low voice.

"Marsalie Lawrence."

Martha Li, who was in a coma, only felt that someone was calling her again in her ear, the voice was very nice, like whispering in her ear.

For some reason, the pain in my body gradually subsided.

Her originally chaotic and trance consciousness gradually became clear, and she slowly opened her slightly heavy eyelids.

In front of him, it was no longer the executioner and monk with ugly faces.

It was a man and a woman, both with long silver-white hair, wearing long robes, and handsome complexions that were not human, like God's messengers.

There seemed to be a layer of holy light that was invisible to the naked eye.

I saw the man speak slowly to her.

"You should be very disappointed in this world, right?"

(End of this chapter)