I was a god in the 18th century

In the days after the college entrance examination, Xia Qingdai even walked briskly. She changed her skirt, opened the bedroom door, walked out of the living room, and went to the music room next door to play the piano.

The governess who lived in the old castle and was responsible for teaching Owen's cousin Connie couldn't help but leave the room when he heard the sound of the piano and walked to the door of the music room.

When she saw that the person sitting in front of the piano was Xia Qingdai, she unexpectedly realized something.

Xia Qingdai's piano playing today was very pleasant, and that sense of relaxation poured out from her body along with the music at her fingertips.

After the song ended, Xia Qingdai stood up and met her tutor. She often took classes from this teacher, and learned many eighteenth-century lady etiquette from her.

This annual salary of twenty-five pounds is well spent.

Xia Qingdai also gave the teacher a lot of extra fabrics (all rags she bought in modern times) as a subsidy, which also made the tutor who was being taken advantage of Xia Qingdai have a good impression of Xia Qingdai.

"Ms. Xia, are you in a good mood today?"

"Yes, the chirping of cicadas in summer makes people feel good."

The two exchanged pleasantries, then sat in front of the piano and talked about music. Mainly the tutor was talking and Xia Qingdai was listening.

After an unknown amount of time, two more girls walked into the music room, none other than Owen's cousin Connie and cousin Caroline.

This pair has now become best friends who talk about everything. They often go in and out together, and even want to go to the bathroom together. They are like little sisters who cuddle together in school.

The two of them came to the music room now, not to learn piano, but to spread gossip, because the news they just heard was so shocking.

"Oh, Miss Xia, you are here too." Connie bowed to Xia Qingdai and the tutor, and then said quickly, "Have you heard? Mr. Anderson has been arrested and may be detained. Sentence in the Circuit Court!"

"What's wrong with him?" the tutor asked curiously. This is a country squire. Most people can't touch him, and those who touch him are definitely not easy to mess with.

"He carved a dragon statue." Caroline only said this, and the tutor understood, but Xia Qingdai still looked confused.

Why are statues here still illegal?
"Well, Mr. Anderson is so imprudent. My God, I heard you might be charged with treason."

Xia Qingdai took a breath when she heard this. She understood this because she had checked the information.

Treason is the most serious crime in the British Blood Code, including murdering members of the royal family, overthrowing national power, counterfeiting currency, etc.

Needless to say, that was a crime that was punishable by death.

If you carve a dragon, you will be beheaded? What an exaggeration!

Xia Qingdai, who lives in a real legal society, expressed her incomprehension. These are all country squires and they are already in the upper class. What crime should ordinary people be guilty of?

In England in the eighteenth century, religious heresies continued to emerge, making the already turbulent social order even more chaotic.

As a branch of Christianity, the state religion is the absolute mainstream in Britain. The current British king also serves as the leader of the state religion and has long since separated from the Holy See.

Others, such as the Catholic faith of the Irish, were severely suppressed. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, even some Catholic bishops, auxiliary bishops, orderly monks, etc. were expelled from the Commonwealth. And now, someone is actually openly building a statue and deity of the Eastern Dragon on the territory of the state church's diocese. Is this intolerable?

This is not just a matter of belief, but also a matter of various corresponding rights and interests.

Although everyone in Ifla Town has seen the rainfall from the Eastern Dragon, so what? For the sake of profit, those with vested interests can turn black into white. It is commonplace to call a deer a horse.

We don’t dare to touch Fucui Villa and Wanghe Villa, which are truly protected by oriental gods. We don’t dare to touch Ross Manor, which has a statue of the dragon god and even the dragon god doesn’t come to make it rain!
If you are asked to flatter the evil dragon, people and evil dragons will not even look at you. Carve a stone statue to be a god and see if the stone statue can save you!

Anderson was a fool who was deceived. He saw the beautiful scenery of Irving's Green Mountain Villa and the dragons that moved the clouds and caused rain. When he saw that everyone around him was worshiping the dragon god, he was ready to make a move.

After secretly visiting Owen, Anderson began to find someone to carve a stone statue of the Eastern Dragon.

In fact, he did not dare to do this openly, but did it very secretly in the large warehouse of his farm. But for some reason it spread quickly to everyone, and even stupid old farmers knelt down in front of the unfinished dragon statue.

Although the faith of the whole town began to waver because of the appearance of the Eastern Dragon during the drought, everyone continued to worship and listen to the Bible tacitly.

You can secretly talk about the Eastern God and the Eastern Dragon behind closed doors, but when you open the door, everyone is still a "devout" Anglican believer.

Because of this, Anderson felt that he was fine, and ever since he started carving the dragon statue, he had received the absolute support of Fucui Villa - not by words, but by directly opening the water of East Lake to the servants and serfs in his manor. supply.

Anderson's manor is not close to the East Lake. During the drought, it would obviously be difficult for his manor to be opened to carry water, unless the owner of the manor by the lake could help. Owen is such a "good guy".

Therefore, Anderson did not regret his act of carving the dragon statue, but he never expected that after a month of calm, one day people from the state religion would burst into his home and arrest him!

They are slandering, they are slandering outright!
What happened to me carving a dragon? What's wrong with carving a dragon? I didn't publicize that it was a god! Shouldn’t we arrest the people from Fukui Villa?
As soon as Mr. Anderson and his eldest son were taken away, the younger siblings and their mother, who only knew love and romance, were all thrown into chaos. Although I have been asking for help from the surrounding squires, it seems that the effect is not very great so far.

Everyone is working hard and has no intention of fighting the state church behind the circuit court to the death.

It's none of your business, just hang up!

The only exception is Wickham, a middle-aged wealthy businessman from other places. It is said that he runs a water-powered textile factory and has a cotton planting base in India.

He has been running for Mr. Anderson. However, he was not motivated by a sense of justice and good intentions, but had clear intentions towards Miss Anderson, which troubled Miss Anderson very much.

The person she likes is Mr. Owen of Forest Grange. He is tall and handsome. He may blush when others speak louder. What a polite and handsome gentleman. He is also worth a lot of money, far beyond the comparison of foreign businessmen.

But what to do? Mr. Owen is only eighteen years old, how can he stand up to those decades-old veterans of the state religion!

Even if he wanted to, he couldn't save his father.

Owen, who was compared with the wealthy businessman Wickham by Miss Anderson, was silently reading a letter from the wealthy businessman Wickham in the study.

After reading it, he took out the matchbox, lit it, burned the letter, and threw it into the glass beside him.

Seeing the orange-red flames slowly engulfing the letter, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly with an intriguing expression.