"Margareta will you plead guilty?" asked the other priest solemnly.

"Wronged, wronged, I'm not a witch, I'm not guilty. Margareta who was tied to the table twisted and struggled and said excitedly.

"Hmph, dare to quibble, which of the devil's servants will say that he is not innocent. The priest on the stage snorted coldly.

"I'm not a witch!" cried Margareta cried.

"Torture!" exclaimed the priest in the court, "let's see if you are a witch or not." ”

As soon as the priest's order was spoken, the executioners stepped forward and tied Margareta with two thumbs in her hands, and with the two ropes tied to her thumbs, she hung Margareta on the wooden frame of the judgment seat, and Margareta immediately let out a terrible cry.

"Now, Margreta, I ask you again, are you a messenger of the devil, a witch who eats babies?" asked the priest on the stage, solemnly.

"I'm not, I'm not. Margareta was hanging from the wooden frame with two thumbs tied to her, her whole body convulsed in pain, her expression was almost crazy, she shook her head frantically, and cried, "I'm not, I'm not, ah......."

A priest stood up from his chair and said: "If the accused leads an immoral life, then of course this proves that she has dealings with the devil, and if she is pious and well-behaved, then she is obviously disguising herself in order to use her piety to divert suspicion from her association with the devil and her attendance at the witch meetings at night." If she appears frightened during interrogation, then she is clearly guilty, and conscience makes her exposed. If she believed that she was innocent and kept her composure, then she was undoubtedly guilty: because witches were accustomed to lying shamelessly. If she confesses to the charges against her, it proves her guilt, and if she remains in fear, despair, despair and silence because of the terrible accusations against her, it is direct evidence of her guilt. If an unfortunate woman turns her eyes in agony due to torture, it means that she is looking for her devil with her eyes, and if she has dull eyes and does not move, it means that she sees her own devil and is looking at him. If she finds that she has the strength to withstand the torture, it means that the devil has made her hold and must torture her more severely, and if she can't bear it anymore and dies under the punishment, it means that the devil has let her die as a sign that she will not confess and reveal her secrets. So we've decided to step up the trial of this witch Margareta, I wonder if you agree?"

"Agreed, agreed. As soon as these words came out, there were people below who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

Mu Sheng was angry, on the one hand, he was angry at what the priest on the stage said, what he said just now was to force the person being tried to death, and no matter what the person on trial showed or reacted to, he would be judged as a witch and sentenced to death. Another annoying thing is that these citizens sitting in the audience have no concept of right and wrong, and it is really hateful to act for the tiger.

Seeing that everyone in the audience responded to his words, the priest nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and the executioner carried up a leather bag from behind the door of the courtroom, and the priest looked at Margareta who was still hanging on the wooden frame and writhing and moaning, and said coldly: "You can think about it, this is the leather bag we specially use to deal with witches, and it is full of snakes, cats, rats, scorpions and other things, we will put you in a leather bag and sew the mouth dead, If you are not scratched and bitten by these animals, there is no doubt that you are a servant of the devil, and if you are caught and bitten to death by these little animals little by little, then it is God's punishment for you. ”

Margareta heard this, her face instantly turned extremely pale, not to mention Margareta, even Mu Sheng felt a chill in his heart when he heard it, using this kind of torture against an ordinary person, it was a shame for the people of the Inquisition to think of it. I haven't seen Troup and Royce who have had a relationship with each other for so long, Trupp is the priest of the Holy Grail City, and he is not here to talk about the past, but Royce is not here, but it is a little strange?

When Margareta heard what the priest said, and saw the executioner put poisonous snakes and other things in his leather pocket, her face turned green with fright, and she cried out frantically: "Don't, don't, I confess, I confess." ”

Mu Sheng sighed, knowing that Margareta was completely broken after seeing these little animals and listening to those words. But this is not to blame her, such a vicious method of execution, I am afraid that anyone will have to confess to the past.

When the priest heard Margareta cry out for confession, he sneered and said, "Isn't it over to confess and be lenient?

Although the leather pocket torture was no longer used on Margareta , the previous thumb torture was not lifted, and Margareta lowered her head and muttered, "Can you put me down and confess my guilt." ”

The priest glared at Margareta and said, "You don't want to play any tricks?"

Margareta was not dying at this time, but also physically and mentally exhausted, nodding weakly, the executioner put Margareta down from the wooden frame, and Margareta collapsed to the ground, but was soon forcibly carried back to the judgment table by the executioner.

Margareta was disheveled, her eyes were blank, and she lowered her head and said: "I am guilty, one night ten years ago, a black-faced man appeared in the garden of my house, this man flirted with me, I fulfilled his wishes, he is a person with a cold temperament. He persuaded me not to trust the God of Light, and I did, but I immediately felt guilty. The man I had an affair with told me that his name was Black Eyebrow, and gave me a witchcraft broom, and some witch ointment for witchcraft, and taught me how to perform black magic. After mastering the dark arts, I tried to fly at night in my own garden for a while. It wasn't until I became fully proficient that I tried to fly with this broom to Georg's house, and I also went to Katarina's house and Anna's house. Ever since I learned the dark arts, many women I didn't know before came to my house, and I ate and drank with them, and exchanged magical experiences with each other. ”

Mu Sheng listened to Margaretta's confession, and only felt ridiculous, and when he heard it, he made it up on the spot, but he didn't frame others at all in the confession, and he still retained a trace of his heart.

After Margareta confessed, the trial court quickly handed down a verdict: Margareta was sentenced to death, to be executed tomorrow morning, beheaded by a sword, burned on a pile of wood, and the judgment ended with the words: "God, forgive this poor soul." ”