Chapter XXVII: Visiting the Inquisition
The sudden arrival of the referee chief Cumberland caught the entire referee off guard, especially the deputy referee general Wilkster, who did not expect this at all, he was in the gloomy interrogation room, torturing several important prisoners, heard the guards' report, and hurried to greet him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"My lord, why did you come here in person without giving a word of notice?" Wilkster's tone was full of respect, but still wrapped in a slight reproach.
"This is where I will work in the future, and I am very interested, so I will take a look first. Cumberland remained innocent and ignorant, making people feel that there was no threat, "Ah, my lord, why do you have blood on your body?"
"A few heretics are being interrogated, all of whom are important backbones of the Alliance for Freedom and Equality, and they are very close to Dunbar, and we must find all the people associated with this old thing, and then uproot them to prevent future troubles. The deputy referee explained.
"Can I go and see?" asked Cumberland.
"Well, my lord, I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable, the interrogation room is very bloody. ”
"It's okay, I'll have to face these things in the future, so it's good to understand them now. The Son of God looked interested, but when he arrived at the gloomy and fishy underground interrogation room, Cumberland immediately took out a handkerchief and put it on his nose, looking very uncomfortable.
It is damp and cold, some of the stone walls are even covered with moss, only a few small window openings are used for ventilation, and a ditch with sewage looks muddy and dirty. All kinds of sturdy iron gates were lined up, and executioners or executioners wore hoods and shuttled through them, and from time to time two screams made Cumberland tremble.
Wilkster did not know that the Son of God was in fact fearless, not even the Pope, and in order to let everyone down against him, he tried his best to disguise himself as pure, harmless, cowardly, and stupid, as if he were an ignorant child, full of curiosity about the whole world.
Cumberland did not enter the execution room directly, but saw the situation inside through a glass window, there were two men and a woman locked up in the small cell, all miserable, the man's flesh was blurred, even the ribs were exposed, the woman was stripped naked, her skin was bruised everywhere, and her lower body was bleeding.
Cumberland looked like he was almost vomiting, and he seemed to be holding back, and asked with difficulty, "Who are these people?"
"Two men, both organizers of the Liberal and Equal Alliance, captured them during the capture of the city of Sidwu, the woman, the wife of one of them. Wilkester replied from behind the Son of God, but there was disdain in his eyes.
"Why don't you dress her?"
"Oh, it's the custom of interrogation, and when you meet a woman, the brothers always relax and relax. ”
"I see, did they confess?"
Wilkster sneered: "In this interrogation room, there are always hard-mouthed guys, but in the end, they can only beg for mercy." ”
As if to deter Cumberland, the deputy chief of the referee gave Cumberland a look, and the executioner brought half a basin of hot cooked oil, which fell down from a man's thigh, and after a terrible scream, the man passed out.
Cumberland turned his head and began to retch, and Wilkster gave him two fake cares, then let one of his attendants help the referee up the stairs to his office to rest.
"That's it, are you still worthy of being the chief referee?" Wilkster sneered in his heart, completely looking down on the so-called son of God.
Cumberland was helped by a servant into Wilkerst's office, sat down, retched for a while, and then asked, "What's this......?" Is there any hot tea here, I need a cup of Assam milk tea. ”
"Sorry sir, there is nothing you need here. The entourage also felt strange, who was in the mood to drink tea in this place?
"Go, go somewhere else and get me a drink, come and calm your mind, why are you standing here stunned?" asked Campol.
"Later, my lord. The attendant immediately left the room and hurried to the temple's tea room.
Cumberland instantly returned to normal, he glanced around the room, opened the drawer of Wilkster's desk, and skimmed through the documents inside. What shocked him the most was that the inquisition was expanded immediately after the miracle, and all the subordinate ecclesiasties set up inquisition bodies, and they were higher than the bishops and independently enforced, all in the name of the Son of God, and he was completely unaware of it.
Cumberland read and memorized quickly, and in a short time he had read a few documents, and then pretended to be particularly uncomfortable, waiting for his attendant to bring him tea.
He felt a little resentful in his heart, it seems that the group of people in the church still value the position of power, and they are not so keen on promoting faith, and they often use faith to fight against dissidents. Pope Heino has always been unhappy with the excessive power of the bishops in the regions, and in addition to issuing new decrees to separate the military, politics and religion, he also used the inquisition to deprive the local dioceses of their powers, so that they did not dare to easily collude with the nobility and form regional powers. But all this is done in the name of God, or in the name of the Son of God, and Heno is so sinister that he is blaspheming to do so?
At the very least, Haino misrepresented God's intentions.
It is no wonder that when he was in the heavenly realm, Lord St. Ossidine repeatedly warned all the apostles that the most difficult thing to deal with was humans, even if the divine power infected humans, their eyes began to turn gray, and they could not fully control their actions, and the complexity of human beings was unimaginable!
The attendant finally brought the hot tea, and Cumberland pretended to take a few sips and rested for a while, when he saw Wilkster coming back, he got up and took his leave: "My lord, I still don't want to come to this place, and I ask you to do more for the affairs of the Inquisition." It's just that in terms of method, I don't think it is necessary to always focus on torture, but to carry out some edification and reform, and let the great faith guide them, so that they can know their mistakes and correct them. ”
"Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to frighten you, but I'll do as much as I can to convert the heretics as much as you ask. Wilkester could hardly help but laugh out loud, if everyone could be indoctrinated, what else would the Inquisition do, so that they would not be afraid and afraid, how could faith really take root in the hearts of the people?
Wilkster saw Cumberland walking away, and said to a few of his cronies: "What an ignorant little boy, I am afraid of being like this when I see bloodshed, I really don't understand what God sent him to the mainland to do, to add a little spice to our lives? ”
All the subordinates also let out a hearty laugh. (To be continued.) )