Hiding a large piece of gold was carried by a knife and hung in the air, only to see that this expensive altar was whipped into powder by Xiao An with a few whips! Hiding had a feeling as if his money had been lost, and said to Xiao An with a regretful face, "I'll go... The gold is all gone? Those expensive gemstones too? ”

Xiao An has no concept of money since he learned that he is worth, and this bit of gold and gems is not a matter for Xiao An at all, so he said to Zang in a relaxed tone, "No, gold will reappear in the next few hundred years, but it will appear in the form of gold mines, and as for those gems, they will really disappear." ”

Hide it and disappear, this distressed person, directly cried "Oops! A priceless gem! Ah! Daoba saw that Zang was so sad, and quickly fell, Zang has always been a cold and gentle person in the hearts of the two of them, why did he sit on the ground and cry because of some money at this time?

Daoba asked suspiciously, "Why are you crying?" Didn't you take such a big piece of gold? What else are you sad about! Alright, tell us where the Three Ink Rocks are! We're going to have to investigate Granny Turbo's business! ”

Zang touched his tears: "You don't understand at all!" I don't understand how difficult life is for the poor! If you want to go to the Three Ink Rocks, I'll take you there, and I'll go back and put some gold on the way! With that, the three of them returned to Zang's residence, laid down the gold, and then followed Zang and began to hike through the forest, for the three of them had very few opportunities to hike, because the place of the Three Ink Rock was strange, and they had to go on foot, and they would definitely miss it by jumping or flying! It was also because of the hike that Xiao An and Daoba were able to take a closer look at this natural nature.

Soon, the three of them passed through the dense jungle and came to a special place, this place is not big, only a few thousand square meters in size, but it is very conspicuous, there are dead branches and leaves everywhere, the trees are dead, turned black, and there is a black cloud floating in the sky of this place, a little bit of a finger can not see the meaning of five fingers!

Xiao An looked around in surprise and said, "I'll wipe it!" It's the standard witch's house dress! ”

Daoba also looked at Xiao An in surprise and asked, "What is a witch?" Kura also leaned over, "Right?" What is a witch? ”

Xiao An looked at the two of them, and when he thought about it, both of them were people who hadn't had much contact with the outside world, and it was normal to not know, so he said, "Well... To put it simply, a witch is a woman who can communicate with gods and demons, use voodoo, astrology, and some witches or witches claim to be able to possess ghosts and gods and make a living from them are called witches, and some are also called witches. ”

Daoba had a suddenly realized expression, "Oh, it's a woman with a supernatural physique?" Hey, what did I think. ”

Xiao An thought for a while, "Actually, it's not all, most of the witches are the leaders of primitive social villages, they can usually use the divine power of nature or the way of divine possession to obtain power, in order to pray for people to exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases, in fact, they play the role of professional medical personnel, this is also because medicine was not developed at that time!"

Most of them are older women, who usually use Western astrology or the occult to tell people good fortune, pray for good fortune or cast spells. As for witches, in ancient times, they were also called masters. In modern Europe, there are a lot of practitioners who take witches as a profession, they are ordinary people, but they want to make a living in this way, but unfortunately they often have no real talent and learning, and are often exposed, and even arrested, even those witch practitioners who have a little fame, will be suspicious of public opinion because they advertise themselves everywhere that they will have some so-called supernatural abilities, and finally be exposed and arrested, after a long time, witches are regarded as pretending to be possessed by ghosts and gods, pretending to be synonymous with feudal superstition. ”

Zang: "So the real witch is an immortal cultivator?" ”

Xiao An shook his head, "No, in fact, broadly speaking, witches just say that some can use magic?" Chanting mantras? Or a woman of witchcraft, for example, it is very common in Western fairy tales, but most of the images appear in the image of an old woman with a hooked nose, and then put a black cloak on the witch, otherwise it is extremely ugly? Do you like to mumble? Lizards, bats, spiders, poisonous snakes and other things are boiled in a cauldron, and then boiled into a thick soup! This is a similar impression! Most of the images of witches are stereotyped like this, also because of the history of the Middle Ages. ”

Daoba nodded when he heard this, "Then this image is quite in line with this old lady!" ”

Xiao An pouted, "I don't think she fits, she is!" But in fact, real witches are very beautiful. ”

"Then why haven't I heard of witches?" ”

Kuriya asked, "Right?" If witches are so powerful, why have I never seen them? The number is too scarce, right? ”

Xiao An continued, "There are also professions similar to witches in Huaxia, but we don't call them witches, we call them dancing gods, as for why there are so few witches, it's a long story, probably in the Middle Ages, when a vicious disease was circulating!" Black death! At that time, the people did not believe in science, they preferred the theory of ghosts and gods, so the king put all the blame on the witches, saying that the Black Death was the curse of the witches! Therefore, the witch trial has a very dark side, and the vast majority of "witches" are executed, but most of these witches are innocent ordinary women...

The most absurd of all is the legend that a priest came to a conclusion after interrogating hundreds of witches, and published it in 1631 A.D., which goes something like this

"If the witch of the accused lived an immoral life, then of course this proves that she has a relationship with the devil! Then she should be put to death!

And if she is pious and well-behaved, then she is clearly disguising herself in order to use her piety to divert suspicion that she is associated with the devil and attending witch meetings at night! Then she should be put to death!

If she appears frightened during interrogation, then she is clearly guilty, and conscience makes her exposed, then she should be put to death!

If she believes that she is innocent and keeps her composure, then she is undoubtedly guilty, because witches are used to lying shamelessly, so if she pleads to the accusations made against her, it proves her guilt! Then she should be put to death!

If she is frightened, despaired, depressed, and silent because of the terrible false accusations made against her, which is already direct evidence of her guilt, then she should be put to death!

If an unfortunate woman is tormented and her eyes are torn to the bone in pain, which means that she is using her eyes to find her devil to help herself, then she should be put to death!

And if she has a glazed eye and does not move, it means that she has seen her devil and is waiting for the devil to save her. If she finds that she has the strength to withstand the torture, it means that the devil has made her hold up and therefore must torture her more severely.

If she could not bear it anymore and died under the punishment, it meant that the devil had let her die as a sign that she would not confess and divulge her secrets.

All in all, no matter what the person on trial shows or reacts, he or she will be judged as a witch and then sentenced to death. ”

Hide "it!" If you are suspected, you will definitely die? ”

Xiao An nodded and said, "Yes, in the name of witch killing, about 100,000 people were executed in three centuries, the vast majority of them were women, especially in Europe during the Reformation!" ”

"How did they all get killed?" Isn't it particularly miserable? ”

Xiao An shrugged: "It's not just miserable!" There are really too many ways to kill witches, where is there a profession, called witch hunters, which is similar to bounty hunters, who specialize in finding witches, these witch hunters will be severely tortured after catching the so-called witches, and the better ones will be forced to go on a hunger strike, if someone gives the witch hunters benefits, the witches will be sentenced to a lighter betrayal and deportation, or banishment! If the majority of those convicted would be hanged, then it would be said that witches in England and Scotland must die if they are caught! Witches in England were hanged, witches in Scotland were burned, and in addition to drowning, shackles, top hats, beheadings, stoned, burned, chiseled, and more! ”

The knife hit a shudder, "I'll go!" So miserable! Why is there a punishment for stoning to death? ”

Before Ann could speak, an old woman's voice rang out, "That's because there is a book called the Bible, which says in Leviticus 20:27: Both wizards and witches deserve to die, and people must stone them to death and then pour the blood of sin on them." They killed witches in this way, believing that they were following God's will, but in fact witches are old women with manipulative supernatural powers in Western legends, usually in fact as witches, fairies or goddesses, often appearing in folklore and fairy tales. It's just that in the eyes of everyone, we are either benevolent or malicious, and the description often becomes ambiguous! Anything else you'd like to ask? I can tell you all! ”

The three of them stopped talking, and they all looked at the old lady with a trace of sympathy, and the old lady shook her head, "Don't you look at me like that?" I haven't been hunted down, so you don't have to sympathize with me! Come with me! With that, the old lady led the three of them to the dark interior of the forest, and it was not long before they came to a small hill, on which there was a tall castle-like building, which was particularly dilapidated, and the whole was black, and it looked very old and dilapidated! It's about to fall! At the top of the castle, a black cloud was clicking lightning, several bats flew over the roof, and the three of them gasped, Xiao An wrinkled his nose and pouted and said, "I'll go!" This atmosphere is really... That's great! ”

After that, the old woman opened the door of the crooked castle, and from the inside of the gate, the whole room was covered with cobwebs, and there was dust everywhere, only to see the old woman slam the door and say, "No, the wrong way to open it!" After that, he opened it again, and this time it was brilliant, and the furnishings were as clean as new, and there were even a few beautiful girls in maid clothes who were cleaning, and when they saw the old woman coming back, they bowed together and said "master" in unison