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"These little girls, have they all been to the witch doctor Granny Tituba's wooden house before getting sick?" Qiao An couldn't help but interject.

Conti nodded slightly, his expression solemn.

"Yes, Saguna has inquired one by one, these sick girls often go to the dwarf witch Tituba's house to play."

"Tituba, the little old woman, likes these girls very much. She often bake biscuits for them to eat and tell them stories about fairies."

"Now, Saguna believes that he has sufficient evidence and has reason to suspect that the dwarf Tituba cursed girls with witchcraft, perhaps trying to steal the vitality of the girls and delay their own aging, so he told the sheriff of his speculation. Mr. Watson."

"The sheriff was taken aback by Mr. Pastor's remarks. He felt that the matter was serious and should not be delayed. He hurriedly summoned the militiamen in the village, and under the leadership of Saguna, arrested the witch Tituba. A dwarf woman was also accused of being involved in a witchcraft case by Saguna and was also arrested."

"The news that Tituba and others were arrested quickly spread throughout the Huyang Village. It was learned that they were suspected of gathering people to engage in cult sacrifices and cursing to murder girls. The whole village was a sensation, and it caused panic for a while."

"Saguena and Watson interrogated Tituba and his party members overnight, asking them to explain the motives of the crime and the details of the implementation. However, the witches and dwarf women all denied the accusations and cried and claimed that they had been wronged."

"Just when the interrogation was deadlocked, the village druid Sonia received the news that she hurried back to the village from the farm before dawn, found the pastor and the sheriff, and asked what had happened."

"This eldest sister Sonia is a meticulous person. After hearing two colleagues talk about the causes and consequences of the witchcraft case, I immediately found a suspicious point."

"Sonia pointed out that the people suffering from torch disease in Huyang Village recently are far more than the little girls. Most of the adult patients have not been in contact with the witch Tituba, especially the agricultural workers working on the collective farm outside the village. It’s impossible to contact Tituba, but someone still suffers from the torch. You can’t blame Tituba for this, right?"

"Since there is no inevitable connection between the torch disease and Tituba, we can't claim that Mary and others are ill by Tituba. At least there is no conclusive evidence to support the accusations against her. As for those who participated in Tituba, The accusations against them by the dwarf women who presided over the sacrificial ceremonies are even more unreasonable!"

"At Sonia's insistence, sheriff Watson also changed her position, feeling that there is indeed no hard evidence in this case and should not rush to convict Tituba."

"Pastor Saguna still insists on his point of view, and demands that at least Tituba should continue to be detained, report the case to his superiors, and apply to send someone to investigate."

"In this way, Saguna and Watson reported the Populus Village witchcraft case to layer by layer, and it soon spread to the Cabinet Office and the Central Holy See in Kolasberg."

"Patriarch Boris received the letter from Saguna, preconceived that he believed the young priest's judgment, and declared angrily at the Imperial Council,'Fire torture is indeed inhumane, but certain frenzied cultists are not worthy of being human at all.' !"

"According to the Patriarch's intention, the Holy See should take over the case and rigorously interrogate the witch Tituba and party. Once their crimes are confirmed, they will be publicly sentenced and executed to serve as an example."

"My mentor, Lord Tonya, also received a report from Sister Sonia. He held a different view on the case. He felt that this turmoil should not be classified as a cult crime and should be treated as an ordinary criminal case by the police. , The Holy See should not interfere... Just when the two were arguing fiercely, His Majesty burst into laughter."

"What's so funny?" Qiao An asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty finds it funny, it seems that it is because Lord Boris and Lord Tonya made a fuss and made a very simple thing complicated."

Conti stroked his long braid, trying to recall the words he heard from his tutor.

"After your majesty laughed, he told the ministers who participated in the Imperial Council that the rituals of worshipping gods in Huyang Village are nothing more than the traditional custom of the local dwarf clan, not a cult activity, and the chief priest, Tituba, is not a sinister and vicious witch, at least Subjectively, there is no intention to murder the girls in the village."

"His Majesty also said that the so-called'Hu Yang Village Witchcraft Case' was a misunderstanding based on prejudice and suspicion from beginning to end. The quarrel between the cabinet ministers was purely fussy, and he was also told to the resident priest and sheriff of Hu Yang Village. , Immediately release Tituba and others, publicly apologize to them, and restore their reputation. Young people must pay attention to methods and methods when working in the countryside, overcome prejudice, and stop making such self-righteous mistakes."

"Your Excellency the Patriarch cannot agree with your majesty's ruling, but his elders will not go against your majesty, and will no longer insist on his own opinions after two complaints.

"Lord Tonya agrees with Her Majesty's tolerant attitude towards the customs and traditions of the dwarf clan, but when the next issue began to discuss the root cause of the torch disease, she couldn't help but had a dispute with her Majesty."

"What does Lord Tonya think of the torch?" Qiao Ann asked Conti.

"She believes that torch syndrome is a supernatural infectious disease, which is probably caused by a viral infection, but her majesty insists that... torch syndrome is actually food poisoning."

"Lord Tonya's views are consistent with the mainstream views in academia. As for your majesty's views..." Qiao An scratched his head. "The torch disease is food poisoning? This statement... is quite new."

"God knows why your Majesty has such a weird idea!" Conti shrugged and spread his hands. "Common food poisoning cases are nothing more than the accidental eating of spoiled food or wild mushrooms. It is unlikely that thousands of people living in different regions People were poisoned during the same period."

"Indeed, taking this year's torch outbreak as an example, there are cases from south to north, east to west, and all over the Far East. Patients from all over the world will never make an appointment to take poison together. It does not look like food poisoning. "

Qiao An held the coffee, thinking to herself.

"But having said that, Your Majesty is not the kind of person who speaks lightly. Since he concluded that the essence of torch disease is food poisoning, there must be ample reasons."

"The problem is, your Majesty can't say any convincing reasons... Maybe this is the revelation of the goddess of destiny?"

Conti shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Even if it is a divine enlightenment, since your majesty insists that the root cause of the torch is poisoning, what is the source of the toxin?" Qiao An asked.

"At the Imperial Conference, Lord Tonya also raised this question to His Majesty. His Majesty said that the toxin is likely to come from...ergot." Kandy replied softly.

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