Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1530 "Lines"

In the third century BC, the center of civilization at that time was located in Rome, Italy, and Paris was just a small fishing village. A fisherman tribe "Parisian" occupied the small island of Cité in the Seine River. The city wall, the Seine River is its original moat, and it has maintained the shape of an island for centuries, until Caesar led his troops to destroy the peaceful life of the westerners of Paris.

In the flames, the Roman Legion fought desperately against the stubbornly resisting Parisians until they wiped out the last Gaul who wanted to be independent.From then on, the Romans gradually built a new city on the island of Cité, and gradually expanded the city to the left bank of the Seine.

Later, in the fifth century AD, Attila came to "Rome in Gaul". He did not choose to attack the city like Caesar, but chose to besiege the city. In the end, the Turks gave up their attack and attacked Orleans instead.

After another two or three hundred years, the Vikings appeared. These pirates from Northern Europe would take small boats and sail along the Seine River to the Island of Cité.

They would destroy the island's bridge to the land and plunder the residents along the coast. The bald Charlie decided to further strengthen the fortifications on the Seine, so he built a thick tower on the right bank of the Seine and another on the left bank. A small bridge, and a brick and stone tower was built next to it, and a trench was dug around to protect the small bridge.

So there are two more towers on both sides of the Seine, they stand like the gates of Paris, always ready to guard the heart of the city, the Ile de la Cité.The castle on the right bank is called the Great Castle, and the castle on the other side of the bridge is called the Little Castle.

With these two fortifications, it would not be so easy for the Vikings to plunder the Isle of Cité. Once the Vikings wanted to destroy the castle, they rowed through the ditches surrounding the tower and used axes and picks to destroy the castle. Attempts to shake the foundations of the tower.The defenders standing on the tower immediately melted the asphalt and poured hot oil on the enemies below. At the same time, they also ignited the bows and arrows with fire, and ignited the places that were not ignited.

The Vikings on fire were like human torches. They jumped into the Seine to save themselves, but the ignited fire oil was still burning in the water, and finally only the charred corpses floated on the water.

People once thought that this big castle surrounded by flames was going to die, and the bell towers of almost all the churches in the city rang.Amidst the alarm bells, the Vikings launched another round of attack, and there was a steady stream of ships rushing towards here, and finally they opened a gap, but what they faced was the earl and warriors guarding the city of Paris They, after a bloody battle, the Vikings temporarily retreated, and they retreated to the right bank of the Seine to set up camp.

They used the truce to loot the nearby villages to ensure the supply of rations and build siege equipment, while the city of Paris was busy strengthening the castle and installing a trebuchet on the top of the tower.

In the winter of this year, the winter rain was particularly dense, and the high tide washed away some of the small bridges, so the small castle was particularly isolated and easily besieged. The warship approaches the tower.

However, these ships were shattered when they hit the pier, and finally sank into the water. In a rage, the Vikings ordered people to burn the tower. At this time, there were only 12 guards on the tower of the small castle, and they were choked by the thick smoke. Unable to breathe, he began to evacuate to the uncollapsed place on the small bridge.They met the Vikings who had been waiting here for a long time. In the face-to-face hand-to-hand combat, eleven soldiers were killed, and only one noble youth survived.

The Vikings wanted to catch him alive, but the noble young man drew his sword and killed himself, so the angry Vikings vented their anger on the small castle and chopped off the last stone.

In the spring, the fighters on both sides were exhausted, and finally the leaders of the two sides met to negotiate.During the negotiation process, the Vikings broke the contract. They did not accept this humiliation and planned to kidnap the defenders of Paris to make the Franks hand over more money.However, the Franks repelled them, and escorted the general to the Ile de la Cité without incident.

The Vikings refused to leave, and they were stationed on the right bank of the Seine. At this time, the rotting corpses outside the big castle caused a plague, and the people who died of disease were thrown into the trench full of war dead.

The Frankish capital was not in Paris, but in the city of Metz in what is now northeastern France.Since Pepin and his sons were anointed on the throne according to the ritual in the Old Testament, and the divine right of kings became a "legal" means of inheriting the crown, the coronation ceremonies of monarchs required the pope to anoint them.At that time, King Charles of the Franks was a fat man. He received a call for help from Paris, but he didn't want to pay attention at all. So the guard of Paris, Count Erde, and the nobles of West Frank gathered in Compiègne, where the coronation ceremony was held. , People hastily held a mass, and asked the bishop to anoint the king, and the enthronement ceremony of the new king was completed.

King Ode led the West Frankish nobles to continue fighting the Vikings outside Paris. After driving the robbers away, he attacked Metz and became the ninth emperor of the Carolingian dynasty.

He sat on the throne for ten years before being replaced by Charles III, posthumous son of Louis II the stutterer.Louis II did not inherit his father's throne and was crowned emperor, leading to the first vacancy of the title of "Emperor of the Romans" monopolized by the Carolingian monarchs.Charles III only inherited the throne for 4 years, and was later succeeded by Ode's son-in-law Robert I, and the crown of the next Frankish emperor was worn by Ode's descendants and his son-in-law in turn.

In the 12th century, people built a huge city wall, the Augustus Wall, for greater safety. As a result, the castle gradually lost its defensive function and became the seat of the judicial center in Paris.

How could there be any human rights in the Middle Ages?The Grand Castle has become an ominous place, where prisons, morgues, and interrogation rooms are all concentrated.There is an alley called St. Lefroy next to this building, but the locals call it Lieuffroy (lieuffroy), which is similar to lieu effroyable, which means a terrible place.Not far from the castle is a large slaughterhouse, where animals have been slaughtered since the 10th century. The beasts with their throats cut are mixed with the howls of the tortured and the wailing of the prisoners. You can smell the coagulation of blood from a long distance away. After the stench, this dark, labyrinthine area became the scariest place in Paris until the 16th century when the Tower of Saint-Yage was built, and the slaughterhouse was abolished and turned into a post station for leather products. Only then did the area obtain a brief period of tranquility.

The mansion of the Duke of Burgundy is backed by the Augustus wall, which is no longer visible. After Burgundy was broken up, the tower was once a shelter for the poor. The dry moat outside the tower was still a beggar. The residence of the stay, the mansion was completely renovated in the 16th century and became a theater. Louis XIV loved watching Corneille's works as much as Napoleon.

One of his most famous works is "Sinna", which tells the story of the ancient Roman Cinna who tried to assassinate the emperor Augustus and was forgiven by the emperor after being discovered. Georgina also acted in this play.When Napoleon went to the theater, which happened to be the play she was in, and he was a little late, Miss Georgina just sang "If I can seduce Cena, I can seduce others." .At that time, everyone in the theater looked at Napoleon's box.

Louis XIV often read another line from the same play: I am master of myself, as I am master of the universe.

In the 16th century, in addition to the religious reformation, mysticism prevailed. Astrology, alchemy, etc. established secret societies of all sizes. The most famous one at that time was the Rosicrucian Society.These secret groups will hold meetings in various places. The altar behind the Burgundy mansion theater was used by a group at that time. At first, Georgiana thought that the golden lines on the white marble surface were magic circles. Ms. Moreau's club also studies astrology. The two of them have studied for a long time but have not come up with any results. Not long afterward, Laplace, Monge and other academicians from the French Academy suddenly came. They saw the one on the ground. The altars were amazed.

Georgiana was afraid that the altar would be linked to death believers and the child abduction case 50 years ago.

Living sacrifices, especially pure children and virgins are the best sacrifices, she just doesn't feel the power of darkness at the moment.

She saw someone different in the group of scholars, a man who had been staring at her, and Georgiana was staring at him as she left.

She knew that Napoleon had mastered the Freemasons, and even Lafayette was a member of the Freemasons.

Lafayette had been to the United States, where he may have become associated with them, and several leaders of the Revolutionary War were Freemasons, including George Washington.

They probably hold more knowledge and secrets than the Church, as they are said to have been established for 4000 years.

Before Francois I, the capital of France was not located in Paris because of the Hundred Years War. The king had been active in the Loire Valley for a long time. It was the capital of France during the Hundred Years' War. Other cities in France, including Paris, rarely left the imprint of Renaissance style architecture.

Georgiana remembered that the newspapers of the Paris Commune had reported that the Freemasons, wearing aprons and red and blue ribbons symbolizing Paris, came out of dark corners and came to the place where the fighting was fiercest. .

Because the city is not only a French city, but also a Masonic city.

Georgiana got tired of always having them in every plot.

She smiled mysteriously at that person, and left the overcrowded room with Miss Chamorro.

(End of this chapter)