Chapter 196 Chapter Forty Seven

How the devil fell for the old woman on the "anti-pope island" The farmer returned home sadly, full of worries.Seeing his sad face, his wife thought someone had stolen him in the market.But after hearing the reasons for his worry, and seeing that his pockets were full of money, she comforted him with good words, promising that he would not suffer any harm from fighting with the devil, and just leave it to her, she had already thought of everything Methods. The farmer said: "The worst thing is to be caught by it. Anyway, I will lose the first round and give up all the fields to him."

"That can't be done, that can't be done!" said the old woman, "Just leave it to me. Don't worry, let me do it. You say you're just a brat, and I'll guarantee that he will be defeated immediately. Our land is still the same." It is our land. If you are a big ghost, you have to think more about it." The appointed day was the day we came to the island.At daybreak, the farmer, like a good believer, made a good confession, received Holy Communion, and followed the instructions of the priest of the church, lying in the holy water tank, just like what we saw.

While this story was being told to us, we heard that the old woman had tricked the devil and won the field.This is how it happened: The devil came to the farmer's door, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Hey, redneck, redneck! Come out, let's have a good fight!" After saying that, he rushed in majestically, but he couldn't see the farmer, but saw his wife lying on the ground crying and screaming. "What's the matter?" asked the devil. "Where is your man? What is he doing?" "Oh!" said the old woman. "Where is the murderer, the executioner, the robber you asked? He's pissed me off. I'm lost. He's done me wrong."

"What is the matter?" asked the devil again, "I will avenge you at once." The old woman said: "Hugh mention it again; that murderer, that tyrant, that devil catcher, told me that he had an appointment Catch me; he'll try his nails, scratch me a little between my legs with a little finger, and catch me to death. I'm lost, never to be better again! Look! He's here again The blacksmith's gone to sharpen his nails. Lord Devil, my friend, you are lost too! Run away! He'll be back in a moment. Run for your life, I beseech you." After all, she pulled her clothes up to her chin, just like the old Persian women did when they saw their sons fleeing from the battlefield, and showed it the nameless thing.Seeing the vast thing, the devil couldn't help crying out:

"Muhan! Demi Urgon! Megara! Alecto! Persephone! Don't let him catch me! I'll run right away! As for the land, I'll give it to him." gone." We listened to them tell the story before returning to the boat.We didn't have long to stay.Pagoda donated 18,000 "dynasty gold coins" to the church as the cost of helping the poor people and local disasters. ① See Chapter 93 of the sixth volume of Plutarch's "Biography Collection", it is said that when the adults saw their sons fleeing from the battlefield, they lifted up their clothes to indicate that they could no longer get into their mother's womb.

② "Muhan": Muhammad. ③ Demi Urgon: The name given to the Creator by the Platonist philosophers. ④ Megara: One of the three mad gods in mythology. ⑤ Alecto: One of the three mad gods in mythology, with snakes around his head, holding poisonous snakes, torches and leather whips. ⑥ Persephone: the Greek name of Proserpina.