"Who let you in? Get out!" Jiang Ming frowned and scolded Chen Ermei.

"Brother-in-law..."

"go out!"

Chen Ermei closed the door in a huff and left the room, but she was still as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Hehe, Lord Zhao, please continue."

"Hmm...Young Master, this is what I'm thinking..."

......

Jiang Ming and Zhao Yong were still having a private talk at Old Master Chen's house, while outside the gate of Old Master Chen's house, the sorceress was throwing a tantrum and crying to Ji Bochang about the inhuman treatment she had suffered in the past two days, as well as how Jiang Ming had forced her to take him as her apprentice.

"Your Excellency, he's a fraud! He... he's some kind of lousy immortal! He... he's just a madman who offended the mountain god! Look how badly he beat me, and he even molested me... Waaah! Your Excellency, you must do me justice!"

The sorceress cried her heart out.

"He molested you?" Ji Bochang found it somewhat unbelievable.

Hearing the sorceress say this, the villagers who were watching the commotion couldn't take it anymore and started cursing at her.

"Shameless! How could Chief Jiang possibly be interested in you? You look like an owl! Even if you were his dog, he'd still think you were ugly!"

"At such an old age, you still have no shame, tsk tsk tsk!"

"Lord Jiang is the real genius, and you? You're nothing but a fraudster who deceives the world!"

"No! She's a murderer, a scourge, she's killed so many girls! Your Excellency, kill her!"

......

Jiang Ming has now effectively taken over as the representative of the divine authority in this area. The villagers have all witnessed how much the prefect trusted Jiang Ming.

Therefore, they were no longer afraid of the sorceress and all spoke up for Jiang Ming.

Even if the sorceress's mouth can swear, it can't outdo the countless mouths of ordinary people!

"Did Jiang Tingzhang touch you?"

Ji Bochang seemed to still be struggling with this issue.

Although he was superstitious, he was still a man with normal aesthetics and physiology, and he just couldn't understand... why would Jiang Ming touch her?

How strong must Jiang Xianren's taste be?

Let alone the handsome and beautiful Jiang Tingzhang, who was as delicate as a young girl, even if any random man could touch this witch doctor... Ji Bochang was a little skeptical.

"I'm telling the truth!"

The sorceress cried out, "If you don't believe me, have a midwife examine me. I was indeed violated by Jiang Ming, sob sob sob!"

"Ahem! This is interesting!"

Ji Bochang stood up and ordered his men to summon the midwife to check if she had been abused by a man recently.

"Don't go to the midwives in their village, they're all bad people! They're all in cahoots with Jiang Ming!"

"Uh... calling over the midwife from Dongjiazhuang in the neighboring village, that's quite interesting..."

......

Although Ji Bochang was superstitious, he had one 'advantage': he was very curious and liked to do all sorts of small research, especially things that couldn't be discussed openly.

At this moment, Jiang Ming and Zhao Yong walked out of Old Master Chen's house with smiles on their faces.

Seeing the chaotic scene before him, Jiang Ming smiled calmly and said, "Your Excellency, please, I should now explain your question."

"You can't believe his nonsense, sir!"

The sorceress, who was rolling on the ground, grabbed Ji Bochang's ankle.

"Tsk! Get out of my way!"

Ji Bochang kicked her away with a look of disgust and followed Jiang Ming into the house.

At this point, Ji Bochang clearly believed Jiang Ming's words more, because Zhao Yong, such a heavyweight figure, was "endorsing" Jiang Ming.

Who is Zhao Yong?

He was a renowned talent in the State of Jin, one of the Four Gentlemen of Daqian, admired and sought after by all the wise men and countless students!

Could someone like that lie? Are you kidding me?

However, Ji Bochang still had two doubts in his mind...

First, the sorceress said Jiang Ming had abused her, and she was so certain of it, not even afraid of the midwife's inspection, which shows that she was confident in her abilities.

This is really strange!

During a midwife's examination, it's possible to detect whether a man's penis is inside the woman's body...

The second point is...

Since this sorceress is such a scoundrel, why did Jiang Ming want to become her apprentice?

In Zhao Yong's eyes, Jiang Ming was a 'divine being' who was rarely seen!

Would a sage take a fraudster as his master?

This doesn't make sense!

Ji Bochang witnessed it all firsthand on the day he became an apprentice...

After entering the living room with Jiang Ming and taking their seats as host and guest, Ji Bochang couldn't wait to ask the question that had been on his mind.

"Pfft! Hahaha!"

After listening to Ji Bochang's account, Jiang Ming laughed heartily: "My lord, let me explain the wonders of this place in detail..."

Jiang Ming told Ji Bochang that the tiger was merely an incarnation of the mountain god, not the real one!

He killed the tiger, but he was merely using it as a pretext to offer up the body, just like picking up a cicada shell.

As for the Thousand Wolves attacking the village, it wasn't some kind of revenge by the mountain god, but rather helping the mountain god clean house.

However, in this process, too many lives were taken, and an explanation was needed to Heaven, which is why bloodshed occurred...

Jiang Ming took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I became her disciple actually to transfer the heavenly tribulation to her, so that the disaster would fall on her instead of me. After all, she is my nominal master... Your Excellency, you saw it yourself that day. I couldn't even stand up, but now... aren't I as lively as ever? As for that madwoman, she's only showing early symptoms now; she'll get madder and madder in the future..."

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