"Swear?" Meng Yongfu was taken aback, then his eyes filled with disdain.
He originally thought that this little girl from the Su family couldn't possibly have any special skills. After all, someone who could come up with a recipe for flavorful snails to make money couldn't possibly be a simple-minded person.
Who would have thought that all that commotion today would end up being just to get him to swear an oath?!
If oaths were truly effective, how could there be so many innocent people dying in this world?
Meng Yun'er also gave a cold smile.
Words are never truly spoken, but never truly felt.
Su Hua, Su Hua, so what if you're lucky?
A fool is a fool, his head is full of water. Even though he knows it was the Meng family who did it, he is still helpless.
The villagers of Shanghe Village, who were gathered in a group, looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.
Although they always believed that there were gods watching over them, they had only ever heard of ghosts and gods, and had never actually seen them.
Moreover, the land under the rule of Yu the Great was so vast that even if ghosts and gods wanted to manage it, they probably wouldn't have time to concern themselves with the affairs of their remote little village.
Upon hearing this, Su Sanhu pulled the Su brothers aside and whispered, "Big brother, second brother, does this swearing thing really work? I don't think the Meng family is worried at all."
"Who cares if it's useful or not." Su Erhu glanced at the girl beside him, his voice even lower, "Ever since Hua'er became clever, when have you ever seen her make a mistake or suffer a loss?"
“Second brother is right. We’ll just watch the show from the sidelines.” Su Dahu’s eyes flickered slightly.
"What?" Su Hua listened to the murmurs of the crowd, her expression unchanged. She merely glanced at the Meng father and daughter and sneered, "Young Master Meng, why do you need so long to consider this? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience and dare not swear an oath?"
The girl's deliberate emphasis on the word "small" brought Meng Yongfu's displeasure to its peak.
He flicked his sleeve and sneered repeatedly, "What do you mean by feeling guilty? This has absolutely nothing to do with the Meng family, so what is there that I wouldn't dare to swear an oath about?"
Having said that, he bowed towards the horizon.
"Heaven above and earth below as witness, I, Meng Yongfu, hereby swear..."
"Hey, what's the rush?" The girl smiled and gently pulled the man's hand down from the sky.
The force was so great that Meng Yongfu was completely unable to move, and could only glare at Su Hua like an angry toad.
She said it was because she took too long to think about it!
She also said, "Don't rush!"
Damn it, women and petty people are the hardest to deal with.
"Tsk, I'm just reminding you, don't make the wrong oath!" Su Hua clicked her tongue lightly and pulled Meng Yongfu toward Meng Fu.
Fang Xiao made the father and son stand in a row, then loosened his grip. "Let's begin. You swear to the heavens that if you lie, your son Meng Fu will be tormented by vengeful ghosts for the rest of his life, never to be freed."
"What?! No way!" Mencius' mother objected.
If you're going to swear an oath, then swear one. But why use her precious son as a scapegoat?
"Why...why me?" Meng Fuqing couldn't help but swallow. He didn't know why, but as soon as he saw her clear black and white eyes, the hatred in his heart seemed to vanish instantly.
The pain between my legs and on my wrists was even worse, as if thousands of ants were biting me.
"Does it matter who it is?" Su Hua flicked her fingertips and glanced at Meng Yongfu with a smile. "Anyway, your Meng family is the most innocent. It's just a matter of making a vow. Are you afraid to do that?"
This unrestrained laughter directly provoked Meng Yongfu to grit his teeth.
As expected, there wasn't a single good person in the Su family, from top to bottom. In just a few words, she turned back on him for everything he had just said to her.
If he doesn't swear now, wouldn't that be tantamount to telling the villagers directly that Wang Erhu was sent by his Meng family?
However, Meng Yongfu was not easily intimidated.
If there were truly any vengeful ghosts in this world, he wouldn't have been able to make such a fortune in the past three years relying on that noodle recipe!
Meng Yongfu gave Meng Fu a reassuring look, raised his hand and pointed, "Heaven above and earth as witness, I, Meng Yongfu, hereby swear that the Su family's calamity has nothing to do with my Meng family. If I am lying, may my son be haunted by vengeful ghosts for the rest of his life and never be freed."
After saying that, he didn't forget to give Su Hua a mocking smile.
She's just a young, inexperienced girl who hasn't even grown her first hair yet, and she thinks she can fight him?!
It's still more practical to go home and breastfeed.
However, before his smile could fade, a gust of wind whistled past his ear.
Immediately following was a rough and terrifying scream.
"Aaaaaah...a ghost...there really is a ghost...aaaaah..."
The man turned his head and saw clusters of fire suddenly leap up from Meng Fu's body. The fireballs were dark blue and hung on various parts of Meng Fu's clothes. As he moved, the dark blue fireballs moved with him.
In the blink of an eye, a strong smell of burning filled the air.
"Fu'er! My Fu'er..." Meng's mother exclaimed in shock.
He instinctively reached out to help Meng Fu, but the fire burned his hand, leaving a blister.
The pain made her stand still, too afraid to move.
The villagers were already terrified by the scene, and someone cried out in alarm.
"This, this, this is clearly a ghost lantern from the King of Hell's procession! Meng Yongfu, if you don't tell the truth, the King of Hell will be furious, and there will be an even greater disaster. Then none of us will escape..."
Just as he finished speaking, a thunderous roar suddenly struck down from the center of the sky.
As soon as everyone looked up, they saw that the originally peaceful and serene night sky had suddenly changed. Dark clouds, like mountains, pressed down, and even the most mysterious Fuhu Mountain seemed to shrank considerably as if it couldn't withstand the pressure.
The approaching thunderclap sent chills down everyone's spines.
"Meng Yongfu, what are you waiting for?"
"Speak up! Say it!"
"Do you really want your son to be struck by lightning and killed...?"
Before Meng Yongfu could reply, Meng Fu could no longer withstand the burning of the ghost fire and collapsed to his knees with a thud, banging his head on the ground.
"King Yama, Immortal Grandfather, all the blame lies with the Meng family. We shouldn't have sent people to steal from the Su family and made false oaths. Meng Fu knows he was wrong, he really knows he was wrong. Please, King Yama and Immortal Grandfather, forgive me..."
With each word he spoke, he kowtowed deeply.
He banged his head until it was completely red.
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