The Great Gan Dynasty, Chenjia Village, Dukang Commandery, Yan State.
"Tsk tsk tsk, who would have thought that this witch would draw the village chief's voluptuous second daughter in the lottery?"
"The village chief's wife has almost cried herself blind. Every woman who is chosen to be offered to the mountain god each month has never made it down the mountain alive."
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The surrounding villagers chattered and pointed at each other.
Today is an auspicious day, and tonight the bride will be invited into the bridal sedan chair and carried up the mountain.
Jiang Ming, disheveled and dirty, squeezed into the crowd to watch the spectacle. Seeing the beautiful woman in red, he secretly lamented, "It's not the mountain god that eats people, but this feudal and superstitious ancient society."
Glug glug~
His hungry stomach seemed to be responding to him.
Jiang Ming gave a helpless bitter smile. He had only recently transmigrated and was also starving to death, so it was hard to say they were in the same boat.
But it also makes me sigh that in this world, it's easy to be a ghost but hard to be a human!
But the subsequent discussions among the villagers made his eyes light up.
"The village chief declared yesterday that whichever man can save the second daughter will marry both the second daughter and the eldest daughter to him as wives and concubines, and will also provide fifty catties of rice as dowry, with no betrothal gifts required!"
"What?! There's such a wonderful thing?"
"What? Drunkard Liang, you think you can save the Second Miss from the mountain god's mouth?"
Upon realizing the terror of the mountain god, the men immediately gave up in frustration.
But Jiang Ming was eager to try, as he was worried about not having any food to eat.
The so-called mountain god is actually a tiger.
In the Yanshan Mountains, a ferocious tiger emerged, over ten feet long and weighing a thousand pounds.
This tiger has already eaten hundreds of people in Dukang County. The county governor sent out a large number of hunters to hunt it down, but as many as he sent out died.
This tiger is cunning and adept at setting ambushes. It takes advantage of the mountain forest to move unpredictably, and even regular troops are helpless against it!
So the governor of Dukang Prefecture consulted the local witch doctor.
The witch said that the tiger was the incarnation of the mountain god of Yanshan, and that it could only be worshipped, and that fighting it would be useless.
Every month, a young virgin must be chosen to "marry" the mountain god, and this must continue for more than ten years, in order to satisfy the mountain god and prevent him from coming down the mountain to eat people again.
The foolish prefect believed the witch's words and kept a list of all the unmarried girls in the prefecture, then drew lots every month!
Jiang Ming had seen that tiger in the mountains before he fled to Chenjia Village, and he already had a plan to eliminate it, so he was confident in his plan!
He immediately squeezed his way to where the village chief's family was.
When Jiang Ming arrived near the village chief's wife, who was nearly fainting from grief, he shouted at them, "If I can save your daughter, can you really keep your promises?!"
Whoosh!
The village chief's family, along with the surrounding villagers who heard the words, all turned to look in the direction of the sound.
It turned out to be a ragged, sallow-faced, and emaciated young man.
Many people immediately burst into laughter.
The village chief's son, Chen Dabao, mistook him for a refugee trying to take advantage of the situation and frowned, asking, "Who are you? How can someone like you save my second sister?"
Jiang Ming replied, "Who I am is not important! What's important is that I have a way to save Miss Chen. Now take me back to your mansion and treat me to a good meal and drinks. I have something important to say!"
The village chief and Chen Dabao both looked at him suspiciously.
The old lady didn't care about anything else. When you're desperate, you'll try anything. Now that someone finally dared to stand up for her, she immediately knelt down and grabbed Jiang Ming's ankle as if she were grasping at a lifeline.
He cried out in anguish, "My benefactor, please save my daughter!"
Jiang Ming dared to take on this life-threatening task because in his previous life he was a top special forces soldier who graduated from the country's top national defense university.
After sacrificing himself for his country, he somehow ended up transmigrating into the body of a loser with the same name.
The most fatal thing is that this loser who died in exile actually had a remarkable identity.
This identity compels him to quickly fill his stomach and gain a foothold, otherwise his miraculous second chance at life will turn into a short trip through ancient times.
Right now, he wants to use the Chen family's wealth to give himself a foothold, just like Liu Bang used the wealth of Old Master Lü to make his first pot of gold!
Village Chief Chen stared at him for a few seconds.
Somewhat surprisingly, Jiang Ming showed no fear amidst the villagers' doubts and ridicule.
Upon closer inspection, although Jiang Ming was disheveled and haggard, he had an impressive appearance and did not seem like an ordinary person. Moreover, he spoke with firmness and full of confidence.
After much hesitation, and seeing his wife heartbroken, he immediately made up his mind. After all, he had no other choice but to try anything at this point!
"Brave warrior, please come with me back to my residence!"
Nobody wants to feed their own daughter to a tiger!
The Chen residence.
After finishing his meal, Jiang Ming, who had been silently eating, let out a burp, which made Chen Dabao and the others clench their fists.
He thought to himself, "If this kid dares to cheat or swindle, I'll definitely kill him!"
"Brave warrior, can you now tell me how you will save my second daughter's life?"
The old lady asked again anxiously.
Jiang Ming wiped his mouth, glanced at the Chen family, and said directly, "Elders, I will pretend to be the bride, secretly switch places with the bride in the sedan chair, and have them take me to the mountain to marry the mountain god!"
"If I cannot come down the mountain alive, I will not have broken my promise to you. If I do come down the mountain alive tomorrow, you must not break your promise to me either."
The entire Chen family stared at Jiang Ming in astonishment, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"You? Pretending to be my sister?" Chen Dabao looked at Jiang Ming in surprise.
"Yes!" Jiang Ming nodded: "I'm just a migrant from out of town, no one will care if I die! They won't investigate thoroughly anyway, they'll just put me in a sedan chair and send me up the mountain!"
"Hiss~!" Old Master Chen gasped, carefully examining Jiang Ming, and nodded slightly in satisfaction.
Human selfishness is on full display at this moment!
What do other people's lives matter if it can save my own child's life?
Chen Ermei was extremely afraid of death. When she saw that someone was willing to take her place in the face of death, she immediately took her sister's hand and knelt down in front of Jiang Ming.
"My lord, you saved me, I will do my best to bear you a son! And my sister, she will also do her best to help you have many children!"
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