The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 345 - 341 When Did Swearing Ever Help?

Yan Jiaojiao indeed knew the severity of thunderstorms.

Even though she had never seen Xuanbao conjure wind and rain or summon the thunder god, she always felt that those thunderstorms were related to Xuanbao.

Otherwise, why did thunder appear only in places where Xuanbao was present?

This was not something to be taken lightly, it was a matter of life and death.

So when Zhou Ludong raised his hand to take an oath, she hurriedly said, "No need! You don’t have to swear."

Zhou Ludong, with a happy heart, asked, "Jiaojiao, do you believe me now?"

Yan Jiaojiao, "No, whether you swear or not, I will not believe you! If oaths were useful, what would we need laws for?"

Zhou Ludong: "..."

Tan’s mother sneered secretly and cursed Yan Jiaojiao in her heart: Fool!

Ruo Xuan turned towards Tan’s mother, "If the young master doesn’t want to swear, you can swear instead! As long as you are telling the truth, then it would prove the young master’s words are false. The Empress Dowager is my grandmother, and as long as you’re not lying, I can get the Empress Dowager to decree your daughter’s marriage to the young master."

Tan’s eyes, as well as those of Tan Xiangxiang, lit up.

Where did this idiot come from?

Are all women in the Capital City so brainless?

She immediately raised her hand, "I swear to the heavens that I haven’t lied in the words I just said, and if there’s any falsehood in my words, may thunder strike me down!"

"Boom!"

In the clear sky, a clap of thunder suddenly sounded.

Tan’s knees went weak: Is this really happening? Is it that effective?

In her life, she had made countless oaths without a single one coming true!

"Ah!" Tan Xiangxiang screamed in fright.

Zhou Ludong also didn’t expect that taking an oath would actually have an effect. He excitedly said, "Jiaojiao, the thunder sounded! It proves I didn’t lie! It’s this deceitful mother and daughter who lied!"

Yan Jiaojiao also stood in a daze, looking up at the blue sky. Was it really this mother and daughter who had lied?

Tan regained her senses and rushed to say, "I didn’t lie!"

Ruo Xuan: "Good, you didn’t lie, so do you dare to swear that your daughter really is carrying the flesh and blood of the General?"

Tan: "..."

She was a bit scared to swear now!

But this was a chance for her and her daughter. If they missed it, even if they forced the young master to marry her daughter, she would only be a concubine, lacking the glory of being granted the marriage by the Empress Dowager to become the official wife.

She glanced at the sky; after ringing out once, the sky had gone quiet.

It seemed that the thunder was just an accident, perhaps it wasn’t even thunder but the sound of a quarry blasting stones.

"I swear, the child Xiangxiang carries is the General’s," she declared.

A bolt of lightning struck down.

"Boom!"

"Ah!" Tan Xiangxiang, frightened, hid behind Ruo Xuan.

Tan’s hair was scorched by the electricity!

With the wind’s blow, a puff of black ash scattered with the wind, revealing her white, bald scalp.

She became bald in an instant!

Tan’s knees gave way, and she collapsed to the ground, touching her head in horror and looking up at the blue sky.

Really?

Really?

Since when did making an oath become useful?

Ruo Xuan crossed her arms over her chest, "The heavens are saying you lied! Your daughter isn’t carrying Young Master Zhou’s child."

Tan Xiangxiang became frantic, "You’re talking nonsense! The child I’m carrying is indeed my husband’s son!"

Ruo Xuan responded, "Fine, then make an oath!"

Tan Xiangxiang was speechless.

Ruo Xuan laughed, "You dare not?"

Tan Xiangxiang stubbornly said, "I won’t swear, but the child I’m carrying is still my husband’s! This trick with the lightning strike, who knows if it’s not you playing the ghost, having used some evil sorcery to summon the lightning."

Ruo Xuan refuted, "I’m not that powerful. You saw it yourself, I just stood here, I didn’t even move, how can I use an evil sorcery? I’ve said before that the lightning in Capital City is very efficacious. It has punished many who’ve caused harm to heaven and earth, it won’t let off anyone who lies! It’s not just about lying, slandering others, committing actions that harm heaven and earth will also be met with divine retribution. If you don’t believe me, you can continue to try. Keep saying that I harm you with evil sorcery, and see if the heavens will strike you down."

Tan Xiangxiang remained silent.

Zhou Ludong hadn’t expected things to develop in this direction, so he couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "Hahaha... Heaven has eyes indeed! You don’t dare to make an oath, you both don’t dare, which proves that you two mother and daughter are lying!"

Zhou Ludong raised his hand and addressed the azure sky loudly, "I dare to make an oath! I absolutely haven’t done anything to wrong Jiaojiao! If I have told a single lie, may I be struck by lightning and meet a terrible end!"

The Tan mother and daughter instinctively looked up at the blue sky.

A serene flock of white geese flew across the tranquil expanse.

Tan’s mother remained quiet.

Could it really be this precise?

Zhou Ludong continued, "Jiaojiao, I was seriously injured and fell into the river by accident, and I climbed out on my own. These mother and daughter did not rescue me. Just as I reached the shore, I was attacked from behind and knocked unconscious. When I woke up, this mother and daughter were saying they saved me! I was so severely injured at the time, my mind was hazy, and I couldn’t remember anything. Later on, I happened to overhear their conversation and found out that the medicine they were giving me every day could induce prolonged comas, and over time, it could even lead to complete memory loss."

"I dared not drink that medicine anymore! Every day, I pretended to take the medicine, and when they weren’t paying attention, I would spit it out. But I couldn’t spit it out every day, and I couldn’t spit it all out, because they were skilled in medicine, and I was afraid they would find out. My wounds hadn’t healed at the time, and it was difficult for me to even get out of bed, so I could only wait until I healed before I could leave. That medicine was powerful, and every day after taking it, I was in a comatose state. When I was conscious, I pretended to forget many things, then obediently took the medicine until two months ago, when they thought I had completely lost my memory, and they held a wedding in an attempt to make me join their family through marriage! I was still in a coma at that time, and they used a rooster to perform the wedding rituals! So, I haven’t done anything to wrong you! I swear, if there’s a single false statement in what I said, may lightning strike me!"

The sky was calm and peaceful, utterly tranquil.

Yan Jiaojiao cried, she hadn’t expected that he had encountered such things, and she had just doubted him.

Yan Jiaojiao, enraged, looked at the Tan mother and daughter, "Do you know the crime of plotting against a General of the Imperial Court! Today, I shall personally take you to prison to seek justice for Brother Zhou!"

Yan Jiaojiao advanced to capture them.

Lady Zhou had been worried that Ruo Xuan and Jiaojiao were taking so long to change clothes and went out to look for them, and when she heard the thunder and saw the lightning, she hurriedly ran towards the rear mountain.

Only after hearing her son speak did she realize how much he had gone through!

She said angrily, "Someone, seize that heartless pair of mother and daughter for me!"

As the Lady of the Marquis Mansion, she was always accompanied by several guards when she went out.

"Xiangxiang, take Zhou away!" Tan’s mother said as she struck out a palm towards Yan Jiaojiao.

Tan Xiangxiang threw several silver needles.

These needles were coated with poison that could instantly render someone unconscious.

The palm strike from Tan’s mother was fast.

Tan Xiangxiang’s silver needles were also swift!

Unfortunately, they weren’t as fast as the speed of light!

Two bolts of lightning came down, striking both women, leaving them charred outside and tender inside.

Zhou Ludong had lunged towards Yan Jiaojiao the moment Tan Xiangxiang threw the silver needles.

Yet, time seemed to freeze at that moment.