After wearing it: I traded a pig for a man.

Song Minglang's eyes widened. He knew that Jiang Yuntian was a reckless man who could really kill him if he acted impulsively.

"Don't be impulsive! Let's talk this out." He quickly hid behind the village head.

"Yun Tian," Jiang Laosan grabbed him, "Wait a minute."

You can't hit someone in front of so many people, otherwise people will think that the Jiang family is acting out of embarrassment and anger.

The most important thing now is to prove my daughter's innocence.

Jiang Che quickly sorted through everything, eager to reveal all the evidence at once.

"Song Minglang wants to pass the imperial examination and values ​​his reputation most. If he were really having an affair, Granny Yang would be trying to hide it. Why would she make such a big fuss and announce it all over the village? She just wants everyone to see it. She just wants to use this to get close to Jiang Yunning."

The village head nodded: "That's right. To take the imperial examination, you need someone to vouch for you. If you have a bad reputation, you won't be able to find anyone to vouch for you, and you won't even be able to register."

"Huh? Taking the imperial examination is that complicated? Song Minglang must know that, right?"

"Tsk tsk, you know what. Granny Yang is usually most afraid of people talking badly about her son, but today, such a shameful thing happened, and she's actually shouting it all over the village."

"You guys don't know, do you? A couple of days ago, some people were asking where Song Minglang lived. Those guys were really fierce, saying that Song Minglang owed them money."

"Is Song Minglang after the Jiang family's money? They're building a new house right now."

The surrounding discussions grew louder and louder, and Song Minglang could no longer suppress his panic.

He was even more terrified when people already knew he owed money.

Jiang Che turned around and looked steadily at Jiang Yun Ning: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The four simple words touched Jiang Yun Ning.

There were some unexpected things as well.

She never expected that Jiang Che was actually looking for evidence to help her prove her innocence.

"You're talking nonsense!" Song Mingzhen couldn't hold back any longer and poked her head out. "It's obvious that Jiang Yunning likes my brother and ran away to have an affair."

She called out, then looked at Jiang Che: "Jiang Yunning is a promiscuous woman, Jiang Che, I'm different. I'm clean and pure. My brother and Jiang Yunning are already like this, and you have nowhere else to go, I don't despise you."

Jiang Yun Ning poked her head out, unable to stop smiling.

She originally thought that Old Man Song and Song Mingzhen would leave, but she didn't expect Song Mingzhen to come back.

Then all of this becomes much simpler.

Jiang Yunning stepped forward and pointed at Song Mingzhen: "Village head, Song Mingzhen and Song Minglang are trying to ruin my reputation and kill me. I'm going to report them to the authorities."

Song Mingzhen was stunned: "What nonsense are you talking about? I just got here! When did I ever try to kill you?"

She just wanted to ruin Jiang Yun Ning's reputation.

Jiang Yuning looked at her and suddenly laughed: "You helped Song Minglang surround me. When I was running away, I hit you on the head and gave you a bump. I also hit your left shoulder a few times with a stick."

The crowd looked at Song Mingzhen with probing eyes, which startled her so much that she took several steps back.

"Song Mingzhen is a woman too; she should know how many women have died because their chastity was ruined. Under these circumstances, she still wants to help Song Minglang plot against me—isn't she trying to kill me?"

Song Mingzhen shook her head repeatedly: "I didn't! You're talking nonsense!"

She regretted running away; she should have done what her father did and run home to hide.

But she couldn't let go of Jiang Che and wanted to see Jiang Yun Ning being abandoned by Jiang Che with her own eyes.

After searching for a long time without finding anything, I instead saw Jiang Che's strenuous defense. Unable to bear it any longer, I finally ran out.

Wang Cuihua had already walked towards Song Mingzhen, and Liu Yuzhi, Aunt Hua, Chunmei, and Hehua also rolled up their sleeves to help.

Outnumbered and powerful, they pinned Song Mingzhen, who was trying to escape, to the ground. When they touched her head, they found bloodstains on the back.

"Since you're so vicious and want to ruin someone else's reputation, you probably don't care about these things, right?" Liu Yuzhi glared at her hatefully and reached out to pull open her collar.

The redness and swelling on his shoulder were immediately visible, with a faint bluish tinge.

It was obvious that it had just been hit hard.

"what!"

Song Mingzhen screamed and quickly covered her shoulder.

But everyone had already seen it clearly.

For a moment, the surroundings were eerily silent.

The women had no time to watch the spectacle and were exchanging bewildered glances.

If such a scheming person were to take advantage of a woman's chastity in the village, what if others followed suit? Wouldn't all their daughters be in danger?

"Village head. This...this is no small matter."

"Yes, village head. Your punishment is severe! If someone learns this tomorrow, those of us with daughters won't dare to leave our homes."

Large beads of sweat were dripping from Song Minglang's face; he no longer had time to complain about Song Mingzhen, who had run back again.

He was only thinking about how to get away and how to stop Jiang Yun Ning from reporting to the authorities.

Such obvious evidence is very unfavorable to his rebuttal.

Continuing this lawsuit will only jeopardize his future.

Passing the imperial examination was his only hope.

"Village head." Song Minglang knelt down immediately.

When Granny Yang arrived, this was the scene she saw.

"Please, I can't go to jail. I know I was wrong. Please help me. I'll never do it again." He cried with snot and tears streaming down his face, all traces of his previous arrogance gone.

Granny Yang instantly realized that the plan had failed. She reacted quickly and immediately knelt down: "Village head, my Minglang has had a hard life. He has studied hard for so many years. He cannot be stigmatized!"

Wang Cuihua was so angry her hands trembled. She grabbed Granny Yang and started slapping her left and right: "Your son can't have a bad reputation? My daughter deserves to be slandered by you?"

She was getting a little tired from hitting them, so she waved directly at Jiang Laosan and Jiang Yuntian: "Old man, Yuntian, give it to him!"

Without a word, the father and son rolled up their sleeves and started beating each other.

At this point, they didn't care about hitting women anymore.

Jiang Yunning was delighted; for the first time, she found Wang Cuihua quite adorable.

Even when they can't play anymore, they know to switch players.

Liu Yuzhi looked at Song Mingzhen, a cold smile playing on her lips: "Don't look, you're involved too."

As he spoke, he slapped her face several times.

"The person you should be begging is not me," the village head snorted.

Song Minglang immediately struggled to crawl towards Jiang Yunning: "Yunning, please, spare me this time. I promise I'll never dare to do it again."

"Yun Ning, for the sake of our past relationship, don't go to the authorities. As long as you don't go to the authorities, you can do whatever you want."

Granny Yang lay on the ground, pleading desperately.

She was willing to accept even financial loss; if necessary, she would sell Song Mingzhen to get some betrothal gifts.

Jiang Yun Ning laughed: "As long as I don't report it to the authorities, I can do whatever I want?"

Song Minglang and Granny Yang exchanged a glance: "That's right, as long as we don't report it to the authorities, anything goes."

Jiang Che frowned; he still wanted to send the Song family inside.

"There's not much evidence, he might only be in jail for a few months before he gets out," Jiang Yun Ning said softly.

She looked at the village head and the women in the village who had daughters.

"Is it too much for me to vent my anger at this beast who tried to ruin a woman's chastity for his own selfish reasons?"

The village head nodded: "Of course. Do as you see fit."

As the village head, he personally didn't want Jiang Yun Ning to report to the authorities.

As the village head, he was utterly disgraced by such a terrible incident in the village.

But he also knew that reporting to the authorities was the Jiang family's right. He couldn't stop them.

Jiang Yun Ning laughed, then turned to look at Jiang Che: "Can you break his legs?"

Her voice was very soft, yet it made Song Minglang's face turn pale.