Under the organization of these two clearly incompatible Saintesses, the interrogation began.
Initially, the villagers attempted to distance themselves by claiming that the two young men in crimson clothes were suspicious, trying to shift the blame onto them.
However, Ah Dao forcefully intervened, staunchly defending their innocence.
For reasons unknown, Wu Nuan seemed to have some entanglement with Ah Dao and surprisingly took his side, not immediately detaining Li Wenli and Bai Junjun.
Instead, she asked the County Magistrate to clarify the entire sequence of events here.
The named County Magistrate dared not delay and quickly recounted the strange occurrences in the county over the past half month.
First was how the villagers encountered strange illnesses, how the doctors were ineffective in their treatments, and how the witch doctor came and took control, deceiving everyone without missing a beat.
"Our treatment has already reached the seventh day. The wizard says today is the last day, and that as long as the treatment is completed, the ’Heavenly Punishment’ will disappear.
We, as usual, were repenting to the Witch God amid the mist. However, for some reason, we were unusually drowsy this time and fell asleep shortly after. When we woke up, we saw these two young men on the stage telling us that the witch doctor was a fraud, exploiting the pretext of treatment to amass wealth and so forth."
After hearing this, the two Saintesses silently looked towards the two men in crimson clothes.
Gu poison does not differentiate, they are proficient in it, but they are also well-versed in medicine.
Unlike the fixed mindset of ordinary people, they could immediately distinguish genders. Thus, seeing Li Wenli and Bai Junjun, a man and a woman, they became even more cautious.
"What do you have to say?"
Li Wenli bowed to Wu Nuan: "We are from Dongsheng Tavern, and this time we were preparing to go to Old Capital City to purchase alcohol."
"Like usual, we planned to go to the County Yamen to get the lord’s seal, but unfortunately, when we arrived at An County, the fake witch doctor’s treatment had already begun. Being new to the situation, we heard that the ceremony had started and could not be interrupted, so we could only rest at the station, planning to seek the Lord of the County Yamen today.
However, while asleep at midnight, we suddenly heard strange noises from here. Driven by curiosity, we came out to have a look, and saw a large crowd lying all over the street, and the witch doctor, who was supposed to be earnestly treating people, was actually counting money with his head bowed.
Having been in business for many years and seen all kinds of people, we immediately realized there was something wrong with this witch doctor’s behavior.
Moreover, at that time, the County Master and the public were all unconscious. In a moment of urgency, we confronted the witch doctor. He responded aggressively, ready to start a fight.
Of course, we couldn’t let him succeed. It took tremendous effort to knock him unconscious, and then the villagers woke up.
We kindly told everyone that this person was a fraud, but to our surprise, the County Master and our fellow villagers didn’t believe us and even started arguing with us.
It was then that you, Saintess, arrived."
Li Wenli presented the story as if it were the absolute truth.
Bai Junjun thought it over carefully. It seemed that was more or less exactly what had happened; Fox didn’t miss a thing!
Wu Nuan appeared thoughtful.
Wu Yunlan couldn’t hold back and asked, "Didn’t you see the Witch Crow?"
"What is a Witch Crow?" Li Wenli showed a puzzled expression.
Wu Yunlan pursed her lips, wanting to say something but eventually held back.
Wu Nuan gave them a faint look: "There is a bond between us and the Sacred Object. I will know if you carry it by sensing its presence."
Li Wenli nodded indifferently: "Everything we have said is true; if you don’t believe us, feel free to search."
Saying so, he even voluntarily opened his arms, showing an expression of someone with nothing to hide.
Then Wu Nuan indeed closed her eyes, pinched her fingers into a gesture, and began muttering an incantation.