This scene made everyone who followed behind gasp.

The officials and attendants who reacted quickly had turned around with expressions of pity on their faces. Even the group of young men who came with Jiang Qingyuan mostly turned their heads away. Only one or two of them would secretly look inquiringly from the corner of their eyes from time to time.

An official who was on good terms with the Shen family lamented, "I heard that the Duke of Zhenguo loved this girl the most. Now that she has been robbed, how can the Duke of Zhenguo bear it?"

Someone immediately echoed: "Yes, it's pitiful for this girl, and it's also pitiful for the old Duke who has spent his whole life in the military and still has to suffer such a heavy blow."

Of course, some people also ridiculed her: "If you ask me, it's not a good thing for a girl to wield swords and guns. She insisted on relying on her own abilities to get ahead. Who can she blame for something like this? So many of us saw it. The news will definitely not be covered up. Her life is ruined!"

"What do you mean by that? Even if it's covered up, can we still pretend it didn't happen? Even if she's the apple of the eye of the Duke of Zhenguo's house, who would dare to marry her?"

……

Some people feel regretful, some people gloat over the misfortune, and some people add fuel to the fire.

Jiang Shiyan walked very fast when he got off the horse, but when he got close, he was a little unsteady and had to be supported by Jiang Qingyuan.

"Father, now that things have come to this, saving my sister is the most important thing!"

Jiang Shiyan responded and took off his coat to cover the filthy woman on the ground.

She was naked, with messy hair, and her hands were smeared all over her face, which was already covered with horrific wounds and bloodstains. As for the face, it was completely unrecognizable from its original appearance, and only her eyebrows and outlines showed some familiarity.

Jiang Shiyan had his back to everyone. When he bent down to pick her up, a trace of deep disgust and disdain flashed across his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it. He just looked sad and choked with sobs, "Zhizhi, Daddy will take you home! I won't let anyone bully you again!"

Some people present couldn't bear to watch this scene anymore and started to leave.

But at this moment, the carriage curtain was suddenly opened, and Shen Nanzhi, who was wearing a light green gauze skirt, poked her head out of the carriage: "Father, brother, what are you doing?"

She was born with unparalleled beauty, especially her eyes. When she raised her eyes, it was as if light was flowing and she was full of brilliance.

Everyone present couldn't help but marvel. No wonder there were rumors - the Shen family had a daughter who was extremely beautiful. This was the only time they saw her, so the rumors were true!

Especially at this time, with a hint of confusion and ignorance, when he looked over like this, it seemed as if his soul was being taken away.

Everyone sighed, it was no wonder that with such a look, she was targeted by the bad guys, but... wait!

Since she is Shen Nanzhi, isn't she just here for the right reasons?

Who is the humiliated woman on the ground?

Everyone opened their eyes wide at the same time, not even caring about morality, righteousness, etiquette and laws. They looked back and forth between Shen Nanzhi and the woman on the ground.

Jiang Shiyan and Jiang Qingyuan were also completely stunned.

Especially Jiang Qingyuan.

He knew the inside story, and even today's scene was led by him and Jiang Yanran.

Jiang Yanran arranged all this, and he was responsible for arranging the people. Then he went out of the city to meet Jiang Shiyan, and waited for the signal from Jiang Yanran. He agreed with Zhao Kui and brought these people here. He was determined to completely destroy Shen Nanzhi, both physically and mentally, and in reputation.

But Jiang Qingyuan never expected that even when everyone was present and his performance had already begun, Shen Nanzhi was actually safe and sound, and was right there in the carriage!

Who is that woman on the ground?

For a moment, Jiang Qingyuan was confused.

Jiang Shiyan's face showed some uncontrollable embarrassment. He always showed his loving daughter and wife to others, but he actually recognized the wrong daughter in public.

But he quickly adjusted himself and ran towards Shen Nanzhi with a look of surprise: "Zhizhi, Dad knew you were okay!"

As he was talking, Jiang Shiyan had already strode over happily. He looked at Shen Nanzhi, who seemed to be a little weak and unsteady after getting out of the carriage, and frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

This question was directed to Shen Nanzhi, but it was also directed to Zhao Kui, who had collapsed on the ground, too shocked to speak.

Zhao Kui was completely confused.

Wasn’t Shen Nanzhi kicked down by the young lady?

At this time, several people with their own thoughts looked at each other, but did not dare to show it too obviously, but they could not help but feel panic and uneasiness in their hearts.

Only Shen Nanzhi looked at Jiang Shiyan nervously and said anxiously, "Father, I don't know either. I felt dizzy right after leaving the city. Someone tried to push me off the carriage while I was half asleep, but my sister happened to stand in front of me and was dragged down. I wanted to grab her, but I felt so dizzy and I couldn't move. I could only be taken to Father by the carriage. By the way, where's my sister?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped.

At this point, there is nothing that everyone does not understand.

They did encounter some thugs, but the person who was abducted was not the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, but the cousin of the Jiang family.

The group of people who had just been mourning the loss of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when they thought of the other girl who had met with an accident, they couldn't help but sigh a few times.

Jiang Shiyan was completely stunned. He couldn't accept this fact for a moment.

Jiang Qingyuan was also dumbfounded. After he realized what was happening, he couldn't control his emotions in a hurry. He rushed forward and angrily scolded Shen Nanzhi: "How could this happen! It was you who was kidnapped, how could it be Yanran! Shen Nanzhi, what on earth did you do?"

Jiang Qingyuan's face was filled with rage, and he wanted to take action.

But Shen Nanzhi, who was standing opposite him, had an innocent look on his face, and even a little hurt in his eyes, and asked: "Brother, what are you talking about? What did I do? Seeing that I was safe and sound, not only was you not happy, but you were even so angry and embarrassed. Why?"

At this point, Shen Nanzhi paused, took a deep breath, and said in a choked voice: "Why are you so sure that the person who was kidnapped must be me? Could it be that you know something about it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Qingyuan.

Everyone present was an experienced official, so they could see that Jiang Qingyuan was acting abnormally. Coupled with Shen Nanzhi's reminder, they looked at Jiang Qingyuan with a little more scrutiny.

Shen Nanzhi continued, "Just now, I was in the carriage and heard my brother calling me at the top of his lungs. I thought he was worried about me, but I didn't expect that when he saw that I was safe and sound, he was not only not happy, but he blamed me instead."

These words were like a bucket of cold water, calming Jiang Qingyuan down. He quickly tried to make amends, "It's not like that. I was just too happy to see my sister, and I couldn't accept what happened to my cousin. I was so upset and happy that I lost control of my emotions."

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi was suddenly startled and looked at Jiang Qingyuan in disbelief. Then her gaze passed Jiang Qingyuan and fell on Jiang Yanran who was lying on the ground not far away.

"Sister...sister..."

Shen Nanzhi's body was shaking, as if she couldn't bear such a blow, and she was almost unable to stand steadily.

Just at this time, Lu Pianpian got off the carriage. She held Shen Nanzhi's arm with one hand and hid half of her body behind Shen Nanzhi as if she was frightened. She testified for Shen Nanzhi: "Sister Zhizhi, what happened just now? I only saw Miss Jiang being captured and I don't know anything else."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Kui, who had already collapsed on the ground.

Zhao Kui was already dumbfounded. The moment he saw Shen Nanzhi, he realized that he had lost the wrong person.

It was all his fault that he was so flustered at the time that he didn't look carefully. He just saw a person being pushed out of the carriage and immediately kicked the person out.

Unexpectedly, the person he kicked turned out to be the owner of his family.

Of course, he couldn't say this in front of everyone. Zhao Kui could only kneel down and trembled, "I don't know either. When the gang of thieves rushed over, I was confused and only focused on escaping. I didn't see clearly which girl was left behind. I just thought it was Miss..."

What he said was somewhat inconsistent with what he said before.

But now, no one cares about these little details anymore.

Because the result was the same, the one who was abducted was the cousin of the Jiang family, not the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Jiang Qingyuan, who was the only one who knew the inside story, was so angry that his heart ached. He could not help but step forward and fiercely kick Zhao Kui twice, saying bitterly: "You are such a good dog slave! As an attendant, you actually ignored the safety of the young lady!"

Although he was extremely angry and hateful, as things had come to this point, he was also very guilty and afraid that Zhao Kui would say something and expose him.

Jiang Shiyan had also come back to his senses. He forced a smile at Shen Nanzhi: "I'm glad Zhizhi is okay. Otherwise, I, your father, don't know how to explain to your mother."

As he said this, he sighed, turned around and looked at Jiang Yanran lying on the ground with a sad face: "What a pity for Yanran."

As he spoke, he had already walked over quickly, wrapped Jiang Yanran carefully with his coat, and then carried her horizontally.

Seeing Jiang Yanran's bloody face, Jiang Shiyan choked up and said, "How could she be injured so badly! Those worse than pigs and dogs actually ruined her face!"

There was a bloody dagger left on the ground not far away, no doubt it was dropped by those thugs.

At this time, Jiang Shiyan's grief was much more sincere than before.

He carried Jiang Yanran back to the carriage and asked the accompanying doctor to check Jiang Yanran's pulse. After confirming that it was just some external injuries and no life-threatening injuries, Jiang Shiyan turned to look at Jiang Qingyuan: "How did you protect your two sisters? I will settle the score with you later!"

After that, he also kicked Zhao Kui: "And you!"

Jiang Qingyuan and Zhao Kui have a lot of grievances.

Shen Nanzhi sneered in his heart, but he only sighed and said faintly: "Everyone present can serve as a witness to what happened today. After returning to Beijing, I will ask the Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate this matter and give my sister justice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Qingyuan froze. Without even waiting for Jiang Shiyan to speak, he frowned and said, "No!"

Perhaps it was because his consecutive reactions were somewhat abnormal, and now everyone looked at him with more and more confusion, and even Jiang Shiyan couldn't help but look at him again.

Jiang Qingyuan quickly explained, "Father, now that things have come to this, even if we catch the thieves, my cousin's innocence has already been ruined. If it goes to the Dali Temple, I'm afraid everyone will know about it. How can my cousin live like a human being? I mean, we should investigate privately, without mobilizing so many people. I also ask everyone present to cover up for my cousin for the sake of the Zhenguo Mansion and the Jiang family."

Jiang Shiyan was about to nod, but Shen Nanzhi suddenly said in a deep voice: "Brother, you are wrong!"

In the eyes of everyone, perhaps because she had just escaped death, her face was still a little pale, but her eyes were firm and courageous.

Especially when facing Jiang Qingyuan, he said with certainty: "The incident has already been exposed today. With so many people here, it is impossible to keep it secret. Originally, it was just that my sister was abducted and humiliated, but when my brother said this, he has already brought me in as well. The more he tries to cover it up, the more rumors will spread. I am innocent, and I will be unable to defend myself at that time. How will outsiders view me?"

At this point, Shen Nanzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked up and said, "I know that my brother has always been partial to my sister. This time, he must be annoyed that it was my sister who was humiliated instead of me. My brother wants to cover up my sister's reputation, and it is understandable that he dragged me into it, but now it's like this, how can it be covered up? Moreover, my Shen family is upright and honest. There must be something fishy about what happened today. We can't just cover it up like this, otherwise my Shen family will also be criticized!"

Everyone nodded, except Jiang Shiyan, who had an ugly expression.

He frowned, turned to look at Shen Nanzhi, and said earnestly: "Your brother is doing this for your own good."

This is not for Shen Nanzhi's good at all. It's clear that they want to drag Shen Nanzhi to be a scapegoat for Jiang Yanran!

Shen Nanzhi raised an eyebrow: "Father, my daughter is unharmed. How can this be for my daughter's own good?"

Jiang Shiyan didn't expect that Shen Nanzhi, who was always obedient and sensible in front of him, would actually contradict him. He couldn't help but emphasize his tone: "You fell into the hands of thieves, which is not a good thing. If it gets out..."

Before he could finish, Shen Nanzhi's face suddenly darkened and he raised his eyebrows and said, "Father, be careful what you say! It was my sister who fell into the hands of the thieves. Everyone present has seen it. I was in my own carriage from beginning to end. Everyone is still here. Why did father start making up rumors first?"

As soon as the voice fell, the official who had felt sorry for Shen Nanzhi before also stood up and accused: "Miss Shen is right. I think Lord Jiang is also anxious and confused. This is related to the innocence of a woman. How can such words be spoken casually?"

Jiang Shiyan's face turned even uglier, but he still had a bit of rationality left. He was about to open his mouth to explain, but suddenly he heard the rumble and sound of horse hooves galloping towards him.

The one that came was a team of black-clad guards with long swords on their waists, there were at least fifty of them, and each of them was strong and robust, with a restrained aura. They were definitely top masters, and their cold and murderous eyes were like a Shura that had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, which was intimidating.

The group of people appeared in front of them in a blink of an eye, led by a black covered carriage.

The decoration of the carriage was ordinary, but the logo on it and the team of iron-blooded and murderous guards were enough to make everyone present secretly frightened.

Zhenbei King Xiao Chuyun, why is he here?

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