Jiang Yuwei took the dagger from Ning Huaizhi. It was icy cold and she didn't know what material it was made of. By the moonlight, she could see that the scabbard was inlaid with colorful gems, which shone beautifully in the moonlight.
Jiang Yuwei hung the dagger at her waist, looked at Ning Huaizhi, and smiled:
"Thank you, Huaizhi. I will use it well. I like it very much."
After saying that, he followed Tie Zhu and the others out the door.
Ning Huaizhi walked to the door, looked at Jiang Yuwei's back, smiled slightly, and then went into the courtyard and closed the gate.
The skilled healer Zhu, standing to the side, looked at Ning Huaizhi's legs with great surprise and said:
"You, your leg has recovered so quickly. You used to walk with a limp, but now you can't see it at all. It's like you were never injured."
Ning Huaizhi smiled and looked at the skilled healer Zhu, saying:
"It's all thanks to your excellent medical skills, otherwise I'm afraid I'll never be able to stand up again in my life. Anyway, there are still a few days until the half-month deadline. I'll take a few more days to recover and see. If I feel unwell, I'll let you know."
The skilled doctor Zhu knew his medical skills were good, but he didn't expect Ning Huaizhi to recover like this in such a short time. He had thought that half a month would only be enough for Ning Huaizhi to regain feeling in his legs and barely be able to get rid of the wheelchair and walk with crutches.
Unexpectedly, in less than half a month, his leg has fully recovered. The skilled healer Zhu didn't hear a word Ning Huaizhi said; he just stared intently at Ning Huaizhi's leg and nodded repeatedly.
It wasn't until Ning Huaizhi went back to his room and closed the door that Miao Shou Zhu came to his senses and mumbled his way into the room.
Jiang Yuwei led her group to Lin Xiang's house. Before Jiang Yuwei could speak, Gou Dan rushed to knock on the door. However, before he could even knock, the door was easily pushed open by Gou Dan.
Although the people of Zhuxiang were generally well-behaved, it wasn't to the point where doors weren't locked at night. Jiang Yuwei turned to Cuiya's two resentful brothers with amusement and said:
"This is your good sister. She abandoned you when it mattered and ran home first."
The second brother blushed with embarrassment upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, while the eldest brother spat on the ground and cursed:
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing that the leader was still cursing and being disobedient even though he was tied up, Tie Zhu kicked him hard in the buttocks and shouted:
"Behave yourself!"
Dog Egg rushed into the yard and shouted:
"Everyone inside, come out here and see if these two thieves are from your household!"
The night was quiet, and Gou Dan's shout was so loud that the neighbors, hearing there was a thief, lit their candles, put on their coats, and dragged their shoes outside.
Everyone was very curious about whose house had caught the thief.
At this moment, Lin Xiang also lit candles, dressed, and came out of the house cursing.
"Who is it, wailing in my yard in the middle of the night instead of sleeping!"
As soon as Lin Xiang came out, he saw Jiang Yuwei standing in his yard with a stern face. He immediately lost his previous arrogance. Then he saw his two brothers-in-law behind Jiang Yuwei, who were tied up. He hurriedly said:
"What, what's going on? Oh dear, why are they tied up?"
Jiang Yuwei looked coldly at Lin Xiang and said:
"If you really know nothing about this, then call your wife Cuiya out and ask her what happened!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiang immediately shouted from inside the house:
"Cuiya, come out! Come out and see! Your brother has been kidnapped!"
Startled by Lin Xiang's shout, Cuiya dared not pretend to be asleep any longer. She had no choice but to get up, slowly put on her clothes, and walk out with a trembling heart.
Jiang Yuwei sneered when she saw Cuiya's guilty look.
"Ha, you certainly have quite the airs, making the whole courtyard wait for you!"
"Oh, is this thief a relative of Cuiya's?"
"They've even stolen from our Zhu Lane! They deserve to die!"
"I think we shouldn't waste words with them, let's just send them to see the authorities!"
Hearing the neighbors' murmurs, Cuiya's eyes darted around a few times, then she suddenly rushed to the bound eldest and second eldest sons, crying and shouting:
"Oh dear, my good brothers, why did you have to become thieves? If you get thrown in jail, how will our seventy-year-old mother survive!"
The second son was genuinely confused by Cuiya's crying and asked in bewilderment:
"Cuiya, didn't you tell us to steal it? You even said that if we pulled this off, we wouldn't have to work in the fields for years..."
When Cuiya saw that her second brother had told her everything, she hurriedly cried out:
"Second brother, what are you doing? I'm still your own sister. You can't just push all the blame onto me to shirk responsibility. Waaah, what sins have I committed to have two such useless brothers like you?"
Crying, Cuiya crawled to Jiang Yuwei's feet and knelt down.
"My two older brothers are ignorant and made mistakes. I promise they won't do it again. I beg you to let them go. They were just confused for a moment and were bewitched. Please have mercy and let them go."
While crying, Cuiya kept kowtowing to Jiang Yuwei.
Lin Xiang, who was standing to the side, couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly reached out to help Cuiya up.
“Cuiya, get up. This has nothing to do with you. Let your brother bear the consequences of his mistakes.”
"Oh dear, this little green girl is so pitiful."
"Who can argue with that? To be stuck with two older brothers like that."
"That's right. I don't think Jiang Yuwei is any good either. After all, Aunt Lin is her teacher's wife now. Even if it's for that reason, she shouldn't make things difficult for Cuiya like this."
"Yes, watching Cuiya kowtow made my heart ache. And look at Jiang Yuwei with that stern face, like someone owes her two hundred strings of cash!"
Seeing that the villagers were speaking up for her, Cuiya kowtowed even more vigorously, ignoring Lin Xiang's attempts to pull her away. Regardless of whether her two brothers would be sent to jail by Jiang Yuwei, she was determined to get herself out of trouble first.
Seeing that he couldn't pull Cuiya up, Lin Xiang looked at Jiang Yuwei with some annoyance and said:
"Who stole your things? Go find them! Running into my yard in the middle of the night shouting and yelling, what did we do to deserve this? You've disturbed everyone's sleep! Look what you've done to my Cuiya!"
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