Just when the atmosphere was very tense, an arrow suddenly flew towards Jiang Yuwei.
Seeing this, Ning Huaizhi quickly flew to protect Jiang Yuwei and caught the incoming arrow.
At this moment, Jiang Yuwei panicked and, without noticing, dropped the dagger in her hand to the ground.
Seeing this, the soldier she had been controlling immediately turned around and restrained Jiang Yuwei, holding a knife to her neck, and shouted at Ning Huaizhi:
"You'd better confess and plead guilty now! Otherwise, I'll just chop her up!"
Ning Huaizhi turned around and saw that Jiang Yuwei had been caught, and his brows immediately furrowed.
Seeing that Ning Huaizhi was distracted, the soldiers who surrounded him attacked in a group and grabbed him in a flurry.
Ning Huaizhi was afraid that the soldiers would harm Jiang Yuwei, so he did not resist and just let them hold him.
"You can arrest me, but release them all."
Ning Huaizhi spoke coldly.
The soldier burst out laughing upon seeing this.
"No, are you stupid? How could I possibly let them go?"
As he spoke, the man moved closer to Jiang Yuwei's neck and took a deep breath.
"This little wench has a fiery temper. I'll have my fill before letting her go, so my brothers can get some too. If you're still alive, I'll naturally let you go!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei angrily retorted:
"You bastard! It's one thing for your soldiers to not serve the people, but you even dare to oppress them! Is there no law under the emperor's nose?"
With a sharp "smack," Jiang Yuwei's face instantly swelled up.
"Shut up, or I'll cut your tongue out!"
Seeing this, Ning Huaizhi struggled violently.
"Let her go, don't hurt her, come at me if you have any problems!"
Suddenly, a soldier kicked Ning Huaizhi in the stomach and cursed:
"Just you wait, you dare to cause trouble at the city gate? Do you think we'll let you off easily?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand and shouted to the soldier who was holding Ning Huaizhi:
"Quickly tie him to the stool! Give him twenty lashes first! Let him learn his lesson!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people rushed over and tied Ning Huaizhi to a stool. Then, two more people took military batons and beat Ning Huaizhi's buttocks hard.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yuwei hurriedly cried out:
"Please let him go! Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! His leg injury has just healed, you can't beat him like this! Please stop! I beg you, please stop!"
Tie Zhu and Ning Wu were also tied up, gagged, and thrown aside.
Ning Zhao and his group had only driven the oxcart a short distance when they were caught and brought back.
They brought back the oxcart and everything on it.
At this moment, Ning Wan saw her father being tied up and beaten, and immediately burst into tears of heartache.
Ning Zhao picked up his sword, intending to rush in to save his parents, but was stopped by more than a dozen soldiers.
Ning Wan cried as she shot an arrow into the eye of the soldier holding Jiang Yuwei. The man immediately released his grip in pain, and Jiang Yuwei quickly squatted down, picked up her dagger, and stabbed it into the man's heart.
He then ran towards Ning Huaizhi, but after only a few steps, he was blocked by newly arrived soldiers.
Just then, a man dressed in armor rode out of the city. Upon seeing him, the soldiers all knelt down and shouted:
"Deputy General Lin, why did you come in person!"
Deputy General Lin frowned as he looked at the kneeling crowd and said in a deep voice:
"What's going on that's caused such a commotion!"
"Reporting to Deputy General Lin, it is indeed troublemakers causing a disturbance!"
Jiang Yuwei looked up at the man sitting on horseback and felt that he was somewhat familiar. She carefully thought through the memories in her mind.
Suddenly exclaimed:
"You were the one who took Huaizhi home that day!"
Upon hearing the name Huai Zhi, Deputy General Lin froze, turned to the woman who had spoken, and said:
"Who are you?"
The soldier standing nearby hurriedly said anxiously:
"She's that troublemaker!"
Deputy General Lin glared at the soldier and said coldly:
"I didn't ask you!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly spoke up:
"I am Ning Huaizhi's wife. I remember clearly that you were the one who took Huaizhi back to Ningjia Village that day. Please save Huaizhi! I beg you!"
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei knelt down before him.
Lieutenant General Lin hurriedly jumped off his horse to help her up, and asked anxiously:
"Madam, you're too kind! You said General Ning has come to the capital? Where is he?"
Jiang Yuwei pointed at Ning Huaizhi, who was tied to a stool, and said:
"He... he was tied up and beaten with military rods by your men..."
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Lin's face darkened, and he quickly walked up to Ning Huaizhi and knelt down with a thud.
"It is my fault for being late. Please punish me, General."
Upon hearing this, the soldiers carrying out the executions could no longer hold their batons and knelt down tremblingly, just like Vice General Lin.
Ning Huaizhi looked up and saw that the person who had come was none other than his most loyal subordinate, Lin Feng. He forced a smile.
"Okay, stop kneeling, let me go first."
Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly directed everyone to release Ning Huaizhi, and then personally went over to help Ning Huaizhi up.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yuwei rushed over to check Ning Huaizhi's wounds.
"Huaizhi, can you...can you still walk...?"
Ning Huaizhi and Jiang Yuwei smiled.
"I can walk, but my butt hurts a bit, so I'll have to trouble my wife to apply the medicine for me."
Jiang Yuwei breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing this. Fortunately, Lin Feng arrived in time and only struck Ning Huaizhi a few times with the military baton. If all twenty strikes had been completed, Ning Huaizhi's leg would probably have been ruined.
Jiang Yuwei and Lin Feng helped Ning Huaizhi to his oxcart.
Jiang Yuwei asked Lin Feng to help her lift Ning Huaizhi onto the oxcart. She then laid a blanket on the oxcart, let Ning Huaizhi lie down, and lowered the curtains. Only then did she get off the oxcart and thank Lin Feng.
"Deputy General Lin, thank you so much. If you hadn't arrived in time, we would all be dead here. Could you please have your men release my friend?"
Jiang Yuwei pointed to Ning Wu and Tie Zhu, who were tied up and thrown in a corner.
Lin Feng nodded repeatedly upon seeing this.
"What are you idiots still standing here for? Go and release them!"
As he spoke, Lin Feng kicked the soldier closest to him.
He then glanced at the kneeling soldier and cursed:
"You dare to block General Ning's carriage? I think you're all tired of living. Right now, the imperial court is searching everywhere for our meritorious General Ning, and you've injured him like this, yet you're still preventing him from entering the city!"
Lin Feng grew angrier and angrier, grabbing a soldier who was already terrified and slapping him hard across the face.
"If I report this matter to the imperial court, none of you will live!"
At this moment, the soldiers were all trembling with fear after hearing Lin Feng's words. Some of the more timid ones had already wet their pants. They were no longer the forceful men who had just been pressuring Jiang Yuwei and Ning Huaizhi.
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