Everyone present looked at each other, completely unaware of what was happening.

"Nannan... this is..."

Nanny Qingyan helped Old Lady Jiang take a few steps closer. When she saw the strange man covered in mud being dragged, she couldn't help but ask in confusion.

However, before Jiang Fugui could reply, someone else spoke before her.

"Fifth brother?"

Rong Zeyu shouted uncertainly, but in order to confirm his guess, he quickly stepped forward and wiped the face of the tied-up stranger.

"Rong Wu! Why is it you!"

At this moment, the skin on Rong Wu's face was open with several cuts, and blood was flowing out uncontrollably; his nose bridge must have been broken, and a part of it was obviously collapsed; his mouth was also crooked, and several teeth could be seen missing.

Originally a handsome and graceful man, his eyes were now rolled back and he was spitting out white foam mixed with blood...

Rong Zeyu spoke with difficulty, his expression unclear, and asked Jiang Fugui, "Second sister... why did you instigate the servants... to beat up my fifth brother?"

Jiang Fugui didn't rush to answer Rong Zeyu. Instead, he bowed to Old Lady Jiang and the two elders of the Jiang and Rong families before saying calmly, "Just as the face-changing performance began, a little maid came to the Grand Garden and told me that Grandmother was suddenly unwell and asked me to go and see her. I then followed the little maid to Xiluo Garden, but she disappeared halfway. Then I saw a sneaky dark figure... Fearing that Grandmother would be in danger, I called for people to catch the thief who had sneaked into the mansion. During that time, I didn't see the Fifth Young Master of the Rong family... So, Young Master Rong must have misunderstood..."

At that moment, they were in the Jiang Mansion. It was hard to explain why a foreign man appeared in a place where he shouldn't be. It was getting late at night, so it was understandable that he was arrested as a thief.

Rong Zeyu understood the truth, but after all, he was a member of the Rong family. His face had been lost and his dignity was almost torn apart. How would the elders of the Rong family feel?

Jiang Shusen frowned, his eyes swept over the servants in the mansion, and asked seriously, "What's going on? Explain clearly!"

Shantu stepped forward, bowed to the crowd, and then said respectfully, "In reply to Second Master, every word my young lady just said is true. I and the others saw it with our own eyes just now on the path. This matter cannot be false."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Rong family members turned ugly, and no one could refute them anymore.

In public view, Rong Wu was running around in someone else's house and was regarded as a thief and captured alive on the spot. It was a mercy that he was not beaten to death, not to mention that the Rong family wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble and demand an explanation.

Today, the Rong family originally came to the Jiang Mansion to ease relations because of the Piaomiao Linglong Pavilion incident, but unexpectedly, such a terrible thing happened. Not only was the relationship between the two families not completely repaired, but it seemed to be heading in a worse direction.

Old Lady Jiang didn't express her opinion. She just waved to Jiang Fugui, motioning her to come to her side, and then asked, "Nannan, are you hurt?"

Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

Yes, what the Jiang and Rong elders were most worried about wasn't that Rong Wuzhen was mistakenly beaten as a thief, but that he might do something outrageous and irreparable to the girls in the Jiang Mansion...

Jiang Fugui shook his head and said softly, "Don't worry, grandma, your granddaughter is fine and not hurt."

"No, that's not the case! It's the second young lady of the Jiang family. She...she made an appointment with my young master to meet here tonight!"

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