Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

"Jiang Tai, isn't it a bit too hasty to cut your neck now?"

Xia Mingyuan walked up to Jiang Tai with a contemptuous tone.

Jiang Tai turned his head away, not meeting Xia Mingyuan's gaze. "Xia Mingyuan, if you're a man, give me a quick death."

"If you want to know something from me, just dream on!"

"Master Jiang has backbone." Xia Mingyuan grinned and waved his hand, rejecting the machete that Wang Gang offered him. "I just don't know if you can still be so stubborn later."

"You two help him up, blindfold him, and pin him to the ground."

At the command, two soldiers immediately stepped forward, blindfolded Jiang Tai with a rag, and pinned him to the ground.

Xia Mingyuan picked up a piece of rag and covered Jiang Tai's face with it. Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, he took the water bag and poured it towards Jiang Tai...

In an instant, Jiang Tai's body trembled and he struggled desperately on the ground. Seeing this, the strong man next to him immediately held him down and no matter how he struggled, it was of no use.

After one water bag was emptied, Jiang Tai lay on the ground gasping for breath.

Xia Mingyuan kicked him, squatted down and lifted the rag from his face. "How is it? I'm afraid this water torture must be unpleasant. General Jiang, please think about it again. Tell me about the Xu family."

Jiang Tai shuddered violently, his face turned pale, and he looked at Xia Mingyuan in fear.

The previous feeling of being unable to live and unable to survive made him feel so miserable that he wanted to die immediately.

"Xia Mingyuan, I advise you to give up this idea. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Mingyuan sneered and covered Jiang Tai's face with the rag in his hand again.

"Go on, have everyone untie their water bags, one at a time."

"I want to see how many people our Jiang Da Dang can hold out."

"Anyway, this water torture won't kill anyone. If he likes it, then he can try it for a year or two."

"no, do not want."

"I said!"

Jiang Tai's whole body trembled, and his inner defenses were finally completely broken at this moment.

Before the second person came forward, he had already given up resistance.

Xia Mingyuan chuckled and walked forward slowly. "Tell me, why would the Xu family support your Poison Dragon Gang when they are doing well?"

"Over the years, they've made you do so many dirty things. Tell the truth, and I'll consider giving you a quick death."

Jiang Tai's chest heaved violently and he gasped heavily.

"There's a mine at the foot of the mountain where the Poison Dragon Gang lives. It's supposed to be owned by the government. To take over the mine, the Xu family secretly colluded with Hanyang County Magistrate Sun Yaozu, allowing our Poison Dragon Gang to occupy the mountain and secretly mine."

"Over the years, the Poison Dragon Gang has been using robbery as a cover to mine for the Xu family. As for the proceeds from the robberies, the Poison Dragon Gang and Sun Yaozu split the profits 50-50."

"Besides that, the Xu family provides some assistance to the Poison Dragon Gang every year."

"It turns out to be a mine..." Xia Mingyuan was startled and suddenly realized.

No wonder the Xu family would do such a thankless task. It turns out there is another mystery beneath the Poison Dragon Mountain.

Xia Mingyuan's eyes flashed: "Whose mine is it?"

"A gold mine and an iron mine." Jiang Tai swallowed, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"Both mines are supervised and guarded by the Xu family. The Poison Dragon Gang members cannot approach them at will. Currently, there are members of the Xu family leading people to mine in the mountains."

Hearing this, Xia Mingyuan finally smiled.

"Master Jiang, it seems you are very sensible. Come on, take us to see the mine."

Jiang Tai hesitated, his eyes struggling.

"Commander Xia, if I offend the Xu family, my entire family will die. I know I cannot escape death. Could you please spare my family's life?"

Xia Mingyuan shook his head and patted Jiang Tai on the shoulder. "Don't worry, I don't plan to let them go."

Jiang Tai's expression froze, and there was only despair in his face.

Xia Mingyuan said coldly: "The premise of not letting the family suffer is that the benefits will not be extended to them. Boss Jiang should understand how much your family has received from you over the years."

"I heard you married six concubines, each one more extravagant than the last, and you became a local tyrant in Hanyang."

"All those people you robbed weren't born to parents. When you wanted to massacre the whole village over a disagreement, why didn't you consider that the consequences would also affect their families?"

"To tell you the truth, Jiang Tai, even if I let them go, the people of Hanyang will skin them alive and leave their bodies exposed in the wilderness."

"I, Xia Mingyuan, can only promise you that I will give your entire family a quick death and let you rest in peace."

Xia Mingyuan's words made Jiang Tai's body shake.

After a long while, he sighed softly, "Commander Xia, things have come to this point. There is no point in arguing any further."

"You're right. Even if you let my family go, they will never have a good ending."

After saying this, Jiang Tai looked helpless as he took Xia Mingyuan around the mountain and soon found the entrance to a mine.

Xia Mingyuan left half of his men outside to guard and led Wang Gang and others down the mine.

"stop!"

Not long after they entered the mine, a patrol soldier with a knife suddenly appeared and looked at Xia Mingyuan and others with a gloomy face.

"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you long ago that people from the Poison Dragon Gang can't enter here without a warrant? Get out of here right now."

However, before the man could finish his words, Wang Gangyi strode forward and pierced his throat with a sword.

The man struggled a few times and fell to the ground without a sound.

"Kill everyone, leave no one alive."

Xia Mingyuan waved his hand gently, and dozens of Wei Wu soldiers behind him rushed into the mine following the sound in front.

Immediately afterwards, sounds of fighting and screams rang out one after another.

After a while, the screams gradually weakened, and dozens of bodies of the Xu family were piled together, leaving only the miners with confused faces in the mine.

Xia Mingyuan turned around and looked at Jiang Tai who was tied up.

Before he could ask, Jiang Tai took the initiative to answer: "In order to avoid attracting attention, only a small number of these people are refugees captured by the Poison Dragon Gang, and the rest were abducted by the Xu family from other places."

"There are several hundred of them in total. They are not allowed to leave the mine. Over the years, batches of them have come and gone, and many have died in here."

Xia Mingyuan nodded slightly, looking a little hesitant. He originally wanted to let these people go home.

However, the secrets of the mine cannot be leaked out yet.

"Li Mingwu, go inform Lü Xiucai and have someone come to count their household registrations and improve their salaries. No one can leave."

After hearing Xia Mingyuan's instructions, Li Mingwu hurriedly trotted away.

The miners in the mine looked numb, as if they had accepted their fate, and continued to swing their hammers and hit the ore.

The clanging sounds were heard again in the mine.

Xia Mingyuan left guards to watch over the mine and turned to leave.

Since you have chosen to go against the court, you cannot show any mercy at this moment.

The only thing he could do was to ensure that these miners had enough food to eat and stayed alive.