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

Sun Wenju's face changed drastically.

He was originally furious, but he calmed down instantly and subconsciously took a few steps back.

"You, put the knife down first..."

"I'm warning you, don't mess around! I'm the son of the county magistrate. If you touch me, there's no chance of you surviving in Hanyang City!"

Zhang Weiwu sneered, his face full of disdain, "What a bullshit county magistrate, for no reason, you are good at the Princess Mansion, even if I kill you, what do you think?"

"Get out of here! Don't try to get yourself killed here!"

A fine layer of cold sweat broke out on Sun Wenju's forehead.

He never thought that he would be blocked at the first step when he wanted to teach Xia Mingyuan a lesson!

He couldn't even step into the princess's mansion.

The guards in this princess's mansion are too strong!

But if he were to go back in disgrace now, Sun Wenju would be disgraced in Hanyang City and would never be able to hold his head up again.

In a hurry, Sun Wenju's brain worked rapidly and suddenly his eyes lit up.

He glared at Zhang Weiwu and said calmly, "Who said I came here for no reason?"

"A few days ago, Xia Mingyuan accepted the job of suppressing bandits at the county government office in front of all the city's wealthy and famous people. Now, so much time has passed, and there is no movement at all."

"I'm here on the orders of the county magistrate to oversee the troops and inspect the preparations for the bandit suppression. Why don't you go and inform Xia Mingyuan and ask him to come out and see me?"

Hearing this, Zhang Weiwu's face froze.

He scratched his head and looked Sun Wenju up and down, unable to tell whether what this guy said was true or false.

"Wait here, I'll go and report!"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Weiwu glared at him, retracted the long knife in his hand, turned around and walked into the yard.

Seeing the steel knife on his neck being retracted, Sun Wenju breathed a sigh of relief, and his legs felt a little weak.

He was almost killed by a guard.

Not long after, Zhang Weiwu came out and glanced at Sun Wenju coldly, "Come in, our young master is waiting for you in the yard."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wenju immediately felt confident.

He glared at Zhang Weiwu, put his hands behind his back, and walked into the princess's mansion with an arrogant step, like an eighth master.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Sun?"

As soon as I entered the yard, Xia Mingyuan's lazy voice came from the recliner.

"Young Master Sun, you've come to the Princess's residence today. I wonder what brings you here? You've come unarmed, so you're not just here to be a guest, are you?"

As he spoke, Xia Mingyuan raised the corners of his mouth, his face full of sarcasm.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Sun Wenju's face froze, and he forced himself to suppress his anger. "Xia Mingyuan, it's been five days since you took on the task of suppressing the bandits. In these five days, I haven't seen you recruit a single soldier. How exactly are you planning to suppress the bandits?"

"Banditism is rampant in Hanyang right now. My father cannot bear to see the people suffer even one more day, so he has sent me here to supervise the troops and inspect your preparations for suppressing the bandits."

Xia Mingyuan glanced at him calmly and said calmly, "I think it's best not to bother with this, Mr. Sun. The preparations for suppressing the bandits are military secrets, and they won't be treated lightly. You have no official position, so you're not qualified to know about it right now."

"You..." Sun Wenju's face turned pale. "Xia Mingyuan, I work for the county government. Before you came, I participated in the suppression of bandits for many years. Could I betray your so-called military intelligence?"

"In my opinion, you are simply neglecting your duties. Apart from the guards at the Princess's residence, you haven't even formed a proper team. You dare not let me investigate?"

"If that's the case, then I'll have to report this to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Father, and let them decide the outcome in advance!"

"After all, you can afford the delay, but the people of Hanyang City can't!"

"Mr. Sun, you can eat some of this food, but you can't say anything you want."

Xia Mingyuan glanced at him coldly, "You have no evidence, how do you know that I haven't formed a team?"

"Hmph, Xia Mingyuan, stop putting on airs with me!"

Sun Wenju sneered, "You've been in Hanyang for five days. In those five days, you've assaulted merchants, organized a martial arts tournament, extorted money from Manager Huang, and seized Jin Daya's Changlefang. I've only seen you frantically amassing wealth, and I haven't seen you recruit local militias or form a bandit suppression team at all!"

"If you really have soldiers, pull them out for me to see!"

"We agreed that you can't use the guards from the Princess's Mansion to make up the numbers, and the two hundred people outside Hanyang City can't be counted either."

Xia Mingyuan frowned and cursed in his heart that the bastard Sun Wenju was still watching his every move.

This time we must teach this guy a lesson!

"Sun Wenju, you dare to slander me without any evidence. Let me ask you, if I really have gathered an elite force of 2,000 men, what will you do?"

"What?" Sun Wenju burst into laughter upon hearing this. "Xia Mingyuan, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

"Just you? And two thousand elite soldiers? You brag like that, don't you worry about your tongue getting blown away by the wind?"

Xia Mingyuan said coldly, "This commander already has two thousand elite soldiers at his disposal, and they are waiting outside Hanyang City. Do you dare to bet with me again?"

"Damn it, you're trying to scare me, aren't you?" Sun Wenju was furious. "Let's gamble, do you really think I can be scared by you?"

"If you have soldiers, I will kowtow to you and admit my fault, plus compensate you with 10,000 taels of silver!"

"But if you don't have any soldiers, then you have to hand over the Changlefang you've seized!"

"Also, Huang Renji's grain was robbed. Regardless of whether you have anything to do with it or not, you must compensate him for the 100,000 kilograms of grain he lost. From now on, you will compensate him every time he is robbed!"

"I'm asking you if you dare or not?"

Veins bulged on Sun Wenju's forehead as he stared at Xia Mingyuan.

Xia Mingyuan laughed secretly in his heart, but deliberately showed some hesitation. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Sun Wenju, I am ashamed of your calculations."

"If you lose, the most you can pay is 10,000 taels. But if I lose, not only will I have to pay 10,000 taels worth of grain, but I'll also have to give up my Changlefang, which makes a fortune every day!"

"Do you think your kowtow and apology are worth a gambling house?"

Sun Wenju was stunned when he heard this. Looking at Xia Mingyuan's evasive eyes, he became more convinced that Xia Mingyuan was bluffing.

He sneered and said arrogantly, "So what do you want? I will fight you to the end today!"

"Fifty thousand taels of silver, plus a kowtow and an apology! And whoever loses has to strip naked and run around Hanyang City naked! Do you dare to bet?"

Xia Mingyuan was very emotional and spoke fiercely as if he had lost his temper.

"Just bet!"

Looking at him like this, Sun Wenju felt that Xia Mingyuan's behavior was more and more suspicious.

These days, he has been sending people to secretly follow him. Xia Mingyuan has only recruited dozens of thugs as guards and a dozen helpers. It is impossible for him to have an army of 2,000 people!

He made up his mind and said gravely, "Xia Mingyuan, if you have the ability, let's sign the agreement, so that some people won't refuse to pay after losing!"