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

Half an hour later.

Sun Yaozu was in a rage and rode his horse out of the city with a dozen yamen runners.

In addition, the princess's carriage followed closely behind, and Xia Xue sat in the carriage with a dark face.

"Xia Mingyuan, you are so outrageous!"

"Do you want to rebel? Let my son go!"

Sun Yaozu jumped off his horse and cursed at Xia Mingyuan.

Seeing his father coming to save him, Sun Wenju's face was immediately filled with pride.

"Xia Mingyuan, my father is here, why don't you let me go!"

Xia Mingyuan glanced at him with a smile and said lightly: "You'd better pray that your father brings some silver notes."

"Otherwise, the time he wasted would also be counted as part of that hour."

Sun Wenju's face froze, he gritted his teeth and turned away angrily.

"Master Sun, you are finally here."

"If you delay any longer, your son will probably turn into a hedgehog."

Xia Mingyuan walked forward lazily.

As soon as he moved, the three hundred archers behind him turned around and aimed at Sun Yaozu.

Sun Yaozu was startled and quickly hid behind several yamen runners.

"Xia Mingyuan, you're looking for death!"

"I am the magistrate of Hanyang County, an official appointed by the imperial court. If you dare to kill me, you will be guilty of treason!"

Forcibly suppressing his inner panic, Sun Yaozu became furious.

"Xia Mingyuan, you're crazy!"

"Hurry up and tell your people to stop!"

Xia Xue walked out of the carriage and her face turned pale when she saw this scene.

Xia Mingyuan sneered, bowed slightly to Xia Xue, and then waved his hand, asking the archers behind him to retreat.

"Your Highness, Lord Sun, Sun Wenju used the name of the military governor to investigate my anti-bandit deployment. This commander rejected him on the grounds that it was against the rules."

"I never thought he would openly slander me for being lazy in suppressing the bandits, and even claimed that I was using the bandit suppression to make money, and that I actually had no soldiers under my command. He even insisted on making a bet with me!"

"My two thousand elite soldiers are all here. According to the bet, if Young Master Sun loses to me, he will receive fifty thousand taels of silver. In addition, there are two other insignificant prizes."

"We have a written document signed by both parties as evidence. Please review it."

"Daxia law states that private gambling agreements must be documented in writing. Anyone who violates or denies the agreement will be exiled!"

After he finished speaking, Xia Mingyuan handed the signed document to Xia Xue.

Xia Xue frowned, raised her head and glanced at the two thousand elite soldiers behind Xia Mingyuan, her beautiful eyes full of surprise.

How could his nephew have recruited two thousand elite soldiers in such a short time?

Although Xia Mingyuan has a cruel heart, his ability is not inferior to the one in the palace!

While thinking, Xia Xue took the document, glanced at it, and then handed it to Sun Yaozu.

Sun Yaozu's mouth twitched. He took the document and glanced at it. Suddenly, his eyes went dark and he knew he was in the wrong.

He was silent for a while, then said calmly, "Xia Mingyuan, my son is worried that the bandit suppression will be delayed, so he resorted to this desperate measure to provoke you. Why are you still harping on me?"

"This bet is just childish nonsense. Don't take it seriously. Let him apologize to you and forget it..."

After saying this, Sun Yaozu turned and bowed to Xia Xue. "Your Highness, my son is unruly and frivolous. I will discipline him strictly when I return. I beg you to be merciful and let Commander Xia release him first..."

"Wen Ju has been weak since childhood and cannot withstand such a shock."

"This……"

Xia Xue looked hesitant as she looked at Sun Yaozu. She couldn't help but feel soft-hearted and subconsciously raised her head to look at Xia Mingyuan.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Xia Mingyuan suddenly said lazily: "Master Sun, the bet is written in black and white, do you still want to deny it?"

"What a bunch of childish nonsense! If I remember correctly, your son is already an adult. Are you still treating him like a three-year-old? I'm the commander of the guards at the Princess's residence, representing the face of the Princess's residence. How can you treat the Princess like this?"

Sun Yaozu's expression changed slightly, and he quickly looked at Xia Xue, "Your Highness, Princess, please don't listen to his nonsense. I have no intention of offending you, and this has nothing to do with you."

"well said!"

Xia Mingyuan sneered and clapped his hands, saying, "Lord Sun is absolutely right. This is a private bet between this commander and Sun Wenju. It has nothing to do with Her Royal Highness the Princess. Even Her Royal Highness the Princess has no right to refute it."

"If you dare to deny it, I will make a thousand copies of this bet and distribute them to the people of Hanyang, bringing disgrace to your reputation as a county magistrate!"

"Besides all this, I've also filed a complaint against you at the provincial government office. I have the evidence in black and white. Lord Sun, you can't be without an enemy in the officialdom, right?"

Every word Xia Mingyuan said was heartbreaking.

Sun Yaozu's face changed drastically, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

It didn't matter that Xia Mingyuan wanted to hand the gambling agreement to the people. After all, no matter how the common people talked about it, it couldn't shake his position as the county magistrate.

But if Xia Mingyuan really reported this matter to the provincial government, things would become much more difficult. I don't know how many political enemies would use this as an excuse to take action against him.

There is a high possibility that you will be reprimanded and demoted by your superiors!

But Xia Mingyuan is not an ordinary citizen. He has soldiers and generals under his command, and he is also a guard of the princess's mansion. Not to mention that Sun Yaozu can't do anything to him now, even if he really uses some low-level tricks, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the eldest princess?

Thinking of this, Sun Yaozu panicked a little. He gritted his teeth, put on a smile, and wanted to plead with Xia Xue.

Xia Xue looked at Sun Yaozu deeply, feeling a little unhappy.

What Xia Mingyuan said just now was correct. Although Sun Yaozu had been very humble at the moment, he wanted her to let the matter go by so lightly. It was obvious that he was sure that she, the eldest princess, would plead for him!

If she really intervenes in this matter today, she will probably be suppressed by Sun Yaozu in Hanyang in the future.

After experiencing the betrayal by her guards, although Xia Xue is kind-hearted, she can no longer be a soft persimmon that can be bullied by others!

Besides, given Xia Mingyuan's personality, even if she spoke up about this matter, it would probably be of no use.

Xia Xue immediately shook her head and said, "Master Sun, this is Xia Mingyuan's private matter. Since he doesn't agree, I won't force him."

The smile on Sun Yaozu's face slowly froze.

After hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, this county accepts the loss of 50,000 taels of silver."

"Come here, quickly fetch fifty thousand taels of silver and give it to Commander Xia."

Soon, 50,000 taels of silver were handed to Xia Mingyuan.

Sun Yaozu's face was filled with pain, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Commander Xia, can you finally let my son go now?"

Xia Mingyuan calmly counted the silver notes, fifty of which were each worth one thousand taels, no more, no less.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at Sun Yaozu indifferently.

"Master Sun, why are you so anxious? Your son still owes me two prizes."

"Master Sun, kowtow first, run naked first, or kowtow while running naked? Choose one now!"