Chapter 39: Hunting Incident
Although Mr. Chen did not want his daughter to go hunting, he still agreed. It was not because of Mother Chen's authority, but because he felt that Mother Chen's words made a lot of sense.
Even he thought about it and decided to go with him.
In the evening, the exile team stopped and looked for a suitable place to camp and rest.
Not long after, Xu Tian came to the door.
He didn't expect that Lord Chen would come hunting in person. He was flattered and a little nervous for a moment, as if he was worried that Lord Chen would get hurt.
Seeing Xu Tian asking about his father's well-being, the word "suck-up" popped up in Chen Xue's mind.
She was a little confused. Her father was just an assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a position that was neither high nor low, and he was usually very low-key. How could he have such a little fanboy?
"Hey, Xu Tian, are you looking for help?"
A group of yamen runners came over and saw Lord Chen, but they ignored him and started teasing Xu Tian.
The other yamen runners also laughed when they heard this, "This isn't a helper, it's clearly a hindrance."
Obviously, not all of these yamen runners have a good relationship with each other.
"That's enough." Xu Tian suddenly became furious. "You are not allowed to insult Master Chen."
"Oh, it's Master Chen again," the yamen runner who spoke first said disdainfully, "He's already a prisoner now, and you're still foolishly treating him as a high and mighty master. Do you think he can be reinstated? You're even trying to curry favor with him..."
They knew very well that the Chen family was the "mastermind" of the disaster relief grain embezzlement case, and that it was His Majesty who personally tried the case, so it was impossible to overturn the verdict.
"Enough, what does what I want to do have to do with you!" Xu Tian was a little angry, but he was not good at arguing with others.
"I'm here to hunt, not to quarrel with you. If you don't want to hunt, don't bother us."
"hunt"
“Puff!”
Hearing this, the group suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahaha, don't you know what you're doing? Every time you go hunting, you can't even catch rabbit hair. You set traps yourself, but instead of catching the prey, you catch yourself."
"Hahaha, if you kill prey, even the sow will climb up the tree."
Xu Tian suddenly felt a little embarrassed. They used to go hunting often during their breaks to change their taste, but he didn't know if it was because he was unlucky or if he was really not good at hunting.
In short, every time others had a good catch, he would return empty-handed, either catching fish or falling into the river, getting covered in mud.
I tried to catch a rabbit and chased it for a long time. I was exhausted but didn't even catch a single rabbit hair.
When trying to take out bird eggs, he found a snake instead.
There was even a time when he set a trap but forgot where he put it, and ended up falling into it himself, only to be rescued by others.
"Don't say that." The first bailiff interrupted everyone's laughter, "Look, he's learned to be smart and knows to ask for help. Maybe he can really catch prey."
"Puff~"
The others laughed even louder when they heard this. "Brother Wei, you want us to die of laughter, right? These prisoners have no weapons and no experience. It's good enough that they didn't get caught in Xu Tian's trap."
Hunting is not an easy thing. They know that Lord Chen is a high-ranking official who usually works in the court. Unlike them, he is not out and about every day. How could he have any hunting experience?
"What do you mean?" Xu Tian was a little angry. It was okay to mock himself, but it was not okay to mock Lord Chen.
"I didn't catch any prey before, it was just bad luck. Who said I couldn't catch any prey? Besides, Lord Chen, how can you belittle me? When Lord Chen and His Majesty were hunting, you didn't even know where they were?"
"Oh, really?" The bailiff curled his lips and glanced at Chen Xue. "How about making a bet?"
"What are you betting on?" Xu Tianlai was angry and just wanted to clear Lord Chen's name.
"Well, let's bet on whether you can catch prey today. However, if you have helpers, then we'll bet on who catches more prey."
"Okay!" Xu Tian agreed without hesitation, "If you lose, apologize to Master Chen."
"What if you lose?" the bailiff asked nonchalantly.
"Then I apologize to you."
"no."
The yamen runner had already thought of the bet and looked at Chen Xue behind Xu Tian with a greedy look on his face. "If you lose, hand her over to me."
"dream!"
Before Xu Tian could speak, Lord Chen refused without hesitation. He looked at Xu Tian and said, "We will not be participating in this hunting trip. Goodbye."
It was okay for him to mock me before, he was a magnanimous man and didn't care, but he wouldn't agree if he set his sights on his daughter.
If they weren't so many in number, I would have rushed over and punched him twice to let him know how stupid it was to have ideas about targeting my daughter.
"stop!"
"Who told you to leave?"
The yamen runners quickly stopped Lord Chen and his companion and prevented them from leaving. Seeing this, Xu Tian rushed over.
"What are you doing! Get out of the way!"
Seeing that the yamen runners didn't react, Xu Tian turned to look at the leading yamen runner and said, "Kuang Wei, this matter has nothing to do with Lord Chen. Let them leave."
"It's not that easy to just come and go as you please." The yamen runner named Kuang Wei sneered, "Let that girl play with us for a while, and then I'll let them leave."
"You are looking for death!" Lord Chen turned around and stared at Kuang Wei angrily. Although he was no longer the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, his official authority was still there. Kuang Wei was immediately shocked.
"Enough, you are making trouble and the captain will not let you go." Xu Tian was a little angry. Lord Chen's daughter was naturally his descendant. How could he let others set their sights on Chen Xue?
Converse glanced at Lord Chen, not daring to look him in the eye. When he heard Xu Tian's threat, his eyes suddenly flickered.
"Let's make a bet. If you win, I'll let them go. If you lose, then..."
As he spoke, Converse glanced at Chen Xue and licked his lips, obviously thinking about something bad.
Xu Tian stopped in front of Master Chen and looked at Kuang Wei. "I've already said that this matter has nothing to do with Master Chen. I made a bet with you, but it has nothing to do with Master Chen and the others."
"Either you make a bet with us, or I'll take it away." Converse said, interrupting Xu Tian's words, "Don't use the captain's words to pressure me. The captain doesn't care about these things."
As long as the situation isn't too serious, the captain won't care at all. After all, the captain's relationship with him is much better than his relationship with Xu Tian.
"you……"
Xu Tian felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have brought Lord Chen here. He never expected that such a thing would happen.
If he were asked to gamble with Converse, he would have no idea what to do, and more importantly, how could he possibly use Lord Chen's daughter as a bet.
However, judging from Converse's expression, he obviously wouldn't let it go easily. If he took action, there was no way he could stop him.
Forget it. Even if it costs my life, I can’t just watch Lord Chen’s daughter being bullied.
"You guys want to bet on who can catch more prey!" A sudden voice suddenly rang out, attracting everyone's attention. Chen Xue walked out and said, "I'll bet with you."
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