Hearing the commotion and wanting to see what was going on, many soldiers gathered in this direction...
Xingming shouted even louder, and seeing that more and more soldiers were arriving, he finally spoke with righteous indignation:
"As supervisors, you have abandoned your primary responsibilities and are exploiting and oppressing the villagers. Aren't you doing this?"
The two guards gave a provocative snort, neither admitting nor denying it.
Xingming accused, "The villagers can't even afford two meals of steamed buns a year, and you're the ones going door-to-door ransacking them, aren't you?!"
The guards sneered and looked down at him.
Seeing this, Xingming became even more accusatory, saying, "Your Highness and the Princess have caught a cold and are worried about infecting other prisoners, yet you use this as an excuse to extort and blackmail me every day..."
In just these few days, they've extorted at least a hundred taels from me, haven't they?
"You're talking nonsense!"
One of the guards blurted out, "There aren't that many!"
Only after I finished speaking did I realize how foolish I had done.
Brick looked around and saw a large group of soldiers behind him, looking at them with complicated expressions.
Everyone helped them maintain order, and the meat and vegetable buns they looted were indeed shared among everyone...
However, with so many people, each person only received one.
Everyone was initially grateful and wanted to share the good fortune...
I never imagined they had kept so much hidden away!
All the buns together cost less than one tael of silver.
It's ridiculous that they actually think these two consider everyone their true brothers!
Xingming observed everyone's reactions and showed them the silver coins in his hand, saying, "It's the same again today..."
Two silver coins, there's a reason for it, yet you still complain it's not enough?
"Has the old Taoist priest been too compliant lately, inflating your appetites so much that you don't even care about two taels of silver?"
The two guards, somewhat enraged, shouted, "Stop your damn nonsense! Take the money! We don't want anything from you!"
Hand him over, regardless of whether he was once a prince or a princess...
"If you're late for a training session, you'll get a whipping first!"
Their posture was so clear, it was as if they were saying, "Now look what's happened, I don't care how much money you have, you're so ungrateful!"
If it weren't for the soldiers behind me, sensing the tense atmosphere...
Their whips had already been lashed out!
Suddenly!
Xingming, like a beast driven to the brink of despair, rammed his body into the two men!
As Xingming's head slammed into their chests, he angrily said, "Since that's the case, I have nothing to hide anymore!"
He slipped his hands under the waists of the two guards, who initially didn't notice his intention...
Until Xingming pulled two purses from each of their waists.
Xingming raised his hand high and shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "Everyone, come and see!"
Xingming emptied a purse...
"Oh......"
A gasp came from beside me.
It turned out to be two ingots of silver, each worth twenty taels, and a handful of silver coins.
The other purse contained roughly the same amount.
Xingming poured the silver ingots and silver coins back into his purse and said to the soldiers behind him:
"Gentlemen, you live in this harsh and desolate land with meager incomes. These two gentlemen are not from wealthy or powerful families, so how come they have so much silver on them?"
The soldiers' faces were filled with anger, but they showed no surprise whatsoever.
Xingming weighed the purse in his hand, then said, "The silver coins inside were extorted from me, the old Taoist priest..."
As for this silver ingot..."
Before Xingming could finish speaking, two guards jumped up and tried to snatch it, saying, "We don't know what you're talking about!"
Xingming didn't have time, and since there were two of them, they quickly snatched the purse back.
Although they didn't know why two purses suddenly appeared, since they were found on them, they were theirs!
Xingming smiled strangely, "So, in front of everyone, you admit that the wallet is yours?"
The guards retorted defiantly, "Everyone saw it; you robbed us!"
Xingming chuckled, revealing a few large teeth, "Then where did you get these silver ingots?"
"Is it any of your business?!"
The guards stuffed the purses into their pockets and then reached for their whips.
Just as I was about to throw it across the way, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed me...
"It's none of his business, but it's my business!"
The guards turned around and immediately stood up straight.
When the barracks cooks and general laborers were preparing breakfast for the soldiers, they found that the kitchen's food supplies were insufficient. After completing the necessary paperwork, they requested food from the guard in charge of the granary...
It was only then that they learned that the two guards had taken the grain out under the pretext that it had gotten wet and needed to be dried.
The cook immediately reported to Yan Lang, who personally went to the granary to investigate and promptly apprehended the two guards stationed there...
And the sentries who were on duty at the checkpoint last night.
As expected, ten taels of silver were found on each of the four men, making the answer obvious.
When Yan Lang arrived with his men, the two guards were locked in a fierce battle with Xing Ming and were completely unaware of the approaching danger...
The two guards immediately behaved themselves, stuffing the purses tightly into their pockets and standing aside.
Seeing Yan Lang's angry face, they assumed that they had extorted Xing Ming and had been caught red-handed by Yan Lang.
It was dishonorable to do this, but it wasn't exactly a heinous crime, so neither of them showed any remorse on their faces.
Yan Lang's gaze swept over the two faces and landed on Xing Ming's face.
"You, come and say it!" Yan Lang's tone was stern, he was truly angry.
Tell me everything you know about the good deeds they've done!
Xingming's resentment vanished completely, and he humbly replied, "Last night, this old Taoist went to the outhouse..."
I was surprised to see two figures lingering around a certain spot...
Driven by curiosity, the old Taoist priest went to investigate and overheard the conversation between the two soldiers and the two guards...
turn out to be......"
Xingming looked at the two guards, who were clearly furious. "You're talking nonsense!"
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