067 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 66

☆、Chapter 66: Everyone is better than everyone else

Xie Lian turned around and asked: “How do you say it?”

Mu Qing said: “The homeless children in the imperial city are all in the same group. They often come near my house to beg for food. I know them all and I have never seen this child.”

The young boy looked at him with admiration and said nothing.Feng Xin doubted: “Who do they always ask for food? You? Are you willing to give it?”

Mu Qing glared at him and said, “I’m so pestered, what can I do if I don’t give it to you?”

Feng Xin still felt incredible and stopped talking, saying: “Oh.”

Xie Lian looked at them talking and wanted to laugh.Mu Qing added: “And there are several patches on his clothes. It seems that the stitches must have been patched by adults recently. There is at least one older person in his family. His family may not be well off, but he is definitely not a beggar.”

Xie Lian naturally never pays attention to the stitching of the patch, nor can he tell whether it was patched by an adult, but Mu Qing used to be a handyman at Huangji Temple, and he also did a lot of odd jobs at home. After taking a closer look, it was indeed the case, and asked: “Are there any adults in your family?”

The young boy shook his head and said with admiration: “There must be. If he doesn’t go back, most of his family members will be looking for him anxiously now.”

The child said: “No, no! There is no one!” As if he was afraid of being sent back, he opened his arms after speaking, as if he wanted to hug Xie Lian.His body was still mixed with mud and blood, and Feng Xin couldn’t stand it anymore, and said, “What are you doing, kid? Just forget about being anxious just now, are you still ignorant now? This is His Highness the Crown Prince, do you understand His Highness the Crown Prince?”

The child suddenly retracted his hand, but still looked at Xie Lian and said: “We had a quarrel at home and was kicked out. We walked for a long time and had nowhere to go.”

The three of them looked at each other.After a while, Feng Chuang said: “What should I do?”

An imperial doctor suggested: “If His Highness is in trouble, you can put him here and just send a few palace staff to take care of him.”

After pondering for a moment, Xie Lian shook his head slightly.

After all, he was afraid that Qi Rong would not give up and sneak out to cause trouble. He said: “I think it’s better for me to take care of him first and wait until he recovers from his injury. It seems that his family can’t take good care of him. When Feng Xin went back to deal with the stalls that Qi Rong knocked over, he sent a few people to find out where the child’s parents were and let them know so that they don’t have to worry.”

Feng Xin nodded: “Okay.”

One of his arms was still hanging, and the other hand wanted to lift the child.Xie Lian smiled and said: “You are an injured person, so forget it.”

Feng Xin, however, didn’t take it seriously and said, “It doesn’t matter if one is broken and the other is broken. Even if both of my hands are broken, I can still take him up the mountain with my teeth holding his collar.”

Mu Qing secretly rolled her eyes and said, “That’s all, I’ll do it.” But as soon as he took a step, the child jumped out of bed and said, “I can go by myself.”

The expression of resistance on his face made Mu Qing’s second step extremely embarrassing, and he didn’t know whether he should continue or not.Seeing that this kid had five broken ribs and one leg, but he was still so lively and energetic, Xie Lian really didn’t know whether to laugh or feel sad, and said: “Stop running around!” After saying that, he bent down and picked him up.

The three of them took a child and left the palace gate.Because Qi Rong had just caused trouble on the street, disturbing pedestrians and knocking over many stalls, Xie Lian felt deeply guilty and could not see the people of the imperial city. The whole group was dejected and did not dare to show their faces, so they walked along the path.Along the way, the young boy nestled in Xie Lian’s arms and behaved very well. He kept silent when asked to be quiet. Feng Xin glared and said: “This kid kicked me yesterday, but he behaves like this today. It’s really a taste of others.”

Mu Qingze said: “His Royal Highness, you are naturally much more popular than ordinary people.”

I don’t know why, even if he says nice things, there is always something about his words that makes people uncomfortable.Fengxin didn’t want to pay attention to him at the moment.After walking for a while, Feng Chuan said: “No. I still think, Your Highness, you can’t just hold an unknown child for people to look at.”

Thanks for the pity: “What’s the big deal?”

Feng Chuang: “You are His Highness the Crown Prince!”

As he said this, he caught a glimpse of a shabby cart resting at the entrance of the alley ahead, and said, “Put the child there and drag him away!”

Mu Qing immediately said: “Let me tell you first, I will not drag this thing up the mountain.”

Feng Chuang: “No one expects you to drag him away.” After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pulled the young child out of Xie Lian’s arms.As soon as it was in his hands, the child started to struggle again, and said with thanks: “Forget it, forget it. Maybe someone else wants this car!” Fengxin had already put the person in the car.At this moment, a person not far away suddenly said: “Are you…the prince?”

Someone immediately shouted: “Yes, yes! That’s the prince! Yesterday, his mask fell off and I saw his face with my own eyes! It’s him!!!”

“Get him!!!”

The three of them felt a thump in their hearts.Although Xie Lian didn’t think that he had done anything wrong during yesterday’s sacrifice to the sky, he also knew that others might not think the same as him.The interruption of the Yueshenwu was a very ominous sign, tabooed by the royal family, and the common people, after getting over the excitement yesterday, looked back and asked around what the accident meant, and they probably would not be more tolerant.In addition, Qi Rong caused trouble in the street today and caused a lot of complaints. If he was surrounded at this time, it would probably not be a good thing.Before he could think about it, Mu Qing pulled him hard and said: “Your Highness, run!”

Feng Xin also dragged the cart and urged him: “Your Highness, I have a broken arm. I can’t stop these mobs. Let’s go!”

However, outside the alley, the people on the street had already rushed over excitedly, blocking all the ways.The four of them had no way to retreat. Seeing countless pairs of wide-open eyes surrounding them, Xie Lian gritted his teeth and thought: “The worst I can do is get beaten up, I just don’t fight back!”

Unexpectedly, although the crowd surged up, they did not beat him up as expected. Instead, they stretched out their hands and threw him up, cheering in unison: “His Royal Highness!”

Xie Lian was thrown up and down several times, but still maintained an extremely calm expression.Everyone was talking: “Your Highness, your jump on Shenwu Street yesterday was really wonderful!”

Someone praised: “That jump is so amazing! It’s really true. I thought it was Emperor Shenwu who came in person, and I got goosebumps!”

Someone affirmed: “Your Highness is right to save the child! Other people’s lives are lives, but the lives of children from poor families are not? If I were to do that, I would do the same!”

Someone said angrily: “That’s right. Today I heard someone say that His Highness has done something bad, and I can’t stand it. If the one who fell was a relative of the Emperor, I’m afraid those people wouldn’t say that. Your Highness, please don’t pay attention to such a person!”

“Your Highness is the one who really has our best interests at heart…”

From the guilty conscience at the beginning, to the confusion along the way, to the end, I was infected by these enthusiastic faces.The crowd gathered Xie Lian out, and more and more people gathered on the street.Feng Xin, Mu Qing and the young child were far away from each other in the outer layer and could not squeeze in at all. They could only follow the long team and follow the parade.This huge crowd was actually no less grand than yesterday’s Heaven Sacrifice Tour.Every time Xie Lian wanted to leave, he would be forced back and pushed to the top again, but he was not allowed to come down.

Xie Lian couldn’t help but feel funny and reassured: “The opinions of the common people and the national teachers are completely opposite. It seems that I am right.”

When we returned to Taicang Mountain, the sunset was as intense as ever.

After passing through the tall mountain gate, the long bluestone mountain road was full of Taoists carrying buckets and carrying firewood running up and down. They greeted Xie Lian and his group one by one. Many of them looked at this strange four-person car in surprise.Fengxin pulled the cart with one hand, like a diligent young black bull.Xie Lian and Mu Qing were still laughing reservedly at first, but later they couldn’t resist and started to let it go.

The maple forest is long and the wheels are turning slowly.When climbing the mountain, Xie Lian pushed the car behind.Because he was in a good mood, he asked the toddler again: “Kid, what is your name? What’s the red color?”

The young child looked at him and whispered: “I…I don’t have a name.”

Xie Lian was startled and said: “Didn’t your mother give you a name?”

The young boy shook his head and said, “My mother is gone.”

Xie Lian felt pity and said: “Then what did your mother call you before?”

The child hesitated for a moment and said, “Hong Hong’er.”

Xie Lian smiled and said: “Your nickname is quite cute, so I’ll call you that.”

Hong Hong’er seemed shy when talking to him and lowered her head.At this time, dusk had fallen, and on the distant mountain peaks, the lights of various temples were lit up cluster by cluster.Among them, the brightest one is Shenwu Peak, the highest peak of Taicang Mountain.

The Shenwu Temple on Shenwu Peak is as bright as day, with bright lights gathering on the top of the peak.Looking at it, Xie Lian sighed.

I sighed not because I was sad, but because this scene was so beautiful and spectacular.Every bit of bright light is a bright lamp enshrined in the Shenwu Palace.Every lamp is the most pious prayer of a believer.The more ever-burning lamps in the temple, the more powerful the priest will be.If you want to offer a lamp in the Shenwu Hall of Huangji Temple, it’s hard to find a lot of gold.Only those who are rich, powerful, capable, affectionate, and predestined can enter the temple to offer lanterns.However, there are more people in the world who have none of the five.

The four of them stopped and looked at the Shenwu Palace, which was as bright as the sun, with different expressions.At this time, I suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice shouting: “His Royal Highness!”

When Xie Lian turned around, he saw a white-faced young man running towards him in a hurry, but it was the gatekeeper of the Four Elephants Palace. He said seriously: “Brother Zhu, why are you in such a hurry?”

Seeing Mu Qing behind him, Senior Brother Zhu looked slightly embarrassed and pretended not to see him, saying: “I have invited you, the Imperial Master. I have been looking for you for a long time. I am now in the Shenwu Hall, waiting for you to go.”

Xie Lian was stunned when he heard this, knowing that it was probably because of the unexpected incident of offering sacrifices to Tianyou yesterday, and said: “Okay, thank you, senior brother.”

Ling Fengxin and Mu Qing took Hong Hong’er back to Xianle Palace first, while Xie Lian went to Shenwu Peak alone.

Outside the main hall, the swirling smoke from the incense cauldron dyed the entire Shenwu Palace like a fantasy.On both sides of the incense cauldron, rows of long lanterns float in the air, forming a wall of lights.Each ever-burning lantern has the name and prayers of the person offering the lantern written in dignified official script.Entering the hall, there are rows and rows of hanging lanterns on both sides of the hall.The ever-burning lamps offered inside the temple are more precious than those offered outside the temple.

In front of the huge temple, the chief imperial master was offering incense in front of the statue of Emperor Shenwu. Behind him, the three deputy imperial masters worshiped the statue together.

After Xie Lian entered, he bowed his head slightly and said: “National Master.”

After several imperial masters finished bowing, they turned back and motioned for him to come forward.So Xie Lian also went over, took the incense, and offered it devoutly.

After a long while, the Imperial Master said: “Your Highness, we have discussed it for a while, and there are only two solutions to the matter of worshiping Tianyou.”

Thanks for the pity: “National Master, please speak.”

The national master said: “The first way is to find the child who ruined the ceremony. We will open an altar to perform the ritual. At least, we will seal off his sense as atonement.”

The author has something to say: The imaginary Xianle Kingdom is a small ancient country with Chinese culture as a whole, but very strange customs… But I feel that what I wrote is only strange hahahaha [face covering] [beat]