185 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 184

Chapter 184 The Crown Prince Defeats Jie on the Mountain Road

He repeatedly asked Feng Xin to stay here to guard the king and the queen, and then left the small shabby house by himself.As I walked all the way back, my heart was beating extremely hard.After walking a long way and confirming that Feng Xin really hadn’t followed him, he felt relieved.

After calming down and walking for more than ten miles, Xie Lian finally picked a place that he thought was suitable – a mountain road in the wilderness.

Looking around for no one, Xie Lian covered his face with white silk, tightly wrapped it up, jumped up the tree, hid his figure, and held his breath while concentrating.Next, just wait for passers-by to pass.

Yes, his “method” is the so-called “robbing the rich and giving to the poor.”

In the past, Xie Lian had only heard stories in storybooks and storybooks about knights from all corners of the country robbing homes and homes, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. He had never done it himself, and had never thought about doing it.Because, originally, he thought this way: no matter how it is beautified, no matter how legitimate the purpose is, robbery is robbery and theft is stealing.Otherwise, with Xie Lian’s skills, it would be easy to kill all the guards and empty a bank, let alone climb over walls and steal something.

But at this point, there is really no other way.If I must say it, “robbing” is slightly better than “stealing”, probably because the former is relatively “above and above board”.After struggling for a long time, Xie Lian still slapped his original self, intending to rob other people’s wealth and help his own poverty.

This is the fastest way!

Xie Lian squatted on a tree, the moon was dark and the wind was high, the fields were silent and empty, but his heart was beating wildly.

Even when he was hunting the most ferocious monster, he had never been so nervous. He took out a cold steamed bun from his sleeve, his hands trembling slightly.

If you can still be picky about what you eat, it only means that you are not really hungry. After Xie Lian understood this, you suddenly got used to the taste of steamed buns.

Winter is approaching and the night is extremely cold. Xie Lian gnaws on the cold steamed buns while exhaling puffs of white breath.Because he didn’t want to be seen, Xie Lian didn’t consider crowded places at all. He specifically chose a remote place and waited for a full two hours before a pedestrian slowly walked over to the end of the mountain road.

Thanks to Xie Lian’s energy, he stuffed the steamed bun in two or three mouthfuls, stared at the pedestrian who was slowly approaching, and found that it was an old man.

Although such an old man is still well-dressed and should be very rich, he is certainly not within the scope of Xie Lian’s consideration.I don’t know if he was disappointed or relieved. In short, he decisively ignored him, let him pass, and continued to wait for the next person.

An hour later, Xie Lian squatted until his feet were numb and his lower body was almost stiff, before the second person arrived.Seeing that the man was walking very slowly, he thought to himself: “Is he another old man?”

When the man slowly approached, he realized that he was not an old man, but a young man.

The young man looked simple and honest, with a smile on his face. The reason he walked slowly was that he was carrying a heavy bag of rice.Xie Lian’s palms were sweating, and he said to himself in his heart: “… Do you want to do it?”

After hesitating for a moment, he gave up.

The reason for giving up was that the young man’s clothes were ragged and his straw sandals were worn out and his toes were exposed, showing that his family was poor.He must be so happy because he finally has a bag of rice to eat. Maybe his family has been hungry for many days, and maybe he sold the only cow in his family for this bag of rice.Wouldn’t it be desperate if he was robbed?

Xie Lian had a lot of random thoughts on his own, and then he thought that maybe he could only get half the rice, but by then the young man had already walked far away.Therefore, Xie Lian decisively stopped thinking about it and continued to wait for the next one.

In this way, he squatted on this tree and waited for several hours, from dusk to dawn.During this period, about a dozen pedestrians passed by on this mountain road. Every time Xie Lian wanted to take action, he let them go for various reasons that were not suitable for him to do so.Several times he thought, forget it!Better go back!There is no robber who robs like him. The only one who can gain something is the devil.However, when I thought about going back, the medicine and food would be gone, so I still had to bite the bullet and continue to wait.

After a long time, finally, the last passerby walked up the mountain road from a distance.

He was a middle-aged man, well-dressed, rich or noble, with a vicious and oily appearance that made people disgusted, and he did not look like a good person at first glance.

However, as the saying goes, Xie Lian couldn’t help but think: “What if this person just looks evil but is actually a good person? Even if he is rich, does he deserve to be robbed?”

Just as he was struggling to overcome the hurdle in his heart, a sudden gurgling sound in his stomach woke him up. Xie Lian sighed in his heart and said: “That’s all, I can’t control that much. It’s just you!”

After making up his mind, he jumped down from the tree and said: “Stop!”

A masked man appeared on the way. The man was startled and said warily: “Who are you? What are you doing sneakily hiding here with your face covered?!”

Xie Lian bit the bullet and said: “…put…put…” There was always an obstacle in his heart. He was stuck several times before shouting out the words – “Hand over the money you have!”

The man opened his mouth wide, jumped three feet high, and said, “Here comes someone! Help! Robber!” After shouting, he ran away.Compared with being escaped by him, Xie Lian was actually more worried that he would attract others by shouting. Although it was impossible to recruit others in this barren mountain, even if he did, he would be able to escape immediately. However, after all, he had a guilty conscience and immediately said: “Stop! Stop shouting!”

How could the man listen? He ran away into the woods and screamed “Ouch!”Xie Lian was worried that there was a beast in the woods and attacked the man, so he hurriedly said: “Wait! Be careful!…” Unexpectedly, when he chased after him, he was stunned and his face suddenly turned pale!

There were actually several people standing in the woods, all looking at him.Xie Lian took another closer look and realized something was wrong. These were not human beings at all.Because the middle-aged man didn’t seem to see them at all, he was still in a panic, and several of them were very familiar to Xie Lian.

Of course it looks familiar.Several of these were ones he had seen in Xianjing before, some from heaven and some from heaven.They are all priests!

The man screamed just now because he fell. He was holding a bunch of amulets in his hand, and he was mumbling: “Great Immortal, Great Immortal! Come and save me! Come and save me!” And the “immortals” he shouted were indeed here as he wished.

At this moment, several pairs of priests’ eyes were staring at Xie Lian, staring at him until he could not move.Seeing that the masked stranger who had robbed him stayed where he was, the man quickly got up and ran away.Xie Lian couldn’t even take a step forward to chase after him. He was already stiff, broke out in cold sweat, and was filled with fear.

Yes, fear.

He just hoped that the white silk would cover his face tightly enough so that these little priests who had dealt with him in the past would not be able to recognize him.However, what happened was contrary to expectations. A priest looked at him and said in surprise: “…Isn’t this…His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?”

“…”

Another priest was even more shocked and said: “Ah, it’s true! Why is His Royal Highness here? Why is he dressed like this?”

Xie Lian’s heart sank lower and lower, almost sinking to the heart of the earth.

“That man just shouted ‘help’, ‘robbery’ and ‘robber’? Is there a robber chasing him? The robber is… His Highness the Crown Prince?!”

“Oh my God! Your Highness the Crown Prince… would actually do such a thing?!”

After hearing these words, Xie Lian almost fainted on the spot.I don’t know how long it took before he said hoarsely: “I…”

He wanted to say something, but it was stuck in his throat.The expressions on the faces of the priests were also very subtle.After a while, a priest patted his shoulder and said, “It’s okay, it’s okay, Your Highness, we understand.”

Xie Lian was slapped a few times by him. It wasn’t heavy at all, but he almost couldn’t stand still. He said again: “I…”

The priest laughed a few times and said, “It’s very difficult for you to be like this. I understand. Don’t worry, we won’t tell others.”

This was what Xie Lian couldn’t say. After the other party said it first, he didn’t know what to say anymore. After a while, he murmured: “…Okay, thank you. Then, I…I’m going back. I’m going back.”

He didn’t know how he left. In short, when he woke up, he was already standing on the deserted mountain road again, and was woken up by the cold night wind in winter.

At this point, Xie Lian finally realized what a terrible thing had just happened.

He, Xie Lian, Prince Xian Le – a robber?!

Why does this happen?!

At this moment, Xie Lian felt extremely regretful. Before, he must have been crazy to think of blocking the road and robbing him, and now he was out of control.Why is it such an unlucky thing that I didn’t accomplish anything, but I just happened to get hit?!

Xie Lian had never encountered such a thing in his past life, and he didn’t know what to do. His whole body was feverish from head to toe, his mind was in chaos, and he buried his face in his hands.If he could turn back time, he would even exchange several years of life and cultivation for it.Just as he was feeling annoyed, he suddenly spotted a vague white figure in front of him out of the corner of his eye. He was startled, raised his head suddenly, and said, “Who?!”

As soon as he raised his head, the figure disappeared instantly, and Xie Lian broke into a cold sweat again.

Although he didn’t see the man’s face, he always felt that the man’s face seemed to be wearing a mask!

However, after scanning around, there was no trace of anyone. Xie Lian couldn’t help but suspect that the figure he just saw was just an illusion caused by his panic.Regardless of whether it was true or not, he didn’t dare to stay here any longer and hurried down the mountain.

After returning, Feng Xin had been waiting for him for most of the day. As soon as he saw him, he said: “Your Highness, where have you been? What solution have you come up with?”

How could Xie Lian dare to tell him.He couldn’t tell anyone, let alone Feng Xin.Xie Lian simply couldn’t imagine what Feng Xin, who had always believed in his unparalleled virtue, would think after knowing that his method was to run to rob. He only hoped to bury this matter in his heart forever and rot in his stomach.So, Xie Lian said vaguely: “No.”

Feng Xin was stunned and said: “Ah? Then what have you been doing for so long?”

Xie Lian was in a daze and said, “Don’t ask. I didn’t do anything.”

Feng Xin was very strange, but he didn’t ask Xie Lian no matter what. As a servant, he couldn’t ask more questions, so he could only whisper: “Then we should go out to perform again tomorrow?”

Xie Lian said: “I won’t go out.”

He was completely confused now, and his mind was filled with incredible worries: What if he happened to meet that middle-aged man?What if the whole city is now looking for him?Feng Xin also felt that something was wrong with his expression, and said: “Are you tired? That’s good. Your Highness, don’t go out. I can go out alone. Just concentrate on your practice.”

However, he didn’t know that Xie Lian had no intention of practicing at all.

Originally, Xie Lian was devoted to cultivation, because only in this way could he have the chance to return to Heaven, but now, he was also afraid of returning to Heaven.

Although those little priests said they would not tell anyone, would they really not tell anyone?Could it be that today’s incident has already spread throughout Heaven?

At the thought of this possibility, Xie Lian simply couldn’t breathe.He absolutely cannot bear to be branded with such a stain, being poked and poked by the whole heaven and even the whole world!

Being sleepy and exhausted, Xie Lian fell into a drowsy sleep.I had an uneasy sleep this time, tossing and turning, having unknown nightmares, and suddenly woke up, and when I looked out the window, it was already dark.

Feng Xin was not here. Sure enough, he went out to perform alone. He has not come back yet. From the next room, the king and queen coughed and talked in a low voice.Xie Lian was lying on the ground. As soon as he woke up, he couldn’t help but imagine what would happen if this matter really spread and his parents found out. They would be unbelievable.The king might be furious, coughing up blood and scolding him for being a disgrace to Xianle, but the queen would definitely not scold him, but she would definitely be heartbroken because her most beloved child had brought shame on them.

Thinking of this, Xie Lian began to have trouble breathing again. He had to find a place to be alone, so he climbed up from the straw mat, rushed out, and ran aimlessly for more than ten miles in the biting cold wind.

He didn’t dare to stay where there were people, because he always felt that others were staring at him, examining how unworthy he was. It wasn’t until he ran to a cemetery that there was no one left, that he finally stopped.

This night was even colder than the night before. When he got here, Xie Lian discovered that his cheeks and hands were frozen, and his body was shivering slightly.It’s not just the cold, it’s probably the fear.Xie Lian couldn’t help but hugged his arms, exhaled a few mouthfuls of hot air, turned his eyes, and found two jars of wine in front of a tombstone.

It seems that the owner of this tombstone was a lover of wine during his lifetime, so after his death, others who visited his grave also brought wine to him.Xie Lian squatted down. He had never drank wine, but he had heard people say that wine warms the body and helps one forget things. He paused for a moment, then suddenly picked up the wine jar, opened the stopper and drank a lot.

This wine was not a good one. It was cheap and had a strong taste. Xie Lian drank a few big sips and coughed violently, but it did seem to make him feel warmer.So, Xie Lian wiped his cheeks, sat on the ground, picked up the jar, and continued to drink.

In a daze, he seemed to see a faint little will-o’-the-wisp flying out of nowhere and swirling around him, seemingly in a hurry.Xie Lian just drank by himself, as if he didn’t see it.The will-o’-the-wisp seemed to be desperately trying to get closer to him, but because it was a fire of nothingness, it could only pass through him every time and could never touch him.

As soon as the jar went down, Xie Lian was already dizzy and drunk. Seeing it flying around was really pitiful and funny at the same time. He couldn’t help but burst out laughing. He put his elbows on the edge of the wine jar and said, “What are you doing?”

The will-o’-the-wisp suddenly froze in mid-air.

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