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    Xie Ren turned her head and asked, “What do you say?”

    Mu Qing said, “The homeless children in the Imperial City are all in the same group, and often come to my neighborhood to beg for food, I know all of them, but I’ve never seen this child.”

    That young child looked at Mu情 and didn’t say anything. Feng Xin was skeptical, “Who do they always ask for food? You? Are you willing to give it?”

    Muoi glared at him and said, “It’s so wrapped up, what can I do if I don’t give it?”

    Feng Xin still found it unbelievable, stopped talking, and said, “Oh.”

    Xie Ren watched them talk, wanting to laugh. Mu Qi added: “Moreover, there are several patches on his clothes, looking at the stitches, they must have been recently patched by an adult, and 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 Ren naturally never pay attention to the patches of the stitch how, also can not understand is not an adult patch, but Mu love from the former is the Imperial Palace of Guan’s handyman, in the home of the odd jobs also do a lot of, a closer look, really so, asked: “Your family and adults?”

    The young boy shook his head, and Mu Yi said, “There must be. If he doesn’t go back, his family will probably be looking for him in a hurry.”

    The toddler said, “No, no! No one!” As if he was afraid of being sent back, he opened his arms as if he wanted to hug Xie Ren. His body was still mixed with mud and blood, Feng Xin could not stand it and said, “What are you doing with this child? What are you doing? Just now, you were in a hurry, and now you don’t know what you’re doing. This is His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince, do you understand?”

    The young child instantly retracted his hand again, but still looked at Xie Ren and said, “There was a quarrel at home and he was kicked out. Walked for a long time, no place to go.”

    The three of them looked at each other. In the middle of the day, Feng Xin said, “What about this?”

    An imperial physician suggested, “If Your Highness is in a difficult position, you can leave him here and send a few palace staff to take care of him.”

    After a moment of contemplation, Xie Ren shook her head slightly.

    After all, he was afraid that Qi Rong would not give up and would still sneak out to look for trouble, and said: ”I think it’s better for me to take care of him first, and wait for him to get better. It looks like his family won’t be able to take care of him. Fengxin turn back to deal with Qi Rong knocked over those stalls when, by the way, sent a few people to find where the child’s parents, inform a good, so that they do not have to worry.”

    Windsong nodded, “Good.”

    One of his arms was still dangling, and with his other hand, he tried to lift the toddler. Xie Ren laughed, “You’re a wounded man, it’s better to forget about it.”

    Feng Xin, however, didn’t think so and said, “It doesn’t matter if I break one arm or the other. Even if both my hands are broken, I can still bring him up the mountain for you with my teeth holding his collar.”

    Mu Qi secretly rolled his eyes and said, “That’s just it, it’s better for me to do it.” But he had only taken one step when the toddler jumped off the bed by himself and said, “I can walk by myself.”

    A face of resistance overflowing, so that the second step of the Muqi became extremely awkward, do not know whether to continue to step. Seeing that this little friend had broken five ribs and a leg, and was actually still so vigorous, Xie Ren really didn’t know whether to laugh or feel distressed, saying, “Don’t run around!” After saying this, she bent down and picked him up.

    Three people with a child, out of the palace door. Because Qi Rong just made a mess on the street, disturbed the pedestrians, knocked over a lot of stalls, Xie Ren deep heart, no face to see the people of the Imperial City, a line of people are gray, do not dare to show their faces, tightly pick the path to go. Along the way, the young boy nestled in the arm of Xie Ren good behavior, let him not make a sound he has been silent, Feng Xin glared: “This kid kicked me yesterday, today but this look, really look at people under the dish.”

    For her part, Mu Qi said, “Your Highness the Crown Prince? naturally, he is much more appealing than the average person.”

    I don’t know why, even if he is saying good things, his words and phrases are always a little bit uncomfortable. Feng Xin did not want to pay attention to him. After walking for a while, Feng Xin said: ”No way. I still think, Your Highness, you can’t just hold a child of unknown origin for people to look at.”

    Xie Ren said, “What’s the big deal?”

    Feng Xin said, “You are the Crown Prince!”

    Saying this, he glanced ahead and saw a battered crate resting at the mouth of the alley, and said, “Put the kid there and drag him along!”

    Mu Ai immediately said, “First things first, I’m not going to drag this thing up the mountain.”

    Feng Xin said, “No one expects you to drag.” When he finished speaking, he reached out and yanked the toddler out of Xie Ren’s arms. Once in his hands, the toddler began to struggle again, and Xie Ren said, “Forget it, forget it. There might be someone else who wants this car!” And Feng Xin had already put the person into the car. At this moment, a person not far away suddenly said, “Are you the …… prince?”

    Immediately, someone shouted, “Yes, yes, yes! That’s the Crown Prince! I saw his face with my own eyes yesterday when his mask fell off! That’s him!!!”

    “Get him!!!”

    The three people’s hearts were all thumping. Although Xie Ren does not think he did wrong in yesterday’s festival tour, but also know that others and he did not necessarily think the same. Yue Shenwu interruption is a great ominous sign, the royal nobles taboo, the people after yesterday when that burst of excitement, afterward back to taste, everywhere to ask what this accident actually represents, probably will not be more tolerant. Coupled with today’s Chi Rong street trouble, caused a lot of complaints, at this time if surrounded, most likely not good. Before he thought about it carefully, Mu Qi fiercely tugged on him and said, “Your Highness, run!”

    Feng Xin also dragged the crate and urged him, “Your Highness, I have a broken arm, I can’t stop these riotous | people, go!”

    However, outside the alley, the people on the street had already surged over in a state of excitement, blocking all the ways. The four of them had no way to retreat, looking at the countless pairs of wide-open eyes encircling them, Xie Ren thought stiffly, “The big deal is to be brutally beaten up, I’m not going to fight back!”

    Who knows, although the tide of people surged up, but not as expected a roundup, but seventeen or eighteen hands reached over and threw him up, cheering in unison: “Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

    Xie Ren was thrown up and down several times, still maintaining an extremely calm description. The crowd chattered, “Your Royal Highness, that leap you took on Shenwu Street yesterday was truly wonderful!”

    Someone exclaimed, “That jump was also awesome wow! Really really, I thought it was the Divine Martial Emperor himself at the time, goosebumps all over!”

    Someone affirmed: “His Highness was right to save the child! Other people’s lives are lives, but not the lives of our poor children? I would have done the same!”

    Someone is indignant: “That’s right. This day I heard someone say that Your Highness has spoiled a great thing, I just can’t listen to this, if the one who fell was a royal relative, I’m afraid those people wouldn’t have said that. Your Highness, don’t pay any attention to this kind of person!”

    “Your Highness is the one who is really looking out for us ……”

    From the beginning of the heart, to the confusion on the way, to the end, being infected by these enthusiastic faces. The crowd swarmed Xie Ren out and onto the street, gathering more and more people. Fengxin, Muyi and the young child were far away from the outer layer, completely unable to squeeze in, and could only follow the long queue, following the swimmer. This sea of people is actually no smaller than the yesterday’s Heavenly Sacrifice Tour. Xie Ren every time to go, will be forced to plug back, once again crowded to the highest place, actually does not let him down.

    Xie Ren couldn’t help but be amused and reassured, “The opinions of the people and the state masters are completely opposite, so it seems that I was right.”

    When we returned to Mt. Tai Cang, the setting sun was burning as strong as ever.

    Passing through the tall mountain gate, the long verdant stone mountain path was filled with Taoist people running up and down picking buckets of water and carrying firewood burdens, greeting Xie Ren and his party one by one, and many of them gazing in amazement at this peculiar four-person cart. Feng Xin pulled the cart with one hand, as if it were a hard-working young black ox. Xie Ren and Mu Xiangtou first laughed half to death in a reserved manner, but then they couldn’t argue and just went along with it.

    The maple forest roamed and the wheels turned slowly. When climbing the mountain, Xie Ren pushed the cart at the back. Because he was in quite a good mood, he asked the toddler again in passing, “Little friend, what exactly is your name? Red what?”

    The toddler gazed at him and whispered, “I …… don t have a name.”

    Xie Ren was stunned and said, “Did your mother not give you a name?”

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

    Xie Ren felt compassion and said, “Then what did your mother used to call you?”

    The toddler hesitated for a moment and said, “Hong Hong Er.”

    Xie Ren laughed a little and said, “This little name of yours is quite adorable, I’ll call you that then.”

    Honghong’er seemed to be coy as soon as she spoke to him and lowered her head. By this time, twilight had already descended, and on various peaks in the distance, clusters and clusters of lights from various palaces and temples were lit up. Among them, the brightest was the highest peak of Taicang Mountain, Shenwu Peak.

    The Divine Martial Peak on the Divine Martial Hall was as bright as day, with stars of bright light converging on the peak. Looking on, Xie Ren sighed.

    The sigh was not because it was hurtful, but because the sight was so beautiful and spectacular. Every bit of that bright light was a bright lamp enshrined within the Divine Martial Hall. Each lamp was a believer’s most devout prayer. The more lamps there were within the temple, the stronger the magus’ magical power would be. To offer a lamp in the Imperial Jiguan’s Divine Martial Hall, it was hard to find a thousand pieces of gold. Only those who have money, power, ability, love and destiny can enter the temple to offer a lamp. However, there are more people in the world who have none of the five.

    The four people stopped, all gazing out of their minds at the brilliant sun-like Divine Martial Hall with different expressions. At this time, they suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice shout, “Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

    Xie Ren turned around and saw a white-faced young man hurriedly running towards him, but it was the Four Elephant Palace’s gatekeeper Taoist, who said with a straight face, “Master Zhu, what’s the hurry?”

    Seeing Mu Qing behind him, Senior Wish’s face was slightly embarrassed, pretending not to see him, he said, “The State Master has an invitation, he has been looking for you for a long time, he is now in the Divine Martial Hall, waiting for you to go forward.”

    Xie Ren was stunned at his words, knowing that it was mostly for the unexpected matter of yesterday’s Sacrificial Heavenly Tour, and said, “Good, I’m grateful to you, senior brother.”

    Making Feng Xin and Mu Yi first take Hong Hong’er back to Immortal Music Palace first, Xie Ren went to Divine Martial Peak alone.

    Outside the hall, the incense tripod produced dazzling clouds of smoke coloring the entire Shenwu Hall as if it were a mirage. On both sides of the incense tripod, rows and rows of lanterns float in the air, neatly yards into a wall of lights. On each lamp, the name and prayer of the person who offered the lamp was written in square and heavy script. Entering the temple, on both sides of the hall were rows and rows of hanging lanterns. The lamps offered inside the temple were more precious than those offered outside the temple.

    In front of the large shrine, the main state master was offering incense in front of the statue of Shen Wu Da Di, and the three deputy state masters were behind him, all bowing down to the statue.

    After Xie Ren entered, he slightly owed his head and said, “State Master.”

    Several state masters finished their worship before turning back and signaling for him to come forward. So Xie Ren also went over, took the incense and offered it reverently.

    Only after a long time did the State Master say, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, a few of us have discussed the matter of the Sacrificial Heavenly Tour, and there are only two solutions.”

    Xie Ren said, “State Master, please speak.”

    The State Master said, “The first way, find the child who spoiled the ceremony, and we will open the altar and do the magic, at least, to seal his one sense as atonement.”

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