Tongyoulin: Look at that older brother, so gentle, intelligent and calm, he can make his little sister happy with just a few words!
Liang Sheng: Hmph! What a smooth-talking, sleazy man! This kid is definitely going to be a bad seed. Look at him, so young, and he's already so good at charming young girls. What will he be like in the future? He'll definitely be a lecherous tyrant!
Liang Sheng cursed inwardly, never expecting Huo Chengche's gaze to sweep over him so suddenly.
Before he could even process the expression on his face, he met those deep eyes that were like a nightmare to him.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?" Liang Sheng was so frightened that he couldn't even speak properly. Before he could even react, he had already uttered words that were both obsequious and cowardly.
By the time he realized what was happening, his face was already plastered with a fawning smile.
Huo Chengche knew without a doubt that this guy was cursing him in his heart. He narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, "Heh, Lord Liang should really reflect on his actions. What use is your Jingzhao Prefecture to me? All of you combined are not even as good as three-year-old Niannian."
Hearing the disdain in Huo Chengche's words, Liang Sheng couldn't help but roar in his heart: Before she appeared, I didn't have to deal with tigers and poisonous snakes every day!
And that day, if it weren't for this little bundle of joy coming out to play and running into human traffickers, he would still be happily living his life as a carefree manager in the capital, instead of being dragged around doing so many chores every day!
Liang Sheng wanted to cry but had no tears. However, seeing the danger in the boy's deep eyes, he still shivered pathetically and didn't dare to utter a word in rebuttal. He could only chuckle dryly and admit his mistake, pinching his nose, "Yes, yes, His Highness the Crown Prince is right..."
Huo Chengche snorted coldly and then turned his gaze to Tongyou Lin next to him.
Originally, he didn't want to see this useless Prefect of the Capital.
“Mr. Tong, we need to go to the altar, and I’m afraid we’ll need your help to lead the way.” The young man nodded slightly.
Tongyou Lin immediately laughed and said, "Of course, of course! I'll take you there right away."
After saying that, he led Huo Chengche and the others around to the Shanyin Altar.
As they said, they dared not approach the altar because of the pythons that roamed around it, so walking towards the altar now was like going around half a mountain.
Liang Sheng had probably never walked such a long distance in his life. He was already half-dead from being dragged up the mountain, and now he had to go around half the mountain again.
That's something he couldn't do even if it cost him his life, unless there was a poisonous snake chasing him.
So, after Huo Chengche's complaints, Lord Liang finally managed to get the opportunity to go to Deshan Village to "observe the people's conditions" and was finally able to sit down and rest his aching back.
Tong Youlin also went back to the village to say hello and told everyone that the magistrate of Linghe County, Jia Wen, had been dismissed from his post and that they could return to their village at the foot of the mountain to live as before.
As for Huo Chengche and the little boy's identities, Tong Youlin has not yet explained them, even with Huo Chengche's hints. So when they came out of the village again, the villagers still gave them a warm send-off.
But Tong Youlin already knew that Huo Chengche and the little boy weren't gods. Even after leaving the village, looking at their group, he still felt uneasy and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, shouldn't we bring some weapons? What if we encounter wild beasts on the road..."
This mountain is quite large, and wild birds and beasts often roam the forest. As a mountain dweller who has been hunting in the mountains since childhood, Tong Youlin knows very well that at this time, he will most likely encounter them on the way to the altar.
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