"Heh," Huo Chengche chuckled coldly, lowered his head to pinch the little dumpling in his arms who was still pouting and ignoring him, and asked with a faint smile, "How about Crown Prince Brother takes Niannian to catch bad guys?"
"Catch the bad guys?"
Sure enough, the little boy immediately pulled his face out of his older brother's arms, his watery eyes sparkling, and asked in his childish voice, "What kind of bad person is he?"
"It's that Master Wang from earlier, and the Prefect of the Capital," the young man explained calmly, a cold glint in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, the little boy immediately kicked his short legs, clenched his pink fists, and said fiercely, "I'm going! He's a bad guy who bullied Sister Hua Xiao!"
It was obvious that the little boy hadn't understood a single word of what Hua Xiao had just said.
Huo Chengche looked helplessly and amusedly at the indignant little baby in his arms, and hesitated for a moment whether to explain to her that it was not Master Wang who bullied Hua Xiao, but her father and stepmother.
However, considering how difficult the idea was, he silently swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, hummed in agreement, pretended not to understand anything, and got off the bus with the little baby in his arms.
As soon as he got off the bus, he ran into Zhuangyou, who was also pretending to be stupid.
The two coughed lightly at the same time and casually turned their gazes away.
Huo Chengche glanced around and saw Xiao Huaxiao standing to the side, looking thin and frail. He frowned slightly and said indifferently, "You don't need to come along. Just wait here with the coachman."
"Yes," the little girl immediately agreed obediently, stopping her steps to follow, but her gaze couldn't help but follow the group of people.
The little dumpling, perched on her older brother's shoulder, suddenly kicked her little foot, pointed at someone over there, and shouted fiercely, "The bad guy is over there! Brother Crown Prince, let's go catch him!"
There were usually few people in front of the Jingzhao Prefecture government office. The occasional passersby would hurry by with their heads down, not daring to linger.
On this empty road, the little boy's sweet, childish voice didn't attract any passersby, but it did catch the attention of a few people who had just left the government office.
Fu Man, with a long face and cold eyes, stared at the smug faces of these petty people. Upon hearing this soft little voice, his expression immediately brightened. He hurriedly looked over and, sure enough, saw his master slowly approaching with the little baby in his arms.
"Your Highness...Master!" Fu Man, recalling the message Huo Chengche had sent to him through a eunuch, was unsure of Huo Chengche's meaning and quickly changed his words.
As Master Wang was smilingly thanking the Prefect of the Capital, he turned his head and saw Huo Chengche and the little boy walking over. His smile instantly turned sinister and ferocious.
He sneered smugly, and said in a sarcastic tone, "You two should watch your words. What 'bad guy'? The Prefect himself said I'm innocent! What, do you want to question the Prefect?!"
As he spoke, Master Wang bowed to the Prefect of the Capital to show his respect.
The Prefect of the Capital, with his eight-character-shaped hair, squinted his triangular eyes and looked the group up and down, his gaze lingering on the little boy's coarse blue clothes.
The little boy took off his Taoist headscarf and outer robe, so it wasn't clear that he was wearing a Taoist outfit. However, Xuandi didn't know where he got it from, so it should indeed be worn by a little Taoist. The fabric of the inner robe was obviously that of an ordinary person.
As for Huo Chengche, he went out of the palace incognito, naturally wearing ordinary-looking clothes.
The Prefect of the Capital withdrew his gaze, raised his chin, and stroked his beard with an air of official authority. "What, who dares to question my decision?"
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