How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Shen Yuan would definitely not be wrong. He had traveled with Master Shen before and had seen many tricks of these little beggars. He was sure that Xie Chengze's purse was with the little beggar.

He stretched out his hand to grab it, and the little beggar struggled even harder, yelling at the top of his voice, "He already said we didn't steal! Why don't you let us go! Let me go! You beast—"

Passersby nearby looked over and pointed at Shen Yuan, feeling shameful that an adult like him could blackmail a little beggar.

"Sir Shen." Xie Chengze at the side also said in a low voice, with a warning look in his eyes, "I said, he didn't steal."

Shen Yuan was a little annoyed. He was kind enough to help him get back his stolen wallet, but he didn't stand on his side. Instead, he scolded him with his eyes? !

Whatever! It wasn't his money that was lost!

He shouldn't mind his own business!

"When Your Highness cannot pay for his meal later, please don't ask me for it. I just took office and don't have much money to squander!" Shen Yuan said unhappily.

Xie Chengze glanced at him and asked, "Are you angry?"

Shen Yuan didn't understand how Xie Chengze had the nerve to ask this question.

Did he really think that by showing mercy to the little beggar and pretending to be kind and generous, he could be compared with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and become the Crown Prince?

If it was the Crown Prince who did this, he would think it was normal and understandable, but if it was Xie Chengze who did it, he would find it extremely hypocritical no matter what.

"How dare I get angry?" Shen Yuan said coldly, lowering his eyebrows to hide the disappointment in his eyes, "But I still want to remind Your Highness that you can't solve the problem at all!"

Xie Chengze raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

Seeing that he was listening attentively, Shen Yuan calmed down a little and said slowly, "These little beggars are obviously being used. Since the 56th year of Jian'an, each state has been ordered to set up a charity bureau to adopt these orphans so that there will be no hungry children on the streets. The children in Cangfu County begging on the street should be held accountable to the county magistrate. The beggars should be sent to the charity bureau and the beggars who use beggars to steal money should be cleared out. This is the only way to solve the root of the problem!"

"Your Highness, don't you think that giving the money to these beggars is the best charity you can do?" Shen Yuan couldn't help but sneered.

Xie Chengze said "oh~", not knowing whether he heard it or not, and shouted to a sister-in-law selling wontons on the roadside, "Sister-in-law, give me three bowls of wontons!"

Then he turned around and asked Shen Yuan, "Do you like spicy food?"

Shen Yuan's forehead veins twitched slightly, "I won't eat it!"

Is it a question of eating now?

"It's delicious." Xie Chengze's almond-shaped eyes narrowed into a line again, like a cunning little fox, with bad intentions at first glance.

"I don't like spicy food!" Shen Yuan was very dissatisfied with his change of subject. He felt that it was a rotten tree that could not be carved. He had just dreamed of teaching Xie Chengze how to do things!

Xie Chengze shrugged, with some emotion: Little Shen Yuan is really irritable online every day, isn't he afraid that he will get sick someday?

He pulled Xie Zimiao to sit down, and then said, "Then Lord Shen, do you know what will happen to those two children if you really take back the purse that was just stolen?"

"Of course he was scolded and beaten by the old beggar who taught him to steal," Shen Yuan answered subconsciously. When he came to his senses, he fell silent and looked at Xie Chengze solemnly.

He almost forgot.

"But this doesn't solve the problem." Shen Yuan frowned, "These beggars are already thieves by nature. What's the point of you protecting them?"

Just like Xie Chengze, his bad habits have already been formed. Even if the prince tolerates him and the loyal officials advise him, he will eventually become a disaster for the country.

Aren’t the tragedies in previous lives the best proof?

"Then Lord Shen, do you think these beggars can be saved?" Xie Chengze looked at him.

Shen Yuan was also looking at him. For some reason, he always felt that Xie Chengze was talking about those beggars on the surface, but was actually talking about himself.

--If Xie Chengze behaved honestly and dutifully in this life, and no longer engaged in corruption, abuse of power, or harming loyal and good people, would you still kill him?

Shen Yuan subconsciously grasped the green sword at his waist.

I am also subconsciously avoiding this question.

Xie Chengze wants to be a good person?

How ridiculous! He wouldn't think that his sins can be wiped out just because the person he killed in his previous life is still alive in this life, right?

He Shen Yuan still remembers it.

He Shen Yuan will not forget it either!

"Even if they can be saved, they can't erase the traces of their past thefts." Shen Yuan said word by word.

Xie Chengze nodded and said nothing more.

Xie Chengze's obedience and silence made Shen Yuan even more annoyed. He didn't even eat the wontons, and said to the prince's guards who had been following him not far away, "You protect the second prince. I have something to do."

Then he walked away.

Xie Zimiao looked at Shen Yuan's back and tilted his head in confusion, "Second brother, why do I feel like Lord Shen is either on the road to anger or on the road to anger every day?"

Xie Chengze couldn't help laughing and pushed the bowl of wontons to Xie Zimiao, "He won't eat it, you eat it."

"Hmmmm!" Xie Zimiao, who was very hungry, quickly lowered his head and started eating.

The little guy ate quickly, unlike Xie Chengze who chewed slowly. After he finished two bowls of wontons, he saw his second brother's personal bodyguard named Wuhen appear in front of the wonton stall carrying the magistrate of Cangfu County.

The county magistrate knelt down timidly, his fat body dangling to the point of hurting the eyes, "Second, Second Highness! I didn't know you came from so far away, I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person."

Xie Chengze glanced at him calmly and said, "County Magistrate Liu, this is really boring."

It was a hot day, and County Magistrate Liu was sweating profusely. "I am a stupid official. Why do you say that, Your Highness?"

"To be honest, I understand that each county has its own difficulties. Nowadays, the laws of nature are becoming more and more difficult. Who doesn't have a few beggars in their home?" Xie Chengze sat on the bench, blew on the hot wontons, and said indifferently, "But the beggars here have formed a theft industry chain. They even use children to make profits. It really opens my eyes!"

County Magistrate Liu was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground, "I don't know! I really don't know! I hope Your Highness will give me some time, and I will definitely find out!"

Xie Chengze put two spoonfuls of chili soup into the wontons. The red soup noodles immediately looked like a kerosene pot. He curled his lips and smiled, "As the head of a county, if you just walk around, you won't gain so much fat..."

County Magistrate Liu understood the hidden meaning of the words, which was that if he just went out for a walk, he would not fail to discover the matter.

He kowtowed and admitted his mistake immediately, "Your Highness, I will remember your teachings! I will definitely go out more often in the future!"

He will arrest all the beggars and let them have a good time in jail!

Xie Chengze sighed and ate a bright red wonton. "It seems that Magistrate Liu doesn't know that I like blood the most, especially the pool of blood that spurts out when someone is beheaded. It is very pleasing to the eyes."

"I gave you a chance just now, but it's a pity that you were useless." Xie Chengze turned to Wuhen and said, "Useless thing, kill it."

Wuhen immediately drew out the knife and swung it towards Magistrate Liu's neck!