Chapter 494: Leader

Chapter 494: Leader

Li Huowang was about to keep walking when a large-framed guard towering three meters tall stopped him.

“No weapons!” the large-framed guard exclaimed. He had a huge torso, but his lower half was comically small. The guard’s face was also covered with a rusted bronze mask. Li Huowang couldn’t see through the mask.

The guard took away Li Huowang's purple-tasseled sword and his bronze coin sword before retreating into a corner and standing motionlessly like a statue.

Li Huowang soon saw the bed chamber with numerous red pillars that had engravings of golden dragons.

The place was more like a hall rather than a bed chamber.

Li Huowang barely had time to look around when a surprised voice entered his ears.

“Come here, quick!” It was the young emperor of the Liang Kingdom. He was wearing a red and black robe and was waving at Li Huowang. If it weren't for the eunuch holding him back, he would have run over to Li Huowang.

Li Huowang stopped a few meters away from the young emperor and greeted, “Er Jiu greets the emperor!”

Ji Lin ignored the eunuchs and approached Li Huowang. “Er Jiu, you must help me!”

Li Huowang stood silently. He had no idea what to say, as the request was too sudden.

“My father was right! My brothers are scheming to take the throne!”

Ji Lin’s eyes revealed thick fear. “I didn’t want to become the emperor, and I would’ve been fine with living somewhere else without any pressure. However, they still want to kill me even though I wanted to offer them the throne!”

Of course. Do you really think that they'd let you live even though you're brothers with them? Li Huowang thought. He was not worried at all, as this issue wasn't his problem to handle.

“Your Highness, Er Jiu is a Surveillance Bureau member and cannot take part in the matters of the palace.”CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

“Liar! Why did my third brother have people from the Surveillance Bureau, then?!” Ji Lin exclaimed. Then, he lowered his voice as he said, “The officials told me that you're strong. You came back with the corpse of a spiritual sin, and you also have a respectable rank in the bureau, right?

Li Huowang was still pretty confident in his methods as a Sitting Oblivion Dao member.

As expected, nothing untoward happened as they approached the city gate.

“Sit here, and I will buy breakfast. We will eat along the way,” Li Huowang said, approaching one of the breakfast stalls.

The cook was frying thin strips of dough in oil. The dough expanded and quickly became golden brown. The chubby cook was also making mochi balls. He rolled them in black sesame and coarse sugar, coating them in the mixture.

The crispy fried dough sticks and the sticky sweet mochi gave rise to a pleasant combination—the soft mochi covered the crispy fried dough stick, and the delicious scent of the sesame combined with the salty dough stick to create a flavor bomb.

“Give me six.” Li Huowang threw some coins into the bamboo basket.

The chubby middle-aged man smiled at the sight. The next moment, his eyes abruptly sunk into his face.

“All right~ Six dough sticks with mochi. Here, be careful because It’s hot.”

Li Huowang turned around and walked away. Upon biting a dough stick, Li Huowang came to a halt. Then, he turned around and walked up to the chubby man. He spat the dice in his mouth and stared at the chubby stall owner busy serving customers.

“Is there something to do, leader?” asked Li Huowang.

The chubby man wiped away the sweat on his neck while nodding and talking to the customers.

“I just want you to do me a small favor."

Chacha and Char's Thoughts

Shai Zi working at the food stall after that whole fiasco. Credits to 格子的乱七八糟on douyin!