Chapter 545: East Gate

Chapter 545: East Gate

Li Huowang stood in the large hall and stared at the throne hidden in the shadow. He was thinking about how to answer Ji Lin.

“Er Jiu, where have you been?” Ji Lin asked lazily, his voice rolling from the darkness.

“There was some urgent business on my side.”

“Heh. You are working for me, and you dare say you were dealing with your own business?”

“Prince Ren is dead. Who should I kill next?” Li Huowang changed the topic deliberately.

Ji Lin used his two remaining fingers to tap the throne. “Fine. You are a straightforward person, so I will be one too. I have one last remaining sister. Go ahead and kill her.”

Last remaining sister?! Li Huowang’s eyes shrunk from shock.

Ji Lin somehow sensed his surprise and chuckled, “Er Jiu, it’s all thanks to you creating chaos in the palace. If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have gotten this far. While you are a sharp sword, there’s no reason for me not to have a few more sharp swords, so don’t get cocky.”

His voice faltered, and someone stood out from behind the throne. There were some unfamiliar faces behind the throne.

Li Huowang didn’t recognize most of them, but he saw a familiar face holding a gold ingot.

He was none other than Prince Ren’s Scholar God of Wealth! He had defected to Ji Lin!

Staring at Ji Lin in the darkness, Li Huowang felt pressure mounting in his heart. Ji Lin had changed too fast and had expanded his influence to the limits using the space that Li Huowang had made for him.

“Er Jiu, do you accept? Say something, or do you have other private matters to attend to?”

One of the eunuchs who had coins for eyes held the royal decree to Li Huowang.

“I will take it.” Li Huowang took the decree and left.

Standing underneath the dark skies, he opened it and saw that it was information for his next target, Princess Anping.

Ji Lin even gave him a picture, as if he was afraid that Li Huowang wouldn’t know what she looked like.

Li Huowang kept the latter and immediately jumped down from the tree. He took Li Sui toward the east gate.

The Chief was much more important than some princesses.

There were now two Chiefs in the Liang Kingdom. Now that he can find where Shai Zi was, he only needed to convince the two Chiefs.

He soon reached the East Gate and waited anxiously beside a tea stall.

According to Liu Zongyuan’s report, the Chief would bring a lot of people out of town. Li Huowang would definitely spot them easily due to the size of their party.

Time slowly passed, and the sun slowly set. Li Huowang became nervous.

Why is he still not here? Was Liu Zongyuan’s information erroneous? Didn’t they say that Moongate’s information is very accurate?

“Senior Li! Is that you!? We finally found you!”

Li Huowang had almost stabbed the person who had hugged his leg, but Puppy was saved by his familiar voice.

It wasn't just Puppy, the entire Lu family was here as well, and it was all thanks to a beggar, who told them Li Huowang's whereabouts.

Lu Xiucai didn’t want to appear heartless and hugged Li Huowang’s other leg but was kicked away instead.

“Why are you here?” Li Huowang carried Puppy like a chick.

“Senior Li, we are here to find you. You’ve said that you'd treat Senior Bai's eyes, but it’s been so long since you left that we got too worried. We were really anxious and depressed.”

Puppy surreptitiously wiped a ginger on his eyes to force out some tears.

“Go back home!" Li Huowang pointed at the exit and urged, "You're not supposed to be here! Shangjing is very dangerous at the moment!”

“Yeah! Master, Shangjing is so dangerous! We got bullied here! You must avenge us, Master!”

Lu Xiucai hugged Li Huowang’s leg again.