Ring of Power

At night, Emperor Longying sneaked out of the mansion. The city lord will not come to him tonight. After all, there is still a royal family that the city lord needs to comfort from time to time.The security inside and outside the mansion is strict, but Emperor Longying has his own way. He wanders around the city lord's mansion every day, just observing here, so that it is convenient for him to go out.

After evading the patrols and finding a remote and desolate place, Dilongying climbed over the wall and went to Widow Li's house in the dark.

The slum here is completely opposite to the brightly lit streets. It is pitch black here, and most people are already asleep. From time to time, there are dogs barking, sharp and ear-piercing.

When he arrived at Widow Li's house, Di Longying saw a light in the house, probably Widow Li was waiting for him, so he lit the lamp.Dilongying knocked on the door and said to the people inside: "I'm here."

After a while, someone opened the door for Emperor Dragon Eagle. A practitioner can see at night, so he saw that the person who opened the door for him in the dark was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy with a long frame and tall, but too thin , just like hemp sticks, with some waxy yellow vegetables on his face, it can be seen that he has been malnourished for a long time.

"Are you the person my mother said?" The young man looked at Di Longying with complicated eyes, with hatred, sadness and helplessness, but Di Longying could understand his feelings. A dutiful son, his mother's body will be taken away I don't know what to do, the young man must feel uncomfortable, and he may even strongly oppose it, but Widow Li must have persuaded her son to let the young man accept, otherwise the young man would not talk to him so calmly now, but use a broom to chase him away. people.

"Well, I'll let your mother be buried in a decent place." The young man is very calm, with a maturity that does not meet his peers. The children of the poor are already in charge of the family. This young man must have suffered a lot, and he is also so filial. Longying felt pity for the boy.

"Come in." The young man made way for Di Longying, and Di Longying followed him into the room. The light was on by Widow Li's bedside. The young man lifted the curtain, and Di Longying saw Widow Li leaning on the bedside, already His eyes are so weak that he can barely open them.

"Aunt Li, what's your son's name?" Di Longying put away his sympathy, he came to collect the corpse, not to save people.

"My name is Li Yao, Huo Diyao. My mother begged a teacher here to take it." Li Yao held his mother's hand and answered for Widow Li who had trouble speaking. Widow Li saw the Emperor Dragon Eagle and went to see it again His own son, with tears in his eyes, was full of reluctance and love.

She coughed a few times, and Li Yao immediately stroked her chest to let her breathe. It seemed that she did this often with his skilled movements.After Widow Li coughed, some redness appeared on her face. She looked much better, and her eyes were brighter. She was looking back, and Li Yao seemed to feel the strangeness of Widow Li. He didn't say anything, but tears flowed down The face slid down.

"Xiaoyao, mother has no ability to make you suffer all the time. You are a filial child. You shouldn't have to suffer so much. I have been procrastinating and refusing to die because I was worried about you. Now with the help of this adult, you I can live a good life, so my mother can feel relieved." Widow Li wiped Li Yao's tears and showed a kind smile.

"Mother, don't say it, don't say it, I don't suffer, as long as you can live a good life, I can do anything." Li Yao broke down in tears. After all, he was just a half-grown child who depended on his mother for life. To watch his mother die.

"My lord, Xiaoyao is begging you. I don't care what happens after death. The dead are not as good as the future of the living. I just ask my lord to take pity on Xiaoyao and don't let him suffer every day." Widow Li held her son's hand, At the last moment of her life, if she could entrust her son to her, she would die without regret.

"I promise, you will be buried in a good place after death, and your son will have no worries about food and clothing in the future." After Emperor Longying finished speaking, Widow Li closed her eyes with a smile. Li Yao hugged her, already crying and saying no. speak out.

The desolate cries echoed in the room, Di Longying knew that consolation was useless, he might as well let Li Yao vent.He went out and closed the door, feeling very uncomfortable standing in the yard.

I don't know how long it took, Dilongying was almost falling asleep sitting on the wooden chair outside, when the door over there suddenly rang, and Dilongying was startled and stood up.

Li Yao's eyes were red and swollen when he came out of the door, and there were tears on his face, but there were no tears in his clear and sad eyes.

"My lord, my mother has gone, please treat my mother's body well." Li Yao's voice was hoarse, full of gloomy despair.

"Of course, buy a good coffin for your mother tomorrow, and bury it properly." Di Longying handed a box to Li Yao, and then said that Li Yao "met" him on the street the day after tomorrow. He couldn't miss it. Going to the housekeeper for no reason and telling Li Yao to enter the mansion requires a reason that won't attract attention and suspicion.

As for buying the coffin and burying it, it was naturally to deceive others, and at the same time, it would not let people here say that Li Yao was unfilial, that he could lose his own mother's corpse.

Went to the house to wrap the quilt around Widow Li's body. When Dilongying came out, Li Yao was still standing there, holding the box in his hand, with his head lowered, like a ghost, losing his breath of life.

"Remember what happened the day after tomorrow." Before leaving, Di Longying reminded Li Yao that he was in a hurry to leave the City Lord's Mansion, so he had to finish things quickly.

Emperor Longying took the corpse to the inn, which was the room he had booked, and drew a formation on the corpse, which would ensure that the corpse would look as if it had just died in the next few days.He hid the corpse under the bed, and drew a formation at the foot of the bed that could confuse the eyes. Ordinary people would not be able to see anything under the bed.

After finishing it, Di Longying hurriedly changed his clothes and went back to the mansion. He went back to his room, thinking that he would go to Qi Shu and Qi Tieshu after dawn, and then get Li Yao into the mansion before driving the knife out. After the knife was gone, he had a fire accident, put the corpse in his clothes and put it on the bed, and it was done.

As for why it caught fire, this is what the city lord is worried about.

The plan is perfect, as long as there are no accidents, he can escape unscathed.

This plan has been going well so far, he is finally lucky, and the recent unlucky God probably can't stand it anymore, so he let his luck.

In any case, it's a good thing that the plan goes well.

After a good night's sleep, Emperor Longying took a carriage to his god-in-law's house after breakfast the next day. This place is in a good location in the city, and it's not too small. It looks like a place that only a wealthy family can live in.

The gatekeeper's servants went to tell Qi Shu that the Emperor Dragon Eagle had come, and Qi Shu immediately stood up from the dining table and took a maid to greet the Emperor Dragon Eagle in person. In the back of his mind, Emperor Longying must have come here to give them money, so how can there be any reason to be cold-hearted to the God of Wealth?

The door opened with a creak, and it was the servant girl who opened the door. Qi Shu put on airs and came over only when she saw Dilongying, and held his hand very intimately.

"Come in, why are you here so early? Have you eaten breakfast? Your godfather and I are having dinner, if we haven't eaten, we will be together." Qi Shu took the Emperor Dragon Eagle into the yard, and soon arrived at the main room, sitting at the table Qi Tieshu took a look at him, and he didn't have a good face. He obviously still remembered the matter of Emperor Longying and them tearing up a few days ago.

"Come and sit, Shui Ping, and get another pair of bowls and chopsticks. Shuyu, don't worry about your godfather, we will talk about ours."

"Don't bother me, I've already had dinner, you guys eat, let's talk about something after eating." Di Longying didn't care about Qi Shu and Qi Tieshu's attitude. In his opinion, they were insignificant people. This is just to remind the two of them out of principle, no matter how they are considered collaborators, a little conflict will not make him leave the two of them alone.

He came here today out of benevolence, as to whether the two listen to him, it has nothing to do with him.

"It's different to be favored. You put on airs to your parents." Qi Tieshu snorted coldly, and said in a strange way.

"Didn't I understand what I said a few days ago? Do you want me to remind you that we are not relatives at all? Don't think too highly of yourself. Everything you have now is given by me. I don't ask you to be grateful, but don't give me revenge! "Dilongying's face turned cold, his sharp eyes were like blades, and Qi Tieshu was shocked.

"You, you! You dare to talk to me like that, aren't you afraid that I will go to the city lord and tell you your true face? You are not even filial to your parents, let me see how you can gain a foothold in the city lord's mansion!" Qi Tieshu was frightened by Emperor Longying, Feeling ashamed, he slapped the table and shouted, and the two servants in the room knelt down.

"Why are you so angry, Shuyu is ignorant, why are you angry with her? Shuyu, quickly apologize to your father." Qi Shu said from the side.

"You two go down and close the door." Di Longying ignored the couple, he asked the maid and servant to go out, and then closed the door.

"Okay, let's talk about the current problem." Emperor Longying smiled slightly, "We made it very clear at the beginning, you help me enter the city lord's mansion, and I will protect your prosperity and wealth. Now I have fulfilled my promise, So don't think I owe you anything."

"You keep yourself safe, and you can live a good life for the rest of your life. You don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you have a lot of fish and meat, but your hearts are not enough. You think that I will be your cash cow after entering the city lord's mansion. Why don't you think about why I help you again and again?" You? Just because you have been my god-in-law for a few days? You won’t be afraid to die of laughter if you say it.”

"I'm here today to tell you, be smart, you can still live well in the city in the future, don't always think about nothing, you go to the city lord to sue me, do you think the city lord believes in you or me? I A few words can make the city lord send you to the prison, let alone the glory and wealth, whether you can live is a problem." Di Longying was calm and relaxed, watching Qi Shu and Qi Tieshu's face changes, feeling that It's very boring, he doesn't pay attention to these two people, but he won't let them threaten him either.

The matter will be over soon, if the two of them really go all out and go to the city lord to make trouble, Emperor Longying is afraid of any accident, so first deter these two people before talking.