Chapter 53: Liu Tiandragon's Request

  In Xia Hui District, in a small and unremarkable bungalow somewhere.

  Liu Tiandong, who had just escaped from the whirlpool of organizational investigation, sat respectfully and neatly on a small cushion, looking expectantly at the old man opposite him, whose face was withered and pale, with white hair and long eyebrows, thin as a rake.

  The case of Liu Yong, the son, has been settled. He and a woman named Liu Mei Mei conspired to commit murder and robbery, a serious crime that has been directly intervened by the municipal bureau for investigation. Even though he is the vice mayor of Mingzhu City and has many connections, he is powerless in this matter. The confessions and evidence from his son and Liu Mei Mei are conclusive and irrefutable, leaving no room for retraction.

  Moreover, the power in his hands has not yet reached the point of turning the world upside down. He is just a deputy mayor with the lowest ranking and is not on the list of standing committee members.

  Fortunately, his son's affair did not implicate him. Although he himself was also involved in some shady dealings, due to the complexity and breadth of interests at play, someone higher up intervened on his behalf, ultimately saving him from trouble. However, it is certain that he will no longer be able to serve as vice mayor and will likely be transferred to a ceremonial role in the political consultative body to spend the rest of his career in obscurity.

  Facing this ending, Liu Tiandong was actually unwilling in his heart. He only had one son, Liu Yong. If Liu Yong was eventually sentenced to death, he really didn't know how he would spend the rest of his days. His wife had passed away early, and now his only spiritual support was his son Liu Yong.

  Having lost his son is equivalent to losing everything, so it's better to fight the Su family once and for all. As long as he can rescue his son, no matter what price he has to pay, it's worth it.

  So he came to this old house of his own home and found the familiar stranger who had lived in this old house for decades.

  It's said that they were familiar with him because this strange old man had come to their house decades ago when he was still a child, but the reason for being unfamiliar is that in these decades, he only exchanged words face-to-face with the strange old man five times, and each exchange would not exceed ten minutes.

  Ever since this strange old man came to his home, they began to rise gradually. He rose from a small worker in a factory to the deputy mayor of Huaguo City, and his son became the deputy director of the District Public Security Bureau at a young age.

  However, there is gain and loss. The father and son duo were successful in their careers, but his parents, wife, and relatives died one by one due to unexpected disasters, either struck by lightning or dying mysteriously in various inexplicable ways.

  He vaguely remembered his father telling him before he passed away: "Tian Long, the great master of Gui Wolf is not an ordinary person. He can bring both good fortune and bad luck to our family. And why he chose our old house, in his words, is because our home happens to be located at a place with extremely Yin energy, he cannot leave this place until one day he breaks free from his shackles. This time may be short or long, in short, you must not offend this person, whether it's good fortune or bad luck depends on your own destiny."

  For decades, Liu Tiandong carefully kept a secret and never took the initiative to visit the Ghost Wolf Master. However, what shocked him was that over the years, the Ghost Wolf Master had taken the initiative to see him five times, and each time he was summoned to the old house in a mysterious and strange way.

  Liu Tiandong remembered the first time he met Master Guiyulang was thirty years ago on a dark and windy night. At that time, he was still the director of a state-owned factory's workshop, reading documents alone in his study room. The virtual shadow of Master Guiyulang suddenly appeared out of thin air, told him to go see him at the old house, and then disappeared into the vast darkness after passing through the wall.

  To know, his home was on the sixth floor at that time.

  After several times, each time the Ghost Wolf Master would call him to the old house in this way.

  The five times that Gui Lang Dashi actively sought him out, he made two requests to him: first, to find ancient jade, the older and more antique the better; second, to think of a way to get some corpses that had just died.

  The first requirement was nothing, but the second requirement made Liu Tianlong break out in a cold sweat at that time.

  Manipulating a corpse, and it has to be one that hasn't been dead for long, this requirement is not only bizarre and eerie, but also terrifying.

  However, Master Gui Lang also gave him a generous reward, as long as he completed the request, then Master Gui Lang could help him make great progress in his career.

  At that time, Liu Tianlong considered it repeatedly and finally overcame his rationality and agreed to the request of Gui Lang Dashi.

  From then on, every time he helped the ghost wolf master complete a request, his career would make great progress, especially after entering the officialdom. Anyone who stood in front of him would always die suddenly at critical moments. Over the decades, his career flourished and he became the vice mayor of Mingzhu City.

  The last time, because the Ghost Wolf Master's demand for ancient jade was too large, he had no choice but to find his close boss Hao Jian for help. Through Hao Jian's financial resources and connections, he managed to get a large quantity of ancient jade. He remembered that when he delivered the ancient jade and more than a dozen fresh corpses from the funeral home and crematorium to the old house, the Ghost Wolf Master unexpectedly asked to meet Hao Jian in person.

  It was only later that Liu Tiandong understood that the reason why Guilian Dashi wanted to see Hao Jian was because the ancient jade he had obtained was indeed extraordinary in quality and age, and Guilian Dashi wanted to ask him about its origin and history.

  After that, there was another Hao Jian between him and the Gui Lang master. The Gui Lang master ordered that from then on, if there were any more needs, Hao Jian would be responsible for providing ancient jade, while he would only provide corpses. However, if Hao Jian wanted to see the Gui Lang master, he had to go through him first.

  But this time, Liu Tiandong was the first to take the initiative to come uninvited, because he felt that except for Gui Lang Dashi, he had no other way out. His son Liu Yong's trial was imminent, and he was also temporarily suspended from work. His life had reached a cliff edge, and whether he could turn back to seek survival depended on Gui Lang Dashi alone.

  Liu Tiandragon looked at Gui Lang Dashi with a nervous heart, and found that the other party's expression was not unpleasant, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  But he didn't know how to start talking about it.

  After a while, when he plucked up his courage and wanted to speak, the Ghost Wolf Master spoke first.

  "You have a problem and want me to help you solve it, right?"

  As for the various mysterious aspects of Gui Lang Dashi, Liu Tianlong had long been accustomed to them, so a single sentence from Gui Lang Dashi was enough to make his intentions clear, and it wouldn't have made him particularly surprised or alarmed.

  "Yes, Master, I am now at a dead end and have no choice but to come seek your help."

  "Considering your father's generation and the many years you've helped me, I can help you this once, but only this once, don't make it a habit." The Ghost Wolf Master's voice was very low, but to Liu Tianlong's ears, it was deafening.

  Liu Tianlong was overjoyed and thought that with Master's words, everything would be settled.

  Just as Liu Tiandong was about to tell Guilian Master about his son Liu Yong's affairs in detail, his mobile phone rang at an inappropriate time.

  Liu Tiandong, who didn't want to answer it at first, took out his phone and wanted to turn it off, but when he saw the incoming call, it was actually from Hao Jian.

  Since it's Hao Jian, then answering this call in front of Gui Lang Master doesn't matter.

  "Master, it's a call from Hao Jian for me, I'll answer it first."

  The demon wolf nodded, fiddling with two white skull heads in his hand, and closed his eyes.

  Liu Tiandragon answered the phone with a toneless "hello".

  "Mayor Liu, I'm Hao Jian. I have a favor to ask of you, Mayor Liu. I'd like to request your help in arranging a meeting with the Ghost Wolf Master. Last night, I was ambushed by someone who likely also knows the secret arts. Not only did they make me lose control of my body for a period of time, making it seem as if I were possessed by a ghost, but they also made me and a friend, Zhao Chunman, lose our minds for an extended period. We did many things that we didn't know about or want to do. When we woke up at dawn today, neither of us could remember what had happened during that time. This is just too strange and sinister, so I'd like to meet with the Ghost Wolf Master and ask for his help in dealing with the person who ambushed me."

  Liu Tiandragon hummed a few times, subconsciously thinking of hanging up the phone. Jokingly, he was now seeking help from the master, how could he be willing to let Hao Jianheng intervene?

  But just as he was about to hang up the phone, Master Gui Lang spoke up.

  "Have him and his friend come see me, and I'll casually ask him what kind of person this is and how old he is."

  Guīláng dàshī zhème yī shuō, Liú Tiānlóng zìrán bù gǎn guà diànhuà le, yīyán wèn dào: "Hǎo Jiàn, wǒ xiànzài jiù zài wǒ jiā lǎo fángzi zhèlǐ, dàshī shuō le, ràng nǐ hé nǐ de nǎwèi péngyǒu guò lái, shùnbiàn wèn nǐ yī jù, zhège ànsuàn de nǐ de rén shì shénme rén, duō dà suìshù."

  Hao Jian's voice suddenly rose, apparently hearing Master agree to see him made him extremely excited and delighted.

  "Mayor Liu, damn it, just mentioning this makes me angry. Although I'm not sure, but **not far from ten** is that kid called Ye Feng. This kid is very young, only 24 or 25 years old. The most infuriating thing is that this Ye Feng guy not only is a delivery worker, but also damn it, he's having an affair with my wife."

  Suddenly hearing the name Ye Feng, Liu Tianlong's heart skipped a beat, his hand shook, and his phone fell to the ground.