My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 150 Acting Skills
The moon hangs in the sky, the river tide rolls, and the wind blows across the water.

After seeing the guests off to the bow, everyone on the river fell silent.

After a verbal test, Governor Li and Hall Master Ma stood opposite each other, staring into each other's eyes, as if trying to find some signs... or flaws in each other's eyes.

The situation became increasingly delicate, and some Cao Gang members had already exchanged glances with each other and moved their positions.

In the lower cabin of the ship, someone came down with a light and winked at the cabin.

Four warriors wearing heavy armor with cold light carried huge tanks on their backs and held up huge weapons shaped like watering cans. The mouth of the cans kept opening and closing, and cold air and frost condensed in the center.

They pulled down their visors, raised their heads, and looked directly in front and upward, where was the bow deck.

On the deck, Ma Fulong had a calm expression, his eyes as deep as the river water: "I don't understand what you said, Governor. How did you know where this ship is... Please give me your instructions."

Li Bailong glanced at the people on the deck, then looked down at his feet, a smile appearing on his lips.

"How about exchanging... Xiangzhu, please answer me a question too."

Ma Fulong's eyes flashed, but he did not answer.

Li Bailong stretched out his hand and pointed to the mighty river: "I can swear on Yunjiang that everything I said is true. Master Ma Xiang must also swear that if your answer is false..."

His smile could even be described as vicious.

"—You and your descendants will all be in disobedience for generations to come."

Hall Master Ma's expression changed drastically, the fire in his eyes was like a raging flame, blazing fiercely.

Aozi said calmly: "His defense is broken, and his killing intent has doubled... What a strange sensitive spot."

Ma Fulong's breathing became rapid, and then slowly calmed down. He looked at Li Bailong and said word by word: "Master Li, you have a good fate and are born with smooth sailing. Don't step into adversity and bring disaster upon yourself."

Born to have smooth sailing?
What nonsense.

Li Bailong shook his head and laughed. He suddenly looked up at Ma Fulong and lowered his voice, asking quickly, "What do you mean by going against fate? Are you following fate by doing what you did?"

At the same time, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Ma Fulong's arm!
Master Ma was greatly shocked by this question, and his hostility reached its peak in an instant. When he saw Li Bailong reaching out to grab him, his instinct replaced his reason, and without thinking, he pushed him away with his backhand!

The two people's palms touched each other, and the Yuan Qi was stimulated.

The sun is shining brightly, blooming above the ship.

The next moment, Li Bailong screamed, and flew out like a kite with a broken string, diving headfirst into the cold and dark river.

thump!
thump!
At the moment Li Bailong flew up, Jiang Lishu drew his sword on the boat.

The sword energy rose up like the tide of a cold river at night, aiming at the watertight compartment of the ship.

A faint light flickered on the bow, icy spikes spread, and warriors from the Cao Gang were ready to take action.

Seeing the sun and fire shining on the bow of the ship earlier, there was a flapping sound emerging from the darkness. It was actually a group of black bats flying across the night sky, almost blocking the silver moon in the sky. In the darkness where the wings formed clouds, there was a night walker who spread his night wings, flew through the air, landed on the mast of the ship, and looked down coldly at the living beings below.

On the north side of the river, military bugles sounded, and the warships of the Tongpan Hall flashed their long lights and sped towards them.

At the moment when the governor was knocked away, Jiang Lishu should have immediately activated his sword energy and started fighting. The Cao Gang members were in shock. If they fought back, they would be caught on the spot by the Lingyu Faction who arrived immediately. Zhang Chun from the Tongpan Hall would come with the government soldiers and could use the righteousness of the government to seize the situation and charge the Cao Gang members with the crime of assaulting an official!
However, Jiang Lishu did not draw his sword.

The Cao Gang members also looked around in astonishment.

The black-clad muscular man from Lingyu Sect standing on the flagpole just stared blankly.

All these things happened in just a moment. There was a loud splash and Governor Li, who had fallen into the water, struggled to the surface using his hands and feet. He had no idea what was happening and just shouted the signal to start a war.

"——The imperial officials are beating people!"

"??????"

Li Bailong's voice was a beat slower, then it rang out: "Kill the officials! Rebellion!"

"..."

"..."

"???????"

There were two sounds of someone falling into the water.

Li Bailong wiped the water droplets off his face and looked carefully. Not far away there was a person dancing and pretending to be drowning. It was none other than the master of Yunhua Hall of Cao Gang!

His body rose and fell, making a sound of choking on water, and he begged for help intermittently: "Help, gulp... gulp... help me! The dog official gave me a choke! I can't... can't float up!"

Li Bailong was stunned, and then became furious.

You bastard! How can you be so mean and despicable! Shit!

Will the Cao Gang members be drowned?

Damn it! And the acting is totally bad!
This bastard acted like a drowning person in a panic! Art actually comes from life!
Li Bailong looked up and saw that everyone on the river was staring at him silently. Ma Fulong was dancing and still begging for help miserably.

The drama of "going to the banquet alone, being attacked by the leader of the Cao Gang and falling into the water" obviously cannot be performed anymore.

He said angrily: "You son of a bitch! You attacked the master and tortured yourself! If you have the guts, just drown yourself and see if the masters in the court will believe you!"

After hearing this, Ma Fulun stopped struggling.

His figure was steady in the river, with most of his body exposed above the water, almost like he was standing on the ground. He said proudly, "I knew you were going to use this trick! Want to frame me for usurping an official position? My Cao Gang does business all over the world, and we have seen this kind of trick many times! Want to provoke us to take action? Use the power of the government to arrest us all and jail us, and destroy the Cao Gang's organizational power in Huazhou without bloodshed? It's a foolish dream!"

Li Bailong slapped the water hard, and water splashed towards Ma Fulun.

"Lazy and unruly people!" he cursed, "You beat up the official and you still dare to talk nonsense here!"

“How shameless of you to use such a vicious scheme!” Ma Fulong raised his hand and the splashing river water actually gathered into a galloping horse, rushing towards Li Bailong. “It was obviously you who started it first!”

Li Bailong smashed the water horse and continued to pump water over there: "You hit me first!"

"Your hand first!"

"You first, you first, you first!"

The two men danced and waved their claws like cats, raising the water like a waterfall and rushing in both directions. However, having a water fight with the Cao Gang was really asking for trouble. Li Bailong could not gain the upper hand and screamed in anger.

After fighting for a while, they suddenly stopped.

The two floated in the water, staring at each other silently for a moment, then turned their heads at the same time and looked around.

The soldiers of the government, the members of the Cao Gang, the strong men of Lingyu, and the beautiful master were all watching with different and subtle expressions. The two men swam back to their boats without saying a word.

The sun was shining brightly as the sun surged. Li Bailong was surrounded by moisture and his clothes dried up quickly.

Water droplets rolled down Ma Fulong's body, gathered into a stream, flowed around, and his clothes became dry.

The two looked at each other, snorted, and pointed at each other.

It means "Don't let me run into you on the street."

"go!"

"Go home!"

During a night visit to the Cao Gang tonight, he saw that they were obviously hiding a secret and even had murderous intentions. Li Bailong took advantage of the situation and wanted to test the situation a little. If he wanted to provoke the Cao Gang to take action, he could use the authority of the government in the ancestral land of the Emperor's Dao to put all the Cao Gang members who had crossed the border to attack officials into jail... If this plan succeeds, Yun Gong's plan will suffer a heavy blow.

Who knew Ma Fulun was so lazy!

Why react so quickly!
Li Bailong stood at the bow with his hands behind his back, watching the tall ship disappear into the darkness, and said calmly: "The Cao Gang is much more difficult to deal with than I imagined, and Ma Fulong and his men seem to be hiding a very deep secret..."

Jiang Lishu burst out laughing.

Li Bailong snorted coldly: "Women's views, what are you laughing at? I just had a water fight with him just to lower his vigilance and caution!"

On the ship, Ma Fulong was also gazing into the distance. There was a small boat sailing against the wind and waves and disappearing into the darkness.

"It was a close call. I almost fell into the trap of this little dog."

If he had not reacted in time and flown into the water, he would probably have been overtaken by the soldiers from the Tongpan Hall and might even have been thrown into prison.

If this happens, not only will Yun Gong's mission be delayed, but the matter will also be delayed, which will be a big problem.

Someone came up behind him and asked in a low voice, "Did that kid find out?"

"He must be trying to trick me." Ma Fulong said calmly, "If he really found any clues, why would he come to visit us at night? He would have secretly notified King Zhao to lead troops to arrest us... Unfortunately, I am in the middle of the situation and I just figured it out now. I am afraid he has noticed a clue."

Without looking back, he said calmly, "Fortunately, I used his trick against him and fought with him in the water. I think I could lower his vigilance."

The person behind him said in a strange tone: "What should we do then?"

"Of course, we'll launch an offensive and make him lose his breath so that he won't have time to think about us."

Master Ma withdrew his gaze.

"You who defy fate...our game begins now."

(End of this chapter)