My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 170 Ex-husband

What does it mean to ask for instructions from Yun Gong?

Can Mr. Yun talk about this?
Li Bailong asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Taoist Ling knew that the situation was urgent... If he allowed Li Bailong to write a letter to inform the third branch to come to Huazhou to participate in the war of educating and cultivating the same culture, the situation would become extremely complicated. He had to calm this guy down first.

"We are enemies, but we have different positions." He said quickly, "In fact, Lord Yun admires young talents like you very much and has repeatedly asked us to be respectful."

Li Bailong nodded modestly: "Thank Mr. Yun for me."

"I see that the governor is very close to my brothers in the Cao Gang and is also very curious about the affairs of the gang. I wonder..."

Seeing that he remained calm, Ling Daoist went straight to the point and gave him some powerful information: "Are you interested in joining our gang and becoming one of the million-dollar canal workers?"

what?
Li Bailong was stunned.

It’s fine if the leader invites me to marry into the family, after all, he is the Dragon King of the Great River, one of the princes.

What generation do you belong to? Do you have the guts to accept me as your successor?

He said calmly, "Sir, you are making such jokes for no reason. It's a bit disrespectful."

"Lord Yun thinks highly of you, but with the Lingyu Sect's pearls and jades before him and King Zhao's summons to conquer you, Lord Yun is reluctant to speak up. But seeing that you treat our brothers in the canal so well and value them, and are so curious about our affairs, wouldn't it be wonderful for you to become one of our own?"

Taoist Ling advised: "If you join the Cao Gang, you can tell me the secret of cup throwing. It will be easy for you to use this power and authority to your own benefit!"

Although I am very interested in the secret power of cup throwing.

But this proposal is too fantastic.

He refused, saying, "King Zhao has been very kind to me. How can I turn to someone else if I haven't accomplished my mission? Although I am not talented, I know that Lord Yun and King Zhao have different positions. How can a loyal minister serve two masters?"

"I know that you value justice, how dare I make things difficult for you?"

Taoist Ling whispered, "First, Lord Yun and King Zhao have conflicting positions, but they are not very firm. If we can get the help of Zhishi and act as a middleman, whether they will become enemies in the future is still uncertain, but the Huazhou situation can be resolved immediately. Second, Zhishi can join our gang while retaining his original sect background and position, and he can still enjoy the corresponding authority and courtesy."

"..."

It's getting more and more outrageous. There is only one copy of the file, how can it be kept in two houses?

Organizational relationships will be messed up!

Li Bailong shook his head and said, "Are you kidding?"

"There is already a precedent for this in our gang, so if it is proposed by Lord Yun, there is nothing to stop it."

"What precedent?"

"That... I can't say anything." Taoist Ling bowed and said, "After all, I am a low-ranking official. This matter must be reported to Lord Mingyun, and he will handle it personally. If we fight in Huazhou, it will do us no good but harm. It is better to make peace. This is what Hall Master Ma and I want."

I went to Yunhuatang today to ask Aozi to secretly copy the code.

I didn’t expect to receive an offer?

Li Bailong just thought it was ridiculous.

But this matter was so absurd that he really wanted to see how it would develop.

"Are you trying to fool me?"

"How dare I." Taoist Ling said humbly and carefully, "Even if I delay on purpose, how long can I delay? If the governor finds out and ruins my reputation, there will be no room for maneuver in the future. It will not be worth it."

He bowed again and said, "Tomorrow there will be a reply from Lord Yun. Please be patient for a day."

"Okay." Li Bailong pointed at him, "If you want to delay, just wait and see."

Taoist Ling finally sent the evil guest away, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and returned to the secret room in the inner hall. The guards guarded the place tightly. He unlocked the door and pushed it open. Sure enough, the matters of the second and third rooms were written on the sand table.

He sighed, dismissed the crowd, picked up his own cup, and first replied to the hall master's text message.

After Li Bailong went out, he stopped a car and said, "Let's go to Moshangsang."

After returning to the sect's branch, Li Bailong walked all the way inside and came to the courtyard of his seventh uncle. He heard laughter and talking coming from inside the house. It turned out that his master was talking to his seventh uncle.

He went forward and knocked on the door, and it was Sanniang who opened it.

Li Bailong responded and went in. The room was filled with a strange fragrance. The two women on the couch were extremely beautiful, and they complemented each other. They were the sixth and seventh daughters from Baihua Valley.

Jiang Lishu glanced at him and said in a strange voice, "Did you succeed in framing him? I heard that you arrested Ma Fulong and beat him for several hours? Did he confess?"

Seventh Uncle glanced at him unhappily.

After his evil plot was discovered, he shamelessly did it again, framing and slandering his uncle in front of him, and ruining the reputation of the Cao Gang. This was indeed not a very decent thing to do.

"No, the child is ignorant and was just playing with Master Ma."

Li Bailong was extremely shameless. He told some lies with his eyes open and then got to the point.

Today, Master Ling's "unprecedented path" was truly unimaginable. He had to inform the Third House to prevent it from leaking out from Lord Yun and causing the leader to think too much, which would be bad.

Furthermore, there is another question I need to ask.

"Uncle Master, that Taoist Ling said that I can keep my current identity, position, position and faction. He also said that there is a precedent in the Cao Gang..." He asked doubtfully, "Is this true?"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Lishu's eyes widened.

The third lady behind him coughed the most violently.

Li Bailong realized that something was wrong, but the words had already been spoken.

When I looked again, Uncle Seven's face had changed into anger.

She said coldly: "You are very popular now, Uncle Yun wants to win you over."

He immediately said: "My disciple's heart is with my uncle, how could I follow Master Yun..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lishu jumped up, grabbed him, and said to Uncle Seventh Master with a nod and a bow, "Sister Shi, the child is ignorant, don't argue with her."

After saying that, he dragged him out of the room.

The third lady hurriedly closed the door. This heroic, elegant and graceful woman was at a loss at the moment. She looked at Miss Ma anxiously, with worry and pity in her eyes.

Seventh Uncle quietly clenched his hands.

That look again.

She remembered Sixth Sister’s astonishment just now, and Li Bailong’s surprise when he realized it belatedly.

Everyone is afraid, everyone is avoiding, everyone is worried.

Everyone felt that...she should be angry.

Yes.

I was born in the Cao Gang and have Ma family blood, so I should contribute to the Cao Gang. Marriage and other major life events must be in line with the interests of the gang and be decided by my father and brothers.

Everyone feels so.

Yes.

I am a noble lady of the Cao Gang. After such a great humiliation, I should harbor hatred for the rest of my life, I should become hysterical, I should turn into a twisted, crazy, and resentful woman. Even if I don't show it on my face, I must be bottling up the resentment deep in my heart, and once provoked, it will explode immediately. After all, after experiencing that kind of thing, how can I remain calm?
Everyone feels so.

Everyone thinks so!
Facing Sanniang's worried and speechless gaze, she grabbed the teacup on the table with veins exposed on her delicate hands and threw it down, sending countless fragments flying. The small table on the couch was lifted up and smashed to the ground. She shouted sternly, "What are you looking at! Get out! Get out! Get out!"

The third lady sighed softly, bowed, and stepped back.

After the door was closed, another teacup hit the door frame, making a loud noise.

As soon as her resentment and grievance arose, she could no longer suppress her rage. She drew the dagger from her waist and slashed around the room - it had been like this since the beginning, and it had always been like this.

Everyone looked at her with pity.

At first, everyone thought she had the right to lose her temper.

Later, everyone felt that she was responsible for losing her temper.

This twisted, creepy, fucked-up, ridiculous... world!
She hacked around for a while before falling back onto the bed, her chest heaving, her face flushed with anger.

She thought the most painful day in her life would be her wedding day.

However, after that incident, life became more and more difficult day by day.

"Is she going to lose her temper?"

"Why doesn't she lose her temper?"

"Is she just holding on? It's not good to keep it in your heart."

Things like that, gaze, look, expression.

Everyone was being cautious and careful to avoid being on guard.

But such caution, avoidance, protection and tolerance...is itself a kind of expectation.

People don't want something to happen because they think it will happen otherwise. How stupid.

In the end, Miss Ma of the Cao Gang really became a pitiful character with mood swings and full of resentment, just as everyone expected.

After all, in everyone's opinion, this is how things should be.

At this point, even Miss Ma herself is not sure whether her moody and angry behavior over the years is a response to these people's expectations, or a need to vent her own anger, or both. Or, is it really caused by the resentment in her heart... She can no longer tell the difference.

She pulled the veil away from her face.

Before I got married, I never wore a veil. After all, I was so beautiful, and it was a good thing to let others look at me and feel better.

But after her divorce, she put on a veil, because everyone imagined Miss Ma to be a resentful woman with a thin face and haggard appearance, and she would never have a cheerful expression or rosy complexion.

——Her cheeks should be thin and sunken, her lips should be thin and bloodless, and she should look like a poor woman who has been teased by fate, miserable, resentful, crazy, and lost her soul.

She didn't want to face those confused looks anymore.

The small round mirror on the window sill reflected the face of Seventh Uncle.

By the time she got married, she was even more graceful and elegant, with a more mature and dignified air. Because she seldom smiled now, her charming eyes and cheerful face only existed in her memory... In the past, I would smile smugly whenever I saw her beautiful face in the mirror.

When was the last time you laughed heartily?

...Oh, today.

It was the bad boy from Sixth Sister's family who imitated Uncle Yun's way of speaking and made her laugh.

That guy is careless, talks nonsense, has no rules or respect, says some funny things, does some bold things... just like me before.

Sadly, I also wanted to go back to the past.

But everyone held me back and wouldn't let me go back.

If I were still like before, carefree, laughing freely and crying wantonly, they would definitely think that I was crazy. No one would believe that I was well and could let it go.

Besides, can you really let it go?

As soon as she thought of this, she unbuttoned her collar and slowly took out the pendant hanging around her neck.

A pair of cups are hung on the flexible rope.

That's not hers.

Her cup has been returned to the Cao Gang.

This is just an ordinary cup made of ordinary material, carved from bamboo. It can be seen everywhere in the Caobang. It looks very rough, eroded by time, and has many cracks on it.

Uncle Seventh's eyes were red as he stared at the cup dangling in the air, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

She hadn't thrown a cup in several years.

During the last cup toss before the wedding, she was desperately begging Brother Wan Yunlong. She actually didn't want to marry someone she didn't like or understand.

The final result is hard to describe in words.

It is difficult to say what the connection is between the two, after all, Brother Wan Yunlong had been giving her the Yin Cup at that time.

Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe her stubbornness angered the master, but in any case, that happened.

From then on, she never threw the cup again.

Today, something on her mind was inexplicably brought back to her mind. Perhaps on a whim, she suddenly reached out, untied the ropes tied around the cup, and held the cracked cup in her palm.

Brother Wan Yunlong, I don’t want to live like this anymore... Do I still have a chance?
She prayed randomly and threw the cup away.

They fell on the couch, one right side up and the other upside down, and that was the Holy Grail.

For all important matters, three consecutive throws will be the basis.

She took the cup in her hand but did not throw it again. Tears were already flowing unconsciously: "... liar."

After all, I didn't use Yuan Qi just now, and I didn't even meditate sincerely. I didn't communicate with Brother Wan Yunlong, and the ancestor didn't respond. The so-called throwing of the cup was just throwing two ordinary bamboo pieces.

Not counting.

Outside, Li Bailong was being scolded by his master.

"You're dancing in a minefield!"

Jiang Lishu scolded: "Brother, you really dare to say that. If I hadn't stopped you, would you have said, 'How could I run away with Yun Gong?' Good fellow, if you don't run, who will run?"

Li Bailong said angrily, "Is it really that strict? After Master Uncle entered the valley, you masters pulled us aside every day to give us secret instructions and warnings, warning us not to talk nonsense and not to bring up Master Uncle's sad memories..."

"She is a noble lady of the Cao Gang, and she has experienced that kind of thing. Damn it, if I had this kind of experience, I would be killing men every day to make fertilizer for my flowers. I would have to kill three scumbags for a meal. She is so calm now, she is so kind-hearted. She just gets PTSD when she hears the key words. She is already very kind!"

Jiang Lishu muttered, "Besides, he is the God of Wealth from the Cao Gang, so what's wrong with being a little polite? The more courtesy, the less blame... Alas, you are so careless and you don't even need to be careful with your words."

While he was listening to the lecture, Aozi became impatient in his mind.

"What a bunch of fucking bitches, nagging me. If it comes to me, giving them two punches would be more effective than anything else! From my experience, if a bitch gets mad every day, she must have been spoiled by an idiot!"

"Go on your way."

Apart from the bad woman detection certification, Aozi's credibility in terms of men and women is really worrying. Li Bailong is naturally very disdainful: "Aobao, you should go and copy the code of the Cao Gang."

"Hey you fucking..."

Li Bailong ignored his next words, looked around carefully, and said in a low voice: "So, Master, the 'precedent' that Yun Gong mentioned could not be..."

The master also looked around, then leaned back, covered his mouth with his hands, and almost leaned on Li Bailong, saying mysteriously: "It's my ex-husband."

He also started gossiping: "Retaining the original sect identity and joining the Cao Gang at the same time, in this way, the Cao Gang will allow my ex-husband to not marry into the family? The damn leader asked me to be a live-in son-in-law, how can I choose the right person?"

Jiang Lishu said disdainfully: "What is your identity? What is your ex-husband's identity? Because of this shameful incident, your ex-husband's family almost went all out to support the third branch. With this support, the third branch was able to take advantage of this opportunity to form alliances, and with various coincidences, it eventually emerged as a dark horse when the first and second branches were in confrontation and was elected as the leader. If you have a way to make the leader re-elected, let alone not having to marry into the family, he can even discuss his own affairs with you..."

Li Bailong shrugged.

He added: "But this time, Mr. Yun, do you want to discuss your own affairs with me?"

"I've never heard that Lord Yun has a daughter. Maybe he will adopt you as his godson and let you call him dad. Then he will give you a lot of money to spend."

Jiang Lishu made a joke, then said seriously: "I don't think Yun Huatang would speak without thinking, why don't you discuss it with the emperor's uncle first? If there is really a chance, Huazhou's situation will be solved. Yun Gong must be the next leader. Now that you have the leader as your godfather, it will be easier for you to do things in the court in the future."

Li Bailong tilted his head: "What did Uncle Seven say?"

"You didn't sell it to the third house. If Longtou thinks he can win you over with a few nice words, he is underestimating you. For this kind of thing, of course, it depends on the price."

Although Master said that he was on good terms with Seventh Uncle, he was very calm when it came to this matter: "After all, when Feng Lin was in trouble, Lingyu Sect went all out, and Longtou only promised to recruit a son-in-law. He didn't place a bet in advance, and it was all just empty talk. Who can we blame?"

Li Bailong thought for a while and said, "It's not even a start yet. Let's wait for Yun Gong's reply before we talk about it."

He immediately went back to his room and wrote a letter to his uncle, telling him about the strange offer from the eldest wife.

After sending the letter, he thought about it and decided to go see his Seventh Uncle, but was stopped by the Third Lady.

I heard from Third Lady that Uncle Seventh-Master had lost his temper in the room and it was not appropriate to receive guests now.

...Okay.

If we really meet, I don’t know what to say.

Maybe it would be better to "let the young lady calm down on her own," as Sanniang said.

Aozi was still shouting: "Go punch her twice! Scold her!"

After leaving Moshangsang, Li Bailong just felt a little unhappy. He was clearly recruited by the first wife and quickly ran to explain to the third wife, but it turned out like this. It was really inexplicable.

I always feel like something is wrong.

He was unhappy and took it out on others.

He called the nearby Tongwen Bureau's officer and gave him an address.

"Zheng Xiuyuan is hiding here. You take a few people and arrest him and bring him to the Tongwen Bureau. Say that Ma Fulong came to insult and beat the imperial officials. Maybe he was instigated by this person. Ask him to explain the situation!"

Damn it, the leader of Yunhua Hall has been arrested, what’s the difference between you and me?

The officer answered the call and found that it was an unfamiliar place, and he was even more awed.

The governor's intelligence network is so terrifying!
After arranging this matter, Li Bailong took a taxi back to Tongwen Bureau, entered the second hall and went straight to the two-limit room. When he saw Ma Fulong, he said bluntly: "I heard that Mr. Yun wants to take me as his godson?"

Master Ma was surprised and asked, "Ah?"

"I just went to Yunhua Hall. The hall master surnamed Ling... oh no, the acting hall master told me that since you were imprisoned here, he was in charge of your work."

"Old Ma, this is your fault. Why didn't you mention this? Why did you wait until the acting hall master told me? He said he had already reported to Lord Yun. Your Yunhua Hall has two dedicated reporting lines..."

At this point, he said mysteriously, "Hey, don't you know about this?"

After sitting in front of the computer for seven or eight hours, I was convinced...

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(End of this chapter)