Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

"You scoundrel, you've ruined my plans time and time again!" Magistrate Li waved his hand fiercely and said, "I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

Long Aotian smiled faintly and replied, "I say, Lord Tongzhi, why are you so impatient? If you wait another three to five years until this matter fades away, no one will doubt you anymore."

"What do you know?" The people in the river behind us spoke up: "Today is our day of suffering. If you're going to blow up the river, it has to be today!"

"It's unbelievable, Shen Congxin, you guessed it again." Dong Fuguang looked at Long Aotian with great surprise upon hearing this.

"You already guessed it?" Li Tongzhi looked at Long Aotian. "What do you mean by that?!"

"Several years ago, Qianzhou City was hit by a major flood," Long Aotian said slowly. "At that time, all the residents of Qianzhou City, as well as the counties along the flood's path, avoided casualties thanks to timely notification. However, there was only one village, not far from Qianzhou City, which missed its best chance to escape because no one notified it, resulting in heavy casualties..."

“That’s right, you’re absolutely right.” Magistrate Li raised his hand and slowly removed the red demon mask from his face, his eyes filled with resentment. “And the culprit behind all this is Prefect Liu!”

He was not the prefect at the time; as his deputy, his suggestions for flood control were rejected by the prefect because they were considered wasteful and burdensome to the people.

When the flood struck, the prefect sent him to notify all the prefectures and counties to carry out emergency evacuations. But this fellow, for his own selfish desires, didn't notify our village at all, which led to the heavy casualties in our village.

This guy, however, pinned all the blame on the then-prefect.

After the prefect was imprisoned, he was promoted to the new prefect!

"Shouldn't I kill such a person?" Li Tongzhi said angrily.

"What a joke! As an official of the Celestial Empire, you should report your grievances!" Dong Fuguang pointed at him and said, "But you are also an official of the Celestial Empire, yet you did not do so. Instead, you chose to murder an official of the Celestial Empire. How are you any different from him?"

"Enough with the nonsense!" Li Tongzhi waved his hand abruptly, his gaze toward Dong Fuguang becoming unusually mocking. "Lord Dong, I know you secretly went to Qianzhou City to find medicine."

"So you didn't bring many servants or guards with you. Now, even if I kill you and leave your body in the river to explode, who would find it?!"

"Go ahead and try," Dong Fuguang said with a smirk. "What can you do even if you all come at me together?"

"Heh heh, I refuse to believe this nonsense, charge!" Li Tongzhi waved his hand, and his men immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Dong Fuguang!

Soon, Dong Fuguang was engaged in battle with the thieves. To his surprise, these guys were quite strong and didn't look like ordinary thieves!

"All these years, I've spent so much money, all for this moment!" Li Tongzhi spread his arms and laughed loudly, "All of you, come at me together! If we can capture those two today, I will give you all new identities and send you out of the city, you who have committed serious crimes and fled to Qianzhou!"

Upon hearing this, the various bandits hidden among the villagers in the riverbed rushed out with their weapons.

“Master Dong, I know you are a sixth-rank martial artist, but you are still human, and two fists can't fight four hands.” Li Tongzhi was very satisfied with his plan.

Ever since he took office as the deputy prefect, he has been constantly planning this event.

That fool, Prefect Liu, only thinks about making achievements by building waterways and controlling floods, so he entrusts all the affairs, big and small, in Qianzhou City to him.

He secretly opened a maritime trading market to gather a large number of these bandits from all over the world.

Prefect Liu needed money to build the river, so he had people impersonate wealthy merchants and lend him money continuously so that he could continue building the river.

At the same time, this money matches every single item in his falsified accounts, which is the most favorable evidence for his future acquittal!

Now, as long as he kills Dong Fuguang and Shen Congxin, those two troublesome guys, his plan will continue to be implemented perfectly!

"Wow, the Left Commander of the Huayi Mansion is indeed quite formidable!"

"Who says otherwise? He almost broke all the bones in my body!"

After being kicked away by Dong Fuguang, the two bandits fell to the ground in a sorry state.

The two brothers helped each other to their feet, and looking at Dong Fuguang's fierce figure, they were also afraid.

As a result, one of them glanced over unintentionally and saw Long Aotian hiding to the side.

"Hehe, there's one more here."

"How come I didn't see him? Let's go together, kill him, and claim credit with the magistrate!"

The two of them, one after the other, quickly approached Long Aotian, swords in hand.

"What are you two doing?" Long Aotian looked at them and quickly said, "I am an official of the Celestial Dynasty. If you dare to make a move against me, be careful that your entire family is executed!"

The two bandits chuckled, nonchalantly saying:

"You official, you're quite the joker. The number of murders we two brothers have committed is more than enough. We've died hundreds of times over."

"Exactly, exactly! Besides, what does the extermination of nine generations have to do with me? If I kill you, I can just run away, right? Hahaha!"

After saying that, the two beasts immediately raised their knives and charged towards Long Aotian.

Holding his knife, Long Aotian shouted towards Dong Fuguang's direction, "Lord Dong, help me!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Fuguang glanced at Long Aotian, but there were too many bandits around him. If he went to rescue Long Aotian, he would definitely be overwhelmed...

"Qiang!"

Dong Fuguang spun around, kicked away several people beside him, and finally kicked the hilt of a knife in one of the men's hands. The gleaming longsword flew out and quickly pierced through the chest of a bandit in front of Long Aotian!

However, she herself was distracted while rescuing Long Aotian and was forced to take a knife to her arm.

"Bastard, how dare you kill my brother! I'll make you live a long life for him!" The remaining bandit raised his knife and slashed at Long Aotian again.

"Damn it, get this straight! The one who killed your brother was that guy over there. Why are you chasing me?" Long Aotian was so frightened that he fled in panic.

"I don't care!" The bandit behind him brandished his knife and gave chase. "I can't beat the one behind me, but surely I can beat you?!"

Before he could finish speaking, an arrow shot out and pierced his throat.

"General Qian Shiliang, the defender of Qianzhou City, is here! You traitors, lay down your weapons and surrender at once!" Suddenly, a group of men appeared in the distance. The leader of the group carried a long iron spear and rode a black horse, looking very imposing!

"The county magistrate of Rui County is here! You traitors, stop your arrogance!" A moment later, another group of men charged out from another direction!