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

"Ah Gou, please stop talking, please stop talking!" one of the companions cried. "Does it mean I don't want to avenge them? But look around, everyone has already surrendered. Are you going to kill those who still want to live because of your hatred?!"

“Yes…” another companion said, head bowed and tears streaming down her face, “I did watch helplessly as my father was swept away by the flood, but he told me to live on… Now that we’ve failed, what else can we do? If we listen to Lord Shen and Lord Dong, we can save our lives and find new shelter and land…”

"I know! You guys always talk a good game, but when it really matters, you're all cowards!" Ah Gou was furious and shouted, "Fine, you all surrender! Even if I'm all alone, I'll blow up this dangerous river!"

"A harmful river?" Long Aotian stepped forward and said, "Although the construction of this river was costly and laborious, once completed, it will be a beneficial measure for the country and its people. How can it be said to be harmful?"

"This scoundrel built this waterway just to report his achievements to his superiors, hoping to use these achievements to climb the ranks!" Ah Gou looked at Long Aotian and said righteously, "How many lives have been lost in the construction of this waterway? What else is this but a scoundrel?"

“According to my investigation, in recent years, the damage caused by floods in Qianzhou City has become smaller and smaller, and the impact has become less and less. Almost no one has died from floods anymore. Isn’t this all thanks to this river?” Long Aotian retorted, “I know that everyone here has suffered greatly from floods. Prefect Liu was certainly at fault, but he is now dead. Are you going to destroy this river and make more innocent people like you feel such despair?”

At this moment, Long Aotian felt as if he had the buff of the protagonist's halo, and his verbal skills were simply unparalleled. He looked at the young man in front of him with great confidence, waiting for the moment when the young man would realize his mistake and return to the right path after listening to his words.

but,

He was still too naive...

After he finished speaking, a look of confusion appeared on Ah Gou's face.

Just when Long Aotian thought he was about to surrender, he suddenly raised his head, the confusion in his eyes vanished, and he immediately said:

“Shen Congxin, you’re right…”

"Okay, then quickly put down that black ball in your hand, okay..."

Before Long Aotian could even feel happy, Ah Gou abruptly changed the subject.

"I want others to experience the same despair I felt!" After saying that, he didn't hesitate for a moment and lit the fuse of the fireball!

Upon seeing this scene, Long Aotian's mind went completely blank with shock.

As a modern person from the 21st century, he had only ever seen gunpowder in firecrackers. In a country where even the "biubiubiu" sound was banned, how could he have witnessed such a thrilling scene?

"Hahahaha! Hahahahaha!" Ah Gou stood there, watching the panicked civilians and soldiers fleeing in terror, laughing maniacally as he shouted, "Sister, did you see that? Your brother has avenged you! Hahahahaha!"

Almost out of his body's survival instinct, Dong Fuguang was about to step forward when Long Aotian, who was standing beside him, suddenly found the courage from somewhere and pounced on the distracted Agou, snatched the fireball from his hand, and ran to throw it far away!

Almost the instant the fireball in Long Aotian's hand was thrown, a loud "bang" resounded through the sky, and a cloud of black smoke and dust erupted from the reeds outside the river...

Long Aotian lay on the ground, feeling the dust that flew up into the air and then fell back down, patting him. He finally breathed a sigh of relief...

But Ah Gou seemed to have gone mad, and he actually took a tinderbox and ignited the fireballs on his body again.

"Master Dong!" Long Aotian was so frightened that he was completely exhausted and his whole body was limp. He could only shout for Dong Fuguang.

Dong Fuguang did not disappoint him. After all, he was a sixth-rank martial artist. His movements were graceful, and he kicked Ah Gou to the ground, throwing the fireballs in his arms into the air. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and nimble, kicking the fireballs far away with a few sharp leg techniques!

After several more loud explosions, the soldiers arrived and subdued Ah Gou. Long Aotian and everyone present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The follow-up work was simple: the officers and soldiers detained all the civilians and confiscated all the fireballs in the river, and the incident was pretty much over.

"Chief Inspector Shen, you really impressed me just now." Dong Fuguang came to Long Aotian's side and looked at him, saying, "I never expected that you, who have no martial arts skills, would dare to rush up and fight him to the death."

Long Aotian was still shaken. If he hadn't snatched it just now, he would have been meeting his maker in five seconds...

"Dongda is teasing me again," Long Aotian replied modestly.

"By the way, has Magistrate Li been caught?" Long Aotian asked again. "Most of those people are innocent. It's enough to make an example of them to warn others, otherwise..."

"Are you instructing me on how to do things?" Dong Fuguang suddenly turned his head and asked.

“This…” Long Aotian was speechless.

"Hahahaha!" Seeing his embarrassed look, Dong Fuguang suddenly laughed again. "Don't worry, Lord Shen, I know what I'm doing. I've already ordered people to strictly check those entering and leaving Qianzhou City and all the surrounding counties. This southern hinterland is full of poisonous miasma; if we don't have a place to rest, we'll soon die in the wilderness..."

He paused, then continued, "As for the villagers, I will not convict them unless they have committed murder or theft. They will be compensated with new houses and land."

"That's wonderful." Upon hearing this, Long Aotian gently clasped his hands in a fist salute to Dong Fuguang.

“Lord Shen, you are truly unfathomable.” Dong Fuguang suddenly spoke up: “Everyone in Qianzhou City speaks of you as worthless, but why do I feel that you are not that kind of person, but quite the opposite?”

"Hahaha, hasn't Master Dong heard the saying before?" Long Aotian said with a laugh.

"What did you say?" Dong Fuguang asked, puzzled.

“Don’t believe what you hear, believe what you see,” Long Aotian said. “Many times, you can’t judge a person’s character based on just one incident. Good people can be confused at times, and bad people can have moments of kindness.” Then, as if worried about something, he quickly added, “But no matter what, wrong is wrong. Killing someone means paying with your life!”