Chapter 3: Dark Dragon Scales

  "A real man is not afraid of poison."

  Long Zhongtian looked at Long Yun with emotion, and this drop of tears also told Long Zhongtian a lot, and he had some understanding of this father.

  Mrs. Liang Jiuyun woke up.

  "What's going on?!" in a very weak tone.

  "There's nothing you can do about it, madam, this is Liu Hu Zi's doing, and I will settle the score with him."

  Long Yun's angry low growl seemed to imply that Liu Hu Zi was responsible for this matter.

  Upon hearing this sentence, Mrs. Long closed her eyes and two streams of tears flowed out.

  Long Yun let out a soft sigh, placed Long Zhongtian in his wife's arms and walked out of the great hall. He knew that his soldiers would be arriving soon.

  Two towns in one luxurious mansion:

  "Director Liu, Director Long's house was bombed, it's really the heavens are just, I hope he dies under this shell, that would be a blessing from heaven."

  A middle-aged man wearing a team leader's uniform strode in.

  "Haha, Captain Wang, it seems you have a deep grudge against Captain Long." Liu Hu said with a smile.

  "What about you? Aren't you worried that Long Yun will swallow you up? I think that would be an easy thing for him to do. After all, in this region his military leadership abilities are unmatched."

  "Hehe, what are you worried about? In any case, I didn't provoke him, and it's not possible for me to be annexed by him. His ambition is big, but there's no need for him to make enemies of all the warlords in the entire region."

  Liu Huzi's slow and gentle voice thinks it is nothing to worry about.

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  "Haha, Director Liu, you really didn't celebrate the holiday? His wife is your cousin, have you forgotten?"

  King Tuanzhang wore a sly smile.

  Looking at Wang's innocent face, Liu's expression suddenly changed.

  "So what if there are rumors, did you come here just because of that?"

  Captain Wang saw Liu Huzi about to give the order to expel the guests and immediately apologized.

  "Hehe, I'm talking too much, actually I don't believe it either. Commander Liu, don't get angry. Think about it, Long Yun's home was bombed, although he did it himself, maybe there's a traitor among his soldiers. If he didn't die, who would be in the most danger? This account will be settled on whose head? Now he has already annexed two regiments, which is equivalent to the current military strength of a division commander. If he doesn't annex other warlords, how can he support his army?"

  King's eyes were filled with a sigh, looking at Liu Hu Zi sitting in the main hall.

  "I don't think Long Yun's next target is me. Among the many warlords, big and small, there are more than a dozen who are stronger than me, so why would it be me? There's no reason for it to be me."

  Liu Huzi was very unconvinced.

  "Haha……You are not as strong as him, and you don't even have more troops than me. However, your equipment is good, with 50 machine guns, over a hundred artillery pieces, several thousand rifles from Hanyang, and tens of millions of bullets. You're so rich that it's overflowing. Moreover, being by his side makes us think that you are the biggest threat to him, not just Long Yun, but also us."

  Commander Wang analyzed the severity of the situation.

  "I said, you're afraid that Longyun will swallow you up, I understand your purpose in coming here, wanting to join hands with me to deal with Longyun. But let me tell you, I won't do such a thing. See you out."

  Liu Hu Zi issued an order to expel guests, he didn't want to be an enemy of Long Yun, Liu Hu Zi had a scornful smile.

  "Ridiculous! How could you say that, we're relatives after all. How can you take me on? Besides, my strength is enough to take down three of his teams, it's really underestimating Old Liu."

  "You..."

  Director Wang heard Liu Hu's words and was so angry that he couldn't speak, but soon calmed down, let out a cold hum and left Liu Hu's mansion.

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  "They say Liu Hu Zi is a arrogant and self-important person, it seems that's true. What you hear may be false, but what you see is true." Captain Wang thought of this and immediately turned his body around.

  As he stepped out of the hall, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked sharply at Liu Hu Zi.

  "Long Yun is a ruthless person, you will regret it."

  "Not sending!"

  Feeling Liu Hu Zi's arrogance, Wang Tuan Zhang sighed again and walked out of Liu Hu Zi's mansion, this time never looking back.

  The Longyun government office is being rapidly repaired, a month after the explosion, and now looks more majestic than before.

  Inside Long Mansion, at this late hour of the night, two people were having a conversation in the backyard, and their voices were very low. One of them appeared to be Long Yun.

  "Brother, that artillery company commander and those several soldiers were executed."

  A middle-aged man in casual clothes with a murderous aura stood beside Long Yun and said.

  "All right, Long Lin, have their consolation money been distributed? One hundred taels per person. Their sacrifice is for our prosperity, and doing so will make us feel a little better."

  Long Yun's eyes carried a cold glint.

  "Hmm, everything has been sent over. Brother, sometimes I suspect that all of this was arranged by you. If my nephew hadn't died young, what would you have done?"

  Long Lin felt that his elder brother was really too ruthless.

  "Do you want to know?"

  Long Yun looked at Long Lin's eyes with a crazy smile in them.

  "Of course I know that although I live in darkness and fight for the Long family, but as for your thoughts, I must be clear about them so that I can effectively cooperate with you."

  Long Lin also looked at his big brother Long Yun with a smile, but there was no madness in his eyes.

  "Dragon scales, actually in my heart you are the most terrifying, you have no desires, just treating everything as a game, watching from the outside, everything is under control, don't I think what you don't know?"

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  Long Yun gave very humorous answers one by one.

  "Haha, looks like you see through me. Sometimes I wonder if the leader of the Dragon family's assassination squad has been swapped out."

  Long Lin shook his head, feeling very helpless, he wasn't as crazy as his brother.

  "No, you're wrong. Our father said before he passed away that a crazy desire is not suitable for this moment, and hot-blooded men are not suitable to be military strategists. But your calmness and cold blood make you the most suitable leader of assassins. And Father also said that if placed in the Three Kingdoms, you would be like the ghostly talent Guo Jia."

  Long Yun spoke with admiration, admiring his younger brother for receiving such high praise from their father, and admiring his own father for being so wise.

  "Alright, brother, I'll let you rightfully take Liu Hu's troops, but there's one more thing you shouldn't keep from me."

  Long Lian's voice faded away after leaving Long Yun's side, and as he walked, there was no sound of footsteps.

  Looking at Long Lin's back, Long Zhongtian said: "Even if I don't say it, you know it's not true, right?" Upon hearing this sentence, Long Lin's body paused for a moment, smiled slightly, and disappeared into the darkness in a few steps.

  "Judging from your goblin-like walk since childhood, it will determine your role in the future."

  Long Yun gazed up at the sky with a multitude of emotions.

  Twenty years ago, a seventh-rank official stood in a courtyard with two young boys standing behind him.

  "Do you know, although I am the head of a county, I am also the master of a country. This county is my kingdom. You must have your own troops and your own loyal guards to stand firm. The sky is about to change, you see? In this era, only kings can survive, and these kings not only need talent but also ambition."

  Longyun's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and this little memory made him realize that his father had already told them and understood what would happen now.

  "Hawk hero, bear hero, dog bear... Hehe..."

  Long Yun burst out laughing, his voice piercing through the courtyard and into the clouds.

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  Several masked men appeared in two towns on a pitch-black night, but only the twinkling stars could be seen in the night sky.

  The masked man at the forefront revealed a voice devoid of emotion: "You are the descendants of the Dragon family, and for the sake of the Dragon family, you must die. Although we cannot be seen in the light, under its radiance, we are powerful."

  This person is Long Piao.

  "Master, we understand this, and we know that this task will be very difficult."

  A masked man bowed his head and said to Long Lin.

  "Not bad, this task is quite arduous, killing Liu Hu Zi, the success or failure of the mission, relates to whether our great army can occupy this place as our Dragon Family's territory tomorrow, and make this province our Dragon Family's dominion."

  The word "killing machine" was spat out from Long Lin's mouth.

  Inside Liu Hu Zi's compound.

  "Madam, for nearly a month now, every day someone comes to advise me to take the initiative and get rid of Long Yun first. Hmph, they want to reap the benefits of our conflict. I'm not that foolish. What kind of person is Long Yun? Can my family afford to go head-to-head with him? Besides, given my abilities, does he dare?"

  Liu Huizi was embracing his wife in the bedroom, his wife looked very young, a woman like a water snake, with a flirtatious attitude like a fox. On this day, Liu Huizi vaguely felt that Long Yun was making a move on him.

  "Old master, you have such advanced guns and cannons, what are you afraid of? Even Long Yun wouldn't dare to move against you. Besides, we haven't done anything wrong to him." The young woman's expression was very proud.

  "No, although that's true, we can't be too proud of ourselves either. After all, I'm just a piece of fat meat. It's only because our weapons are advanced that no one has touched me yet, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be on guard."

  Suddenly, Liu Hu Zi felt a sense of unease.

  At midnight, Liu Hu Zi was sleeping soundly with a loud snore. Several figures were moving stealthily in the mansion. A tile on the roof of Liu Hu Zi's bedroom was lifted, and a wisp of green smoke entered through the opening. The doors and windows were quietly opened.

  With a loud whoosh, blood sprayed wildly in the bedroom, followed by another whooshing sound, and two streams of blood shot out like fountains.

  At dawn, gunfire broke out in a certain town No. 1, and the sound of artillery fire was heard outside the town...