Chapter 100 Wanyan Guzi
"The warm ground has no autumn colors, the clear river has the evening glow. Only the cicadas are left chirping, still lingering towards the guests. The village dogs are playing with each other, the monk on the flat sand returns home alone. When I want to look northwest, I see partridges flying again."

The winding clear water and the rolling green mountains have the best landscape in the world, as if the heavenly river and the mountains and clouds have descended to the earth, so beautiful that one can't help but linger. This place is the Jinjianwu, the pillar of the south sky that is as famous as the Xianwang Mansion and supports half of the martial arts world, Jingjiang Mansion.

To the north of Jingjiang Prefecture there is a thousand-meter-high isolated peak surrounded by water on three sides, named: Jiumo Cliff.

The east, west and north sides of Jiumo Cliff are all towering cliffs. Only the southern slope is connected to the endless green mountains. There is a winding stone staircase leading directly to the top of the cliff. Jinjianwu is located on the top of Jiumo Cliff.

There is a Qingtian Pavilion built on the cliff. Jin Fuyu, the owner of Jinjianwu, often drinks wine by the river, holds his spear in his hand and composes poems in the pavilion, calling himself a hero of the time.

Unlike other leaders, Jin Fuyu had almost no heroic spirit or unrestrained roughness. On the contrary, Jin Fuyu was more like a prince, with elegant manners and dignified behavior.

He wore a golden crown, and his black hair was neatly combed. He wore a purple and gold auspicious cloud robe inside, a thin green shirt with gold threads outside, yellow satin green boots with silver patterns on the feet, a gold-inlaid jade belt around his waist, and a snow-white jade pendant hanging below, with a "gold" character hollowed out in the middle. Although he was over forty, his clean and handsome face was no less than that of a young man in his twenties.

Although Jin Fu Yu's appearance cannot be compared with Pan An and Wei Jie, he can definitely be considered handsome and elegant, especially the natural elegance between his eyebrows, which has a unique charm.

Nan Bei and Nan Bei are equally famous, of similar age, equally strategic, and neither shows their emotions on their face. They are also both leaders in the martial arts world and hold powerful responsibilities. But unlike Luo Tianjin, Jin Fu Yu is more introverted.

Jin Fuyu never considered himself a man of the world. His hobbies were also pedantic things that most people in the world looked down upon. Compared to the majestic swords and spears, he preferred the graceful dance with long sleeves. Compared to drinking from a large bowl of wine, he preferred drinking from a small cup of tea. Compared to wielding swords and spears in the martial arts arena, he preferred to ride on the chessboard and splash ink on rice paper.

As the saying goes, objects resemble their owners, and Jin Fu Yu has such a temperament that the entire Jinjianwu is also full of elegance, with carved railings and jade bricks, red pavilions and brothels, wind pavilions and moon terraces, foggy pavilions and cloud windows, just like a Jiangnan garden floating in the air.

The disciples of Jinjianwu, from the four famous masters to the ordinary students, all look like Confucian scholars, wearing white clothes and carrying swords, and are very elegant. Many disciples have a kind of extraordinary "fairy spirit" at a young age. Those who know Jinjianwu are a martial arts sect, and those who don't think it is a saint's academy.

The reason for all this is that Jin Fuyu's life experience is very different from that of ordinary people in the martial arts world. He is a down-and-out phoenix, and the rumors in the martial arts world that he is a descendant of the Jin Kingdom are actually true.

Jin Fuyu's real name was Wanyan Fuyu, and his father was Wanyan Chenglin, the last ruler of the Jin Dynasty. According to seniority, Jin Fuyu should have been the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty, but the Jin Dynasty collapsed under the joint siege of the Song Dynasty and the Mongolian Empire. This surviving descendant of the royal family did not choose to escape from the world, but instead drove south and took root in the heart of the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Fuyu changed his name to Jin Fuyu, hid himself in the underworld, and gathered the old members of the Jin Kingdom to establish the Jinjianwu, intending to accumulate strength and hoping to restore the world one day. Therefore, the core disciples of the Jinjianwu are all descendants of the Jin Kingdom, but they have long changed their names and pretended to be Han people.

The Song Dynasty court should have issued an order to eliminate the old subordinates of Jin Jianwu long ago. Unfortunately, when Jin Fuyu's reputation reached the court, Jin Jianwu had already become a powerful force in the martial arts world. Not to mention its own strength, the fact that it had a close relationship with the four major martial arts families was enough to make the government dare not act rashly.

Without real evidence, the imperial court would inevitably be resisted by the heroes of the Jianghu if it took action against Jinjianwu. With powerful enemies approaching and eyeing them covetously, the Song Dynasty was already very short of money, food, and military horses, so how could it spare the energy to deal with internal troubles? If the imperial court was not careful and caused internal and external troubles and was attacked from all sides, it would undoubtedly make the situation worse for the imperial court, or even be a fatal blow.

At the beginning, the East Palace wanted to join hands with the Xianwang Palace to recruit martial arts heroes to serve the court, in order to use the power of the martial arts world to consolidate the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time, to use Luo Tianjin to eliminate Jinjianwu. Unfortunately, the West Palace disrupted the situation halfway, and in the end, it was caught in a dilemma, with no way to get to the shore, and now it is even more worried.

The morning sun is bright and clear, the sky is bright and sunny, the breeze is gentle and the water is calm.

Inside the Qingtian Pavilion, Jin Fu Yu sat leaning against the railing, gazing at the scenery of the Li River, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

In the pavilion, there is a graceful woman playing a zither. The melodious sound of the zither lingers around the Jiumo Cliff for a long time. The sound of the zither is full of sadness, like crying and complaining, which makes people shed tears while dreaming about it.

"Master!"

Song Yu, who had returned from Tianshan, went straight to Qingtian Pavilion to report. At this moment, he was holding a painting of "The Wind and the Rain".

Jin Fuyu suddenly woke up, moved slightly, and turned around slowly after a moment. Seeing this, the woman playing the zither consciously pressed down the strings, and the Qingtian Pavilion, which was filled with melodious music, suddenly fell silent.

"Thank you for your hard work." Jin Fuyu looked at the picture of the Wind and Rain in Song Yu's hand and nodded in response. His voice was as elegant and graceful as his appearance.

"Thanks to the master, we had a safe journey." Song Yu said, and presented the painting of the Wind and Rain to Jin Fuyu with both hands. Jin Fuyu slowly opened the painting, looked it up and down, and closed it again, but did not take it from Song Yu.

"It's really peaceful." Jin Fu Yu said lightly, his voice neither happy nor angry.

Hearing this, Song Yu immediately showed a guilty look on his face and sighed, "Yes. At that time, the situation in Yulong Palace was pressing, and I had no choice but to accept this fake picture."

Song Yu's words were enough to show that when he got the picture from Cao Qin in Yulong Palace that day, he had already seen that the picture was fake. Jin Fuyu nodded and said softly: "Ren Wuya is cunning and greedy. I expected that he would not keep his promise easily, but I didn't expect him to be so shameless and dare to find a fake picture to fool me. It's a pity that my ten thousand taels of gold and ten carts of beautiful jade will be wasted."

"Ren Wuya didn't do anything on the surface, just to show his attitude and put all the blame on Cao Qin." Song Yu said in a deep voice, "If the owner hadn't specifically told me not to break up with Yulong Palace before leaving, how could I let it go so easily?"

"The Picture of Shocking Wind and Transforming Rain is a property of our royal family. I can tell whether it is true or false at a glance. Ren Wuya is also aware of this, but he still wants to cover up such a big lie. What do you think his purpose is?" Jin Fu Yu asked.

Song Yu pondered for a moment and speculated: "Ren Wuya doesn't want to break up with us. He wants to make friends with us."

"Yes." Jin Fuyu chuckled, "Who in the world doesn't know Ren Wuya's ambition? He wants to rule the Central Plains and unify the martial arts world, and he wants to use our power to achieve his wish. Coincidentally, I also want to use his power to do something."

"But Ren Wuya is a cunning and treacherous person. Wouldn't it be too much for us to use such a person..."

"How can you accomplish great things without being cunning and deceitful?" Jin Fuyu shook his head. "Whether he is cunning or deceitful, he is not a threat to us because we have different goals from him. Not only do we not have any conflicts, but we can also use each other. This is why I don't let you break off relations with them."

Song Yu hesitated and asked, "Court Master, could it be that he guessed from the beginning that Ren Wuya would not give us the Shocking Wind and Raining Picture?"

"Seventy percent." Jin Fuyu smiled, "I was only seventy percent sure that Ren Wuya would cheat, and now it turns out to be true. It seems that Ren Wuya's thoughts did not escape my expectations. From now on, Tianshan Yulong Palace is no longer a threat."

Song Yu showed admiration on his face and said bluntly: "It turns out that the owner of the dock wants to use the Jingfenghuayutu as a bridge. His real intention is to test Ren Wuya's attitude and see if he can join forces with him and whether he can conspire with him for great things."

"The Wind-Turning-Rain Map is certainly important, but as long as its secret is not solved, it will always be just a piece of waste paper." Jin Fuyu said, "Compared to this piece of waste paper, I prefer to get actual benefits."

"Master, your opinion is brilliant. Song Yu admires it!" After Song Yu finished speaking, he suddenly changed the subject and said with difficulty, "It's just that I heard some... some rumors on the way back... I don't know where they came from..."

"You are talking about the day when Mo Cen retired from the underworld, when you and Cao Qin colluded with each other, right?" Jin Fuyu said with a faint smile, "Not many people know about this matter, and they have all been to Tianshan. Apart from you and the people from Yulong Palace, who else can you think of who appeared in the Western Regions?"

Song Yu was stunned, and he pondered as he recalled, "According to my secret investigation, the people who appeared in Huodu include Liu Xunyi from Xianwang Mansion, Tang Afu from Jueqing Valley, Su He from Chifengling, Bai Shuang from Jiangnan Lu Mansion, and an official named Feng Tianba, who seemed to be going after Liu Xunyi. In addition, there was a group of Khitan people of unknown origin, who kidnapped Cao Qin's son."

"Who among these people has appeared in the Jiangnan Lu Mansion?" Jin Fu Yu asked again.

Song Yu raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something, and quickly replied: "Liu Xunyi, Bai Shuang, Feng Tianba!"

"Who do you think released this news?"

"Liu Xunyi... Luo Tianjin!" Song Yu suddenly realized, "Feng Tianba is just a reckless man with courage but no strategy. Bai Shuang is Lu Tingxiang's woman. If this matter gets out, it will damage the reputation of the Lu Mansion. If Lu Tingxiang knew about this, he should come to the door to ask for punishment instead of being stupid enough to spread rumors and cause criticism. So after thinking about it, it can only be Luo Tianjin who deliberately spread the rumor to sow discord between us and the Jiangnan Lu Mansion."

In response to Song Yu's various speculations, Jin Fu Yu smiled and said nothing, just quietly waiting for Song Yu to unravel the mystery himself and reveal the truth.

"The rumor is known to everyone in the world, and Lu Tingxiang should have heard it too, but why didn't he say anything?" Song Yu muttered in confusion, "This is unlike Lu Tingxiang's character. Even if it's just a rumor, he should have said something."

"His silence is the biggest sign." Jin Fuyu's expression straightened up, and he said quietly, "Lu Tingxiang is not a fool. He suffered a great loss in Tianshan this time, and he has learned his lesson. He will not act rashly again, but will wait for us to prove our innocence."

"Does Lu Tingxiang have a picture?" Song Yu asked suspiciously, "And does Luo Tianjin have one? Does he have one too?"

"True and false, false and true. No one knows how many fake maps Ren Wuya prepared to pass off as genuine, and to whom he gave them. Now no one knows who has the fake map and who has the real map." Jin Fuyu said softly, "Ren Wuya likes to be mysterious, so we will borrow his fire and add more fuel to make things even more mysterious. We can also take this opportunity to test the waters and see who has the deepest hiding."

"What the owner of the dock means is..."

"Go and make three thousand copies of this fake picture." Jin Fuyu smiled mysteriously, "Overnight, I will make the Jingfenghuayu picture appear everywhere in the martial arts world. As for the Xianwang Mansion, since they dared to spread rumors to harm me, I will naturally return a great gift to Luo Tianjin!"

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(End of this chapter)