Chapter 1148 Bluffing
"Sui Zuo, you're looking for death!"

"bass!"

When Sui Zuo said this, Song Yu and the other three were all furious. But Leng Yiyi's eyes turned cold, and she drew her sword out of its sheath like flowing water. The extremely sharp Bingxin Sword was pressed against Sui Zuo's neck in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the eight guards standing behind Sui Zuo did not hesitate. They quickly approached with their swords raised, forming a confrontation with Song Yu and the other four.

"General Sui, I admire your courage and bravery very much. After all, you are the first person in the past twenty years who dares to threaten my life in person." Jin Fuyu ignored the tense situation and looked at Sui Zuo who was eyeing him covetously. He asked calmly, "I just don't know why General Sui is interested in my head?"

"As expected of the famous Master Jinwu, you can keep your composure even in the face of disaster. I admire you!" Sui Zuo also ignored the sharp knife on his neck and pretended to be reasonable and advised, "Master Jinwu, even if you don't feel sorry for yourself, you should feel sorry for your subordinates. If you take the initiative, I promise not to hurt others. But if you don't accept my toast, then... many people will die."

"It's rare that General Sui has such a kind heart. He wants to take my head, but he also thinks about my men. I am really grateful." Jin Fuyu was almost amused by Sui Zuo's pretentiousness. He looked around and frowned, and his tone revealed a hint of joking. "Since ancient times, victors have been kings and losers have been bandits, and life and death are determined by fate. If it is God's will, I have no complaints about arranging General Sui to send me off today. It's just that... no matter how bad Jin is, he is still a decent person. General Sui killed me with only these stragglers, which seems to be a bit disrespectful to me."

"How dare I?" Sui Zuo waved his hands and laughed. "Master Jinwu is famous in the martial arts world. I have heard of you for a long time. Who are you? What are your methods? I know them all. If you are not sure of victory today, how dare you sit here?"

"Oh?" Jin Fuyu raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "So, General Sui has an ambush in the chaotic hills and foggy forest?"

Faced with Jin Fu Yu's curiosity, Sui Zuo said nothing, but the smile on his face became more and more ferocious and terrifying. Then, under the gloomy and urgent gazes around him, he slowly stretched out his right hand and slowly spread out his five fingers.

"Five thousand?" Jin Fuyu's eyes changed slightly, and he said with emotion, "General Sui really came prepared. He didn't hesitate to mobilize five thousand soldiers to deal with a mere outlaw like Jin."

While talking, Jin Fu Yu exchanged a glance with Song Yu inconspicuously. The expressions of both of them seemed to change subtly in a flash, but it did not attract the attention of others.

"Everyone knows that Jin Jian Wu is full of masters, each of whom can fight against a hundred. If I don't put in some effort, how can I do a good job?" Sui Zuo looked at Jin Fu Yu, whose smile was gradually disappearing, provocatively, and said leisurely, "It's a pity that no matter how powerful a martial arts master is, he is like an ant trying to shake a tree when facing thousands of well-trained troops. Under the simultaneous firing of thousands of arrows, no one can escape the fate of being riddled with wounds. Master Jin Wu, do you think what I said is right?"

As soon as Sui Zuo said this, the faces of the disciples of Jinjianwu outside the tea shed suddenly became interesting. They looked at each other, unable to hide a trace of panic in their anger.

Jin Fu Yu had a deep look in his eyes and said nothing.

Seeing this, Sui Zuo couldn't help but sneer, and then slowly pushed away the Bingxin Sword on his neck with his hand, and reminded him meaningfully: "What's more, Master Jinwu is not some outlaw, you are a descendant of the Jin Dynasty with great ambitions."

Jin Fuyu's background has long been an open secret in the martial arts world. As a general of Xijing, with the support of the Mongol court, it is not surprising that Sui Zuo knows some secrets and anecdotes.

"General Sui, you are bluffing!"

After a moment of silence, Jin Fu Yu suddenly smiled and shook his head slightly at Leng Yiyi who was standing with a sword, signaling her to step back.

"Why? Doesn't Lord Jinwu believe that I have five thousand soldiers?"

"No!" Jin Fuyu shook his head slowly. "It's true that you had an ambush, but it was false that you wanted to take my head. You told me the news of the ambush of 5,000 soldiers just to shock me. You deliberately revealed your trump card just to tell me that you are sure to kill us all."

"Go on!" Facing Jin Fuyu who was confident in his decision, Sui Zuo's eyes gradually became meaningful.

"Let alone 5,000, even if there were 50,000, Jin would not sit still and wait for death. General Sui knows this very well." Jin Fuyu continued calmly, "If you really want to kill me, there is no need to risk sitting here and joking with me, and there is no need to tell me how many soldiers are ambushed around. As the general said, under the simultaneous firing of thousands of arrows, even the most powerful masters can't escape the fate of being shot into a sieve. You can hide in the dark and order arrows to shoot us. It is expected that Jin will have no chance of survival. Why waste time talking to me about this and that? As I expected, General Sui intends to take the initiative and tell us the real purpose after he has complete control of the situation."

"Jin Fuyu, no wonder you are invincible in the Central Plains martial arts world. You are calm in the face of danger and have extraordinary intelligence." Sui Zuo no longer concealed his thoughts after Jin Fuyu revealed them. "You are lucky. The order I received was indeed to kill you, but someone wanted to give you a chance to live, so they temporarily changed the order."

"Kill me?" Jin Fuyu's deep eyes seemed to be able to see through Sui Zuo's heart, and he asked suspiciously, "Why me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Mobilizing troops to kill a martial artist is definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision. The only reasonable answer is that my existence... or the existence of Jin Jianwu is very likely to hinder some of your plans." Jin Fuyu ignored Sui Zuo's mood changes and analyzed on his own, "If you just want to disrupt the Central Plains martial arts, then dealing with the popular Liu Xunyi and the Xianwang Mansion in Luoyang City is undoubtedly a better choice, but you are going far away..." At this point, Jin Fuyu's mind suddenly flashed, and his pupils trembled a little. He stared at Sui Zuo, who had a gloomy face, and said word by word: "The Mongolian court's move is intended to eliminate the underworld forces south of Qinhuai. In other words, you are weakening the civilian forces in the Song Dynasty. In this way, among all the sects in Jiangnan, my Jin Jianwu must be the first to bear the brunt. Based on this, could it be that... the Mongolian Khan intends to mobilize troops against the Song Dynasty?"

“Jin Fuyu, you are too smart!” Sui Zuo was even more dissatisfied, with a hint of impatience in his tone, “If the Khan mobilizes his army against the Song Dynasty, even if ten Jinjianwus are tied together, they will not be able to help the Song army resist the iron cavalry of the Mongolian warriors…”

"General Sui, why do you have to pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth? What you are really worried about is not that the underworld forces will help the Song Dynasty's official army, but that Jin will take advantage of the fierce battle between Song and Mongolia to rob, or even... occupy the magpie's nest and reap the fruits of their labor."

"boom!"

Before Jin Fuyu finished speaking, Sui Zuo had already slammed his fist on the table and said angrily: "Jin Fuyu! I am being polite to you because I am flattering you. Don't be so shameless!"

"Sui Zuo, you are so outrageous..."

"No rudeness!"

Jin Fuyu interrupted Song Yu's rebuttal nonchalantly, his expression becoming more calm and composed. Because he had already gotten the answer he wanted from Sui Zuo's unusually strong reaction, he also had his own plan.

“Jin Fuyu, you think too highly of yourself!” Sui Zuo tried his best to suppress his inner anger and threatened fiercely, “No one in this world dares, and no one can take away even a little benefit from the scimitars of the Mongolian cavalry. If you dare to harbor delusions, I guarantee that you will live in the eighteenth level of hell every day for the rest of your life, and life will be worse than death!”

"Rather than these empty threats, Jin wants to hear your conditions." The angrier Sui Zuo got, the calmer Jin Fuyu became. Facing the aggressive Sui Zuo, he did not show any anger, but instead watched him quietly with interest, as if he was watching a clown performing hard: "You just said that someone changed his mind and gave me a chance to live. There is a saying that goes 'no reward without merit'. I am very curious, who is so capable? What are the conditions he proposed?"

Jin Fu Yu's indifference made Sui Zuo's anger feel like a heavy punch on cotton. He felt ashamed, angry and helpless.

"You don't need to ask who it is, just remember to be grateful." Sui Zuo took a deep breath, trying to calm his heart, "Two conditions! First, Jin Jianwu will serve the Mongolian court from now on and obey the Khan's orders. Second, you must return to Luoyang City immediately and find a way to get rid of Liu Xunyi within a month. Before getting rid of Liu Xunyi, you and your people cannot set foot outside the Mongolian territory. If you can agree to this, we can guarantee that you will live a peaceful and prosperous life for the rest of your life."

"General Sui, it's not that I don't believe what you said. It's just... if you don't want to tell me who is behind this, how can I believe that you won't destroy the bridge after crossing it?"

In fact, Jin Fuyu had expected the first of the two conditions proposed by Sui Zuo, but he was particularly surprised by the second one. However, Jin Fuyu was very smart. After hearing the conditions proposed by Sui Zuo, he did not show any surprise. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, "Excuse me, if the person behind him is not important enough, even if he wants to fulfill his promise, he may not be able to do so."

"He is a man who can command this general to mobilize troops and change military orders at short notice. Do you think he is important enough?"

However, in the face of Sui Zuo's words, Jin Fu Yu just smiled and said nothing.

"Jin Fuyu, don't think I'm begging you!"

"General Sui will not beg me, but if the person who gave you the order is really very important, and you mess up the task he gave you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain when you go back."

"you……"

"You are the butcher and I am the meat. And there is nothing wrong with the two conditions you just mentioned. What are you worried about, General Sui?"

Hearing this, Sui Zuo's eyes lit up, and he asked doubtfully, "So, you agree?"

"Whether you agree or not depends entirely on whether the person behind the scenes has the ability to keep his word."

"Good!" Sui Zuo's eyes flashed with ecstasy of "the credit is about to be in hand", and his face straightened, he bowed to the north, and answered proudly, "Listen carefully! The person who gives you the opportunity is the brother of Genghis Khan, Prince Hulie who holds the military power of the world!"

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