Chapter 76 Taking Advantage of the Situation
"who are you?"

Feng Tianba gradually calmed down from the panic. Facing Tang Afu's rude words, he immediately became angry. He glared at Tang Afu, drew his sword with a clang, and approached him quickly, holding up the sword and shouting: "Where did you come from, you thief who dares to speak so shamelessly?"

Tang Afu ignored Feng Tianba, but threw the Merciless Sword to his side, looked at Liu Xunyi calmly, and said, "Do you still want to protect him?"

"I still say that. I can't let you kill him." Liu Xunyi said in a serious tone, "Because... he is my friend now."

"Why bother explaining so much to him?" Feng Tianba urged impatiently, "If you don't do it, let me do it!" As he spoke, Feng Tianba raised his foot and was about to move towards Tang Afu, but Liu Xunyi stretched out his arm to block his way.

"Liu Xunyi, what are you doing?" Feng Tianba looked at Liu Xunyi in surprise, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. He looked around suspiciously and asked tentatively, "Do you know him? From what you just said, it seems that you already knew that this person wanted to kill me?"

Although Feng Tianba is a rough man, he is sometimes quite quick in reaction.

"I'll explain it to you later, you..."

"Liu Xunyi!" Before Liu Xunyi could finish her words, Feng Tianba suddenly took a step back, staring at Liu Xunyi and Tang Afu with a wary look. The steel knife in his hand also turned from pointing at Tang Afu to pointing at Liu Xunyi, and asked in a cold voice, "Are you in the same group with him? You told me before that someone wanted to take my life, that person must be him, right?"

"Feng Tianba, what do you mean?" Liu Xunyi didn't expect Feng Tianba to suddenly change his target, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "Can't you see that I'm helping you?"

Tang Afu sneered and said calmly: "Liu Xunyi, now you can see clearly that Feng Tianba and you are not on the same page at all. You have been very kind to him, but he repays you with hatred. Can I kill him for you now?"

“That won’t work either!” Liu Xunyi pointed his sword at Tang Afu who was about to attack, and said in a deep voice, “He has some misunderstandings about me now, but that doesn’t mean I allow you to kill him. I just said that he is my friend!”

Feng Tianba snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Liu Xunyi, have you forgotten what we just said? I am a soldier, you are a thief, we will never be true friends." As he spoke, Feng Tianba raised his knife and approached Liu Xunyi, saying angrily, "Just now I was wondering, I have never met this person before, why is he determined to kill me? Now I finally understand, it turns out that he wants to kill me for you. The person who really wants to kill me is not him, but you! I trusted you so much in the past two days, but I didn't expect that I would actually seek the skin of a tiger. The real danger is not in Yuhu Hall, but by my side, and that person is you!"

Feng Tianba is sometimes smart and sometimes confused. At this moment, he is stubborn and believes that Liu Xunyi has murderous intentions towards him. No matter how Liu Xunyi explains, he can't let it go.

"Feng Tianba, prepare to die!" Tang Afu pointed his sword at Feng Tianba's forehead and threatened in a cold tone.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi pointed his sword at Tang Afu, Tang Afu pointed his sword at Feng Tianba, and Feng Tianba's knife was on Liu Xunyi's neck. The three of them were holding each other hostage and threatening each other. The scene was quite interesting.

Feng Tianba laughed in anger, staring at Liu Xunyi with disdain, and sneered: "Liu Xunyi, do you still dare to say that you are not in the same group with him?"

"Feng Tianba, you are such a pig-brained person!" Liu Xunyi was furious and cursed, "If I wanted to kill you, why did I wait until now?"

"That's because you still want to use me..."

"Nonsense!" Liu Xunyi cursed, "I want to use you, so why should I urge you to leave Huodu? Feng Tianba, even if you have a pig brain, you should recall that I have been urging you to leave Huodu as soon as possible from the beginning to the end. It was you who insisted on having your own way and got involved. Even so, I still told you to leave as soon as possible tomorrow. Would someone who wants to kill you remind you like this again and again?"

"Maybe... maybe you want to wait until I leave Huodu before you take action..."

"Huodu is not the Song Dynasty. You are not an official here at all. No one will come forward to protect you when you first arrive. What is the difference between killing you in Huodu and killing you outside?" Liu Xunyi sighed, "What a fool!"

"Then..." Feng Tianba gradually reflected on himself under Liu Xunyi's rebuke. After hesitating for a moment, he quickly turned the blade in his hand from Liu Xunyi to Tang Afu and said, "Then you and I will deal with him together!"

Tang Afu looked at Feng Tianba with contempt in his eyes, and said with a half-smile: "You want to deal with me? With a reckless man like you? If you really have the guts, just try and see if your knife touches me first, or my sword pierces your neck first."

"you……"

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Xunyi knew that Feng Tianba was a hot-tempered man who was not afraid of death. Being provoked by Tang Afu would definitely drive him crazy and he would really attack Tang Afu regardless of everything. Liu Xunyi hurriedly shouted, "Feng Tianba, you retreat!"

"Will you help me or not?" Feng Tianba was furious, his face flushed red, and he stared at Tang Afu viciously and asked Liu Xunyi.

Liu Xunyi said angrily, "I won't let him kill him tonight, and I won't let you kill him either." After that, before Feng Tianba could speak again, Liu Xunyi suddenly swung his sword and hit Feng Tianba's chest directly, with such force that Feng Tianba was forced to retreat two steps. At this moment, Tang Afu's eyes suddenly changed, and he raised his sword to stab him, but Liu Xunyi suddenly stepped forward and blocked the path of the ruthless sword with his forehead.

Tang Afu frowned, quickly put away his sword, and angrily said: "Liu Xunyi, are you looking for death?"

"You can't kill him!" Liu Xunyi insisted, "You have no grudge against him. You want to kill him just to repay me. Now we don't owe each other anything, so you don't have to embarrass him anymore."

"I said what I should have said three days ago. I gave him three days, but he didn't know how to cherish it." Tang Afu said coldly, "Once I say something, it's like spilled water. I never take it back."

"I think you and Feng Tianba are exactly the same kind of people." Liu Xunyi was angry and annoyed, "You are both stubborn and don't know how to adapt. It's obviously you who owes me a favor, but now you want me to beg you in return. How can this be justified in the world?"

"Of course there is no such logic in the world, so you don't have to stop me." Tang Afu said, "If I kill him, I can also put my mind at ease. Next time I see you, I can show no mercy."

Liu Xunyi was stunned when he heard this, then an idea flashed in his mind and he asked back, "Are you talking about... I will compete with you for the Jingfenghuayutu?"

"Isn't it possible?" Tang Afu's eyes were like knives, piercing straight into Liu Xunyi's heart.

Liu Xunyi looked back at the indignant Feng Tianba, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said to Tang Afu: "How about this, if you kill him, it will be regarded as repaying the favor we did in Quanzhou that day, and we will be even. Now I beg you not to kill him, even if it means I owe you a favor, how about it?" Liu Xunyi said this, but his heart was extremely bitter. To deal with a stubborn person, you can only use a stubborn method. Now Feng Tianba and Tang Afu are both unwilling to turn back, and he can only suffer a little loss to resolve this misunderstanding.

"You owe me a favor?" Tang Afu seemed quite interested in this proposal. He slowly put down the Merciless Sword and asked, "Then how do you plan to repay me?"

"This……"

Liu Xunyi felt at a loss for words when faced with Tang Afu who "never refused anyone". What he said just now was just an excuse, but now Tang Afu asked him so seriously that Liu Xunyi was confused.

"You have been in contact with a man named Ding San these past two days, but he helped you to inquire about the matter of the Jingfenghuayutu?" Tang Afu was the first to break the silence, and his words were piercing.

There was a strange flash in Liu Xunyi's sharp eyes, and he asked back: "What does this have to do with you?"

"If you tell me what you found out, I will consider it as you repaying my favor." Tang Afu finally showed his true colors. This made Liu Xunyi's face suddenly become interesting. He stared at Tang Afu and asked tentatively: "Ruthless Swordsman, are you really so stubborn? Or are you pretending to be confused?"

"Oh?" Tang Afu smiled slightly, "What do you mean?"

"You are asking even though you know the answer." Liu Xunyi said, "You know that I will do my best to protect Feng Tianba, but you insist on killing him. How can this be regarded as a reward to me? In fact, you don't really want to kill him, but you want to use this to threaten me, and your purpose is to get the information about the Jingfenghuayu Tu from me. Is it true or not? In fact, from the day I came to Huodu, you have already set a trap for me. What about repaying a debt is just an excuse. You simply want to use my power to help you find out the whereabouts of the Jingfenghuayu Tu. I am busy running around and narrowly escape death, but you rarely have two or three days of leisure. You only need to come here to pretend now, and you can reap the benefits. Is it true or not? I am very curious, aren't you afraid that I will really abandon Feng Tianba?"

Tang Afu was startled, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he laughed softly, looking around and talking about something else: "First, you won't abandon him. I can tell that from the night you didn't let me kill him. Second... Actually, I don't mind really killing him for you. I have killed countless souls with my sword, and one more or one less won't make a difference."

"Forget it!" Liu Xunyi nodded to Tang Afu in admiration and sighed, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you. Ding San was originally a gangster in Huodu. He has many connections here and can get a lot of information. The man in black is Cao Qin. He was the one who stole the Wind and Rain Map from the Lu Mansion. In addition, Cao Qin's only son was kidnapped these days for this map... I got all these things from Ding San. He told me today that at the beginning of the morning hour tomorrow, Cao Qin will bring the Wind and Rain Map to Ye Zilin to redeem the thieves in person. Ye Zilin is the only way to the Yulong Palace, and it is also the best time and place to take advantage of the chaos to grab the map..."

Liu Xunyi told Tang Afu all the information he got from Ding San. After hearing this, Tang Afu couldn't help but show a trace of suspicion in his eyes and said, "You also want to get that map, why did you tell me the information so easily? Aren't you afraid that I will become an obstacle to you?"

"Even if I don't tell you, you will still hold on to Cao Qin and follow him to Ye Zilin tomorrow. What happens next will not change." Liu Xunyi said frankly, "The only difference is that you now know in advance that there will be a deal between Yuhutang and the kidnappers in Ye Zilin tomorrow. That's all."

Tang Afu could not see any treachery in Liu Xunyi's eyes, so he nodded slowly and said, "Liu Xunyi, we are even now."

"Thank you so much!" Liu Xunyi muttered hypocritically, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"You're welcome!" Tang Afu accepted Liu Xunyi's thanks calmly, then looked at Feng Tianba and said, "Remember, Liu Xunyi saved your life. If it weren't for him, you would be dead now."

After saying that, before the furious Feng Tianba could open his mouth to refute, Tang Afu had already turned sideways and flew up to the window sill. When he was about to fly out of the window, he suddenly turned back to look at Liu Xunyi, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Liu Xunyi, I know that the means I used this time were somewhat despicable. If one day you and I are in a situation where our lives are at stake, I, Tang Afu... will spare your life no matter what."

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(End of this chapter)