Chapter 1161 Taking orders in times of danger
“Kaka…kaka…”

However, just when Long Yu was about to pierce Qin Wei’s head with his sword, Qin Wei, who was originally in a panic and trance, suddenly opened his eyes, used the last bit of his strength, suddenly raised his hands, and at the critical moment of life and death, he forcibly grasped Long Yu’s dagger.

Because Long Yu’s sword was very powerful, Qin Wei did not stop the sword directly when his hands touched the sword. Instead, he let the sharp sword blade cut the flesh of his hands, deeply embedded in the finger bones, and then moved forward half an inch before finally stopping.

At this point, the tip of Long Yu’s sword had pierced Qin Wei’s brow, and a trickle of bright red blood slowly flowed down his brow bone.

“Fifty…fifty…”

Covered in wounds and blood, Qin Wei held on to his last bit of consciousness, looked at Long Yu who was nearby with cloudy eyes, and uttered a few words with difficulty.

Due to the severity of his injuries, his lips, teeth and cheek muscles were twitching violently.

Hearing this, the murderous Long Yu was struck by thunder, and his expression instantly became extremely wonderful, as if he was unwilling, unbelievable, and unable to accept it.

“Long Yu, my martial arts…are not as good as yours, but you…are not as good as Liu Xunyi…”

Qin Wei’s weak words represented his last bit of stubbornness, but made Long Yu feel extremely humiliated. His breathing gradually became rapid and heavy, and his facial features slowly became hideous and terrifying.

“call!”

Suddenly, Long Yu turned around and flashed behind Qin Wei, and the dagger in his hand changed from pointing at his forehead to holding his neck.

The only thing that remained unchanged was that Qin Wei’s hands always tightly grasped the sword. Even if his tendons were broken, even if it pierced his heart and bones, even if blood was pouring out, he still refused to let go.

“Long Yu…Fifty rounds have been completed…What…what are you going to do?”

Facing Qin Wei’s slightly panicked questioning, Long Yu, with a bloodthirsty grin, slowly leaned close to his ear and said word by word: “I set the rules, you don’t have the final say. Now I have changed my mind, it’s not fifty rounds, but fifty-one rounds.”

After saying that, Long Yu suddenly tightened the dagger in his right hand towards Qin Wei’s neck again.

If Qin Wei hadn’t had his hands in the middle, the sword would have cut his throat.

“You…you actually broke your promise…” The dying Qin Wei used all his strength to hold the sword tightly with his hands, his bloodstained face full of anger and fear, “A real man…how can you break your promise…”

“I just said that I was considering letting you go, but now I have thought it through, and I will… kill you!”

“Don’t…don’t kill me…”

“Tsk tsk tsk!” Qin Wei revealed his fear from the bottom of his heart, which made Long Yu feel very satisfied. “You just acted so brave, but it turned out to be all fake? In the final analysis, you are still afraid of death.”

“I… I don’t want to die… I can’t die…” Feeling the chill from the sword and the imminent pressure of death, Qin Wei no longer dared to argue with Long Yu. There was a hint of pleading in his tone, “Don’t kill me… Don’t kill me… I have finally got everything I have today… I don’t want to die… Please… Please let me go…”

“Qin Wei, you really disappoint me. If I had known that you were as spineless as your men, I would not have wasted my time on you.”

Long Yu’s voice was no longer joking, and the breath of death was blowing in his face. Qin Wei’s body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably, and his words became impatient and even incoherent: “Don’t… please let me go… I am willing to surrender to Mongolia… I am willing to surrender…”

“You want to? Unfortunately I don’t want to!”

“Crack!”

“laugh!”

“Forehead……”

Along with a cold rejection, Long Yu’s eyes suddenly became fierce, and he exerted force with his right hand. The extremely sharp dagger immediately cut off Qin Wei’s ten fingers. The sword blade that broke free from the restraints mercilessly plunged into Qin Wei’s neck, instantly cutting off his choking throat.

In an instant, blood gushed out like a fountain, splattering everywhere. In the blood curtain, Qin Wei’s painful and desperate face formed a sharp contrast with Long Yu’s cold and sinister expression, revealing a gloomy and sad weirdness.

Qin Wei’s body twisted violently as his life force quickly faded. His hands, which had lost all ten fingers, danced wildly in the air. Finally, he hugged Long Yu’s arms tightly with his two bloody severed palms. His mouth, which kept spewing blood, opened and closed, and he whimpered non-stop, as if he was giving his last words.

“Tell… tell… tell Xunyi… I… I…”

Qin Wei’s voice became smaller and smaller, his fierce struggle gradually became stiff, his eyes filled with blood and tears stared dully and unwillingly at the starry night sky until the last ray of light disappeared.

“This……”

Qin Wei died with hatred in his heart, and the people who were most panicked were Tu Hu and others, because they had seen their own tragic ending from Long Yu’s lingering murderous intent.

“If the skin is gone, the hair will not stay. Your master is dead, and you should go down to accompany him.”

“Long Yu, you…”

“It’s just killing a person, why delay so long? Long Yu, you’re dragging your feet tonight, which is not like the style of the Twenty-Four Cities of Mobei.”

Before the cold-hearted Tu Hu could open his mouth to beg for mercy, a rough voice mixed with the sound of hurried horse hooves suddenly rang out from the darkness.

Then, three people and three horses slowly appeared in front of Long Yu from afar.

The people who came were the three leaders of the Hu Ma Gang, Hu Zhen, Huo Biao and Qiu Zheng.

After recognizing the identity of the person, the wariness lingering in Long Yu’s eyes quickly dissipated, and he slowly put down the dagger that he was holding in front of his chest.

“No matter how weak Qin Wei is, he is still a military officer of the Song court. His strength not only represents himself, but also reveals the current momentum of the Song court.” Long Yu looked at Hu Zhen and the other two with contempt, sneering, “If I don’t force him to exert his full strength, how can I guess how strong the masters under the Song court are? In the past, we all thought that the Song court was doomed and corrupt, and its subordinates were all a bunch of stupid and weak mediocre people. But tonight, Qin Wei and I had a real fight, and I found that the military officers of the Song court were far from being as weak as we imagined, and even… not easy to deal with.”

Having said that, Long Yu raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically, “At least, it is much better than some meaningless rabble.”

“Long Yu, you…” “Hey!” Before Huo Biao could refute him, Hu Zhen, who knew Long Yu’s character well, stopped him first and said calmly, “Qin Wei is the Marquis of Tianji of the Song court after all, so it’s not surprising that he has some tricks. What’s more, no matter how powerful he is, he will still die under your sword. Why do you want to boost others’ ambitions and destroy your own prestige?”

“As far as I know, although Qin Wei is the Marquis of Tianji, his martial arts are not outstanding. There are many people in the East and West Prefectures of the Song court who are as good as him in martial arts.” Long Yu shook his head slowly, and then asked in a mysterious way, “How many people in the Mongolian grasslands can compete with me?”

“This…” Hu Zhen was stunned and didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

“Qin Wei is the same as you two, both of you have little ability but a big mouth.” Long Yu sneered, “I have already said it before. Ya Kun and I are more than capable of dealing with Qin Wei. You three…are you trying to steal some of the credit from me?”

“you……”

“Forget it!” Hu Zhen once again stopped Huo Biao from getting angry and said unhappily, “Don’t judge others by your own standards. We are here to tell you something important and we don’t have time to argue with you.”

“What serious business do you have?” Long Yu said as he habitually cut off Qin Wei’s ear and stuffed it into his mouth.

“This…” Hu Zhen glanced at Tu Hu and others standing aside, looking embarrassed, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

As if seeing Hu Zhen’s concerns, Long Yu frowned first, then waved gently to Ya Kun who was not far away, and pointed his sword at the remaining people.

Ya Kun understood what he meant, and a terrifying smile appeared on the corner of his mouth with pieces of meat hanging from it. He quickly stood up, picked up two huge axes, and ran towards Tu Hu and others who were timid.

“what……”

Accompanied by a noisy fight and inhumane wails, Ya Kun, who was as big as a beast, rushed into the group of golden sword captains like a tiger into a flock of sheep, rushing into the crowd wantonly, swinging his giant axe to his heart’s content, and began his excited and violent bloody killing.

However, Long Yu turned a blind eye to the purgatory in front of him. He chewed his ears with relish and asked Hu Zhen leisurely, “Tell me! What’s the matter?”

“Sui Zuo…is dead.”

“what?”

With just these words, Long Yu’s eyes suddenly changed, the teasing expression on his face instantly disappeared, a solemn aura gathered at the corners of his brows, and after thinking for a long time, he asked in a low voice: “How did he die?”

“When we intercepted Jin Fuyu in Dengzhou…” Qiu Zheng sighed, “None of Sui Zuo and the 5,000 soldiers he led came back alive.”

“hiss!”

Long Yu was deeply shocked and couldn’t help but take a breath. He said in astonishment: “You mean all five thousand soldiers are…”

“That’s right!” Huo Biao cursed angrily, “Jin Fuyu is cunning and treacherous. I don’t know what tricks he used to make five thousand soldiers fail.”

“Wait! What do you mean by ‘I don’t know’?” Long Yu asked in disbelief, “So many soldiers were killed, doesn’t anyone know what happened?”

“I have to admire Jin Fuyu’s methods. Regarding what happened that day… there are only rumors at the moment, no actual evidence.” Hu Zhen nodded helplessly, “In other words, apart from Jin Fuyu and his followers… no one should have left alive that day.”

“You mean… the current rumors were spread by Jin Jianwu?”

“Of course! It is widely rumored that Sui Zuo allowed his troops to plunder and massacre Han merchants on the Song-Mongol border. The Central Plains heroes, led by Jin Jianwu, saw the injustice and took action…”

“Wait a minute!” Long Yu interrupted again, “Led by Jin Jianwu? Could it be that in addition to Jin Jianwu, there are other sects involved in this matter?”

“It shouldn’t be. After all, Sui Zuo is not a fool. He wouldn’t take such a big risk for no reason.” Hu Zhen replied, “According to Master Yan Ling’s guess, this rumor is probably a trick by Jin Fuyu to deceive people.”

“This…” Long Yu was speechless for a while after being shocked by the bad news that came one after another, and then he laughed angrily, “Well, well, well! Sui Zuo is such a big fool! Not only did he lose his life, but he also earned fame for Jin Jianwu.”

“Once this news got out, Jin Fuyu’s momentum directly overshadowed Liu Xunyi, who was at the peak of his career. All the martial artists in the Central Plains were attracted by the news. It is said that many people have already tried to make friends with Jin Jianwu and show their loyalty.” Qiu Zheng said with a distressed look, “At the anti-traitor meeting in Luoyang City, Jin Fuyu was almost suppressed by Liu Xunyi, but he unexpectedly turned the tables this time by stepping on us. Sui Zuo and his 5,000 soldiers and horses are considered to have helped him.”

“Do the Khan and the prince know about this?” Long Yu asked, “What do they say?”

“This is a serious matter. As soon as Lord Yan Ling received the news, he set out overnight and went to Helin to report the situation in person.” Hu Zhen said, “But the prince seemed to have received the news first, so he sent a pigeon to order us to come and find you.”

Huo Biao took the opportunity to interject: “Five thousand soldiers is no small matter. We have been fighting with the Song Dynasty for many years, and we have never had so many people die at once. You don’t need to guess, you know that the Khan and the prince must be very angry.”

“Sui Zuo is a fool. His death is not a pity. The most abominable thing is that he brought shame to the grassland!” Long Yu said gloomily. “What a Jin Fuyu. He dared to challenge the majesty of heaven so blatantly. Does he think that no one in Mongolia can deal with him?”

“Long Yu, don’t be impulsive…”

“This is about Mongolia’s dignity, how can I stay calm?” Long Yu’s eyes flashed with ferocity, and he interrupted Hu Zhen’s consolation fiercely, “I don’t care whether Jin Fuyu is from Jin or Song. Since Jin Jianwu is in the territory of the Song Dynasty, I will settle this account with the Song Dynasty. It won’t be unfair for me to kill a few of his bad officials tonight.”

Having said this, Long Yu suddenly raised his head, staring at Hu Zhen with a thoughtful look, and asked tentatively: “Did the prince send you to find me to avenge Sui Zuo?”

“No!” Hu Zhen denied it fiercely, “The prince said that Jin Fuyu has already returned to Jingjiang Prefecture, and it would be unwise to touch him again.”

“After causing such a huge mess, are we just going to let him walk away? Even if we can’t reach Jingjiang Prefecture, we can still put pressure on the Song court and ask them to cause trouble for Jin Jianwu.” Long Yu was still indignant. “At least we have to let the Song court and the Han people know that Jin Fuyu has caused such a huge disaster that they will all suffer as a result.”

“Don’t worry about this matter. The Khan and the prince have their own arrangements.” Hu Zhen said seriously, “We are looking for you because of something more urgent and important.”

“What’s the matter?”

“The prince has ordered you to rush to the Jingbei camp immediately to take charge of military affairs!”

“In charge of military affairs?” Long Yu was stunned. “You mean…”

“It’s not my idea, it’s the prince’s idea!” Hu Zhen corrected, “The prince said ‘the army cannot be without a commander for a day’! He ordered you to replace Sui Zuo, succeed the general of Xijing, and take charge of the Jingbei camp together with ‘King of Hexi’ An Chen!”

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