World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 893 - 420: Fu Lingxi’s dead end!_2

Chapter 893: 420: Fu Lingxi’s dead end!_2

"You will then choose the latter." Suo Lun said.

"Yes." Chu Ye said.

Suo Lun said, "It’s clearly stated that eradicating the rebel Turing Tuo is the primary condition!"

Earl Chu Ye was startled, asking him to eliminate Turing Tuo? Wasn’t this just using him as a pawn to kill?

Turing Tuo’s formidable reputation indeed struck fear into Chu Ye’s heart!

Suo Lun said, "Turing Tuo has gathered eighty thousand defeated troops, holed up in Baiyun County, awaiting negotiations with me. What do you think I should do?"

Suddenly, Chu Ye thought of another terrifying possibility.

Did Suo Lun also give Turing Tuo two decrees, where one harbors no intent to kill the tiger, yet the tiger harbors intent to harm? It was clear that Suo Lun wanted Turing Tuo and Chu Ye to fight one another to the death, survival of one out of two!

What Chu Ye feared even more was that if he and Turing Tuo both ended up severely weakened from battle, Suo Lun might turn against them and clean up both, treating Chu Ye as a disposed tool after the hunt; then what would he do?

"Chu Ye, you and I have no personal grievances. On the contrary, I bear deep hatred towards Turing Tuo. Between you two, I would definitely lean towards you." Suo Lun said indifferently, "After Zhi Yan ascends the throne, the kingdom will face a grand purification, and I am short on people. I already have my eye on Jian Ze, to see if he knows his place. However, he won’t compete for your position; you’re the best candidate for the First Marshal of the Commander-in-chief’s Office. If you’re worried about me disposing of you once you’ve outlived your usefulness, you’re worrying too much."

Suo Lun’s voice was dismissive, yet it instilled a sense of trust.

"Gui Xingfu hurried to persuade you to surrender because he saw an opportunity. He wanted to secure a position in the cabinet, he needed a political ally, so he hastily sought you out." Suo Lun said with a smile, "You will lead an army of two hundred and thirty thousand to attack Baiyun County. Turing Tuo has eighty thousand demoralized troops lacking the will to fight. I will send a hundred cannons and a hundred massive trebuchets to aid you. If you can’t conquer it with these, you will have no face to be the First Marshal of the Commander-in-chief’s Office. If you think that by just coming here to kowtow and verbally admit your faults to replace Turing Tuo and become the leading general of the kingdom, that’s far too naive!"

Suo Lun stood up and walked over to Gui Xingfu.

Throughout the process, he had been kneeling behind Chu Ye, not making any noise.

"At first when I captured Gui Xingfu, my initial thought was to cut off his limbs, castrate him, and then stuff him into a large jar to wait for death." Suo Lun said indifferently.

Suddenly, both Chu Ye and Gui Xingfu felt the impulse to lose control of their bladders, it was truly frightening.

"But, Gui Xingfu is very clever, immediately offering everything he owned." Suo Lun said, "So, he saved his own life. I am whimsical; killing you is a thought, using you is another thought, the key is how you choose."

Earl Chu Ye immediately kowtowed desperately, saying, "I’m willing to serve Your Majesty till death!"

"I get it, you, you’re not as clever as Gui Xingfu." Suo Lun said indifferently, then walked into the room, disinterested.

Gui Xingfu immediately pulled Chu Ye and left, not daring to stay for a second more.

...

Leaving the villa, feeling the warmth of the sun once again, Earl Chu Ye felt as if he had returned to the human world, as if he’d been reborn after surviving a calamity.

Gui Xingfu sighed and said, "Ah, Brother Chu Ye, at the critical moment, you were not clever enough, you disappointed our lord!"

Chu Ye’s mood was somewhat dejected!

Gui Xingfu said, "You should have dropped your craftiness, knelt down immediately upon seeing Lord Suo Lun, offering everything you had. Matters like eradicating Turing Tuo should not have been brought up by Lord Suo Lun, but by you. By willingly sharing his concerns, how could you not understand this? If you had taken the initiative, how could you have ended up in such an awkward position later on? And the outcome remains the same, you still have to lead the troops to eradicate Turing Tuo!"

Earl Chu Ye felt a chill, yet he didn’t feel embarrassed, only incredibly disappointed in himself.

Gui Xingfu said, "Lord Suo Lun is a man of moods, who yields to soft approaches but not to forceful ones. When he went to Yingzhou Island to form an alliance with Hai Gang, Hai Gang only played clever tricks, resulting in the alliance’s failure. In the subsequent naval battles, Hai Gang even joined forces with Yan Mo to attack the Suo fleet from the south, only to be beaten brutally by Lord Suo Lun, nearly wiped out. He had to prostrate before our lord to swear absolute loyalty. What was the point? If he had truly bonded and formed an alliance earlier on, they would be equal allies. Why would he now be treated like a servant?"

Earl Chu Ye said bitterly, "I understand now, previously everything was deceit and greed, cunning and scheming, lacking any experience in dealing with a person of Lord Suo Lun’s stature."

Then Earl Chu Ye turned to Gui Xingfu and said, "Congratulations to you, Brother Gui, a seat in the cabinet is almost certainly yours now."

"It’s something I’ve earned with my life." Gui Xingfu said, "Lord Suo Lun never asked me to do anything; I took the initiative to seize every opportunity. You also heard, I was almost cut down and pickled in a jar to die. But now, to become a high-ranking cabinet official of the kingdom, can’t you deduce something from my experience? Brother Chu Ye, I desperately need an ally. I cannot stand to let Yan Wuzhi become the Prime Minister of the cabinet, you have to fight for me!"

Chu Ye stepped forward, clapping Gui Xingfu on the shoulder and said, "Brother Gui, say no more, I understand, I understand!"

Was Suo Lun deceiving Chu Ye?

No, he was using Chu Ye but not deceiving him.