Chapter 24 teaches us that the art of dragon slaying requires specific analysis of specific problems.
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"Your Highness, His Majesty has arrived!"
The servants, stewards, and maids guarding Liu Fu's villa were all spies planted by the Liao Kingdom.
Upon hearing that the Liao emperor had arrived, Liu Fu stretched and got up.
The Liao emperor went directly into Liu Fu's bedroom and immediately began to inquire about his well-being:
"Is the Eighth Prince doing well at this villa?"
Liu Fu replied:
"The accommodation is alright, but there's no one to warm the bed at night, and my feet get cold."
The Liao emperor laughed heartily:
"That's easy. There are still quite a few beautiful women in my palace. When you have time, just pick a few pretty ones to stay and serve you."
Liu Fu's next sentence nearly made the Liao emperor furious:
"Your Majesty need not go to such trouble. A few days ago, when I was staying at the post station, the two women Your Majesty sent over were quite beautiful. How about giving them to me as bed warmers?"
The Liao emperor was utterly exasperated.
The two secret agents he sent out in succession were both women with excellent lightness skills, trained from childhood.
However, they were all captured by Liu Fu, and when they returned, the marks of virginity on their bodies had disappeared.
You've already done it, why bother emphasizing it again in person?
Are you afraid I'll forget?
The Liao emperor was so angry that his teeth were chattering, but he still handed over the two spies, Ruobing and Yueying, to Liu Fu.
After all, if these two women were to stay by Liu Fu's side and send out intelligence at any time, they would be much more useful than the dozens of spies planted at the entrance of the villa.
"Very well, I'll go back and have Ruobing and Yueying, the sisters, get ready and come over to serve you."
While the Liao emperor was speaking, his eyes darted around, taking in Liu Fu's entire bedroom.
But finding nothing unusual in the room, he had to change his story:
"Eighth Prince, I only realized after arriving here that this villa is far too small and somewhat unfair to you. When I was still a prince, I had a Liao Prince's mansion that is still vacant. The space inside is five times that of this place. Why don't you move there and live there?"
Liu Fu knew that it was the white cloth he had left behind that had aroused the Liao emperor's suspicion.
If I move to a different place, the Liao emperor will probably send people over to search the entire villa for evidence.
But for Liu Fu, why not change? He has a big house to live in, so why not change?
Upon seeing Liu Fu's prompt agreement, the Liao Emperor immediately returned and sent Ruobing and Yueying to move with Liu Fu to their new home in the Liao Prince's Palace.
At the same time, more than 300 people were dispatched. As soon as Liu Fu moved out, these people began to check every part of the villa, turning it upside down, but they found no clues.
Meanwhile, Liu Fu was admiring Ruobing and Yueying, the two women sent by the Liao Emperor. They remained cold and aloof, their faces full of resentment.
Liu Fu, however, preferred women like this; the more resistant they appeared, the more accomplished he felt in conquering them.
There is something called contrast.
Liu Fu immediately spoke loudly:
"His Majesty the Liao Emperor bestowed you upon me; from now on, I, the prince, will be your master."
"Go, fill a tub with bathwater. You two will help me scrub my body in the tub later."
Ruobing and Yueying were extremely unwilling, but they had no choice but to comply.
They couldn't win a fight, they were burdened with the emperor's orders, and they couldn't escape. What other options did they have?
Liu Fu quickly fell in love with this way of scrubbing, wishing he could scrub himself three times a day...
Meanwhile, news of warhorses disappearing into thin air near the Liao capital and two thousand Liao soldiers being killed spread far and wide. The Liao people began to say that Liu Fu was responsible for all of this, and more and more Liao people began to know Liu Fu's name.
"Ding! The host's reputation has greatly surprised the people of Liao. The host is hereby rewarded with reputation points!"
This method proved effective.
By leaving a banner, he could make the Liao people associate him with the Liao people, thus gaining fame without leaving any concrete evidence. In this way, although the Liao emperor would have a headache, he would not be able to find any fault with him and would be powerless to do anything about it.
That very evening, Liu Fu took a bath in a tub, attended by Ruobing and Yueying.
Inside the bathtub filled with red water, both women felt extremely hot, and a peculiar longing lingered in their hazy eyes…
Liu Fu took the opportunity to grant their wish, leaving Ruobing and Yueying completely powerless and unable to monitor Liu Fu any longer.
That night, Liu Fu used 3,000 points to exchange for 30 catties of aqua regia, and emptied another treasury of the Liao Kingdom, taking all the treasures worth about 3 million taels of silver into the animal breeding ranch.
They left white cloths again, and this time, they left more than one.
At dawn, the Liao official guarding the national treasury had just left his home when he saw a white cloth hanging at his door:
"The national treasury has been robbed, do you believe it?"
The Liao official was startled. Although he couldn't rule out the possibility that someone was playing a prank, he immediately ran straight to the national treasury.
Upon arriving at the imperial treasury, each of the three incredibly sturdy gates was covered with a piece of white cloth:
"So much money."
"Your Majesty the Liao Emperor is too kind."
"Tell your Liao emperor that I'm very happy to have received three million taels of silver!"
The Liao official was taken aback for a moment, and immediately opened all three doors of the national treasury.
With a creak, the moment the door opened, upon seeing the scene inside, the Liao official's legs immediately gave way and he collapsed to the ground...
The national treasury was indeed empty, except for a huge white cloth hanging there, on which was written:
"I will not change my name or surname, I am Liu, the prince of the Later Han Dynasty!"
The news spread quickly and became a hot topic again. When the people of Liao learned that the national treasury had been robbed again, they were immediately shocked.
Following the clue of "Liu, the prince of the Later Han Dynasty," they quickly connected the dots and immediately thought of Liu Fu.
As a result, Liu Fu immediately became famous again.
"Ding! The host has deeply shaken the hearts and minds of the Liao people. The host is hereby rewarded with reputation points!"
Liu Fu
[Position]: Prince (First Rank)
[Reputation Value]: Points
[Mall Points]: 1851 points
Number of breeding troughs: 4 (4)
[Number of beasts in the army]: 120
Liu Fu knew he needed to work harder, as he was still tens of thousands of reputation points short of advancing to the second beast level.
There was a great man on Earth who said that specific contradictions should be analyzed specifically.
Liu Fu then provided a detailed analysis:
Stealing from the Liao treasury would only frighten the Liao emperor, leaving Liao officials and commoners as mere spectators, and thus not earning enough prestige.
However, if he were to start stealing the silver from those Liao officials, it would cause panic among them.
Stealing the silver from those wealthy Liao families would cause panic among the Liao people.
Once these tens of millions of Liao people, from top to bottom, all begin to feel panic because of him, how could he not gain a lot of reputation points?
After analyzing the situation, Liu Fu knew what he needed to do next.
In the Liao court, the Liao emperor now gets a headache whenever he sees such a report.
He also discovered that he could not find any clues from Liu Fu at all, and now he no longer cared whether Liu Fu had anything to do with the theft of the national treasury and warhorses.
Let's just kill this guy!
The Liao emperor immediately made arrangements for the gladiatorial arena and then ordered Liu Fu to accompany him.
"Your Highness, the Eighth Prince, His Majesty has suddenly decided to take you to learn about the customs and culture of the Liao Dynasty. We shall now set off for the Colosseum!"