Chapter 43 A Decisive Break, Imminent!

The Liao emperor, already blinded by rage, what more evidence did he need?

Just then, the Imperial Guards arrived from behind, and the Liao Emperor immediately gave the following order:

"Guards! Whoever kills Liu Fu will be rewarded with a million gold pieces and made a king of a different surname!"

As soon as this tempting offer was made, the Imperial Guards' eyes widened, and they pounced on Liu Fu like hungry wolves.

But Liu Fu's speed was truly astonishing!

Before the imperial guards could react, they felt a chill at their throats and collapsed into pools of blood.

By the time the other imperial guards reacted, Liu Fu had already seized the Liao emperor and held a sword to his neck.

"Let's see who dares to make a move!"

Liu Fu shouted loudly, which frightened the imperial guards into retreating one after another.

The Liao emperor's resentment only suddenly dissipated when Liu Fu's sharp dagger slit his throat.

Instead, the Liao emperor spoke in an incredulous tone:

"Liu Fu, you...you dare to hold me hostage?"

"Believe it or not, if I die today, tomorrow the 600,000 iron cavalry of the Liao Dynasty will trample your Later Han lands and make millions of your Han people lose their heads?"

As soon as the Liao emperor finished speaking, Liu Fu pressed the dagger against his neck even deeper.

At this moment, the Liao emperor's neck was cut and bled by a sharp dagger.

Even he himself dared not breathe loudly, nor utter another word.

Not only that, fearing he would anger Liu Fu, the Liao emperor hurriedly waved for the imperial guards to retreat:

"Step back!"

"All of you, get out of my way!"

"Liu Fu, I hereby bestow Xiao Ying'er upon you in marriage. A king's word is law. As long as you lay down your weapons, today's matter will be overlooked."

"The Liao and the Later Han are brotherly states. There's no need for us to start a war so rashly. Let's not damage our harmony. How about you put down your dagger now?"

The Liao emperor began to advise Liu Fu.

But everyone knows that this is just empty promises.

Liu Fu already knew what was going on. How could the emperor possibly let you go when he was being threatened like this?

The knife he was holding to the Liao emperor's neck tightened even more, causing the emperor to grimace in pain.

"Make way!"

"This prince is returning to his residence. Your Majesty, please come with me."

After speaking, Liu Fu ordered a fast horse to be brought over, and together with the Liao emperor, they leaped onto its back.

A whip lashed the horse's back, and the palace's finest steed neighed, carrying Liu Fu straight to his residence in Liaodu.

"Quick, after them!"

"Lead troops to surround Liu Fu's residence and rescue His Majesty! Hurry!"

The entire Liao Dynasty was in an uproar.

Overnight, 50,000 Liao soldiers besieged the capital, and 30,000 imperial guards came out of the palace.

Eighty thousand troops surrounded Liu Fu's residence completely.

Liu Fu took the Liao emperor hostage and safely returned to his residence.

He tied the Liao emperor to a pillar and then went inside to find Xiao Ying'er:

"I'm going back to the Later Han Dynasty. Would you like to leave the Liao Dynasty with me?"

Xiao Ying'er was taken aback.

She didn't expect Liu Fu to ask this right away, but when Xiao Ying'er saw Liu Fu's serious face and the blood on his body, she was very surprised.

She knew that this was probably a critical moment. In such a crisis, Liu Fu did not flee for his life, but instead came back to ask her questions. He must truly care about her.

After a brief consideration, Xiao Ying'er immediately nodded solemnly:

"Liu Fu, I am willing to trust you and go back to the Later Han Dynasty with you."

"But if one day you no longer cherish me, feel that I am a burden, or feel disgusted or tired of me, you must tell me in advance and allow me to leave you."

Liu Fu smiled happily and pinched Xiao Ying'er's delicate little nose:

"Don't worry, that day will never come."

After saying that, Liu Fu picked up Xiao Ying'er around the waist and immediately left the bedroom.

When Xiao Ying'er saw the Liao emperor tied to a pillar outside the door, she was stunned:

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

The Liao emperor stammered and shouted incoherently, trying to call for help from the imperial guards outside the gate and tell them that he was tied up here.

Just then, Liu Fu suddenly punched the Liao emperor, making him see stars.

"You think you're something that demands my great Han Dynasty submit to you?"

After saying that, he slapped the Liao emperor hard across the face again, knocking out all of his teeth, which sprayed out along with blood.

"You dare to send me to the Liao Kingdom as a hostage? You son of a bitch, you've gone too far!"

Finally, Liu Fu slapped the Liao emperor again, fracturing the other half of his face and swelling it up like a large eggplant.

Liu Fu spat in the face of the Liao Emperor:

"Using my fellow countrymen to threaten me?"

"If I beg for your hand once, you'll kill a thousand Han people; if I beg for your hand twice, you'll kill ten thousand Han people?"

"Do you think I'm easily intimidated? The worst thing you could do is threaten me with my Han compatriots. I'm not going to fall for that!"

After saying that, he slapped the Liao emperor several times in succession, causing him to faint.

Liu Fu tied the Liao emperor up with a rope and hung him directly from the south gate tower of the Liao capital.

Then, he and Xiao Ying'er rode a tiger and fled directly towards the Later Han Dynasty...

Xiao Ying'er was taken aback!

Liu Fu wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, and the two of them rode together on the back of this 8-meter-long giant beast.

She had never seen such a huge tiger.

Moreover, the tiger was so fast that it leaped over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, this domineering king of beasts actually obeyed Liu Fu's orders, turning left when told to turn left and right when told to turn right.

Holding Xiao Ying'er in his arms, Liu Fu asked:

“From now on, you will become a traitor to the Liao Kingdom just like me. Your Xiao family will also sever all ties with you and treat you like an enemy from now on.”

"Come with me, will you regret it?"

Tears welled in Xiao Ying'er's eyes. After all, this was the land that had given her birth and nurtured her. Wiping away her tears, Xiao Ying'er said with a forlorn expression:

"I just hope I've met the right person, and you are that person."

"As for that home..."

Xiao Ying'er remained silent for a while before telling Liu Fu:

"That was my grandfather's and father's home, but not my home."

“From childhood, I could only do what they arranged for me, and I could never make my own decisions. From childhood to adulthood, I was raised in a predetermined direction. As for their purpose in raising me, it was to find a high-ranking official and marry me off to become a pawn of the Xiao family. I was born to be a pawn, to be used as a bargaining chip to marry someone else and exchange for benefits for the Xiao family.”

Xiao Ying'er smiled wryly and asked Liu Fu in return:

"Do you think that kind of home can be considered a home?"

"knew."

"I'll give you a home from now on."

After saying this, Liu Fu grasped Xiao Ying'er's hands tightly and handed her his imperial seal.

"Go to the border of the Later Han Dynasty, and when you see the garrison commander, hand him this imperial seal. You will be safe."

Xiao Ying'er was taken aback:

"what are you up to?"

"We'll die together. I won't leave you to cover our retreat alone."

Xiao Ying'er thought Liu Fu was going to abandon her and buy time to rescue her.

"Don't worry, I've set a trap. I won't die."

"After all, we haven't even entered the bridal chamber yet."

Having said that, Liu Fu kicked the tiger in the backside:

"Send her to the border garrison commander and protect her. Qiongqi is your boss, I am your elder brother, and she is your elder sister. You must protect your elder sister."

After speaking, Liu Fu glanced towards the Liao capital in the distance. Sure enough, a large number of torches were shining brightly as they chased after him. In the distance, the earth shook violently, indicating that there were quite a few Liao soldiers pursuing him.

Liu Fu was overjoyed. He opened the Beast Ranch and excitedly shouted to the Qiongqi, Jingang, and Suanni:

"Guys, we've been holding back for so long, let's have some fun tonight!"