Chapter 166 Oh no, I've become the prey!

In fact, Liu Fu had already prepared two, or even three, plans to deal with the Liao emperor's trip.

For intelligent people like Xun Yu, Zhuge Liang, Fang Xuanling, and Hai Rui, there's no need for formalities or complicated conversations. They can handle everything with just a glance or a thought.

This time, the insidious trick was devised by Xun Yu.

Although Liu Fu only said one sentence at the time, if the Liao emperor was not well-behaved after coming to Liaodong, then we should think of a way to make him behave.

After all, when Liu Fu went to the Liao Kingdom, he received a great deal of special treatment from the Liao emperor, which he remembered vividly.

Liu Fu was a vengeful person; he always sought revenge.

For the Liao emperor, Liu Fu certainly wouldn't let go of this opportunity to get back at him.

On such an important occasion, upon seeing Liu Fu's attire, Liu Fu merely glanced at Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu. Xun Yu then subtly made a gesture, indicating to Liu Fu:

Don't worry, with me here, you don't need to worry about this at all.

As it turned out, Xun Yu's tactics were indeed too insidious.

Moreover, it was so insidious that it left a psychological scar on the Liao emperor, and this trip to Liaodong was something he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Just then, the Liao emperor walked over in a high-profile manner and shook hands with Liu Fu.

This guy seems to have forgotten to tone it down and is treating this place like his own territory.

"Eighth Prince, it's been a long time since I last saw you. I've missed you dearly. Today I've come to Liaodong and found your place quite nice. It's comparable to my Great Liao. It even has a sky, a land, water, and white clouds. It's a wonderful place indeed."

Is Liaodong any worse than the Liao Kingdom?

However, the Liao emperor's words immediately made Hai Rui want to stand up and point his finger at him while cursing him.

Although Hai Rui was also a scholar, he was different from those pedantic Confucian scholars. He was genuinely disdainful of others, and even if someone offended him, he would immediately point out their faults, or even insult the Liao emperor to his face.

But Hai Rui, who was in the middle of his excitement, was pulled back by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge smiled at Hai Rui, and Hai Rui immediately understood the meaning: they didn't even need to lift a finger; the prince would definitely deal with him personally.

After hearing the Liao Emperor's words, Liu Fu's reaction remained calm, as if he were very magnanimous, and he said to the Liao Emperor.

"Since His Majesty of Liao has come to Liaodong, why not take a look around? You say that Liaodong is comparable to your Liao Kingdom, and almost no less so. I think what the Liao Emperor said is not entirely true. As to which is superior, please travel around Liaodong more and observe carefully. You will draw your own conclusion then. I will not argue with you any further."

Although Liu Fu's words were not explicitly sarcastic, they clearly revealed his dissatisfaction with the Liao Emperor. Of course, he did not directly overturn the table in front of him.

Because you don't need to do this kind of rough work yourself, someone else will definitely do it for you if you want to flip the table.

Xun Yu is the kind of man who can kill three warriors with two peaches and drive a tiger to devour a wolf. This guy is also a ruthless person who understands people's hearts and can be disgusting. When he gets things done, he will definitely not disappoint Liu Fu.

As it turned out, Xun Yu did not disappoint Liu Fu in his work.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Liao emperor, the two men rode off in a high-profile manner on their mounts, heading straight for the earthen city on the border of the Later Han dynasty.

This earthen city was a temporary dwelling built for the soldiers stationed on the border.

Because it is still six or seven hundred miles from here to Dongcheng, and we will not officially set off until tomorrow, although the place here today is simple, it should be enough to welcome the Liao Emperor. After all, in Liu Fu's opinion, receiving the Liao Emperor does not require a grand scale.

Even in this border region, there are still a large number of people from Liaodong living here, especially the barbarian people.

Ancient people had a custom called "fallen leaves return to their roots and find peace in the earth." The place they returned to was their hometown. So even though many people suffered from the ravages of war and struggled to make ends meet, they still stayed in their hometown. It was for this reason that a large number of people from Liaodong still guarded the Liaodong border.

Naturally, they built houses around the earthen city and settled there.

This population was small, probably only a few thousand, but it was clearly enough to deal with the Liao emperor.

Xun Yu had already spread the word to the people that the Liao emperor would be coming to Liaodong today.

The Liao emperor, like the Jin emperor of the Later Jin, was a great enemy of the people of the Later Han dynasty.

Moreover, it's a blood feud spanning generations, the kind that's irreconcilable, a fight to the death!

After all, over the past few centuries, the people of the Central Plains have been eroded by the Later Jin dynasty in Liaodong, and the flames of war of burning, killing, looting and plundering have spread to Liaodong many times, killing countless of their relatives.

On their homeland, corpses lay strewn across the fields, and blood flowed for miles. Such horrific scenes were repeated during the invasions of the Liao and Later Jin dynasties. Countless separations and deaths remain vivid in people's memories, and those blood-soaked scenes are still clear in their minds and etched in the minds of the people of Liaodong.

How could they forget?

Immediately after Xun Yu gave the order, the soldiers who had been keeping the local people out immediately let them pass.

Already burdened with deep-seated hatred, and now with the soldiers allowing them passage, these enraged people had long heard that the Liao emperor was coming. They were all itching for a fight, hating the Liao emperor and the Liao people to the core. How could they possibly let this opportunity slip by?

Their eyes were bloodshot, and they glared angrily as they strode towards the street where the Liao emperor was about to walk, standing on either side.

Because Xun Yu had warned these people beforehand that the Liao emperor was, after all, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom and a guest invited by Liu Fu, and that they should not cause him any fatal harm, the people's anger was much less intense this time.

They did not use stone sickles, kitchen knives, or any other deadly weapons to deal with the Liao emperor.

Instead, they took out unwanted mud from the fields, dead pigs, dead animals, dung, and all sorts of strange and bizarre things—things that, while not harmful, would certainly disgust anyone—and used them to line the road to welcome the approaching Liao emperor.

Not only that, Xun Yu also arranged for 12 large gongs, 6 in the front and 6 in the back, to be struck continuously, and prepared more than 30 loud-voiced people to shout loudly in front and behind, so that the shouts were constant.

"The esteemed Emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom is about to arrive in Liaodong. Let us be on our guard and joyfully welcome His Majesty the Liao Emperor."

"People, the Liao Emperor has arrived! Everyone, hurry up and welcome him! This is His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom. We, his subjects, must line the streets to welcome him! Let's cheer and jump for joy! Let's make the Liao Emperor feel your enthusiasm!"

The Liao emperor truly hadn't expected these guys to be so enthusiastic, as if they were genuinely welcoming him.

But his joy was short-lived. He keenly noticed that the crowd of people lining the streets to welcome him were staring at him with red eyes, like hungry wolves who hadn't eaten for three days and three nights.

He had a feeling that he had become the prey, and that these wolves were about to devour him.

Finally, at this moment, the Liao emperor began to regain some consciousness. He seemed to realize something and suddenly shuddered, but it was too late.