Transmigrating into Murong Fu, may you have many children and much happiness.

Chapter 172 Entering the Palace, Rebellion

Upon hearing Xiao Feng's name, Yelü Hongji was furious and shouted angrily:

"This traitor dares to come back?! Does he really think I'm some kind of clay idol?!"

Yelü Hongji was a Buddhist, widely ordained monks and nuns, printed Buddhist scriptures, and built temples and pagodas. (When giving examples, related things will naturally be mentioned.)

A scholar beside him said:

"Your Majesty, perhaps the Southern King felt indebted to Your Majesty after his departure and came here today to beg for Your Majesty's forgiveness, and led his brothers to fight for Your Majesty, conquer the Great Song and expand the territory of our Great Liao."

Although Yelü Hongji was still angry, he was quite moved by what he heard. His sworn brotherhood with Qiao Feng was genuine, and his later appointment as the Prince of Nangong for his meritorious service was not fake. Although Qiao Feng was contrary to his own nature, he was not intolerant of him if he was willing to be driven by him to attack the Song Dynasty.

However... since he had doubts and even considered killing Qiao Feng, Yelü Hongji naturally had some reservations.

Knowing that he was highly skilled in martial arts and that there was no warrior in the court who could match him, it would be dangerous to allow him to enter the palace.

Yelü Hongji's face also showed a thoughtful expression. A military officer surnamed Xiao, sitting below him, seemed to sense Yelü Hongji's worry and said:

"Your Majesty, if that Xiao Feng doesn't know what's good for him, we'll all rush at him and tear him to pieces."

While we may not be his match in a one-on-one fight, each of us is a warrior capable of taking down tigers and bears, so Your Majesty need not worry.”

Yelü Hongji nodded and ordered his guards to bring a group of archers to stand guard.

Then the three brothers were summoned to the palace.

The three people waited outside the palace for a while, and saw that the person who came to announce their arrival had been inside for a long time, but there was still no movement.

Qiao Feng, however, was anxious and said, "Brother, Emperor Yelü was already suspicious of me last time. If we report this, will they let us in?"

Murong Fu replied, "Just wait. It was you who said you would persuade Emperor Yelü again in the palace."

Murong Fu thought to himself, with Qiao Feng's martial arts skills, and the Liao Kingdom having no corresponding master to restrain him, wouldn't Emperor Yelü be at his mercy?

It seems that Brother Qiao's thinking is not open enough.

Today, there are three masters like Qiao Feng, plus myself (who can be counted as one and a half), and Guo Jing (who can be counted as half). That's equivalent to having five Qiao Fengs, enough to defeat a thousand armies.

Moreover, he was completely unfazed by the possibility of letting go.

A short while later, they heard palace servants inviting them to the hall.

The three followed, while Tong Lao, Wang Yuyan, and the four swordsmen Mei Lan Zhu Ju had already sneaked into the palace.

The martial arts of the four swordsmen, Plum Blossom, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum, were originally only second-rate. However, after cultivating the Phantom Divine Skill, a divine skill that was extremely compatible with them, their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. Now, when the four of them work together, they can defeat first-rate masters. Moreover, their movement techniques, concealment, and life-saving methods have been greatly improved. It would be impossible to kill the four of them without top-tier strength.

After the three entered the hall, Qiao Feng saw Yelü Hongji and immediately kowtowed in greeting.

Yelü Hongji snorted coldly and said, "You still know how to come back?!"

I bestowed upon you a title, a mansion, and even intended to grant you the title of Prince of Song, but did I make a mistake?

Qiao Feng replied that he dared not.

Yelü Hongji saw the two men behind him, one incredibly handsome and the other as strong as a bear. They both seemed to be extraordinary people, yet Yelü Hongji did not bow and showed no manners whatsoever.

The Xiao family general standing nearby tensed up when he saw Qiao Feng arrive.

For the past few years, he has been questioning why His Majesty has bestowed so many favors upon him, which makes him extremely jealous, especially of the position of the Southern King, which he desperately wants to take over.

Upon hearing that His Majesty had bestowed upon Qiao Feng the title of Prince of Song, which he had refused, Qiao Feng was filled with excitement, always thinking that this honor might fall upon him instead.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Feng returned at this moment, and judging from His Majesty's tone, there was still room for forgiveness towards Qiao Feng.

This fueled his insane jealousy of Qiao Feng. Seeing that the two men behind Qiao Feng hadn't bowed to Yelü Hongji, he glanced at Yelü Hongji's expression, knowing he had also noticed this, and shouted loudly:

"Hello!

Why did you two fail to pay your respects to His Majesty? Southern King, are these the people you brought?

Those southern barbarians truly have no sense of manners.

Yelü Hongji was even more pleased to see that the Xiao family general had stepped forward. If Qiao Feng were to return to serve him, he would certainly give him a good dressing down.

Qiao Feng, seeing that the general whose name he couldn't remember was actually attacking his brother, was about to speak...

But then Murong Fu said:

"His Majesty?

Brother Qiao is an official under you, so naturally I have to bow to you.

"We're not like that, so why would we need to bow?"

However, he completely ignored the military officer.

Hearing Murong Fu say this, Yelü Hongji was not angry but happy, thinking that Qiao Feng had really returned to become the King of Song, leading troops to conquer the south and build the Great Song for him.

He then said, "You want me to give you an official position?"

Hehe, what skills do you have? If you have half the skill of your elder brother, I'll appoint you as a general.

The military officer hurriedly said, "No, Your Majesty!"

This southern barbarian seems to have no martial arts skills whatsoever, and he also lacks manners and shows contempt for imperial authority. How can such a person be given an official position?

Murong Fu naturally ignored Yelü Hongji and the military officer, and simply said to Qiao Feng, "Brother Qiao, just ask if you want to."

Qiao Feng nodded to Murong Fu, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Yelü Hongji and said:

"Your Majesty...elder brother!"

Are you... are you really unwilling to give up your decision to head south and start a war?

Xiao Feng has returned this time to offer his advice to His Majesty once more!

Yelü Hongji's face immediately turned cold, followed by barely suppressed anger, and he said:

"Xiao Feng! Traitor!"

I've given you so many chances. Ask any of the civil and military officials in the court, who have I ever given so many, and such good, chances to?

Are you back today to start a rebellion?!

Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?!

Xiao Feng's eyes were red-rimmed, his fierce gaze wide, and he earnestly said, "Big Brother!"

Yelü Hongji said, "Brother? From now on, I am no longer your elder brother."

Guards, seize this traitor!

Seeing that Yelü Hongji had spoken, General Xiao was completely relieved. This southern barbarian Xiao Feng was indeed an ungrateful dog. Even though he was of the Xiao family bloodline, they were not from the same branch after all. He had blocked his way and had now completely angered His Majesty. Even if you are a martial arts master, you have no way out.

Although he was secretly pleased with himself, he pretended to be angry and pointed at Xiao Feng, saying, "Hey!..."

But Murong Fu and Qiao Feng completely ignored the outsiders. Murong Fu calmly said:

"Let's get started."

Qiao Feng's tiger-like eyes welled up with tears. He didn't speak, but he nodded.

Seeing that the two ignored him, the Xiao family general felt that he should take the initiative. He knew that he couldn't defeat Xiao Feng in a one-on-one fight, but the southern barbarian prince behind him seemed to have no martial arts skills or police force. He was weak and easy to manipulate, so he shouted and wanted to capture Murong Fu to make Qiao Feng hesitate.

"Sword, come!"

Murong Fu recently developed a very cool move: he can place a flying sword three zhang above himself from his personal storage space.

He then used the Dragon-Capturing Skill to seize it into his own hands.

As soon as Murong Fu called for his sword, a precious sword suddenly appeared in the air, flashed a silver light, and was taken into his hand.

Then, with a gentle flick, as smoothly as a hot knife slicing through butter, he severed the incessantly nagging military officer in half.

The dead man seemed to want to say something, but he only helplessly spat out a few drops of blood foam before dying.

With a flick of his longsword, Murong Fu sent all the blood droplets flying onto a clean patch of paving stones in the distance. The tip of his sword was clean, as if it had been carefully wiped.

"First of all, my name is Murong Fu, not 'feed'."

Murong Fu stared coldly at the two lifeless severed bodies and murmured something.

He then looked at Yelü Hongji on the dragon throne.

The Confucian scholars and monks around him immediately supported Yelü Hongji and wanted to leave.

Countless people in the hall shouted loudly, "Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!!!"

Yelü Hongji killed countless prey in his life, including 135 tigers, 132 wild boars, 96 wolves, 25 leopards, and 20 bears...

He had seen a ferocity far beyond that of humans in the eyes of those beasts, but now, in his eyes, none of those beasts combined could match the coldness and terror in the eyes of this so-called Murong Fu.

Guo Jing also used his bare hands to unleash the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, making it impossible for ordinary generals and guards to get close.

"Dragon-Capturing Skill!"

Seeing that Yelü Hongji was about to leave, Qiao Feng used his ultimate skill.

Since he was going to do it, Qiao Feng naturally wouldn't hold back; he was never a coward who hesitated.

Unfortunately, Yelü Hongji had too many guards and close advisors around him, and the Dragon-Capturing Technique failed to bring him over.

Yelü Hongji was surrounded by guards, military officers, and even archers, who had already begun firing arrows at the three men.

However, ordinary arrows, if not dense enough, are indeed not very effective against top-tier masters, let alone Murong Fu who can use the Star Shift technique.

But in this cramped room, it did seem to have some effect of hindering him, and it looked like Yelü Hongji was about to run to the back gate of the palace and escape.

Murong Fu released a small bee from his spirit beast space. At its summons, countless bees swarmed in from outside the hall, and many more flew in from the gaps in various buildings to join it from afar.

It turned out that Murong Fu had instructed Little Bee to direct his underlings to fly into the various mezzanine levels of the Khitan palace under cover of darkness the night before. The main hall was the place with the highest probability of finding them, and it happened to be the place with the most Jade Bees.

At this moment, tens of thousands of jade bees surged in from those "narrow" doors and windows, blotting out the sky, like a terrifying swarm of insects.

Immediately, all the Liao officials, palace servants, the emperor... even Qiao Feng and Guo Jing were stunned.

This scene, which resembled a natural disaster, took everyone by surprise.

Logically speaking, Murong Fu and his group had already done everything perfectly, but since it concerned the war between the two countries, Murong Fu thought he should do his best, which is why he had the jade bees shake them.

Seeing that he had the situation under control, Murong Fu drew his sword and walked forward, followed by a swarm of bees that seemed to be protecting him.

None of the palace servants or military officers dared to stop them, and they all made way.

If it were an ordinary madman or expert, they would naturally shout slogans and then fight to the death, but what they are seeing now...

That's not something an ordinary person could do.

They even felt that Murong Fu was not human at all!

He quickly approached Yelü Hongji and asked:

"Your Majesty, can you hear the cries of the Liao and Song people in your dreams?"

Seeing this inhuman scene and hearing Murong Fu's calm questioning, Yelü Hongji lost his previous composure and stammered, unlike a true ruler:

"I...I..."

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Murong Fu shook his head and severed both of his ears with a single sword stroke.

He continued calmly, "You can't hear me."

Blood splattered, staining the court robes of the palace attendants and military officers on both sides, but no one dared to utter a sound; only the buzzing of bees could be heard all around.