After the people of Yipintang kidnapped Yelu Yanni, they did not dare to stay, and rushed to the border of Song Liao overnight and headed towards Xiongzhou.

Since Youzhou was only a hundred miles away from the border of the Great Song Dynasty, they all arrived at the city of Xiongzhou in the early morning of the next day.

Xiongzhou is located in the border of Song and Liao, and is the field of trade between the two sides, at this time outside the city is full of people, cars and horses are like dragons, and the scene is noisy and lively.

The city gate guards checked as usual, and Elder Du secretly stuffed them with a few silver nudes, and after a brief inspection, the people of Yipintang followed the traffic into Xiongzhou.

The crowd turned around the city, and from time to time they came to a shop that was engaged in a leather business, and a plaque was hung on the door, which read "Li Kee Leather Shop".

On the exterior wall of the shop are several animal skins, including sheepskins, cowhides, fox skins, mink skins, and other leather goods.

The shop was already open, and a guy yawned and was busy picking up goods.

Elder Du hurriedly entered the shop and sat down directly, as if he was very familiar with this place.

He shouted to the shopkeeper, "Li Amao, quickly call your shopkeeper to see me." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, he heard the sound and looked over, and as soon as he saw Elder Du, he hurriedly went forward to say goodbye.

He said in a low voice: "Elder Du, why are you here, and you don't give a word in advance, Deacon Qu hasn't come yet; Wait a minute, I'll make you a pot of tea. ”

Elder Du said, "Ah Mao, don't be busy yet, take the master's carriage to the courtyard first." Go buy us some breakfast, we've been on the road all night, we're tired, hungry and sleepy, you can hurry up and do it. ”

After that, he took out a cloth bag from his sleeve, then poured out a few silver nudes from it, and then threw it to Li Amao and asked him to buy breakfast.

There were a total of eight people in Elder Du's party, all of whom were skilled in martial arts, and they all entered the leather goods store, so they took a temporary rest on the spot.

From time to time, Li Amao bought a lot of breakfast, which was eaten by steamed buns (buns), fritters, pies, soy milk, bean brains, etc.

Elder Du and his party immediately stepped forward and devoured it, and the breakfast on the table was swept away from time to time.

Everyone was full, and some people burped, and then touched their stomachs, with a satisfied look on their faces.

After Li Amao cleaned up the meal, after a while, Qu Hejing, the shopkeeper of the leather goods store, came to the store.

When he saw Elder Du and his party, he was taken aback, and then hurriedly stepped forward to salute and greet him.

I heard him say urgently: "Elder Du, why are you here, why didn't you notify your subordinates in advance and keep you waiting for a long time?" ”

Elder Du said: "Deacon Qu, now that the matter is urgent, there is no need to be polite, I will arrange two things for you, one is to open the way for our group to go to the official mansion; The second is to prepare two good carriages for us. We spent the morning in Xiongju at most, and then we had lunch and we were ready to go. ”

When the deacon Qu heard this, he immediately straightened up, clasped his hands into fists and said yes,

He hurriedly said: "The subordinates receive the order, and the subordinates will definitely do it quickly." ”

After finishing speaking, I saw him leave in a hurry, while Elder Du and his party went to the backyard to rest.

Let's say that Yelu Yanni in the carriage was still unconscious, but her palace maid Lu Xiaohuan woke up, her hands and feet were tied at this time, and a black cloth was blocked in her mouth;

She looked at the sleeping third princess, and immediately panicked, and hurriedly struggled, wanting to open her mouth to call for help, but she could only make a "woo" sound in her mouth.

After more than two hours of busyness, he got off the road, bought two luxurious carriages, and added the government to the government, spending a total of 30,000 yuan (3,000 yuan).

Qu Hejing returned to the leather store, and then went to the backyard to report the situation to Elder Du.

I heard him say: "Elder Du, your subordinates have fulfilled their mission, and all the tasks you assigned have been successfully completed, please accept them." ”

After hearing this, Elder Du took the road guide handed over by Deacon Qu, went to the courtyard to look at the newly purchased carriage, and then patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, nodded with satisfaction, and looked approving.

Elder Du called everyone at this time, and then discussed the issue of walking routes.

I heard him say: "We kidnapped the three princesses of Liao, and we will hide it for five days at most, and in these five days, it is impossible for us to go to the Songxia border and the Liaoxia border, so we can only stay in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty." We can't send a message to Meng Ming in Xiongzhou, because this place is too close to Da Liao, and Da Liao can come and search at any time. ”

When he had finished speaking, he looked at the crowd and asked, "Do you have any good opinions and ideas?" ”

I saw Deacon Qu and said, "Elder Du, I think it is safer to go deep into the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty first, and then make a decision when you go to Hejian Mansion first." There is also our base, so we will inform them in advance so that we can respond to them. ”

At this time, Yelu Yanni had woken up, she sat up, her brain was a little dizzy, she observed the situation in the car, and then she found Lu Xiaohuan who was tied, she quickly untied the rope for her, and pulled off the cloth ball in her mouth.

Seeing that Lu Xiaohuan was about to scream, she hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand,

Then she whispered: "Xiaohuan, don't make a sound, let's understand the current situation first, I think we have been kidnapped." ”

When Xiaohuan heard this, he suddenly felt unbelievable, he was still sleeping in the house last night, and when he opened his eyes, he was tied hand and foot and appeared in the car.

She hurriedly whispered: "Princess, who is so bold to dare to kidnap you, it is really a bear's heart and leopard gall, they are not afraid of being punished by the Nine Clans." ”

Yelu Yanni was also noncommittal, the current situation is not a bald man catching lice, it is obvious.

She flipped through the clothes on her body, took out a jade plaque that proved her identity, and then took out a letter from her sleeve, which she wrote to Meng Ming the day before yesterday, and she stuffed a poem from Meng Ming that she carried into the letter.

She handed these things to Lu Xiaohuan and asked her to get out of the car and escape, because the possibility of both of them escaping was very slim; She instructed Xiaohuan to see what kind of place this was, to see if there was an office in Liao, if there was any, ask them for help, if not, go to Meng Ming to report the news.

With that, she took out a cloth bag from her bosom with a few silver tickets in it, and handed it to Xiaohuan for her to wrap around.

Xiaohuan quietly slipped out of the leather store at this time, and just ran into Li Amao as soon as he came out of the door.

Li Amao suddenly stepped forward and pulled her, and she stepped on him violently, only to make him fall to the ground in pain, holding his foot and crying out in pain.

Xiaohuan ran wildly along the street, she ran several streets, she felt short of breath, her heart seemed to jump out, her legs and feet were like lead, and she couldn't run.

She saw another jewelry shop on the side of the road, and then hurriedly turned in, and then looked behind a few times with some wariness to see if anyone was chasing her.

The customers in the store were all women, and I saw a female greeter come over and greet her with a smile.

Xiaohuan hurriedly asked, "May I ask the lady, what kind of place is this?" My companion and I were separated, and I don't know where we were. ”

The female greeter said, "This is Xiongzhou in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Xiaohuan was overjoyed when he heard this, this is a border place, not far from Nanjing, and there is a permanent office of Liao.

She took out a gold leaf from the package and handed it to the hostess.

Then she said: "Tired lady, please prepare paper, inkstone, pen and ink for me, I want to write a letter, after I finish writing, please hand it over to the office of Liaoguo, and this piece of gold leaf will be your reward." ”

The lady took the gold leaf, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed.

Xiaohuan handed it to her after writing the letter, and she hurriedly went out to the Liao State office in Xiongzhou.

The lady arrived at her destination in a short time, and she handed the letter to Menzi and asked him to hand it over to the person in charge.

The person in charge of the Liaoguo Office was called Yelu Kulunli, and he was washing in the courtyard at this time, when he heard the door come to spread the word that someone had come to deliver a letter.

He took the letter, opened it, and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and then he became a little anxious, and he hurriedly gathered the guards, and then met the female greeter.

Then, under her guidance, he led the crowd to Xiaohuan's hideout, and then he sent someone to the Xiongzhou Prefecture to report the case.

At this time, the people in Yipintang were also alarmed, and they hurriedly went out to check, and saw Li Amao holding his feet and screaming, Tian Hejing hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Li Amao said urgently: "Elder Du, Deacon Tian, I saw a woman running out of the courtyard just now, and I hurriedly stopped it, but she stepped on my foot so hard that it hurt me to death." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Elder Du secretly said, "It's not good", and hurriedly went to the backyard to check, and found that Princess Chen Guo was still asleep, but her palace maid was gone.

When Elder Du saw it, his eyes were suddenly split, and he hurriedly shouted: "How is this guarded, you actually let a weak woman who was tied up by five flowers run away, are you eating dry rice?" ”

At this time, he felt that the soul was in danger, and then he said: "The matter of kidnapping the princess must be exposed, let's hurry up, and we can't stay for a moment; Deacon Tian and Li Amao should also leave together, otherwise we will call Song Dog a litter. ”

The crowd hurriedly rode to the south without stopping.....

About half an hour later, Yelu Kulunli led a large number of men and horses to rush over, including the people of the Liao State, as well as the officials and catchers of the Great Song Dynasty, and immediately surrounded Li Ji's leather shop.

Yelu Kulunli hurriedly broke in to check, and saw that the door of the store was wide open, and the goods in the store were neatly placed, but the building was empty.

He smashed around the shop in frustration, and soon saw that it was a mess, and at last he sat down on the ground and sighed, dejected.

At this time, Lu Xiaohuan also lost his sense of proportion, and stayed in the stable in the backyard in despair, regardless of the dirty smell inside.

At this time, Li Zhiliang, the governor of Xiongzhou, also rushed to hear the news, and then inquired in detail about the incident, he comforted Yelu Kulun, and then suggested that he report the news of the abduction of Princess Chen to the Liao Emperor.

He wrote a note to report the news of the abduction of Princess Chen to the imperial court, and then issued a sea arrest warrant.

The people of Yipintang were already fifty miles away from Xiongzhou, and they galloped towards Hejian Mansion.

I saw Tian Hejing say to Elder Du: "Elder Du, when we arrive at Hejian Mansion, we will buy a boat and go south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which can avoid people's eyes and ears, and it is much safer than the land route." ”

They went out day and night, and arrived at the canal wharf in Hejian Province in two days, and finally spent 20,000 yuan to buy a medium-sized cargo ship, and then hired ten sailors.

At this time, Yelu Yanni already knew her situation, and she couldn't resist, so she could only let these people arrange, but fortunately, they knew that she was noble, and they didn't dare to do something excessive, and they still treated her more favorably;

In the end, they also kidnapped a mother-in-law to take care of her daily life, and she had three meals a day, but she did not suffer much.

Lu Xiaohuan, on the other hand, stayed in Xiongzhou for two days, and insisted on rushing to Tokyo despite Yelu Kulun's dissuasion, but he couldn't do it for a while, so he sent two guards to go with her.