When Zhou Nan led people out of the city and on the road again, a long team of carriages followed him.

Zhou Fu and his members of the Eagle Guards, as Zhou Nan's servants, followed Zhou Nan's side; Li Feixing and the fifty men he selected acted as other attendants and porters of the mission, escorting the gifts prepared by Yu Liyan and marching towards Xiongzhou together.

There were only 200 sand fox skins and 200 Jinqi horses, and only two boxes of pearls and Buddhist scriptures. Some of the fifty guards were dressed as guards, some were used as grooms, some were used as servants, or rode in chariots or horses, and followed Zhou Nan and them all the way forward.

The two magic carts that Gao Yun had prepared for him were also in their team, and there were also fifty new arrows in two boxes, Zhou Nan had thirty in their hands, and the other twenty new arrows and thirty rockets were in the hands of the guards who were pretending to be caravan guys. In the event of an incident, both teams have new explosive arrows in their hands to use. And those guards who pretend to be caravan guys and are in the shadows naturally don't need magic cars.

I heard that the goods trafficked by Han Ji Leather this time are all furs, and there are tens of thousands of pieces, so dozens of people are needed to escort them.

Although it is not as frequent as Jia Laoliu said, there are indeed Song soldiers patrolling on the other side of the Jiehe River. Probably a line was drawn, and the patrolling Song soldiers walked a certain distance and turned back to look in the other direction. On the Jiehe River, there are also boats that go down the river from time to time, and more than a dozen Song soldiers sit on it, rowing across the river. It's not easy to sneak through here.

The caravan of Han Ji leather goods that followed Zhou Nan stopped three miles away from the Jiehe, and a man in his thirties came out of the caravan, and walked towards the Jiehe on foot, without riding a horse.

I saw this man picking up low-lying places, slowly approaching the boundary river, and waving a few white strips of cloth to the opposite bank. Not long after, there were people on the other side of the river waving white strips of cloth to the north.

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded when he saw this scene - it turned out that the smuggling between the two countries had happened as early as between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom!

Since Han Ji leather goods can skillfully contact the defenders on the upper border, they can naturally be unimpeded in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Regardless of the rules above, these people at the bottom naturally have their own way of survival. Relying on a meager salary to support one's family is naturally not as beneficial as helping to traffic some goods. Anyway, if you don't kill people and set fires, you won't feel guilty or blame yourself when you do it.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Nan was also relieved. Zhou Nan, as the envoy of the Great Liao, naturally found Zhou Nan after arriving in Bianjing.

Zhou Nan and his team explained the reason to the Song soldiers who were patrolling the river, and naturally crossed the boundary river smoothly. A group of Song soldiers, led by the name of the guide and the actual surveillance, took Zhou Nan and others to Xiongzhou City.

Now in Xiongzhou City, Tong Guan and others have long since left. Because the prince pacified Yanjing and rescued King Yun, he made great contributions to the imperial court, and the prince's faction rose in momentum, and even Tong Guan was promoted this time, but he also secretly threw himself into the prince's hands, and contacted Wan Shengjun to make meritorious contributions to the prince. So now the governor of Xiongzhou is the person recommended by the prince Zhao Huan. Emperor Zhao Ji is not a fool, the prince can be at the mercy of the people in Xiongzhou, so he naturally wants to use the power of the prince to manage Xiongzhou well. If the three princes are replaced, they may not know how to provoke the Wansheng army and provoke the Wansheng army to send troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty!

Outside the gate of the Chengzhou Yamen in Xiongzhou, this Lord Zhizhou and a few relatives were waiting for Zhou Nan and their arrival. When Zhou Nan saw it, he hurriedly got off the horse and saluted the governor.

The magistrate said with a smile: "After the official received the news, he waited for the arrival of the horse every day, and he didn't expect it to come so early. Please come in and talk. After speaking, let Zhou Nan enter the mansion.

Zhou Nanqian gave two sentences, and then followed Zhizhou into the state office. The current state government is the former Xuanfu envoy, and Zhou Nan has also been here a few times.

The two went to the living room and sat down, and Zhou Fu saw that there was no one else in the hall, so he stood outside the door of the living room.

The magistrate immediately said: "The prince remembered that the horse was well, and ordered the official to greet the horse on his behalf." ”

Zhou Nan smiled knowingly, this Lord Zhizhou is very well-behaved. The prince really remembers him, and he will also write letters and handwritten greetings, where will he entrust him to greet him? It's just that this Lord Zhizhou used this sentence to show him that he is the crown prince's person!

Zhou Nan immediately replied: "Thank you for the prince's concern, everything is fine Zhou." I don't know what adults are called? ”

This Zhizhou said: "The official's surname is Yu, and the right to know Xiongzhou." ”

Zhou Nan asked, "Why did Lord Zhizhou say that he didn't expect me to come so early?" ”

Yu Zhizhou twisted his beard and said: "This official recently heard that Pingzhou is in turmoil, wolf smoke is everywhere, and there is a Pingzhou army surnamed Ma who will cross the river with his guards and defect to my Great Song Dynasty. The horse led the troops to the rescue, and the official expected that it would take some time for the horse to arrive, but he did not expect it to arrive today. It shows that the Pingzhou rebel army is really a clown jumping off the beam, which is insignificant! ”

Zhou Nan replied casually: "The 30,000 rebel army in Pingzhou besieged me with 6,000 men and horses, and the leader of the rebel army, Zhang Jue, was killed by my men, and the rebel army fell apart. ”

"This official should be a concubine! In this way, I will be the host tonight, and the banquet will be set in the post house. Never delay your trip. ”

Since this person who is the prince in Zhizhou, in order to get along well in the future, Zhou Nan is also happy to be close to this Xiongzhou Zhizhou.

In an inconspicuous courtyard in Xiongzhou, there is no difference from other small courtyards. There was only one room on the north side of the courtyard, the doors and windows were closed, and there was a person guarding the door of the house.

Inside the house, a man stands, speaking to a seated person. The other sat upright at the table.

"This Zhou Nan is actually here?!"

"It's true! The villain saw it with his own eyes. ”

"How many people did you bring? Are there five hundred? In the eyes of the speaker, five hundred was already the minimum number of guards.

"This week, Nan only brought more than 50 people, and there are some people inside."

"More than fifty?!" The person who spoke was taken aback, and then said with a sneer: "This is a self-defeating way - I will repair a book, and you will immediately send someone out of the city, send it to Bianjing, and hand it over to King Yun; Send a few more people, carefully keep an eye on these people in Zhou Nan, and they can report to me at any time. ”

A short time later, a man dressed in short clothes, leading a horse, walked outside the southern city gate. It was getting late, and the man hurriedly walked a few steps out of the city, and while there was still some light, he slammed his legs into the horse's belly and ran forward.