When Yan Yan was thinking about how to persuade Ma, Qingxiu suddenly shouted at the door, saying that someone from the palace was coming, and ordered Yan Yan to enter the palace immediately.

As soon as Qingxiu's words were finished, Gonggong Liu's voice also sounded, saying that the emperor had an urgent matter to announce her visit, Yan Yan heard it, and he didn't care about changing clothes or anything, so he hurriedly took Qingxiu and Qingxiu into the carriage.

The emperor met Yan Yan in the south study, when Yan Yan entered, he was sitting at the desk with a black face, there was a broken teacup and a puddle of tea on the ground, and a few half-open books, there was no one else in the room, but there was a eunuch standing tremblingly at the door, but when Yan Yan entered the door, he was taken out by Gonggong Liu.

Seeing this situation, as soon as Yan Yan entered, he knelt down to salute with his waist up, this time Li Cong did not stop her, but asked angrily: "Who are you arranging for the prince?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are four people in total, two couples, the woman is my maid, absolutely reliable, the man is the guard next to my family, he said that he has been with him for more than ten years, he should also be reliable, dare to ask the emperor, but something happened to the prince?" Yan Yan asked bravely.

It must not be a trivial matter that can make the emperor so angry and ask such questions, so Yan Yan easily guessed the problem.

"The general on the border sent a secret letter in an urgent manner, saying that the Khitan had detained the prince and Lu Duan. Li Cong didn't say the rest of the words, but Yan Yan also knew what they meant.

"Your Majesty, please be calm and calm, the prince on the surface is fake, and what they caught may not be the real prince. Taking a step back, even if they capture the true prince, they are currently begging us to join forces with them to fight the Jurchens, and they will definitely not hurt the prince for the time being. It's just that my family was detained, which is a bit troublesome. ”

Another trouble is that this villain behavior of the Khitan is equivalent to slapping Yan Yan in the face, because Yan Yan has been trying his best to encourage Da Zhou and Khitan to join forces before, but the meaning of taking the initiative to join forces is very different from being forced to join forces, because Da Zhou lost the opportunity and lost the conditions for negotiating with the Khitan.

Yan Yan's words reminded Li Cong, he was also concerned about chaos, of course he knew what the Khitan's purpose was to detain the prince, but when he heard that even Lu Duan was detained, where did he dare to hope that the prince could escape?

Because Lu Duan was detained, it means that his followers have also been detained, and the prince is still among these detained personnel, but the guards may not be so strict, and it is still unknown whether he can escape.

However, Li Cong remembered that Yan Yan said that the two women who followed them seemed to have a bit of kung fu, so he would find Yan Yan as soon as possible, instead of announcing this matter to the court, for fear of causing panic.

The problem is, although Qingyu and Qingyun are good at martial arts, Yan Yan doesn't dare to guarantee that the two of them will definitely be able to escape or that they will definitely be able to rescue the prince and Lu Duan, if something really happens, how can she carry this pot on her head?

In a flash of lightning, Yan Yan remembered Zhou Lu.

"Your Majesty, where were they arrested?" Yan Yan asked.

"The border between the Great Zhou and the Khitan, near Yanmen Pass." After Li Cong finished speaking, he looked at Yan Yan, he wanted to know the purpose of Yan Yan's question.

"What about the people sent by the emperor to check on Zhou Lu? What's the news over there? Yan Yan really suspected that Zhou Lu had something to do with this matter.

Zhou Lu has been gone for more than 30 days, and he should have arrived in Bingzhou early, or rather, he did not return to Bingzhou, but went directly to the border to stop Li Ji and them.

"You suspect it's him?" Li Cong quickly shook his head, "Impossible, the prince had seen the head of the Zhou family when he passed through Bingzhou, if it was Zhou Lu, why wait until now?" ”

"It's also possible that the head of the Zhou family didn't know the true purpose of the prince's trip, so Zhou Lu's trip to the capital and left in a hurry, but there is one thing I can't explain, how could the Zhou family betray the court?"

Yan Yan didn't figure it out at all, if Zhou Lu was really her colleague, he should be aware of the fact that the Northern Song Dynasty in history was destroyed by the Jurchens and then moved the capital to Hangzhou and changed to the Southern Song Dynasty and was destroyed by the Mongols, there is no reason to kidnap the prince, right?

No, it was precisely because he was Yan Yan's colleague that he knew that the Great Zhou and the Jurchen Alliance were self-defeating, so he took such an extreme approach.

But this explanation is not right, Chen Chen said that Zhou Lu is not keen on fame and does not like business, he has such a strong sense of mission and responsibility? Also, how did he get together with the Khitan? Why would the Khitan trust him?

Li Cong also didn't believe that the Zhou family would betray the court, and the news he sent back was that the head of the Zhou family was sick, so Zhou Lu hurried back, as for Zhou Lu and his people, there are indeed many contradictions, they are good at learning and talent but have failed repeatedly, they don't like to do business but have their own industry in private, they don't want to get married but show mercy everywhere, they don't like fame but they like to read books like historical records.

Wait, Li Cong realized that something was wrong, most of the books such as historical records and historical records were related to the governance of the country and the country, did he need to know these things after he became a businessman? If it's for the sake of scientific research, it's forgivable, but Zhou Lu is obviously not this kind of person, he doesn't even want to show talent.

"Okay, you go back first, I know how to do this, remember one thing, don't reveal half a word to anyone." Li Cong had an idea in his heart.

It's not that he believed Yan Yan and said that there must be something wrong with the Zhou family, but he decided to wait and see what happened, he knew that this Khitan would not dare to kill the prince and Lu Duan, they would definitely use the prince and Lu Duan to force him to send troops to fight against Jin, and then he had his own plans.

And Yan Yan couldn't help with these tactical things, so there was no need for him to explain them to Yan Yan.

Anyway, Yan Yan's words still gave him some inspiration, there must be something wrong with the Zhou family, and the prince's side may not be a dead move, he has not reached the time to be slaughtered!

Li Cong's heart is brighter, but Yan Yan's mind is heavier.

For this reason, after dark that night, Yan Yan didn't wait for Lu You to come back, she took Qingmiao Qingglaze and the nurse Zhou Haisheng and others to the nearby crossroads to burn paper clothes, paper quilts and paper money, the Winter Clothes Festival is coming, she sent winter clothes to the grandparents and parents of the original owner, and asked them to bless the prince and Lu Duan to return safely.

Of course, Yan Yan not only begged her grandparents and parents, but also asked for the Buddha and Bodhisattva and the gods who passed by, as well as the Lord Yama who had taken care of her.

I don't know if Yan Yan's psychological pressure was great, or if she knelt for a little longer when she burned her cold clothes, when she went to bed that night, Yan Yan's stomach suddenly ached, although she had no production experience, Yan Yan also knew that she might have started it in advance.