Xiagou Village, above Dongqiu.

Xi Yunfei sat opposite the three princes.

Cheng Yaojin said in an inverted voice: "You are really confused. The people from that aristocratic family are all treacherous villains with sinister intentions. He said that if people go to the north, do you really believe it?"

Xi Yunfei looked at Cheng Yaojin, then looked at Qin Qiong and Li Ji, and said, "Now I can only believe him. It was just a matter of finding a needle in a haystack. Now I have a definite direction and I want to take a gamble."

Qin Qiong nodded after hearing this: "According to your instructions, I have asked everyone to do their best to investigate all places where people can be hidden from Chang'an to Yanzhou."

Li Ji did not object to Xi Yunfei's actions, and said, "I also sent a letter to Sichang (Chai Shao) to let him strictly guard the city defense of Yanzhou. But... I don't know if they are still in my Tang Dynasty right now."

Xi Yunfei frowned and sighed, "I can only leave it to fate. If they really enter Xiazhou, then I..." Xi Yunfei wanted to speak but stopped. If he really left the border of the Tang Dynasty, there would be a lot of room for operation.

After seeing off the three dukes, Xi Yunfei immediately wrote to Zhang Yunda, asking him to help pay attention to all the stations from Chang'an to Yanzhou. In this era, as long as you travel far, you must stay at the station, otherwise it will be easy for people to die in the deep mountains and forests.

The news I got from Wang Huai was that Wang Yuan would definitely go north. As for why Wang Yuan went north, Wang Huai didn't say much. Although the news only had four words, it was better than Xi Yunfei's aimless search.

To the north of Chang'an, there are five states in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to Yongzhou where Chang'an is located, there are Huazhou, Tongzhou, Hongzhou, Fuzhou, and Yanzhou. After Yanzhou, it is Xiazhou. Now Liang Shizhong has established himself as emperor and established the Daliang Kingdom, which is where Xiazhou is located.

The next day, another letter was sent from all directions, all of which came to report the results. If nothing unexpected happened, there was still no news about my cousin.

At Xi Yunfei's family, his aunt Liu Ying had already given up. Seeing that Xi Yunfei had not had a good rest in the past few days, she even comforted Xi Yunfei not to bother. She only said that her daughter's life was in a difficult situation and did not blame Xi Yunfei.

The more the aunt was like this, Xi Yunfei blamed himself. After asking his mother to take good care of her, he dragged his tired body towards Dongqiu again.

After three consecutive days, although Wang Yuan’s departure was determined, there was still no progress.

Until the eighth day after I learned that my cousin was missing.

Early in the morning, Cui Bantou hurried into Xiagou Village on his horse.

"There is news, there is news..."

Cui Ban shouted loudly, and the little wolf cubs who were raised next to the cafeteria were so scared that they started to scream "whimper".

In Dongqiu's office, Xi Yunfei, who was asleep on the table, was awakened directly.

When he ran out of the office, he happened to see Cui Ban jumping off his horse, running towards him with excitement, waving a handkerchief in his hand.

"Erlang, there is news, letter, your cousin wrote a letter of help."

"What did you say? My cousin's letter?" Xi Yunfei hurriedly reached out and snatched the handkerchief from Cui Ban's head.

After reading the above content, he frowned and asked hurriedly: "Where is Shuofang?"

Cui Bantou heard these three words and frowned, then replied in a low voice: "Xiazhou, Liang Shidu's territory, this letter was sent from Fuzhou. It has been delayed for two days on the way. Now it is estimated that Wang Yuan has arrived in Shuofang."

Xi Yunfei pursed his lips, picked up the handkerchief and looked at it again.

There are only five words above, and there are five blood words.

Shuofang

Quick rescue

--green

Xi Yunfei did not doubt the authenticity of the letter, because he had to try it whether it was true or not. This is the only information about his cousin Li Qing'er these days.

Xi Yunfei put the handkerchiefs in his arms, then nodded to Cui Ban and bowed: "I thank you for Uncle Cui this time. Now the situation is urgent. I can't thank Uncle Cui well. Looking back, when the matter is over, Yunfei will ask Uncle Cui to have a few drinks."

Cui Ban waved his hand disregardedly: "It's important to save people, I'm just a side-by-side. I really want to thank you. When Lao Zhang comes, you can thank him yourself."

Xi Yunfei hurriedly said: "It should be, if my sister is really saved, I must thank Uncle Zhang."

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Time goes back nine days ago.

Li Qing'er, who was originally tidying up flowers and plants in the backyard of Wangjiazhuang, was knocked unconscious and woke up again and found that she had been tied up and was lying in a swaying carriage. The carriage was not very space. Except for the place where she was lying, the rest were filled with boxes.

From time to time, people were talking in outside the car door, but they were all irrelevant gossip. Li Qing'er only knew that she was no longer in Jingyang. In the near future, the convoy would arrive in Fuzhou, and the destination of their trip was actually Xiazhou, known as Liang State.

Li Qing'er dared not struggle too much, and tentatively struggled to fight the rope on her hands and feet. When she found that she couldn't hold on, she simply gave up the idea of ​​running away. At least the current situation is not suitable for escaping.

The car drove for more than a day, and when the light that was transmitted through the crack in the door became a little darker, Li Qing'er guessed that it should be dark.

Sure enough, the leader's shout came from outside the door, and they were going to rest here tonight.

Outside the door, a series of unlocked gold and iron sounds came, and Li Qing'er quickly closed her eyes and pretended not to wake up.

As soon as his eyes were closed, the car door was opened. A bearded man in his thirties leaned over and looked in. Seeing Li Qing'er still lying on the car board, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted behind him: "Come on, carry her in, be careful, cover the black cloth."

After the man gave the order, he heard someone coming over, rudely pulling Li Qing'er's body, and running towards the post station like a sandbag.

During the process, because of his uncomfortable stomach, Li Qing'er almost screamed out several times, but due to the current situation, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

It was not until she was thrown into a guesthouse that Li Qing'er slowly opened her eyes when she saw the person who carried her in.

At the sight of it, it is a simple wooden cottage with only a bamboo bed, a low table and two futons.

Because it was already night and the light in the room was very dark, Li Qing'er struggled to do it, moved her body, and moved towards the only small window.

Outside the window, it happened to be the side of the official road of the post station. Not far away, there was a dilapidated shop sign with the word "Luochuan". Li Qing'er's expression was slightly dark. She had heard from someone that Luochuan County was a small county town under Fuzhou. It seemed that she was no longer in Jingyang.

After confirming where he was, Li Qing'er looked around at the layout of the room, and finally his eyes were frozen on the bamboo bed.

The edges of the rough bamboo slices are very sharp. Thinking of the scene where she was cut by the bamboo slices when she was a child, Li Qing'er gritted her teeth and moved directly towards the bamboo bed. She leaned against the bamboo bed and began to slowly separate the hemp ropes that tied her hands with the edges of the bamboo slices.

"Ah, hiss~~~"

But because she was carrying her hands, she could not see the position of the bamboo piece and could not control her strength accurately. Li Qing'er still cut herself out. The bright red blood stained her hands, but she still could not stop her will to save herself.

God pays off. After half an hour of hard work, the hemp rope finally broke, and most of the blood on his hands had dried up.

Li Qing'er lowered her head and unbuttoned the hemp rope on her feet. She breathed a lot of relief, got up and walked to the window and took a look. It was pitch black outside and there was no way to see anything or people.

Moreover, Li Qing'er was not sure that there was no one guarding her at the door of the house she was in.

While hesitating, a carriage slowly drove towards the entrance of the station, and the carriage happened to be parked under the windowsill.

Li Qing'er looked over and saw that because she was condescending, she could vaguely see the goods on the carriage and the two post offices that came down from the carriage, which were transporting... a basket of kimchi.

Li Qing'er wanted to call for help, but she didn't dare. The people who kidnapped her were all warriors like rangers. She didn't want to alert the enemy, as she would harm herself and others.

After observing secretly for a while, Li Qing'er hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her arms and wrote five big words with the blood that was not dry on her hands.
Chapter completed!