The cicadas are singing high willows and the cottage is quiet.

Zhou Xuan and Yang Xiaopin sat side by side, looking at Han De sitting opposite him, letting the phoenix eyes faintly close, as if thinking about the wording. After a long time, Han Derang spoke: "Pin'er's mother is from Liao, with her surname Xiao and her name is Xiao."

"Xiao Qing?" Zhou Xuan glanced at Yang Xiaopin, and Yang Xiaopin also looked confused with her eyes. Since seeing the two Liao people, Yang Xiaopin always thought that Han Derang's wife Li Mochou was her mother. Although she had no impression of Li Mochou at all, she heard that Mrs. Han Li Mochou died shortly after she was lost. Yang Xiaopin was also very sad. She vaguely felt that this was related to her father Han Derang. She also heard that Han Derang married Empress Dowager Chengtian of the Great Liao Dynasty. Yang Xiaopin was a little repulsive to her father Han Derang, which was also one of the reasons why she was unwilling to go to Liao Kingdom.

Han Derang looked at Zhou Xuan's expression and knew that Zhou Xuan had never heard of Xiao Xi's name. He said, "Pin'er looks five points like her mother, especially her eyes-"

Zhou Xuan remembered the painting just now, and immediately unfolded it, saying, "Uncle Han, please look at it. This is Han Yourong's painting hanging on the wall."

Han Derang stood up and looked at it carefully, his face showed a gentle look, and said, "This is what I first met Xiao Xi and painted for her eighteen years ago. Zhou Xuan, look, is it very similar to Pin'er?"

Zhou Xuan was familiar with this painting and thought to himself: "I didn't expect that my father-in-law is so talented. This painting has the style of Yan Liben of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The brushwork is round and vigorous, and the aura is vivid. Of course, it is a little worse than my son-in-law's painting skills. However, this was made by his father-in-law 18 years ago." He nodded and said: "It's very similar, but why did this painting come to Han Yourong's hands?"

Han Derang pondered for a while and said, "This painting was collected in the Liao Dynasty Palace--"

Zhou Xuan was silent, only to hear Han Derang continue: "Xiao is the half-sister of Empress Dowager Chengtian. He died the year after Pin'er was born."

Zhou Xuan thought there was still something else, but he didn't expect that Han Derang would stop talking about Xiao after saying this. He seemed unwilling to say more. Han Derang was originally a taciturn person.

Yang Xiaopin is also a person who doesn’t like to talk. Only Zhou Xuan said, Zhou Xuan asked: “Don’t blame Uncle Han. For Pin’er, I want to ask, how did Pin’er’s mother die?”

Han Dereng said: "It died of illness."

Zhou Xuan asked again: "Where is Mrs. Li Mochou?"

Han Derang said again: "It's also a death from illness."

Zhou Xuan didn't say anything, and shouted in his heart: "Wow, no, Father Han, you are handsome, but you are defeated by your wife. So many beautiful women die and one after another, so you are not as good as a son-in-law." He said: "Uncle Han, Pin'er is your daughter, and I, of course, your son-in-law, and I am your closest relative. If you have any questions, you should say it bluntly. For example, why does Empress Dowager Chengtian want to take Pin'er away first?"

Han Derang knew that Zhou Xuan didn't believe that Xiao Xi and Li Mochou died of illness, but he was not easy to tell Zhou Xuan about those things that were catching up on the wind and shadows, but he just said, "I just don't know how Queen Mother Chengtian will know the news first. As for Queen Mother Chengtian is Pin'er's aunt, and there are also people who are anxious to see Pin'er."

Zhou Xuanyi said: "What did Uncle Han say? Han Yourong and Shi Ao obviously have bad attitudes. Queen Mother Chengtian is afraid that they will not be both kind to Pin'er."

Han Derang said decisively: "Never! Empress Dowager Chengtian treats Pin'er very well. After Pin'er was lost, Empress Dowager Chengtian cried many times. I sent my family slaves to search south, which was also the will of Empress Dowager Chengtian."

Zhou Xuan was skeptical and said, "No matter what, I will not agree to Pin'er going to Liaojing."

Han De'er smiled eyebrows and showed a little anger, but when he saw his daughter holding Zhou Xuan's hand tightly and unable to get angry, he said lightly: "Let's discuss it when those two slaves come."

It was noon at this time. Zhou Xuan didn't look at Han Delang's eyes and let Liusu and Sichi's rest in the grass cottage. He sent Han Delang's subordinates to Wulu Inn in the city to find the two Liao people, but he hasn't come back yet. It's time to go quickly and it should have arrived.

Han Derang sent two more people, and this time he came back in more than half an hour, but said that the two slaves had already left the city with the person who had previously held Zhou Xuan's notes!

Han Derang and Zhou Xuan looked at each other, feeling ominous in their hearts.

Zhou Xuanming Lihu took Lulu to search, and five other personal soldiers and five subordinates of Han Derang followed.

In less than an hour, Lihu came to report and found the corpses of the two slaves. They had no heads. The bodies were by the valley and had no heads, so it was impossible to tell whether they were the two slaves sent by Han Delang.

Zhou Xuan immediately said: "I can't stay here, I want to go back to the city with Pin'er."

Han Dereng said, "Okay, I'll send you two to the edge of the city. I'll find out what's going on. I'll send someone to meet you tomorrow."

As soon as Zhou Xuan and his party left the manor gate, they suddenly saw a group of people on the mountain road to the west, reflecting the setting sun, and rushed towards the manor.

Han Derang gave an order: "The archer prepares for the battle!"

The farmers immediately bent their bows and stood by, and Zhou Xuan and others also retreated to the manor, watching the group of riders getting closer and closer.

The leader shouted loudly from afar: "Put down the bow and arrow, drop down the bow and arrow!"

Of course, the farmers would not listen to him and aim more accurately.

The man rushed to thirty feet away from the gate of the manor, saw Han Derang with a flowing blue shirt, and said happily: "The Prime Minister is really here, the Prime Minister and the Queen Mother Chengtian have arrived."

Before he finished speaking, a horse with black mane and white hoofs accelerated forward, surpassed the first rider, rushed to the front of the manor gate, flew off the horse, lifted up his cape, but saw that he looked snow-skinned and tall, and was actually a very beautiful woman. Although she was not young, her appearance was not diminished, and she could be called a senior beauty.

When Han Derang saw him, he took a few steps and bowed and said, "My destiny Han Derang meets His Majesty."

Han Yourong, Shi Ao, and the Liao soldiers dressed by farmers, Hulala knelt all over the ground and crawled and dared not look up.

Zhou Xuan looked at it well and was surprised that this famous Liao Dynasty empress dowager, who was still so beautiful in history, was probably over forty years old. She was about the same age as Mrs. Huarui, and her appearance was not as delicate and slender as Mrs. Huarui. She had more heroic spirit from the northern woman. She could also see the shadow of Yang Xiaopin from the empress dowager of Liao. This is not surprising. Piner's mother is both Xiaopin, while Xiaopin and Xiaochuo are half-sisters of the same father and father. Yang Xiaopin's appearance is quite similar and not unusual, but the two are completely different in temperament. The Liao Dynasty empress dowager has a firm look, her cheekbones are slightly raised, and her nose is high and straight, which is obviously a strong woman, while Yang Xiaopin is elegant and quiet-

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "The empress dowager who was in charge of the Liao Kingdom actually came outside this famous city, and the prime minister in power was also here. If a Song army came at this time, the two leaders of the Liao Kingdom would be defeated in one fell swoop, and the Liao Kingdom would be destroyed."

It seemed that Zhou Xuan's idea was true. Before the Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo dismounted and had time to talk to Han Derang, footsteps suddenly sounded. A large number of sword-holding warriors suddenly surged around the manor, surrounding the manor, which covers less than 100 acres. There were probably about a thousand people. The southeast side of the manor was a mountain wall, with only two gates in the northwest.

With Zhou Xuan's eyes, it was also obvious that these warriors were not Song army. These people were dressed as merchants like Han Derang and Empress Dowager Chengtian Xiao Chuo, but they were clearly from Liao people. A few of them had their hats off, revealing their round heads with hair and braids.

Han Derang's face changed, and his tone was still calm: "Is the Queen Mother sending someone to arrest me?"

The Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo of Liao Kingdom just frowned and whispered: "Han Lang, why should I catch you?"

Han Derang didn't say anything, but just stared at Xiao Chuo.

Xiao Chuo seemed to be careless about the warriors who were approaching, but asked, "Where is Pin'er?" After stepping into the manor, more than a hundred people with her accompanying him rushed into the manor. Xiao Chuo also turned around and said, "Don't close the manor gate."

Shi Ao rushed out of the gate with a knife and shouted loudly: "Where did the people come from?"

The sword-holding warriors rushed to twenty feet from the manor and stopped, neither forward nor backed up, and no one answered, but just stood up and confronted each other.

Xiao Chuo, the empress dowager of the Liao Kingdom in the manor, asked again: "Where is Pin'er?"

Zhou Xuan then pulled Yang Xiaopin forward and bowed to him, "Next Zhou Xuan, I will pay homage to Empress Xiao, this is Yang Xiaopin."

Xiao Chuo's eyes almost stopped on Zhou Xuan's face, only staring at Yang Xiaofen, his eyes were hot and strange, maybe it was love or hatred, and his hands holding the horse whip trembled slightly, but he didn't say anything, nor did he get too close to him.

Han Yourong ran over and shouted, "The Queen Mother, the Grand Prime Minister, the family general of Gao Ba, the king of the South Courtyard."

Han Derang was shocked when he heard this. Yelu Gaobayi had always been incompatible with him, and at this time he led his troops to surround the village. What did he want to do?

Another farmer came to report that the king of the South Court, Yelu Gaoba, and the military commander of the North Court, Yelu Tiezi, invited the Empress Dowager to meet outside the village.

Xiao Chuo said "Oh" and said, "Yelu Tiezi is also involved." He rode a black mane and white hoofed horse, and came down to the gate of the manor, and said majesticly: "Yelu Gaoba, where is Yelu Tiezi?"

Twenty feet away, two people rolled off their saddles and bowed and said, "I am Yelu Gaoba (I am Yelu's inscribed in the title of the son of the Emperor Chengtian."

Xiao Chuo said: "Why did you two bring troops here? Do you want to do a great rebellion?"

Yelu Gaoba said: "How dare I? I am a member of the Daliao clan. I am loyal to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and I can express my feelings at the sky."

Xiao Chuo said: "Then what are you doing around the village?"

Yelu Gaoba said: "My ministers violate Yan Zhi's advice and punish treacherous and slanderous people and clear the king's side."

Xiao Chuo immediately asked, "Who is the treacherous?"

Yelu Gaoba said: "Han Delang is the biggest treacherous charity in this dynasty. He copied the Han system and valued the Han people, weakened the power of our Khitan nobles. If this continues, will our Great Liao be from the Khitan or the Han people? I risked my life to advise him directly and asked him to kill Han Delang."
Chapter completed!