When everyone gathered, a man who looked like an official stood up. Everyone, someone reported this morning that all their belongings were stolen last night. I am the county lieutenant of this county and I am here to investigate the case thoroughly. Now, please stay in the hall and move around. There will be government officials asking you. The county police will also search your salutes, so please cooperate.

As soon as they heard about saluting, everyone stopped doing it. These people knew very well that if these government servants were searched for their virtues and saluted, what valuable things would be left? They would all have to fall into their hands. Everyone shouted that they were not allowed to search, but they could be searched, but they had to be searched in front of everyone. Otherwise, we will all go to the county magistrate for review. If it doesn't work, we will file a lawsuit with Youzhou Prefecture. When the county captain saw everyone's reaction, he knew clearly that he wanted to make money here and let everyone know, so he said with a smile,"Okay, our people will follow everyone back to the room to get their own gifts." But we will search the room again, and then you can no longer stop us from searching. When everyone heard this, they agreed that it was okay. If it went too far, it would be us ordinary people who would suffer in the end. So everyone agreed.

Accompanied by my fellow yamen servants, I returned to our respective rooms and took my salutes downstairs. I also walked around as I stood, trying my best not to stand out.

After the search downstairs, apart from everyone's own belongings, there was no Liao people's belongings. The four Liao people had been watching during the search. Their things were clearly marked, so they could be recognized at a glance.

Another group of officers and soldiers searched the upstairs thoroughly, but still found nothing. The Liao people were still unwilling to give in and winked at the county lieutenant. The county lieutenant changed a group of people and searched again but still found nothing.

Next, the focus of the search became the caravan in the backyard. This time, they searched it three times, which made the people in the caravan very impatient.

The people downstairs started to make noises, demanding that everyone be allowed to go back. They have been waiting like this for almost the whole morning, and everyone has not eaten breakfast. The county lieutenant was also very impatient because when he and the policemen looked at the crime scene, they could not handle the case without Ren Bao discovering it. The commotion continued until almost noon, when the county captain had no choice but to let everyone go back.

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and no one wanted to stay downstairs. When they got to their own rooms, there were voices calling the waiter, some asking for water and some food.

I thought there were so many people calling the waiter together, so I decided not to cause any trouble and went out to see if there was any place to eat. When I walked downstairs, I saw that only a few people from the government were still watching downstairs. I stepped forward and asked if I could go out. They glanced at me and saw that I had two empty hands and nothing on me. Something else, and then say yes.

When I walked out of the inn, I still felt that someone was watching me. I walked slowly down the street, and before I had finished walking, I saw a shop specializing in mutton soup. I thought I didn't have any breakfast in the morning, so a bowl of hot mutton soup would be fine, so I walked in, sat on the table by the window, and ordered a bowl of mutton soup, two pancakes, and a plate of white water mutton. After a while, everything I asked for was served. I really can't get enough of the mutton here. I have only eaten mutton in the past two days. While I was eating, I felt the eyes staring at me disappear. It seemed that the person who was staring at me realized that I was just out to eat and went back.

The next morning, after I finished cleaning up, I went downstairs and saw the caravan members having breakfast. When they saw me coming downstairs, they hurriedly greeted them,"Come and have breakfast. After that, we should pack up and set off.". My own things are all in the space, and the other boxes were loaded on the carriage yesterday. I just need to hitch the horses in the morning and we can set off....

So I was not in a hurry. I ate some steamed buns and noodles that the caravan had ordered, and then went to the stable in the backyard. I took out my black horse, the fat red horse I just bought, and hitched the carriage to the black horse. The black horse was used to it. The car is very obedient.

By the time I drove the carriage to the inn, the people in the caravan were almost ready. They had quite a lot of stuff. Leader Fang smiled at me with satisfaction when he saw that I had prepared early and was not holding them back, and then shouted,"Let's set off."

Everyone's cars started moving, and they asked my car to go in the middle. I didn’t have any objections, so I set off with the group.

We have to pass through Hejian Prefecture and then go to Nanjing in the Liao Kingdom, which will be Beijing in the future. After walking on the road for three days, we passed the border safely. This caravan often traveled between the two sides and was very familiar with the people at the border. The customs clearance procedures were also very simple. They just counted the number of people and did not register the specific people who had left the customs.

When it came to the Liao Kingdom, it was similar to the Song Kingdom. People from both sides kept coming and going when there was no war, but there were more shops opened by Liao people on the streets. Seeing that it was getting dark, the caravan decided to stay in the city for a night and take a rest. As usual, they rented a courtyard to live with the big guys, while I asked for a room by myself.

After putting the gifts away, I went downstairs to find Team Leader Fang, and told him that you don’t need to worry about me now. I also want to take a look around Nanjing City. If I can buy what I want, I will If you don't continue moving forward, you don't have to worry about me if you set off tomorrow. Leader Fang didn't say anything after hearing this. He just asked me to pay attention to my own safety. If I still need them when I go back, I can wait for them here. I thanked them and left.

The reason I didn’t want to continue walking with them was because I always felt like someone was following us along the way, and this feeling became even more obvious after we entered the Liao Kingdom. I still don't know whether the people following me are following the caravan or me. I'm still determined to act alone. It's more convenient to use some tricks this way.

After returning to the room, I asked the store to bring hot water. After a while, the waiter brought tea and water for washing my face. I saw that the second brother who came in was wearing Liao clothes, so I asked him in Liao dialect if he could bring dinner to the room. While talking, I handed a tael of broken silver into his hand. The little second brother took the money and used it back to me and said that's fine. Whatever the guest wants to call me, I'll send it to you later. Is there anything particularly good in your store? It’s my first time coming to your store and I don’t know what to order. The waiter said, we mainly eat mutton here. I said that’s great. I like mutton very much.

Also, is there anyone selling Liao clothes around here? I want to buy a few. I just came back from the Song Dynasty, and all I brought with me are clothes from the Song Dynasty. Now that I have returned to the Liao Kingdom, of course I have to wear our own clothes. The waiter smiled and said, yes, they can also bring clothes here for you to try on. If they don't fit, they can take them back and change them for you.

When I heard that there was such a service, it was really good, but it was better for me to go to the store and choose by myself. The waiter and I inquired about the location of that store and planned to visit it tomorrow.

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