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Chapter 13 Appreciation
Lu Fengtai got the news quickly and responded quickly.

"What's going on? Has the person who was stolen been checked? Is it the fugitive we're looking for?"

"No." Feng Sheng replied, "That man's name is Wu Tong. He just joined the Yinglue Society not long ago. He is very skilled in martial arts and stutters. It must be that Li Xia mistakenly thought he was from Dali, so he asked people to contact him."

Lu Fengtai was displeased, and asked: "Li Xia was able to lock Wu Tong just by chatting with those people from Yinglue Society yesterday?"

"But he made a mistake. Wu Tong is not from Dali, but from Chao County, Luzhou."

"I don't care if he made a mistake, why didn't the chat content that Fan San told me last night?"

"Fan San was not close to Li Xia at the beginning, and it was not until Li Xia competed with others that he got closer..."

Lu Fengtai shook his head, and said: "No, this only shows that Li Xia is not a simple kid, he has noticed everything you didn't notice."

"Yes."

"What about the thief?"

"The name is Bai Mao. He has been transferred to our side and is still under trial..."

Lu Fengtai said: "I will personally go to the trial."

His frown gradually deepened, and he strode forward all the way.

After arriving in the cell, seeing Bai Mao, Lu Fengtai showed a gentle look instead of those fierce subordinates.

after a while...

Lu Fengtai asked: "You mean, your mother was captured by Nie Zhongyou?"

Bai Mao said: "Yes, he... He captured the villain's mother and forced the villain to secretly... steal things."

"Ha, he still has such a temper, so why force others to sacrifice their lives like this?" Lu Fengtai sighed, "Don't worry, I will report to the higher authorities and send someone to Lin'an Mansion to release your mother. ?”

Bai Mao was taken aback, and murmured: "Really?"

"I never lie to heroes and righteous men."

Bai Mao was grateful, kowtowed heavily, and said, "The villain is willing to die for Lu Dutou."

Lu Fengtai said: "I don't need you to die, as long as you tell me everything you know."

"Yes, yes, the villain must recruit all."

……

When Lu Fengtai left the cell, he saw Fan San walking up quickly.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to stare at Li Xia?"

Fan San showed shame on his face, lowered his head, cupped his hands and said, "Dutou, I'm lost..."

"Lost it?" Lu Fengtai's complexion changed, and he asked, "Is there someone to find quickly?"

"Yes, all the hands have been dispersed."

"Oh, what a Li Xia, what a Nie Zhongyou."

Fan Sandao: "I'm afraid that Li Xia is the one who really wants to contact the fugitives. Maybe he has already found those fugitives, so he deliberately let the thief attract our attention?"

Lu Fengtai shook his head and said, "This matter is not that simple."

After a while, some of his subordinates hurried over and said, "We found Li Xia."

"where?"

"He went back to the Taiping Inn and asked Nie Zhongyou to go to the county government to provide bail for Bai Mao. He wanted to bail Bai Mao out..."

After hearing this, Lu Fengtai smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head, and the pensive look in his eyes became more intense.

In the evening, he went back to the teahouse behind the Taiping Inn again. From a distance, he could see Li Xia bouncing around and doing strange movements in the guest courtyard, and a little girl sitting at the stone table. Peel the eggs on top.

After finally waiting for Li Xia to finish his work, he saw him sitting there eating and chatting. The little girl looked very happy and danced.

Afterwards, Nie Zhongyou led Bai Mao back, Li Xia got up and patted Bai Mao's shoulder, and walked outside the inn.

Lu Fengtai thought for a while, and ordered Fan San to continue to stare at the inn from the teahouse, while he himself stood up and walked out...

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There is a lake in the north of Luzhou City, named "Xiaoyaojin". During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Liao once defeated Sun Quan here and shocked the world.

Li Xia passed by this place while jogging in the morning, and felt that the scenery here was quite good, so he came for a walk in the evening.

He stood by the lake looking at the glistening water, took a bite of a cucumber with a "click" in his hand.

There was a light "click" sound coming from behind, Lu Fengtai stepped on the fallen leaves on the ground and walked over.

Li Xia glanced sideways at Lu Fengtai, didn't say anything, and took another bite of the cucumber.

"I won't go around the bush anymore, let's just talk about it." Lu Fengtai said, "Have you found those Dali people?"

"No."

Lu Fengtai said: "I must find them as soon as possible, otherwise the Mongolian people may find an excuse to invade the south. You know that the Mongolian people have provoked many times in the past six months. If not for the humiliation of all parties, Huaiyou might have died long ago?"

After eating the last bite of cucumber, Li Xia reached into his bosom, took out the bronze medal, flashed it in front of Lu Fengtai, and asked, "Do you want it?"

Lu Fengtai was stunned for a moment and then smiled wryly, but he didn't reach out to pick it up.

Li Xia said: "I was holding this bronze medal on the street today, Dali Gao should have seen me, and they also saw the officials arresting my companion.

Then, it's useless for you to take this bronze medal, because if they can't see me, they will think that I was also caught by you, so they dare not come out. "

Lu Fengtai said: "I heard that you were originally a death row prisoner, and it was Nie Zhongyou who brought you out and asked you to work for him?"

"Correct."

"Help me?" Lu Fengtai said, "You know I'm right, a few remaining members of the Gao Clan can't do anything at all. And Huaiyou is the main battlefield against Mongolia."

He raised his finger to Xiaoyao Lake, and said: "Luzhou not only has this lake, but also a large lake in the south, Chaohu Lake, and Chaohu Lake can cut off the Yangtze River, form a corner with Dabie Mountain in the west, and threaten Jiankang Mansion in the east.

Once the Mongolian army takes Luzhou, they can train the navy in Chaohu Lake, and the Yangtze River natural moat will no longer be able to block the Mongolian army, and Lin'an will be broken soon!But the problem is, the current situation in Huaiyou... I dare say that once the war starts, Huaiyou will be defeated in one battle! "

Speaking of this, Lu Fengtai sighed, and said again: "Not everyone in the north wants to go south. I can tell you that there are people who have promised to envoys that they will try their best to mediate and delay the Mongolian army's attack on the Song Dynasty. Now is an important time. There must be no chaos."

Li Xia said: "I don't understand these principles."

"But you are a smart person, you know what's big and what's small." Lu Fengtai said: "Help me find those fugitives from Dali and hand them over. They are just a few foreigners, but they can relieve the urgent need."

Li Xia was silent.

Lu Fengtai said: "I've heard what Bai Mao said. You're not like Nie Zhongyou, you know how to choose. You killed two prisoners in the death row, and you killed water bandits on the Yangtze River. I know all of this. I appreciate you very much."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands towards the sky, and suddenly asked: "Do you know that Yu Du is handsome?"

Li Xia shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"When Yu Dushuai had a quarrel with someone in a teahouse when he was young, he accidentally pushed the other person to death, so he fled to Huaizuo and joined Zhao Xianggong, who was the governor of Huaidong at that time. It was precisely because of Zhao Xianggong's promotion that he repeatedly After making military exploits, he guarded the land of Shu and repeatedly defeated the Mongolian army, supporting half of the Song Dynasty in this crisis!
Li Xia, isn't your current situation the same as that of Yu Dushuai back then?They all killed people carelessly and ran away in trouble.And I have told the envoy about your deeds, he appreciates you very much, if you are willing to join the Huaiyou army, who knows that you will not be able to become a famous general who defends the country and shakes the world in the future? "

When Lu Fengtai spoke, he kept staring at Li Xia, his eyes were sincere, and his tone was contagious.

Li Xia thought about it, and seemed a little hesitant.

Lu Fengtai asked again: "Do you know who the Lu Taiwei behind Nie Zhongyou is?"

"I don't know."

"It's true that Lu Wende has made great military exploits and made great contributions to our Great Song Dynasty. But now he is becoming more and more domineering, turning to traitors and becoming greedy. In this Jianghuai, the Lu family's property is everywhere, and the wealth is extremely rich. These people said The situation in the Southwest is tight, embezzlement of the Jianghuai army's salary, and put the deficit on the Dali Kingdom, can you believe it? You know that he didn't receive a gift from the Dali Rebel Army, so he sent people to help, but he ignored the state affairs."

Li Xia said: "What you said is too far away from me. All I know is that I promised Nie Zhongyou to do things for him. This is a promise."

"This is not a promise, he forced you." Lu Fengtai said: "We are right, help me, and then stay in the Huaiyou Army, we will help you get rid of your crimes, let you live a dignified life, and will not Forcing you to go to the north to die."

Li Xia was silent again.

Lu Fengtai persuaded: "You are still very young, you should leave a useful body to serve the country instead of throwing your life away for some useless things."

Li Xia said: "But my father is still in Nie Zhongyou's hands."

Lu Fengtai smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Don't worry, Nie Zhongyou is not the only one who has a backer in Lin'an Mansion, I will rescue your father."

"That's good." Li Xia responded bluntly.

"Refreshing." Lu Fengtai laughed loudly, the appreciation in his eyes was even stronger.

Through Bai Mao's confession, he already had a deep understanding of Li Xia, and knew that Li Xia was not a mother-in-law, so he would not talk nonsense.

Sure enough, Li Xia put the bronze medal in his arms, took two steps, and spoke directly.

"I think the rest of the Gao family will definitely be watching the house on Changfeng Lane, waiting for Nie Zhongyou to send someone to meet them. So I stayed there yesterday, and today I showed this sign nearby.

I deliberately let Bai Mao be arrested, one is to alert Gao, and the other is to create chaos and find an opportunity to get rid of the stalker.But I thought Gao Shi would contact me after I got rid of the stalkers, the strange thing is, they didn't..."

Lu Fengtai didn't ask whether it was true or not, he showed enough trust in Li Xia.

"I can create another opportunity for you tomorrow, so that Mrs. Gao thinks you are not under surveillance."

"No, this is too fake. You should continue to send people to monitor me, and I will try to get rid of it myself." Li Xia shook his head and said, "As long as they are still in the city, I believe they must have seen me showing the bronze medal. Will contact me."

"They must still be in the city." Lu Fengtai said, "But I'm afraid that time is too late, this case has a deadline."

Li Xia frowned slightly, and asked, "Why do you conclude that they are in the city?"

Lu Fengtai didn't answer, but asked instead: "Did Nie Zhongyou tell you the characteristics of those people?"

"His knowledge is limited. Jiang Xing was originally responsible for this matter. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xing was killed by water bandits in the Yangtze River. I only know that five members of the Dali Gao family fled to Luzhou."

"Four."

"Four?"

Lu Fengtai thought for a while, looked into Li Xia's eyes, and finally said: "I have already caught one, and only four are still at large, so I dare say they are still in the city..."

(End of this chapter)