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Chapter 15
In the prison cell, Yang Xiong was tied to a rack, and his body was covered in cuts and bruises.

There were footsteps approaching.

Lu Fengtai's dignified voice sounded.

"How is he today? Has he been recruited?"

"He's the head, he still doesn't speak."

Lu Fengtai said again: "This is Li Xia, he can come over to interrogate prisoners at any time in the future, you cooperate with him."

"Yes……"

Yang Xiong lifted his head weakly, looked with downcast eyes, and saw a handsome young man standing beside Lu Fengtai.

The man wore a long sword at his waist and was staring at him with interest.

Looking at each other, Yang Xiong lowered his head again, not bothering to pay attention.

Li Xia picked up the long sword, touched the wound on Yang Xiong's body, and talked to Lu Fengtai casually.

"It seems that a lot of torture has been used. He refuses to confess, right?"

Pain came, but Yang Xiong didn't even hum.

"Yes, how can you interrogate him?" Lu Fengtai said.

"I've heard that locking people in a small dark room without letting them see the light or seeing people can quickly break people's will."

"I don't quite believe it."

"Maybe try it?"

Listening to the conversation, Yang Xiong noticed that this young man named Li Xia didn't have a Huaiyou accent, but rather a person from Jiangnan.

He had a bit of disdain for Li Xia, thinking that maybe it was a yamen who relied on his father's authority to receive an order and come here to make a fool of himself... But it's okay, it's better to be locked up in a small dark room than to be tortured here.

"Then try it." Lu Fengtai said, "You two, arrange according to Li Xia's instructions."

……

When Yang Xiong was taken down, Lu Fengtai and Li Xia looked at each other and smiled.

"When are you going to do it?"

"Just these two days."

"So fast, won't it arouse his suspicion?"

"No." Li Xia said, looking around, familiar with the environment here.

Lu Fengtai didn't ask any more questions, and said: "Okay, then you can just look at the arrangement. By the way, do you have words?"

"no."

"After finishing this matter, I will take you to see the envoy and give you a letter."

"Xie Du head."

Li Xia's tone seemed a little careless, and he subconsciously tapped on a chair, as if he was more concerned about the material of the chair.

Lu Fengtai felt a little funny when his little action fell into Lu Fengtai's eyes. It could be seen that Li Xia didn't like those imaginary things, and cared about the benefits of being able to put it on the ground...

~~
Yang Xiong stayed in the dark room for an unknown amount of time, and gradually felt a breakdown.

He originally thought that this was not a punishment but a recuperation, but here, as far as he could see, there was always darkness, and he couldn't hear a single quiet sound, as if he was isolated from the world.

His hands and feet were bound, he wanted to sleep but couldn't, he couldn't find anything to do, he felt extremely bored, and an indescribable sense of loneliness and fear forced him into his heart.

During the endless long and waiting, just when Yang Xiong felt that he was going crazy, the door opened.

No one else came, only Li Xia.

Yang Xiong squinted his eyes and watched Li Xia walk in with a torch, but somehow he didn't want to take his eyes off the young man.

In a trance, he had a feeling of rebirth as a human being.

Li Xia asked, "Are you willing to recruit? Where is your companion?"

Yang Xiong shook his head, even though he was afraid of being locked up like this, he still refused to speak.

He was also afraid that he would cry when he opened his mouth, and begged the young man to take him back to the execution room.

Li Xia squatted down, thought for a while, and said, "Well, you are a tough guy."

He took something out of his sleeve and gave Yang Xiong a look.

Yang Xiong was taken aback for a moment, his eyes suddenly turned sour, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"You are……"

"Shut up." Li Xia said in a low voice, "You know who I am now. Lieutenant Lu asked me to come here. Let me ask you, what information do you have from the north that you can tell me?"

Yang Xiong finally spoke, his voice was very hoarse, and he spoke Chinese very well, because Dali also used Chinese.

"You...are you really Taiwei Lu's person?"

"Yes, I don't have much time, give me the information quickly."

Yang Xiong shook his head and said, "No."

"why?"

"You Song people are going to sell us... If the information is given to you, you will leave us alone."

Li Xia said: "I won't leave you alone, you give me the information first, and I will try to rescue you."

"No...you lied to me...you save me first, I have to ask the young master to know if I can trust you."

Li Xia frowned, and said displeasedly: "How can I get you out? It took a lot of hard work for me to get in."

Yang Xiong said: "I don't care, don't take me for a fool to deceive."

The two looked at each other for a while.

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Li Xia finally sighed and stood up.

He left the small black room and walked to the end of the corridor, only to see Lu Fengtai standing there with his hands up and down.

"how?"

Li Xia said: "I have gained his trust, and I can do it tonight."

"That's right." Lu Fengtai smiled and said: "If you really tell him sincerely, he will be suspicious instead. It is precisely because you show that you don't want to save him that he will force you to take him out."

"It's the fastest way, I'm too lazy to talk to him."

"Let's go, I'll show you something."

"what?"

"Don't you want a house?"

……

This is a small courtyard, facing Chenghuang Temple to the west, Xiaoyaojin to the north, and the busy city not far to the south, but it is quiet amidst the noise.

Lu Fengtai took Li Xia to look around, and said: "How is it? You can practice martial arts in this courtyard, and the big bathtub can be placed in that room, and a few chickens are raised there to lay eggs. will come into the house."

Li Xia took a look and saw that although the house was not big, Lu Fengtai really had a heart.

"Very satisfied, Xie Dutou."

Lu Fengtai said: "My brother, you don't need to see outsiders. Once you are satisfied, I will start to apply for the house deed. After this errand is finished, you can move in... How do you say it? Those who have permanent property have perseverance. You stay in Huaiyou to work, how can you do without a place to stay?"

He patted Li Xia's arm, and said another sentence earnestly.

"However...you are a pragmatic person, which is a good thing, but you have to know that these are just things outside your body. As a man in this world, you should still focus on merit, understand?"

Li Xia looked sideways, and saw Lu Fengtai's eyes were sincere, and the last reminder was obviously sincere.

Then he cupped his hands and said: "Xie Du heads up."

"I've said that you don't need to see outsiders. I'm much older than you, and I can be called your big brother..."

When Li Xia left the small house, he looked back and saw an osmanthus tree beside the house, the scenery was quite beautiful.

He secretly smiled in his heart.

"It is said that the Huaiyou army owed their salary for a year, and the Luzhou city defenses have not been repaired for three years, but it seems that they are still very rich..."

~~
That night, the door of the dark room was opened again.

Yang Xiong looked up and saw Li Xia coming in again, he couldn't help feeling extremely happy.

When Li Xia quickly untied the rope on Yang Xiong's body, Yang Xiong cried: "Benevolence, great grace..."

"Shut up, and put on these clothes." Li Xia handed over a package.

Maybe it was because of staying in this dark room for a long time, maybe it was because of the convincing courage in Li Xia's tone, Yang Xiong was very obedient, and quickly changed his clothes.

"You add some sugar and carbohydrates first."

Li Xia threw another small package, opened it, and found steamed buns and sweet cakes inside.

Yang Xiongxin said: "Hey, it's so elegant that people can't understand it, so it's for me to eat."

He was in a hurry to kill him, but now he couldn't help feeling that this benefactor was really meticulous in his work.He was really hungry, so he picked up the steamed bun and gnawed it.

While he was gnawing on the food, Li Xia dragged a stunned guard in from the outside, tied him up with a rope, and gagged the guard's mouth with a cloth wrapped in steamed buns.

"Listen, come out with me, don't panic or scream on the road."

Yang Xiong nodded honestly.

He originally thought that Li Xiajie would fight and kill himself on the way out, but he didn't expect that the matter was so simple, but he had to be convinced.

These Song people are quick-witted and meticulous in their work...

~~
Lu Fengtai stood on the tall building, watching Li Xia take Yang Xiong away, his figure disappeared into the night.

"Dutou, don't you really need to send someone to follow?" Fan San asked in a low voice.

"No need." Lu Fengtai said: "If it is exposed, it will only make Yang Xiong suspect Li Xia."

"But, don't you all think that Li Xia might have a problem?"

"They can't escape. If they want to escape, they must have the cooperation of Nie Zhongyou, and Nie Zhongyou has our eyeliner by his side."

"Yes."

Lu Fengtai sighed slightly, and said again: "Li Xia is a smart person, I really hope he can make a smart choice..."

After a long time, Li Xia came back and walked up the tall building.

"I put Yang Xiong in my house."

Lu Fengtai knew that the home Li Xia mentioned was the house he gave to him today, so he smiled and asked, "Did he say that? Where is Gao Changshou?"

"said."

Lu Fengtai turned his head, the light in his eyes flickered.

"They have a contact method." Li Xia said: "There is a memorial arch in front of the City God Temple, and this mark is engraved on the pillar on the west side of the arch. The next night, Gao Changshou will meet him at Cangzhoupu on the outskirts of the city... I have no chance to ask first. You just took Yang Xiong to make a mark. Tomorrow, as long as you pretend to search for fugitives in the city, Gao Changshou will know that Yang Xiong is out of trouble, and he will go to the appointment at night."

"There are a lot of people at the Town God's Temple, and there are many places where you can see the archway. It seems that it is difficult to catch Gao Changshou when he is looking at the sign?"

"Yes, to catch people in Chenghuang Temple, maybe only one can be caught to see the mark, so it's better to do it in Cangzhoupu."

Lu Fengtai asked again: "Is there any information?"

"The four fugitives are Gao Changshou, in his twenties, with a slender stature; Gao Mingyue, Gao Changshou's younger sister, 16 years old, these two siblings are outstanding in appearance, they should be easy to recognize when they show up, and they must have been hiding all the time.

The other two were retainers of the Gao family, one named Baicangshan, a literati in his forties, and the other named Erzi, a short and strong man in his 30s. "

Lu Fengtai finally got the news, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "These barbarians are named either Longevity or Mingyue, Cangshan or Erhai, they don't care."

He thought for a while, and then said: "Then do it tomorrow night, when you take Yang Xiong to Cangzhoupu, wait for Gao Changshou and the others to come out, we will take them down in one fell swoop..."

(End of this chapter)