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Chapter 23 Farewell
After seeing Yuan Jie, the first thing Lu Fengtai did was to ride his horse out of the city and set foot on the official road to the north of Luzhou city.

He galloped against the wind, exhaled the depression in his chest, ran for a long time, and finally saw Nie Zhongyou's team paying taxes and crossing the bridge by the Chu River.

"Brother Nie, Brother Li."

Lu Feng got off his horse and stepped forward, seeing Li Xia and Nie Zhongyou standing beside the carriage.

Nie Zhongyou turned his head and said, "Why are you here?"

Lu Fengtai patted the arms of the two of them, and said in a low voice: "I have met Yuan Jie, as you expected, he did not pursue the matter, and even promoted me to commander. I came here to tell you, so that you don't worry about it."

Nie Zhongyou usually had a tense face, but now he finally relaxed, obviously he was genuinely happy for Lu Fengtai, but he still restrained his words, and said, "That's good, as long as you're fine."

However, Li Xia didn't respond, as if it had nothing to do with him, maybe it was no surprise as expected, or maybe he didn't think about it at all.

Nie Zhongyou said again: "You still shouldn't have come. Since Yuan Jie asked He Ding to arrest Gao Changshou, it can be seen that he has friendship with the Zhang family in the north. If he doesn't pursue this matter on the surface, there will be suspicion in his heart. You come to meet him." Send it, if you let him know, there is no guarantee that he will not embarrass you in the future."

"It's okay, it's more important to give you a ride than to please these high-ranking officials."

After Lu Fengtai finished speaking, he looked at Nie Zhongyou, then at Li Xia, and after deliberating for a while, said: "Brother Li, there is something I shouldn't have said. But...

Let's put it this way, Brother Nie really needs your help to bring you north, if I try to poach someone from him again, it will be extremely unkind.But in my opinion, you might as well stay in Huaixi and join the army if you are driven by powerful ministers and traitors.

Brother Nie, I persuaded you with this sentence back then. Since the Southward Crossing, the Forbidden Army has become a cumbersome army for important officials in the court to gain favor and benefit.When we meet this time, I still say the same..."

Nie Zhongyou interrupted him by raising his hand, "You can't persuade me."

"That's good." Lu Fengtai turned to Li Xia, and asked solemnly: "Even if it's inappropriate to say something, I still have to ask, Brother Li is so young and talented, if he is willing to join the army, he will be able to shine sooner or later. It's a pity to go north and take risks. Would you like to stay in the Luzhou Army?"

As Lu Fengtai said, it's not kind to poach people face to face, not to mention that Nie Zhongyou's journey to the north is very dangerous, and if one less person is brought along, one less help will be lost.

However, he still said it.

Not only did he say it, he was also very sincere.

"I didn't recruit you for my own sake. It's a pity that you are so young. It's a pity that you are lost in the north. As I said, you are a good talent in the rough. In the future, you may become a famous general of the Song Dynasty like Yu Dushuai. If so, it will be a blessing for the Song Dynasty... ...All in all, these abrupt remarks are all because the country cherishes talents, and Brother Nie is no wonder."

Becoming a famous general sounds like a long way off, but Lu Fengtai is serious about it. Now that he has been promoted to a commander, he intends to train Li Xia in his heart. After that, he will be less dangerous when he enters the battlefield, and his progress will be quicker. Veterans leading recruits may not be able to bring out another famous general for the Song Dynasty.

Although he is a small person with a limited future, he is also willing to give a hand to talented young people.

After hearing this, Nie Zhongyou didn't react too much, and said indifferently: "I don't care what you say, his father is in my hands."

Lu Fengtai turned a deaf ear, just looked at Li Xia and said, "You don't have to worry about this, as long as you are willing to stay."

Li Xia thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "Thank you, but forget it."

In a word, not only Lu Fengtai, but even Nie Zhongyou's eyes flashed with surprise.

"why?"

Li Xia said: "This time, if we do it in a different way, there may be another result. For example, if we first take out the warrant and ask you to hand over Yang Xiong, then maybe He Ding will kill Yang Xiong directly." The warrant is not important, what is important is the situation and how to deal with it. This is Huaiyou, the territory of Yuan Jie, the governor of Huaixi..."

"Deputy, make a deputy envoy." Nie Zhongyou said.

Li Xia ignored him and continued: "In short, the reason why Yuan Jie doesn't pursue it now is because the matter is a foregone conclusion and we have already left. Successful people like to consider the pros and cons when doing things, and they don't do things that are thankless. But if I stay, it will be shameless. If he lets me go, if I don’t go, he can just send me to the Zhang family in the north to explain. Commander Lu, you are a loyal and upright man, and Yuan Jie is willing to use you. You don't have to brush his face because of me."

"A loyal man?" Lu Fengtai smiled wryly, and looked at Li Xia with a slightly different gaze, "How can you think so far at such a young age?"

"My father taught me some ways of dealing with the world." Li Xia said: "In addition, I also promised to go north with me, a gentleman makes a promise."

In fact, Li Xia didn't understand the twists and turns in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. He understood these because people's feelings and sophistication are often interlinked.

In his previous life, he had cooperated with some business favorites in many businesses such as sports brands and clubs, in which intrigues and intrigues were indispensable, and he lost a lot and made a lot of money.

It's just that I didn't expect to make a lot of money, and the first private jet sent him here...

"What a gentleman who keeps his promise." Lu Fengtai said: "Then Lu will wait for your safe return."

Li Xia felt that he had talked too much today, but looking at Lu Fengtai's gaze, after thinking about it, he still talked too much and brought up another matter.

"Depending on the situation, the Mongolian army may soon invade the south..."

"how do you know?"

"Looking at your performance, it shows that you think so in your heart, but you still have illusions and refuse to admit it. As I said before, even if we hand over Gao Changshou, we can't stop this matter."

"but……"

Li Xia said: "Commander Lu, I have a last word for you... If there is any change in the future, please save your useful body and try to serve the country again."

Lu Fengtai was taken aback, seeing that Li Xia's eyes were rarely serious...

He was quite touched in his heart, but he didn't respond. He took out the wine bag and drank a few sips with Nie Zhongyou before he got on his horse and clasped his fists heavily.

"Brothers, there will be a period later!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Fengtai pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and headed towards Luzhou.

It took him half a day to come here, and another half day to go back, and he ran here just to say a few words.

After walking for a while, I encountered Liuqi on the official road coming towards me.

One of them was Nie Ping, and the other five were a handsome young man, a girl with a white scarf, a middle-aged scholar, a short and strong man, and Yang Xiong whom he recognized.

Lu Fengtai naturally knew that this was Gao Changshou and his party that he couldn't find after searching so hard.

He wanted to grab the rein and say something to the other party, but after thinking about it, he just laughed and shouted, and rode straight past.

"People from Dali, how dare you continue to go north after being in such a mess? Hahaha, yes..."

Gao Changshou turned his head and saw that Lu Fengtai had already run far away, and his clothes were blown by the strong wind.

In a hurry, he only had time to respond with four words.

"Why are you afraid?!"

Two groups of people just passed each other, some headed north, some people went south...

In the distance, Li Xia looked back at this scene, and finally muttered something in his heart.

"Weak Song, the first thing I saw was such a group of people..."

(End of this chapter)