Lu Fengtai quickly got the news and responded quickly.
"What's going on? Has the person who was stolen been checked? Is he the fugitive we are looking for?"
"No." Feng Sheng responded: "The man's name is Wu Zong. He just joined the Yinglue Society not long ago. He is very skilled in martial arts and speaks with a stammer. Li Xia must have mistakenly thought that he was from Dali, so he asked people to contact him."
Lu Fengtai was displeased and asked, "Li Xia was able to target Wu Zong just by chatting with the people from Yinglue Society yesterday?"
"But he made a mistake. Wu Zong was not from Dali, but from Chaoxian County, Luzhou."
"I don't care if he got it wrong, why didn't the chat content Fan San told me last night include this?"
"Fan San was not close to Li Xia at first, but it wasn't until Li Xia competed with others that he got closer..."
Lu Fengtai shook his head and said: "No, this can only show that Li Xia is not a simple boy. He has noticed everything you haven't noticed."
"yes."
"What about the thief?"
"My name is Bai Mao. He has been transferred to our side and is still being interrogated..."
Lu Fengtai said: "I will go to the trial myself."
His frown gradually deepened as he strode forward.
When they got to the cell and saw Bai Mao, Lu Fengtai did not look like those fierce men, but showed a gentle expression.
After a while...
Lu Fengtai asked: "You mean, your mother was captured by Nie Zhongyu?"
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, why would he force others to sacrifice their lives like this?" Lu Fengtai sighed, "Don't worry, I will report it to the superiors and send someone to Lin'an Mansion to release your mother. Okay.
?”
Bai Mao was stunned and murmured: "Really?"
"I never lie to heroes and martyrs."
Bai Mao burst into tears of gratitude, kowtowed heavily and said, "I am 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 will definitely do it all."
…
When Lu Fengtai left the cell, he saw Fan San walking up quickly.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you being asked to keep an eye on Li Xia?"
Fan San had a look of shame on his face, lowered his head, cupped his hands and said: "Tou, I lost you..."
"Lost?" Lu Fengtai's expression changed and he asked, "Have you sent someone to look for him quickly?"
"Yes, we have dispersed all the people."
"Oh, what a good Li Xia, what a good Nie Zhongyou."
Fan San said: "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, one of his subordinates came over in a hurry and said, "We found Li Xia."
"where?"
"He returned to Taiping Inn and asked Nie Zhongyou to come to the county government office to provide guarantee for Bai Mao. He wanted to bail out Bai Mao..."
After Lu Fengtai heard this, he smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly and shook his head, the look of contemplation in his eyes getting stronger.
That evening, he returned to the teahouse behind Taiping Inn again. Looking around, he could see Li Xia jumping around and making strange movements in the guest house, and a little girl sitting on the stone table.
Peel the eggs.
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 stood up, patted Bai Mao's shoulder and walked out of the inn.
Lu Fengtai thought for a while and ordered Fan San to continue staring at the inn from the teahouse while he stood up and walked out...
~~
There is a lake in the north of Luzhou City called "Xiaoyaojin". During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan here and shocked the world.
Li Xia passed by this place while jogging in the morning and thought the scenery here was quite beautiful, so he came for a walk in the evening.
He stood by the lake and looked at the glistening water, holding a cucumber in his hand and taking a bite with a "click" sound.
There was a soft "click" sound behind him. Lu Fengtai crushed the fallen leaves on the ground and walked over.
Li Xia glanced sideways at Lu Fengtai, said nothing, and took another bite of cucumber.
"I won't beat around the bush, let's just say it straight." Lu Fengtai said, "Have you found those Dali people?"
"No."
Lu Fengtai said: "I must find them as soon as possible, otherwise this matter may give the Mongols an excuse to invade south. Did you know that the Mongols have provoked many times in the past six months. If all parties had not endured the humiliation and shouldered the burden, Huaiyou might have been ruined long ago?"
Li Xia finished the last bite of cucumber, reached into his arms, took out the bronze medal, flashed it in front of Lu Fengtai's eyes, and asked, "Do you want it?"
Lu Fengtai was stunned for a moment and then smiled bitterly, but did not reach out to pick it up.
Li Xia said: "Today I was holding this bronze medal on the street. The Gao family in Dali should have seen me. They also saw the officials arresting my companions.
Then it's useless for you to take away this bronze medal, because if they can't see me, they will think that I have been caught by you, and then they will not dare to come out."
Lu Fengtai said: "I heard that you were originally a death row prisoner. It was Nie Zhongyou who brought you out and asked you to do things for him?"
"right."
"Help me?" Lu Fengtai said: "You know that I am right. A few remnants of the Gao family can't accomplish anything at all. And Huaiyou is the main battlefield against Mongolia."
He raised his finger and pointed at Xiaoyao Lake and said: "Luzhou not only has this lake, but also a large lake to the south, Chao Lake. Chao Lake can cut off the Yangtze River in the south, form a corner with the Dabie Mountains in the west, and threaten Jiankang Prefecture in the east.
Once the Mongolian army captures Luzhou, they can train their navy in Chaohu, and the Yangtze River natural moat can no longer block the Mongolian army, and Lin'an can be defeated in a day! But the problem is, the current situation in Huaiyou... I dare to say that once the war starts,
The Huaiyou battlefield was defeated in one battle!"
At this point, Lu Fengtai sighed and said: "Not everyone in the north wants to go south. I can tell you that someone promised the envoy that they would 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 man, you know what is big and what is 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 urgent needs."
Li Xia was silent.
Lu Fengtai said: "I have heard what Bai Mao said. You are not as stubborn as Nie Zhongyou. You know how to choose. You killed two prisoners on death row and killed water bandits on the Yangtze River. I know all this. I
I admire you very much."
As he spoke, he raised his hands toward the sky and suddenly asked, "Do you know that Yu Du is handsome?"
Li Xia shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"When Yu Dushuai was young, he had a quarrel with someone in a teahouse and accidentally pushed the other person to death. So he fled to Huaizuo and took refuge in the court of Zhao Xianggong, who was the envoy of Huaidong system at that time. It was precisely because of Zhao Xianggong's promotion that he repeatedly
He made military exploits, and then guarded Shu, repeatedly defeated the Mongolian army, and supported half of the Song Dynasty in this critical moment!
Li Xia, isn't your situation now like that of Yu Dushuai? You killed someone accidentally and ran away in trouble. But I have told the envoy about your deeds, and he appreciates you very much. If you are willing to join the Huaiyou Army, who knows?
Can’t you become a famous general who protects the country and is powerful in the world one day?”
Lu Fengtai always stared at Li Xia when he spoke, his eyes were sincere and his tone was very contagious.
Li Xia thought about it and seemed a little hesitant.
Lu Fengtai asked again: "Do you know who Lieutenant Lu is behind Nie Zhongyou?"
"I don't know."
"Lu Wende has great military exploits and has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty. But now he is becoming increasingly domineering, taking refuge in traitors, and is greedy. In Jianghuai, the Lu family's properties are spread all over the country, and they are extremely rich. These people say
The situation in the southwest is tense. Can you believe that he misappropriated the Jianghuai army's salary and put the deficit on Dali? I know he didn't accept a gift from the Dali rebels, so he sent people to help, but he ignored national affairs."
Li Xia said: "What you said is too far away from me. I only know that I promised Nie Zhongyu 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 clear your name and let you live upright. Instead of
Forcing you to go north and die."
Li Xia was silent again.
Lu Fengtai advised: "You are still very young. You should serve your country with a useful life instead of giving up your life for some useless things."
Li Xia said: "But my father is still in Nie Zhongyou's hands."
Lu Fengtai smiled when he heard this and said: "Don't worry, Nie Zhongyou is not the only one who has backers in Lin'an Mansion. I will rescue your father."
"Okay." Li Xia responded simply.
"It's refreshing." Lu Fengtai laughed loudly, and the appreciation in his eyes became even stronger.
Through Bai Mao's confession, he already had a deep understanding of Li Xia. He knew that Li Xia was not a mother-in-law and would not talk nonsense.
As expected, Li Xia put the bronze medal into his arms, took a few steps, and started talking.
"I think the rest of the Gao family will definitely be watching the house in Changfeng Lane, waiting for Nie Zhongyou to send someone to meet them. So I stayed there yesterday, and today I displayed this sign nearby.
I let Bai Mao be captured on purpose, firstly to alert Gao, and secondly to create chaos and find an opportunity to get rid of the stalker. But I originally thought that Gao would contact me after I got rid of the stalker.
,The strange thing is that they didn’t..."
Lu Fengtai didn't ask if this was true or false, he showed enough trust in Li Xia.
"I can create another opportunity for you tomorrow to make Mr. Gao think that you are not being monitored."
"No, this is too false. You should continue to send people to monitor me, and I will try to escape myself." Li Xia shook his head and said: "As long as they are still in the city, I believe they will have seen me showing the bronze medal.
Will contact me."
"They must still be in the city." Lu Fengtai said: "But I'm afraid we won't have enough time. This case has a time limit."
Li Xia frowned slightly and asked, "Why do you conclude that they are in the city?"
Lu Fengtai did not answer, but asked: "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. Currently, I only know that five members of the Gao family in Dali fled to Luzhou."
"Four."
"Four?"
Lu Fengtai thought for a while, looked into Li Xia's eyes, and finally said: "I have captured one, and there are only four left at large, so I dare to say that they are still in the city..."