Li Xia turned his head and looked in the direction of Zangzhoupu.
At this time, Lu Fengtai had been chasing the boat for more than half an hour, and was far away from the starting point.
Li Xia calculated that time was almost up and answered Lu Fengtai.
"Yang Xiong did not board the boat. He dived into the water and escaped when he was boarding the boat."
"Haha not bad."
A member of the Yinglue Society named "Wu Zong" laughed and said: "I hid in the boat from the beginning. When Yang Xiong entered the water, I stood up, making you think there were five people in the boat, hahahaha
…”
Lu Fengtai's face grew colder and he ignored this idiot and followed Li Xia's gaze to look into the distance.
"Where is Gao Changshou? Are you coming tonight?"
"Here we come." Li Xia said: "The sign Yang Xiong made was to inform Gao Changshou to meet at home. I told you half an hour earlier and asked these righteous men to distract you. Now, Nie Ping should have met Gao Changshou and the others.
Let’s meet and leave Luzhou on a fast horse. You can’t catch up.”
Lu Fengtai pressed his forehead reluctantly and asked in a hoarse voice: "When did you contact these idle men from the Yinglue Society?"
"It was Nie Zhongyou who contacted me." Li Xia said slowly, "I am not familiar with them either. I have only met Feng Langzhong, Ma Daxia and Wu Daxia once. Miss Feng and Liu Daxia are also the first
See you next time...all the righteous men are generous people."
After Li Xia said this, he nodded to everyone on the boat as a greeting.
"Nie Zhongyou?" Lu Fengtai said, "After you made the agreement with me, you clearly did not discuss it with Nie Zhongyou."
"Yes." Li Xia said: "But I had a plan with Nie Zhongyou from the very beginning. I judged that you might have captured a remnant of the Gao family, and I also told him that I might pretend to join you."
"Unlikely, how did you know I would recruit you?"
"I deliberately let Bai Mao steal things on the street in order to tell you all my experiences through Bai Mao's mouth, so that you would think that I am doing a good job and have a bad relationship with Nie Zhongyou, so that you can try to recruit me.
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Nie Zhongyou knows all this. He knows that Bai Mao has no backbone and will definitely say anything. We also know that there are your spies in the team watching us, so the specific details of the operation are passed on through notes."
"Oh, you were already plotting against me from the beginning?"
"That's right. When we first met, you patted Lin Zi on the shoulder, and I could tell that you were... quite enthusiastic."
Lu Fengtai looked complicated and said: "Nie Zhongyou pretended to be ill to see Feng Miaoshou and asked them to impersonate the remaining members of the Gao family. Before you even met Yang Xiong, you already expected that I would agree to your plan?"
"Yes, you have a deadline for this case, so you can't afford to delay it, right?"
"Nie Ping goes out to prostitutes every day in order to paralyze us so that he can get rid of surveillance tonight and meet Gao Changshou?"
"right."
"It shouldn't be." Lu Fengtai shook his head and said, "You shouldn't be able to cooperate so well. Nie Zhongyou can't possibly trust you so much."
"He still trusts me a little more than you do. For example, he didn't send anyone to monitor me."
"Why? Why did you help him but not me?"
Lu Fengtai seemed to be very frustrated, and his eyes looked vaguely like a resentful woman.
"There are many reasons." Li Xia said.
As he said this, he looked back and saw a group of people coming towards this side holding torches. It was Nie Zhongyou, Lin Zi and the others.
Then there was no need to delay any more time. Li Xia was too lazy to say anything for many reasons, so he added another sentence casually.
"The most important thing is that my father is still in Nie Zhongyou's hands."
Lu Fengtai was stunned and murmured: "But I have already sent people to Lin'an..."
"You lied to me. You didn't send anyone to Lin'an, did you?"
"how do you know?"
"The house you gave me didn't even leave a room for my father."
Lu Fengtai said: "Because I know that Nie Zhongyou will not really kill your father."
"Well, you are a good boss." Li Xia said, "But I have to put my father first. I am a filial son."
Lu Fengtai was silent for a while.
Dutiful son?
He could clearly feel that Li Xia didn't care about his father at all and was just dealing with it casually.
——It can’t be just to comfort yourself? Or is the other reason too ugly?
…
Nie Zhongyou had already walked in front of them.
Li Xia turned his head and said: "If you don't come to save us, I will really take refuge in Lu Dutou to save my life."
Nie Zhongyou was quite rude and did not answer. He just stood in front of Li Xia, blocking him and looking directly at Lu Fengtai.
"Leave the people to me." Lu Fengtai sighed: "Gao Changshou can't change the situation in the southwest, and neither can Gao Qiong. You know, brothers Gao Taixiang and Gao Taihe are dead, what can their descendants do?"
Nie Zhongyou said: "Then tell me, who can change the situation in the southwest?"
Lu Fengtai was silent for a moment and said: "What happened is what has happened, and no one can undo it. The only reason to blame is that the Dali Kingdom failed to live up to expectations. By the time the court got the news, it had already been destroyed."
"Okay, what about the southwest defense line? What should I do when the Song Dynasty is attacked from both sides? Where can I buy war horses?"
"But there is really no point in doing this! It will only do bad things..."
"Then tell me what to do?!"
Lu Fengtai shook his head and said: "It's useless to talk more. I want to take these people back for trial."
He pointed at the five people from the Yinglue Society on the boat, then pointed at Li Xia, and shouted: "Take it down!"
"Wait a minute."
Nie Zhongyou also shouted loudly, took out a warrant, and showed it in front of Lu Fengtai's eyes.
"I went north this time for more than just the Gao family."
Lu Fengtai squinted his eyes and looked at the warrant with some contempt, but there was also reluctance in his eyes.
He approached Nie Zhongyou, lowered his voice, and said coldly: "You are not a good person..."
As these two people faced each other, someone on the other side of the boat became impatient.
"Lu Fengtai, this is the 'Luyang Swordsman' Ma Qiuyang. If you want to catch me, just release the horse to catch me!"
"I, Feng Miaoshou, will accompany you to the end!"
"Count me in as the 'Smart Walking God' Wu Zong!"
This impassioned cry was also mixed with a soft female voice, slightly shy.
"Dad, is that the Li Xiaoguan you mentioned..."
Lu Fengtai looked sideways and glanced at Ma Qiuyang's face.
This Luyang swordsman is playing the role of Gao Changshou tonight. He has a slender figure, but his long, pockmarked face cannot be called outstanding in appearance.
When Lu Fengtai saw this long face, he thought of Ma Qiuyang's brother, who was the deputy commander in the army. It was precisely because of this kind of support that such idle men could hang out together all day long and cause great trouble tonight.
As for Feng Miaoshou, he used to be a military officer. Not only did he have friendship with Nie Zhongyou, he also saved the life of Du Xianggong's son...
Moreover, after all, it is not appropriate to make public the matter of capturing Dali people and handing them over to the Mongolians. It’s easy to talk about it if you catch them. But if you don’t catch them, if you pursue people like Yinglue Society again, I’m afraid there will be a big mess...
Lu Fengtai weighed these things in his mind, finally closed his eyes and ordered: "Let them go."
"Let's go." Nie Zhongyu said, waving to the five people on the boat, turned around and walked towards the city.
…
The night wind bent the reeds and carried the previous conversation to Lu Fengtai's ears.
"Thank you, Father Feng, for helping me this time."
"Silang, there is no need to be polite. As a citizen of the Song Dynasty, I have a duty to fight against the Mongolian Tatars."
"Yes, it's obligatory! Some people always want to sell their comrades who fight side by side. They do all these dirty things all day long."
"Damn, I killed Grandpa Yue before, and then I made Yu Dushuai angry to death. Now of course they feel at ease selling some foreigners."
"Huh, let him try so hard, but it's all in vain."
"..."
Among the team, only the young man in white clothes and holding a sword never spoke much. His appearance was meaningful, but he also had a sense of alienation that had nothing to do with him...