In the Lu family's residence, women's complaints could be heard early on.
"After all, you are a boss, but how long have you not given money to the family? You only ask me to ask for it. You said there is no salary from the boss. A few days ago, Cui'er saw you inviting those men to dinner at the Feilou. I originally
I don’t want to talk about you, but tell me honestly, why did you ask my brother to borrow another three hundred guan? Are you raising fans outside?!"
"There is a business that requires money, and it will take a few days for the boss to pay for it, so I will let my brother-in-law turn around first."
As Lu Fengtai spoke, he sighed, took out a deed from his arms, handed it to his wife, and said, "Give it back to my brother-in-law for me."
"A house? Why did you buy a house? And you said you don't want to raise fans? Lu Fengtai, you bastard..."
"They say it's tolerance, tolerance, used to attract talents..."
"You are a wolf-hearted person. You eat my parents' family, drink from my parents' family, and even ask my brother to borrow money to support your fantou..."
"Stop it!"
After a while, crying started to sound, and Lu Fengtai comforted him in a low voice: "Okay, I really didn't lie to you."
"I came back so late last night. I didn't even take off my coat. I went to bed with my clothes on. I woke up so early and had to go out. I didn't have money or food to bring home. You still yelled at me? You yelled at me..."
At this time, someone outside shouted: "Du Tou! Du Tou! The commander is eager to find you..."
Lu Fengtai had no choice but to pat his wife's back gently, turned around and walked out.
…
Half an hour later.
With a "bang" sound, a porcelain bottle hit Lu Fengtai's forehead and cracked all over.
"Can't catch it? Can't catch it."
The speaker's name was Zhang Rongzhi. After throwing out the porcelain vase, he clapped his hands and said coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you Song people are thinking."
Lu Fengtai did not answer, but lowered his head slightly, with veins pulsing on his forehead.
"What? You're not convinced?" Zhang Rongzhi said again, "If you're not convinced, kill me. Then I, the Mongolian Kingdom, will send its troops south. Let's see how long you can hold back."
Lu Fengtai just wanted to raise his head and speak.
"spit!"
Zhang Rongzhi spat on his nose.
Lu Fengtai lowered his head again, only to see that his fingers were shaking violently.
"Coward, if you can't get things done and you don't dare to say anything, what's the use of living?"
"Zhang Jun, please calm down. We will definitely recover these fugitives and return them to your country. Please give them two more days of grace." He Dingpian, the commander of the Luzhou Army, said with a smile.
"Yeah?"
"sure."
Zhang Rongzhi snorted coldly and said proudly: "Next time, don't let me talk to you losers in person."
He Ding said: "Yes, yes, the envoy will be back in two days."
Zhang Rongzhi stared at Lu Fengtai for a while, cursed "trash", and then waved his hand.
"Go away. If you don't see anyone in two days, you will all die..."
He Dingru was granted amnesty and pulled Lu Fengtai away quickly.
When he walked onto the long street, He Ding turned around and saw that the saliva on Lu Fengtai's face had not been wiped off, and sighed: "Just wipe it off, do you really want to spit on it?"
Lu Fengtai was a little depressed and said: "This little humiliation is nothing compared to the humiliation that the Song Dynasty suffered."
"Sigh." He Ding sighed, "The shame of Jingkang makes people feel heartbroken when they think about it, but in this situation, it's time to be cautious again. Do you know who this Rongzhi is?"
"Traitor."
"We can't call him a traitor. He was born in the Jin Kingdom and surrendered to Mongolia early. He has never been favored by me, the Great Song Dynasty. How can we expect him to help us? On the contrary, his Zhang family is very powerful in Mongolia, and he secretly works with the Great Song Dynasty.
Song smuggled trade and did not want Mongolia to invade the south. Even the envoys had to give his family some thin noodles.
This time Gao Changshou sneaked into the Zhang family, intending to go north to kidnap Gao Qiong. On the way, he happened to encounter Wu Lianghetai, a Mongolian general who destroyed the Dali Kingdom. He attempted to assassinate Gao Changshou, but failed. The Zhang family was anxious to capture Gao Changshou in order to
To eliminate the anger of Wu Liang Hetai. If not, maybe the Zhang family will say that it was me, the Song Dynasty, who instigated it.
Mongolia was just looking for an excuse to go south. Didn't this give them a handle? These Dali people acted recklessly and caused a catastrophe, but they want me, the Song Dynasty, to bear the consequences? I don't care whether you let Gao Changshou escape on purpose last night
.Catch the person back, do you understand?"
Lu Fengtai said: "Commander, I really didn't mean it..."
"No need to say it." He Ding said: "Capture the person. The envoy also attaches great importance to this matter, and Zhang Rongzhi is not trying to scare us."
"yes……"
When He Ding walked away, Lu Fengtai still stood there with his hands folded. After a long time, he turned around, straightened his back, and walked towards the teahouse behind Taiping Inn.
Looking from the teahouse, I saw Li Xia exercising tirelessly in the courtyard of the inn again, as if he had endless physical strength.
Lu Fengtai knew that Li Xia was not physically strong, but had a strong will.
"Dutou." Fan San came up and said, "They didn't leave overnight last night. They rested in the inn all night. I kept watching them."
Lu Fengtai asked: "Is Nie Ping back?"
"No."
"Where are the people from the Anglophone Society?"
"They all dispersed. They probably really don't know where Gao Changshou has gone."
Lu Fengtai said: "Well, it's impossible for Nie Zhongyu to tell them this kind of thing."
"How about we arrest Nie Zhongyu directly?"
"We can't catch him. His backers are bigger than ours."
Fan San was silent, thinking that he could catch him, but he would have to kill all the others... But the problem was that Nie Ping escaped, and he couldn't hide it in the end.
Lu Fengtai asked: "Did Li Xia go out for a run this morning?"
"No." Fan San said: "Do you mean to arrest him and interrogate him? We can just lock him in the dark room he arranged. Maybe we can find out something."
"Well, once they have someone alone, we'll do it."
Lu Fengtai said and sighed: "But I think only Nie Zhongyou knows where Gao Changshou is. There are only two possibilities. One is that Gao Changshou went south to join Lu Wende; the other is that he is hiding somewhere and waiting to meet Nie Zhongyou.
Let’s join together and plan to go north again.”
"Going north again? How dare he?"
"Last night, the commander sent cavalry to search in all directions, but not a single person was seen. This means that it is probably the second situation. Then there is still a chance. They walked north from Luzhou and went everywhere before crossing the Huaihe River.
They are all our people, and we can take down Gao Changshou as soon as he shows up."
"Yes, as long as they are still in Huaiyou, they can't escape."
Lu Fengtai murmured: "I don't understand, just like this, how can Nie Zhongyu dare to go north..."
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"We can't go north yet." Li Xia said while doing push-ups.
Nie Zhongyou asked: "Why?"
"Lu Fengtai knows that Gao Changshou was rescued by us, and that their sphere of influence extends from Luzhou to the north, and he is monitoring him all the way."
Nie Zhongyou said: "They dare not take action."
Li Xia said: "What happened after crossing the Huaihe River? We crossed the Huaihe River and were killed by the Mongols. Your backers can't blame them."
"After crossing the Huaihe River, we will have a new identity."
"No, it's too hasty. The whole journey is under the eyes of others. There is not enough time for us to change our identities."
"What do you mean?"
Li Xia stopped, stood up, raised his head, looked at the teahouse, and said: "They don't dare to take action, then let's do it..."