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Chapter 12 Inglés

That night, Fan San returned to Lu Fengtai and reported carefully.

"When Li Xia came out of the Taiping Inn, he first found a weapon shop in the city, bought a long sword for twelve guan, and chatted with people at the door of the weapon shop for a long time."

Lu Fengtai asked tirelessly: "Who are you talking to?"

Fan Sandao: "The idlers in the Yinglue Club always wander around the weapon shop, and when they meet someone buying weapons, they go up and invite them to join the club..."

Yinglue Society is one of the folk martial arts organizations that has been passed down for a long time in the Song Dynasty. Since the signing of the "Chanyuan Alliance" more than 250 years ago, the people of the Song Dynasty have a high sense of pride in protecting their families and the country, and they form associations to practice martial arts. Su Dongpo called this atmosphere "Wear a bow and hoe, wear a sword and woodcutter".

Although in the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, folk martial arts practice was banned because of the uprisings... But in the past 20 years, Mongolia has repeatedly invaded the south, and the trend of folk martial arts has risen again, and loyal and brave fighters have fought against it one after another.

In short, although the Song Dynasty has always been bullied by foreign enemies since the founding of the country, it was due to various reasons from the court, and the people of the Song Dynasty did not bear this "weak" evaluation.

Lu Fengtai was also acquainted with the people from the Yinglue Society in Luzhou City, and asked, "Has Li Xia joined the Yinglue Society?"

"No." Fan San said: "But he competed with the 'Luyang swordsman' Ma Qiuyang, and Ma Qiuyang said that he has excellent swordsmanship, and he is an unborn young hero."

"Fuck Luyang swordsman, he's a rascal." Lu Fengtai asked, "What else are we talking about?"

"Li Xia is very strange. He doesn't seem to know much about the customs of the market, and he seems very cautious. He asked whether he would violate the "Song Xingtong" for buying swords, and asked if there was a curfew. In addition, Feng Langzhong of Xinghuatang asked him if he was married. Marry his daughter to him, but he shook his head and refused..."

Lu Fengtai muttered softly: "Just looking at his looks, Feng Miaoshou's daughter really isn't good enough for him."

"Later, after Li Xia got acquainted with these people, he asked them if they had seen any unfamiliar faces in the city recently, and asked them to tell him if they encountered anyone with a strange accent."

"It's useless. If I could find those fugitives in this way, I would have found them a long time ago... What will happen next?"

"He bought some food and books, and went back to Changfeng Lane, where he practiced martial arts."

"Practice martial arts?"

"so……"

Fan San squatted down, kicked his feet backwards, lowered his upper body and propped it up, and then jumped up quickly.

"I tried it too. It looks simple but it's tiring. That kid is amazing. I can see that he's very tired but he doesn't stop. If he doesn't have great perseverance, ordinary people really can't do what he does."

"Then?"

"After practicing, he sat at the tea stand at the entrance of Changfeng Alley and ate. He gave the vendor a few copper coins, but he ate the milk and eggs he brought. After eating, he read a book."

"what book?"

"I have already bought a copy of "Three Dynasties and Northern Leagues."

Fan San took out a book from his pocket and put it on Lu Fengtai's case, and continued talking.

"When it was dark, he fell asleep on the tea stall. After the stall was closed, he took a pee in Changfeng Alley before returning to the inn."

"Where's the urine?"

"I asked Feng Sheng to keep an eye on that place to see if anyone contacted him through urine stains at night..."

Lu Fengtai thought for a long time without speaking.

Until a few more men came back and reported the whereabouts of the caravan guard that Nie Zhongyou had secretly sent out.

"That man's name is Nie Ping, a distant brother of Nie Zhongyou, who is in charge of the imperial army. He sneaked out of the inn today and went to the Zhucui Tower in the city...whoring, and returned to the inn before dark. But he We were extremely alert along the way, and we almost lost track several times."

"visit a prostitute?"

"Yes."

"Is it really just whoring? Didn't you sneak out of the Zhucui Tower?"

"I'm sure, he was in the Zhucui Tower from the beginning to the end. We asked the prostitute, and Nie Ping told him everything about himself."

Lu Fengtai took a few steps and asked, "Fan San, what do you think?"

"There are two possibilities. One is that Nie Zhongyou sent Li Xia to contact the fugitives, and Nie Ping sneaked out just for whoring; the other is that Li Xia is a cover-up, and Nie Ping was looking for an opportunity. won't really do anything."

"I'm asking what you think."

"Nie Ping." Fan San said: "Nie Ping is the one who will really contact fugitives. Of course, we can keep an eye on both of them..."

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The next day.

Li Xia got up early and ran around Luzhou City.

He finally got more freedom.

After he left the death row and unshackled his body, this time, he was free to leave Nie Zhongyou's sight and move outside.

He also thought about whether to take the opportunity to escape and stop going north with Nie Zhongyou to take risks.

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

Keeping promises is one thing, but leaving Nie Zhongyou as an official, he can only be a fugitive, which is a worse choice.

So, the question now is, how to find those people from Dali?
……

After morning exercise and eating, Li Xia pulled the sleepy Bai Mao up.

"Take you around town."

Bai Mao didn't know about Dali Gao's affairs at all, thinking that staying in Luzhou City was just for rest, rubbing his eyes and complaining non-stop after getting up.

"Liu Jinsuo's snoring is too crazy. If I didn't do it for my mother, I would really go away. There is no reason to suffer this. The life-locking golden gun, oh, it really locked my life..."

As if Li Xia had never heard of it, she led Bai Mao all the way to Changfeng Lane.

He kept looking around at the crowd nearby.Then, he took out the bronze medal from his pocket and held it up high.

"How about we watch a sideshow over there, and then go to a restaurant for a meal... I said why don't you leave?" Bai Mao asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Xia didn't answer, and said, "Want to eat in a restaurant? Do you have money?"

"You haven't?"

"I do not have."

Bai Mao rolled his eyes and said with a grin: "It's not difficult to be rich, but is it possible?"

"Someone is covering us, what are we afraid of?"

"Heh, then it's settled...but what are you doing standing here holding this?"

Li Xia didn't answer again, this bad habit seemed to be infected from Nie Zhongyou.

After looking around for a while, he seemed to have discovered something, put down his hand, and put the bronze medal in his arms.

"Let's go."

After walking with Bai Mao for a while, Li Xia suddenly said in a low voice: "Nie Zhongyou has something to do with bringing you out today... Did you see that guy over there wearing a short skirt?"

"I saw it."

"Don't you think it's strange? He is stepping on broken straw sandals, but he has a purse hanging from his waist."

Bai Mao whispered: "It's a little strange."

"Go, steal him..."

After instructing Bai Mao, Li Xia took a few steps back, walked to the side of the street and stood there, continuing to scan the pedestrians on the street.

His eyes had a sharpness that didn't match his age, like a goshawk looking for its prey.

Suddenly, someone shouted from the other side of the street: "Thief?!"

"Come on, there are thieves!"

Li Xia turned her head and took a look, and saw that the man in the short skirt of coarse cloth had tightly grasped Bai Mao's hand and was yelling loudly.

Not far away, there are a few policemen rushing here.

With only a quick glance, Li Xia withdrew his gaze and scanned the pedestrians on the street again...

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"Steal something!"

"Catch him!"

Several policemen rushed forward and grabbed Bai Mao, causing the scene to become chaotic.

"I'm wronged, I didn't steal from him, I just accidentally bumped into him, really!"

Bai Mao yelled, and then yelled towards the sky: "Go back and call your brothers to save me, I was wronged..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Take people back!"

"..."

Among the crowd, Fan San watched this scene, and gave his companion Feng Sheng a wink, signaling him to report this matter to Lu Fengtai immediately...

(End of this chapter)