When Li Qing returned to Dingzhou City from Shanglinli, the two battalions of Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion each had 6,000 cavalry, and the two infantry battalions of the Qi Nian Division, which had just returned to Dingzhou and had not breathed their breath, immediately embarked on the journey and pounced on their respective targets, Luofeng County and Changqi County in Luzhou. Although these two infantry battalions were infantry, in order to be able to keep up with the pace of the two cavalry battalions, they were equipped with pack horses, and they had fought against the barbarians for many years.

The elite of Dingzhou has rushed to the border of Luzhou, and at this time, Luzhou did not realize that the border conflict was about to start, because of the disappearance of Lu Zhaoting, which caused an uproar in Luzhou, Lu Ran searched for Lu Zhaoting all over the place, and knew that the big thing was not good, while sending people to report to Xu Hongwei, the marshal of Luzhou, and at the same time sending people to Pegasus to rush back to Yanzhou, the core of Lu's rule, to Lu Fengshi, the patriarch of the Lu clan, and Lu Fengchun, the father of Lu Zhaoting.

Xu Hongwei was also shocked when he heard the news, Lu Zhaoting's status was precious, if something happened to his territory, the Lu family became angry, but a catastrophe came, while urgently ordering people to block the road and set up checkpoints, while sending a large number of people to carry out a carpet search in Lulong and the surrounding areas, he was busy for a few days, except for sweeping away some of Lu Long's scoundrels, he found nothing. As everyone knows, Wang Qi and his entourage went out of the city that night, and as soon as they got out of the city, these well-trained spies were allowed to fly in the sky, and the sea was wide and the fish swam, and their traces could still be found there, and when Lu Long was still searching in vain, Lu Zhaoting had already been taken to the small black house of the Dingzhou Statistical Survey Department.

Lu Fengchun rushed to Lu Long on the tenth day of Lu Zhaoting's disappearance, and his arrival made Xu Hongwei a little scared, Lu Fengchun was the core figure of the Lu family, and he would not go out of Yanzhou easily, and his arrival showed that the Lu family attached great importance to this matter.

"Master Lu, something happened to me in the court, I'm very sorry." Xu Hongwei said sincerely.

Lu Fengchun is just in his early fifties, his well-maintained skin and the unique temperament of the family make him look younger, although his son's disappearance for no reason makes him anxious, but the profound qi cultivation skills make him not show the slightest expression on his face, seeing Xu Hongwei a little panicked, Lu Fengchun turned over and comforted: "Xu Shuai, don't worry, the person who can quietly tie up Zhaoting must have a deep background, such a character has his own sense of proportion, and he must not hurt Zhaoting's surname at will, otherwise you need to know that there is no impermeable wall in the world, Once the Lu clan knows, it will definitely be a thunderous blow to them, and the tragedy of the revenge is not something they can bear, so I dare to assert that although Zhaoting is missing, there will be no worries about his life in a short period of time. ”

"That being said, but the court is missing from me, I always find it difficult to protect the responsibility, Lord Lu lost his beloved son, my heart is really uneasy!" Xu Hongwei said and Lu Fengchun smiled: "Xu Shuai relax, no matter what the other party's purpose is, now that so many days have passed, I think there should be news, I don't know what Xu Shuai has here?" ”

Xu Hongwei shook his head and said: "It's unbelievable, the Gu Si silver shop where the son of Zhao Ting had an accident is a famous store in my Lu Long, the owner Chen Gong is also a long-sleeved and good dancer in Lu Long, since he came to Lu Long, he has run a law, and his wealth is extensive, and he is a wide range of industries in my Luzhou, after the accident, I deducted the property under this person's name, not counting the servants and maids he bought in recent years, only those real estate and some other businesses have a share, rough estimates, this person's net worth is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, who is this person, can actually let go of such a huge amount of property and leave categorically, Xu can't think of it even if he wants to break his head. Their purpose for kidnapping Terdinko is also puzzling. ”

When Lu Fengchun heard this, he was even more shocked in his heart, such a huge amount of property said that he didn't want it, and that party was definitely not asking for money, so there was only one possibility left, political kidnapping, who would kidnap him? Lu Fengchun's mind turned a few forces in an instant, the most feared is the Dongfang Zeng clan, if the Dongfang Zeng clan has a judgment on the strategic goal of the Lu clan, and will kidnap according to the court, then his son's surname will be difficult to protect, the Lu army is ready to attack, it may attack at any time, and it will definitely not stop because his son falls into the hands of the other party, as soon as the war between the two sides starts, the first person to die must be according to the court.

was worried in his heart, but his face was silent, and he got up and said goodbye to Xu Hongwei, "I have to ask Xu Shuai to bother more!" ”

Xu Hongwei got up to see off the guests, "Please Lord Lu go to the post house to rest first, I have been increasing my strength to find the traces of the son, as soon as there is news, I will immediately inform the lord." ”

Back at the post house, Lu Fengchun immediately summoned Lu Zhaoting's personal guard, Lu Ran.

"What did Tetsu tell everyone to go to the Guji Silver Store for?" At this time, Lu Fengchun had lost his previous calmness, and his blue face and gloomy eyes indicated that he would explode at any time.

Lu Ran knelt down in front of Lu Fengchun, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and said: "Master, that day we accompanied Gongzi to Gusi Silver Store to buy jade, the owner of the silver shop Chen Gong said to Gongzi that he had this thing, but he never dared to make a move, if Gongzi is interested, but go to him at night, he is willing to sell the capital to Gongzi, and said that Xu Dashuai must not let Xu Dashuai know, after Gongzi saw this picture, he took Lu Hao and Lu Zheng out at night, leaving only me to pretend to be Gongzi, and stay in Gongzi's room to confuse the officials of the post house, that knows, that knows, Childe has been gone and has not been heard from again! ”

took the drawing from Lu Ran's hand and glanced at it, Lu Fengchun was also taken aback, "Teng Long Pei?" ”

"The lord also knows about this? I only knew that after the son took a look at it, his face changed greatly, and he returned in a hurry! ”

Lu Fengchun sighed: "No wonder the court was fooled, it turned out to be using Tenglong Pei as bait, I'm afraid that it was me at the time, and I can't help it, forget Lu Ran, you get up!" Lu Fengchun sat down dejectedly.

"Master, what should I do with my son?" Lu Ran cried and said.

"What to do? Now we can only wait. and other news, no matter what the other party's purpose is, the news will be revealed. Lu Fengchun said.

Lu Fengchun didn't wait long, so he waited for the news that shocked him, Dingzhou brazenly sent troops and attacked the two border counties of Luzhou, Luo Feng and Changqi. When Lu Fengchun hurried to Xu Hongwei's mansion, he happened to run into the magistrate and a group of officials who had fled back from Luo Feng and Changqi.

"Dashuai spares his life!" Several fugitive officers knelt on the ground and cried, "The Dingzhou cavalry suddenly attacked, we were really caught off guard, Dashuai!" ”

Xu Hongwei said solemnly: "What a surprise, thousands of cavalry attacked, the sound of horses' hooves can be heard miles away, what are you doing, won't even the city gate be closed?" Will their horses be able to climb the city? Or did they all grow wings and flew up to your city wall, greedy for life and afraid of death, they obviously fled when they heard the wind, and gave up the two counties, and they dared to beg for life here with a cheeky face, come on, drag them out, cut them down! ”

The wolf-like guards pounced up, grabbed a group of officials who were paralyzed on the ground and left, Xu Hongwei was angry, kicked the big case hatefully, and looked at Lu Fengchun, "Lord Lu, let you see the joke!" ”

Lu Fengchun asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Dingzhou?" ”

Xu Hongwei said hatefully: "This group of waste snacks, seeing the Dingzhou cavalry rushing forward, climbed on the horse and fled first, I didn't even know how many people and horses the opponent had, what number I didn't know, I have sent someone out to investigate, I believe that the people who escaped from the back should know a little bit!" ”

"What are Xu Shuai's plans?"

Xu Hongwei looked up to the sky and sighed, "What can I do, others come to the door, Xu can't pretend not to see it, I have ordered the troops of Quanzhou to assemble and drive to Luofeng, Changqi, Dingzhou Although the iron cavalry is elite, my Luzhou soldiers defend their homeland, and they must not be vulnerable." Speaking of this, he slapped the table and scolded: "Li Qingxiaoer, you deceive people too much, and you violate my border for no reason, which is unbearable." ”

Lu Fengchun looked at Xu Hongwei's performance coldly, and said in his heart that this guy has the talent to act, seeing that he was here, he made a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and he naturally knew in his heart that the Lu family would never stand idly by and watch Li Qing invade Luzhou, because this was completely inconsistent with the Lu family's own interests, not to mention that Zhao Ting had just signed a contract with him.

"Xu Shuai don't be impatient, let's find out the situation first, if Li Qing really wants to invade Luzhou, then my Lu clan will never sit idly by, Xu Shuai rest assured, just give an order, my Lu clan's 100,000 iron horsemen will roll over and crush that Li Qing'er into powder."

Back at the post house, Lu Fengchun silently calculated that there was only a few days between the time when Dingzhou sent troops and his son was robbed, and he already had a realization in his heart, it seemed that his son's visit to Luzhou was leaked, so he was taken captive by Dingzhou, and Dingzhou sent troops, naturally because he learned about the contract signed between the Lu family and Luzhou from Zhaoting. Thinking of all this, Lu Fengchun was not only amazed, three years ago, Li Qing had just risen, and his nail was actually placed in Luzhou, a place that seemed to be unimportant at the time, and three years later, it really played a big role, and once he knew about it, this son shot cleanly and neatly, without dragging his hands, just this hand, let the Lu family fall into passivity in an all-round way, what should I do? The contract with Luzhou has just been signed, if you help Luzhou, you will inevitably fall into the quagmire of war with Dingzhou, and the goal of attacking Dongfang Zeng's will not be possible, but let Li Qing ignore it and really let Li Qing occupy Luzhou, it is undoubtedly a sharp knife on his back, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Lu Fengchun was in a dilemma for a while, and the only thing that was gratifying was that his son fell into the hands of Dingzhou according to the court, and he should not have to worry about his surname.

Three days later, Lu Fengchun finally learned the information he wanted from Xu Hongwei, and after the Dingzhou soldiers occupied Luofeng and Changqi, they did not take a step forward, nor did the follow-up troops follow, but stayed there quietly. Dingzhou was calm, and there was no sign of another big war.

Lu Fengchun understood, they were waiting, waiting for the Lu family to negotiate, as for Luzhou Xu Hongwei, Li Qing had never regarded him as a negotiation opponent, and now it seems that his negotiation opponent is also going to change.

(To be continued)