Liu Xunyi and Feng Tianba hid in the dark alley, closely watching the Lu family guards who hurried by, and waited with bated breath for about a stick of incense, and then the Lu family's guards turned to search elsewhere, and the street fell into deathly silence again.

"Whew!" Looking at the Lu family guards who were getting farther away, Feng Tianba let out a turbid breath in his mouth. His eyes suddenly changed, he suddenly turned around and pointed a knife at Liu Xunyi behind him, and asked cautiously, "Why are you following me?"

Liu Xunyi didn't expect Feng Tianba to ignore his life-saving grace just now, and change his face so quickly, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and asked rhetorically: "Are you treating the person who just saved you like this?"

"I saw you in the Lu Mansion today, and you are in a gang with them!" Feng Tianba said in a deep voice, "Why are you following me?"

"Then why did Feng Duwei come to the Lu Mansion in the middle of the night?" Liu Xunyi didn't answer the rhetorical question, looked Feng Tianba's outfit up and down with interest, and said with a smile, "And it's still dressed like this, it seems that he wants to do something shady." ”

Feng Tianba snorted coldly and said indignantly: "The person who really can't see the light is you, Lu Tingxiang colluded with Li Ji's officials and bandits, today I obviously saw someone die in the Lu Mansion, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared, obviously you joined forces to hide, deliberately covering my ears and eyes! Who is the person who died? Who killed him? Why are so many people gathered in the Lu Mansion today? What are you plotting?"

Feng Tianba couldn't speak, but Liu Xunyi smiled faintly and said: "Feng Duwei, since ancient times, temples and rivers and lakes have been well water, not river water, although you have just arrived in Jiangnan, you should have an understanding of the background of the Lu family, the people who appear in the Lu Mansion today are all martial arts heroes, and what they do is also above board, it is definitely not what you said 'conspiracy', as for the corpse you saw...... It's just a matter of the rivers and lakes, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

"Fart!"

Feng Tianba is also a straight man, and he scolded Liu Xunyi's prevarication unceremoniously: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." I don't care what sect you are, don't forget that this is still the world of the Great Song Dynasty, and even in the land of the Great Song Dynasty, you must follow the criminal laws of the Great Song Dynasty. Murder and arson not only violate the criminal law, but also cannot be tolerated. Lu Tingxiang formed a party for personal gain, murdered people and set fires, and plotted rebellion, based on these three charges alone, don't say that his cousin is a master of the capital, even if his cousin is a privy envoy, he still has to be beheaded according to the law. The collusion between Zhizhou Li Ji and Lu Tingxiang's officials and bandits will be a dead end sooner or later!"

As for this, Liu Xunyi finally understood the purpose of Feng Tianba's adventure here, which was to investigate everything that happened in Lu Mansion today. Thinking about it, Feng Tianba can be regarded as a selfless lieutenant, and just this tenacity in him is enough to make Liu Xunyi feel a little good about him.

Liu Xunyi was born in Tianji Pavilion, and Feng Tianba, who was born in the army, is a colleague. Over the years, eight or nine out of ten people in the government he have seen are corrupt, from the adults in the eastern and western prefectures, down to the parents and officials in a state and county, and even the small officials and catchers in the yamen know how to abuse power for personal gain. How could he ever meet a person like Feng Tianba, who was not afraid of power and still insisted on upholding the criminal laws of the Great Song Dynasty?

For Feng Tianba, who was righteous, Liu Xunyi secretly sighed: "If the whole court of the Great Song Dynasty was an upright and strict official like Feng Tianba, how could I be defeated in the first place? How could someone take advantage of the situation to take away half of the country? Alas!"

Liu Xunyi looked at Feng Tianba with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and asked meaningfully: "The Lu family has a deep background, and all the officials up and down the Yangtze River have not been affected by the benefits given by the Lu family.

Feng Tianba stared at Liu Xunyi with disdain, and said: "Eat the king's fortune, share the king's worries, my Great Song Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and the war in the north is continuous, how can we let this Jiangnan region become a country within a country again? Lu Tingxiang is just a martial artist, and he can cover the sky with one hand in Jiangnan, isn't it the sorrow of my Great Song Dynasty? Li Ji is in the same stream with him, if I turn a blind eye to it again, will it really wait until the day when Lu Tingxiang raises troops to rebel, won't it be too late for the imperial court to make amends?"

"Rebellion?" Liu Xunyi looked at Feng Tianba in surprise, and asked rhetorically, "Where did you hear the rumors? Everything that happened in the Lu Mansion today is a grievance between the rivers and lakes, why talk about raising troops to rebel?" Speaking of this, Liu Xunyi seemed to suddenly remember something, hurriedly changed the conversation, and asked, "Today you said that someone reported to you and reported that someone in the Lu Mansion was plotting to rebel, so you mobilized the army to bring troops to surround the Lu family, but who is this informant?"

Feng Tianba was stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously, "Don't you know?"

Liu Xunyi's eyes suddenly looked blank, and he shook his head and said, "You didn't say it, where did I know?"

"Don't pretend to be confused in front of me. Feng Tianba snorted coldly, "At first, I thought that this matter might be a false alarm, after all, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Lu Tingxiang is plotting to rebel. But this afternoon, the people of the Lu Mansion suddenly took the informant away, and they haven't put it back until now, if it weren't for him Lu Tingxiang has a ghost in his heart, why should he do this?"

Liu Xunyi's brows furrowed, his mind quickly pondered Feng Tianba's words, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean? What do you mean that the people from the Lu Mansion took the informant away? Do they know who told you the secret?"

"Of course the people in the Lu Mansion don't know, but Li Ji of Zhizhou is very clear!" Feng Tianba said quite angrily, "I only regret telling Li Ji everything now, but I didn't expect that Li Ji was also Lu Tingxiang's lackey." ”

"What the hell is going on?"

Feng Tianba saw that Liu Xunyi's appearance did not look like a fake, so he pondered for a moment before slowly explaining: "Late last night, a guy from the Fuman Inn came to the camp to find me, and told me that someone asked him to pass on the word, saying that Lu Tingxiang secretly gathered a large number of people to rebel, and the Lu family abused lynching to kill people, and also made gunpowder privately. At that time, I was also skeptical about this, but the man asked me to go to the Spring and Autumn Guangsha for a trip, and I could see the truth at a glance. So last night I sent someone to spy on the Spring and Autumn Guangsha, and I really saw many strangers with swords gathered here, I knew that the Spring and Autumn Guangsha was the foundation of the Lu family, so I expected that this matter must be related to the Lu family. Because the stakes are so high, I'd rather believe what I have than what I don't. That's why I will lead my troops to Lu Mansion this morning to find out. ”

"I see!" Liu Xunyi nodded thoughtfully, thinking to himself, "It seems that Feng Tianba and the man in black are not in the same group, he is just being used by others." ”

"This afternoon, the Lu Mansion sent someone to the Fuman Inn to take away the messenger, and also searched the side room where the informant lived. Feng Tianba said angrily, "The Lu family is not an official government, what right does Lu Tingxiang have to do this? There is only one answer, that is, he has a ghost in his heart, so he wants to take revenge on the informant." ”

Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly: "So you want to sneak into the Lu Mansion at night?"

"As long as I find that guy and that dead body in the Lu Mansion, the human and material evidence is conclusive, and Lu Tingxiang can no longer deny it. Feng Tian said domineeringly, "Even if he didn't plot to rebel, then he must have done other bad things, and when the time comes, capture him first, and you will find out when you check it." ”

Looking at Feng Tianba, who was persistent, Liu Xunyi shook his head and said: "Feng Duwei, you really wronged Lu Gongzi this time, he didn't look for that guy to take revenge, but to find out the culprit who caused today's turmoil." There are some things that I can't tell you, but I am sure that the corpse you see today was not killed by Lu Gongzi, but by someone else. And that person is the one who tells you behind the scenes. ”

Feng Tianba was stunned for a moment, stared at Liu Xunyi with a pair of deep tiger eyes, and asked faintly, "What do you seem to know?"

"You and I are destined, you might as well listen to me and don't pursue this matter again. Liu Xunyi said, "This matter is far from being as simple as you think, if you blindly track it down, you must be the one who suffers in the end." ”

Feng Tianba looked at Liu Xunyi and said, "Seeing that the tone of your voice seems to be different from Lu Tingxiang and the others, you are not considered a treacherous and cunning person, it is better for you to tell me everything you know, as for whether I continue to investigate, I won't bother you." ”

Liu Xunyi smiled softly, shook his head and said, "You know very well in your heart, there are some things that I can't tell you." ”

"Why?" Feng Tianba stared at Liu Xunyi unwillingly, and said urgently, "Do you want to watch Lu Tingxiang ignore the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, abuse lynching, and wantonly kill people?"

Liu Xunyi admired Feng Tianba's integrity, but at the same time, he was deeply helpless about his innocence.

Liu Xunyi knew that Feng Tianba's character of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, would never listen to his own persuasion. I was helpless, but I didn't want to explain too much, so I simply said casually: "You better go quickly, the people of the Lu Mansion will search elsewhere to no avail, and they will come back here sooner or later." ”

After that, Liu Xunyi wanted to turn around and leave, but he didn't want Feng Tianba to suddenly turn the blade sideways, blocking his way, and said coldly: "If you don't want to say it now, then I have to take you back and torture slowly!"

"Who do you think you are?" Liu Xunyi snorted impatiently, "As a captain, you just need to train your soldiers and horses, when will it be your turn to take care of other things?" You said that Lu Tingxiang ignored the criminal laws of the Great Song Dynasty, why are you abusing lynching now?"

"I've checked this matter, you have to come with me tonight!" Feng Tianba pressed the cold blade tightly against Liu Xunyi's neck, and said in a deep voice, "I see that you are also a reasonable person, don't toast and don't eat and drink, and force me to do it!"

"Take your knife away!"

Just as Feng Tianba threatened Liu Xunyi, a sharp blade suddenly poked out of the darkness and silently landed directly on Feng Tianba's neck. Immediately afterwards, I saw Lin Fangda, who was pale, slowly revealing his head against the backdrop of the fierce moonlight.

"Big brother?" Liu Xunyi didn't expect the Lin Fang Assembly to suddenly appear, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Don't let Lao Tzu say it a second time. Lin Fangda stared at Feng Tianba with gloomy eyes, and said viciously, "Lao Tzu counts to three, if you dare not let my brother go, I will chop off your head with a knife, I don't care what Feng Duwei or Ma Duwei you are!"

Feng Tianba obviously didn't eat this, and said angrily: "You dare to threaten the imperial court officials, you people are really lawless! If you do it, don't want to live if I die!"

"Okay, then let's do it together, see if my knife is fast or your knife is fast?" Lin Fangda glanced at Liu Xunyi, and then smiled coldly, "Lao Tzu starts counting now, don't shake your hands, one, two, ......"

Without waiting for Lin Fang to count to three, Liu Xunyi slammed his body to the side, and without waiting for Feng Tianba to hurriedly take out the knife, Liu Xunyi was the first to poke out his left hand, instantly grabbed Feng Tianba's right wrist, and then stretched out two fingers of his right hand and quickly hit Feng Tianba's arm, Feng Tianba only felt five fingers and one numbness, and the short knife fell down.

Liu Xunyi caught the short knife with a flick of his right hand, and then the blade slashed a beautiful arc from the air, accompanied by a soft sound of "clang", the short knife landed firmly on Feng Tianba's shoulder, but it did not hurt him in the slightest.

In an instant, Feng Tianba fell into the dilemma of striking left and right, with a knife on both sides of his neck, so aggrieved.

"Since it is in your hands, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it!" Feng Tianba stabilized his mind, then closed his eyes and simply let it out.

"Brother Xian, what should I do with him? Kill him or not, listen to your words?" Lin Fangda asked in a deep voice.

Liu Xunyi looked at Feng Tianba, who was short of breath, silent for a moment, and suddenly turned his wrist, and actually handed the short knife back to Feng Tianba, Feng Tianba looked at the handle of the knife in front of him, his face was full of doubt, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"Let's go!" Liu Xunyi stuffed the short knife into Feng Tianba's hand, and said lightly, "The people in the rivers and lakes are not as you said, they are all traitors and evildoers, we are talking about morality, and even more than you people in the government can distinguish right from wrong and clarify things." I know better than you what should and shouldn't be killed!"

"You ......" Feng Tianba, who had escaped death, only felt his throat tighten, and he was speechless for a while.

"Today you provoke me, I will let you go. But it doesn't mean that you will provoke Lu Tingxiang, he will also let you go. Liu Xunyi personally pushed Lin Fangda's knife away from Feng Tianba's neck, and said lightly, "You can't fight Jiangnan Lufu, and your suspicions were wrong from the beginning." I've already said what I need to say, and as for whether you listen to it or not, that's your own business. Captain Feng, let's do it for yourself!"

After that, under Feng Tianba's thoughtful gaze, Liu Xunyi and Lin Fangda took the lead in leaving the dark alley, turned around and disappeared at the end of the night.

Feng Tianba looked at the direction where Liu Xunyi was going in a daze, and after a long time, he spit out a sentence unwillingly: "I will definitely investigate the matter of the Lu Mansion to the end, and I will never stop there!"

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