use parameter from method argument inside linq contains

i have a problem using Contains() method with parameter coming from the method arguments.

i am using entity framework core 1.1 and mysql connector version 6.10.0-alpha.

i have this code:

public IEnumerable<Message> search(string content) {
    var bla = this.appDbContext.Messages.Where(x => x.Content.Contains("edit")).ToList();
    var bla1 = this.appDbContext.Messages.Where(x => x.Content=="edit").ToList();
    var bla2 = this.appDbContext.Messages.Where(x => x.Content==content).ToList();
    var bla3 = this.appDbContext.Messages.Where(x => x.Content.Contains(content)).ToList();
    ...

the first 3 lines works,

however, the fourth line (bla3) returns the following error:

fail: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware[0] An unhandled exception has occurred while executing the request System.InvalidOperationException: When called from 'VisitChildren', rewriting a node of type 'System.Linq.Expressions.Expression' must return a non-null value of the same type. Alternatively, override 'VisitChildren' and change it to not visit children of this type.

at System.Linq.Expressions.ExpressionVisitor.VisitAndConvert[T](ReadOnlyCollection'1 nodes, String callerName) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Expressions.SqlFunctionExpression.VisitChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.ExpressionVisitors.ExpressionVisitorBase.VisitExtension(Expression node) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Expressions.SqlFunctionExpression.Accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.ExpressionVisitors.Internal.ConditionalRemovingExpressionVisitor.Visit(Expression node) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Expressions.LikeExpression.VisitChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.ExpressionVisitors.ExpressionVisitorBase.VisitExtension(Expression node) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Expressions.LikeExpression.Accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.ExpressionVisitors.Internal.ConditionalRemovingExpressionVisitor.Visit(Expression node) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.RelationalQueryModelVisitor.VisitWhereClause(WhereClause whereClause, QueryModel queryModel, Int32 index) at Remotion.Linq.QueryModelVisitorBase.VisitBodyClauses(ObservableCollection'1 bodyClauses, QueryModel queryModel) at Remotion.Linq.QueryModelVisitorBase.VisitQueryModel(QueryModel queryModel) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.EntityQueryModelVisitor.VisitQueryModel(QueryModel queryModel) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.RelationalQueryModelVisitor.VisitQueryModel(QueryModel queryModel) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.EntityQueryModelVisitor.CreateQueryExecutor[TResult](QueryModel queryModel) --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

why can't i use parameter from the method arguments inside Contains() linq expression?

and what can i do to be able to use it?