Chapter 40: Taihao returns to Fengling City again
On the same day, after Taihao said goodbye to Master Yuan Shi and Tian Maung Divine Doctor, Tian Maung Divine Doctor gave him a thousand-mile horse, so the land was far away from Fengling City, so he let him ride there. Tai Hao took the master's letter, and first led the horse to leave Niangniang Beach on a ferry. After boarding the bank of the Yellow River, I looked back at Niangniang Beach, the houses were stretched, and the green willows were green, just like in a painting. It makes Taihao feel relaxed and happy, and forget to return.
From here to Fengling City to a full two days and two nights to arrive, Taihao traveled for a day, passing through a small town, due to the lack of people and horses, decided to find an inn to rest for a night. There is only one inn in the town, and Taihao decides to rest here tonight. After booking a room, he led the horse to the stable in the backyard of the inn and fed some hay. When he was feeding the horses, he heard a voice behind him: "Lord Taihao!" Tai Hao followed the sound and found that it was Gu Sheng. Gu Sheng hurriedly walked to his side and said excitedly: "Lord Taihao, it's really you, we've been looking for you for many days, I thought you were ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Taihao. Tai Hao frowned suspiciously, and asked, "Brother Gu Sheng, why are you here?" ”
Gu Sheng sighed: "We have been looking for Lord Taihao along the banks of the Yellow River these days, but we have never found it, and I thought that if we can't find it again this time, we can only return to the capital and report the truth to the emperor." ”
After listening to Gu Sheng's words, Taihao's eyes turned red. Taihao knew that Gu Sheng was here for himself, and he had been looking for himself, and he was very moved in his heart, but he couldn't say what was in his heart, so he had to pretend to be relaxed and say: "My life is big, I can't die." By the way, what about the few of them, aren't they with you? ”
Gu Sheng said: "Ju Yu is in the inn room now, it's a long story, let's go to the room and talk about it." ”
At that moment, Tai Hao and Gu Sheng returned to the inn from the backyard, Gu Sheng knocked on the door of a room, and it was Ju Yu who opened the door, Ju Yu saw Tai Hao standing outside the door, and suddenly burst into tears, and couldn't help hugging Tai Hao, and said: "Brother Tai Hao, why are you here, I thought I would never find you again......
At the last sentence, she couldn't stop crying. Looking at the extremely sad girl in front of him, Taihao couldn't bear to reveal his feelings, in fact, he couldn't cry in his heart, but he had to stay calm. Taihao has been away for more than half a month, and he has been worried about them in his heart, but he didn't expect them to think about himself, which can't help but make Taihao feel very gratified. Taihao still said: "My life is big, I can't die." ”
Ju Yu hurriedly let them into the room, the three of them sat at the table in the room, Tai Hao asked, "What about the two of Shaoling and Daxi?" ”
Ju Yu sighed: "Now the 'four little ghosts' have caught Nian Yu and Dumb Shan, and they are guarding the Lingxi Inn day and night, waiting for their master to save them, Shao Ling wanted to secretly rescue Nian Yu, but was discovered by the 'four little ghosts' and was also arrested." Because Onishi doesn't know martial arts, so let Onishi wait in Fengling City, afraid that Lord Taihao won't find us in Fengling City after he goes back, Onishi now lives in the Cat People Inn in the center of Fengling City with officers and soldiers. ”
Taihao listened to Juyu's words and knew that the purpose of the "Four Little Ghosts" to catch Nian Yu and Dumb Shan must be to get the cheats of "Snow Cat Fluttering". And Taihao is now the apprentice of Master Yuanshi, and has learned the magic skill of "Snow Cat Fluttering", and the cheats of "Snow Cat Fluttering" are now on him, and now Nian Yu and Dumb Shan are already his senior sister and senior brother. Master has retired to the rivers and lakes, and now he can only save Nian Yu and Dumb Shan, but the cheats of "Snow Cat Fluttering" must not be handed over to the "four little ghosts", and they must come up with a good way to save them.
Taihao couldn't help but feel nervous when he thought of this. Jiao Yu asked Tai Hao at this time, "Brother Tai Hao, where have you been for so many days?" ”
Tai Hao said: "After we jumped off the Yellow River, I don't know when I fainted in the water, and when I woke up, I found lying on a bed, we were rescued by an old man, the old man is a miracle doctor, his name is Tian Maung, once also walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and then retired to the rivers and lakes, secluded to the small island, the island is called 'Niangniang Beach', is a very beautiful place. On that small island, the first generation decided to take me as an apprentice and taught me some martial arts, so I stayed there for a few more days. Taihao didn't tell them that he had practiced "Snow Cat Shadow", because Master said that they couldn't take out "Snow Cat Shadow" to show off.
Gu Sheng listened and asked, "Lord Taihao, is you now the apprentice of the Yuan Shi senior?" ”
Tai Hao replied: "I am fortunate to be appreciated by the master, and I am really fortunate to be in my third life. He looked at Gu Sheng and said with a smile: "Brother Gu Sheng, you still call me Brother Taihao, Lord Taihao, I can't get used to listening to it." ”
Gu Sheng responded with a smile, "Okay...... Brother Taihao, what do you mean by what you just said that you are now the junior brother of Nian Yu and Dumb Shan? ”
Taihao nodded and said, "Now that the master has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes, only I have to save them." ”
Qi Yu hurriedly said: "How can we let Brother Taihao go by himself, we will follow Brother Taihao closely, and we won't let you risk dealing with those 'four little ghosts' alone." ”
Before he finished his words, he saw Tai Hao wave his hand to stop her from continuing to speak, and Tai Hao was very moved by Zhu Yu's words. He said to them: "I Taihao thank you in advance, have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow morning, we will return to Fengling City." ”
Afterwards, Taihao and Gu Sheng each went back to their respective rooms. Taihao returned to the room and beat the moves of "Snow Cat Fluttering" from the first move to the ninth move, and repeated it twice before falling asleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, they set off for Fengling City. There is still a long distance from here to Fengling City, they brought dry food day and night, traveled for two days and one night, did not dare to rest more on the road, and finally arrived at Fengling City. They first arrived at the Cat People Inn and saw Daxi, after seeing Taihao, Daxi stepped forward and hugged Taihao, and said bitterly: "Twelve, I thought you were dead, so many days, where did you go?" ”
Seeing Daxi crying so sadly, Taihao couldn't help but feel a little distressed and asked, "What's the matter, haven't you had a good rest these days?" Is there something wrong with the body? Onishi hurriedly shook his head and denied: "No, I just feel sad." ”
Tai Hao gently pushed him away and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I can't die, have you been drinking again recently?" ”
Daxi pursed his mouth and said: "How can there be any wine to drink, when you asked me to come with you, you said that the wine is enough, how much you want to drink, but now?" ”
Tai Hao smiled: "When you leave here and arrive in Pinghe City, I will take you to drink every day!" ”
Onishi slapped his thigh and shouted, "Okay, what you said, don't regret it then." ”
Tai Hao said conclusively: "Never regret it!" ”
At that moment, Taihao, Juyu, Gu Sheng, and Onishi were discussing together in the room how to rescue Nian Yu, Shaoling, and Dumb Shan. The martial arts of the "Four Little Ghosts" are quirky and varied. Even if Taihao learns "Snow Cat Fluttering", he may not be able to defeat the "Four Little Ghosts" if he fights face to face with the four of them. Therefore, Taihao can only choose to outwit. And not a storm. So they began to discuss countermeasures.
Tai Hao asked them, "What is the current situation of the Lingxi Inn?" ”
Onishi sighed deeply, gritted his teeth and said: "Yesterday, I ordered an officer and soldier to take a look, the Lingxi Inn now seems to be peaceful and impermanent on the surface, but in fact it is no longer accepting guests, the shopkeeper of the inn is said to have been killed, and some guys in the inn can only do things for the 'four little ghosts' in order to save their lives, and endure humiliation and steal their lives. ”
Tai Hao continued to ask: "Does the city lord of Ququan know about the Lingxi Inn now?" ”
It stands to reason that if such a big incident occurred in Fengling City, the local city lord would definitely come forward to investigate and bring those bandits to justice. But it's been so long, and the officers and soldiers of Fengling City haven't intervened, which can't help but make Taihao suspicious.
Gu Sheng said calmly: "Now I can't let the city lord know, let alone report to the official, if I report to the official now, I am afraid that the lives of the three of the Shaoling brothers will not be guaranteed, because the 'four little ghosts' are lawless, no matter who they are, they dare to kill, so now we can only use stratagems to rescue them." ”
Tai Hao nodded and asked Gu Sheng, "Brother Gu Sheng, I don't know what your plan is?" ”
Gu Sheng continued, "I can't think of any clever plan, but we must first find out which room the three of them were locked up in the Lingxi Inn. We can buy off the guys who are in the inn first, and then ask the innkeepers to tell us the location of the room where the Shaoling brothers are being held, and then we can sneak into that room and take the opportunity to rescue them. ”
Taihao pondered for a while, thinking that this was indeed not a good strategy. Even if they knew which room they were being held in, the "four little ghosts" would definitely stick to the door day and night, and they would not be able to rescue them easily. But now there is no other way but to try this method. Thinking of this, he asked Gu Sheng, "Do you know the guys in the Lingxi Inn?" ”
Gu Sheng said thoughtfully: "As far as I know, there is a guy in the Lingxi Inn who goes to the street alone every day to buy vegetables, and we can give him some silver tomorrow when he buys vegetables, and ask him which room the Shaoling brothers are locked in." ”
Taihao said earnestly: "Very good, leave this matter to Onishi." ”
Onishi swore and said: "Okay, it just so happens that I have met that guy too, I will go to the street early tomorrow morning to wait for him, and I will definitely ask them about the room where they are being held."
Tai Hao nodded and said, "Then let's do this first, and after the guy from the Lingxi Inn tells us which room we are in, we will discuss how to go and rescue them......"