Because they had been on the road for too long, Taihao asked Ju Yu and Gu Sheng to go to eat and rest first. Taihao was not sleepy at this time, so he bought a pot of wine and two dishes from the innkeeper, asked a shopkeeper to send them to his room, and called Onishi and the two of them to drink together.

After three rounds of drinking, Tai Hao asked Daxi: "Daxi, you have been out for so long, have you ever dreamed at night that you have dreamed of your grandfather and aunt?" ”

Daxi thought about it carefully, and said to Taihao: "That's not true, but I did dream of Shizhu City, once in a dream, I returned to Shizhu City, ran on the streets of Shizhu City, and then was about to go home for dinner, and woke up......"

Onishi suddenly stopped when he said this, and he saw Taihao looking out the window and getting up. Onishi hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, do you miss your grandfather and aunt?" ”

Taihao sighed softly and said, "Some time ago, I dreamed of my mother, but she didn't look at me, I wanted to call her, but my voice couldn't make a sound for some reason......"

Onishi continued to ask Taihao, "Twelve, do you want to go back to Shizhu City?" ”

Tai Hao lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then said: "When I was in Shizhu City, I thought about how to get out of there every day, but now that I have really left there, I have begun to miss Shizhu City again, I miss my grandfather and aunt, I miss my brother and sister, and I miss my brother and sister......" After speaking, his eyes were full of longing for his hometown.

Onishi said: "When we have time in the future, let's go back and have a look together." You are now an official, you are the pride of our Shizhu City, if you return to Shizhu City, the people of Shizhu City will definitely welcome you. ”

Tai Hao smiled: "Don't laugh, how did I, the vice admiral of Shoucheng, sit on, don't you know." When you arrive in Pinghe City, you may not know what it will be like. It's good that I can complete the task given to me by the emperor, but if I can't complete the task, it will be troublesome. ”

Daxi said: "How can you say that you are now also the official position of Shoucheng deputy general, but you are the third-in-command of a city." There is only one city lord and a general defending the city, and the people of the whole city will listen to you. ”

Taihao took the wine glass and drank it all, then poured himself another glass of wine, and said, "Come, let's have a drink, don't talk about those things." Onishi toasted with him, and then began to embrace him again.

While drinking wine, they talked about the happy days in Shizhu City when they were children. Looking back now, it was beautiful, it was colorful. Shizhu City has the best memories of Taihao and Daxi, every day when the sun rises, it illuminates the small city on the frontier of the Western Regions, and the people there start a new life. Now that Taihao and Onishi are in a foreign land, recalling the events of their childhood, their hearts are a happy sorrow, a sweet melancholy, and a warm pain. But they didn't give up their longing and nostalgia for their hometown, but they just turned this longing into concern for their relatives and friends in their hometown, so that they could live here forever and never be separated! So, they continued to drink and chat, and this night, they talked until late......

In the early morning of the next day, although Daxi and Taihao chatted late last night, Daxi still got up early in the morning and waited on the street early for the guy who came out to buy vegetables at the Lingxi Inn. After waiting for about half an hour, Onishi saw the guy walking towards the vegetable stalls on both sides of the street. The guy was about to ask the stall owner about the price of today's vegetables when he walked to the stall and patted him on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Big brother, why don't you come to the market to buy vegetables?" ”

Seeing this, the man looked at him sideways, thinking that he was the innkeeper, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he nodded and said, "Buy some food for the inn." ”

Onishi then said to him: "I want to ask the eldest brother something, I don't know if the eldest brother is inconvenient?" ”

The fellow was very curious, so he asked, "What is the matter with this strong man, that he still wants to ask me?" Do I know the strong man? ”

Onishi gently pulled his arm and said, "Let's take a step to talk!" ”

Onishi took him to a narrow alley and asked him in a low voice: "Big brother, I just want to ask you, I have three friends who were caught by bandits and taken to the Lingxi Inn, may I ask which room they are locked up in now, do you know?" ”

The guy listened to Onishi ask him, where were the three captured people locked up? The guy knew that he must have an untold purpose for inquiring about this, but no matter what Onishi's purpose was, he would tell Onishi, because the guy also hoped that the three people who were locked up in the inn would be rescued, and only when those three people were rescued could the guys in their inn escape from the clutches of the "Four Little Devils". The man immediately said to Onishi, "Of course I know, I am responsible for bringing them food every day, and they are now locked up in the easternmost room on the second floor of the inn, but there are four bandits who take turns watching over them. ”

When Onishi heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you!" ”

The fellow asked, "Are you going to save them?" They are tied with rope every day, and I look at them quite pitiful. ”

Daxi didn't answer his words, gave the guy a tael of silver and returned to the Cat People Inn, and told Taihao what the guy said. Tai Hao hurriedly called Gu Sheng and Ju Yu, and said: "We are going to take action tonight to rescue them, now we have to discuss how to act, last night, I thought of many ways, but only one way is feasible." That is, after dinner, there will be a swill collector in the Lingxi Inn every day, and Brother Gu Sheng is responsible for disguised as a swill collector and enter through the back door of the inn. Sister Qi Yu and I dressed up as tenants who wanted to enter the house and entered through the front door. Onishi led the officers and soldiers, as well as horses and carriages, to answer at the back door. After rescuing them, let's not linger and leave Fengling City directly, what do you think? ”

Gu Sheng listened to Taihao's plan, nodded again and again, and praised Taihao's wisdom. He asked Onishi again, "Do you know which room Brother Shaoling they are locked up in now?" ”

Daxi said: "I just came back from the street, and I told Twelve just now, and asked the guy who came out of the Lingxi Inn to buy vegetables, and the guy said that they are now locked up in the easternmost room on the second floor of the inn. ”

Hearing what Onishi said, Yu Yu said thoughtfully, "Since you already know that they are locked up on the second floor, why don't you just lift the tiles from the roof and enter that room?" ”

Taihao listened, pondered for a while, and said: "This is also a good way, then do it, Brother Gusheng still pretended to be a little swill collector and went in through the back door, I went directly to the room from the roof to save them, and Sister Yuyu still went in through the front door and made a noise." After rescuing them, evacuate with the sound of the horse, and leave immediately when they hear the sound of the horse, and they can't be entangled any more. ”

Xuan Yu said: "Then act according to Brother Taihao's plan." ”

Taihao said: "Okay, then let's do this, hurry up and eat and drink to your heart's content, and act tonight!" ”

Taihao They have been resting during the day, until the night falls, Taihao put the team in order, they began to move separately, and soon arrived at the Lingxi Inn, Gu Sheng had already dressed himself up as a swill collector, pushing a trolley, on which were placed two large buckets of swill, to the back door of the inn. Yu also dressed up a little and prepared to enter through the front door. Taihao, dressed in a night suit, jumped on top of the roof. Onishi took the guards, carriages, and horses to hide not far from the back door and waited for answers.

Taihao walked cautiously on the roof of the inn, and walked to the roof of the easternmost room, he lifted the tiles and looked into the room, but found that there was nothing in that room, Taihao thought to himself: "Could it be that the guy who bought vegetables deceived Onishi, and they were not locked up in this room at all?" Taihao immediately lifted the tiles on the roof of the next room again, looked into the room, but still found nothing, he searched room by room on the roof, the roof tiles were lifted off a lot, but he couldn't find where Nian Yu and the three of them were tied up.

Taihao jumped into a room lightly, only to hear the sound of Xuanyu talking to the guys in the inn downstairs.

Qi Yu asked loudly, "Isn't this an inn, why can't you stay here?" ”

The guy in the inn said, "You really can't live here, you better look elsewhere." ”

Ju Yu asked angrily: "There are vacant rooms in your inn now, but you don't accept guests, are you afraid that your silver will be missing?" ”

Taihao thought that the more noisy Xuan Yu was now, the better, he continued to search carefully one room by one, but found that every room on the second floor was empty, and just wanted to quietly go to the first floor to check, when he suddenly heard a guy from the inn shouting: "There is a fight in the backyard, let's go and have a look." ”

Taihao hurriedly entered a room, looked out the window into the backyard, and found Gu Sheng fighting with the "Four Little Ghosts". He hurriedly jumped from the upstairs to the backyard, Gu Sheng saw Taihao coming, and said, "I just found out that the Shaoling brothers are locked up in the firewood room. ”

Taihao said: "No wonder I didn't find them in every room on the second floor. ”

The "four little ghosts" saw that Taihao was also coming, and one of the little ghosts said: "It turned out to be you kid, your life is really big, and you jumped into the Yellow River with Yuan Shi and didn't drown, why did you come by yourself, Yuan Shi?" ”

Tai Hao sneered: "My master won't come, it's enough for me to come." ”

The "little ghost" said again: "Your master? Why is Yuan Shi your master again? We have already arrested two apprentices of Yuan Shi, and here is another apprentice of Yuan Shi, then we will arrest you too, and then let your master come to save you. ”

Tai Hao said: "I have always known that you are the famous "four little ghosts" on the rivers and lakes, but I can't tell who you are, dare to report your name?" ”

The "four little ghosts" stood side by side, shouting from left to right: "Oni Ye! Ghost stems! Ghost flocculent! Ghost roots! ”

Tai Hao smiled: "Four ghost brothers, then let's compete?" Saying that, Taihao clenched his hands into fists and came out in a posture ready to fight.