The temple fairs in Pinghe City are held in the wax moon every year, which is the grandest festival of the year. The people of the city rushed one after another, colorful flags fluttered, and lion dances roared. The stalls were filled with delicacies and knick-knacks, and children played with great interest, while adult cats enjoyed their treats while listening to opera, acrobatics and musical performances.

Taihao, Nianyu, Mao Ru and Shaoling walked on the street, looking at this lively scene, their hearts were full of emotion. Suddenly, a citizen shouted behind them, "Lord Taihao! ”

Taihao looked back and found that it was an old man, and the old man continued: "It's really Lord Taihao." He stepped forward and grabbed Taihao's hands, and said gratefully: "Lord Taihao, it was you who cured the plague in Pinghe City, and you are our savior!" A group of people next to him found out that it was Taihao, and they gathered around him to thank and bless him. Taihao smiled and accepted everyone's gratitude and praise, and at the same time felt a sense of responsibility and mission. He knew that he was an official of Pinghe City, and he was the star of the people's admiration. Although he was relieved to be cured of the plague, he realized more deeply that as an official, he should not only be limited to dealing with every trivial government affairs, but also consider how to fundamentally improve people's lives and destinies.

Nian Yu saw Taihao being surrounded by such a group of people, and couldn't help but be proud of him. She knew that Taihao had a high reputation in the city, but at this time, the contrast between him and the people was so close left a deeper impression. She gently patted Taihao's shoulder and smiled, "Senior brother, you are doing a good job." Mao Ru and Shaoling also praised Taihao's performance one after another, and the whole atmosphere was warm and cheerful.

Suddenly, Mao Ru's eyes locked on a small stall not far away. It was a quaint wooden stall filled with all kinds of handicrafts. At the innermost, she saw a familiar figure—it was a young man. But his outfit was wearing a black "ghost robe", and in her memory, only the 'four little ghosts' were dressed like this, but looking at his appearance, Mao Ru recognized it as her brother Wancai with a face.

Mao Ru's heart suddenly shook, and she hurriedly strode towards the stall. "Brother!" She shouted. Wan Cai looked back and was also stunned. He hurriedly stepped out of the curtain behind the stall with a look of surprise and unease on his face. "Maoru?" Confused, he asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Mao Ru walked to Wan Cai's side, looked at his vicissitudes and emaciated face, and was a little excited for a while. "Brother, it's really you, where did they take you? I've been worried about you, and why are you dressed like the 'Four Imps'? Her voice was choked.

Wan Cai's expression was a little tired, and he didn't answer Mao Ru's words, but just asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Mao Ru nodded and said, "I'm fine, what about you?" ”

Wancai was silent for a moment, and responded, "I'm okay too......"

"Onigen!" I heard Taihao roar, rushed from the side, hugged Mao Ru, and shouted at Wancai: "I didn't expect you to be really not afraid of death, and you came here again." ”

As soon as the words fell, I only heard a wicked laugh, and ghost leaves, ghost stems, and ghost flocculent flashed. Ghost Ye said: "I didn't expect you to find out so soon, I didn't win against you two days ago because you used "Snow Cat Shadow", if you don't use "Snow Cat Shadow" to fight us, you will definitely lose." I didn't come to look for you today, but since you found out that we were here, we won't be afraid of you, kid! ”

When the surrounding people saw this formation, there must be a big battle, and they dodged to both sides of the street. Seeing this, Nian Yu put on a posture of preparing to face the battle, Tai Hao shouted: "Since you didn't come to me, you are still following me here, see if I don't kill a few of you today." As he spoke, he used the fourth move of "Snow Cat Fluttering Shadow" "Amazing Shadow" and grabbed the neck of the ghost root.

Mao Ru reacted at this time and shouted: "Lang Jun, don't, he is not a ghost root, he is my brother Wancai!" ”

Tai Hao let go of his hand in surprise and looked at Wancai, with a trace of doubt and incomprehension in his eyes. Mao Ru hurriedly stepped forward to hug Wancai, and cried bitterly: "Brother, why did you become one of their 'four little ghosts', you must know that we were harmed like this by the 'four little ghosts'." ”

Wancai didn't speak, broke free from Mao Ru's arms, and together with the ghost leaves, ghost stems, and ghost catkins, four ghost shadows flashed out and fled. Nian Yu was curious: "What's the situation, I haven't fought yet, why did I run away?" ”

Tai Hao looked at Mao Ru, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart, he said indignantly: "I didn't expect the "Four Great Thieves" in Kunwu Mountain to be so vicious, the previous ghost root was killed by me in Fengling City, and the ghost root that was retrained was captured by them. He stroked Mao Ru's hair and comforted: "Don't cry, I will definitely save your brother." ”

Mao Ru stopped crying, raised her head and looked at Taihao, her face full of gratitude: "Thank you, Lang Jun." I believe that only you can save him. ”

Taihao nodded and said firmly: "I will definitely eradicate those bandits and make them pay." ”

When this happened, they had no intention of continuing to visit the temple fair, so they walked back to the deputy general's mansion. Looking at their leaving, a gorgeously dressed man with a white scarf muttered among the people: "This kid didn't expect to be so powerful, I really regret not killing you in the first place." ”

Seeing Taihao and them walking away, the man uncovered the face towel on his face, he was the concubine Wanyan, at this time, Tu Poison Mo hurriedly came, walked to Wanyan's side, and said in a low voice: "Wanyan concubine, what happened?" Let the 'four little ghosts' have been secretly protecting you today, why did the 'four little ghosts' run away? ”

It turned out that the 'four little ghosts' were indeed not following Taihao at this temple fair today, but that Wanyan was coming to visit the temple fair today, and they were ordered by Tu Poison Mo to secretly protect Wanyan from being assassinated. Wan Yan said to Tu Poison Mo: "It's nothing, they have met their own enemies, they are in a bad mood today, let's go back." ”

Tu Poison Mo nodded, looking a little dissatisfied: "What kind of enemy is so powerful?" Since the 'four little ghosts' have all run away, could it be related to the young lieutenant general? Looking at the direction in which Taihao and they left, he sneered, "It seems that you have to pay attention to this kid." ”

At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and soon came to them, and a big man in a black suit with a large sword came down from his horse. After saluting Wan Yan, he said, "Report to the master, the lord of the city of Yaofuji has come to visit the mansion, please return to the mansion quickly, and say that there is something important to discuss." ”

Wan Yan hurriedly returned to Dongpingfang with Tu Poison Mo.

In the mansion where Wan Yan temporarily lived in Dongpingfang, Wan Yan asked Yao Fuji, "Why did the city lord come here in person?" ”

Yao Fuji said: "It's still a matter of raising troops, and you have to discuss it with the horses." ”

Hearing this, Wan Yan frowned and asked, "I heard that the city lord of Luyang City came to Pinghe City the day before yesterday, can the day of the army be advanced?" ”

Yao Fuji shook his head and said: "The soldiers and horses of Luyang City are now under the command of the new general Canggu, and the day of raising troops has been postponed to the third day of March next year. At that time, the two cities of Pinghe and Luyang raised troops at the same time and marched towards Thousand Winds City together. ”

Wan Yan asked suspiciously: "Why wait so long, the current plan, it is the right thing to do if you should get up early?" ”

Yao Fuji said: "What the city lord means is that when the spring flowers bloom, the soldiers and horses will be more energetic and have a better chance of winning the battle. ”

Wan Yan said: "Having said that, but now that the imperial court is concentrating on fighting against the Japanese invaders on the southeast coast, it is beneficial for you and me to start an army early." ”

Yao Fuji nodded and said: "This official also thinks so, but the idea of that pawn city lord is different from you and me, mainly because the power of the soldiers and horses in Luyang City is not in his hands." There is another strange thing, Taihao went to Luyang City the day before yesterday, but when he left Pinghe City, the reason for leaving the city was hunting. ”

Hearing this, Wan Yan felt that something was wrong and asked, "How did the city lord find out?" What will he do when he goes to Luyang City at this time? ”

Yao Fuji said: "When he went out of the city, the 'Four Little Ghosts' had been following him from a distance, and on the way back from Taihao, the 'Four Little Ghosts' and the Kuoza Demba Hero stopped him. ”

Wan Yan said: "I think the hero of Kozha Demba must have stopped him in order to get the cheats of "Snow Cat Fluttering". ”

Yao Fuji nodded and continued: "That's right, but in the end, I didn't get the cheats, and Taihao was rescued by the entourage of Canggu, the general who defended the city of Luyang City. ”

Wan Yan sighed lightly and said: "It's so strange, there are a lot of suspicious things, that Canggu and Taihao are the imperial court officials given by the emperor at the same time, they are old acquaintances, this is a public matter, if Taihao wants to go to the neighboring city to visit his old friends, he can go out of the city generously, why lie and say that he went out of the city to hunt?" ”

Yao Fuji said: "The official guesses that maybe he already knew about Gu Sheng and Dumb Shan being arrested on 'death row'. Because he knew that as long as the officers and soldiers of the Adjutant General's Mansion and their entourage left the city, they would definitely be followed and arrested, so he came up with such a trick. ”

Wan Yan nodded and said: "There is some truth in saying this, the woman I saw Taihao following at the temple fair today is the beautiful girl who was married to him by the city lord, can the city lord use this woman to buy Taihao's heart?" ”

Yao Fuji smiled: "Not necessarily, it depends on whether that kid is interested or not." ”

Wan Yan said: "In my opinion, the day of the army must not wait until the third day of the third month of March, and the army will be raised in the first month, and I will go to persuade the city lord and General Canggu of Luyang City." There is one thing to ask the lord of the city, when will the election of the general of Pinghe City be held? ”

Yao Fuji responded: "It will be held on the first day of the first lunar month, and everything has been prepared. ”

Wan Yan said: "What are the chances of Lord Biluojing's victory?" ”

Yao Fuji shook his head and said: "It's very slim, Taihao now has a high prestige in the hearts of the people, and it is very likely that he will be elected with a high vote." ”

Wan Yan said in a low voice: "If he is really elected as the general of Pinghe City, we will try our best to win him over to rebel against the imperial court and join our camp." ”

Yao Fuji said: "But there is also the possibility of things taking a turn for the better, the soldiers joining the army without asking the dust are the old subordinates of the official, who can be elected to the post of the general of the city guard, he will play a great role." ”

Wan Yan smiled and nodded, "Understood......"

Yao Fuji said slowly: "Taihao is indeed a manufacturable material, and the official will try his best to win it over." The official has already ordered that dumb man be released first, a deaf and dumb servant, so that he can be by Taihao's side, and there is no threat to us. As for that Gu Sheng, he will continue to be on 'death row' for the time being. He looked at Wan Yan and continued: "The horse just said that he met Taihao at the temple fair, did he go to the temple fair or did he have something else?" If that Mao Ru was also there at the time, did she recognize the ghost root as her brother? ”

Wan Yan said: "I don't know this, I was about to buy some things, when I saw them, Taihao grabbed the ghost root and was letting the ghost root go, and the 'four little ghosts' turned into four ghosts and slipped away." I really haven't heard what they said. ”

Yao Fuji said: "Taihao has really become the enemy of the 'Four Little Ghosts', but even if Mao Ru recognizes that the ghost root is her brother, it will be nothing, and now that Wancai has completely become a ghost root, don't worry about this matter for now." The official wants to ask the horse, if Taihao wants to save Gu Sheng from the 'death row', what should the official do? ”