Tai Hao pondered for a moment and said, "It took a day to walk here from there, and that mountain is definitely not in Wenchuan City, it should be in the periphery of Wenchuan City." May I ask the housekeeper, which mountain can I get to after a day's hike from here? ”

The housekeeper said: "It takes a day of hiking from here, and there are many mountains that can be reached in all directions. Just now, this little brother of Chuhong said that on that mountain, you can hear the sound of rushing water, which is the sound of waterfalls, but there are many mountains with waterfalls around. ”

Tai Hao said: "Now that we know that the hiding place of those Japanese warriors is on a mountain, then if we look for it mountain by mountain, we will definitely be able to find it." All the brothers and sisters will go to rest first, and tonight will be led by Chu Hong, Chu Hong will follow your own memory to see if you can find the mountain, what do you think? ”

Chu Hong said: "Brother Twelve, I have no problem, you can take all the heroes to find it." ”

Chaozi said: "You don't have to wait until the evening to set off, you can go now, although I have been looking for a day and a night with my junior disciples, but now I am not sleepy, I can set off now." ”

The rest of the senior brothers said in unison: "Senior brother is right, you can set off now!" ”

Tai Hao said: "Butler, you go and arrange it, prepare a table of good wine and food, and let the brothers and sisters go after eating." ”

The butler answered. Subsequently, Tai Hao advised: "Senior brothers...... And Chu Hong, you just need to find the hiding place of those Japanese warriors, and remember not to startle the snakes. ”

After all the brothers and Chu Hong finished eating and straightening up the horses, they set off.

As soon as Tai Hao wanted to go to the Yamen, Ruoshui came over and asked Tai Hao: "My lord, I want to go out and buy some things on the streets of Wenchuan City, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Of course you can, Ruoshui, you don't need to tell me about this kind of thing, you just go directly, and ask two maids to accompany you to avoid danger." ”

Ruoshui asked, "Lord Taihao, do you want something, I'll help you bring it back?" ”

Taihao said: "No need, you just pay attention to your own safety." ”

Ruoshui then left the city lord's mansion with the two maids, and Taihao came to the yamen alone. In the front hall, Shuangyu, the deputy general of the city guard, informed Taihao that he had sent a letter inviting the lords of the surrounding cities to Wenchuan City yesterday. Taihao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Shuangyu continued, "We have stepped up patrols and vigilance in the city, and we are also stepping up the training of soldiers in case of emergency. ”

Taihao smiled and nodded, indicating that he was very satisfied with Shuangyu's work. He asked again: "How long will it take for General Nanzhu to return from this expedition?" ”

Shuangyu replied, "If these pirates are not so difficult to deal with, they will be back in about three days." ”

Tai Hao said: "When the city lords of several surrounding cities arrive, I hope that General Nanzhu can come back and come up with ideas for the joint anti-Japanese war." ”

At this time, Ji Ting came to the front hall and asked Tai Hao: "Lord Tai Hao, I have already told Honggao, the warden of Wenchuan City Prison, about what you arranged yesterday, and he will definitely take good care of those prisoners before escorting them to Taichuan City." It's just that Lord Honggao also entrusted the lower officials to ask Lord Taihao, in addition to the nine prisoners captured in Taichuan City, what should the remaining forty-nine prisoners do? ”

After hearing this, Tai Hao pondered for a moment and said, "These prisoners are temporarily locked up in the prison of Wenchuan City, and when General Nanzhu returns, the official will discuss with General Nanzhu before making a decision." ”

Ji Ting responded, and then said, "Lord Taihao, do you think you need to recruit some more jailers?" Nowadays, the Japanese are rampant, and the prisoners in the Wenchuan City Prison are mainly more or less related to the Japanese invaders. Just in case, should you increase the number of jailers to ensure the safety of the Wenchuan City prison? ”

Tai Hao pondered a little and said, "I will consider this question." You go and tell the warden Hirotaka to make sure that the prison guards are strengthened, especially for those who are under heavy sentences. Regarding the increase in jailers, it can be recruited from the common people of Oncheon Castle. ”

Ji Ting answered, and then quickly left the front hall. Taihao continued to communicate with Shuangyu.

"Lord Shuangyu, do you know that among these Japanese robbers, there are a group of samurai from the Japanese Kingdom?" Taihao asked.

Shuangyu said: "I heard General Nanzhu say that they are different from those pirates, they seem to have their own purposes, and they are often different from those ordinary pirates when they haunt, although their weapons are the same. ”

Tai Hao continued to ask, "Did Lord Shuangyu fight against those Japanese warriors?" ”

Shuangyu said: "I have encountered it twice, the martial arts practiced by those Japanese warriors look very ghostly, come and go without a trace, it is difficult to defeat them every time, if it is not for General Nanzhu, I am afraid we will not be able to defeat them once." ”

Taihao and Shuangyu talked a lot about the tactics of resisting the Japanese until sunset. Taihao continued to stay in the yamen until the lights were on, and then left.

At this time, Taihao returned to the City Lord's Mansion and came to the backyard to find two women sitting in the pavilion. One of the women is Ruoshui, but the other woman Taihao doesn't know, seeing that her age is similar to Ruoshui, she looks quite beautiful in a light green dress, but her expression is a little lonely.

Taihao walked over, Ruoshui hurriedly stood up, and said to Taihao: "Lord Taihao, I saw on the street today that this sister was going to be sold into the Qinglou, and I happened to meet it, seeing that this sister was so pitiful, I bought it back for ten taels of silver, thinking that in this city lord's mansion, I can be a companion, and I hope that Lord Taihao will be successful." ”

The woman got up and saluted Tai Hao and said, "The people see the adults!" ”

Taihao asked, "Where is your home, and who sold you?" ”

The woman said: "The people's daughter's family is on a small island in the east, and I was deceived into this place, and the one who wants to sell me is the grandfather of the people's daughter, just because he owes a lot of gambling debts, so he wants to sell his daughter to pay off the debt......"

"There is such a beast father in the world." Tai Hao said angrily, "Is he still in Wenchuan City now?" I'm going to get him now! ”

The woman said, "No need, my lord, he should have left here by now, thanks to Sister Ruoshui who saved the people's daughter." ”

Taihao asked, "What's your name?" ”

Ruoshui replied first: "This sister's name is Misa......"

Taihao asked, "Have you ever thought about going back?" ”

Meisa lowered her head and said softly: "I can't go back, I don't want to be sold by my grandfather for a second time......"

Taihao looked at Meisha's sad eyes, and his heart couldn't help but move, he turned his head to Ruoshui and said, "Ruoshui, you can arrange it for Miss Meisa, let her live in the city lord's mansion, and the two of you can take care of each other." ”

Ruoshui nodded and responded, "Yes, my lord." ”

Taihao turned to Meisa again and said, "Don't worry, you can stay in the City Lord's Mansion for now, and wait until you want to go back." ”

Meisa raised her head slightly, a hint of gratitude flashed in her eyes, and she said softly, "Thank you, Lord Taihao." ”

Taihao smiled and shook his head, then turned to leave the pavilion.

After returning to his room, Taihao lay on the bed but felt that something was wrong. He felt like he had seen this girl named Misa somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. At this time, there was a noise outside the door, Taihao got out of bed, put on his clothes, opened the door and looked, and found that it was Chaozi and the other brothers who came back.

Chaozi saw Taihao and said, "Senior brother, I originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to tell you about today's situation, but you didn't sleep?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Come, come into my house and say, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

Chaozi took all the juniors and disciples into Taihao's room, and Chaozi said: "We rode there on horseback, it took a day to walk there, and it only took two hours to get there on horseback." ”

Tai Hao asked, "So, have you really found the hiding place of those Japanese warriors?" ”

Chaozi replied: "I found it, the mountain they are on is called Tongling Mountain, and the little brother Chuhong found it with his own memory, so we secretly searched on that mountain, and really found a lot of traces of the warriors of the Japanese Kingdom, and saw their practice grounds, clothes to dry, and some weapons, it seems that they must have often practiced on that mountain." ”

At this moment, the housekeeper passed by the door of Taihao's room, and suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, only to see a figure flash, and then disappeared again. The housekeeper rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was dazzled.

Taihao heard the movement outside the door and shouted, "Who's outside?" ”

Pu Chou opened the door, and the housekeeper hurriedly responded, "It's me, I'm on patrol." ”

Taihao said: "Butler, come in." ”

The butler walked into Taihao's room, saluted everyone first, and then asked, "What is the matter with Lord Taihao?" ”

Taihao asked, "Butler, do you know Tongling Mountain?" ”

The housekeeper said: "Of course I know, it is in the southwest of Wenchuan City. ”

Tai Hao continued to ask, "Is it suitable for fighting?" ”

The housekeeper responded: "The mountains in Tongling Mountain are stacked with green, the canyons are deep, the streams and waterfalls are murmuring, the bamboo forests are cultivated, the flowers and plants are strange, and there are many wild animals. In particular, the "pot hole" landscape is famous all over the world, rare in China, and can be called a 'superb view'. If you say that fighting there, I don't think it's a good choice, because it's easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if you're not careful, you'll fall into the abyss. ”

Taihao nodded and said, "I understand, the housekeeper will continue to patrol the night." ”

After the housekeeper left, Tai Hao looked at the senior brothers and asked, "Where is Chu Hong?" ”

Chaozi said: "After he took us over there, he left, and let us tell you that he would not go back to the City Lord's Mansion to say goodbye to you, but left directly from there." ”

Tai Hao sighed: "I didn't expect him to be quite resolute." ”

Chaozi asked, "Senior brother, when do you think we will go and destroy those Japanese warriors?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Now that we know where they are hiding, let's wait for the time being, because if we attack rashly now, our chances of victory are not great." Recently, after discussing with the lords of several surrounding cities how to unite against the Japanese invaders, they will go and destroy those Japanese warriors. ”

Chaozi and his junior disciples were about to leave, but Taihao stopped them and said, "Brothers, there is something I want you to do......

Shioko asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Tai Hao said: "There are a group of officials who colluded with the Japanese Invaders who were locked up in the Wenchuan City Prison, and I want to invite a few senior brothers to the Wenchuan City Prison to be jailers for a few days, and take care of those prisoners, so as not to encounter the Japanese Invaders to rob the prison." ”

All the senior brothers responded: "No problem, we will go tomorrow to ensure that nothing will happen in the Wenchuan City Prison!" ”