When the group of villagers walked up to Tai Hao, they knelt on the ground in unison and kowtowed to Tai Hao in thanks.

An old man who took the lead shouted, "Thank you, Lord Taihao!" ”

Some of the other villagers shouted in unison: "Thank you, Lord Taihao!" ”

Seeing this, Fu Yi reminded: "Senior brother, these villagers are here to thank you. ”

Tai Hao immediately stepped forward to support the old man who took the lead, and said to the villagers: "Fellow villagers, please don't be like this, this is the duty of this official. ”

When the old man heard Taihao's words, he was moved to tears, he took Taihao's hand and said, "Lord Taihao, I heard that you saved those women in our village, and you are the great benefactor of our village!" If it weren't for your help, they don't know what persecution they would have suffered. ”

Other villagers also expressed their gratitude, and Taihao bowed deeply and extended sincere greetings and blessings to all the villagers.

Later, Tai Hao followed Voy and the other brothers to a village where they were temporarily staying. Simple wine and food have been set up in the courtyard, and Voy said: "Senior brother has been busy all night, let's eat something and rest for a while!" ”

Tai Hao nodded and said, "Brothers, let's eat together!" ”

After finishing the meal, because he couldn't rest all night, Taihao became sleepy, so he went to a room under the guidance of a brother and began to rest.

Taihao slept until the afternoon before waking up, and after getting out of bed, he walked into the courtyard and saw Voy practicing boxing.

Tai Hao asked, "Senior brother, are you practicing?" ”

Voy stopped and replied, "Senior brother, are you awake?" I was thinking about how I could deal with the samurai of the Wa Kingdom, and I definitely couldn't fight against their swords with my bare hands. ”

Tai Hao and Fu Yi walked to a stone table in the courtyard and sat down, and said, "Senior brother, don't worry about it, I have already thought about this matter." ”

Voye said: "Oh? Let's talk about ......"

Tai Hao said: "When I confronted the Japanese warriors last night, I thought that the best weapon to deal with those Japanese warriors was the Mo sword of the fifth uncle. ”

Fu Yi was shocked: "Have you seen the fifth uncle?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Some time ago, on the way to Wenchuan City, I met the Fifth Senior Uncle and saw the power of the Mo Knife. ”

Voy asked, "Where is the fifth uncle now?" ”

Tai Hao said: "The fifth uncle asked his eleven apprentices to go to Wenchuan City with me, but the fifth uncle has retired to the rivers and lakes. ”

Voy said: "I have heard of Uncle Five's "Painting the Tiger by Cat" for a long time, but I have never seen it. However, there are a large number of Japanese pirates, and there are only eleven junior brothers, and they are not too sure of winning against those Japanese pirates. ”

Tai Hao pondered for a moment and then replied, "What Senior Brother said is extremely true, only eleven Senior Brothers who have mastered the Mo Dao Technique are obviously not enough to fight against those Wokou. I'll figure out how to fix this again. At present, the Wako in the southeast coastal region are mainly divided into three parts: one part is the pirates of the Eastern Empire, some are the samurai of the Wa Kingdom, and some are ordinary Wakos. I'm in charge of dealing with the Japanese samurai. ”

Voi said: "On the way here, my brothers and I also encountered some Japanese pirates, but it can be seen from their military strength that they should be just ordinary Japanese pirates. ”

Taihao asked: "What happened to the senior brother along the way, tell the junior brother about it!" ”

Voy said: "That's a long story, it stands to reason that we will not come by horse, and it will not be slower than you by water, but along the way, we will help the local people solve some problems wherever we go." One of the longest delays was when passing through a small town called Peize, and because it was getting late that day, we found an inn called "Gaozu" to rest......

Tai Hao said: "This inn is really bold, and it dares to name the store 'Gaozu'. ”

Fu Yi smiled: "Later, we learned that although in the world of our cat clan, this Peize City is inconspicuous, but in the human world, Peize City is the hometown of a founding emperor. ”

"Oh? Which founding emperor? Taihao asked curiously.

Fu Yi said: "He is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when the emperor was in power, our cat clan had not yet come to this land. Liu Bang was born in a peasant family and is open-minded and generous. In his early years, he followed Zhang Er. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, he served as the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion in Pei County. By the way, this Pei County is the Pei Ze City of our Cat Clan's Eastern Empire, and the pavilion chief is just a very small official position in their human society, and later he went into hiding because of the release of prisoners...... Do you know where they are hiding? ”

Taihao shook his head and said, "I don't know ......"

Fu Yi smiled: "It's hidden in the Miyun Cave of Mangdang Mountain." ”

Tai Hao was surprised: "Isn't that the residence of the senior brother in Mangdang Mountain?" ”

Fu Yi nodded and said: "Exactly, later Liu Bang beheaded the White Snake Rebellion in Mangdang Mountain, fought for another six years, and finally established a Han Dynasty. Later generations called him Han Gaozu, and after that, his hometown fathers of Peize City built various buildings in honor of him. For example, it is not surprising that there is a street called 'Han Street', a temple called 'Han Gaozu Yuan Temple', a wine shop called 'Gaozu Wine Shop', and this inn is called 'Gaozu Inn'. ”

Tai Hao nodded slowly and said: "So that's the case, no wonder a small inn dares to be called 'Gaozu'." ”

Voy said: "More than that, there is also a singing platform there, which was built to commemorate the return of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to his hometown and the "Song of the Great Wind". I also read the "Song of the Great Wind" carefully: The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown in the sea, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet! ”

After listening carefully to Voy's recitation of "The Song of the Great Wind", Tai Hao began to reminisce, and he first repeated the content of "The Song of the Great Wind": "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown in the sea, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet!" Subsequently, he commented: "The first two sentences of this poem are straightforward and heroic, and the whole poem is full of a kind of domineering spirit of a king, but the last sentence also expresses the deep worry and melancholy that Han Gaozu showed in his heart, and the country is still unstable." It's a good poem, a good poem......"

Fu Yi smiled slightly, and said: "It turns out that the junior brother still knows how to taste poetry, and on the wall of that inn, he also wrote a poem, the name is "Song Fengtai": Artemisia thorns are empty and stored in a hundred feet, and the wine once sang the words of the great wind. Mo Yan immediately won the world, and since ancient times, heroes have interpreted poetry. ”

Tai Hao asked, "This poem was also written by Han Gaozu?" ”

Fu Yi said: "According to the shopkeeper of the inn, it was written by a poet named Lin Kuan, and later the shopkeeper asked a calligrapher to copy it on the wall. ”

Tai Hao said: "So that's the case, senior brother, what happened to that inn later?" ”

Voy laughed, "Haha...... That night we had all twenty horses tethered to the stables, but all twenty horses were lost overnight......"

Tai Hao hurriedly asked, "A full twenty horses, all lost?" ”

Voye nodded, and continued: "Since we have more than one hundred and eighty brothers in total, most of the brothers sleep in the front yard of the inn at night. If a thief comes to steal a horse, he will definitely pass by the front yard and we will be aware of it. But no thieves led the horses through the front yard overnight, nor did they hear the slightest sound of horses. ”

At this time, the second child He Liang came to the village, first saluted Fu Yi and Tai Hao, and then asked Fu Yi: "Big brother, since we have saved all the women in the village now, are we going to Wenchuan City?" ”

Fu Yi looked at Tai Hao and asked, "Senior brother, when are we leaving?" ”

Taihao looked up at the sky and found that dark clouds had covered the entire sky at some point. He sighed softly and said, "It looks like it's going to rain soon, we might as well wait until this rain is over and then go to Wenchuan City." ”

He Liang responded: "Okay, I'll go tell the other brothers." Then he left.

Tai Hao and Voy returned to the room, and he then asked Voyie, "Senior brother, you go on to say, how did you find the horse later?" ”

Voy said slowly: "After discovering that our horses were missing, we first found the shopkeeper of the Gaozu Inn and asked, but the shopkeeper didn't know where the horses had gone. So, we reported the case to the government. For the next two days, we waited for news at the inn and never received any response. So, we went to the Yamen of Peize City to inquire about the situation, but the officials did not seem to know about the case. Later, I found the lord of Peize City, but he didn't care about the case. Realizing that there must be something hidden in this, our brothers decided to investigate it ourselves. We bribed a valet and asked him why the lord of the city didn't investigate the theft of the horses for us. The official said that it was not that the lord of the city did not want to investigate, but that he had already identified the thief, but he did not dare to arrest him. It turned out that it was a group of notorious local bandits who stole our horses. This gang of bandits has always been cruel and ruthless, and kills people like hemp. It is said that the two successive city lords of Peize City were killed by them, so the current city lord never dared to ask about cases related to bandits. Having learned about this, we decided to go to the bandits' lair. Their hideout was on the edge of a lake in the east of the city of Peze, and when we got there, we found our horses locked in a stable. So, we tried to ride the horse away secretly, but they found out. ”

At this time, the clouds in the sky outside the house became thicker and thicker, as if they were covered by a huge hand. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, followed by a deafening thunderclap.

The rain poured down, and the raindrops hit the ground like countless silver beads, making a crackling sound. Rainwater flows down from under the eaves and into a stream that flows along the edge of the yard.

Voye stood up, closed the door and window, and continued to speak to Tai Hao. "We had a fierce battle with the bandits, and we quickly subdued them. Then, we got on our horses and were about to leave the place. Before leaving, I also asked the bandit leader a question: Why didn't you hear the neighing of the horses when you were stealing them? He replied that the shopkeeper of the Gaozu Inn had added a medicine to our dinner that day that could put us to sleep. After taking that medicine, we won't hear any big movement. So, we decided to go back to the Gaozu Inn and find out the matter with the shopkeeper there. However, when we returned to the Gaozu Inn, we found that it was empty, and everyone from the shopkeeper to the guys, including the other residents who lived there, had run away. Little did we know at the time that it was because we had taken back our horses from the thieves that we had caused great trouble to the people of Peize City......"