Guan Yu and the others take shelter from the rain in the Guo household. At night the eldest son of the house makes an attempt to steal Guan Yu’s horse, but fails. He then hurries to the Sleeping Ox Hill to report to the deputy bandit leader of the mountain stronghold. The next day Guan Yu reaches the bottom of the hill. The eldest son of the Guo family comes down the hill to rob them, but he is captured.
關羽等人在郭莊避雨，郭老大夜間盜馬未成，去臥牛山報信給二寨主。次日關羽至山下，郭老大下山搶劫被擒