Pandit Badrinath, Pannalal, Ramnarayan, Chunnilal, and Jagannath Jyotishi (Astrologer) went towards Shivdattgarh to free the Ayyar (Spy/Sorcerer) Bhairav Singh. As ordered, Senapati (Commander) Kanchan Singh had sent spies after the Baba with the Lion and found out that Ayyar Bhairav Singh had been taken inside the Shivdattgarh fort. Therefore, these Ayyars did not need to search for his location; they went straight to Shivdattgarh and began roaming the city after changing their appearances. The five left each other's company but had agreed that they would all gather at a specific location after their reconnaissance.
After searching all day to find Bhairav Singh, some Ayyars gathered on a hill outside the city and spent the night planning and deciding on a course of action. The next day, they again changed their appearances and entered Shivdattgarh. Ramnarayan and Chunnilal took on the appearance of the doorkeepers of that very place and reached the area where Bhairav Singh was imprisoned. Due to being confined for several days, he had revealed himself and was locked in his original appearance inside a cell that had iron bars on three sides. Next to this cell was another similar one where an old Daroga (Jailer) was seated on a cushion, and several soldiers were walking around, patrolling with unsheathed swords. Ramnarayan and Chunnilal went and stood at the door of the cell and began talking to the old Daroga.
Ram: Maharaj has called for you.
Old Man: Why? What is the matter? Come inside, sit down, I am coming.
Ramnarayan and Chunnilal went inside the room and said:
Ram: We don't know why he called, but he has strictly instructed us to bring you quickly.
Old Man: It hasn't even been an hour since someone came and said that Maharaj himself was coming. Was that information false?
Ram: Yes, Maharaj was going to come, but now he won't.
Old Man: Alright, the two of you sit here and guard the prisoner, I will go.
Ram: Very well.
After seating Ramnarayan and Chunnilal inside the cell, the old Daroga came out, cleverly slammed the door shut, and said from the outside, "Greetings! I recognized both of you as Ayyars. Now tell me, have you fallen into our trap or not? What a fun way I discovered it! I asked that I was told Maharaj himself was coming, and you immediately agreed and said, 'Yes, he was going to come, but now he won't.' You didn't realize I was deceiving you. You practice Ayyari with such little sense? Well, now you two also enjoy the air of this prison and know that I am Bakar Ali Ayyar, placed here to teach you a lesson."
Hearing the old man's words, Ramnarayan and Chunnilal went silent, even bowing their heads in shame. The old Daroga left from there and went to Shivdatt, telling him about the arrest of the two Ayyars. The Maharaj was pleased, rewarded Bakar Ali, and happily came himself to see Ramnarayan and Chunnilal.
Badrinath, Pannalal, and the Jyotishi also learned that two of their companions had been captured. Now they had to worry about freeing three people instead of just one.
Late at night, these three Ayyars were roaming and heading out of the city when a person, whose entire body was covered in black cloth, rushed up to them from behind, threw a small rolled-up piece of paper in front of them, and then quickly moved forward, signalling with his hand for them to follow.
Badrinath picked up the slip and read it in the light of a burning lamp at a grocer's shop on the side of the road. It only read: "Bhairav Singh." Badrinath understood that Bhairav Singh had escaped by some means and was heading that way. Badrinath also recognized Bhairav Singh's handwriting.
Bhairav Singh had thrown the slip and motioned for the three to follow, and now, having advanced ten or twelve steps, he was waiting for them to arrive.
Badrinath and the others were delighted and moved forward, reaching the spot where Bhairav Singh, covering his body with black cloth, was standing behind a cover on the roadside. There was no time for conversation. Bhairav Singh led the way, and Badrinath, Pannalal, and the Jyotishi quickly followed, exiting the city.
The night was dark. In the open field, Bhairav Singh took off the black cloth. The three recognized Bhairav Singh in the moonlight—they happily embraced him one by one and then sat on a stone slab to talk.
Badri: Bhairav Singh, seeing you right now makes my heart very happy!
Bhairav: I managed to escape somehow, but Ramnarayan and Chunnilal are badly trapped.
Jyotishi: What a trick those two fell for!
Bhairav: I am also thinking about how to free them.
Panna: How?
Bhairav: We have the whole night to talk about all that, but right now I am extremely hungry. Give me something to eat.
Badri: We have two or four pedas (sweets). Eat them if you like.
Bhairav: What good will two or four pedas do? Well, at least water must be arranged.
Badri: What should we do then?
Bhairav: (Signalling with his hand) Look, that lamp burning at the edge of the city, we just saw it is a sweet shop, and he is making fresh pooris (fried bread). And we will probably get water from that same confectioner.
Panna: Alright, I'll go.
Bhairav: We should all go together. It's best for everyone to stay together, lest you get trapped and we are left waiting.
Panna: Is getting trapped now a joke?
Bhairav: Well, what's the harm if we go together? Three people will stand on the side, and one person will go ahead and buy the goods.
Badri: Yes, yes, that will be correct. Let's go together.
The four Ayyars left together and reached the confectioner, whose shop was the only one at the edge of the city. Badrinath, the Jyotishi, and Bhairav Singh stood some distance away, and Pannalal went to the shop to buy the goods. Before he left, Bhairav Singh said, "Agree with the confectioner beforehand to give the water in an earthen pot, or he will argue later."
Pannalal went to the sweet shop and asked for two seers of poori and a seer of mithai (sweets). The confectioner himself asked, "Do you need water or not?"
Panna: Yes, yes, you must give water.
Confectioner: Do you have a vessel?
Panna: We do, but it is small. You give us water in an earthen pitcher.
Confectioner: You will have to pay eight annas extra for a pitcher of water.
Panna: That much highway robbery? Well, we will pay.
Taking the poori, mithai, and a pitcher of water, the four Ayyars left, but they did not know that the confectioner, accompanied by two men, was following them secretly a short distance behind. Sitting on a large stone slab in the field, the four ate their food, drank the water, washed their hands and faces, and began talking slowly and casually. Not even half an hour had passed when all four fell unconscious onto the rock, and the confectioner, along with his two men, appeared over their heads.
The two men who came with the confectioner tied up Badrinath, the Jyotishi, and Pannalal. They then gave Bhairav Singh something to smell, bringing him back to consciousness, and said, "Bravo, Ajayab Singh! Your trick worked perfectly! Now the five wretched Ayyars who came to Shivdattgarh are in our hands. You have earned the greatest reward from Maharaj!"