Hongmen Town, an ordinary Jiangnan town in the south, the land of fish and rice, is a rare rich place in these years, and it is also a peaceful town without horse thieves.

Zhong Wenbin worked hard and traveled for nearly a month before finally arriving in this town, and finally found the location of Hongyitang in an ancient street in the town, which is a dilapidated Chinese medicine shop with a dilapidated wooden sign hanging in front of the door.

There was an elderly man in the pharmacy, wearing a coarse cloth horse coat and a bun, like an old man from the Qing Dynasty.

In the past month, although Zhong Wenbin is dressed like a dog, the dog can't change the days when he eats, and is used to the days when the open air is the quilt and the mountain spring is the water, so when he arrived in Hongmen Town, he became a beggar again.

Standing at the door of Hongyi Hall, Zhong Wenbin hesitated for a long time, and was not embarrassed to speak, after the old man saw it, he put down the medicine scale in his hand and smiled: "Young man, what do you want to buy?" ”

Zhong Wenbin walked in boldly and said, "Do you know Hu Er?" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the old man's expression changed greatly, and he immediately became a little cold: "That stinky boy is no longer from my Hu family, you can go." ”

After speaking, he began to issue an expulsion order, and Zhong Wenbin immediately understood that this was Hu Er's father, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was not compatible. Originally, he didn't plan to make do here, so he smiled helplessly.

"Let me tell you something, Hu Er may be dead." After Zhong Wenbin finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Stop!" Old Man Hu drank heavily, and then put down the work in his hand and walked out: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Zhong Wenbin looked around, it was not a place to talk, and Old Man Hu was also reasonable, and invited him into the house and into the backyard.

"Alas, Hu Er and the horse thief did it, I'm afraid it's over." Zhong Wenbin didn't dare to hide it, and told the ins and outs of the matter, as for the dragon meat and keel, he also said it.

After hearing this, Old Man Hu frowned, sat on an old man's chair, and pondered for a long time: "I'm not worried about this kid, the thief is very rape, but I'm worried about you." ”

Zhong Wenbin was stunned, he didn't know why, he had escaped by himself, what was there to worry about.

"Old man, if you're afraid, I won't trouble you." Zhong Wenbin didn't want to disturb others, and he was used to being free.

"Alas, as soon as Ma Shan's order comes out, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide from the fifteenth day of junior high school." Old Man Hu sighed.

A hundred oceans will really make people red, Chen Dao is really willing to spend such a big capital, Zhong Wenbin is silent, so where should he escape, the gold on his body is almost spent, in the past month, he has eaten and drunk a lot, and he has gained a lot of weight.

Zhong Wenbin simply turned his head and left, but at this moment, Old Man Hu spoke again: "You just stay here as an apprentice, and help the old man get medicine." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Wenbin was a little surprised: "Are you willing to take me in?" ”

Old Man Hu smiled: "It's to save you, and it can also make the old man and me accumulate some yin virtue." ”

In fact, Zhong Wenbin has now become a fragrant bait, and there are storms and clouds everywhere, and the news that he has dragon meat on him has spread, and at the same time, a secret of the year has also quickly flowed out.

In this way, Zhong Wenbin lived in this Hongyi Hall, and after dressing up a little, he became an apprentice, and spent three days in such a quiet way.

Until the fourth night, Zhong Wenbin was lying on the bed, suddenly felt his heart beat faster, his eyes were wide, his body was stiff, and the whole person was speechless.

So he hurriedly wanted to crawl to the corner of the room, where there was another sack with dragon bones and dragon meat, but at this time, Zhong Wenbin had no strength, fell to the ground in a panic, and then moved there step by step.

Seeing that his body was getting weaker and weaker, at this moment, the door opened, and Old Man Hu rushed in. ”

Zhong Wenbin tried to point to the sack with his right hand and opened his mouth: "Meat, meat......"

Old Man Hu hurriedly took the sack, took out the piece of carrion, and hesitated for a long time: "Wen Bin, eating this thing will be addictive." ”

Zhong Wenbin didn't care so much, used his last strength, pounced, and then ate it alive, a bit like a wolf, the entrance was very hard, and Old Man Hu was watching from the side.

The palm-sized carrion was eaten up by Zhong Wenbin in three or two clicks, and then lay on the ground, about three minutes or so, his abdomen was warm for a while, and then he slowly began to feel conscious, and after a while, he finally recovered most of his strength.

"Old man, I'm smiling." Zhong Wenbin was covered in sweat and smiled wryly.

"What will I do after a month after eating this meat?" Old Man Hu looked solemn.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Zhong Wenbin also has no way at all, and he can live one day at a time.

Old Man Hu didn't say much, this night, Zhong Wenbin didn't feel sleepy, lying on the bed tossing and turning, and finally stayed up until the next morning.

Just as he was about to wash up and start his day's work, Old Man Hu led a man in uniform and a military hat into the house.

Zhong Wenbin didn't care, he took the Chinese medicine on the medicine cabinet with his book, and Old Man Hu led people over: "Wenbin, this is Hong Sheng, the security captain of our Hongmen Town." ”

As soon as he heard that it was the security captain, Zhong Wenbin's heart skipped a beat, and his hands trembled subconsciously, for so many years, he had never played hide and seek with these so-called security captains, so he was naturally a little scared.

Hong Sheng didn't care, but looked outside the store, and then the three of them came to the inside of the courtyard, and Old Man Hu also temporarily closed the door of the store.

"You are Wen Bin, I have heard about you." Hong Sheng said with a smile.

Zhong Wenbin was stunned, wouldn't all the secrets have been made public, and Old Man Hu didn't care: "Hong Sheng is a reliable person, and he can help you at the same time." ”

In fact, Zhong Wenbin didn't expect anyone to help, he only had a month's life, and what else was there to do.

Hong Sheng was very bold, handed over a cigarette, and then lit it and took a breath: "Wen Bin, do you know what happened fifteen years ago? ”

Zhong Wenbin nodded, and shook his head again: "I don't know, I've heard people mention some of it." ”

Hong Sheng nodded, flicked the cigarette butt, and then talked about the events of the year.

Fifteen years ago, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in a mountain and forest tribe, which was a sensation back then, but because of the closed news, few people knew, and the major secret forces, whether black and white, and even some Taoist people rushed there.

And Hong Sheng was just a hairy kid back then, and he didn't go deep into it, but he also heard a lot, it is said that the dragon was dismembered, and it was taken by all parties for research, and as for the dragon bone, it was stolen by a gang of horse thieves.

The dragon is a legendary auspicious beast, it is said that it can live forever if it is eaten, and naturally some people are crazy about it, as for how many people eat it, it is unknown. Back then, it was boiling and was slowly hidden among the people, but as soon as Zhong Wenbin's Ma Shanling came out, it gradually began to spread.

And all these versions are not the same as what Nan Ming said, Zhong Wenbin frowned, and also took a puff of cigarette: "Why is it different from what I heard at the beginning?" ”

After hearing this, Hong Sheng smiled bitterly: "This is also what I want to say, that Nanming is a stranger and a hunter." ”

Zhong Wenbin was shocked, and a conspiracy arose from the bottom of his heart, who is Nanming, isn't he from a certain tribe.

Hong Sheng did not hide it, saying that in the past fifteen years, twelve people have died unexpectedly, and their hearts have been hollowed out, and these twelve people are all people who participated in dragon eating back then, and they are all people with heads and faces.

"I secretly investigated, and it was Nan Ming who did it." Hong Sheng said.

"Then why did he do it?" Zhong Wenbin asked.

"I'm afraid it's using you to collect dragon meat and fight against horse thieves." Hong Sheng was thoughtful, and flicked the cigarette in his hand: "Wen Bin, you have a keel in your hand, be careful." ”

Hearing these secrets, Zhong Wenbin felt that his brain was already messed up, there were two different versions, and he didn't know which one was right, but looking at Hong Sheng's expression, he obviously didn't lie.

The only confusion at the moment is what the origin of this dragon is, Zhong Wenbin never believes that there is such a thing as a dragon in this world, it is too mysterious, and he is also uneasy in his heart.

After the three of them chatted briefly, Hong Sheng also got up and left, while Zhong Wenbin was confused and frightened for two days.

Until the evening of the third day, a dark shadow broke into Hongmen Town.