In a restaurant in Aoki County, Meng Fan and Li Yongfu were waiting in it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's a small sushi restaurant called Shinshincho, with a long table separating customers from the chef, and there are only eight guest chairs, and a gray-haired old gentleman is bending his head to cook, but he is holding the rice balls in his hands.

Li Yongan's eyebrows frowned, he looked at Meng Fan, then looked at the old man, and asked suspiciously: "Meng Er, are you hungry?" ”

"Not hungry."

"Not hungry, so what are you?"

Meng Fan smiled, "Don't you think this little shop is different?" ”

Li Yongan was stunned, looking at the furnishings in the store, he had indeed never seen it, and it was a bit exotic.

"I haven't seen it, so what?"

"Don't worry, you'll find out in a moment." Meng Fan waved his hand to signal that he would not be impatient.

On the other side, the old man kneaded the rice balls, and he used the knife method to cut a slice from the carp under his palm, but it was a red and white raw slice, he placed the raw slice on the rice ball, and then handed it over.

"Please!" The old man raised his hand to signal, and his tone was curly, which was different from ordinary people.

Meng Fan took the shallow plate, put the dish in his mouth with chopsticks, chewed it slightly, and immediately felt the tenderness of the carp meat!

When you taste it carefully, the cold sashimi bursts out with a shocking sensation, with a faint sweetness, which is so delicious that you almost didn't bite off your tongue.

"Is it that good?" Li Yongan glanced at Meng Fan, picked up the chopsticks quietly, and then fell into a state of intoxication.

Seeing the expressions of enjoyment of the two, the old man touched his bald head, revealing his smugness.

Meng Fan glanced at him, except for the bald head and the strange hairstyle, the other conditions of this old man matched one by one, not to mention that this was a Japanese longevity restaurant, he was more and more sure in his heart, this old man must be the so-called "homeless man"!

He put down his chopsticks and asked the old man, "Old man, do you know Li Hongliang?" ”

"Li Hongliang?"

The old man paused, and then glared: "How do you know him, is he okay now?" ”

"It seems that you really know the village chief!" Meng Fan was overjoyed.

"Brother Li Hongliang is your village chief."

The old man washed his hands and said with emotion: "He once saved my life, and I will never forget him for the rest of my life." I think that when I almost starved to death on the street, it was Brother Liang who gave me a braised chicken, which is still unforgettable, and if he hadn't given me another twenty taels of silver before parting, I wouldn't have been able to open this small shop to make a living....."

The old man talked intermittently for a while, his mood gradually calmed down, he looked at Meng Fan and said: "I haven't seen Brother Liang for many years, and there are more than half a hundred people in the blink of an eye, he suddenly asked you to find me this time, is there something wrong?" ”

"The old village chief is in good health, and nothing serious happened."

Meng Fan said again: "The reason why we came to you is that the village chief once told us that if we want to enter the Aoki Valley, it is best to find you and ask about the situation. ”

"You're going to Aoki Valley?" The little old man glared at Meng Fan, and then patted his head, "I forgot, this year is a hunting competition, looking at your dress, is it the hunter who participates?" ”

Meng Fan nodded, "We are indeed hunters, I don't know if the old gentleman can give us advice." ”

"Since it is entrusted by the old man, it is incumbent on him."

The little old man Xu has lived in Aoki County for many years, even though the local accent is difficult to change, but the official language has been spoken neatly, he turned his head to the other six long-awaited diners to say sorry, to leave for a while.

"Come with me, both of you."

The old man invited Meng Fan and Li Yongan to leave the shop, and the three of them walked into a small courtyard at the back.

Meng Fan asked, "I don't know what the old gentleman is called?" ”

The old man said, "My name is Kogi Hachitani. ”

Li Yongan was surprised: "Foreigners? ”

"It's really overseas." Kogi Hachiya Lang smiled, "But I don't know how you found me?" After all, Brother Hong Liang and I have been cut off for decades. ”

Meng Fan replied: "I saw sushi dishes written outside the store, and I thought it was novel, so I entered the store and asked, but I didn't expect it to be crooked." ”

"Haha, I see, sushi cuisine is the only one in the county, Brother Hong Liang must know that I like sashimi, you followed this clue, that's why you found me."

Meng Fan nodded, and Xiaomu Hachiya Lang praised: "What a smart young man." ”

Meng Fan fell into deep thought, and suddenly asked: "I see that Zhenxin Town is written on the door of the store, I don't know what the meaning is here?" ”

Kogi Hachitani showed a sad look, "Shinshin Town is actually my hometown, on the other side of the distant sea. ”

"Shinshin Town, but Shinshin Town?"

"True New Town?"

The little old man shook his head and explained, "The town is almost the size of the village, and the size of the town is far from being a town. ”

Meng Fan showed a look of loss, because Zhenxin Town is the birthplace of Xiao Zhi, the protagonist of the Elven Treasure World, if he can return to Zhenxin Town, the harvest will be much greater than in Zhongzhou.

Kogi Hachiya Lang said: "I have been away from my hometown for 40 years, and I don't know how it is developing now. ”

He sighed, but a flash of inspiration flashed in Meng Fan's mind!

Maybe after decades of development, Mashin Town will become a Shinshin Town!

If the truth is as I speculated, then this incident happened with some twists and turns, as if it came full circle, and the track of the world plot extended back to the main line.

"Doesn't the old gentleman want to go back and have a look?"

"The sea route is thousands of miles away, and I have a family and roots in Aoki County, and now I have a full house of children and grandchildren, and I don't want to go back." Xiaomu Hachiguro shook his head and said, "Let's get down to business first, I still have something to do in a while." He pointed to the shop and signaled that he was going back to work.

Meng Fan saw that he didn't want to talk about the affairs of Zhenxin Town, so he had to change the topic, "Then to make a long story short, we are about to enter the Aoki Valley, according to the village chief, the old gentleman has extraordinary knowledge, I don't know if I can give some guidance, so that we can also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in the mountains." ”

"Hmm...."

Kogi Hachiya Lang pondered for a moment, and said with a hesitant face: "I know that there is a secret luck in Aoki Valley, but ....."

"But what?"

"Aoki Valley is too dangerous, your strength is not good, it's better not to say it."

Li Yongan immediately snorted: "Uncle, don't look down on people too much, our Meng Er is a strong man with a thousand catties!" ”

"Do you have a thousand pounds?" Xiaomu Hachiguro glanced at Meng Fan in surprise, and then shook his head again.

"A thousand catties of strength is indeed very human, but there are also a lot of wrestlers who are stronger than you, and there are still no corpses in the valley, no matter how strong the strength is, can you fight the spirit beast?"

Spirit beasts can manipulate the power of nature, a leaf is a flying knife, a mouthful of water is a water arrow, and the rain of arrows in the sky can beat the human body into a sieve.

Li Yongan retorted: "Meng Er can open a five-stone bow, and his archery skills are perfect, and there are no missing arrows within twenty meters. ”

Xiaomu Hachigulang's little eyes lit up, and he looked at Meng Fan's hands carefully, "You don't even have a cocoon on your fingers, but I didn't see that you are still a master of archery." ”

Meng Fan didn't answer, he really didn't practice arrows for a long time, and his fingers hadn't yet sharpened their calluses.

"Old man, don't sell it, we've been looking for you for an hour, and we can't afford it." Li Yongan complained: "If Meng Er hadn't insisted on looking for you, we would have already entered the valley. ”

"Okay."

At the urging of Li Yongan, perhaps because he learned about Meng Fan's strength, Xiaomu Hachigulang finally changed his original intention and said loosely: "If you can hunt the lion king, the wild boar king, and the hyena leader, I will tell you this secret." ”

Li Yongan said angrily: "Old man, are you selling Guanzi again? ”

Xiaomu Hachigulang smiled bitterly: "You are Li Hongliang's juniors, I can't harm you, if you can't even deal with these three fierce beasts, then it's better not to know about this matter." ”

Meng Fan looked at Xiaomu Hachigulang for a few seconds, and said solemnly: "Okay, I will hunt the beast that the old gentleman said, but the skin and fangs of the prey still have to be handed in." ”

Xiaomu Hachiya Lang said: "I only need the lion whip of the lion king, the raw meat of the wild boar king, and the eyes of the hyena leader." ”

Meng Fan looked at him strangely, and Xiaomu Hachigulang touched his head and smiled: "Take it to make wine and drink." ”

"It's disgusting." Li Yongan said sarcastically.

"Don't be rude." Meng Fan pushed Li Yongan, and then raised his hand to leave.

"Go early and return early, pay attention to safety!" Kogi Hachiya Lang said: "If it is dangerous, do not force it. ”

The two left the small courtyard, and as soon as they walked out of the courtyard, Li Yongan immediately asked puzzledly: "Meng Er, why did you promise him, I don't think this person is serious, do you really believe the secret he said?" ”

"I always felt like he was hiding something." Meng Fan said perfunctorily, but he knew in his heart that Xiaomu Hachiguro must have a secret hidden in him, because he was not from Zhongzhou, and it was very likely that he was from Zhenxin Town.

"Intuition isn't always accurate." Li Yongan was still not convinced.

"Actually, there is nothing to lose by promising him." Meng Fan smiled and said, "The lion king is worth three thousand taels, the wild boar king is very harmful, the county bid five thousand taels to kill, only this hyena leader is worthless." ”

Meng Fan explained this, Li Yongan was immediately relieved, they were originally here for hunting, and the value of the beasts had been marked on the Aoki Illustrated Book, and this competition was actually a disguised action to eliminate the harm, so as not to multiply too many beasts in the mountain and form a beast tide to impact Aoki County.

"Alright then, let's go find Yongfu and them, I guess we're already in a hurry."

"Well, let's go!"

The two left with their legs and soon joined their companions, Meng Fan briefly described what happened, and Li Yongdang and the others were surprised.

Lions, wild boars, and hyenas are all social creatures that are not easy to deal with, and they suspect that the old man has bad intentions.

Meng Fan smiled and explained, firstly, it was a hunting competition, and it was easy to do it, secondly, it was very likely to obtain exclusive information about the Aoki Valley, so it should be tried, and thirdly, if you don't do it, you will inevitably be looked down upon by an outsider.

They also learned from Li Yongan that this little old man couldn't look down on the strength of himself and others, and even Meng Fan couldn't get into the eyes of the law, and he always sold his son and refused to disclose the news.

Li Yongdang and the others immediately blew up their hair, they were young and vigorous, even if they didn't go, they would go!

So the original plan was changed, and he went to the forest and began to hunt three kinds of beasts that lived in groups......