With Accardo, who was familiar with the way, within a few days, Chu Xiaobai followed the transport team to an inn that looked quite old. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prancgpony is the name of the hotel. Translated, it is the Prancing Horse Inn or the Prancing Horse Hotel. Combined with its exterior and interior, Chu Xiaobai immediately determined one thing - it was indeed the Prancing Horse Inn in the movie.

According to the owner, the inn has been in business for decades, and among the guests here are human mercenaries and foot merchants, as well as passing dwarves, and even a few elven guests.

Although the boss always refers to the elves as long-eared people who are difficult to deal with, it can be deeply felt from his gushing words that he has actually regarded this matter as a talking point worth showing off.

echoed the boss's words, coaxed him very happy, and there was a regular customer Accardo on the side to help introduce him, and soon, Chu Xiaobai passed the boss's verification and got the qualification to buy maps from him.

The map was not drawn by the owner himself, but placed here on consignment by a cartographer friend. Not only because of the small quantity, but also because this thing is very precious to some people in need, so the boss made good use of it as a limited specialty to enhance the popularity and status of the inn.

Only those who are approved by him can buy from him a map copied by a cartographer. For example, the current Chu Xiaobai.

Some people may ask, didn't Accardo say that he would pay for the map and then exchange it for Chu Xiaobai's camping suit? In other words, the one who bought the map was Accardo, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether Chu Xiaobai passed the test or not, right?

Not really.

Accardo was already a regular customer of the shop, and the owner had long known that he didn't need a map. And because the rule has always been 'it doesn't matter who pays, the key is who the thing will belong to in the end', so after confirming the fact that the person who really needed the map was actually Chu Xiaobai, the shopkeeper would have a small inspection of him.

Anyway, the map ended up getting its hands on anyway. According to the previous agreement, Chu Xiaobai took out a new set of camping equipment from the space, and as a reward, handed it over to Accardo.

At the same time, Accardo also bought another horse from the shopkeeper and gave it to Chu Xiaobai. Every year, there are always one or two bloody clashes between customers, and when it comes to cleaning up the mess for the winning side, the shopkeeper always has some advantage left in his hands. For example, this colt was left behind by a mercenary who had been seriously injured and died.

The qualifications of the horse are not outstanding, but to be honest, it should be enough for Chu Xiaobai. After all, he didn't need to be in a hurry, and it wouldn't make a difference if he arrived a few days late.

However, perhaps it was because of the slight obsessive-compulsive disorder that Chu Xiaobai himself was not aware of, or maybe he felt that this very humane colt was a little pitiful, after leaving the Prancing Horse Inn and embarking on the road to Shire, Chu Xiaobai took out a small part of the soul solution from the space and mixed it with grass to feed the colt.

After just one night, the pony was transformed into a rare steed.

The original mottled coat color turned into a black color, shiny and shiny, as if it was draped in black satin.

The horse's intelligence has also been greatly improved. The eyes, which were already very human, have become more and more agile.

How could such a clever and wonderful horse not have a name? Anyway, being idle is idle, Chu Xiaobai spent half a day, while sitting on the back of a horse and continuing to drive leisurely, while thinking of a good name for it - Black Rose.

Doesn't that sound familiar? That's right, it's the name of the horse that comes from the Celestial Dragon Plane Mu Wan Qingmu Meimei.

Although the reason Chu Xiaobai found for himself was 'this is a mare', in fact, it was because he had always had the problem of being incompetent in choosing a name, so he only thought of such a name that he had heard before.

However, we have to admit that this name is indeed quite appropriate - if Chu Xiaobai remembered not Mu Meimei's black horse, but Zhang Fei or Xiang Yu's mount, the name of this mare might be called Wu Hu. Don't forget, this is on the Lord of the Rings plane, and the lingua franca is English, and if the name Wuqi were translated into English, it wouldn't be as easy as the current Bckrose. (Wu is black, English translation is bck, 骓 is the meaning of the top good horse, English translation is goodhorse, that is to say, Wu Hu translated into English is bckgoodhorse, what a cowardly word.) ）

Riding the black rose, following the route on the map, after walking for almost ** days, Chu Xiaobai finally came to the Xia Erling in the territory of Iliad, which is located in the northwest of the Middle-earth continent.

The Shire is a hobbit colony, and there is not just one hobbit village here. Unable to remember the name of the small village where Bilbo Baggins lived, Chu Xiaobai had to use a stupid method - disguised as a doctor and cook, while visiting every hobbit village he encountered, while secretly looking for traces of Bilbo Baggins.

I have to admit that Chu Xiaobai's choice of these two professions is much better than Gandalf's original 'pyrotechnician' - hobbits are like children in the human race, whether it is height, or naturally kind personality, or love for delicious food.

Gandalf brought fireworks to the hobbits to help them, so he was loved by them, while Chu Xiaobai brought delicious food. If the hobbit is five out of ten for entertainment, then for the love of food, it is at least 12 out of 12. In contrast, of course, Chu Xiaobai, who brought the food, was more popular.

I just remember that hobbits are not very enthusiastic about humans, and I didn't expect to buy these little guys completely with 'simple' food. When Chu Xiaobai combined the scene he saw and recalled the characteristics of hobbits' love of food, he felt a sense of pride in being a person from the big foodie empire from the bottom of his heart.

After capturing several hobbit villages with all kinds of delicious snacks and feasts, Chu Xiaobai no longer had to bother to secretly investigate - after learning the news of the arrival of the 'chef', the nearby hobbit villages all sent representatives and took the initiative to invite him, as long as he accepted the invitation, he could see every villager in every small village at the food banquet specially held by the hobbits, and of course, Bilbo Baggins was the one he was looking for.

No, in the second week after entering the Shire Territory, Chu Xiaobai came to the small village where Bilbo Baggins lived and found him at the banquet.

What made Chu Xiaobai feel even more troublesome was that he didn't need to take the initiative to approach, Bilbo came up by himself and stuck to his side all the time.

Thinking about it a little, there will be such a situation, it seems that it is not very difficult to understand, after all, there is much more curiosity in Bilbo's personality than other hobbits, and these new and exotic delicacies brought by Chu Xiaobai are all things he has never seen before, and his strong curiosity and love for food attack together, if he doesn't stick to it, it will be really strange.

"Bilbo, would you like a drink?" Another dish was completed, which drew cheers from the onlookers. Let the few little guys who couldn't wait to step forward carry the huge pot away, Chu Xiaobai sat down and rested for a while, and at the same time made himself a cup of butterbeer.

Bilbo was still in front of the stove, his eyes had been staring at the small piece of food that Chu Xiaobai had deliberately left, and when he heard the greeting, he came back to his senses and quickly wiped the corners of his mouth: "Hehe, then let's have a drink." By the way, Chu, what is the name of this dish you make? It smells so good~. ”

"Hehe, it's called beef stewed radish, it's just a home-cooked dish." While pouring beer for Bilbo, Chu Xiaobai said with a smile: "If you want to eat, take the bowl yourself, anyway, there are a lot of left, and I may not be able to eat it alone." ”

"Really?" had been waiting for a sentence for a long time, Bilbo hurriedly picked up the spoon and filled himself with a bowl from the small half basin reserved by Chu Xiaobai.

"Hiss~~hiss~~, it's delicious~!"

The freshly stewed beef and radish were hot, but because of the rich aroma of the meat and the melt-in-your-mouth texture, Bilbo was reluctant to spit out the food in his mouth. Staring at a pair of eyes, he kept hissing for a while before he sorted out his spirits, squinted his eyes and gave Chu Xiaobai a thumbs up with a look of enjoyment.

"If you think it's delicious, I can take the time to teach you, anyway, it's very easy to learn, as long as you master the heat and the amount of spices used, you can try it yourself."

"Really?" This was great news, and Bilbo immediately looked overjoyed.

However, after a few seconds, he asked with some hesitation, "But, don't you still want to leave?" Can I learn in just a few days? ”

"Actually, I'm going to stay here, if you allow it."

"Huh?"

"You know, all the time, I've been traveling everywhere. Although I have seen a lot of people and things that make people happy, I am also a little tired after traveling for so long. Lately, I've been wondering if it's time to take a break and take a break. ”

"Do you mean it really?"

"Of course. The scenery here is so beautiful, and the people are so ...... welcoming. ”

"You wait, I'll go to the village chief~~~!" Without waiting for Chu Xiaobai to finish speaking, Bilbo stood up and ran out. Sure enough, he is a hobbit who loves food, and even now, Bilbo still hasn't put down the spoon and bowl in his hand.