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After Ao Yan sold a "Mandarin Fish King" to Longtanlou last time, Longtanlou became famous, and steadily suppressed the tiger's cave and Aoki Pavilion that originally sat side by side, which can be described as the limelight for a while, coincidentally, the emperor was assassinated not long ago, and the problem was in the imperial dining room, and a large number of imperial kitchens were found to have problems to click, so that there were a group of people in the palace who had to go hungry.

So, the emperor announced to the world that he would select 100 imperial chefs, including one big chef, two small chefs, and five chefs.

And all the candidates will be selected from the entire Kyushu under heaven, and the top eight will be elected to the official positions in the imperial dining room, and the selection competition will start from each town.

The palace is everyone's dream place, where can there be a place, looking at the world where can not go? Besides, if you can win less than 100 people to become the imperial chef, it is enough to glorify the ancestors, if this chef comes from his own restaurant, then how much does this restaurant rise?

The first person in the world to cook for the emperor used to cook here, how many people came here to taste the emperor's taste?

Therefore, Longtanlou, who has been in the limelight this time, has made every effort to help the chef of Zhenlou enter the selection, in order to make a name for himself, even if he can't get less than 100 in the end, as long as he breaks out and has a reputation, this will be of great benefit to Longtanlou.

But the most unfortunate thing is that the Tiger Cave House and Aoki Pavilion, which were no longer in the eyes, each came up with high-quality ingredients.

As soon as he received the news, the shopkeeper immediately sobered up, the strength of the chefs of the other two companies was on par with his own, and the limelight was just a "mandarin fish king" brought by Ao Yan, if he couldn't get the same high-end ingredients this time, he couldn't win the selection in the town at all, so the shopkeeper began to buy all kinds of high-quality aquatic products, but he got nothing.

This aquatic product is not as precious as the mountains, it is not easy to get, and it is not easy to get no matter how good the water is.

The shopkeeper thought of Ao Yan at that time, but unfortunately Ao Yan's whereabouts were too secretive, and he also spent a lot of effort looking for an accent to find Ao Yan's residence in Xiangliu Village.

After going back and forth a few times, it is no wonder that the shopkeeper has such an exaggerated performance when he sees Ao Yan, just like seeing his father.

Knowing the original story, Ao Yan didn't think about it, and immediately refused.

"Why?" the shopkeeper was dumbfounded.

"The shopkeeper's eh, the small, the small is not hidden, although the small water is good, but the mandarin fish is only the only one in Xiangliu Lake, now let alone ten catties, even if it is a mandarin fish fry. Ao Yan shrugged his shoulders and smiled embarrassedly.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help but be disappointed, but then he seemed to think of something, and he smiled and came over again.

"You, what are you going to do, the kid doesn't lie to you. Ao Yan pushed forward with his hand and blocked the way.

"Hehe, the little brother is too low? Don't worry, you don't have to be a mandarin fish, as long as the little brother can get any good things in the water, he won't escape for as little as five taels of silver, this is a deposit of two taels, take it first." I inquired, in the past, half of Xiangliu Village was fishing and raising pearls for a living, and the lake originally raised mandarin fish, if it wasn't for the fact that more than 60 years ago, the ghosts out of the water have been dead, it is estimated that they would have been rich now, and they will not rely on the work of plowing the fields, so the people of Xiangliu Village have no water and can't catch fish, which is the biggest joke within a radius of 100 miles. ”

The shopkeeper put the silver on the table, and then said so, openly and secretly signaled Ao Yan not to trick him, and not to shirk it.

But with Ao Yan's temperament, it was not easy to deal with such a "Laipi" method, but he did not move, but was stunned, because he heard an extremely useful message.

Kelpie!

There are water ghosts in their own territory, why don't you know? The water ghosts are also one of the water tribes, the last time the water tribe edict was also summoned, and I didn't see it when I used Hu Bo Fu Zhao to investigate, this happened just sixty years ago, and it was more reasonable and well-founded, it shouldn't seem to be a fraud, and then I went to the village to ask to know, if there really is, then I have to earn a good amount of incense merit.

After all, when this thing appears, the dead will be cut off from their wealth and have resentment, and if they are removed, they will be very happy.

In order to learn more about the shopkeeper again, he put two pieces of silver into his waist and promised: "Okay, shopkeeper, you are a sincere person, hehe." But our Xiangliuhu Lake is small, I'm afraid there aren't many things......"

"Little brother shirked again, didn't he?" The shopkeeper looked like he was so bad, and patted Ao Yan's hand: "Xiangliu Lake is indeed not big, only two miles, the little brother can go to the big ditch, I heard that there are a lot of things there, the little brother has the ability, it should be fine." ”

Big chute?

Ao Yan's brain flashed, the big ditch is said to be a ditch, it is better to say that it is a large pond formed by the convergence of several rivers, which is rich in fish and shrimp, but no one has ever fished, and even the boat does not dare to go over, because the place is not only deep, the water flow inside is even more staggered and turbulent, comparable to the river when the big fish were down, no matter how good the water is, I dare not go there to play, I heard that the boat has sunk a lot.

However, all this is nothing to himself as a Hu Bo.

"Okay, thank you for the shopkeeper's advice. Ao Yan grinned.

It's not because I'm going to catch fish, but I'm going to find something awesome to ignite!

"Eh, by the way, the shopkeeper, what did you just say about the imperial dining room and the assassination, can you tell the little one or two, the little one rarely goes out, can you tell me?"

Ao Yan asked casually, when he asked, the fat flesh on the shopkeeper's face shook twice, and the two mustaches moved up and down, as if he was extremely afraid, his little eyes were stunned, he lowered his head quietly left and right, and only then did he put his index finger on his lips to express silence: "Xiao~sound~point~"

"What's wrong?"

The shopkeeper swallowed, and the sweat on his forehead remained, but this time it was a cold sweat.

Looking out of the door, he motioned for Ao Yan to come closer and said, "Now the whole world knows that daring to assassinate is a rebellion, and this matter is the White Lotus Sect - don't say it, it will lead to death!"

As he spoke, the shopkeeper also made a neck wiping movement with his hands.

Ao Yan swallowed his saliva in a daze, expressing his fear, this is not a fraud, but he is really shocked in his heart, this White Lotus Sect even the emperor Lao Tzu dares to ...... How big that is?

A few words unintentionally sounded a wake-up call for him, reminding him that there must be no leakage in this matter!

After the shopkeeper of Longtan Building left, Ao Yan sat alone in the house and thought.

Now, he had to do three things.

First, survey the terrain of the red soil slope and set traps. Second, investigate your own territory and the water ghosts in the village, and solve them if there are any, so as to get more incense and beliefs. Third, go to the big ditch to explore, find a suitable point and become your own subordinate.

On the whole, the most important thing of surveying the terrain is not in a hurry, and the investigation of water ghosts also has Changming's help.

Then, the last thing is what I need to do the most.

After thinking clearly, Ao Yan went out with a fish basket on his back, jumped into Xiangliu Lake and summoned the water slave and the green turtle.

Xiangliu Lake is living water, because a slender river small ditch can be connected with the big ditch, Ao Yan, as Xiangliu Lake Bo, parade in the water is far faster and faster than on land, saving time and effort.

However, as soon as he came out of Xiangliu Lake, he found that in addition to the water nature he possessed as a Hu Bo, his other abilities were almost suppressed.

To put it simply, in his own territory, he closed his eyes and urged Fu Zhao, and he could feel every inch of the lake clearly, but as soon as he arrived at the small ditch, he could only feel what was within ten meters of his body.

This surprised him and at the same time, he gained a deeper understanding of the scope of his priesthood's power.

"It seems that if I clash with someone else on my own territory, even if the opponent's strength is more than one percent, I have a good chance of winning him, and it is the same in a place where there is water, but it is neither my own territory nor a place with water, and my Hu Bo may be a scumbag. ”

After thinking about it, Ao Yan had come to the entrance of the junction of the small and big ditches.

A burst of turbulent water rushing and converging in the open and in the dark struck, Ao Yan was a little difficult to control his body, and he was shocked in his heart, and suddenly retreated a little.

He observed the terrain on the water, trying to find a convenient place to cut into.

The large gully is about one mile wide and three miles long, and there are six estuaries around the small gully, and those turbulent currents flow into the gully from the high estuary and out from the low estuary.

As an intersection, at a glance, no less than eight large water vortex rolls can be seen on the surface of the water alone.

As for the water, Ao Yan felt even more surprised by Hu Bo's natural ability to use water, to be precise, "surprise", the depth here is not less than ten zhang, the bottom is clear, the mud and sand are quite deep, but in addition, there are many wrecked ships.

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