Liu Xing looked at the closed shops around him, shrugged and said, "It seems we have to go back to the car to get some bread later, because I'm afraid there are no restaurants open to the public in Zuoshan Town.
"
Fortunately, Liu Xing and others had already guessed that his group would be running around after the Gongwu War officially started, so Liu Xing and others prepared a lot of ready-to-eat foods such as bread and drinking water in the car.
Of course, we have prepared several sets of weapons and equipment.
"Then should we go to that open convenience store?" Zhang Wenbing said, pointing to the only open store not far away.
Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "Of course we want to go, because we have to ask the boss if he knows about the situation of Heiming Shrine."
After entering the convenience store, Liu Xing found that there were only a few scattered items on the shelves. It seemed that the business of this convenience store was very bad.
As for the owner of this convenience store, he is an old man who looks to be in his seventies or eighties.
The old man looked at Liu Xing and others and said with some surprise: "But I'm sorry, you should have seen the situation in Zuoshan Town, so there are no other daily necessities in my convenience store except oil, salt, sauce and vinegar."
Things are sold, after all, there are only a group of old men and old women left in Zuoshan Town, so other things can no longer be sold in Zuoshan Town."
Zhang Jingxu nodded, pretending to be a little disappointed and said: "Okay, old man, do you know if there are any restaurants open to the public in Zuoshan Town? We were in a hurry when we came today, so we didn't bring anything to eat in the car.
We need to drive more than an hour to the nearest other cities, so we are really hungry and can’t stand it anymore.”
After saying that, Zhang Jingxu even touched his stomach playfully.
"Oh, do you mean that you came to Zuoshan Town on a special trip?" The old man said with a shocked look on his face: "I haven't seen outsiders come to Zuoshan Town on a special trip for several years."
Zhang Jingxu smiled and said: "Actually, we are a group of travel enthusiasts, and we like to visit shrines all over the island country, because shrines in different places have their own characteristics; in recent years, we have visited all the famous shrines in the island country.
So we thought about changing our strategy and wanted to visit some abandoned shrines, so we found on the Internet that there is a shrine in Sayama Town that has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and decided to use this shrine as our abandoned shrine tour
As our first stop, we really didn’t expect that Zuoshan Town was about to become an empty town.”
The old man sighed, pointed to a table nearby and said, "If you don't mind, I'll go order some noodles for you right now. I may be the only shop still open in the entire Zuoshan Town."
, those restaurants have long been closed."
Liu Xing and others quickly nodded and thanked the old man.
Ten minutes later, the old man brought out five bowls of clear soup noodles in front of Liu Xing and others.
Liu Xing took a bowl of noodles, took a bite and said, "Master, the noodles you make are really good. They are better than the noodles I ate in Tokyo."
The old man glanced at Liu Xing and said with a smile: "You guys really know how to talk. I don't know what this bowl of noodles tastes like. In addition to adding some salt, I just added a few green vegetables. How can it taste better?"
That’s weird.”
Yin En and others also laughed and scolded Liu Xing for flattering him.
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Liu Xing joked: "By the way, old man, aren't you afraid that we are bad guys?"
The old man shook his head, patted his pocket and said: "I'm afraid of what you are doing. Anyway, the things in my convenience store are not valuable. One month's sales may not be enough for my living expenses, so even if you are bad guys,
You can't get much money from me, it's not even enough to pay for the gas you need to drive to the next city, and I'm not bragging to you, I worked as a salesman in Toyama City when I was young, so I just need to look at you,
Then you will know if you are good people."
Liu Xing and others smiled and nodded.
In the following conversation, Liu Xing and others learned that the old man's name was Yamada Saburo, a native of Sayama Town. When he was young, he went to Toyama City to work as a salesman. After accumulating a lot of capital, he returned to Sayama Town to start a business.
I made a living from this convenience store and stayed there for decades.
As Liu Xing and others said before, Saburo Yamada witnessed the decline of Sashan Town with his own eyes - for decades, young people in Sashan Town continued to go out to study and find jobs.
The parents who were still staying in Zuoshan Town were called over. As a result, the age of comments in Zuoshan Town continued to increase, and the birth rate of newborns became lower and lower.
Now, no newborns have been born in Zuoshan Town for five years, so the only remaining hospital in Zuoshan Town has also closed its pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology departments, and all schools in Zuoshan Town have closed due to lack of students.
Originally, Yamada Saburo's son asked him many times to live in Osaka, but Yamada Saburo felt that he was old and might not live for a few more years, so he stayed in Sayama Town.
After talking about the history of the decline of Sayama Town, Liu Xing took the opportunity to ask: "By the way, old man, do you know the specific situation of the abandoned shrine in Sayama Town?"
Yamada Saburo nodded and said seriously: "Of course I know, that shrine can be said to be the only place in Sayama Town that can be regarded as an attraction. A few years ago, the mayor wanted to build Sayama Town into a tourist resort by rebuilding the shrine.
Town in order to revitalize the economy of Sayama Town, but an accident occurred during the reconstruction of the shrine, causing a worker to fall off the cliff and die because the shrine was built next to the cliff."
Then, Saburo Yamada told everything he knew about the situation.
The shrine in Sayama Town is called Kuromei Shrine. It was built not long ago. Because there were hundreds of priests stationed at Kuromei Shrine at that time, the size of the shrine is relatively well-known in the neighborhood. The incense can be said to be
It was so prosperous that the surrounding small lords all respected Kuromei Shrine.
But something strange is that the monks of Kuromei Shrine hardly communicate with other surrounding shrines or temples, and almost never perform any traditional worship rituals.
During the Warring States Period, because the shrines and temples in the island country were quite strange at that time, the monks and clergy were all paramilitary members. The abbots of some large temples could even be compared with the local daimyo, because the monk soldiers under their command may be larger than the standing army of some daimyo.
many.
Therefore, monk soldiers could often be seen on the battlefield at that time.
As for the Kuromei Shrine at that time, they were not immune. Their clergy often became mercenaries for local daimyo. Therefore, in a battle, the Kuromei Shrine's troops suffered heavy losses and were targeted by a group of bandits.
Finally, Kuromei Shrine was attacked by bandits in a dark night, and all the priests died on the spot.
From then on, Kuromei Shrine became history.
But after that, strange and terrible things happened.
Because the building of Kuromei Shrine was not damaged, a nearby temple paid attention to Kuromei Shrine and wanted to take it as its own.
So, they sent several monks to live in Kuromei Shrine in the name of "Wandering Monks", planning to slowly turn Kuromei Shrine into a new temple.
As a result, the monks who stayed at Kuromei Shrine did not return to report the situation at the designated time, so the abbot of the temple realized that something was wrong, so he immediately sent people to Kuromei Shrine to check the situation, only to find that the monks had disappeared.
There was no trace of them, but there were no traces of fighting in the Kuromei Shrine.
From then on, everyone who stayed overnight at Kuromei Shrine would disappear mysteriously, so Kuromei Shrine became a famous place for gods to hide within a hundred miles (many people in the island country believe that some disappearances are caused by gods hiding the missing people).
Because Yamada Saburo lived in a small village near Kuromei Shrine when he was a child, the villagers often reminded children not to go to Kuromei Shrine.
But Yamada Saburo and his friends are not so honest, so they often go to Kuromei Shrine to play. Moreover, apart from being a little dusty, the overall architectural condition of Kuromei Shrine at this time is not bad, so Yamada Saburo and the others often visit Kuromei Shrine.
Play house and hide and seek at Ming Shrine.
As a result, accidents happened naturally.
During a hide-and-seek game, Yamada Saburo hid behind a statue, and suddenly heard a scream from a friend in the kitchen. When Yamada Saburo and others arrived, the friend had no idea what to do.
He has not been seen since.
Also after this incident, Yamada Saburo never went to Kuromei Shrine again.
Hearing this, Liu Xing and others were sure that regardless of whether there were notes from Abe Seimei's youth in the Kuromei Shrine, there was at least one mythical creature that had been lurking for hundreds of years.
And judging from the current situation, the mythical creature seems to be restricted to Kuromei Shrine by some kind of force.
Because mythical creatures generally do not stay in the same place for a long time.
"Well, if you want to visit Heimei Shrine, it is best for everyone to move together, so that no one suddenly disappears, and the most important thing is not to spend the night at Heimei Shrine, otherwise there is a high chance that you will
Ninth, I will never leave Kuromei Shrine again." Yamada Saburo said seriously.
At this time, Liu Xing and others who had already eaten a bowl of noodles looked at each other, then stood up and said goodbye to Yamada Saburo.
Of course, Liu Xing and others did not forget to give Yamada Saburo some money, and Yamada Saburo accepted it politely.
Just when Liu Xing and others were about to leave the convenience store, a tall young man walked into the convenience store.
No, Liu Xing felt that perhaps this young man should be described as huge.
Liu Xing visually estimated that this young man was about two meters tall and weighed more than 150 kilograms.
Simply put, this young man looks like an enhanced version of O'Neal.
Liu Xing looked at this young man's casserole-sized fists and felt that he could kill him with one punch.
Because the damage bonus of this punch may be the legendary 2d6...
"Lotte, how is your grandfather's condition now? Judging from your appearance, he should be much better," Yamada Saburo said with a smile.
The young man known as Lotte also smiled and said, "My grandpa has been discharged from the hospital today, so I plan to buy something and go back to make something delicious."
Yamada Saburo nodded, as if he suddenly remembered something, he pointed at Liu Xing and others and said: "They plan to go to Heimei Shrine. How about you take them there Lotte? After all, there is a mountain road leading to Heimei Shrine.
It’s quite complicated.”
Lotte looked back at Liu Xing and others, and said with some surprise: "Oh, do you really want to go to Heiming Shrine? That is not a good place."
Zhang Jingxu repeated the rhetoric he just told Saburo Yamada.
"I see, then if you don't mind having one more person, I can be your guide and take you to Heimei Shrine, and by the way, I can also fulfill my grandfather's wish," Lotte said.
Liu Xing and others looked up at Letian, feeling a little guilty.
Because Lotte's body shape is very oppressive.
At this time, Yamada Saburo also saw the uneasiness of Liu Xing and others, so he patted Letian's arm and said: "Don't think that this boy Letian looks like a bear, but Letian is a well-known good boy in our Sashan Town. He used to
He often helps us old guys with things."
Lotte stretched out a hand and said with a smile: "When I was a child, my grandfather and master often taught me that I must help others whenever I can, because I grew up being helped by others."
Yamada Saburo sighed and said: "Lotte has been an orphan since he was a child. Because his parents were crew members of an ocean fishing ship, Lotte was born in the Arctic Ocean. As a result, Lotte was only born more than ten days ago.
Soon, the ocean-going fishing ship he was on hit an iceberg and sank. Fortunately, there was a ship nearby that saw all this, and finally rescued Lotte, and then managed to feed him with seal milk, and finally
It was his grandfather who adopted him."
Lotte nodded and said with a smile: "So my name is Seal Lotte."
Liu Xing thought for a while, stepped forward and held Lotte's hand and said, "My name is Sawada Ryusei. I'm glad to meet you."
Now that Liu Xing has started, Zhang Jingxu and others also come up one after another to get to know Lotte.
As a result, Liu Xing and others followed Lotte to Heimei Shrine after they had finished shopping.
"Behind my grandfather's house is the mountain road leading to Kuromei Shrine, so after I put my things home, we will go to Kuromei Shrine, but we may not be able to stay at Kuromei Shrine for long, because my master has always warned me
Leave Kuromei Shrine before dark." Lotte pointed to a mountain not far away and said.
"Master?" Yin En said curiously: "Lotte, what does your master teach?"
Letian showed his arms and said with a smile: "Martial arts."