When Ogata was coughing, the old man who called himself Yugami continued.

"I probably met them both more than a year ago."

"Those two people left a deep impression on me, so I still remember them both."

After coughing hard for a few times and barely calming down his breathing, Ogata asked urgently to the old man named Yugami.

"Have you seen these two people?! Do you know their whereabouts?"

While asking, he also carefully looked at Tang Shen's appearance.

Tang Shen looks to be at least 60 years old, and his dark face shows that this face has been associated with the sun for a long time.

The gray beard on his chin did not match his lively eyes.

He wore a furry hat that looked like a dog-skin hat on his head, a scarf around his neck, gloves on his hands, and moccasin boots on his feet, with only the skin of his face exposed.

Although Tang Shen's figure could not be clearly seen because the clothes he wore were too thick, judging from his firm facial skin, his figure should be on the thin side.

In his arms he held a very thick crutch made of wood. This crutch was half as thick as a bowl and could be used as a shoulder pole.

"I don't know, I only met them once. After meeting once more than a year ago, I have never seen them again."

"Then can you tell us where you saw them two?" This time it was Atachi who asked the question.

"Okay, that's okay. But" Yugami opened his small eyes slightly, and looked at Ogata and Omachi a few times, "What are you two doing looking for those two people? Are you his relatives?"

"I have a disease that is very difficult to cure." Ogata said, "I heard from other doctors that these two doctors were very skilled and might be able to cure my disease, so I came all the way to look for them.

them."

"That's it... forget it, those two people are not related to me anyway. If you want to know how I met those two people at that time, then I will tell you."

"Most of my pets were hunted by me myself."

Tang Shen nodded towards the pile of wooden cages containing various small animals in front of him.

"So every once in a while, I go deep into the wild to hunt animals."

"More than a year ago, when I was out hunting animals, I encountered a huge snowstorm."

"To escape the snowstorm, I hid in a cave."

"As soon as I hid in the cave, I saw those two people."

"Those two people were also trying to escape the snowstorm. It was already dark at that time, and they did not have enough energy or time to find another shelter, so they asked me if I could share this cave with them."

"The cave is so big that even if 10 people go in, it won't feel crowded."

"I have lived for so long and have seen a lot of storms, so even if they want to cause trouble, I have plenty of ways to deal with them, so I allow them to come in."

"What happened next is still fresh in my memory."

"The younger of the two was silent when he first entered the cave. I said hello to him, but he ignored me."

"While I was lighting the fire to cook, he sat next to me and watched me cooking with an expressionless face."

"I didn't pay much attention to him. I just regarded him as someone with a more withdrawn personality."

"Then when my meal was almost ready, the guy suddenly laughed."

"Show a happy smile and let out that "hee hee hee" laugh."

"At that time, I didn't say anything to the older man who was walking with him. He just laughed out of nowhere."

"Can you imagine that kind of scene? It's a person who has been keeping a straight face and saying nothing, but suddenly he smiles happily and laughs 'hee hee hee'."

"When I saw that guy suddenly laughing out of nowhere, I got goosebumps."

Ogata imagined the scene for a moment.

A person who had been expressionless just now suddenly burst out laughing inexplicably the next second, and the laughter was "hee hee hee". This scene is indeed quite scary.

"After the guy laughed out loud, the older man who was walking with him grabbed the guy's shoulder with one hand, shook the guy, and said, 'Wake up, don't do this.'"

"The older guy didn't even show the slightest surprise when he saw the young man traveling with him suddenly burst into weird laughter."

"I thought at that time that there might be something wrong with that young man."

Tang Shen stretched out his finger and poked his head.

"I remember I cooked a pot of fish soup that night."

"I will share my pot of fish soup with those two people."

"While drinking the fish soup I cooked, the young man finally spoke."

"He had a three-word chat with the old guy who was traveling with him."

"Chat?" Ogata interrupted, "What did they talk about?"

"We didn't talk about anything special." Tang Shen shrugged, "Just a few simple words."

"The young man said to the old guy: 'I wonder if Junior Brother Xuanren has had a good dinner now'."

"Then the old guy said: 'Who knew, he never had the habit of eating dinner before'."

"Then the young man said: 'I finally helped him correct his bad habit of skipping dinner. I really hope he can keep it and don't let this bad habit happen again.'"

"They just chatted about these three sentences, and after they finished chatting, they stopped talking."

As soon as Yugami finished speaking, Ogata and A-Machi's eyes lit up.

They heard a familiar name: Xuanren.

Xuanren Xuanzheng's young apprentice, Xuanzhen's junior brother.

In the summer of last year, Ogata and the others finally found Xuanren in Kyoto after a lot of effort. Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen stayed in Kyoto and knew nothing about what their master and senior brother were doing before.

It was through Xuanren's mouth that Ogata learned that Xuanzhen had come to Ezo.

When Ogata and Atachi were secretly excited, Yugami continued:

"They both went to bed after eating."

"They left as soon as daybreak."

"I haven't seen them since that night."

Tang Shenyan explained the whole story of his encounter with the master and apprentice in a concise and concise manner.

"Did the two of them talk about anything anymore? Or did they say anything to you?" Ogata asked.

"No." Tang Shen shook his head, "Those two were very silent."

"The two of them only talked about the three sentences I just said during the meal."

"Then we never spoke again."

"That young man never spoke to me from the beginning to the end."

"As for the old guy, he only said hello to me when he entered the cave and said goodbye to me when he left the next morning. He never said anything else to me."

"Then do you remember which direction they left?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Remember. They went north."

"North?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"Well. I only know that they went north. As for where they went, I don't know."

"I remember seeing the two of them in the area near Bear Rock in Matsumae Domain."

"If we go north from that place... we will leave the Matsumae Domain and enter the territory of Ezo."

"Ezo's territory...?" Ogata frowned, "In other words...it is very possible that the two of them will go to Ezo's territory..."

"Maybe." Tang Shen shrugged, "Anyway, I haven't seen the two of them since that brief encounter."

"...Thank you very much." After Ogata thought for a moment, he stood up, bowed solemnly to Yugami and thanked him.

Atachi also quickly stood up with Ogata and bowed to Yugami.

Ogata: "A small thank you is not a sign of respect."

Ogata has two money bags.

A money bag is reserved for relatively large amounts of money.

Another money bag is dedicated to smaller amounts of money.

Ogata took out 3 bean silver coins from his wallet specially for change, and then handed them to Yugami.

"Oh!" Tang Shen raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to give me a thank you gift? Thank you very much, then I will accept it without mercy."

Having said that, Yugami accepted the three bean silver coins handed over by Ogata without any pretense.

"Haha, I have the money for the drinks in the next few days."

After accepting the broken silver handed over by Ogata, Tang Shen raised his head and asked Ogata:

"Are you planning to go to Ezo's territory to find those two people now?"

"If you plan to go to Ezo's territory to find those two people in the future, then for the sake of thanking you just now, let me tell you some information that may be useful to you."
To be continued...