The sudden situation made Ye Jiayao panic. She didn't want to discover other people's secrets. Secrets can sometimes kill people. Now she was worried about how to restore the pen holder, otherwise she would be dead.
what to do? Ye Jiayao pieced it all together and couldn't get it back at all.
It's over, it's really over now. Ye Jiayao pulled her hair anxiously, she would not have come in if she had known.
After being stunned for a while, Ye Jiayao couldn't hold back her curiosity and opened the small piece of paper.
Uh... isn't this the map of Black Wind Ridge? This is Panlong Ridge, and this is Yanxia Lake. Both the open and hidden sentry posts are marked. One place is specially marked with the word "secret". From Juyi Hall to the back mountain of Heifenggang, a thick black line twists and turns. song. Is it a secret passage? It turns out that there is not only one way to Heifenggang, but also a secret passage.
This can be regarded as the top secret of Heifenggang! Ye Jiayao's little heart was beating fast. She quickly took a pen and paper and traced the map.
Whether you can escape may depend on this picture.
However, Ye Jiayao had no time to be happy. How to restore the pen holder was the top priority, otherwise she was sure she would never have the chance to use this map.
Ye Jiayao folded the small note back and put it back into the groove of the base. She hugged the pen holder and carried the candlestick back to the bedroom, lest Song Qi and the others came back and found her in Chunyu's study. Even if they didn't sleep tonight, they had to find a way to do it. The pen holder was repaired.
Peng Wu actually came back early and shouted outside: "Sister-in-law, haven't you gone to bed yet?"
Ye Jiayao's hands shook in fright, her pen holder fell off the bed, and she hurriedly responded: "I can't sleep, I'm reading."
Peng Wu snorted, and Ye Jiayao pricked up her ears. She heard that he had returned to the east chamber, and then she continued to study.
Damn it, who said people nowadays are smart, but ancient people were the wisest? This mechanism was so exquisitely designed that she couldn't figure it out after touching it for more than an hour.
Ye Jiayao felt dizzy and wanted to smash the pen holder. But no, she would be dead if she smashed the pen holder. I can only bite the bullet and continue to think about it.
"Sister-in-law, haven't you slept yet?" Peng Wu's voice sounded again outside.
Ye Jiayao was afraid that Peng Wu would be suspicious, so she pretended to be confused and said: "Sleep...sleep."
After a while, Peng Wu said: "Sister-in-law, be careful with Huo Zhu."
"I know, I was afraid of the dark so I lit it."
There was no sound outside. Ye Jiayao thought to herself that her brain was muddled right now, maybe she could take a nap and her mind would clear up, so she took a nap first while holding her pen holder.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard a knock on the door.
"Open the door, Ye Jinxuan, open the door..."
Damn it, it's Chunyu. Chunyu is back. Ye Jiayao wakes up with a start. When she opens her eyes, it's dawn.
Ye Jiayao looked at the pen holder still in her arms and cried without tears. Damn, I'm dead this time.
He quickly responded: "I'll get dressed later."
Ye Jiayao ran to the study with bare feet, put the pen holder back to its original place, plugged in the brush, and saw no problem on the surface, then ran to open the door.
"What took so long?" Xia Chunyu frowned displeased.
Ye Jiayao said weakly: "It doesn't take time to get dressed?"
"Ah, is this blood on your body? Chunyu, are you injured? Where are you injured?" Ye Jiayao couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw the shocking blood stains on Xia Chunyu's clothes.
Xia Chunyu walked into the room and said expressionlessly: "It's not my blood, it's someone else's."
Her nervous look gave Xia Chunyu a different kind of emotion, a warm feeling. When he came up the mountain, everyone looked fearful when they saw him along the way. No one thought of stepping forward to care. he.
"You...you killed someone?" Ye Jiayao knew that he was a bandit, and his job was to rob homes, kill people and set fires, but seeing with her own eyes that he was stained with other people's blood, and it was such a big pool, the visual impact was too scary. .
Xia Chunyu went to open the box, took out a set of clean clothes, and said nonchalantly: "If I don't kill people, I will be killed by others. What? Do you want to be a widow?"
Ye Jiayao shook her head hastily, thinking that the profession of banditry was too dangerous.
"Why don't you hurry up and get a basin of water?" Xia Chunyu saw her standing there stupidly and couldn't help but clicked her tongue and ordered.
Xia Chunyu washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and said, "I'm going to the headmaster's house now, and you can sleep a little longer."
After that, he left.
Ye Jiayao watched him go out and saw the door to the east wing opened and Peng Wu walking out. He muttered a few words to Chunyu and followed Chunyu away.
Ye Jiayao closed the door and ran back to the study. Chunyu went to the headmaster's house and couldn't come back for a while. God bless her and let her repair the pen holder before Chunyu came back.
The candlelight was dim last night and I couldn't see clearly. Today, Ye Jiayao observed carefully and finally found that one of the eyeballs of the dragon head of the 20th zodiac sign seemed a little different. Ye Jiayao removed a needle and poked the eye with the butt of the needle. With a click, three small protrusions popped up at the bottom of the barrel. After comparison, they could just fit into the groove of the base. Ye Jiayao was overjoyed. She connected them and with a twist, the base was firmly stuck.
It's done. Ye Jiayao wiped her sweat and let out a sigh of relief. Damn, I was so scared this time. I will never dare to touch his things again.
After returning the things to their original places, she actually couldn't remember where the pen holder was originally placed. Chunyu hid such an important thing in it, so he must be particular about the placement. There were some details that others couldn't find, but Chunyu himself must have known it. of. Ye Jiayao specially took a rag and wiped the study room clean, so that she would have an excuse even if Chunyu found that the pen holder had been moved and asked about it.
It is Song Qi's task to prepare ingredients every day. Ye Jiayao has no right to decide what to eat. Song Qi can make whatever he can find from the kitchen.
Today, Song Qi received very few ingredients. Except for one carp, the rest were vegetables. Fortunately, there was also pork and mutton. Ye Jiayao decided to make braised mutton, braised carp, stir-fried ground delicacies, and sweet and sour lotus root.
Song Qi helped her pick cowpeas and said while picking: "I just went to the kitchen and heard people in the village spreading the news that the second and third masters were ambushed when they went down the mountain, and the second master was in trouble."
"Is the second master's injury serious?" Ye Jiayao asked. In fact, she didn't care whether others were injured or not. Chun Yu was her supporter. As long as Chun Yu was okay, she saw him changing clothes and there were even mosquito bites on his body. There are no bags.
"It's quite serious! But I don't know very well. I'll find out when the Third Master comes back." Song Qi said.
Chunyu didn't come back, but Peng Wu came back to report that the third master was taking someone down the mountain, and he wanted to go with him, and he wouldn't have lunch at home.
Ye Jiayao was about to kill the fish. Hearing this, he threw the fish back into the basin to raise it.
"It's almost lunch, don't you want to eat before going down the mountain?" Ye Jiayao asked.
Peng Wu said: "No, the second master is still down the mountain. The first master and the third master are worried and have to get them back quickly."
"Peng Wu, what's going on? How come we were ambushed? Who did it? Officers and soldiers?" Song Qi asked.
Peng Wuyi said angrily: "Besides Xinyi's shadowless arrow Feng Chong, who else can hurt the second master? It's the cold arrow. Damn it, if we don't recover from this, what shame will our brothers in Heifenggang have?" A gangster."
"Stop talking, I have to leave first." Peng Wu waved his hand and left irritably.
Ye Jiayao took the opportunity to inquire about the news: "Isn't Xinyi a small town? It's not a bandit den. How can we have a relationship with them?"
Song Qidao: "Sister-in-law, you are from out of town. Although Xinyi is a town, it is close to a bandit den. Most of the people in the town are named Feng. They are led by Gaitianhu Feng Chaolin, who has gathered a large group of masters, like Feng Chong of the Shadowless Arrow, Du Heng of the Thunderbolt Divine Fist, etc. They bully the market, prey on the gangsters, and have done no less bad things than our Heifenggang."
Well…
"Then the imperial court won't suppress them?"
Song Qi sneered and said: "Their new meaning is to be a whore and build a memorial arch at the same time. The government is so tight!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Song Qi realized that the person he was speaking to was his sister-in-law, and he immediately scoffed and scratched his head in embarrassment.
Ye Jiayao thought to herself, that's what people call smart. Being able to make a living as a bandit, but being recognized by the court, is equivalent to a bandit with a business license, and he can walk away sideways, what a drag!
"Compared with our Heifenggang and Xinyi, who is more powerful?"
Song Qi said proudly: "Of course we, Heifenggang, are more powerful, especially after the third master came, we had the advantage of Heifenggang in the several small-scale conflicts with Xinyi. The injury to the second master this time should be an accident." .”
Ye Jiayao was silent in her heart. No matter how brave Heifenggang was, he could not do it to someone with a business license. This had always been the case. Will the great master also follow the example of Shuibo Liangshan Songjiang and lead a group of brothers to accept the imperial court's recruitment
"Sister-in-law, the cowpeas have been picked, do you still need to peel the potatoes?" Song Qi asked.
Ye Jiayao said absently: "Forget it, it's just the two of us at noon, frying cowpeas for a while."
Song Qi wrinkled her nose in disappointment. The third boss was away and the quality of the food plummeted.
Peng Wu didn't say when they would be back. When it was time to make dinner, Song Qi went to the Broken Dragon Stone to wait for news. Ye Jiayao had all the ingredients ready and was also waiting.
It was getting dark when I saw Song Qi running back panting: "The third master and the others are back."
Ye Jiayao asked: "Is the Third Leader injured?"
Song Qi shook his head and said, "I didn't pay attention."
Tsk... Why is the service so unreliable? Ye Jiayao glared at him: "Why don't you go and make a fire?"
The hot water here has just been boiled, and Chunyu and Peng Wu came back. Ye Jiayao stepped forward and said, "Would you like to take a bath first? The hot water is ready, and dinner will be ready soon."
Xia Chunyu looked tired and nodded.
After Xia Chunyu had taken a bath, delicious food was put on the table.
"Have you had lunch?" Ye Jiayao asked while loading food for him.
Xia Chunyu said indifferently: "I ate a steamed bun on the way."
"Then you must be starving. Eat quickly, Peng Wu, you eat too." Ye Jiayao greeted.
Xia Chunyu ate the hot and fragrant food, and all his fatigue was swept away. For the first time since he climbed the mountain, he felt at home in this small courtyard.
(End of chapter)