Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 19 Secret
The sudden situation made Ye Jiayao panic. She didn't want to discover other people's secrets. Secrets could sometimes be fatal. Now she was worried about how to restore the pen holder, otherwise she would be dead.

What to do? Ye Jiayao tried to piece it together, but couldn't get it back.

It's over, it's really over now. Ye Jiayao was so anxious that she pulled her hair. If she had known, she wouldn't have come in.

After being stunned for a while, Ye Jiayao couldn't resist her curiosity and opened the small piece of paper.

Uh… Isn't this the map of Black Wind Hill? This is Panlong Ridge, this is Yanxia Lake, the visible and hidden sentries are marked, and there is a place that is specially marked with the word "secret". From the Juyi Hall to the back mountain of Black Wind Hill, there is a thick black line that twists and turns. Is it a secret passage? It turns out that there is not only one way to get to Black Wind Hill, but also a secret passage.

This is the top secret of Black Wind Hill! Ye Jiayao's heart was pounding, and 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. The most urgent task was to restore the pen holder. Otherwise, she was sure that she would never have the chance to use this map.

Ye Jiayao folded the small note and put it back into the groove of the base. She hugged the pen holder and took the candlestick back to the bedroom, lest Song Qi and the others come back and find her in Chunyu's study. Even if she didn't sleep tonight, she had to find a way to fix the pen holder.

Peng Wu unexpectedly came back early and shouted outside: "Sister-in-law, are you still awake?"

Ye Jiayao's hands trembled with fear, and the pen holder fell on the bed. She quickly responded, "I can't sleep. I'll read a book."

Peng Wu said "oh" and Ye Jiayao pricked up her ears. When she heard him return to the east wing, she continued her research.

Damn, who said that people nowadays are smart? The ancients were the wisest. This mechanism is so ingeniously designed, but she couldn’t figure it out after trying for more than an hour.

Ye Jiayao felt dizzy and wanted to smash the pen holder. But she couldn't do that. If she did, she would be dead. She could only bite the bullet and continue to think.

"Sister-in-law, are you still awake?" Peng Wu's voice was heard outside again.

Ye Jiayao was afraid that Peng Wu would become suspicious, so she pretended to be confused and said, "I slept... I slept."

After a while, Peng Wu said, "Sister-in-law, be careful with the candles."

"I know. I lit it because I was alone and afraid of the dark."

There was no more sound outside. Ye Jiayao thought that her mind was a little fuzzy right now, maybe after a good sleep she would be able to clear her mind, so she took a nap while holding the pen holder.

I don't know how long it was before I heard knocks on the door.

"Open the door, Ye Jinxuan, open the door..."

Damn, it’s Chunyu, Chunyu is back. Ye Jiayao woke up with a start, opened her eyes and saw that it was dawn.

Ye Jiayao looked at the pen holder still in her arms and felt like crying. Damn it, I'm dead this time.

I quickly responded: "Wait a minute while I get dressed."

Ye Jiayao ran to the study barefoot, put the pen holder back to its original place, inserted the brush, and there was nothing wrong on the surface, so she ran to open the door.

"Why does it take so long?" Xia Chunyu frowned unhappily.

Ye Jiayao said weakly: "It doesn't take time to get dressed?"

"Oh, is that blood on you? Chunyu, are you injured? Where are you injured?" Ye Jiayao couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw the shocking bloodstains on Xia Chunyu's clothes.

Xia Chunyu walked into the house and said expressionlessly, "It's not my blood, it's someone else's."

Her nervous expression made Xia Chunyu feel a different kind of emotion, a heartwarming feeling. He went up the mountain, and everyone along the way had a look of fear when they saw him, and no one thought of coming forward to care about him.

"You...you killed someone?" Ye Jiayao knew that he was a bandit who committed robbery, murder and arson, but seeing with her own eyes that his body was stained with other people's blood, and such a large amount of it, the visual impact was too horrifying.

Xia Chunyu went to unpack and took out a set of clean clothes. She said nonchalantly, "If I don't kill anyone, I will be killed by others. What? Do you want to be a widow?"

Ye Jiayao hurriedly shook her head, thinking that the profession of bandit was too dangerous.

"Why don't you go get a basin of water?" Xia Chunyu looked at her standing there stupidly, and couldn't help but sigh and ordered.

Xia Chunyu washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and said, "I'm going to the boss's place now. You can sleep for a while."

After that, he left.

Ye Jiayao watched him leave and saw the door of the east wing opened. Peng Wu walked out, whispered a few words to Chunyu, and followed Chunyu out.

Ye Jiayao closed the door and ran back to the study. Chunyu went to the boss's house and wouldn't be back for a while. God bless her and let her fix the pen holder before Chunyu came back.

Last night the candlelight was dim and it was difficult to see clearly. Today, Ye Jiayao observed carefully and finally found that one of the eyes of the dragon head of the twenty zodiac signs seemed a little different. Ye Jiayao took a needle and poked the eye with the butt of the needle. Click, three small protrusions popped out from the bottom of the tube. Upon comparison, they just fit into the grooves of the base. Ye Jiayao was overjoyed, connected them together, and twisted them, and the base was firmly stuck.

It’s done. Ye Jiayao wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out a long sigh. Damn, I was really scared this time. I will never dare to touch his things again.

Things were put back in their original places. Actually, she couldn't remember how the pen holder was originally placed. Chunyu hid such an important thing in it, so he must have been particular about the placement. Some details others couldn't find, but Chunyu himself must have known. Ye Jiayao also took a rag to wipe the study clean, so that even if Chunyu found that the pen holder had been moved and asked about it, she would have an excuse. It was Song Qi's job to prepare the ingredients every day. Ye Jiayao had no right to choose what to cook. Song Qi would cook whatever he could find in the kitchen.

The food Song Qi got today was pitifully small. Apart from a carp, the rest were vegetables. Fortunately, there was still pork and mutton. Ye Jiayao decided to make braised mutton, braised carp, stir-fried three fresh vegetables, and sweet and sour lotus root.

Song Qi helped her pick cowpeas, and as he did so he said, "I just went to the kitchen and heard people in the village saying that the second and third leaders were ambushed on their way down the mountain, and the second leader was injured."

"Is the second in command seriously injured?" Ye Jiayao asked. In fact, she didn't care whether others were injured or not. Chunyu was her supporter. As long as Chunyu was okay, it was fine. She saw him changing clothes and there was not even a mosquito bite on his body.

"It's quite serious! But I'm not sure either. We'll know when the third in command comes back." Song Qi said.

Chunyu did not come back, but Peng Wu came back to report the news, saying that the third in command was going to take people down the mountain, and he wanted to go with them, so he would not have lunch at home.

Ye Jiayao was about to kill the fish, but upon hearing this, she threw the fish back into the basin.

"It's almost lunch time, don't you want to eat something before going down the mountain?" Ye Jiayao asked.

Peng Wu said: "No, the second in command is still at the foot of the mountain. The first and third in command are worried, so we have to get him back quickly."

"Peng Wu, what happened? How did we get ambushed? Who did it? Soldiers?" Song Qi asked.

Peng Wuyi said angrily, "Besides Xinyi's Shadowless Arrow Feng Chong, who else can hurt the Second In Command? And he shot a sneak attack. Damn it, if we don't get this back, how can our brothers in Black Wind Gang still have the face to survive in the martial arts world?"

"No more talking. I have to go first." Peng Wu waved his hand irritably and left.

Ye Jiayao took the opportunity to get information: "Isn't Xinyi a small town? It's not a bandit den, so why would we have a grudge against them?"

Song Qi said, "Sister-in-law, you are from another place, so you may not know that although Xinyi is a town, it is no different from a bandit den. Most of the people in the town have the surname Feng. It is led by Feng Chaolin, the Tiger of Heaven, who has gathered a large group of masters under him, such as Feng Chong, the Shadowless Arrow, Du Heng, the Thunderbolt Fist, etc. They bully and dominate the market, and the bad things they have done are no less than those of our Black Wind Gang."

Uh……

"Then the imperial court won't suppress them?"

Song Qi sneered, "They are Xinyi, who are both whores and virtuous women. The government is very eager for them!"

As soon as he said this, Song Qi realized that the person he was talking to was his sister-in-law. He immediately felt embarrassed and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Ye Jiayao thought to herself, this guy is really smart, he makes a living as a bandit, but he is recognized by the court. It's like he is a bandit with a business license, he can walk around like that, how cool!

"So, between our Black Wind Gang and Xinyi, who is more powerful?"

Song Qi said proudly: "Of course our Black Wind Gang is more powerful, especially after the arrival of the Third Master, we had the upper hand in the several small-scale conflicts with Xinyi. The injury of the Second Master this time should be an accident."

Ye Jiayao thought to herself that no matter how brave the Black Wind Gang was, they could not defeat the people with business licenses. This had always been the case. Would the leader also follow the example of Song Jiang from Liangshan Marsh and accept the imperial court's offer of amnesty with his brothers?

"Sister-in-law, the cowpeas have been picked. Do we still need to peel the potatoes?" Song Qi asked.

Ye Jiayao said absentmindedly: "Forget it, it's just the two of us for lunch, so let's just stir-fry some cowpeas."

Song Qi wrinkled his nose in disappointment. Without the Third In Command's presence, the quality of the food plummeted.

Peng Wu didn't say when they would be back. When it was time to cook dinner, Song Qi went to the Broken Dragon Stone to wait for news. Ye Jiayao had prepared all the ingredients and was also waiting.

It was already dark when Song Qi came running back breathlessly: "The Third Master and his men are back."

Ye Jiayao asked, "Is the Third Master injured?"

Song Qi shook his head and said, "I didn't notice."

Tsk... Why are you so unreliable? Ye Jiayao glared at him and said, "Go make a fire."

The hot water had just been boiled when Chunyu and Peng Wu came back. Ye Jiayao came forward and said, "Do you want 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 finished taking a bath, the delicious food was placed on the table.

"Have you had lunch?" Ye Jiayao asked as she filled his bowl with rice.

Xia Chunyu said indifferently: "I ate a steamed bun on the way."

"You must be starving. Eat quickly. Peng Wu, you eat too." Ye Jiayao called out.

As Xia Chunyu ate the hot and delicious meal, all his fatigue disappeared. For the first time since he came up the mountain, he felt at home in this small courtyard.

(End of this chapter)