On October 18, Jian Ning and his entourage finally arrived in Jingding Prefecture, and after showing the county government certificate, they stayed in Douyizhuang.

"Miss Jane, according to the regulations, each restaurant here can be divided into three rooms. You came early, so you can choose which three rooms you want! Steward Zhang of Douyizhuang took Jian Ning and her party to the housing area.

Jian Ning took a general look at the rooms here, there were about ten rooms, it was a hollow-shaped structure, and there was a small courtyard in the middle.

"Steward Zhang, is there any other place besides here?" Jian Ning was a little dissatisfied, there are too many rooms here, and there are naturally many people living there, so there will be more troubles. Along the way, it can be said that things are continuous, Jian Ning is really a little tired, and wants to rest for two days.

"If Miss Jian is not satisfied with the rooms here, can you go and have a look, we have about forty rooms here? This is the south wing, which was the first to be filled in previous years. The rest are in the east of Douyizhuang, and there are about three large courtyards in the west and north. Miss Jane can also go and have a look. Steward Zhang briefly described the situation in the room.

"No, Steward Zhang, I want to ask, is there a single small courtyard here?" Jian Ning saw that Steward Zhang had misunderstood what she meant, and said directly and clearly.

"Small yard? This" Steward Zhang glanced at Jian Ning and stopped there to think.

"The restaurants that come to Douyizhuang generally live in these courtyards, and there is no single small courtyard." After thinking for a while, Steward Zhang shook his head and said.

"Is there really not? Are there only these vacant rooms in Douyizhuang? Jian Ning still asked unwillingly.

"If the house is empty, there is indeed a small courtyard. But it has been idle for a long time, it has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is almost in the most corner of Douyizhuang. It's even further from the kitchen. If the young lady lives there. I guess I can't use the kitchen, but it will affect the young lady's competition the day after tomorrow. Steward Zhang said sincerely.

Steward Zhang is nearly fifty years old and has been taking care of this Douyi Village for nearly thirty years. Sometimes no one lives in a year, and life is very simple and leisurely.

In the past few years, the friendship with Jian Baiwei has also been excellent, and every time Jian Baiwei lives in Douyizhuang, he will always drink and chat with Steward Zhang.

Now it is impossible for Jian Baiwei to come again, but Jian Ning is here. Rushing to the previous friendship with Jian Baiwei. Even if he doesn't favor Jian Ning, he can't let Jian Ning suffer! This Douyizhuang is almost rectangular in structure. It is divided into three areas, and the first is the place where the competition is played. The back is the place where people live, and this place is divided into two areas, there are a few rooms in the front, which are for those officials, and the back is where the cooks from all over the country who come to participate in the competition live, which are divided into four directions: east, west, north and south, and the middle of the four courtyards is the big kitchen. This is used to get the cooks to practice cooking in peacetime.

And in the back are two small courtyards, one of which he lives now. One used to have a steward, but then he left. And he was left alone.

"It's all out of the way, just be quiet. Steward Zhang will take us there, and we will live there. Jian Ning smiled and waved her hand and said.

"Well, since Miss Jane said so, then I'll take you there." Steward Zhang finally nodded, after all, it was Jian Ning who lived, as long as she was happy, it was nothing.

Jian Ning arrived at Douyizhuang at noon, although a lot of people had been sent to clean it, but the chefs who participated in the competition had still not arrived.

However, in the afternoon, some of them arrived. Yin Jian arrived on the morning of the 19th. The officials in charge of this review also arrived on the afternoon of the 19th.

"Ning'er, tomorrow is the second competition, but it's ready." At night, Liu Leshan and Jian Ning sat in the courtyard and talked quietly.

"Senior brother is stumped by asking like this, is it difficult for Ning'er? So far, has my brother seen that I have prepared anything? Jian Ning asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I forgot, Ning'er never prepared it." When Liu Leshan saw Jian Ning say this, he was immediately stunned, and after reacting, he smiled heartily.

"Senior brother, what do you say he would do tonight if it were my father?" Jian Ning raised her head, looked at the moon, and said lightly.

"If it were a master, he might not be as leisurely as Ning'er at this time, he should still be reading at the desk!" Liu Leshan also fell into memories all of a sudden.

"Huh? Reading? Isn't it a recipe? Jian Ning was puzzled, Jian Baiwei was a cook, shouldn't he be reading the recipe, especially the night before the competition.

"Well, you don't know! Ning Er rarely comes to the master at night, she must not know that although the master is busy all day during the day, he will read a good book for a long time at night no matter what happens the next day, and sometimes he even goes to rest until the early hours of the morning! There's never a day you don't watch. Liu Leshan recalled the situations when he accompanied the master to read books, but often fell asleep on the side, and said with a smile.

"Does my dad like to read?" Jian Ning was puzzled, in the memory of this body, her father didn't think it was like this. And whether it's the idle simple house or the study in the Ningxiang Courtyard of the Food Taste Garden, there aren't many books?

"Well, it's not, Master seems to have suddenly read a lot of books in the year or two before he passed away, and the books Master read were all medical books, and the rest didn't read anything." Liu Leshan said this by Jian Ning, and said a little strangely.

"Medical books? But there are almost no medical books in the simple house and the food garden, so where did all the books my father read come from? Jian Ning was even more surprised at this time. According to Liu Leshan, if Jian Baiwei had been reading medical books for more than a year, it was estimated that dozens of medical books would have been piled up in Jian's house or Shiwei Garden.

"Naturally, there will be none. Because they were all burned by the master. Liu Leshan said that it is still very strange to this day. Just a month or so before Master's death, Master suddenly burned all the medical books. It was also after that that the master talked to him several times, and finally entrusted both Shiweiyuan and Ning'er to him.

"Burned! Why? Jian Ning was excited and stood up directly from the stone bench where she was sitting.

"Ning'er, don't get excited, sit down." Liu Leshan looked at Jian Ning's appearance, and hurriedly pulled Jian Ning to sit down and said, "I don't know what the specific reason is, the master didn't say it." ”

Jian Ning suddenly fell into deep thought, is there anything else unknown in the middle. Jian Baiwei is a god chef, how could a good person be obsessed with medical books? Even if you really like it, why do you have to burn it all later?

"Hey, Ning'er, don't think about these things anymore. Master is gone, and we can't know anymore. Liu Leshan looked at Jian Ning with a thoughtful look, and then said.

"Hmm." Jian Ning replied lightly. But I still think about what it is for from time to time.

"Oh, by the way, senior brother, Feng Yang told me before that he was going to leave when he arrived in Jingding Prefecture, and it is estimated that it will be these two days. Give him the money that is due to him. Jian Ning suddenly thought of what Xiahou Yan said before, so she mentioned it to Liu Leshan.

"Huh? Why is it so sudden? But is there any reason? Liu Leshan was surprised.

"His sister is going to Kyoto, so he's going to look for his sister." Jian Ning asked simply.

"Oh, if that's the case, it's really not easy to stop. I made a note of it, and I will give him the money when he leaves. Liu Leshan nodded understandingly.

"It's just a pity, Feng Yang is still a good guard. If you leave like this, there will be no guards by Ning'er's side in the future, or after you go back, transfer Su Tong to Ning'er's side! The food garden can recruit another one to make up. ”

"Let's go back and talk about it! Besides, now I still have Zijin by my side, and there is nothing. Jian Ning didn't agree directly.

And at this moment, in a small forest outside, Su Tong was talking to Yin Jian.

"Xiangye, do you have any new instructions?" Su Tong asked directly to Yin Jiandao. During this time, Xiahou Yan stared at her too closely, and she didn't dare to make any movements at all, so naturally the transmission stopped.

"Xiangye said, if you can, you must stop Jian Ning from going to Kyoto." Yin Jian said lightly.

"And what good plan do you have? According to Jian Ning's ability, the competition of Tong Guò this time should be an easy matter. That's going to be Kyoto. ”

Yin Jian took out a medicine bag from his sleeve, handed it to Su Tong and said, "This is for you, just find a way to let Jian Ning eat it." ”

"What is this?" Su Tong looked at the small packet of medicine in his hand and asked suspiciously, "It can't be poison!" ”

"Do you really think I don't have a brain? This is in Douyizhuang, which is different from Yangxin County. If there is a death here, it won't be long before the emperor will know directly. When the time comes, will we still have our lives? Yin Jian said coldly.

"This is a pair of medicines that I have found so hard. It is not poisonous, but when eaten, the sense of taste fails. Yin Jian said, showing a sinister smile, "You say, if a cook can't taste it, then can she still cook good dishes?" ”

"And the biggest advantage of this medicine is that it is colorless and tasteless, even if Jian Ning's nose is smart, it will not be discovered."

"It's a good medicine. But lately, I've been being watched very closely, and I may not be able to get it! Su Tong looked at the medicine bag in his hand and said with a little worry.

"This is your business, if this matter is done, Xiangye will definitely praise it." Yin Jian glanced at Su Tong and said.

"Okay, I'll try to figure it out." So far, Su Tong can only try his best.

"In that case, you go back first, lest Jian Ning suspect it!" Yin Jian saw that the matter was almost over, so Su Tong said.

"Hmm." Su Tong nodded, flew away, and disappeared into the woods.

Standing in the dark night, Yin Jian's laughter is particularly sinister and cold (to be continued......