Ai Qiaoqiao watched as the wall was shattered by Ye Li's internal force, revealing a large black hole.

Nightfall removed some of the rubble, revealing the hole even more.

Ai Qiaoqiao's heart was pounding.

What is said that the old mansion is haunted, what ghosts are not gone, it turns out that everything is because of this dark hole hidden behind the old mansion.

"Here comes the lamp." Ye Liyan said softly, and at the same time stretched out his left hand.

Ai Qiaoqiao lit the oil lamp, but did not hand it to Ye Liyan.

Ye Liyan looked back at her and found Ai Qiaoqiao biting her lip and leaning over with an oil lamp.

"Can you take me with you?"

Night Away smiled.

"Qiaoqiao is not afraid?"

"Hmm." With him, she is really not afraid at all, even she herself feels a little incredible.

Ye Liyan held out his left hand to her, "Then follow me." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao grabbed his hand without hesitation and followed him closely.

Nightfall carried her through the hollow.

The temperature in the cave was very low, and the moment you entered, it was like entering winter, and you were surrounded by a chill.

Ai Qiaoqiao shuddered.

Nightfall pulled her to her side, shielding her from the wind blowing from the depths of the cave with her body.

The floor of the cave is very clean, some of it looks like a natural pothole, plus artificial repairs.

The further I went, the clearer the whining sound became, and when I turned a corner, there was a stream of water in front of me, and the surrounding stone walls were eroded by the water to form hollows, and the wind blew, and those hollows whined.

Ye Liwu was right, it turned out that the "whine" sound was made by the wind blowing through the hollow mountain.

"This is like the mountain behind your house." Night Death looked around by the light of the oil lamp.

The old mansion was built on the mountain, and they have now entered the interior of the back mountain.

"Look there." The night is pointing to one place.

Ai Qiaoqiao doesn't know martial arts, and her eyesight is naturally better than not leaving overnight, and she finally saw something piled up in the hollow of a mountain.

It looks like a box.

The two walked over, and Ai Qiaoqiao saw more clearly.

In addition to the boxes, there are also rows of shelves neatly stacked on the ground, and there are some iron hooks on the top of the hole, which looks like Zhang Wu and his family used to dry dried meat.

"Could it be that this is the warehouse used by the ancestors of the old Ai family to store ingredients?" Ai Qiaoqiao wondered.

Her father once said that it is easier to keep ingredients fresh when stored at low temperatures, especially seafood and other things, and ingredients that cannot be stored normally in summer can often be kept for a month if they are placed at low temperatures, and some can even be stored for a longer time.

The night leaves the dead and opens the box.

There was no treasure in the chest, only a piece of silk wrapped in it.

Nightshade uncovers the silk, revealing an account book.

"What is this?" Ai Qiaoqiao came over curiously.

Ye Liyan opened the account book and saw that the recipes were recorded in it, and each day was marked.

Ai Qiaoqiao could read the recipes, but the account book in front of him was obviously just someone to keep track of the dishes he made every day.

Ye Liyan turned a few more pages, and his eyes suddenly froze.

"It's something from the palace."

Ai Qiaoqiao was shocked.

"How do you know?"

Ye Lixian knew that she could read and read, and patiently pointed it out to her.

"This kind of paper is only available in the palace, and the chefs in the imperial dining room are accustomed to using this method to record the dishes they make every day, and there are more than a dozen imperial dishes every day, which are made by different chefs, and if there is a problem with any dish, you can also find it clearly."

There were some things that she didn't say at night, for fear that they would scare her.

If something goes wrong, it's a capital offense to lose your head.

Ai Qiaoqiao froze there, as if stunned by what she saw.

In fact, she just remembered what Ai Mingshan said when he was drunk that day.

The ancestors of the Ai family once entered the palace to serve because they won the freshest gold medal in the world.

Ai Jiaxing was here, and later he was defeated here.

The road is difficult...... This account book that records the daily dishes belongs to the ancestor who entered the palace at the beginning?

She was in a trance, and suddenly her face warmed, and someone held her face with a hand.

"Qiaoqiao, scared?" Ye Lixian looked at her expression seriously.

"Nope." Ai Qiaoqiao shook her head tremblingly.

It was so cold in the cave that the clothes she wore weren't enough to withstand the cold.

Ye Liyan has martial arts in her body, and she is not as strong as she is cold.

"Let's go out first." Nightfall wrapped his arms around her shoulders and warmed her with his body.

Ai Qiaoqiao was a little embarrassed at first, and earned it.

But Nightfall's arm tightened.

"Don't move, beware of falling." "The water here is an underground river, if you fall into it, you will be washed away without a trace, even if the water is good, you may not be able to swim back." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao was instantly frightened and didn't dare to move anymore.

Ye Liyan hugged her tightly and took her back the way she came.

"Ahh Ai Qiaoqiao let out a big sneeze and looked back at the big hole in the wall, "What about this hole?" ”

Ye Liyan looked at the hole, "It seems that we are going to make a secret door, and I will leave this matter to me." ”

On the day of his death, he went back to Huai'an City, brought back three people from Yicaotang, and it took two hours to re-plug the hole and build a secret door.

Looking at the original wall, with old scrolls hanging on it, just roll up the scroll and press a brick near the bottom of the ground, and the wall will turn.

Night Death shows Ai Qiaoqiao and teaches her how to open the secret door.

Ai Qiaoqiao was very excited, she could store ingredients in it in the future, even if the weather was hot, she would not be afraid of spoilage.

She took the account book back with her and carefully stored it.

When she has time, she wants to take a closer look, every dish there is what the emperor has eaten.

And most importantly, the last page of the ledger, which has not recorded anything since that dish, is a blank space.

Every time she saw it, her heart jumped.

That should be the last dish that the ancestor of the Ai family cooked in the palace, and it was because of this dish that he lost his life, and the Ai family was almost wiped out because of this.

She studied the dish carefully and found nothing wrong: it was a dessert, a dessert with cherry sauce.

What could go wrong with this dish?

She couldn't think of it, it would be a very serious crime to let the emperor kill the ancestors of the Ai family and anger the people of the family.

"Qiaoqiao?"

Zhang Wu's voice came from outside the door.

Ai Qiaoqiao quickly hid the account books and welcomed them out.

Zhang Wu brought a deerskin shoulder.

"Qiaoqiao, you come and try it, it doesn't fit." Zhang Wu smiled and handed her the things, "If it doesn't fit, let your mother help you change it." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao put it on and tried it on, but fortunately, although it was a little fat, it was very warm.

"I'm going to go with my father tomorrow to find some work at the Niangniang Temple, if you have anything to do, you can come to me at night." Zhang Wu said, "If the people of the Lao Ai family bully you, you will send someone to send me a message, and I will come back and beat them." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, Niangniang Temple? Isn't that the place where the day and night left the dead and took her there?

The thought of that place made her face feel a little hot.

Phew, I didn't expect him to be such a gentleman.

"What are you doing there with your dad?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

"Repair the bridge."