At noon the next day, Xiaodao and Tang Tian had lunch at the inn where Dao Wantong was staying, and then left for Lingnan.

This road is nearly a thousand miles away, so the three of them first decided to pass through Changsha and Hengyang by water, and then go by land depending on the situation.

Tang Tian looked listless since he got on the boat, and the knife was already strange and didn't bother to take care of him. After Dao Wantong heard from the little knife that Yue Manlou used half of the trickery to borrow Xu Jun's hand to remove Wu Qingliang, the grudge in his heart was released, although he was still silent from time to time, but it no longer gave people a sense of evil.

The passenger ship they took was a merchant ship specially arranged by Yang Bo, and all the food and drink were specially prepared during this period, although there were also some other merchants and some people in the rivers and lakes who were on the same boat, but they did not disturb each other. It's just that the meals delivered to the room every day make Xiaodao frown a little, and there are always one or two dishes in those dishes that make Xiaodao, Tang Tian and Dao Wan spit out immediately after eating together. For three days in a row, not only did the food show no signs of improvement, but there were more and more unpalatable dishes, and finally, the knife couldn't stand the unpalatable dishes, so when he was about to put the meal, he volunteered to go to the ship's kitchen to find out.

As soon as the knife entered the kitchen, the smell of vegetables came to the nose, vinegar fish, drunk pork ribs, steamed pork... Each one makes the knife saliva flow. Xiao Dao looked at the dishes that had been prepared on the table, and just wanted to grab the chopsticks on the side and feast on them, a cook came over and said, "This master, these dishes are not yours." ”

"Why? Whose dishes are they?, don't we eat the same?" asked Knife.

"Different guests on this ship have different preferences, and when they pay for the boat, they also set the meals they make and hand them over to a specific cook, and the three of you are there. The cook raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the corner of the kitchen.

When the knife heard this, he had no choice but to watch the cook take the food away in front of him. The knife swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard, and then took the chopsticks and walked to the corner that the man had pointed to.

Turning the corner, the knife saw that the person in front of him was wearing a kitchen skirt and rolled sleeves, and he was cooking the dishes in the pot with care, and from behind him, the brocade tulle was peeking out from the edges, and the person was clearly a woman.

Seeing that she was so busy that he didn't notice his approach, the knife poked his head out of the side and saw that the pot was mixed with red, yellow, and green. The knife frowned, and he thought in his heart, the red is the meat, the green is the vegetable, and the yellow is ... ？

Seeing that the soup in the pot was getting less and less, the knife was anxious, and was about to remind the cook, when he saw the cook raise his right hand and pour a ladle of water into it. Countless water vapors steamed up, enveloping the two of them. The knife smelled the water mixed with all kinds of smells, but what worried him the most was the smell of burning.

The two of them couldn't help coughing when they were choked, and when the water dissipated, the two looked at each other, and Xiaodao exclaimed, "Miss Jiang, what's the matter? Are you cooking for us?"

"Oh, you found out, but it doesn't matter, I was going to tell you how I felt about the past few days after I finished cooking this dish today. Jiang Wanjing wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, and left a touch of black on it.

"We... Meals for these three days... You did it?" asked Knife, mouth open.

"Hehe, I can't think of it. Jiang Wanjing listened to the movement in the pot and turned around, "Oops." Just when he wanted to stretch out his head to look, Jiang Wanjing pushed the knife away and said, "Don't stand here, it's all distracting me, this dish won't taste good in a while, you go out first." ”

When the knife heard her say this, the chopsticks in his hand fell down. The knife wiped his forehead with his sleeve, wiped the sweat that oozed out, and walked out of the kitchen in a distraction.

Dao Wantong and Tang Tian were sitting in the room, and when they saw Xiaodao pushing the door in, Tang Tian asked hopefully: "What, what's going on in the kitchen, who is cooking for us?" ”

Knife sat down in a daze and drank the cup of tea in front of him.

Tang Tian opened his mouth in surprise and said, "You just drank my tea." Oh, you're so unhygienic. ”

Knife glanced down and said, "It's okay, it's nothing compared to what we are waiting for to eat." ”

"What's the matter? What are you going to eat in a moment? You haven't said who the hell is cooking in the kitchen. Tang Tian asked.

"Don't worry, the chef will serve us the food herself, and you'll know when you see her. Knife said.

"Yes, I suddenly have a little anticipation when you say that. Tang Tian said with a smile.

A quarter of an hour later, a knock on the door came from outside the room, and the knife's heart jumped three times in a row.

Tang Tian jumped up happily and opened the door, but when he saw the person in front of him, he couldn't help but open his mouth and asked, "Jiang... Girl?" Jiang Wanjing's face was covered with a faint black shadow from the smoke, Tang Tian looked at it carefully before finally confirming, "Miss Jiang, why are you here to bring us food?"

"Come on, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and eat while it's hot. Jiang Wanjing strode forward and put the tray on the table.

The knife looked sideways at Jiang Wanjing and took out the dishes in the tray one by one.

A plate of finely sliced roast duck, a plate of green vegetables, a bowl of gray and cloudy soup, and a large bowl of red, yellow, and green that the knife had just seen, but now there was something black on it, so what was it?

"Today this dish took a bit of effort, and there are not so many styles. Jiang Wanjing put the tray aside and served them food one by one.

Dao Wantong, Tang Tian and Xiaodao looked at each other, and no one dared to move the chopsticks first.

"Eat, don't be stunned. Jiang Wanjing also sat down and urged again.

The three of them, you look at me, I look at you, still no one moved the chopsticks, the knife had a hand and arched Tang Tian, Tang Tian didn't hold it for a while, leaned forward, and inserted a chopstick into the roast duck in front of him.

Tang Tian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, looking at the presentation of this roast duck, it should be edible. Tang Tian fiddled with it twice, picked the smallest piece and put it in his mouth, and after biting it, the whole person immediately froze. A burst of sour numbness poured straight into his brain from Tang Tian's mouth, and then from top to bottom, along the spine and spread throughout his body, and his body couldn't help but tremble three times.

"What's wrong, is it that delicious?" Jiang Wanjing asked with a smile.

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Tang Tian nodded his head vigorously twice.

Jiang Wanjing looked at the knife at this moment and said, "You try this dish, this is something I learned from the cook in the boat with all my might, it is called water and milk blending." Knife you try. ”

The knife looked at the red, yellow, green, and black bowl of vegetables in front of him, and he really had no appetite, but at the moment he didn't want to eat it, so he stretched out his chopsticks and tried to find the safest piece. Well, that piece of yellow looks like it should be edible, the knife was clamped down with chopsticks, and with the determination to die, he immediately put it in his mouth, only chewed it, and swallowed it vigorously.

Jiang Wanjing looked at the knife expectantly, and asked softly, "How is it?"

The knife swallowed hard, swallowed the residue in his mouth, and said, "This chicken is really delicious." ”

The yellow one should be chicken.

"What?" Jiang Wanjing said loudly with a glare.

Ah, is it wrong? The knife was shocked.

"What you eat is obviously fish, and you still swallow it in one bite, without thorns?" Jiang Wanjing exclaimed.

"What!!" the knife felt a stinging pain in his throat and immediately coughed.

Jiang Wanjing was also a little panicked when she saw it, and hurriedly took a bowl with a bowl of gray soup and handed him a knife for him to drink.

Xiaodao coughed tears, and he didn't see it clearly, so he took a big sip. Just as he wanted to swallow and rush down his throat, suddenly a burning smell came out of the tip of his nose, and the knife hurriedly turned his head and spit on the ground.

"You, I took so much trouble to cook for you, and it was so bad. Jiang Wanjing said angrily.

Tang Tian was already shrunk to the side and shivering, and the knife kept coughing, leaving only the same person as Dao Wan.

Dao Wantong said to Jiang Wanjing: "This... Miss Jiang, you're going to have this dish... Have you tasted it?"

"I'm busy cooking for you, so I don't have the time to taste it. Jiang Wanjing said loudly.

"I think you'll know if you give it a try. Dao Wantong said.

Jiang Wanjing looked at the expression on Dao Wantong's face, and slowly stretched out the chopsticks in confusion, grabbed a piece of the red thing in front of him, and put it in his mouth for less than a second before spitting it out.

Jiang Wanjing was stunned for a while, shook the chopsticks, opened the door and ran out.

Tang Tian trembled and finally swallowed the duck meat in his mouth, stood up, patted the knife on the back, and saw that he was slowly improving, so he said, "Do you want to go out and have a look?"

"Well, then I'll go out and get the people back, and you'll try your best to give me a few bites to eat later. Knife said.

Dao Wantong and Tang Tian's eyes immediately straightened when they heard this, but they still nodded reluctantly.

The knife chased down the road to the deck, watching Jiang Wanjing facing the river, wiping one after another on his face. Knife walked up to her and coughed twice.

Jiang Wanjing looked to the side shyly, and asked embarrassedly, "What, haven't you spit out the fish bones yet?"

"Well, no, it's okay anymore, why did you run out alone, they both are teasing you, hurry up and go back to eat together." Knife said.

"You're lying, I tasted it just now, and the meat is not cooked. You must have eaten in pain. Jiang Wanjing said.

"Why, I don't believe you and I are now, they don't know how happy they eat. Knife said.

"Okay, don't coax me, I'll go to the kitchen and get the food that the master has cooked for you. Jiang Wanjing said.

"Then let's go together. The knife hooked the corner of Jiang Wanjing's eyes as he spoke, scraping away the remaining teardrops.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and went to the kitchen together.

After a while, the two of them walked to the room again with the food, and the knife rolled its eyes and said, "You go in first." ”

"Why?" Jiang Wanjing asked suspiciously.

"You'll know when you go in. The knife squeezed his eyes, Jiang Wanjing didn't know why, but he still pushed open the door and walked in first.

The two of them were stunned at the same time when they saw Jiang Wanjing walking in so suddenly, suddenly took a deep breath, picked up the rice bowl, took a large handful of the dishes in front of them and put them in the bowl, and ate them with tears in their eyes.

"Eh, you are ... This dish... Jiang Wanjing was stunned.

"Miss Jiang, we were joking with you just now, this dish you made is really delicious, we have never eaten such a delicious food. In the future, you will do it for us every day. Tang Tian said with a clear conscience.

Xiaodao laughed outside the door, and when he slowly walked in the door, he was already laughing so hard that his stomach hurt, and he couldn't help but kneel down and put the tray in his hand on the ground.

When Jiang Wanjing saw the knife like this, she immediately understood the meaning of the knife and laughed together. Only Dao Wantong and Tang Tian were stunned, their mouths full of bitterness and hard to swallow food, they didn't vomit, they didn't swallow it.

After cleaning up, a table of decent meals was put on the table again, and Xiaodao and Jiang Wanjing sat side by side, holding back a smile and enjoying the delicious food one bite at a time. And Tang Tian and Dao Wantong, facing the real food, were full of burps and couldn't eat anymore.

Two days later, the ship relied on supplies, Hengyang had passed, Xiaodao and everyone discussed, it was less than two days to go to Renhua County, so it was decided to take the land route instead, so at this time, the four of them got off the merchant ship together. The four hired a wagon in the town where the merchant ships docked, prepared some dry food and water, and after lunch, set out on their journey.

This is only a hundred miles to Renhua County, there are many villages and towns on the way, at night, I spent the night in a village. At dawn the next day, he went out again, and at noon, Xiaodao asked the villagers along the road about Renhua County, which was already in front of him.

After Yin Yang returned to the site of the Iron Sword Gate, he widely posted notices in the surrounding counties, coupled with the assistance of the Lanyue Pavilion Fengsheng Hall, the name of the revival of the Iron Sword Gate immediately spread throughout the rivers and lakes, and the young and martial artists in the surrounding townships went to defect after knowing about it. Later, Yue Manlou provided a large sum of money to hand over to Yin Yang, so the original ruins were quickly rebuilt, and there was a vague appearance of the Iron Sword Gate. Now Yin Yang is recruiting new disciples every day, and at the same time using the gold and silver in his hand to store all the fields on the mountain, in order to be self-sufficient, in just a few months Yin Yang's new iron sword sect has more than 100 disciples.

After the few people found out the specific location of the Iron Sword Gate, they got out of the carriage and headed towards Nanshan. When the setting sun shone on them, a gatehouse appeared in front of them on the mountainside, and the newly repaired iron sword gate plaque stood high above.

Xiao Dao and Tang Tian looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time walked quickly, Dao Wantong and Jiang Wanjing saw them like this, so they also quickly followed, and after a while, a piece of iron sword gate that was still under repair came into their eyes.

The two disciples of the Iron Sword Sect who were guarding the door saw someone coming towards them, and were about to step forward to ask about the intention, but who expected Xiao Dao and Tang Tian to jump up in one step, jump over the high wall, and jump directly into the door.

It was the first time for those two disciples to see such a situation, and they immediately shouted loudly in panic, "There is a thief attacking, be careful." ”

Xiao Dao and Tang Tian were even more excited when they heard the two disciples shouting like this, and they hurried across the room, rushing until they were in the middle of the martial arts field before they both landed.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind them: "Who dares to break into my Iron Sword Gate!!"