Chapter 308: The Second Secret Box
So he entered the palace and became a royal chef.
He is obsessed with cooking and doesn't want to care about the intrigues around him. He just wants to reach the top.
But the reality is not as good as expected.
The close friend who persuaded him to become a royal chef gradually became someone he could no longer recognize.
Later, he faked his death and left the palace, hiding in this place to survive.
He often thinks,
If, if I hadn't entered the palace and done those things, would everything have been different?
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.
Every step you take in life, good or bad, counts.
"Long time no see." Yu Lingye's voice interrupted Xiao Houzi's thoughts.
Xiao Houzi came back to his senses: "Long time no see, Your Highness Prince Ling."
"After so many years, His Royal Highness Prince Ling has become as handsome as a jade. I hardly recognize him."
Yu Lingye said: "You are still the same as before."
Xiao Houzi laughed and said, "I'm old."
"He's so old he's unrecognizable."
Xie Yingmian asked, "Did you fake your death and leave the palace?"
Xiao Houzi nodded: "Yes, at that time... the situation was special, and I didn't want to stay in the palace anymore."
"The two concubines were fighting, and I took the opportunity to fake my own death and leave. It was my disciple who was too ambitious and almost became my scapegoat. Fortunately, everything went smoothly."
When Xiao Houzi said this, a hint of nostalgia flashed in his cloudy eyes.
"I don't know how that kid is doing now. I can't tell him the truth, let alone tell him that I faked my death. He was a very emotional person. If he were still alive, he would have been living in regret all these years."
Xie Yingmian said: "Don't worry, he's fine."
"He found your descendants and lived with them in Plum Blossom Village. He used his cooking skills to lead your descendants to a good life."
"Their family is the wealthiest in Meihua Village."
Xiao Houzi was stunned.
He looked at Xie Yingmian in disbelief: "Really?"
"Absolutely true." Xie Yingmian took out a cookbook, "This cookbook was given to me by your apprentice."
Xiao Houzi was looking through the menu.
When I saw the familiar handwriting, tears started to flow down my face.
After faking his death in the palace, he severed all ties in order to protect his family.
I dare not look, I dare not ask, I can only treat him as a stranger.
Only in this way can we protect them as much as possible while they are ignorant.
Only in this way can the person believe that he is really dead.
"Thank you." Xiao Houzi wiped his tears, "Thank you for bringing me news about them."
"Back then, with Xiao Qi's help, I successfully faked my death and left the palace, hiding here under an assumed name."
"Just when I thought I could live in seclusion here peacefully, the Second Prince suddenly came to the Phoenix Palace ruins to build an underground palace."
"I couldn't protect the Phoenix Palace ruins, nor could I leave here, so I aided and abetted the evil and became their corpse collector."
"From that imperial palace to this Phoenix Palace, I have repeatedly aided and abetted the evil, and my sins are grave. I am afraid that my sins will be avenged upon my loved ones."
"It's okay, it's okay."
"God has been kind to me."
"I've waited and endured for so many years, and finally it's fulfilled before I die." Xiao Houzi said to Xie Yingmian, "Please take out the token."
Xie Yingmian: "I broke the token."
She handed the small fish to Xiao Houzi: "Only the small fish in the token."
Xiao Houzi said, "The token is not the stone, but the fish inside it."
"This is a secret that only Xiao Qi and I know."
He stared at the little fish for a long time, and after confirming it, he got up and went to the stove.
There was still some fire left in the stove.
He put out the fire, rummaged in the stove, and pulled out a black object.
After being mixed with charcoal ashes for a long time, its original appearance can no longer be seen.
Xiao Houzi put it in clean water and washed it again and again.
Xie Yingmian finally saw his original appearance clearly.
"Secret box?"
"It's a secret box," Xiao Houzi said. "The person who gave you the token should have told you to take it to the Phoenix Palace to find someone named Xiao Houzi."
"The object that the token corresponds to is this secret box."
"I don't know what material the secret box is made of, but it's resistant to water, fire, or swords. No matter how you treat it, it won't break. It's precisely because of this property that I was able to hide it so well."
"Today, the property can finally be returned to its original owner."
Xiao Houzi handed the secret box to Xie Yingmian.
"This little fish is the key to the secret box. The password to the secret box is on this recipe. Since you have the recipe, there's no need for me to repeat the password to you."
When it comes to this,
Xiao Houzi smiled.
"When I faked my death and left, I didn't want to leave this recipe book behind. Xiao Qi told me that we must make preparations for both scenarios. If we die, the secret box will be completely unopenable."
“So, I left this recipe book.”
"After so many twists and turns, the recipe ended up in your hands. This might be fate."
"Do the two secret boxes have the same password?" Xie Yingmian asked.
Xiao Houzi was stunned for a moment: "Two?"
Xie Yingmian: "We have found a secret box."
"Using the fish key and the code in the recipe, I opened the secret box."
When Xiao Houzi heard this, he suddenly laughed: "He did it on purpose."
"He came here on purpose to divert attention."
"No wonder, no wonder that person never tracked down the whereabouts of the secret box all these years. It turns out that guy had already thought of a back-up plan, hahahaha."
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at each other.
They probably understood.
The kid that Xiao Houzi was referring to should be Xie Jingyun.
That person should be the emperor.
Xie Jingyun went to Dingyun Mountain with an unimportant secret box.
The emperor should have known that the secret box was on Xie Jingyun.
However, the emperor was not found, but Qingxiao was.
By some strange coincidence, the secret box came into her hands.
"The codes for the two boxes should be the same. At least, the code for the box I have is the same as the one on the recipe." Xiao Houzi said, "You can open it and try it."
Xie Yingmian refused.
She had a hunch that the secret box in Xiao Houzi's hand must contain something very important.
This is not a safe place, and it is not the right time to open the secret box.
"I heard from the village chief...your descendants that you once had a sacred stone, and that you gave it to the Xiao family," Xie Yingmian said. "Do you know the whereabouts of that sacred stone?"
Xiao Houzi said, "That's right."
"Back then, my family was fleeing famine. I was born on the way and was doomed to die. I was only able to survive thanks to a mother monkey who had lost her child. The sacred stone was also given to us by the mother monkey."
"We know that even an innocent man may be guilty of possessing a treasure. We gave the sacred stone to the Xiao family."
"I don't know how the Xiao family dealt with it."
Xiao Houzi paused for a moment and said, "By the way, many years ago, Xiao Qi suffered a disaster."
"He was severely injured, lost his memory for many years, and married another woman and had a child."
Xie Yingmian nodded slightly.
She had heard about this from Xiao Lingxi.
Xiao Houzi said, "Xiao Qi's misfortune must be related to the sacred stone."
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