Holding a torch, I walked to the end of the cobblestone road. There was a wall and a wooden door. After pushing it open, there was a corridor in front. After walking a few steps in the corridor, I could see the entrance to a spiral staircase. Looking down from the spiral staircase was really enough to scare people to death. There was a huge abyss below, which was bottomless.

The spiral staircase looked a bit rotten due to its age, and some of the steps had cracks on them, which meant they must have been corroded a lot. If I went down, I was really afraid that I would accidentally fall into the abyss. However, out of curiosity, I still insisted on going down. After walking on the wooden steps for a while, I felt a chill under my body and could vaguely hear the wind underground.

I took every step and every staircase with trepidation. After all, the spiral staircase is built in the air and is not made of metal. I highly doubt its sturdiness.

Finally, they arrived at the secret room on the second floor of the cave. Going in, they found the meeting tent that Song Bailu had mentioned. There were indeed weapons on both sides of the room, including swords, guns, sticks and everything else. In front hung a mottled picture of a tiger descending the mountain, and below it was a command platform.

On the podium, there were indeed what Bai Lu had said, including many records and the most eye-catching thing was a black cloak hanging on a piece of wood not far from it. I walked over and found that the candlestick here was still usable, so I lit it and blew out the torch. The light became much weaker, but I could still see the moonlight shining on the ground in this secret room.

There are just many dots, and it seems that an exhaust vent has been chiseled through the wall, which should be somewhere on the mountain wall.

I walked over and took a look at the cloak. There was a flying fish pattern on the upper shoulder corners, which vaguely resembled a flying fish or python. Is this a flying fish cloak? Could it be that the treasure hunters here were the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty?

Anyway, he left the things here, and it would be a waste if he didn't use them.

I took it off, mumbling to myself, "Let Bai Lu wash it this day, and it can also be used to keep warm in winter. But it's so long, and this guy should be about the same height as me, so I may have to wear it, or use it as a quilt."

After another sweep, he thought that the splitting axe and crossbow could be taken away when the time comes. One could be used to chop wood, and the other could be used to make arrows that could be used to defend against enemies and serve as guns.

Thinking about it this way, I felt that the trip was worthwhile. Then I took the candlestick, placed it on the desk, and looked at the words written on the paper. I felt sleepy and wanted to yawn after reading only two lines. The words were so small and they were all in classical Chinese. Are you sure they are not used for hypnosis?

As the saying goes, a single word can make a world of difference. I'd better take it up and let the girls study it carefully. My cultural level is not yet high enough to fully understand the meaning between the lines.

He took another look at the seal, on which was written "Seeking the Dragon Envoy".

Dragon hunting? It means treasure hunting, right? That sounds really nice.

At this time, I heard Song Bailu's voice from above, calling me to eat, so I took all the papers upstairs, as well as the cloak, the axe, and the crossbow. I could hardly hold them all with one hand, so I staggered up.

After putting the things down, I saw that on the sawn-off wooden table, there was a bronze vessel with sliced ​​beef and a sauce specially prepared by Song Bailu on it. Another deep vessel contained stewed wild vegetables and half a raw fish with some mushrooms and seasoning, as well as some very delicious cold-mixed black fungus.

It is really delicious food, making me drool.

I went to wake up Yunwen, and helped her come over to eat with us in a daze, but it was difficult for her to raise her hands, and it was very difficult for her to eat. I wanted to ask Bailu to help feed her, but she was eating in a hurry, and I felt embarrassed to disturb her meal.

Seeing this, I tore off a piece of beef and put it to her mouth. She looked at me with gratitude and chewed it. I then helped to hold up the bronze vessel in front of her so that she could drink the soup by lowering her head slightly. I used the wooden chopsticks we had been using before to pick up some vegetables for her to eat. She was okay at first, but felt embarrassed after a while.

"Zhou Bo, you can eat first. There's no need to rely on me. That way you'll seem like a spoiled lady." Yunwen said.

"Special treatment is required in special times. It's okay," I said.

Her face blushed and she looked at Yingchun, afraid that she would be angry.

"Oh, sister, no matter what, you have to feed me, quickly!" Song Yingchun said coquettishly.

Song Bailu drank a few more mouthfuls of soup before she stopped wolfing it down. She patted her chest and choked a little. She adjusted herself for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll feed you. Brother Zhou Bo, we'll save a portion for sister Yunwen in the future. You can just help feed her. I have to stew medicine for her after dinner, so I'm quite busy during this period. What do you think?"

Of course I would love to have such a good thing, Song Bailu really understands me! Of course I still have to pretend on the surface.

"Well, that's fine. After all, Yunwen is not in a convenient position right now. It doesn't matter if I help her during this period of time." I said with a cough.

"Tsk, your heart is filled with joy!" Song Yingchun said with disdain to me.

Yunwen really couldn't eat by herself, so when she heard Bailu say that, she felt relieved and let me feed her. I fed her bite by bite, and she always ate obediently, her lips and teeth moving slightly. She was very well-behaved. Every time she took a bite, she looked at me seriously, afraid that I would dislike her.

After feeding Yunwen, I held her horizontally and carried her back to her sleeping place. I covered her with a blanket and was about to leave when she grabbed my hand. I paused, leaned over, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Thank you for taking care of me." She said seriously.

"It's my duty. Haven't you taken care of me like this before?" I laughed.

After comforting her to sleep, I went back to the dining table. The Song sisters had already finished their meal, and Song Bailu said, "Brother Zhou Bo, the wheat is still inedible recently. It needs to be washed with clean water and sieved repeatedly in a basket. After sifting, it needs to be dried in the sun before it can be ground into flour."

"Yes, and you also need a soil basin and a sieve," I said.

"We'll have to wait before we can eat steamed buns. Yingchun and I will try to weave a basket and make a basin recently. Then we can get these things." Bai Lu said.

"Then wait a little longer. Yingchun still needs to prepare the bed recently, and you also have to take care of Bailu, so there is no need to be so anxious. It's summer now, and there may be wild peaches and the like outside. I can go out to collect more food. Besides, if we want to really eat the food, we need a stone mill." I said.

Afterwards, after everyone had cleared the things on the table, I took a smaller bronze vessel and went down to fill a pot with water from the underground river so that Yunwen or others could drink enough when they were thirsty at night.

This underground river is not far from the abyss, about ten steps away. The water flow is not large, but the stored water is quite a lot. The pool is quite deep and the flow is large. Using the light of the candlestick to illuminate the surroundings, there are quite a few strange small holes, some leading to the outside of the cave, and some leading to the mountain wall inside the cave.

After filling the water, he left, but he heard a gurgling sound in the pool, as if something was about to come out.

Maybe it was because I was alone in such a big and dark cave, I unconsciously had some hallucinations, so after I filled the water, I didn’t think much about it and left and went back upstairs.

Following the spiral staircase, I returned to the stone chamber on the third floor, where I saw Bai Lu holding the documents and reading them, turning the pages one by one, very seriously. I really admired her eyesight and her endurance, for she was reading so intently without feeling sleepy.

There is no need for me to disturb her. Now that she understands the information in those documents, perhaps she can help us understand the island better. I will just wait and listen to the ready-made intelligence.