[Comprehensive] Intermittent complacency

In the third month of Yangchun (lunar calendar), the emperor will hold a grand banquet and invite chefs from all over the world to cook a full banquet for him.

The chefs of various famous restaurants have received invitations, saying that they must compete first, and then they can enter the imperial dining room of the palace and cook the banquet for the emperor with the imperial chefs.

Envoys from neighboring countries and feudal lords from all over the country were invited to attend this feast, as well as the royal nobles of the current dynasty. It can be said that it is a great affirmation of the chefs' cooking skills, so everyone squeezed their heads and wanted to go in.

According to reports from his subordinates, apart from Liu Maoxing, the young head of Ju Xiaxia, Lan Feihong, a private super chef, and people from the dark culinary world also came to get involved.

Lou Bei is actually quite looking forward to the scene at that time, it will be very interesting, after all, he has nothing to do now, why not stir up this muddy water?

In the room, curling cigarettes are burning in the censer, and the mixed smell of rosin and sandalwood in the light gauze curtain neutralizes the sweetness of early spring and brings a refreshing breeze.

The prince in white looked indifferent, and knocked on the table, "What do you mean?"

"Subordinates dare not speak nonsense!" The man in black knelt on the ground, "My lord, when I went to inquire, I found that those slaves who had left the mansion were spreading rumors and making trouble... especially the one named An Feng, who disturbed us. There are several businesses under my name!"

Although Prince Rong appears to be frivolous and dislikes government affairs, he is a good hand in business. He has money houses, silk houses, and even wineries. Tens of thousands of taels of silver!

The man in black looked unhappy, as if he was complaining about An Feng, "My lord! You can't ignore it! Even if you like that slave, you can't..." Knowing that he was talking too much, the man in black immediately bowed his head. language.

Unexpectedly, Prince Rong was not angry, but narrowed his eyes lightly, thought for a while, and said, "This king knows, you can go down."

The man in black wanted to say something more, but was startled by the prince's eyes, and exited the room embarrassingly.

"Find that An Feng, doesn't he want to be a chef? The king will give him this chance to see how big waves he can make." Lou Bei sneered, "Also, this year's Man-Han competition, the judges Can I have my king's seat at the table, can it be done?"

"Yes! This subordinate must complete the task!"

Jiang Xue frowned, and watched as the man in black swayed and disappeared over the door lintel, "Master, who is this?"

"Don't you think that little boss is quite interesting?" The young prince propped his chin and said with a smile, "Besides, if I don't go out for a walk, my bones will be rusted, and I haven't used my legs to walk for a long time... "

Thinking of the end of the last world, the master spent it in a wheelchair and on a hospital bed, Jiang Xue left his words silent, he couldn't feel that kind of pain, although the master always said he didn't feel it, but he knew that even if he experienced No matter how much, the feeling of pain is real.

"Understood, I will arrange it."

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Before and after the cold spring comes, it happens to be the time to set off.

Shangjing.

Since the final feast display was offered to the emperor, it was naturally in the capital.And the first trials can only be held along the way, in towns near the capital.

Spring in the north always comes later than in the south. The more north you go, the humid air becomes drier, mixed with the cold fragrance of pear blossoms, and the distant view of the small town near the capital gradually appears in front of them.

"Your Majesty, we're arriving at Yancheng!" The coachman knocked on the door of the carriage and said softly, his expression was nervous and he didn't dare to look inside. He had never seen a master who shared a carriage with his servants.

Lou Bei opened his mouth, took Jiang Xuezuo's peeled grapes in his mouth like a grandpa, chewed and swallowed them, and said lazily, "Well, stop first."

No one would have thought that Jiang Xue, who is the soul of the sword, would do these things, but he didn't feel any sense of disobedience when he did it.

Lou Bei is not the real lord either, he pretends to be in front of people, but he maintains a dog-like state in front of people, wouldn't he be exhausted, so he simply lifted the hem of his clothes, jumped out of the carriage, and stepped on in two or three steps. I got on the big rock on the side of the road and wanted to look around from a distance.

"It's only two miles away. Don't worry, just walk slowly. It's fine to enter the city after dark."

The coachman repeatedly said yes, and Jiang Xuezuo handed over dozens of pennies to him, and the latter gratefully thanked the two of them.

Lou Bei pursed his lips and said nothing, his side face didn't look so happy.

It has been like this since ancient times, the emperor is the emperor, and he will never know what the people want.Few people understand it clearly, but it is a big trouble to do it.

After the chariots and horses entered the city, the roadside vendors were closing their stalls, and there was basically no one in the city after Youshi.Unitary time is the sun's arrival, the sun's rise is day, and the sun's set is night, which means it's night.

After all, it is not a big city, but a small town. There are not many activities in the town, and most of the markets are held during the daytime. When the time comes, the stalls will naturally be closed, which makes the town sparsely populated.Occasionally, you can see candles flickering in the restaurant and hear rustling whispers.

Loubei asked someone to get water to take a bath to wash away the fatigue of the day.Naturally, he lived in the mayor's house, so he didn't have to worry about anything, but the chefs who came to participate in the competition had to take care of their own residences. The successive arrival of the chefs made the town noisy, and many inns were full. , Some chefs are going to spend the night at the people's homes.

Xiaodangjia and Meili were among them. They were stalked by Shiro when they set off, so it was a bit late, and there were no vacancies in the inn when they came here.

"Little master, I believe you are fine!" The red-haired woman smiled beautifully, and looked at the young man in front of her with shining eyes, who was already taller than her. After nearly ten years of companionship, the relationship between the two grew stronger. It's firm.

"Don't worry, Meili!" Liu Maoxing smiled heartily, "I'm the little boss, you have to trust me!"

Everything is so similar to ten years ago. They also used to work hard for cooking skills, for competitions and for food in the small town at the foot of the capital. They tried their best.

The next day is the day of the game.

Early in the morning, the competition venue was full of people, all of whom wanted to see how these chefs made a full banquet.

There are as many as [-] chefs selected by the emperor's decree. When they gather in the competition venue, they can clearly feel the murderous intent. There is hostility between each other, but the friendship from old people is also indispensable.

Liu Maoxing opened his eyes wide, looking happily at the man who was alone in the corner, wearing the forever black clothes, half of his hair was gently pulled back, the years did not leave too many traces on his face, The man in his late thirties is still as handsome as a teenager, only when he occasionally raises his eyes to scan the audience, can he see that he has indeed experienced a lot of things, and he is not comparable to a fledgling boy.

"A Fei!" Liu Maoxing smiled and ran towards him quickly.

The man was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the person coming, he smiled unconsciously, as if the ice and snow had melted, "Little master, you have also received the invitation."

With a very affirmative tone, Liu Maoxing nodded happily, "It's been a long time since I saw you, Ah Fei. Since that time you left Chrysanthemum and went downstairs, I haven't heard from you again. I didn't expect to see you here!"

Lan Feihong nodded, "In the past two years, I have studied some foreign cuisines in Guangdong, and I rarely go back to Sichuan—this time Meili came with you?"

The topic changed a little quickly, Liu Maoxing was stunned, and followed A Fei's line of sight, Mei Li blushed and waved at the two excitedly, the little boss suddenly had black lines all over his head, how could this guy not change his liking for men? Lose.

"By the way, it's not just me, master Xie Qi, and Ren, they're all here." Lan Feihong said, a tiny line appeared in the corner of his eyes, and he looked in a good mood.

"Really! So many acquaintances! Sure enough, the emperor is the emperor, and we haven't seen each other for a long time. Thanks to the emperor, we have the opportunity to get together this time!"

"That's what I said..."

Without leaving them much time to chat, the judges showed up.

Xiaodangjia stood on the left of Lan Feihong, and on the right was Jie Qi who did not know when to come to his side, standing straight and straight, waiting for the judges to appear.

Liu Maoxing's eyes were instantly attracted by the person who appeared, there was no way, in front of all the big and round officials, a handsome man dressed in lazy and cold clothes was too eye-catching.

Not only himself, looking to the side, Lan Feihong was obviously also stunned for a while, but quickly covered it up quietly.

who is he?Never seen it.

The little master looked over curiously, there were a few familiar faces among those officials, they were all food critics in the past, but this man is new here, could it be the newly appointed No. [-] scholar?

However, I haven't heard of anyone in high school recently...

Soon, questions were answered.

He heard the little eunuch standing on the highest platform read slowly in a high-pitched voice, "Master Zhang, Governor of the Two Lakes, Twelve Princes, Prince Rong..."

The young man in white lazily raised his eyes, picked up the teacup on the side to signal to everyone, and drank the tea calmly under the amazed eyes of the people.

It turned out to be the prince...

The little boss nodded secretly, no wonder he had never seen it before, the royal family and the relatives didn't just see each other.

Lan Feihong on the side didn't know what he was thinking, with a serious expression on his face, which made the young boss feel inexplicably flustered.

"Next, we invite our Prince Rong to announce the title of this competition—"

The shrill voice interrupted Lou Bei's thoughts, he froze for a moment, the title?what subject...

As soon as his eyes made contact with Jiang Xuezuo's writing, the latter immediately avoided it.Loubei's head is full of black lines, what the hell is he being tricked? !Xiao Jiangxue, why didn't you tell me that you have to ask questions for the judges!

—Master, you didn't ask...

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he could only make a calm gesture, stood up slowly, flicked his sleeves, saw the rows of fruit trees outside the city in the distance, and opened his lips lightly.

"Well, the theme this time is 'Apricot Blossom Rain'."

——Pretend to be very aggressive.