I have a city that never sleeps

Mao Yong was dumbfounded. He couldn't comprehend everything in front of him, so he could only ask blankly: "Hero Chu, you, are you a cook?"

"Yes." Chu Zhi smiled, "Didn't I tell you?"

"No!" Mao Yong was suddenly excited, "How can a hero like you be a cook!"

Chu Zhi was a little helpless. In the eyes of people in this era, a cook is the lowest occupation, but anyone with some ability will not look at it directly.

As for this narrow path, countless people ran desperately to get rid of it, but Chu Zhi foolishly burrowed into it. Isn't this a pit in the brain?

Mao Yong's face was flushed, his brows were raised, and he lingered in place, sighing from time to time: "What's more, what kind of special skill is culinary art! Hero Chu is confused, if you change it to the person who wins the championship with infinite strength, it will be you ah!"

Seeing that he found it interesting, Chu Zhi couldn't help asking: "I won't compete with you, so you are more likely to win the championship?"

"My Mao Yong is not that kind of person!" Mao Yong said sharply, "I admire the hero Chu, and I think you are the real hero. Of course, a hero must have a reputation to match him, and I know that I am far inferior to you , how could you have such thoughts, if the hero Chu has mercy on me, I will be angry!"

"Hahahaha." Chu Zhi patted him on the shoulder, feeling a touch of emotion in his heart, "Don't worry, I have never thought of giving up, and I will use my culinary skills to win the championship with dignity."

His eyes deepened, and he said seriously: "Even if you are just a small cook, you can become a blockbuster here, and I will prove it to everyone!"

Seeing his firm eyes, Mao Yong knew that what he said was from the bottom of his heart. Although he was still a little worried, he nodded and decided to support his idea.

The two each received their number plates and stood in the center of the crowd, looking around curiously.

There were more than a hundred people standing in the venue at this time, a little less than Chu Zhi imagined, they were all unfamiliar faces, and they were all dressed in unique clothes.

Some people wear Taoist robes and look like immortals, some people look like beggars with disheveled hair and wine in their hands, and some people are dressed as scholars and don't know what they are going to perform...Looking around, Chu and Zhi are actually inside. most common.

"Why does the imperial court select such extraordinary talents?"

Some people probably want to see the world, they are not at all cold and arrogant as contestants, and they are chatting with the people beside them.

Chu Zhi pricked up his ears and was also very interested in this matter.

"There are rumors that the little emperor finds life in the court boring and wants to hold a meeting to have fun. But more people think that the left and right are fighting in secret, and they are looking for capable people and strangers to join their party. Strengthen the power."

"The waters of this imperial court are deep. We just participate in the fun, but we must not touch the center of power!"

"Hey, when Tianzi was young, the left and the right dominated the government and confronted each other, which led to chaos in the world. Once involved, I'm afraid it won't end well. I understand, I understand!"

Chu Zhi listened quietly, and suddenly recalled the setting of the court in "Dream Back to Ancient Times". Great power, while secretly checking and balancing to weaken the opponent, while strengthening one's own power.

Sure enough, it is exactly the same as reality!

As for whether or not the game has ever held a Gathering of Unusual Talents, Chu Zhi really doesn't know. After all, the current plot stage is the beginning of the game, and the players are still upgrading in Novice Village, so they don't care about the affairs of the court at all.

But it's none of his business anyway, as long as he honestly takes the No.1 money home, that's enough.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the father-in-law dressed as an eunuch walked up to the front steps with the floating dust.

In the sunlight, the gold medal on his waist gleamed, and one could tell his high status.

After staring sharply at the bottom of his eyes, he shouted in a sharp voice: "Silence! So far, there are 120 people participating in this conference. The time has come. Please keep quiet and follow our house to the venue Participate in the first round of competition!"

In an instant, the venue became quiet. Everyone suppressed their anxiety and stood in a row according to the number of the wooden plate on their waists, and followed the father-in-law into the inner courtyard of a mansion in order.

Seeing that the venue was not held in the palace, everyone was at a loss.

They worked hard just to let the emperor let the left minister see their abilities, and suddenly changed the venue, so who are they performing for?

An impatient person immediately shouted: "Eunuch, this is not the palace!"

"Shut up!" The father-in-law's face darkened in an instant, and he raised his hand to summon two guards, "Did our family let you talk? If you don't understand the rules, drag him down!"

Accompanied by howling ghosts and wolves begging for mercy, there were fewer people on the test site before the competition started.

This tactic of killing chickens and monkeys immediately silenced all the people present and did not dare to make any further troubles. But the father-in-law looked around with satisfaction, and then said leisurely: "What your majesty wants to see is strange talents, only real strange talents can enter The palace, the palace is not a place that everyone can enter, and other cats and dogs do not have such qualifications."

"So this initial test is the initial screening of the real supernatural beings! Now take the stage in order, and perform the skills that will be displayed. As long as you can pass the judgment, you can enter the palace!"

Only then did everyone's complexion improve.

The first test began in a state of depression, and Chu Zhi's number was at the back, so he could easily watch the performance of the crowd.

Seeing this, it really made him see a bit of fun. For example, people dressed as beggars performed drunken fists while drinking wine. He cast spells all over the sky, mumbled what he was talking about, and danced wildly, but in the end, not even a little water splashed out.

As for that gentle scholar, he actually took out a snake from his cuff and kept dancing on his body!

I don't know how the dance went, anyway, the female judge sitting opposite him was so frightened that she turned pale with fright, and gave him a big cross.

Chu Zhi saw it in his eyes, thoughtful.

Then there are those who dance swords, whose bodies are as soft as twists, and who summon bugs. It can be described as a very interesting visual feast.

When Chu Zhi appeared on the stage, everyone subconsciously turned their attention to him. They only felt that the young man was handsome and confident, and seemed to have an extraordinary bearing. They were very curious about what he would perform.

And when Chu Zhi silently took out two sharp kitchen knives from his waist...everyone fell silent.

"...What kind of weapon is that, I have never seen it before?"

"It's kind of like a kitchen knife..."

"Nonsense, why would someone bring up a kitchen knife on such an occasion, it must be some magic weapon!"

The heated discussion among the crowd came to an abrupt end in Chu Zhi's loud introduction.

"—The skill I want to perform is cooking!"

……

The eyes of those present were astonished and stunned, and the faces of several reviewing officials were also blank, as if they could not understand what he said.

"You want to perform...cooking skills?"

Chu Zhi smiled and said, "Exactly."

...Pfft.

In the silence, an unbearable chuckle came from the inner courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, the scene was ignited, causing many candidates to burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha cooking skills, so he is a cook!"

"This man is just joking, what kind of strange man is the cook!"

"Unfortunately, I thought he was out of tune with us, and he was hiding a lot, so he was a bad showman!"

"Look at other people's skills, and then look at him! He is not afraid of shame, if I would have run away in shame!"

Usually this kind of noise would make the father-in-law scold him coldly, but there is no way. Hearing Chu Zhi's words, the father-in-law who was drinking tea leisurely sprayed out a sip of water, and was trying to wipe his wet sleeves. As for the other judges , all of them stared at Chu Zhi as if they were fools.

"You came to the wrong place." The female officer said angrily, "The culinary arts conference is not held here."

Hearing the female officer's sarcasm, the rest of the people watched Chu Zhi's joke with suppressed laughter, only Mao Yong stared at Chu Zhi with worry in his eyes.

Chu Zhi didn't care what other people thought, and said openly: "I'm not wrong, who said that skills can't include cooking skills."

The female officer's eyebrows furrowed more and more, but Chu Zhi said, "Why don't you wait for me to perform and give it a try, maybe I can become a blockbuster?"

No one knew how a cook could become a blockbuster, and they all watched him make a fool of himself like a joke.

The female officer hesitated, "Then I will give you half a stick of incense time."

"enough."

Chu Zhi wanted some familiar white radishes, holding the radish in his left hand and a kitchen knife in his right, he looked more like a cook now.

Everyone shrugged their shoulders and laughed, but Chu Zhi didn't care, and directly carved a blooming flower on the radish with a kitchen knife.

This time, he didn't use any clever tricks, just took the radish normally and whizzed and whizzed.

In his opinion, this is just a normal skill of a cook, and there is no need to make any tricks in the so-called first test, but the expressions of some candidates who watched his performance gradually changed from contempt to bewilderment, and then from bewilderment to fright.

Because it's too fast!It is too fast! !

I saw that the kitchen knife in Chu Zhi's hand was shaking like a flower, and it almost turned into an afterimage.

Everyone couldn't see the movements in his hands at all, they could only see carrot sticks flying from the air, and in the blink of an eye, the long carrots turned into a lifelike peony flower in his hands.

The petals are soft and delicate, and the petals are connected. When the wind blows, they still dance in the wind. The flowers are blooming, soft and delicate.

Every petal is crystal clear, carved like jade, so beautiful that it is breathtaking and surprising.

Ah this... divine skill!It's amazing!

After a radish flower was carved, it was placed in a plate of clear water to bloom impressively, and the hibiscus in the clear water was dotted with ripples. This most beautiful moment was frozen and sent to the female officer.

Women originally love beauty, seeing such a flower given to her, the female officer's heart moved slightly, and a smile appeared on her face, she couldn't help being happy.

But strictly speaking, this is only a good sword technique, and it is not very close to strange talents.

While the female officer was hesitating, the rest of the onlookers gradually closed their mouths and said stiffly: "... Isn't it just carving a flower, what's so difficult about it!"

"You can do it too?"

"I...cough, any cook in any restaurant can do it, it's not a lot of skill!"

"That's right, if even he can go up, then we should go up even more!"

"That's it!"

These people coaxed together, and the female officer was even more embarrassed. She sighed, and just when she decided to respect everyone's idea and announce Chu Zhi's failure, suddenly, a pink butterfly flapped its wings and broke into the venue.

The venue was surrounded by colorful flowers, which were extraordinarily gorgeous, but the beautiful butterfly didn't care about it, and flew straight towards the 'flower' in the female officer's hand.

Under the amazed eyes of everyone, the butterfly first flew around the flower twice, and finally landed on the petals as if unable to resist the temptation, fluttering its wings one after another.

Indulge in this false flower.

"This, this?!"

Everyone's eyes widened in shock, and they were speechless: "False for real?!"

"The flowers are so lifelike that the butterflies believe it's real. What kind of ingenious craftsmanship is needed to lure the butterflies?!"

The people around were all dumbfounded, and even those stubborn people couldn't say a word, after all...the cooks in their hometown couldn't do this kind of skill.

Even the father-in-law, who had been watching, commented: "Yes, Your Majesty should like to watch it."

The female officer immediately smiled triumphantly, and happily approved it.

She carefully guarded the butterflies and radish flowers aside, and glanced at them from time to time like precious treasures. She was in a pretty good mood.

Chu Zhi left the stage under the different eyes of everyone, with a smile on his face, Mao Yong quickly moved in front of him, and praised him all the time: "As expected of the hero Chu, the sword technique just now is really amazing! It turns out Can the chef still be this good?"

"This is just the most basic knife skills." Chu Zhi explained helplessly, "I haven't shown all my skills yet."

Since he entered the arena, he hasn't seriously cooked a dish. If this group of ancient people tasted all kinds of seasonings such as chili and fennel powder, wouldn't they all be shocked to death?

This level of craftsmanship, he originally planned to amaze everyone when the Everbright City restaurant opened, but Everbright City is too poor to open a restaurant now, so he can only make a small name for himself under the publicity of the palace to increase more customer flow.

The initial stage was still going on, and when Mao Yong came on stage, his innate supernatural power also won a lot of attention. He lifted the cauldron of several hundred kilograms with ease, and passed the initial test very quickly.

In the end, there were 32 people who passed the initial test, much less than expected.

The rest were expelled by the officers and soldiers without hesitation, and only these 32 people got their own nameplates and followed their father-in-law to the palace.

Before entering the palace, the crowd was already stunned by the majestic palace, full of praise, the father-in-law looked at it, feeling contemptuous, thinking that they were all vulgar people from the world without any knowledge.

However, when his eyes swept over Chu Zhi, he paused slightly, so Chu Zhi obviously did not show any excitement, his expression was flat, and he even walked around the palace at ease, as if he was visiting his own back garden. After a long time, I feel more and more that this person is not a thing in the pool.

How did he know that Chu Zhi had indeed been to the palace, and he had been here several times, sometimes stealing some precious calligraphy and paintings to sell, and sometimes going to the famous private gambling house of the palace to make money, isn't he as familiar as his own back garden? ?

Of course, that's all in the game. For players, the palace is a mysterious treasure, and everyone wants to go in and take a look.

In reality, Chu Zhi would not be presumptuous.

After entering the main entrance, everyone was ushered into the Wenqi Hall on the side of the palace. In the main hall, several officials wearing official hats were already waiting, each with a pen in their hand, recording something on paper.

According to the order of entering the palace, the candidates need to walk up to them one by one for inspection, not only to check whether they are carrying weapons, but also to check their appearance and appearance. After all, they are going to face saints, so they must be strictly screened.

The officials of the Ministry of Etiquette will carefully observe the appearance of the candidates, and divide them into three categories: upper, middle and lower, and also observe the temperament and conversation.

When meeting a beggar, for example, holding a wine jug, his brows would frown immediately, and he would be politely asked to rearrange his clothes, otherwise he would not be allowed in.

These Jianghu people are all five big and three rough, and among them, those with better appearance and temperament can only get a middle-grade one. When Chu Zhi walked up and down, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were just about to subconsciously write one, when the father-in-law on the side suddenly reminded: "Please also Mr. Liu Think twice, this is the selection of extraordinary talents for His Majesty, don't be so hasty."

So Mr. Liu from the Ministry of Rites hung his brush in the air, and observed Chu Zhi carefully.

To be honest, he still didn't see anything. He just felt that this person was no different from other people except for his good looks, and he didn't deserve to be treated differently. But since Eunuch Liu reminded him, he didn't dare to be serious, and pondered for a while Finally, he asked, "What's on your waist?"

He put his eyes on Chu Zhi's bulging waist, and Chu Zhi smiled: "Chopper."

Mr. Liu: "...a kitchen knife? What are you going to perform, isn't it cooking?"

Chu Zhi shyly said: "Exactly, I am just an ordinary cook, and cooking is my only skill."

Master Liu: "Then what do you want to cook?"

Chu Zhi said seriously: "I haven't thought of it yet, for example, killing a pig on the spot? I have a lot of experience in killing pigs."

"..." Master Liu's eyes changed from astonishment to weirdness, and he was unable to speak for a long time. This was the first time he heard that someone was going to show off killing a pig in front of the imperial court, and he couldn't understand it at all!

But maybe... that's why Eunuch Liu likes Chu Zhi, it's unique!novel!Your Majesty has never seen it before!

Mr. Liu was in awe, and gave a thumbs up to Eunuch Liu's gaze. Even when he heard that Chu Zhi chose to kill a pig, he wanted to watch it on the spot, let alone others.

"Yes, top grade!" So he waved his hand and gave the highest evaluation directly. Facing everyone's strange eyes, he kindly reminded Chu Zhidao, "Today is late, and we will perform for His Majesty tomorrow. If there is anything that needs to be prepared, Remember to tell people in advance that you will live in Wenhua Palace tonight."

These 32 people will live in the palace tonight, but the allocated palaces are good and bad, and even need four or five people to share one room, and the Wenhua Palace is the best palace among them, not only bright and clean, with a wide view, but also a space for one person to enjoy.

As soon as they heard that Chu Zhi, the cook, could live in the best room, the rest of the people immediately changed their expressions, looking at Chu Zhi with indescribable jealousy.

"Hmph, he's just a cook, yet he's so arrogant!" The eyes of a young man who was well-dressed by Rong Zhi but only got a mid-level evaluation showed a bit of anger. He didn't think he was worse than Chu Zhi, but he was treated like this. I just feel very unfair.

"That's right! Brother Tang's sword dance is superb, soft and strong, and can be compared with famous swordsmen in the Jianghu. How can he be compared with Brother Tang as a cook!" echoed.

After what he said, Tang Tonghua felt that the matter was unfair, and thought, could it be that Chu Zhi bribed Eunuch Liu to achieve such a result?

With a thought, he couldn't help but walk up to Eunuch Liu, and said with a flattering smile, "Eunuch, I have something to tell you."

Who is Eunuch Liu? He has encountered all kinds of things in his life and met all kinds of people. Looking at Tang Tonghua's expression, he knew that there must be nothing good. He said lazily, "What's the matter?"

"Eunuch, take a step to talk..." When Tang Tonghua invited Eunuch Liu to speak, the silver in his hand happened to be put into Eunuch Liu's palm.

Eunuch Liu frowned, and with a shake of his hand, he knew that there was only less than five taels of silver here, so he rolled his eyes almost immediately.

"This can't be done." Earning less money, but also taking risks, Eunuch Liu is not stupid, and immediately said loudly, "Our family is doing things for His Majesty, take these five taels of silver quickly!"

This call could be heard clearly by the people nearby, and their eyes immediately fell on Tang Tonghua, realizing that he was secretly bribing, a trace of disdain appeared in his eyes.

People in the Jianghu disdain his obscene tactics, while officials from the Ministry of Rituals sneer at his stupid behavior, and they subconsciously distance themselves from him.

Seeing people on both sides staring at him mockingly, Tang Tonghua's cheeks immediately flushed red, extremely embarrassed, and quickly retreated to the corner.

Even though the turmoil passed and no one paid any attention to him, Tang Tonghua still felt that everyone was laughing at him in private, and he was extremely ashamed.

He blamed all these faults on Chu Zhi, hating his teeth so much, why Chu Zhi would be fine if he bribed, and he would be despised if he bribed, now his reputation has been damaged, and even the court's impression of him has become the worst Bad, if it wasn't for Chu Zhi, how could it be like this!

Clenching his fists violently, Tang Tonghua stared at Chu Zhi's back coldly, his resentment almost turning into substance and attacking him!

Chu Zhi didn't know that he was suddenly burdened with such a blame, and he still smiled and told Mao Yong that his house was big, and if he was not used to living in it, he could come and make do with him for a night.

This moved Mao Yong even more. Although he answered well in his mouth, he didn't want to disturb Chu Zhi's rest at all in his heart, and would rather spend the night with others in the hut.

But what I didn't expect was that when he was about to fall asleep after being assigned a room in the evening, Chu Zhi came to the door himself, and walked away without saying a word.

"Hero Chu? Where are we going?" Mao Yong asked suspiciously as this didn't seem to be the direction of Wenhua Palace.

"Hush." ​​Chu Zhi shook his head at him, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of their figures who had been following them from just now, and suddenly increased his speed.

The palace is like his back garden. He turned left and right in a circle, and easily shook off the people following him. Then he blinked at Mao Yong, "Have you ever looked down on the palace at night?"

"...Huh?" Mao Yong was dumbfounded, "No, no."

"That's just right." Chu Zhi grabbed his shoulder and jumped into the air, "I'll take you to have a look."

The feeling of his feet leaving the ground instantly turned Mao Yong's face pale, but compared to the sudden lightness, what he said to Chu Zhi was more frightening: "Wait--Hero Chu, father-in-law won't let us wander around! Don't let us go!" Let's walk around!!"

"As long as you don't get discovered, it doesn't matter." Chu Zhi didn't care, "But if you keep shouting so loudly, then we're probably going to die."

"!!" Mao Yong immediately shut his mouth tightly, looking at the buildings and palaces below, his teeth trembling with fright.

But people always have to adapt. After flying for a while, he was able to distract himself and observe the situation in the palace.

At night, candles are lit in the imperial palace, and there is a warm halo under the moonlight. Mao Yong is gradually fascinated by the exquisite courtyards and magnificent palaces. He has never seen such a splendid building in his life. I just thought it was so beautiful.

"...Before I came to the palace, I thought about what the palace would look like." Mao Yong sighed with emotion in a low voice, his eyes were full of brilliant starlight, "But after I really came, I realized that I am the frog in the well, really Beautiful."

"Is this beautiful?" In Chu Zhi's opinion, the palace's architecture is the same, old-fashioned, without a few lights, and not half as beautiful as his Evernight City. "If I say that there is another place in the world that is more beautiful than this palace, How many times more beautiful?"

Mao Yong was stunned, and slowly said: "Then, it should be the legendary fairyland on earth."

Chu Zhi's heart moved, and he smiled and was full of joy in his heart, "Hahahaha well said! When I have a chance, I will take you to the fairyland on earth to have a look, and then don't blink!"

Before Mao Yong could answer, Chu Zhi's eyes fell on the lower corner, and the tree branch lightly landed on the tip of his toes.

They were in a hidden path, surrounded by flowers and trees, and at the end of the path was a palace wall. It seemed that there was no way to go, but Chu Zhi walked to the palace wall skillfully, and met Mao Yong. With a strange gaze, he reached out and tapped on it twice.

Suddenly, the wall trembled, and a gap for one person was slowly opened. Looking around, the inside was pitch black, and it was unknown where it led.

Mao Yong opened his mouth wide in bewilderment, there is actually a secret passage hidden here!

This is the imperial palace. It is surprising that there are secret passages hidden in the imperial palace, and Chu Zhi's skillful opening of the secret passages made him even more dumbfounded.

Seeing Chu Zhi go in first, Mao Yong hesitated for a while and followed him in, his heart was full of doubts like grass growing, but he couldn't hold back in the end: "...Hero Chu, how do you know there is a secret passage here? of?"

Chu Zhi proudly said: "There is nothing about the matter in the palace that I don't know about."

Don't even look at how many times he has stolen the treasures of the palace!

Mao Yong was enlightened, and admired in his heart, "You are worthy of being the great hero of Chu!" He is really a god!Omniscient and omnipotent!

He didn't ask what he was going to do, anyway, he just followed behind Chu Zhi wholeheartedly, until Chu Zhi finally walked out of a door, knocked twice again, and there was a sharp voice asking in the room: "signal."

Chu Zhi replied: "If you have wine today, you will be drunk today."

No one in the room answered, but the door was opened with a click.

Looking at the dim candlelight in the room, Mao Yong felt a little creepy in his heart, but when he saw Chu Zhi entered in a generous manner, he also walked in bravely.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a few eunuchs standing in the room, looking at them carefully: "Oh, this is a face I have never seen before."

The candlelight made the complexions of the father-in-laws even more gloomy and cold, with hooks in their eyes, which made Mao Yong secretly terrified and looked around subconsciously.

There is only a table and a few chairs here, and nothing else is empty, but there is a closed door behind, and I don't know what is hidden.

Chu Zhi just smiled: "There is no rule here that does not welcome strangers."

The father-in-law who wore the bronze medal at the front nodded, and his expression softened a little: "Since you know the code and the rules here, then there is no need to say more about our family. But I want to remind you that poor ghosts are not accepted here. "

Chu Zhi looked at his worthless clothes and understood what he meant, but he didn't explain, and just took out a few bank notes: "Don't worry, I have money!"

"Okay." The father-in-law said with satisfaction, "You are here to gamble?"

The word "gambling" immediately made Mao Yong, who was at a loss, understand everything. It turns out that this place is actually an underground gambling workshop hidden by the imperial palace!

Because of its prestige and high stakes, anyone who knows is willing to come here to gamble, and these father-in-laws are the ones who maintain order.

Mao Yong had never been involved in gambling, and he couldn't help but click his tongue frequently when he saw that Chu Zhi was getting thousands of taels of silver. He might never see so much money in his life.

But someone suddenly touched his shoulder, and Chu Zhi patted him on the shoulder, and said, "No, it's my brother who wants to gamble, and I'm responsible for paying him the money."

Mao Yong: "..."? ? ? ?

A series of question marks popped out from the top of his head, and he just froze in place.

Even the father-in-law looked at Mao Yong strangely, and he never felt that these five big and three rough fools were here to gamble.

But he didn't care, nodded, and asked someone to take out the roulette.

At this moment, Mao Yong grabbed Chu Zhi's shoulder suddenly, and shouted in an unprecedentedly flustered voice: "Chu, Chu hero, are you confused? I, I have never learned how to gamble!!"

"Calm down!" Chu Zhi comforted, "You don't need to do anything, just bet for me."

"There is only one thing you have to do, and that is what I think you should bet on, and you throw money in the opposite place, understand?"

Mao Yong: "?" What kind of weird request is this?

He confirmed again and again that Chu Zhi was conscious and correct, and then followed his father-in-law nervously, and looked at Chu Zhi hesitantly every time he tossed money.

Chu Zhi looked calm and not panicked at all. His previous experience has personally proved that as long as the bet is reversed, the villa can rely on the sea!

This wave of getting rich is all due to anti-buying!

Different from ordinary gambling houses, the gambling house in the imperial palace will release the results publicly tomorrow. After spending all the money, Chu Zhi is about to leave with satisfaction, but a young father-in-law suddenly comes out of the secret passage and stops him. On his way, he stopped and stared at the father-in-law.

"Unlucky!" The father-in-law slapped the skirt of his clothes after entering the house, frowned and complained, "The rockery at the door fell down, and happened to trip me!"

When he said this, he saw Chu Zhi, and he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Is it here to participate in the gambling game, is it over?"

"Yes." Chu Zhi stared at his waist habitually, and suddenly said, "Elder-in-law, did you drop something when you fell down?"

The father-in-law was taken aback, and quickly lowered his head to check. Sure enough, he found that the badge that symbolized his status had disappeared, and he panicked: "Hey, why is the badge gone? You can't lose it!"

He quickly got out of the secret passage again, and after disappearing for a while, he came back again, this time his face was much calmer.

He glanced at Chu Zhi gratefully, saluted and said, "Thank you, young master, our family will be in trouble if we lose our badge."

Chu Zhi waved his hand: "It's a little effort."

The father-in-law seemed to be struggling with how to return the gift. After hesitating for a while, he said in a low voice: "Actually... there is a special game here, which ordinary people can't participate in... I wonder if you two are interested?"

Mao Yong was naturally not interested, but Chu Zhi's eyes lit up: "What kind of bet?"

"It's about tomorrow's strange talent conference." The father-in-law said with a smile, "here is the information of 32 candidates, and we will bet on who can win the championship!"

When Mao Yong heard this, he became excited instead. This question is really too simple. If Chu Daxia can't win the championship, then who can win the championship, this must win! !

"Buy, buy, buy!" Mao Yong said as soon as he was happy, "I must buy this."

He looked at Chu Zhi, but found that Chu Zhi's expression was indifferent, and he returned to his usual appearance. He seemed not interested at all: "I'm not interested in this. If you want to buy it, you can bet yourself. I can lend you money."

Mao Yong was startled, something was wrong, why didn't Daxia Chu earn the money that he clearly sent up, but instead earned the illusory money!

Isn't this stupid! !

He hastily and anxiously reminded: "Hero Chu, think twice!"

Chu Zhi was completely unmoved, even though Mao Yong jumped up and down in a hurry, scratched his head and refused to place a bet, Mao Yong had no choice but to grit his teeth and take out all his belongings, ten taels of silver, and handed them over.

Generally speaking, the father-in-law doesn't look down on these ten taels of silver, after all, the minimum here is a hundred taels of silver to start with, but seeing that the two of them have spent a lot of money before, he still reluctantly agrees.

After betting that Chu Zhi won, the two quickly left the secret path and returned to Wenhua Palace.

Along the way, Mao Yong hesitated and didn't know what he was thinking. He looked at Chu Zhi with hatred hidden in his eyes. Chu Zhi saw it, and couldn't help laughing: "You are curious why I don't bet?"

"Yes!" Mao Yong nodded. In his opinion, Chu Zhi is such a gambler, it is unscientific not to gamble this time.

But Chu Zhi said loudly: "As for me, I have a rule that there are three things I don't want to gamble with."

Mao Yong: "Which three do not gamble?"

Chu Zhi: "Don't gamble on cooking skills, don't gamble on human life, and don't gamble on things that harm others."

Mao Yong: "You can understand the rest, why don't you even gamble on cooking skills?"

Chu Zhi smiled: "Because I feel bored betting on something that I know I will win."

Mao Yong was stunned.

He looked at Chu Zhi's leaving back, suddenly a little dazed.

He has never been so close to Chu Zhi for such a moment. Chu Zhi's chicness and Chu Zhi's casualness are all engraved in his heart like an inscription.

Perhaps... it is such a willful and free-spirited Chu Zhi who is the real knight in the world in his mind, and the place where the hero Chu is located is the world he really yearns for.

It was already late when the two returned, so Mao Yong stayed in the Wenhua Palace overnight.

The next day, it was supposed to be the time to meet with the Holy Majesty to hold a meeting of extraordinary talents, but Eunuch Liu suddenly led a group of guards to surround these palaces and ordered all the people inside to come out.

Seeing him with a cold face and not saying a word, the guards around him were full of evil spirits, and everyone sensed that something big was about to happen. They were all silent and did not dare to speak, they could only keep scanning around to judge the situation.

After confirming that all 32 people were here, Eunuch Liu frowned, and finally said loudly: "Our family heard that someone didn't understand the rules yesterday and left the hall to walk around at night."

As soon as this sentence was said, everyone's expressions were different, and they suddenly understood what was going on.

Mao Yong's face suddenly changed, and he immediately looked at Chu Zhi beside him.

However, Chu Zhi stood there without changing his face, and even smiled at him.

This smile surprisingly reassured Mao Yong a lot, he slowly calmed down, and clenched his fists.

"This matter can be big or small. If that person is willing to stand up and admit it, our family can punish him lightly." Eunuch Liu sneered, "But if our family finds out personally, it will be a serious crime of beheading, I understand. ?"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused for a while to give people a chance to surrender, but the 32 people present looked at each other, and none of them moved.

Mao Yong was the same, if Chu Zhi didn't take the initiative to show his face, he would resolutely pretend to be dead, and would never hold Chu Zhi back.

So everyone watched Eunuch Liu's face stained with anger, and said again: "Since this is the case, don't blame our family for being cruel. By the way, there is a witness here in our family. If you take it as a fluke, you will not be able to eat it." Walk around."

After all, he nodded towards the crowd: "Come here."

Under everyone's suspicious gaze, a figure slowly walked out.

Everyone was shocked, so this person was Tang Tonghua, who was shamed by bribery yesterday!

I couldn't help but jump in my heart, could it be that Tang Tonghua finally climbed up to Mr. Liu, and he was planning to trip them up