[Red Mansion] A little chef came to the Grand View Garden

Li Yan was stunned by the absurd reasons given by Prince Zhongshun Shiqing, and at this moment he asked loudly in front of everyone regardless.

But Shiqing stood with his hands behind his back, his expression completely calm.Everyone just listened to him answer lightly: "As the saying goes, love comes from the heart. When I saw you, I knew that you were a person who was good at drilling up and down, and connecting left and right. You never put all your thoughts on food and cooking. .”

When everyone heard it - it turned out that the "good-looking" that His Royal Highness said meant that.

"The belly-wrapped chicken dish you just presented was already seasoned to perfection, but the heat was a little off. As a result, the belly wasn't crispy enough, and the chicken wasn't tasty enough..."

This belly-wrapped chicken was originally a classic dish in Cantonese cuisine. A perfect belly-wrapped chicken should have crispy pork belly and tender chicken.

"...There is this flaw. The dishes that could have been at least second class fell to the third class. Master Li, do you regret spending so much time in front of the kitchens of the other two families? "

Rao Li Yan's face was always black and red, and after hearing Shi Qing's words, he also turned pale with shock - he never expected that not only did he not hide all his small actions in private from Shi Qing, the judge, but also was caught in public at this moment. Shake it out.

At this point, Liu Mei and the others knew that this Li Yan had not only visited their family, he had also been to Simeiju.

"It deserves it!" Wei Laosan understood all this, and commented very forcefully, summarizing everyone's aspirations.

At this time, everyone looked at Liu Mei's handsome and candid little face, and naturally they could understand what Shi Qing said "be nicer"—you are a young man, with a pure mind and no distracting thoughts, which is probably why he won Prince Zhongshun blue eyes.

Chef Shao stood behind Liu Mei, he had always been slow-witted, and he didn't realize it until this time——their family's "Master Liu" was originally a girl's family, and it was not easy to show his face in public, now How can you let others look at it casually?He hurriedly took a big step, trying to stand in front of Liu Mei and block the sight of others.

However, Xie Xiaochuan was one step faster than him, standing right in front of Liu Mei.He is taller than Liumei, completely blocking Shiqing's sight, at this moment he leaned slightly, and said: "Thank you, Lord, for your love! I will take my leave first, and prepare for the last game!"

Shiqing never answered, his eyes were cold, and he swept across Xie Xiaochuan's face - this was enough to make Xie Xiaochuan's heart shudder.

However, Shiqing didn't say much, he just raised his hand and signaled everyone to go out.The beauty accompanying him hurriedly poured another glass of fine wine, got up respectfully, and waited for Shiqing to return to his seat and sit down.

When Liu Mei returned to the kitchen, she looked like she was about to cry.

She never thought that Shiqing would be like that... Now the last thing she expected happened, Shiqing, would such a person be biased when judging various dishes because of her?

Also, what does this guy mean by saying that she is "good-looking" in public?

Chef Shao looked at Liu Mei worriedly, and thought to himself: Please, Master Liu, cheer up, this competition is not over yet, there is still the last round!

But Xie Xiaochuan was much more straightforward. He went straight to Liu Mei, stretched out a hand, put it on her shoulder, and said softly: "Master Liu, you deserved your victory against Yangquan Restaurant in the round just now!"

For the first time, Liu Mei didn't jump up immediately to shake off Xie Xiaochuan's hand, and seemed to feel a slow warm current from her shoulders to her body.

"You have to know that everyone here believes in you and understands you...even I seem to be involuntarily...admiring you."

Chef Shao and the rest of the people gathered around and looked at Liu Mei with admiration.

Xie Xiaochuan raised his hand, took Liu Mei's apron from the side, turned to her, and put it on for her.

"However, Master Liu, you still have one more chance to prove yourself—how many times have we told you to treat every competition as the last, and now, it's really the last round..."

That's right, Liu Mei thought, this is the last round, and it is also the strongest opponent - judging from Master Lu's performance just now, he is simply invulnerable!

"Thank you!" Liu Mei said hoarsely, and nodded at Xie Xiaochuan.

At this point, she really began to feel that being with so many people felt like a team.

"What's going on here?" Lin Xiaohong's clear female voice sounded from the corner.

At this time, midnight had already passed, Xiao Hong was no different from Liu Mei and the others, she had been concentrating on staying up all night in the competition, so she couldn't hold one hand, so she found a place in the corner of the kitchen to tilt slightly, just in time to miss the good show just now.

"Is there such a thing?" Lin Xiaohong heard, but she was furious, "I'm going to find Mingyuan to manage the theory—even if His Royal Highness's words are not unreasonable, I still want Mingyuan to come forward and send a message to our grandparents." Shun Lou rectifies the name! We won the round just now, and we must not be confused by people using such an excuse."

Liu Mei was right when she thought about it. Originally, they had just won the fair game, but a word from Pian Shiqing made this matter bloody.

"But you must not provoke Prince Zhongshun..." Liu Mei did not forget to remind her friend.

"Don't worry! I am familiar with the manager of Mingyuan, and I have met the owner of Mingyuan once or twice, he is a sensible person." Lin Xiaohong put on her clothes and went out.Naturally, a waiter outside led Xiaohong to see the steward.

"There are still two soups," Liu Mei tried to focus all her attention on the final round of competition, "What do you want to do?" She asked Xie Xiaochuan.

"Simei Soup!" Xie Xiaochuan was in a trance, and when he heard her question, he answered immediately.

"Use Simei soup to fight against Simeiju," Liu Mei smiled lightly after hearing this, "Master Xie is so brave!"

She had seen Xie Xiaochuan's four-beauty soup before, it was beautiful in color, Baoyu praised it, and the taste would not be bad.

"What about you?" Xie Xiaochuan asked back.

"Me? I'm going to make fire meat and cabbage soup!" Liu Mei said confidently.What she wants to do is definitely not the soup Mr. Gao made for Daiyu in the kitchen, and she definitely does not put green bamboo shoots, seaweed and dried shrimps.

Xie Xiaochuan smiled at her and said, "You still look like that!"

Liu Mei nodded, she knew that she was still following the old path - making the most extreme taste from common materials.It seems that Xie Xiaochuan has accepted her style.

"I'm waiting to observe your ability to turn decay into magic!" Xie Xiaochuan nodded at her, then turned to get busy.

Liu Mei led Chef Shao and others to pack the fire meat and cabbage.

The cabbage here is the best Jinbai and yellow sprouts.When Liu Mei saw Xie Xiaochuan doing "Seeing the Dragon and Unloading the Armor" earlier, she felt that it would be a pity not to use that first-class Jinbai.It was because of this that she had the idea to make this fire meat and cabbage soup.

And the ingredient of fire meat is not ham, but the pork skin is roasted on the fire until the outer skin is browned and hard.In Beijing, the best fire meat is worth as much as Jinhua ham.This kind of roasted fire meat is extremely hard and cannot be eaten directly, but it is very delicious when stewed in a small fire. But not the protagonist.

The real protagonist will be the premium Jinbai - soaked in the umami of the fire meat soup, while retaining the sweetness of the vegetables.

Liu Mei also had her own considerations in choosing this soup.She is more familiar with Shandong cuisine, and knows that the soup dishes in Shandong cuisine are mostly clear soup and milk soup.The classic soup dish is Pucai in Milk Soup②. The soup is fresh and the vegetables are crispy. It was once known as the best soup dish in the world.

This time, in the final battle against the superior Simeiju, Liu Mei chose to fight directly - as long as my soup is fresher than yours, and my vegetables are crispier than yours, I will naturally win the Nian pressure!But if the skills are really inferior to others, I am willing to bet and admit defeat.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Mei had already peeled the grilled fire meat into small pieces with skin, immersed them in water and started to simmer.

At this time, the steward of Mingyuan came here suddenly and asked Liu Mei and Xie Xiaochuan to go to the flower hall to meet the judges.

Liu Mei was worried about Xiaohong, so she quickly took off her apron, cleaned her hands, and went out with Xie Xiaochuan.

The two rushed to the front hall, seeing all the people gathered here.Master Lu of Simeiju was standing with his head bowed in front of Shiqing and other judges. His right arm was wrapped in white gauze and hung around his neck.At this moment, Liu Mei and the others could see bloodstains on the white cloth, oozing little by little.

"Master Lu, this is..." Liu Mei couldn't help asking in surprise.

"Master Lu made an inadvertent move and hurt his right hand. It looks like he's about to abstain!" Lao Zhou from the Sanhe Pavilion spoke. "Brother Liu, I didn't expect that in the end it was you who took advantage of this!"

"Yes!" This time, Wei Laosan of "Nine Big Bowls" also expressed his sincere regret. Although he also admired Liu Mei and the others, Wei Laosan just bet a few taels of silver with someone, betting that Master Lu will win , now seeing the money in vain, naturally it is inevitable to feel distressed.

Liu Mei and Xie Xiaochuan looked at each other, both a little caught off guard - the other party actually abstained?Did they win without a fight?What about the final battle?

Liu Mei shrugged her shoulders slightly, when she was about to flex her muscles, but don't let such an "accident" stop her, she felt weak all over.

At this time, the steward of Mingyuan came in and invited everyone into the flower hall.Liu Mei noticed that Xiao Hong was also standing in the corner of the flower hall at this time, and the two met their eyes and winked at each other.

"I heard that Master Lu had an 'accident' and injured his hand, so he couldn't complete the last round, making soup?"

Not long after everyone entered the flower hall, Prince Zhongshun Shiqing spoke honestly and bluntly in public.He spoke condescendingly, but full of sarcasm.

Master Lu of Simeiju blushed, but he had no choice but to come out, bowed to Shiqing and others, and said shamelessly: "Reporting to His Royal Highness, the villain is indeed too careless..."

Shiqing didn't wait for him to finish before interrupting him mercilessly——

"It seems that in this world, the monstrous power is indeed frightening."

After saying this, Liu Mei and the others could see clearly behind Master Lu, and saw that this honest-looking master almost hopped his feet slightly, shook his shoulders, immediately raised his head, but immediately lowered his head——

In other words, this Master Lu was really afraid of Shiqing's authority, he was afraid of causing Shiqing's displeasure after winning the first place, and he didn't want to lose to Liu Meijie Xiaochuan in front of everyone, so he deliberately made such a move. Trip "accident".

But Shiqing seems to have a thick skin. Seeing Master Lu like this, he continued to say: "However, this just proves that you are not so obsessed with cooking and food that you forget everything. The king is just serving as a judge, and you can't be harsh on your character..."

As he said that, Shiqing had an indifferent smile on his face, "...It's just that you have come this far, yet you are willing to give up! Your submissive nature and suspicious personality, in the eyes of this king, you It's not even as good as Master Li who just spoke for himself—"

Li Yan from Yangquan Restaurant listened to Shiqing's "commendation", although he was embarrassed, but still very flattering, Shiqing rushed forward and clapped his hands away, showing his thanks with an embarrassed smile.

While listening to Shiqing's ridicule, Master Lu still lowered his head, his face was flushed red, and he couldn't speak a word.

Shiqing supported the back of the chair with both hands, Shi Shiran sat back again, the corners of his lips curled up, his smile was full of sarcasm, he looked at Master Lu, and said, "I want to teach you something—"

"Just before you had this 'accident', this king had already made a decision in front of several restaurant owners. This king will not participate in the final round of soup judging to show justice..."

Lin Xiaohong is now mixed among those restaurant owners, standing in a corner of the flower hall.Hearing what Shiqing said, these people spoke together, nodded and said: "Your Highness is right!"

Saying this, Master Lu heard a "buzzing" sound in his ears.

——The loyal and obedient Prince Shiqing personally agreed that he would not participate in the final round of judging; and he was so stupid that he automatically gave up the final round like this?

With a single thought, the title of "Chinese Lu Cuisine" and the golden signboard inscribed by the imperial pen left him... Is it he who gave these to the two young people beside him?

The second chef of Simei Ju next to him hurried up to support Master Lu, otherwise he would really be unable to stand.

"The king always thought that the test of culinary skills is not only to test the skill of the school chef, but also to test the character, character, and even... faith of the school chef. Therefore, after these rounds of school test competitions, there are not many people left in the field. The two losers are the two chefs who represent the official cuisine in the capital." Shi Qing's tone turned a little more amiable, and his eyes turned to Liu Mei and Xie Xiaochuan.

Xie Xiaochuan and Liu Mei looked at each other, both of them couldn't believe it—could it be that they really won like this?

Liu Mei even felt that after going through these rounds of competition with Xie Xiaochuan, she felt that Xie Xiaochuan was a trustworthy partner and comrade-in-arms.

"However, the representative of the official cuisine in the capital is actually the representative of the two restaurants," Shiqing said, reclining in the armchair he was sitting on, resting his chest on his hands, as if he was really worried, "The emperor promised There is only one side of the imperial gift signboard, but now there are two restaurants..."

Once Shiqing said this, Liu Mei immediately felt that the way Xie Xiaochuan looked at her had changed.

——Just because of Shiqing's words, her comrade-in-arms changed into an opponent in seconds.

"Therefore, this king proposes that since the last round of this competition was interrupted due to Master Lu's 'accident', I think it would be better for the masters of the last two restaurants to have a duel!"

When Shiqing said this above, the chefs in the restaurants next to him were not too serious to watch the excitement, so they all applauded when they heard this.

"Master Liu is young and promising, I am optimistic about Master Liu!" The one who spoke for Liu Mei must be Wei Laosan with a Sichuan accent.

"Both of them are young children. In terms of real skills, I'm afraid the older brother Xie is better!" The one who spoke darkly was Lao Zhou from the Sanhe Pavilion. Master Lu's experience has gradually turned around in his heart, and he feels that his loss is not so embarrassing.

On the other hand, Baihong Taibai, who was sitting next to Shiqing at the banquet, hurriedly bowed his hands to Shiqing, and said, "My lord also knows that Xie Xiaochuan is a villain of Caomin; just now he was cooperating with others and cooking together, Caomin thought it was all right. But now it is judged that he is directly confronting others, this... grassroots should please avoid it."

In fact, Bai Hongtai never thought about "avoidance" until just now when the steward of the tea garden came in to speak out, and then Shiqing himself expressed his position and withdrew from the final round of soup judging.So at this time, old man Bai couldn't hold back his mouth.

"No need!" Shi Qing glanced down at Liu Mei's face.

Liu Mei felt that this person's eyes suddenly became a little "cunning".

"It was a competition between cuisines just now, so there are cold dishes and hot dishes—now that these two are from the same origin, I think it is meaningless to test the school's cuisine again!"

After hearing what Shiqing said, everyone felt that this competition was developing in a very subtle direction, and it became more and more interesting.

"How about this!" Shi Qing turned his head and glanced at Old Man Bai.

"Master Xie is the disciple of Mr. Bai, and this Mr. Liu has some relationship with this king..."

Hearing these words from Shiqing's own mouth, Liu Mei lowered her head. Firstly, she needed to avoid the scorching gaze, and secondly, her heart was really shaken. What exactly did Shiqing mean by "Yuanyuan".

"This king wanted to come up with an interesting question, the tacit understanding between the chef of the school and the person who made the question."

When these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded, and looked up at Shiqing in unison.

"So, in this competition, Mr. Bai and this king will set the questions for Xie Liu respectively."

The people in the flower hall didn't understand even more, how to compare different questions?

"However, after Mr. Bai and this king have a problem, they will not tell the two masters the problem separately. Instead, they will guess for themselves what the two of us most want them to cook, and then make this diet perfect. presented."

Everyone listening in the flower hall gasped.

No wonder, Shiqing said, the test was based on the tacit understanding between the chef and the person who wrote the test.

Immediately, some people felt that Xie Xiaochuan had taken advantage of it, "Master Xie and Mr. Bai are mentors and apprentices. Maybe Mr. Xie knows the dishes Mr. Bai wants!"

Indeed, the apprentices brought out by one hand should more or less have a tacit understanding.

Unexpectedly, the corners of Shiqing's lips lifted slightly, and he said with a sneer, "Whether there is a tacit understanding, you will only know after you try it!"

As he said that, he looked at Liu Mei fixedly, and slowly said: "...Maybe, this king and this Master Xiao Liu are a more compatible couple?"

These words were so warm that everyone in the flower hall had goosebumps all over the place.

But there are indeed people who are thinking, this His Royal Highness Prince Zhongshun is manly and delicious; and this Master Xiaoliu is good-looking and good at cooking—indeed, quite right.

"Two masters, are you willing to accept this competition?"

All eyes were on Xie Liu and the two of them.

Standing beside Liu Mei, Xie Xiaochuan bowed slowly to Prince Zhongshun and Mr. Bai, arched his hands, and said, "Xie is willing!"

Liu Mei stood where she was, and didn't speak for a long time, and the rest of the people in the flower hall naturally booed and urged.

Liu Mei glanced, and saw Lin Xiaohong winking at her beside her, Liu Mei's heart moved, and she understood that Xiaohong was signaling to her not to care about Nian Hongshunlou, and if she didn't want to, don't agree.

She thought about it, but she also bowed, imitating Xie Xiaochuan, cupped her hands and said in a low voice: "I...will!"

At the moment of bowing, Liu Mei felt that there was a huge gap between her and Xie Xiaochuan beside her - in fact, this gap was already there, but it was just a temporary harmony on the surface that she didn't notice.

"Get the pen and paper!"

Seeing that both of them agreed to this, Shiqing immediately ordered someone to bring the Four Treasures of the Study.

"Master of Mingyuan, in order to prevent anyone from talking about this competition in the future, I simply invite you to be an arbitrator." Shi Qing said so, the owner of Mingyuan also nodded, and with a slap of both palms, Mingyuan's own waiter came up In front of him, he set up a screen in front of him and the old man Bai, so that Xie Liu and the two of them were outside, and they could not see what they would write at all.

Shiqing and Bai Hongtai each held pens in their hands, Shiqing didn't even think about it, he picked up the pens with a swipe, and then handed them over to the owner of the tea garden, who took Shiqing's writing and put it in a box.

"Master, don't think too much, just write what you most want your apprentice to do! This king is the same, and this king only writes. At this moment, what this king most wants Master Xiaoliu to do for me."

When Bai Hong Taijing Shiqing mentioned this point, he immediately wrote a few words, and then handed it to the owner of the tea garden, and put it in another box.

The screen was removed in an instant, Xie Liu and the two of them faced Shiqing and Bai Hongtai sitting high on the seat.

"You two, I only remind you of the last sentence. After all, it is still the craft of the two of you who are in the school. Although tacit understanding is very important, if there are major flaws in the diet presented at that time, even if you guess the same, it may not be the same. You can win this competition!"

Shiqing said the last reminder, then nodded, and said briskly: "Start!"

After Shiqing gave the order, Xie Xiaochuan turned around and left, going straight out of the living room.

Liu Mei didn't move from the spot, her eyes were directly facing Shang Shiqing's.

She doesn't seem to have really realized that the real final battle has already begun; and she still hasn't figured out what Shiqing's "teaching of heart" is exactly what Shiqing wants.

The author has something to say: ① The information of the fire meat and cabbage soup comes from Mr. Deng Yunxiang's "Little Record of Red Mansions".

②For the introduction of milk soup pucai, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia "Naitang Pucai".

PS Everyone, use your imagination and think about what Koyanagi will do!Anyway, someone is ready to have a big flirt tomorrow.