The princess relies on the cat to ascend the throne

Hall.

Zou Dequan relied on several people, there were several people standing in front of him, all of them were dressed in white, they looked older than Le Ning's group.

Now, they looked at each other for a long while with a plate of fiery red crescent-shaped fruits with pointed tails on a small table in front of them. Finally, an older man stepped forward, saluted Zou Dequan, and asked tactfully : "Master, is this the object of today's school examination?"

Zou Dequan nodded happily: "That's right," he said, "I'll let you wait for a quarter of an hour to taste each, and then use it as a companion and each give me a meal."

He didn't know what to think of, and he told the nearby waiter again: "Present the silver carp head that Shiro made earlier."

Then, he looked at the served fish head and fell into deep thought.

Everyone knows that since the beginning of the Dali Dynasty, grains and vegetables have been abundant, and there are many kinds of meat, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, donkeys... But only the rich and wealthy can taste it. At dawn, most people eat poultry, chickens and ducks. Fish is cheaper than rice.

Da Li often sees carp, bream, perch, white fish, whitebait, etc. The rich and noble occasionally get mandarin fish and trout, but this silver carp is not common. He didn't realize it, at first it was just that he went to Dongshi yesterday and happened to sell it, and the rest of the fisherman's bucket was exhausted, leaving only this fish.

The fish seller smiled at him and said good morning, Zou Dequan also usually finds some fresh parallel imports from him, so he narrated to him:

"At this time in the past, you were nowhere to be seen in the East Market. Today, you have stayed until now. Could it be that you are waiting for me?"

"I made Mr. Zou laugh, it's a long story." The fish seller sighed, and said: "Half ten days ago, I traveled south to the south of the Yangtze River and wanted to see what new things were on the table of the Jiangnan wine shop. Who would have thought that he was deceived into buying this fish, brought back a dozen of them, and cooked them on the boat, the head was big and the meat was old, the taste was not as good as perch, and the appearance was not beautiful."

"After looking back at Wang'an, there are still three or five tails at home. I brought it to Dongshi today, thinking of looking for a chef who knows the goods. Who would have thought that the regular customers would not care about this."

He said with another sigh.

Zou Dequan touched his smooth chin, and said to him after a long while: "I want this fish."

When he went up and down the south of the Yangtze River today, he encountered a catastrophe. It was the silver carp meat that fed him. Zou Dequan believed that if he met this fish now, he might have hit the beauty of this fish and should pass through his hands. .

Unexpectedly, fate is impermanent, but today it was his new apprentice who took the school exam who solved the method of this flower chain.

The condiment was still brought out from the palace before he left, and he only wanted to make a festive red fruit during the Chinese New Year, and it was only for viewing.

To be able to handle fish so proficiently and make it delicious, one must have lived by the lake all year round, or lived near the water. Don’t you see that the seafood cooked in Wang’an City is not to mention compared with Jiangnan, it is compared with Luoyang , is also far behind.

In the blink of an eye, Zou Dequan had a guess about Le Silang's family background - maybe he is not from Wang'an, maybe he grew up in the south, but somehow came to Wang'an, and he knew that his family must be poor just by looking at his clothes.

Speaking of Southside...

He suddenly remembered something from a long time ago.

That was eight years ago, when he was still in the palace. At that time, this not yet a saint, the famous "Queen of Zhou" in the harem was only a noble concubine, and under her were Shu, Liang, Wen, and De. concubine.

He was favored by concubine Shu in his early years, and later he was recommended to the secretary's kitchen and then to the imperial kitchen, and he was always thinking of repaying his favor all the way.

Later, changes happened in the palace, Empress Lu became the emperor, Concubine Zhou was named empress, Shu, Liang, Wen, De, the four who had made things difficult for her, some died tragically, and some entered the cold palace.

Concubine Shu seemed to have foreseen her own end, when everyone guessed that she was trying to escape privately, or asking for help from her family, she didn't ask anyone, but unexpectedly called Zou Dequan——

She ordered someone to hand over a baby to him, and asked him to find someone to take him out of the palace, as far away as possible, and never let the child return to the palace for the rest of his life.

At that time, Concubine Shu's tone was so weird that Zou Dequan still remembered it nearly ten years later.

"Think of a way to take him out of the palace, or find a tooth, or send her to the south, keep her as far away from Wang'an as possible, and it's best not to come back for the rest of her life."

When Concubine Shu said this, her eyes were heavy, without any light, and there was a smile on her lips, not as if she had relieved a heavy burden, but rather with a little pleasure.

She has been in the palace for many years, and has experienced many ups and downs in the harem. During this period, she inevitably cheated with other women. No matter how well maintained she is, she can't help such exhaustion. When Zou Dequan saw her again, she had two deep law lines on the side of her face , no longer the old days.

Zou Dequan's heart jumped violently at that time, he only knew that this child somehow offended Concubine Shu...

As for the others, he dared not investigate.

In a blink of an eye, nine years have passed. If the child had grown up back then, he would have grown up to be Shiro's age.

Zou Dequan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his usually sharp eyesight was slightly blurred. At this moment, several of his disciples began to discuss in a low voice:

"This thing is very overbearing. I just tasted it, and my clothes were wet with sweat!" One of the boys said, "However, there is no aftertaste in this overbearing. In my opinion, it may be used as a spicy ingredient for cornel!"

"Push this thing, look at its color, it is a sign of good luck! Identify its taste, it is spicy but not pungent, fragrant but not bitter, slightly sweet but not astringent! This silver carp head is a must. , with a long aftertaste, it will definitely make spicy lovers want to stop."

"What the second brother said is true, I already have one or two recipes in my mind, maybe I can give it a try."

"I also got something..."

Zou Dequan was distracted by this heated discussion, and immediately shook off the memories in his mind, sighing secretly that he was indeed old, and unexpectedly recalled the past for no reason.

He cleared his throat, drew the attention of several apprentices, and slowly said: "I have decided to find a couple of farmers to cultivate carefully, and offer this taste to the palace in a few days, and leave it to the sage to decide." , this substance is hot in nature, eating it in winter may be able to drive away the cold, even if it is only used as a seasoning, it is also very promising."

If Le Ning hears this, she will be amazed at the ability of the ancients to draw inferences from one instance to another. She just made a fish head with chopped peppers, and Zou Dequan has already figured out from the overbearing taste of the peppers that this thing can drive away the cold. Even if she doesn't need to play a lot, she will automatically imagine the future of conquering people's taste buds with chili peppers.

"Tu'er has another idea." The oldest 16-year-old boy said.

Zou Dequan really loves cooking, and he doesn't restrict the performance of his apprentices, so he said very tolerantly: "Speak."

"In a few days it will be Qixi Festival, and there will be lantern festivals in various places in Wang'an City to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival. Although it is not as grand as Shangyuan and Zhongyuan, some restaurants in Suicheng City made some new gadgets last year. With some reputation, the pastry business in the Sizhong is booming all the way, and this morning I saw that the cake begging team outside the Sifang actually lined up."

"Master also plans to open a restaurant now. If you want to let the disciples bring this thing to the temple fair to try it, firstly, let the people in Wang'an taste its power before presenting it to the master. Second, the disciples Let's study it for a few days, maybe we can make more meals, so that Master will be honored and saints will know more about its benefits."

Zou De had nothing to refute. He never minded the fame made by his apprentices, and he was always thinking about the palace, and wanted to train some people for the dining room in the palace.

He thought for a while, then nodded, and only said one more sentence: "Today I took in another disciple, and this silver carp head is from his hand, with a seal. You can check his qualifications again in the next few days. One party, you can also take him to see the world."

The big apprentice named "Hanzhang" immediately smiled and said: "Master, don't worry, I have already heard a servant talk about my junior brother when I came, and it happens that there is still an empty shop in my room, and I will definitely take care of him in the future. "

The rest of the people also responded one after another: "Since the fish head was made by my junior brother, I have to ask him for advice!"

"Junior brother Yu La, he must have a great talent!"

……

Le Ning still doesn't know that her future career as a cook has already been reserved as a Sichuan-style cook. She has just saved her face from the brink of disfigurement, barely recovered from the madness of sucking cats, and is working with her on diet issues. The gray and white dumpling haggled over the price.

"Sesame, listen to me, you really can't eat this spicy one——"

Sesame?

Hearing this address, the gray-white dumpling suddenly became furious, subconsciously raised his upper body again, exposing his completely white abdomen, and swept his white paws towards Le Ning's face again——

Unfortunately……

Not enough.

It is too small, and the lanugo on its body has not faded. When Le Ning took a step back, even if it was a cat that could stretch beyond a miracle, it could not touch a single hair of the opponent, and even almost fell off the table. fall down.

"Meow, meow!" It explained its name angrily, and was about to say that it was called Lu Wanzhen with great momentum, but when it said it, it became a series of meows.

Not only was there no momentum in the voice, it even made its cuteness more obvious.

Le Ning blinked, moved away the pot of raw meat that it disliked, and tried to be emotional and reasonable again: "Okay, fine, I won't give you raw meat, but spicy ones are definitely not acceptable either. , I’ll steam the fish for you and re-steam the fish, okay?”

Lu Wanzhen stopped his movements, squatted with his back to the light, looked at her expressionlessly, consciously judging whether she was lying again or not.

However, this appearance fell into Le Ning's eyes, that is, the kitten was sitting there obediently, with a soft white collar around its neck, its vertical pupils stretched to the maximum against the light, and they were round and black, more beautiful than black grapes.

Delicate, dignified, and elegant, Le Ning wants to pile up all the beautiful words on this kitten.

She went out immediately, for fear that if she stayed a little later, she couldn't help but do something criminal to this little cat again.

After she went out, the cat looked at the pot of fish heads with chopped peppers that she put on the top of the cabinet with a chair, and flicked its tail: the fish in front of you or the fish in the future, which one should you choose?

As a cute and innocent kitten, of course you want everything!

Lu Wanzhen flicked his tail, jumped onto the bench lightly, looked up at the gap between himself and the cabinet, and then jumped——

outside the door.

Le Ning looked at a group of middle-aged and middle-aged boys who suddenly appeared in front of him, and still couldn't react.

"Senior brother is so cute."

"Junior brother, why don't you move into the room with me, and I'll make you sweet cakes."

The elder brother who stood at the end smiled slightly, shattering their fantasy: "Don't even think about it, the younger brother already has a room with me - I will prepare lunch soon, I will try anything the younger brother wants to taste."

Longman:"……"

It is undeniable that at this moment, she actually had the urge to call this kid Dad.

Since she came to this world, she has never heard more beautiful words than "I can eat anything I want".

Le Ning couldn't help swallowing.

Then, she patronized coaxing the cat, and before she had time to wrap her belly, she let out a cry, and the courtyard was silent for a moment.

Le Ning: "..." My old face for two lifetimes...

Immediately afterwards, the teenagers tried their best to hold back their laughter, but they said to her in a very friendly manner:

"Why don't you let the younger brother taste our craft first?"

"After all, we have already tasted the name of junior brother."

"By the way, my name is Wang Hu, and I'm a senior at home. If you don't want to call me senior brother, just call me Wang Da." The group of people started introducing themselves while talking.

Soon, Le Ning remembered the identities of the four radish heads in front of him, the senior brother Su Hanzhang, the second senior brother Wang Hu, the third senior brother Liu Yi, and the fourth senior brother Li Xuntian.

Sensing the kindness of the senior brothers, she once again showed the sweet smile she had practiced many times facing the well water, called the senior brothers cleverly, and then heard Su Hanzhang say to her:

"It's not yet autumn. Last year I tried to make a few pieces of 饆饠 with red crabs. I took the yellow red paste in the shell of the female crab, which is like chicken and duck yellow, and its meat is like white hog paste. The five flavors, covered with fine flour, are precious and beautiful."

Hearing the bragging of the big brother, several other senior brothers immediately talked about their barbecue experience, soup or porridge cooking experience, and how sharp their knives for cutting sashimi were with her.

Le Ning was getting more and more hungry by what they talked about, and finally he couldn't hold back his suggestion:

"Then why not do it now?"

The four senior brothers were silent for a few seconds, and then rolled up their sleeves.

……

While the brothers were showing their skills, Le Ning's eyes focused on a spot in the kitchen——

She asked the system: "What is that?"

The divine chef system answered her calmly: "Obviously, a plucked and processed chicken."

Longman:"……"

She said to the system expressionlessly: "I'm not so hungry that I don't know chickens. I just want to say, who told me that there are no chickens here?"

It made her think that this dynasty was so poor that they couldn't even afford poultry.

The Divine Chef System thought for a while, and then argued, "I mean it wasn't there just now, but now you can see it?"

Le Ning: "...I feel like my IQ has been insulted."

Divine chef system: "You think too much, didn't you just want to make saliva chicken? Now you can try it."

Le Ning: "If you ask me to do it, I will do it. Don't I lose face?"

She took the chicken over angrily, and decided to make a non-spicy maddening system.

God Chef System: "..."

Zou Dequan's kitchen basically includes all the necessary kitchen utensils and seasonings for an ancient cook, and there are even fresh things that you can't imagine, such as lotus root with mud, lotus pod, and lotus leaves.

Le Ning picked up the processed chicken, stuffed some lotus seeds into its stomach, and briefly wiped the outside with salt, soy sauce, and oil, then wrapped the chicken with lotus leaves, and found a rope to tie it up. Tie tightly, and keep everything simple under hunger, and then, she went to the outdoor potting place to dig a handful of mud and came back.

A group of seniors who were secretly observing her hurriedly asked:

"Junior Brother Yue, what are you doing?"

"You can't eat mud, you put it down quickly, and wait for another quarter of an hour, so that you can fill your stomach."

Apparently, the brothers felt that she was so hungry that she wanted to eat dirt.

Longman:"……"

She smiled helplessly, and casually told them that she was too hungry before. She saw a beggar steal a chicken and eat it like this. Now she wants to try the taste. If it is not good, she must finish eating it. Tell Master.

The senior brothers watched with concern as she spread the wet mud layer by layer around the lotus leaves, and then watched as she hesitated to speak and threw the beggar chicken into the burning stove.

A quarter of an hour later.

The kitchen was filled with the aroma of various delicacies, and the four senior brothers brought up their eight-treasure delicacy porridge, crystal dragon and phoenix cake, grilled lamb's trotters, jade plate and carp, regardless of color or taste. , obviously top-notch.

Le Ning tasted them one by one. The crystal dragon and phoenix cake with jujube rice was slightly steamed, and jujube flowers could be seen inside. It tasted soft, glutinous and sweet, and could almost capture the hearts of every girl.

The goat's hooves are roasted in oil, and the spices are very rich. Except that it is hotter when it is hot, there is nothing wrong with it.

The carp is a banquet food, the tender fish fillets melt in the mouth, are as thin as a cicada's wing, can see through even in the sun, and there is no fishy smell at all, only a sliver of freshness remains.

Although eight-treasure delicacy porridge is common in modern times, the rich ingredients have different levels of chewing. There is a piece of caramel in it for seasoning. The sweetness soothes the taste buds, making her feel that she has really returned to modern times.

Seeing her eating happily, the senior brothers did not forget to comfort her that it’s okay, it’s okay if the chicken fails, but next time you can’t waste ingredients like this.

Le Ning smiled slightly, brushed away the senior brothers, took the wooden stick casually, and pulled out the lump of hardened mud from the stove ash.

When it was almost cold outside, she took a piece of cloth to wrap the big guy, and slammed it on the edge of the stove——

There was a click.

A crack appeared on the surface of the burnt clay, and the crack became bigger and bigger. The aroma of chicken rushed out of it, and the steamed golden chicken fat dripped down along the crack, every drop was the essence.

After the soil is completely pushed away, the lotus leaves are also removed, revealing the whole chicken with the fragrance of lotus leaves inside.

The fragrance drifted out slowly along the steam that evaporated from the heat. It was not overbearing, but it filled the whole kitchen unconsciously, making them unable to take their eyes off it.

Being made into a beggar's chicken, this chicken is worth dying for.

Before Su Hanzhang put down the bamboo stick in his hand, he quickly poked at the chicken with sharp eyesight, and then he peeled off the white and tender chicken with a piece of chicken skin that was glowing with golden oil, and there was faintly visible chicken juice at the torn opening. Flowing down, the muscles inside will be dyed golden, just looking at it will make your index finger move.

As soon as Su Hanzhang put the chicken into his mouth, his eyes opened slightly——

It smells so good!It was delicious beyond his expectation!

Oily but not greasy, meaty and vegetarian, the tip of the nose smells the fragrance of lotus leaves, but the meat is delicious after the mouth, the sauce soaks into every inch of the skin, and the firm white meat inside absorbs the juice just right. Bite down, the juice splashed from the smooth outer skin bursts between the lips and teeth, and the meat inside is immediately covered with flavor, which is another level of chewing.

Seeing his expression, Le Ning breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment, a swift figure passed by the crowd and stretched out its claws towards the beggar chicken.

Le Ning said inwardly that he was not good, and raised his hand to grab it. As a result, the gray dumpling closed its teeth and bit a piece of meat. When she pulled it away, a piece of chicken was already torn out of its mouth.

Regardless of the feeling of being burned, Lu Wanzhen insisted on biting the meat, and was pressed on Le Ning's leg, with pointed ears pricked up, whimpering from his throat, looking at her innocently.

Longman:"……"

"No, you can't eat—"

Le Ning raised his hand and wanted to make it open his mouth, but saw that this guy swallowed the little piece of meat, he was speechless for a while, he could only spread the cat on his lap, and then scratched its stomach as a warning.

When she buried her belly before, she had already tried the texture, and the hair of this little ball was definitely softer and smoother than the best silk in the world, making it irresistible.

Lu Wanzhen wanted to jump away, but for some reason, he found that he had lost his strength, and then he heard a snoring sound from his throat in horror.

What's more...

It feels a hint from the depths of the soul: so comfortable.

Not long after, Le Ning suddenly stopped his hands with a strange expression, and looked down at the gray ball lying on his lap with eyes narrowed.

Lu Wanzhen was freed from that dazed state, and when he opened his eyes, he was still a little dazed:

how?Do you want to stop?

After that, it looked up at Le Ning, and followed her gaze down and down——

He saw his smooth abdomen covered in snow-white fluff, and... two hind legs that had been spread apart at some point.

It's like splitting forks.

Lu Wanzhen: "...!"

No, it's not me!

The author has something to say: Lu Wanzhen (refuses to admit): You trickster must have used some kind of witchcraft on Gu!