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The moon stars are scarce, the red bird flies high, the east gang has not yet turned white, and the water dew is hair.

It was early in the morning, Ma Wenbing and Xiang and a group of six people came to the riverside early and sailed north, in order to avoid the search of the officers and soldiers.

Because Xiang found Bing in advance, he was also willing to help Xiang and the others, so this time the boat was very successful, and he was able to reach the north shore quietly soon.

Although everyone has been delayed for a long time on Baihu Mountain, if everyone walks quickly all the way and does not delay on the road, then it is possible to arrive in the capital to participate in the food competition, after all, this is the biggest event every three years, and no one wants to wait for another three years.

When others were sleeping, Ma Wenbing took out a copy of "Foodie Encyclopedia" in his arms, and since he was curious to read the next page, he couldn't help but read it at one time.

This book was given to him by Mr. Bai Eat, Mr. Bai Eat is alone, and he has traveled to many places in the Shenzhou Continent, and he has eaten a lot of delicious food, and this book records the delicious food of many places, as well as the method of making it.

This is really a treasure book for a culinary artist.

In order to be in a hurry, Liu Yiyi decided not to eat dog meat and not go through Shangqiu, but chose a more direct road to reach the capital faster.

I haven't come back for a long time, and I have a good taste when I return to the capital again, after all, the capital is the place where he struggled in his youth, and his glory was also spent in the capital.

She was originally a member of the palace, and she had been running for her life for several months, but now that she is back, who would have thought that the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Now under the gate of the capital, the six people sighed with emotion, and each Rao was in a different mood, and then walked towards the city gate.

The blue brick city walls, the vermilion gates, the banners are displayed, and the gates are filled with serious soldiers checking the passing crowds, many of which are due to food contests.

After entering the city, the one was really dumbfounded, there were businesses on the left and right of a street, one by one, and they were all eaten that Ma Wenbing had never eaten, sweet with all kinds of candy or something, fragrant with pastries or something, crispy with all kinds of fried ones, and many colorful fruits that had not been eaten......

I want to eat everywhere I see, Liu Ling'er wants to stop and taste those foodies everywhere, and there are too many people on the street, so the speed of progress is very slow.

"We should find a place to live first. Xiang said at this time, although she is a person in the palace, but there are her enemies in the palace now, and she can't go in to die, so she must find a place to live in the outer city and find out the situation in the palace.

Liu Yikou nodded and replied, "That's right, find a place to live first, and after three days, it's the play-in competition, and we can also prepare." ”

The play-in tournament is the first competition of the food competition, and only the top 200 are selected, so it is the competition with the largest number of eliminations, and the following competition can only be carried out after entering the play-in round.

So a few people walked slowly while looking for an inn, and found a "ask Xianglai" inn, looking at the name and scale, there are not only places to live but also delicious things in it.

There are three floors in this Wenxianglai Inn, one floor is a place to eat, and the upper two floors are rooms, there are more than 100 rooms, which is a big inn.

Liu Yikou quickly opened three rooms with the shopkeeper, he and Ma Wenbing can live in one, Xiang and Liu Linger can live in one, the blind and the lame can live in one room, the three rooms are next door to each other, and the words are so convenient.

In Ma Wenbing's room, after he and Master entered the room, he put the things on his body on the bed, began to sit on the chair, first chatted casually, and then talked about the competition after the third day.

Liu Yikou said first: "Wen Bing, wait a while for lunch, I'll sign up, you are very young, Master is old, compete in your name." In the intervening time, let's think about what to do? Do you have any good ideas?"

Liu Yikou now feels that Ma Wenbing has a lot of ghost ideas, especially after eating his Shancheng hot pot, and feels that it is the right choice to bring him out to compete.

After listening to the master's words, Ma Wenbing pondered and asked, "Apprentice, I have come up with several dishes, but I don't know what is important about the play-in competition? ”

Ma Wenbing was reasonable, but Liu stroked his beard and replied lightly: "In the past, each of the finalists had a theme, and everyone cooked according to the theme, such as "fish", "beef", "mutton", etc., these have all appeared, and I don't know what theme will come out this year, they are all announced, in order to test the chef's adaptability."

After Ma Wenbing heard this, he thought that he would let everyone make a dish at will, and he had never seen the theme material, but don't worry, Ma Wenbing can make hundreds of dishes, is there still such a ridiculous theme as dragon meat?

Ma Wenbing said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, what dishes haven't you cooked? You are the chef in the palace, there will definitely be no problem in the finalists." ”

When Liu Yikou heard Ma Wenbing's words, he was very comforted, this kid was quite sensible, and then he didn't have to speak.

"Master, why don't you speak? What do you think?" Ma Wenbing asked suspiciously, seeing that the master must have something in his heart when he looks like a little bitter melon, isn't it just a food competition?

"Alas......" Liu's mouth became heavy, "Actually, Master was ...... Forget it, no, it's not interesting, I just miss you, and having fun is more important than anything else. ”

Ma Wenbing felt that the master must have another thing hidden in his heart, but the master didn't want to do it now, and Ma Wenbing planned not to ask anymore.

In order to divert attention and change the topic, Liu Yikou led the topic to Xiang, "Wen Bing, I always feel that there is a big problem with that Xiang, they don't want to participate in the food competition with us, they didn't have any joy on the street just now, but a little melancholy, Wen Bing, you and Xiang have been familiar for so long, what can she tell you?"

Ma Wenbing lowered his head in embarrassment, and promised Guo Xiang not to reveal her identity for the time being, this matter must be done, but it is the master in front of him, and it is very bad for the master to lie.

"What's wrong with Xiang Neng She also saved you, Master, the apprentice assures Xiang that she has no bad intentions, she is a good person. Ma Wenbing promised.

Liu sighed: "Of course Master knows that she has no bad intentions towards us, but she is too suspicious, since she is not here to participate in the food competition, then why did she come to the capital with them?

Liu Yikou couldn't understand, he didn't know that Xiang was a princess, and he didn't know that Xiang was tasked with revenge, in order to realize Xiang's wish, Ma Wenbing also acquiesced that he would help her.

In less than a while, the second shop brought the food, all of which were very famous delicacies of the inn, Liu Yikou and Ma Wenbing quickly ate lunch, according to the plan, Liu Yikou came out of the inn to sign up for the food competition.

In the room, Ma Wenbing was alone, just lying down and preparing to sleep, this journey was really hard, and he wanted to remove the match on his body.

At this time, the door opened, and a person walked away, it was Xiang, who entered without knocking, because she saw Liu Yikou go out, and Liu Ling'er had already rested and slept, so she came in.

Seeing Xiang come into the room, Ma Wenbing got up from the bed and walked to her side, wondering what was the matter with her at this time?

"Xiang, is there something wrong?" Ma Wenbing asked with concern, only he knew the secret of Xiang, so he was also extra cautious and concerned about Xiang.

Xiang nodded and replied softly: "At night, when they are all asleep, you accompany me to the palace, I am ready for night clothes, I want to see if my enemy is still there, find out the situation in the palace, it is best to meet my father and tell him the truth of the matter." ”

Ma Wenbing was shocked and asked, "Wouldn't this be too risky?" There are many masters in the palace, and you see your father again, what? Do you have evidence?"

Xiang replied with wide eyes: "Evidence? What kind of evidence do you want? Am I not the evidence! I expose her conspiracy to my face, can my father not believe me?"

Ma Wenbing shook his head, knowing that Xiang just wanted revenge, and when she came to her senses, she knew that he was stupid to do this.

Ma Wenbing replied: "If your father believes you, you don't have to wander and flee, you must first come out with evidence to prove that the woman is framed, so that it is foolproof." ”

Xiang calmed down for a while, although Ma Wenbing's is very reasonable, but once the evidence is found, and it can't be found, even if it can be found, it will take a long time, to see the enemy live in front of him, Xiang is a little unwilling.

"Where are we going to find evidence?" asked Xiang, overwhelmed her with anger and anxiety, Xiang could not calm down and think about it, with her ingenuity she should be able to come up with a solution.

Ma Wenbing thought about it and felt that this evidence was not easy to find, so he had to start with the woman, so he replied: "By the way, this matter is definitely not something she can do alone, we can start from the people around her, only the people she is closest to are most likely to be the poisoners, think about it, who is the most trusted person around her?"

Hearing Ma Wenbing's words, Xiang Jiang's thoughts went back to the past, and he suddenly remembered and replied: "Her closest person should be Grandpa Cui, let that Grandpa Cui do everything, and the two of them will never leave." ”

Ma Wenbing nodded, and pondered: "Okay, let's take that Cui Gong's knife, but tonight we'd better not startle the snake, find out the situation, and then come up with countermeasures." ”

"By the way, Xiang, is the palace strictly guarded? Can we pass the night?" Ma Wenbing then suddenly asked, the key to this operation, wearing a night suit is not an invisible suit, it can still be discovered.

Xiang nodded, "Palace Guard...... Very strict. ”

Ma Wenbing thought about it, if it was very strict, he couldn't follow this plan, so he said: "Let's go now while it's white, I have a way to dig an underground passage with my teeth, and then we can go directly through the underground passage at night." ”

Hearing Ma Wenbing's idea, he nodded in agreement, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Liu Ling'er staring at them with puzzled eyes, Liu Ling'er woke up and didn't see Xiang, so he got up and came over to take a look, just when he heard that Ma Wenbing and Xiang were going to a place, so he asked suspiciously: "You guys...... Where are you going?"

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Xiang pulled Liu Ling'er into the room and closed the door again, for fear that other guests would hear anything, but he didn't know how to explain to Liu Ling'er.

At this time, Ma Wenbing spoke: "Xiang, my senior sister is not an outsider, why don't you tell my world about your affairs?" ”

Xiang nodded, turned around, nothing, it was equivalent to the default Ma Wenbing's words, and then Ma Wenbing told Liu Ling'er about Xiang's identity, what he had encountered, and his plan to return to the capital this time.

Liu Ling'er was greatly shocked when she heard Ma Wenbing's words, she didn't expect that the incense who got along with her companion was a princess in distress, and she had to have a big plan when she came back, that is, to get rid of the bad woman who hurt her.

It took Liu Ling'er a long time to come to her senses, and then she slowly accepted this reality, and slowly walked to Xiang's side, "Xiang, I didn't expect you to be a princess, no wonder there is a noble atmosphere everywhere, but the palace is strict, isn't it very dangerous for you to go to the palace? ”

"Don't, Ling'er, only your father doesn't know about this matter, don't tell your father, if he knows, he will definitely not take me to participate in the food competition, and I am also trying to take advantage of this food competition to find a way to lift my father and tell him the truth of the matter, so as to clear my mother's stigma of poisoning and killing." ”

Xiang immediately said, only those who are at ease can she reveal her secrets, for Liu Yi, Xiang can't guess who he is, it's better to hide it for the sake of insurance.

When Liu Ling'er was about to do something, Ma Wenbing came over and said, "Senior sister, don't worry, we have a very good and very safe way to enter the palace, so Xiang and I are going to go, do you want to go with us? ”

The palace, a very mysterious and noble place, ordinary people can not reach, if anyone can go to the palace it is a lifetime of honor, although Liu Linger's father is the palace chef, but she has never been to the palace, and now Liu Linger wants to go in to see the novelty in the palace.

However, Liu Ling'er thought about it was still a little inappropriate, so she asked: "We are all gone, and Daddy came back and found that we were all gone, wouldn't it make him worry?"