Lu Xiaoxian smiled bitterly and shook his head, it's not that the enemies don't get together, he was thinking about how to treat him, but he came uninvited.

"Since you are here, you are a guest, Master Zhan, if you don't dislike it, please take a seat!" Lu Xiaoxian invited very generously.

Zhan Kui was also not polite, and sat down nearby.

Chen Sangang put the dish in his hand on the table, Zhan Kui suddenly closed his eyes, raised his nose and sniffed deeply in the air, and exclaimed: "Fresh meat, live chicken, shiitake mushrooms, taro, four flavors, endless fragrance, this braised nuisance is good, a few people are really delicious." ”

Xuan Xu's face changed slightly on the side, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

Zhan Kui knew that it was not surprising that the dish in front of him was braised meatballs, but the raw materials of this meatball had a variety of combinations, and there was no specific combination, and after he smelled the smell, he said the four ingredients so accurately, such a taste identification skill is indeed rare.

"Then please try it!" Lu Xiaoxian also admired Zhan Kui.

"Well, you're welcome." Zhan Kui picked up the chopsticks and wanted to clip them.

Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly stopped: "Master Zhan, this can't be pinched with chopsticks." ”

Zhan Kui looked at Lu Xiaoxian with some surprise, only to see Lu Xiaoxian pick up a spoon, carefully dial a ball, and then raise the spoon, the originally round balls immediately became flat and round as soon as they left the soup.

Lu Xiaoxian put the meatballs on the plate in front of Zhan Kui and said: "This meatball is very hot, it will be broken when it meets the chopsticks, and it will melt in the mouth, Master Zhan, please try it." ”

Zhan Kui took a small piece of balls and put them in his mouth, licked his lips in the expectant eyes of everyone, and praised it: "It's so fresh." ”

After Chen San left, Lu Xiaoxian poured wine for Zhan Kui, then raised the bowl and said: "Master Zhan, let's put aside the competition for the time being, let's not talk about winning or losing, Lu Mou admires your cooking skills alone, I respect you for a bowl!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian is not a sycophant, but an admiration from the bottom of his heart. With Zhan Kui's level, even in the later generations, it is peerless.

After that, Lu Xiaoxian drank it all.

"Thank you Master Lu for the compliment!" Zhan Kui also drank it heartily.

Putting down the wine bowl in his hand, Zhan Kui stared at Lu Xiaoxian and said, "There is something I have always wondered about, I wonder if Lu Gongzi can tell me?" ”

"Master Zhan is welcome, just ask!"

Zhan Kui said with a solemn face: "Including these few items on the table now, all the newly created dishes of Qiu Fengpo are from Lu Gongzi. But as far as I know, Lu Gongzi is not good at cooking, how did you create so many new dishes? ”

Lu Xiaoxian asked quietly: "Master Zhan, is this suspicious of me?" ”

"No, no, no!" Zhan Kui hurriedly waved his hand, "Master Lu misunderstood, I definitely didn't mean that!" These new dishes are all unprecedented and unprecedented, and it is not easy for people in my kitchen industry to create one or two of them with all their life's energy, I don't know how Gongzi came to it? ”

As soon as Zhan Kui's words fell, the eyes of Xuan Xuan and Zhao Fengtang looked at Lu Xiaoxian.

Zhan Kui asked Xuanxu and Zhao Fengtang what was in their hearts, they had always wanted to know what was going on, but Lu Xiaoxian had never taken the initiative to mention this matter, and they didn't want to ask each other rashly.

Seeing the three of them staring at him with blazing eyes, Lu Xiaoxian certainly knew what they were thinking. You can't tell them that you are from the next generation, and this so-called new dish is just a copy of the home cooking that the future generations know. Even if they tell the truth, they may not believe it. Of course, Lu Xiaoxian would not say such shocking words.

With a roll of his eyes, he had already made up nonsense in his stomach, and Lu Xiaoxian smiled and said, "Since Master Zhan asked, I naturally have to tell the truth." To tell you the truth, by chance I got a recipe for the recipes, and the new dishes pushed by the autumn breeze are all contained in the recipes, not by me! ”

All three of them had expressions of sudden realization.

Although Lu Xiaoxian was making up nonsense, the three of them did not have any doubts, and in their opinion, this explanation was the most appropriate.

A few more people drank a few more rounds, and Chen San came into the house again with a plate.

This is a whole plate of fish, Xuan Xuan pointed to the carp on the plate, and said to Zhan Kui: "Master Zhan is an expert, please comment on this dish!" ”

There is no doubt that Xuanxu's words are full of the flavor of the school examination, and the silent competition between the two has quietly begun.

Zhan Kui was also not polite, pointed to the steaming fish on the plate, and said bluntly: "This braised carp is one of the new dishes recommended by the autumn breeze, and I have also studied it carefully." A very important point of this dish is in this knife work, the knife work determines the shape of the carp fried, this dish fish body must be alive, the front drum and the back pout, so it is also called the carp jumping the dragon gate! ”

Speaking of this, Zhan Kui frowned slightly, and said with some disappointment: "The taste is not bad, but the heat is a little too much, and it has lost some tenderness." ”

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes widened, Zhan Kui didn't even taste a bite, he could know how hot the fish was, this is also amazing!

Chen San didn't want to explain, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and said: "Impossible, Master Zhan is not afraid of your jokes, I tasted a small piece of fish before starting the pot, and I made sure that the heat was just right before it was served." ”

"What? You actually took the first bite? But this fish is clearly very complete just now, and there is no trace of uneaten at all. Lu Xiaoxian said in surprise as he flipped over the fish on the plate, and there was no defect on the other side of the fish.

Chen San hesitated for a moment, picked up a pair of chopsticks, gently picked up the gills, pursed his mouth, and said, "Oh, it's here." ”

Sure enough, a small piece of flesh was missing from the neck closest to the head, but it was just blocked by the gill cover of the fish, and it was not visible from the surface at all.

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and quipped: "Chen San, there is really you." I admire and admire that he can come up with such a way to steal fish and meat. ”

Zhan Kui shook his head: "The mastery of the heat is all judged by sight and feeling. The heat of your fish may be just right when it comes out of the pot, but after you put it on the plate, the fish and the soup are still hot, and the fish is still changing from the time you put it on the plate to the time you take it to the private room, so it is still a little too much. ”

Chen San couldn't help but be enlightened when he heard this, and suddenly brightened, with a happy look on his face: "What Master Zhan said is really reasonable, the younger generation has been taught!" ”

Zhan Kui picked up the wine bowl complacently, took a sip of wine and said to himself: "The knowledge mastered by Huo Hou is broad and profound, including what I have mastered now, and it is just a drop in the bucket. ”

Zhan Kui's few words quietly impressed everyone in the room, such a breathtaking skill was actually just a drop in the bucket in his own eyes, Lu Xiaoxian really didn't know whether this was modest or proud.

Putting down the wine bowl in his hand, Zhan Kui hugged his fist at Lu Xiaoxian and said, "Zhan came uninvited today, and he specially sent an invitation to Lu Gongzi!" ”

"Send an invitation? What invitations? Lu Xiaoxian asked strangely.

Zhan Kui unhurriedly took out a red invitation card from his arms and handed it to Lu Xiaoxian, saying: "Wang Yuanwai would like to invite Lu Gongzi and Qiu Fengpo to the chefs of Tianjin Bridge to have a banquet by the bridge tomorrow night. ”

Zhan Kui's move was completely unexpected by everyone, and everyone looked at each other for a while, silent.

Xuan Xuan had already expected this scene, he picked up the tea bowl, tilted his neck and drank slowly, his palm just covering the tightly locked brow.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhan Kui got up and said to everyone: "Zhan Mou has said goodbye first, and I look forward to your arrival tomorrow!" ”

With that, Zhan Kui was about to turn around and leave.

"Master Zhan, you stay!" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly shouted.

"Master Lu, is there anything else?" Zhan Kui turned around and looked at Lu Xiaoxian.

"I'd like to ask for something!"

"Childe, please speak!"

Lu Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment and asked, "I don't know what the relationship between Master Zhan and Wang Hufeng is?" ”

Zhan Kui did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Zhan has always lived in Fanyang, more than ten years ago, I was seriously ill, dying, desperate when I met a merchant passing by Fanyang's Wang Yuan, he took out the silver and made a special trip from Chang'an to save me!" My life was given by the king, he is Zhan's benefactor! ”

"Got it! No wonder he can invite Master Zhan! Lu Xiaoxian touched his nose and laughed at himself, "This Wang Hu Fengduan is a good blessing!" ”

After Zhan Kui left, there was silence in the house.

It was Lu Xiaoxian who broke the silence first, he looked at Xuanxu, and asked suspiciously: "Dao Chief, was his discerning kung fu just now bluffing, or is it true?" ”

"Of course it's true!" Xuanxu's face was as pale as water, "Since ancient times, there have been people who are good at distinguishing tastes, they are all talented, Zhan Kui is not far behind them!" ”

"Oh? Is there really such a person? Can you tell me about it? Lu Xiaoxian suddenly became interested.

"In ancient times, the taste-savers who were good at tasting tastes were more famous in the Spring and Autumn Period, such as Yi Ya and Shi Kuang, and Fu Lang in the Former Qin Dynasty. Yi Ya is Qi Huangong's chef, he can taste the different water flavors in the two rivers, and can tell which river the water comes from. Shi Kuang is a blind musician of Jin Pinggong, once he ate imperial food, tasted that the firewood used for cooking was broken wood, Jin Pinggong asked, sure enough, the cook used an old axle when cooking. ”

Lu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded when he heard this, and when he picked up the rice bowl and tasted it, he knew what kind of firewood was used to cook it, and this taste was too sensitive.

"Cai Lang is the son of Fu Jian's cousin, and someone invited Fu Lang to eat chicken, and before he could eat a few bites, he tasted that the chicken was raised in the open air and not in a cage. Another time when he ate roast goose, Fu Lang was able to point out where the goose on the plate had black hair and white hair. At first, others didn't believe it, thinking that he was too mysterious, but later someone slaughtered a miscellaneous goose for him, and carefully marked the parts of different coat colors, and Fu Lang accurately judged the parts of different coat colors, and there was no difference in the slightest. ”

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "Presumably this is practice makes perfect, if there is no long-term experience accumulation, it is difficult to reach this height." ”

Seeing that Lu Xiaoxian was still in the mood to sigh at the ancients, Zhao Fengtang on the side couldn't help but ask: "There is no good banquet, son, look at tomorrow's appointment, shall we go or not?" ”

"Why don't you go, of course you go!" Lu Xiaoxian pouted and said, "Only by knowing yourself and knowing your opponent can you survive a hundred battles!" ”