Qinglong led Chef Zheng and the servants and maids to hurry to the chef in the front yard, and the servants and maids took out the washed and cut semi-finished dishes from the bag and handed them to the cooks in the front yard.

"Chef Zheng, what about the batch of dishes that sent those samples in the morning, this doesn't seem to be that batch of dishes, and beef, why did you only bring some pig's trotters over, you told me how to do a full moon banquet, although this is the last day of the full moon banquet, but the guests who came to congratulate are also high-ranking officials, and I can't slack off, if the guests are unhappy to eat, the general blames it, and I can only tell the truth." The old chef glanced at Chef Zheng with a wink, not taking him seriously at all.

Chef Zheng didn't dare to talk, he looked at the Qinglong Leader as if asking for help, and wanted him to say a fair word, the Qinglong Leader coughed slightly, and he said euphemistically to the old chef, "Old chef, this stall vendor came a little late today, the number of this dish is still small, just pick a little bit of the dish, you know, the weather is cold, this dish variety is less, secondly, the quality of the dishes picked by this stall vendor today is not good, not as good as the dishes purchased in Chang'an City yesterday, I just went to Chef Zheng to see, it does sell very poorly." , I can't get into the eyes of the chef at all, so I took it upon myself to ask Chef Zheng to bring yesterday's dishes, and the old chef won't blame me, right?"

"Oh, look at what the Qinglong Leader said, how can I blame you, I'm not afraid of the rest, I'm afraid that this guest will not be satisfied with the food, no, the sample sent by Chef Zheng just now, I see that it's still good!" The old chef saw Qinglong speaking for Chef Zheng, and saw Chef Zheng cowering, and he was even more puzzled, could it be that something happened in the back kitchen?

"Old chef, you don't know Chef Zheng, he is very timid, seeing that the sample of this dish is not good, I am afraid of being scolded by you, so I picked some good dishes to send to you, fortunately, I went by coincidence, I saw that the rest are some crooked melons and cracked dates, I thought this is not fooling you? He didn't dare to come to you alone, no, I'll accompany him, you are the big chef, this dish is not good, it really should be punished, today I have to trouble you, the big chef, with your superb cooking skills, the full moon banquet on the last day is perfect, I think the whole Chang'an City is only you can do this well, and when the general is idle tomorrow, I will definitely tell the general about this matter, and the general will definitely reward and punish clearly. ”

Qinglong looked at the old chef who smiled slightly, and sure enough, as soon as he mentioned that there was a reward, he changed his face, people die for money, birds die for food, this old saying is true, if there is really anything to do with beef today, it is not to blame you, the so-called chef, I have to let him go to the poor countryside to find these small stall vendors.

"Okay, although it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, for the full moon banquet of the young general, I will do my best, by the way, what about beef? The beef was not delivered, but a big meat dish was missing! The old chef looked up at the dishes that had been delivered, and asked.

"This beef, the hawker came from Yunjin City, how far away from this Chang'an City, the soldier didn't pay attention, put it on the carriage and accidentally stuffed it, just in the back kitchen, still stuffy in the bag, I opened it and smelled it, there was a sour smell, no, it's bad!" I told the people to throw them away, and if there are no meat dishes such as fish and pork, let's roast them first. Qinglong finished explaining without blushing and stammering, and the old chef could only shake his head and say that it was a pity, and that could only be like this.

"I don't think it's too early, and this lunch has to be prepared immediately, so Chef Zheng and I won't bother you here, Chef He, you can assist the old chef, hurry up and make a luncheon, by the way, you all stay and help the chef work!" Qinglong ordered the servants and maids who came over to deliver the dishes, those people hurriedly blessed the blessing and responded hello, the Qinglong leader glanced at Chef Zheng, and Chef Zheng hurriedly followed the Qinglong Leader to the back kitchen of the small courtyard, and the old chef saw that they were far away, so he could only shake his head helplessly and began to prepare for luncheon.

Qinglong's footsteps immediately rushed back to the small back kitchen like a gust of wind, and he said to the busy cooks in the back kitchen, "You all go to the front yard and the back kitchen to help, there is nothing to do here, Chef Zheng can clean up here." The cooks obeyed the order and withdrew and went to the front yard and back kitchen.

Seeing that the cooks had gone away, Qinglong asked Chef Zheng, "Those cooks don't know what's going on!" You didn't reveal half a word, did you? Chef Zheng hurriedly shook his head and replied, "I just asked them not to put the beef in the pot to cook, they don't know what the situation is, and besides, they have a low status, how dare they ask me the reason casually." ”

"That's good, okay, hurry up and take a big bag to pack up the things of these stall vendors, by the way, that beef is the focus, load the beef too, and take it to the back ear room after loading, you guard, no one can go in to know if there is any, I will immediately rush to Zhiqiu Yuan now, this is how to deal with it for the time being, and when the matter over there is handled in Zhiqiu Yuan, I will send someone over immediately!" Qinglong and Chef Zheng carried the sack containing the goods to the ear room together, and then Qinglong locked the ear room, and Chef Zheng guarded the door, Qinglong saw that everything was temporarily arranged, so he immediately went to Zhiqiu Courtyard.

When Chunchan kept running to Zhiqiu Courtyard, halfway through, Chihu was busy patrolling, seeing Chunchan hurriedly running past him, he saw dense sweat on her forehead, Chunchan ran to Zhiqiu Courtyard, what did she do when she went to Zhiqiu Courtyard? Chihu thought about it, but still chased after him and stopped Chunchan, "Chunchan, what are you running to Zhiqiu Courtyard for!" Look at your anxious look, but what's going on?"

"Red Tiger General, I don't have time to explain to you, it's a matter of human life, I have to hurry up to Zhiqiu Courtyard to inform Manager Xia!" After Chunchan finished speaking, he took another step and ran away, Chihu looked at the figure that was gradually moving away, listening to the meaning of Chunchan's words, is there really something going to happen, he also strode after him.

When Chunchan and Chihu panted and ran to Zhiqiu Courtyard, Chunchan hurriedly followed Chihu to the back kitchen, fortunately Chihu came with her, she has entered Zhiqiu Courtyard once or twice on weekdays, this Zhiqiu Courtyard is twisted and turned, and it is really difficult to find the back kitchen, when Chunchan followed Chihu to the back kitchen, when she saw Manager Xia, Chunchan immediately stepped forward, regardless of the panting, called Manager Xia aside, and asked secretly, "Manager Xia, did you take the beef neck meat from Chef Zheng in the morning!" ”

"What's the matter, I'm going to get out of the pot, this lunch is almost here, I have to prepare food for my wife!" Manager Xia looked at Chunchan and Chihu with a strange expression, the beef he brought over this morning looked good, and this Chunchan came to ask what he was doing about this?

"Manager Xia, you must not cook this beef for the third lady, if it is cooked, something will happen!" Saying that, Chunchan looked around and saw that no one noticed them, and she felt that the Red Tiger soldiers were credible, so she lowered her voice and said the whole thing, Manager Xia and Chihu looked at Chunchan's small mouth one by one, and they listened to the stormy waves, Manager Xia patted his chest, and said in fear, "It's good that I didn't put it down to cook, otherwise I would be finished!" ”

Chunchan was finishing all the things, Qinglong had already taken a shortcut and rushed over, he saw that Chunchan was with Manager Xia and Chihu, and looked at Manager Xia's relatively calm expression, thinking about it, I am afraid that this beef has not been cooked yet, Chihu saw Qinglong coming over, and hurriedly shouted, "Qinglong, come here, I'll tell you something." ”

Qinglong put his hand on his mouth and sighed, Chihu understood in his heart, presumably Qinglong already knew about this, a few of them walked into the back kitchen, Qinglong had already burned the food for the third lady, one by one took the silver needle to test, saw that the silver needle did not change color, so let the maids take it over, the third lady food has been prepared, and then they opened the cook, closed the door of the back kitchen from the inside, and instructed the people who guarded the door outside, no one is allowed to enter.

Qinglong looked at the beef neck still on the cutting board, took out the silver needle, carefully probed with the silver needle in each part, something strange happened, the silver needle did not change at all, did not change color at all, Qinglong handed the silver needle to Xiao Xiazi, Xiao Xiazi also carefully took the needle and pricked the beef neck many times, the result is still the same, the silver needle is still a silver needle, not discolored at all.

Qinglong turned his head and asked Chunchan who was standing next to him, "Chunchan, can you hear clearly, is this beef really sprinkled with poisonous powder?" Qinglong saw that the silver needle did not change color, it should be non-toxic, could there be any misunderstanding in the middle?

"I really heard the lady say this to me, I saw that the lady looked honest, and she definitely wouldn't lie, and I don't know, why does this silver needle just not change color?" Chunchan originally thought that the silver needle would definitely change color, but she didn't expect that the Qinglong Leader and the Chief Xia had tested it twice, but it still didn't change color, and she was a little uncertain all of a sudden, what the hell is going on? Could it be that the lady lied to her? But what good is it to deceive her?

"I believe in Chunchan's words, and if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, Chunchan said that the eldest lady looked at it so carefully, there must be fraud in the future, Qinglong, I heard that there are some new poisons now, and they will become poisonous after they are cooked, or put this beef down and cook it, and then test it." Chihu saw Chunchan lowering his head, said in a little anxious, and hurriedly relieved her, Qinglong saw that what Chihu said made sense, so he used chopsticks to push the beef down the hot pot.

The boiling water was boiling the piece of beef that made the four of them look forward to it, Chihu saw that Chunchan was panting all the way, and now he was sweating like rain in this steaming kitchen, he hurriedly went to pour a glass of warm water for Chunchan and handed it to her, "Chunchan, drink some water, this way from the front yard to Zhiqiu Courtyard, you must be thirsty." ”

Chunchan didn't dare to take the warm water handed to her by Chihu, she hurriedly waved her hand flattered, Chihu saw her like that, and stuffed the cup into her hand, and then walked to Qinglong's side, pretending not to look at Chunchan, so that she could drink it with peace of mind, Qinglong rolled his eyes at Chihu, this thing burned his butt, he still had the leisure to go to Yingying Yanyan, Chihu received Qinglong's white eyes, and immediately punched him.

Chunchan held hot water in her hand, all the way to run, she actually smoked in her throat, her mouth was thirsty, she saw that the three men didn't care about her, their eyes were staring at the beef in the pot, she was relieved to drink a cup of warm water in her hand, this water was drunk, and the throat was immediately much more comfortable.

Qinglong saw that the beef in the pot was almost cooked, fished it up, and measured it with a silver needle, and sure enough, the silver needle turned black, or a very black color, this is highly poisonous! Qinglong They were afraid and angry for a while, this general's mansion was on the defensiveness day and night, or let the fine work seize this opportunity, Qinglong instructed Xiao Xiazi to deal with the beef, and explained to Xiao Xiazi, before the matter came out, don't make a noise, after all, there are still guests in the general's mansion today.