Zhan Wenjun came to see Xu You today, but he had already secretly made up his mind to explain it to him. Over the years, the shadow in her mind has not faded away with the change of time and distance as expected, but has become clearer and clearer in her thoughts all the time, and the wisps of affection are like a cage that imprisons her mind, so that she no longer has any possibility to accommodate other men. In this case, if Xu You knows that she pities her, she can fly together, if Xu You refuses people for thousands of miles, then say goodbye and never see you again.

Fortunately, what she got in exchange for her dignity was not Xu You's contempt and contempt, but the extreme pity and blending of joy.

"Madame is finally back, and the maid is dying."

Zhan Wenjun's personal maid was so anxious that her hair was almost thankful when she heard Xue, Zhan Wenjun glared at her and said, "What crazy words!" Beware of being listened to, I want you to look good! ”

"Okay, good, the maid's life is hard, and she tried her best to cover the girl, but she fell!" Si Xue pouted and said, "Mrs. Fang has been here, I said that Mrs. stayed up last night to deal with affairs, and she stopped when she was ugly, and she hasn't woken up yet." If Mrs. Ru looked out the window at the bed and saw someone lying in the quilt, she didn't say anything and left by herself. ”

Madame Ru refers to Concubine Song, who has been set up as a side room by Guo Mian. Although Guo Mian's wife died early, and Concubine Song's side room can be said to be the dominant family, Zhan Wenjun has always held the power of money and intelligence since he married into the Guo Mansion, and in terms of actual status, he is above Concubine Song.

Zhan Wenjun changed her clothes under Sixue's service, and did not take a bath despite her physical discomfort, she did not have the habit of bathing in the morning, and the order to go down would inevitably cause Concubine Song to be suspicious.

"Madam, I don't know why, Madame has been coming to our yard a lot lately, much more often than before."

Zhan Wenjun knew that after Xu You came to Beijing, Concubine Song was afraid that the old relationship between the two would rekindle, so she kept an eye on it, which is why she delayed for more than ten days before she went to see Xu You - she had to find a suitable opportunity to avoid Concubine Song's eyes and ears before she left the house unnoticed.

"If Mrs. is considerate of me, but she is kind-hearted, don't talk about it in private!" Zhan Wenjun cleaned up, sat on the chair, looked calm, and said, "Please come over Mrs. Ru, just say that I have gotten up!" ”

After Concubine Song entered the house, she first looked at Zhan Wenjun, the corners of her eyebrows were angry, and she complained: "Did you stay up late last night?" I told you a long time ago, don't be too tired, just tell the people below to do those trivial things, the body and bones are important, how can it be good if you are really tired......"

"Sister Lao cares, it's okay, I can hold it!"

Concubine Song sat next to her, put her hand on her cheek, and leaned on the table between the two, and quipped: "You have worked so hard to sort out the information, do you care about what happened in Taicheng, or do you care about the person in Changgan?" ”

Zhan Wenjun lowered his eyelids and said lightly: "Whether it is Taicheng or Changganli, they are all the veins of Jinling City, where should I care, I have my own plans in my heart, and I don't need to say anything to my sister!" ”

Concubine Song sighed and said, "Are you blaming me for not letting you go out of the mansion to see Xu You, aren't you?" Sister, I'm really for your good, even if I see it, what can I do? You have been separated for several years, and I heard that Xu You has good girls all over Yangzhou, so I'm afraid I will leave you behind. ”

Zhan Wenjun actually wanted to laugh a little, although Guo's boat pavilion was forced to disband, but the intelligence agency in the secret was still huge, these forces were in her hands, Xu You's public whereabouts in Qiantang and Wu County were almost impossible to hide from her eyes, not to mention going to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to get flowers and grass, even if there was no woman around her, she was more willow than those most old-fashioned old pedants, Concubine Song thought that all men in the world were the same, but she didn't expect Xu You to be a unique exception.

"Sister, don't say it again!" Zhan Wenjun was happy in his heart, but he still had to make an angry look on his face, and said, "How Xu You is, it's his business, and it has nothing to do with me." Also, whether I want to leave the house or not, and where I go out of the house, it has nothing to do with my sister, so from now on, don't bother. ”

Concubine Song smiled bitterly: "I was entrusted by Lord Xun, but I became a wicked person here. That's it, let it go, don't touch some nails, it's not as clear as I, who have come over. ”

Seeing off Concubine Song, Zhan Wenjun asked, "Is there any news from Wan Qi?" ”

Ting Xue hurriedly said: "The letter that came back last night said that I was looking for someone and didn't meet her, and Sister Wanqi chased me to Guangling again......"

"Guangling?"

"Yes, I heard that Guangling has a person who is good at playing the piano, and he has to be awarded "Guangling San" by another person, and his tone is superb, so he must have gone for this piano song."

Zhan Wenjun's beautiful eyes were a little envious, and he laughed at himself: "Yes, only she can be so free and natural, and do whatever she wants." Where is it like me, trapped in this unbearable house, coping with all kinds of mundane affairs! ”

Tingxue didn't dare to speak, just stood quietly, I don't know how long it took, I heard Zhan Wenjun say: "Send someone to invite me again, you must invite people back as soon as possible, without delay." ”

"No!"

Changganli, Xu Zhai, take a nap in the garden in the afternoon, the winter solstice has been secretly seen several times, Xu You said angrily: "If you want to ask, just ask, sneaky, voyeurism?" ”

Dong Solstice didn't understand the meaning of voyeurism, but he also knew that it wouldn't be a good thing, so he grinned and said: "I'm thinking, in the future, with a mastermother, we girls and slaves will have to be careful, if the mastermother is not as good as Xiaolang, it will be miserable!" ”

Xu You said angrily: "I don't know you yet?" Even if you have a housewife, it's good that you don't bully others. Let's talk ugly in front, if the back house is restless, I only ask. ”

"Huh? It's not me who made the trouble, why am I the only one asking? ”

"Then I don't care, just you girl with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, it's not easy to deal with, and the mistakes made by others are also buckled on your head!"

"Xiaolang, I'm not convinced!"

"If you don't accept it, it's so domineering!"

When the two were fighting, Qingming stood on the side, and had to look up at the bird on the branch at forty-five degrees, as if the bird was more stable than the two naïve children in front of him.

Yang Shun walked from the arch to the courtyard, stood three zhang away, folded his hands in front of him, and said: "Lord Yu, there has been no change in the Cui Mansion in the past few days, only today the side door was opened, and someone left with their bags on their backs. I followed and chatted for a few words, and learned that he was the cook in charge of Cui Mansion, and he was deeply trusted and loved by Cui Yuanxiu. It's just that I received the news that my mother died of illness last night, and I need to go back to keep filial piety for three years. Other than that, there has been no further progress. ”

Dong Zhi felt a little disappointed and said, "What's the use of this, without General Cai, Cui Yuanxiu will be able to open the door and accept apprentices?" "General Cai and Chef are both names for cooks, only one is an honorific title, and the other is a cheap name!

Xu You looked at Yang Shun and smiled, "Is your staff injury better?" ”

On that day, because of disobedience, Yang Shun received twenty canes on the winter solstice, but there was a reason for it, and Xu You signaled that he only received a small cane, and he recovered after resting for three or five days, and there was no major problem.

Yang Shun was grateful, Xu You didn't ask for information, he asked his body first, which was very different from other masters, and knelt down on his knees, and said: "It's good, it's enough to run around the city and do your best for the lord!" ”

"Get up, I don't have to kneel in my house!" Xu You got up from the chair, paced back and forth for two steps, and suddenly said, "You go and ask again, does Cui Mansion still recruit cooks?" ”

Cui Mansion is really recruiting cooks, and a huge mansion will naturally not be the only one who is mourning, but Cui Yuanxiu has a strange temperament, he has been used to eating each other's meals over the years, and has changed other chefs in seven mansions one after another, but he was scolded for his blood, and even drove out two, and then hired three famous chefs from Jinling from elsewhere, but he still didn't do it to his taste, and then no one dared to cook for him anymore, so he had no choice but to recruit chefs who were good at frying, boiling, burning, scorching and seasoning to save the emergency, regardless of origin, regardless of men and women, But ask for superb cooking skills to satisfy Cui Yuanxiu's mouth and pickiness.

"Xiaolang, you're not pretending to be a cook and sneaking into Cui's Mansion, are you?"

"There's no way around it!" Xu You nodded with a smile and said, "Listening to the scriptures, you don't have to be a disciple." Cui Yuanxiu always has to give a lecture, if I get in, I can hide it aside, and I can also hear the true explanation. ”

The more Dong Solstice thought about it, the more unreliable he felt, and said, "But, you've never cooked...... It would be nice if the autumn equinox was here, her cooking skills are extraordinary, and she should be able to ......"

Speaking of the autumn equinox, Ning Xuangu has made an appointment for three years, but now that the time has passed early, he has not yet sent the autumn equinox back, and when this happens, he should go to Mount Emei and bring the autumn equinox back.

"The autumn equinox is not through the scriptures, and it is in vain to mix in. Besides, just because I haven't cooked doesn't mean I can't cook. "Xu You was an orphan in his previous life, and learning to cook is a necessary condition for survival. Later, he became famous, but cooking has become a habit that has been cultivated for many years, but it is more about studying the practice of food and the sense of accomplishment of watching friends share praise after it is made, no longer just to satisfy hunger.

The only problem is that almost all of what he will do is a later practice, which is incompatible with the current era. But thinking about it the other way, Cui Yuanxiu was born in a famous family, and he has never tasted any delicacies, and the reason why even the famous chefs of Jinling can't satisfy his taste buds is not that the chefs' cooking skills are not good, but that they can neither bring him nostalgia nor freshness.

The sense of nostalgia is the exclusive treatment of the chef who left the job, and what Xu You needs to give Cui Yuanxiu is a freshness that is beyond the times!

Well, not to mention anything else, the recipes in "Suiyuan Food List" are enough to cope with a while.

First of all, the dish he wanted to copy was the "Gongchuan Sample" landscape platter created by the famous female chef and nun Fanzheng of the fifth generation. This is the first time in human history that the cuisine and the landscape are integrated, and it has become a unique plastic art, so that there are mountains and rivers in the dishes, and the plate is overflowing with poetry, which is estimated to be the appetite of literati and Confucian scholars like Cui Yuanxiu.

If you want to use a stepping stone, you naturally have to choose the largest one!

Platter is the basic skill of later generations of chefs, and Xu You has naturally learned it, but he is not very good at it. But now the Taoist heart Xuanwei Dafa has been completed, the kitchen knife in hand, if there is divine help, the use of wonderful, in one mind, take the raw materials such as the chest, preserved meat, meat sauce, melons and fruits, vegetables, etc., conceive the pattern, carve one by one, and then spell it together, the rockery flowing water, the pavilions and pavilions are vivid, lifelike, and the people who see the Qingming and the winter solstice are breathtaking.

Xu You seems to always have a secret, and it will come out at any time to make people amazed!

With this renamed "Jinling Sample", it is definitely not a problem to impress Cui Yuanxiu and blend into Cui's Mansion. But there is another question, that is, Xu You has already appeared in front of everyone, how can he hide his identity and hide it from the people in Cui's mansion?

"Cui Mansion has really seen me, and only the doorman who answered the door on the first day, after that, the door of Cui Mansion was closed, and no one went out, and not many people have seen my true face. What's more, isn't there still a clear hand? ”

The leather mask can't move, and it doesn't need to be so grand, Qingming ordered a black mole between the eyebrows for Xu You, and the complexion was gloomy, and the eyebrows were thickened with copper dai, the corners of the lips were stretched down, and small walnuts were stuffed into the mouth, making the shape of buckteeth.

Standing beside him, if it weren't for the fact that the winter solstice was a person who got along day and night, no matter how close he was, he would hardly be able to recognize Xu You's true appearance. Everything was ready, Xu You personally took the food box and sent it to Cui's Mansion, only half a cup of tea was passed, and a person rushed out of it, saying, "You are Yi Xiaoyu, the cook who came to apply?" ”

"It's the villain!"

"Come with me, I'm going to see you!"

Stepping over the threshold of the side door, Xu You lowered his head and followed behind him, never looking around easily, which made the steward who led the way quite favorable.

"Where are you from?"

"The villain came from Liangshui County, Ningzhou, and his parents died early, and he was lonely. I heard that there are many noble people in Jinling, who are good at tasting food, so I want to make a stable situation with my cooking skills. ”

"Then you are right, my lord's ability to taste food is no longer under the "Book of Shang". As long as you do your best, you will have no worries about food and clothing! ”

"Thank you steward, thank you steward!"

Xu You was submissive and shrunk, no matter what, he would not connect the lonely night light in Jiangdong. Seeing that the main hall was in sight and was about to meet Cui Yuanxiu, he was not nervous, but suddenly wanted to laugh.

Like this kind of behavior of pretending to steal teachers, once it is revealed, it is estimated that there will be no chance to get ahead. But in this era, when it comes out afterwards, it will only be called elegant and beautiful, and it can even add a strong touch to the fame of Xu You and Cui Yuanxiu.

The so-called Wei and Jin Dynasty romance is nothing more than that!

(This chapter is inspired by "Shishuo Xinyu Literature IV": "Spring and Autumn" is both pious and good, and will be annotated, for reference to the similarities and differences.) Hearing that Cui Lieji's protégé preached, he hid his name and rented food for the Liemen people. Whenever he spoke, he eavesdropped on the walls of the house. Knowing that you can't surpass yourself, you can talk about the short and long of all life. Fierce news, who is unpredictable, but I have never heard of the pious name, and I am suspicious. Ming flea went to it, and before he could sleep, he shouted: "Zi Shen! Zishen! "Pious did not feel surprised, and then he was friendly. ）