Xiaoguo was a little worried that Ming Ze would get out of control, and deliberately used his body to block in front of him, Nuan'er held the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, and was even more prepared to help the senior brother and drive away these yin and yang weird people!

Who knows, Ming Ze has experienced so many things, he is no longer the impulsive teenager he was at the beginning, he was frightened and agreed to the invitation of the royal family, and secretly made up his mind to wait for the end of the game, go to check it in person, and never let the culprit who killed more than a dozen members of Sima's family get away with it!

There are two games left until the tournament is over!

The night before the game, Xiaoguo and the two apprentices gathered around the table to chat after dinner, their identities are different from before, and they have already sent invitations from the highest restaurants and royal families of various countries.

Xiaoguo flipped through a table full of gold-inlaid paper and asked, "Mingze, Nuan'er, what are your plans after the game?" ”

Nuan'er said without hesitation: "Wherever Master goes, Nuan'er will go!" ”

Xiaoguo smiled and said: "I have taught you all the things I can teach, and my future attainments in cooking can only depend on your accumulation and exploration of experience!" Now, you two brothers and sisters have the ability to stand on your own and choose the path of the future. We have been together for so long, and it should be clear that Master, I have little interest in the life of these names! But everyone has their own ambitions, and I can't forcibly tie the two of you to my side and break the wings of your hope! So, you don't have to scruple, today the three of us will open our hearts and talk about it! ”

Nuan'er pouted, "I'm not going anywhere!" The life that Nuan'er wants to live is to stay with her master, go back to the cottage when she has time, and take a look at Uncle Lu and her brothers, so it is enough! ”

Xiaoguo smiled: "You are a little younger, and you are a girl's family, I really dare not let go without asking Brother Lu's opinion!" ”

Nuan'er put her mind at ease and smiled happily.

Xiaoguo turned his gaze to Ming Ze and said, "Ming Ze, tell me what you think." ”

Ming Ze thought for a while before he spoke: "Master, I want to go back and ask my mother-in-law's opinion, my father's matter is definitely not accidental!" I want to accept Pan Hengguo's invitation, enter the royal family, and thoroughly investigate the incident back then! ”

Xiaoguo nodded and said: "Yes, the biggest purpose of our competition this time is for your father's unjust case, and your decision is also expected by me." It's just that I'm in the open and the enemy is in the dark, and if you enter the palace alone, if you are not careful, you will repeat the mistakes of the past. Master, how can you watch you go into danger? Don't be in a hurry about this matter, wait for the game to end, we will discuss a set of compromise plans and then make a decision! ”

Ming Ze said: "Master, don't worry, Pan Huan Guo is on the cusp of the storm, and I don't think they dare to frame me blatantly!" ”

Xiaoguo shook his head and said: "Ming Ze, the open knife is easy to block, but the dark arrow is difficult to prevent!" You have never really set foot in the center of power, and you don't know that in the eyes of the superiors, we exist like ants, where do you need to distinguish between true and false, good and evil! As long as they kill you, they can charge you with an innocent crime at will, leaving you speechless, and your reputation and life ruined! ”

"Not really! is like Sister Ruoyu, who is obviously the crown princess that Brother Ji is marrying, but was framed by a side concubine, not only did the child not be protected, but she almost lost her life! Nuan'er said indignantly.

Ming Ze has been extinguished by a basin of cold water in the arrogant flames brought by successive victories in the past few days, and he remembered the scenery of his father when he was a child, like waking up from a dream, and couldn't help but feel excited: Yes! Daddy was stronger than I am now, I don't know how many times, and I have won the heart of the emperor, and I still ended up miserable, I am not a witty person, where can I find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and retreat? It's just that the revenge is not avenged, so what kind of shame is there to steal a living!

Xiaoguo saw that he was drenched in cold sweat on his forehead, his expression was in a trance and decadence, although he couldn't bear it, he didn't regret waking him up from his dream, she took out a handkerchief to wipe off the sweat for him, and comforted: "Mingze, there is always a way, Master assures you!" You have to remember that this is our common thing, and we have to go to this Heng Palace, but we have to set a perfect plan! ”

Ming Ze raised his head and looked at Master with teary eyes, and nodded vigorously: "Master, I listen to you all!" ”

Xiaoguo sighed and patted him on the shoulder with pity.

At this moment, a powerful chill came from behind Ming Ze, and his whole body trembled, and he couldn't help but shiver.

He turned his head to look at the closed window behind him, his eyes full of puzzlement.

Xiaoguo wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

"No, I just suddenly felt a little cold." Ming Ze shook his head.

"Yo, it's so late before you know it, the wind is inevitably cooler at night, let's go back to sleep, there is a game tomorrow!" Xiaoguo yawned and said.

In the middle of the night, the whole inn fell into a black sleep.

Xiao Yu, who was sleeping in her sleeping bag, felt a very dangerous aura approaching, and suddenly opened her eyes.

It climbed out of its sleeping bag and saw a black figure like a ghost, silently walking to Xiaoguo and Nuan'er's bed.

Masters, they're in danger!

Xiao Yu didn't think about it, turned into a white light, and attacked the black shadow!

The next day, Xiaoguo stretched and got up.

She remembered last night's sweet dream, and smacked her lips unsatisfied: "I haven't dreamed of him for a long time!" Even in his dream, the smell on his body is still so good! ”

Nuan'er was sleepy-eyed and said, "Master, what tastes so beautiful?" ”

A suspicious flush crawled on Xiaoguo's face, and he hurriedly said, "What smell?" Roasted sweet potatoes, of course! ”

Nuan Er agreed: "I haven't eaten it for a long time, sweet potatoes are roasted and eaten, and the taste is really beautiful!" ”

Seeing that she didn't ask anymore, Xiaoguo hurriedly dressed and got out of bed as a runner.

She casually swept the table, suddenly stared, and said incredulously: "Xiaoyu, why are you awake?" After sleeping for so long, haven't you rested yet? Why is it still so decadent! ”

A certain meow crawling on the table raised his eyes and glanced at her helplessly, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly opened his eyes wide again to look at Xiaoguo, and changed to a thoughtful expression.

"Why do you look at me with such unfamiliar eyes, you don't have to know your master and me!" Xiao Guo smoothed its fur and smiled.

Nuan'er heard Master's laughter and quickly got up.

She went straight to the table, picked up Xiao Yu's soft body, and rubbed left and right: "Xiao Yu hero, you finally woke up?" So unenergetic, are you hungry? Let's go, Sister Nuan'er will take you to eat! ”

Xiao Guo looked at her back that hurriedly flashed out the door, and shook her head and smiled helplessly.

After breakfast, Xiaoguo and the others came to the competition venue in a carriage specially distributed for the meal competition.

Today's ten elite players, in addition to Xiaoguo and Mingze, the other eight are divided into Li Xing of the beet department, Lou Heng of the pickle department, Nie Xiaojun of the Qing cuisine department, Lu Meng of the Xia Liang department, Hecheng of the Changshan department, Peng Xi of the Lanhai department, Lin Xin of the Shipo department, and Ju Chun of the Chen Zhen department!

As the Banqiao Department of the Nine Major Cuisines, I don't know if it is because of the addition of Xiaoguo and Mingze, in this meal competition, no one was shortlisted for the top ten!

In the seat of the presiding judge, sat an old man with a thin face, with gray hair and a goatee, but still in good spirits and with a red face.

This person is the owner of today's highest restaurant - Liu Ruizhong.

Xiaoguo already has some understanding of his person from Li Zhi's mouth, and knows that this person is obsessed with food, impartial, and open-minded, but his words and deeds are a little extreme and too perverse.

While Xiaoguo was secretly looking at him, Liu Ruizhong was also smiling and observing the rising stars in the kitchen industry standing in a row.

"Brother Song, I never thought that half of the top ten this time were young men, it can really be said that the front waves pushed the back waves, and we old bones should also retreat to the back and make room for Xian!" He smiled and said to the old man in yellow beside him.

The old man in yellow stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I look at it too." I think we have been trapped in the restaurant for thirty or forty years, and we have long forgotten what the mountains are and what the water is! If the competition is over, we will hand over the position to them, walk around together, and if we can't walk, we will find a deep mountain, by the mountains and rivers as a grave, and spend the last journey, which is also a beautiful thing! ”

Liu Ruizhong said with a smile: "That's it!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, full of wanton carefree and easy.

Xiaoguo was the closest, and he didn't listen to the conversation between the two of them, and he couldn't help but respect him while being surprised, and secretly thought: This is the demeanor of a respected food master!

The time of the competition has arrived, Liu Ruizhong got up and said: "Liu is fortunate to be the chief judge and proposition officer of this competition, and hereby make an oath to supervise the smooth progress of the competition with the purpose of absolute fairness and justice!" ”

Xiaoguo's ten people bowed and returned the salute, and said in unison: "Thanks to the love of the lord of the mansion, all the judges have worked hard!" ”

Liu Ruizhong gave a hand and said, "I believe you already know the purpose of the next game, right!" It is to select three more from the ten culinary elites and rank the top three in the competition! ”

There was a cheer from the crowd.

After a long time, Liu Ruizhong waved his arms, and his voice gradually stopped.

He continued: "There is one more thing to announce here—I and Deputy Mansion Master Song have made a decision, and as soon as this meal is over, let the Mansion Master and the final winner of the contest appoint the whole steward as the Deputy Mansion Master, and assist the new Mansion Lord from the side to deal with all kinds of things!" Since then, we have retired to the world and have not asked about the kitchen world! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd boiled, and the judges on the stage were also shocked and looked at each other.

The two of them casually mentioned it, and it was a foregone conclusion at this time.

Xiaoguo said secretly: It seems that this Liu Mansion Master has a really perverse personality!

When the crowd finally regained calm, Liu Ruizhong said: "The proposition of this competition is to take local materials!" A good chef can cook well with limited ingredients when he has the ability! ”

He gestured with his hand to the dramatically changed arena, which had been cut into ten fields by streamers, each marked with a different inscription: "Ask a few of you to make a satisfying dish from each individual space!" ”

"Now please take a few steps forward and extract your own words from this wooden box!" Liu Ruizhong smiled slightly.

Xiaoguo's ten people stepped forward in turn, drew different words, and were taken to their respective areas by the little guys.