Zhang Zhao was relieved: "I thought the elders didn't eat well, so how about this dish?"

Elder Sheng was also not polite, sandwiched the mutton into the mouth, tasted it and nodded again and again: "I eat it well, I don't know how others are." Zhang Zhao looked around and cast an inquiring glance at the elders.

This mutton is fried fragrant and tender, with a faint fragrance of green onions, salty and delicious, it is really much stronger than the big pot dishes in Lingxiao's kitchen every day. Every elder nodded at Zhang Zhao, and even Elder Leng couldn't find fault with it.

Zhang Zhao was proud in his heart, but his face was not too obvious. When he put away the dishes and chopsticks, he unexpectedly found that Elder Pang, who was sitting on his back, had also eaten a few bites of food, and he couldn't help but be even happier.

He remembered Elder Zhu's order at the beginning, and he had to clean it every day, and he found a broom around the corner, and was stopped by Elder Sheng after a few sweeps: "Don't sweep, let's look too dirty, you can send the meal well, today's meal is good." ”

Elder Leng said coldly on the side: "This is the first day, and the days to come are still long." ”

Zhang Zhao happily agreed: "I know, I will cook other dishes for the elders to eat tomorrow, you have a good rest, then I will leave first." ”

After he left, the elders glanced at each other, and they all felt that this newcomer was optimistic by nature, and Elder Leng also felt that his words were indeed not sarcastic.

Zhang Zhao returned to his residence, swept away the rest of the meal, and then lay on the bed contentedly, the day can be described as a smooth sail, not only the work in the back kitchen was praised, but also found a pleasant place in the woods behind the small courtyard, and the dinner seemed to have passed. The only regret is that I didn't meet the girl in white by the lake.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhao silently recited the incantation, since there were two golden words in his mind, there had been no change, but tonight he chanted again, and the two golden words shook for a while, and each separated into a golden light, forming a new golden word, which was the third word of the requiem incantation.

Zhang Zhao was overjoyed, it turned out that he had always felt that the two golden words were too few, and he could only become one thing at a time, and if he wanted more, he felt that he was not enough. No matter how hard he has worked in the past year, it is only those two words, and now this third word has come out.

The three golden characters circled up and down in his mind, turning into an old butcher for a while, and becoming the appearance of the fat master and the elders of the Yangxian Hall for a while, Zhang Zhao was confused, the three golden characters rolled for a while, turning into a lake, and there was a young girl standing quietly by the water, the girl's face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog and could not be seen clearly, but the small mole above the corner of the mouth was clear and clear.

Early the next morning, Zhu Liang didn't come to call the door, Zhang Zhao turned over and got up when he arrived, and walked down the mountain road alone in the misty fog. When I ran to the back kitchen, the fat master and the disciples were also ready.

After waiting for a while, the door on the back kitchen side opened, and this time it was a group of fat cattle that rushed in. Several disciples of the Baimu League struggled to bring down their heads. The fat master still mentioned it easily. Just when he hung up the hook and was about to let go, Zhang Zhao said: "Fat master, this cow is not small, it's better to knock it with a stick, it's better to kill it if it faints." ”

This is the common sense of the butcher to kill a large livestock, and it will be much easier to knock out the stun and then knife it with a stick. Zhang Zhao found out yesterday that the dozen or so young disciples were not good, and if this scalper didn't faint, it would be even more difficult for them to do it.

Although the fat master knows this method, he has infinite strength and is accurate in his sword, and he has never thought about this problem from the perspective of his disciples. After listening to Zhang Zhao's words, I also understood.

"Good idea. The fat master punched casually, and the scalper, who had been struggling hard, suddenly fainted. The fat master let go and pushed it, and he was in front of Li Zhong. Li Zhong's hands trembled lightly and he was about to take the knife, Zhang Zhao said softly: "Senior Brother Li, if you touch the cow, where the most powerful jump is the heart, and then aim at the knife, it can also suffer less." ”

Li Zhong did as he said, touched the most intense beating position on the side of the cow's chest and inserted the knife, and sure enough, the cow stopped breathing silently, and after the bloodletting was completed, Zhang Zhao asked him to cut a few times in several positions, pulled the skin and scratched it lightly with a knife, and peeled off the cowhide in a few strokes.

Zhang Zhao knew the bodies of these livestock well, and he taught Li Zhong to follow the lines of the flesh on the cow's body, and in a few strokes he separated a big cow, except that when he cut it in half, it was not as easy as his strange knife, and the speed was much faster than yesterday.

A group of disciples also watched behind him, and did so one by one, and when Zhang Zhao also joined them, they actually exceeded the speed at which the fat master was tied up and hung up.

The fat master was even happier in his heart, although he had a big temper, it was all for the sake of being able to do the work in the back kitchen. Everyone has their favorite things, and the fat master is no exception, he grew up in the Lingxiao kitchen since he was a child, and has a unique feeling for this place.

More than a dozen kitchen disciples are getting more and more comfortable, and the sharp knives in their hands are no longer trembling after the scalpers were knocked out by the fat master. The movements are like being reborn. Wait until the fat master tieds the last scalper and lets go, Zhang Zhao goes up and cuts it a few times. The calculation was completed a little earlier than yesterday.

Seeing that the faces of the dozen or so disciples who were cowering were full of confidence, the fat master reached over again and patted Zhang Zhao lightly on the shoulder. Although he didn't speak this time, everyone felt the satisfaction of the fat master.

Zhang Zhao waited for them to serve the meal. I took a few pieces of beef tenderloin, some spices, sauce and vinegar and so on. Before going out, the fat master called him: "Zhang Zhao, if you think it's not good, you can come down and get food, and it will be enough for those people in Yangxian Hall to scold a few words." ”

Realizing his love, Zhang Zhao smiled gratefully: "Fat master, the elders are quite satisfied with the food I cooked yesterday, I don't think there is any problem." ”

This confident and optimistic mood on Zhang Zhao's body even the fat master couldn't help but be infected: "Okay, you kid do a good job, if they scold you so much, I'll go and talk to Senior Brother Meng and let you come to this back kitchen." Save someone from scolding you. ”

Zhu Liang on the side said: "Fat master, I'm afraid that Senior Brother Zhang Zhao will also be scolded when he arrives in the back kitchen." Those of us who are not allowed to let the master scold you a few times a day. ”

All the disciples in the back kitchen who heard it burst into laughter. The fat master didn't get angry this time: "You boys, if you work a little smarter, how can I scold like Zhang Zhao?"

Zhu Liang also knew the temper of the fat master, he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help laughing: "That day, I went to the miscellaneous hall with Senior Brother Zhang Zhao, and that kid Liang Xiu also said that he was a relative of Master Meng, and I looked like a relative of the fat master." You guys say, who in this whole back kitchen hasn't let the fat master scold?"

The disciples in the back kitchen burst into laughter again. Zhang Zhao was a little embarrassed, so he quickly took some vegetables, carried the food box and beef, and ran out of the back kitchen with a smile at everyone.

This time, Zhang Zhao didn't go up from the trail, because he was always thinking about the girl in white who he met by the lake, and he wanted to see her in other places, so he came out of the back kitchen and went straight to the martial arts training ground, wanting to go up from the square and the main hall.

As soon as he walked to the edge of the martial arts training ground, Zhang Zhao saw some disciples in front of a row of houses from a distance, he ran up quickly, and before he could reach him, those disciples shook their heads and left with a sigh.

Zhang Zhao approached, only to see four miscellaneous disciples with strips of cloth wrapped around their faces, and an old man was lifted out of a house, the old man's face was stiff, his eyes were wide, he had obviously been dead for a long time, his clothes were in tatters, and his hands were still holding something tightly in front of his chest. As soon as Zhang Zhao got closer, he smelled a corpse stench in the air.

The four disciples carefully carried the old man out. Zhang Zhao stepped sideways, put down the things in his hand, closed his eyes and silently recited the requiem mantra, although he didn't recognize the old man, but anyone could see that the face of the old man who had been dead for a long time was full of unwillingness.

Zhang Zhao finished chanting the incantation and watched the four disciples circle around the woods on the other side. At this time, he saw that the disciples of the unknown ones shook their feet, and something seemed to have fallen from the old man they were carrying.

The four disciples ignored it, carried the old man and continued to move forward, Zhang Zhao ignored his own things and chased after him from behind. When I got to the place where I dropped it, I saw a black stick about two feet long on the ground.

Zhang Zhao guessed that this might be what the old man was holding in his hands just now, so he picked up the stick and chased after it quickly. "Senior brothers, that elder dropped something. ”

The four disciples stopped and looked back: "Throw it away, isn't it just a broken stick, the old man Yu is dead, what else do you want that thing for." After speaking, he ignored Zhang Zhao and carried the old man all the way to the woods.

Zhang Zhao raised his hand, wanted to throw it away, and then withdrew his hand to look at it carefully. The stick was dark all over, with the thickness of a child's arm and a hammer like a fist at the tip. After weighing the weight, Zhang Zhao felt quite comfortable, looked at the few disciples who had disappeared, waved his hand a few times, and decided to keep it for himself.

Returning to the food box and the meat dish, Zhang Zhao stuck the stick in his waist. Lifting things with both hands, he walked slowly to the steps. After experiencing this sudden death, he felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, and even his thoughts of finding the girl in white were diluted.

Coming up along the stone steps, walking through the square and the main hall, there were occasional female disciples passing by along the way, but none of them were dressed in white, Zhang Zhao was a little depressed, and returned to the Yangxian Hall hut to put down the sticks and meat dishes, and then went to the Yangxian Hall with the food box.

When distributing the meals, Zhang Zhao's expression surprised several elders. Elder Sheng finally couldn't help but ask, "Boy, why is something wrong with you?"

Zhang Zhao told him what he saw on the road. "Uncle Yu also went. Elder Liu, who had been sitting upright, sighed and said, "The predecessors of the previous generation of Lingxiao are gone. ”

Seeing that everyone's expressions were a little indifferent, Elder Sheng hurriedly changed the topic: "Boy, have you thought about what to cook for the night?"

Zhang Zhao suddenly came to his senses: "Of course I have thought about it, I will definitely satisfy the elders in the evening." ”

After packing his things, Zhang Zhao stopped at the door and waited at the door when he was about to leave. The eyes of him and all the elders fell on Elder Leng who was speechless, wanting to hear what else he had to say.

Elder Leng felt that everyone's eyes were different. I looked up and understood. So he said coldly: "I know your thoughts, this time I just didn't say anything." ”

On the third day when Zhang Zhao set foot on Lingxiao Peak, everyone laughed for the first time in the Yangxian Hall. The most unexpected thing is that it was Elder Leng who had been talking coldly all the time who made this laughter.