The two manservants were very strange when they saw him sullen, and one of them asked, "Master Yuan, are you worried about learning martial arts?" We have ready-made masters in our house! ”

"Really?" Fang Zhongyue asked curiously, "Who is it?" I really don't know. ”

"It's the commander of the Tianyu Guard, Li Mingxuan, Lord Li!" The manservant replied: "It is said that Master Li is very good at fists, kicks, and swordsmanship, and more than a dozen people are not his opponents."

"That's amazing!" Fang Zhongyue immediately became interested, he had seen Li Mingxuan and thought he was an ordinary military attaché, he really didn't dare to imagine that he was a master, "It's just... He doesn't have to teach me, is he? ”

"You let Madame talk to the prince, as long as the prince speaks, Lord Li will never refuse."

Not to mention, this method can really be tried, and Fang Zhongyue's mood is much better immediately.

He suddenly found that he was useless as a scholar, at most he scolded people with words, what is the use of scolding, can he scold the dead? If you want to take revenge, you have to learn martial arts!

Unknowingly, I entered the imperial city and returned to the prince's mansion, and when I came to the west building, Yin Xiaotao was waiting outside, and when I met, I asked, "Why are you so slow?" The young lady is in a hurry. ”

"Eldest sister, the Confucius Temple is far away." Fang Zhongyue was not in a good mood and spoke in a rushing tone, "I caught up with the official prostitutes sent by the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to block the road, can you blame me?" ”

"Hey! There's a reason why you're coming back late..."

"What's the noise?" Zhang Xiyue walked out of the building and said, "It's good to come back, quickly get the things to the back building."

The west building is with a back building, which is very spacious and has all kinds of stove and cooking utensils, and Fang Zhongyue led two male servants around the back to move things in.

He was just about to leave, but Zhang Xiyue stopped him, "Yuan Gongzi, you and Xiaotao stay to help." ”

Fang Zhongyue wondered: "Miss, I won't be able to eat anything, I'll go find those two sisters-in-law to come over and help!"

"I don't need them, I think they're in the way. It's easy, I'll tell you how.... ”

Zhang Xiyue instructed the two of them to pick vegetables, peel green onions, steam crabs, chop meat puree... She handles chickens, ducks, fish, ham slices, dried meat, shredded meat, blanching water, oily oil...

Fang Zhongyue has been thinking about learning martial arts and is a little absent-minded, Zhang Xiyue Yiran is a chef who is busy but at ease, noticing that his expression is not right, he asked: "Yuan Gongzi, why did you go out and have something on your mind, what troubles did you encounter?"

"No... Maybe I didn't sleep well last night. Fang Zhongyue replied casually.

Zhang Xiyue didn't say anything when she looked at him, and skillfully put the meat filling in the casserole, first stewed the crab roe lion's head, and then brought the boneless duck, pheasant and vegetable pigeon.

She first put these three things into the pot of boiling water and scalded them slightly, stuffed the pigeon into the abdomen from the edge of the pheasant, and stuffed the mushrooms and ham slices into the gap in the abdomen of the pheasant, and then stuffed the pheasant into the duck, took out the water out of the pot and drained it, put the bamboo grate into the bottom of the casserole, put in the duck and Shao wine, green onion and ginger, and add water to drown the duck body...

Fang Zhongyue stared at the side for a while, and suddenly said, "Miss, you can't be a northerner, these three sets of ducks are not very good even if they are local chefs here."

Zhang Xiyue glanced at him and said with a smile: "I said that I learned it from the southern chef at home." Fang Zhongyue didn't refute, only shook his head slightly...

More than half an hour later, it was almost noon, and a manservant suddenly ran back and forth: saying that the prince had arrived, and he also brought a few ministers of the court.

Zhang Xiyue asked Yin Xiaotao to tell Zhu Gaochi and let them sit for a while and serve the food immediately; Fang Zhongyue saw a lion's head and three sets of ducks stewed on the fire, and none of them were hot, so he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

Zhang Xiyue asked him to put all the cut things on the table next to the stove, and immediately boiled the oil in the pot to serve the dishes, and the action was extremely swift and did not let the professional chef at all.

I didn't see how she stir-fried and added how many condiments, the aroma suddenly filled her nose, and soon a white-robed shrimp came out of the pot, and Fang Zhong couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly.

He took the plate and went around the door of the building, and saw that no one picked up a shrimp and quickly stuffed it into his mouth, wow! Fresh and smooth, fragrant teeth and cheeks, endless aftertaste, I can't wait to eat a few more pieces.

It's a pity that when she arrived at the corner of the building, Yin Xiaomoss was waiting there, Fang Zhongyue had no choice but to hand over the dishes to her and turn back, just after entering the mansion, Zhang Xiyue's next dish of open foreign cabbage was already out of the pot.

Next, there are squirrel fish, boiled dried shreds, Wensi ham, braised fish heads... Of course, the highlight is the three sets of duck and crab roe lion heads.

It only took more than half an hour for the twelve dishes to be served, and Fang Zhongyue said when he picked up the last dish: "Miss, you are the reincarnation of the kitchen god, right?" Your skill to open a restaurant can close the door of Jufuju! ”

Jufuju is the largest restaurant in Nanjing, which is an official business opened by the imperial court, so this evaluation can be said to be the best compliment to the chef.

Zhang Xiyue smiled, "When I open a restaurant, please be the shopkeeper." ”

"No, I'll just be a runner."

"No, you'll steal all the guests' dishes."

"Uh... I didn't steal it! Fang Zhongyue hurriedly came out with the dishes, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: How did she know that I had eaten secretly?

Turning the corner of the building and bumping into Yin Xiaotao, Yin Xiaotao sneered while taking the dish: "You can't steal this dish, right?"

The last dish is three sets of ducks, and the outermost duck is whole, so naturally it cannot be eaten secretly.

Fang Zhongyue was surprised in his heart and said, "Nonsense, you just ate it!"

"Oh, don't admit it yet, you go back to the house and look in the mirror!" After that, he took the food and left.

"Why should I look in the mirror?" Fang Zhongyue muttered in his heart, "Could it be that the vegetable soup rubbed on his face?" ”

Stretched out his hand and wiped it, and immediately felt slippery and greasy, he was a literati and it was useless to say that he blushed, no wonder Zhang Xiyue said that he saw traces, which is too embarrassing.

Thinking about quickly hiding away, lest Yin Xiaotao come out and laugh at himself for a while, so he went around to the other side of the building from behind, but he didn't expect to raise his eyes and see a few guards and commanders Li Mingxuan were also there.

Hey! It's such a coincidence, he came when he wanted to find him, but I'm afraid I can't go and say it myself, right?

Fang Zhongyue was hesitating, Li Mingxuan also saw him and beckoned at him, hehe, this is a coincidence.

Fang Zhongyue immediately walked over, "Master Li, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"It's nothing..."Li Mingxuan said with a smile: "Little brother, you ate the lion's head that day, is it delicious?"

"Of course it's delicious..."Fang Zhongyue said with a smile: "The soft and glutinous fragrance is smooth and melts in the mouth, the meat is fresh and fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless, and the gods have to go down to earth after eating it."

"Really? Is it that mysterious? ”

"Of course there is, Miss made a total of six lion heads that day, and the remaining three were eaten by the prince, and there was no soup left."

"yes!" Li Mingxuan subconsciously swallowed his saliva, "I smell that smell very greedy, hey, little brother, that..."

Fang Zhongyue said: "Master Li, if you have something to say, just say it!" ...