Chapter 33

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date="2020-11-14"

title="Chapter 33"

weight="105179"

series = ["The Female Supporting Role Shows Out"]

mode = "manual"

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Lin Dan's bold words surprised the emperor very much. He originally didn't like this shameless little woman, but now, there is a hint of interest in his eyes, "I can naturally guarantee the fairness of this competition. I only watch and don't comment. Who is the best in cooking? , These old gluttons and old chefs have the final say."

Lin Dan faced several judges, bowed one by one, and said, "That said, but this competition is still unfair to the ladies. Yan Yuchu is very much used by your Majesty, and now you still lend Xiangyuan She competed and came to watch the battle in person. Your behavior has shown your attitude-you are inclined to her. And you are the lord of the world, how can your people dare to violate your meaning. Today, I As soon as I stepped into the Fragrant Garden, I actually lost. I understand the truth, and the emperor should understand the wise and martial arts."

The more they listened, the more horrified they were, and they never expected Lin Dan to be so outspoken.

The emperor laughed loudly, his eyes full of interest: "In that case, what are you doing? Do you want to continue this competition?"

Yan Langqing showed a complicated expression. If so, she would naturally want to compete with Lin Dan dignifiedly, but she couldn't help but appreciate the emperor's defense of her. Yan Shouye felt that there was no need to continue this competition at all, and Lin Dan took the humiliation by himself today. When his daughter becomes the empress, he must kill Lin Dan!

However, Lin Dan nodded without hesitation: "Naturally, it is necessary to compare, but for the sake of fairness, the rules are up to me. May I ask your majesty? I think that when I competed with Yan Yuchu for the first time, because I was Hou The chef of the house, his father is very much loved by the Yongding Hou. For the sake of fairness, Yan Yuchu decides the schedule. She decides what to compare, how to compare, and who will be the referee. Now our situation is reversed. , I made the same request. Isn’t that too much?"

The emperor glanced at Yan Langqing and nodded: "It's not too much. Tell me, how would you like to compare?"

Although Lin Dan seemed to have the dominant power, the deterrent power of imperial power still existed. Even if she cooked the most delicious dishes, just a word from the referee could knock her down into the abyss. The so-called fairness has never existed in the face of power. Lin Dan is bold, but not so smart. Thinking of this, the emperor shook his head secretly, feeling blank.

Lin Dan didn't rush and said: "In this competition, we use the same ingredients to make the same dishes, not many, just one."

Yan Langqing asked, "What do you want to do?"

"The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, shall we make rice dumplings?" Lin Dan tilted his head to look at her and smiled.

Yan Langqing was stunned, and it took a while before she came back to her senses and nodded slowly. Through the four signature dishes, she had a little understanding of Lin Dan's level. She thought she would try dishes that were extremely difficult to cook, but she didn't expect that she would propose to make rice dumplings. However, Yan Langqing wasn't upset at all. The empress in the palace also loved to eat rice dumplings. She had packaged all kinds of rice dumplings and was well received, so she was not afraid. The maidens in the palace are more tricky than the other, and can serve them well, so she naturally serves several referees.

"You and I each pack fifty catties of rice dumplings, and only meat dumplings, can you?" Lin Dan continued.

"Fifty catties?" Yan Langqing finally showed a surprised expression.

"Can you?" Lin Dan looked at her straightforwardly.

"can."

"Very good, so please provide us with one hundred catties of glutinous rice, fifty catties of pork belly, glutinous rice and pork belly do not need to be separated, we use a bucket, we enter the kitchen to distribute it, if we need additional condiments, we can also separate Propose to the palace people that they will not interfere with each other. Is that okay?" Lin Dan bowed his hands, not humble or overbearing.

The emperor nodded and said: "I've gotten it, let's go to make preparations." Who will eat 50 catties of meat dumplings each? Lin Dan, is this the one who wants to die?

Not only the emperor was surprised, but the other guests were also puzzled. However, Lin Dan and Yan Langqing had already gone to the kitchen one after another, and there was no time to ask what happened. Even if she asks, she probably won't give an answer, so let's wait until the meat dumplings are finished. thought this was a competition that had already been won before it even started, but didn't expect it would be set as a suspense by Lin Dan. This shopkeeper Lin was quite interesting.

Regardless of your speculations, Lin Dan, who entered the kitchen, was already in his heart. One hundred catties of glutinous rice was packed in a huge wooden barrel, and was carried in by the palace man out of breath, followed by a bucket with fifty catties of pork belly.

Lin Dan twisted the glutinous rice with his hands and nodded with satisfaction.

Yan Langqing said warmly: "Your concerns are a bit redundant. I will not be so despicable to let them prepare the ingredients for me and the poor ingredients for you. You will pick both glutinous rice and pork first, and I will use the rest."

Lin Dan turned his head to look at each other, with a small smile at the corner of his mouth, "Thank you Yan Yuchu, then."

Yan Langqing slowly rolled up her sleeves, "Then shall we start?"

"Okay, but before that, I have to specify the shape and size of the zongzi, don't you have any comments?" Lin Dan took out three zongzi leaves, rolled them into a cone, put some glutinous rice, tied them with rope, and motioned: " Can you make the same shape and the same size?"

This request was really strange, but Yan Langqing didn't think much about it, nodded and said: "Yes." She immediately wrapped a triangular rice dumpling exactly the same, and handed it to Lin Dan for inspection.

Lin Dan untied the two rice dumplings, put the glutinous rice back in, and said with a small smile: "Then we can start."

The two each occupied a stove and got busy. Yan Langqing first soaked the glutinous rice, then sliced ​​the pork belly into thin slices and marinated them with soy sauce, fine salt, sugar, peanut oil and other seasonings. When she raised her head, she found that Lin Dan was cooking on the stove. .

I don’t even have the rice dumplings. What is the stove doing at this time? She felt strange, and she couldn’t help but look at it more. Then she realized that Lin Dan’s cooking stove was not firewood, but sesame sticks specially requested by the palace staff. The sesame sticks contained many ripe sesame seeds and were caught by the flame When he licked, he made a beeping sound, and another unique burnt fragrance came out, which was extremely rich.

Yan Langqing involuntarily took a deep breath, feeling more curious in her heart.

Lin Dan didn't even look at her. He just gathered the sesame sticks that were burned into ashes, wrapped them in a thin silk cloth, and put them in a cool white boil and rubbed them until the crystal clear water was turned into muddy gray water. , And filter it several times with fine silk cloth to make sure that there is no residue, and then soak the glutinous rice.

After the snow-white glutinous rice entered the water, it was stained with a dirty color, and Yan Langqing's mind instantly popped out four big characters-violent heaven! These rice dumplings are to be eaten by several referees. Isn't it dirty? She was full of puzzles, but she couldn't deal with it, and she didn't want to. This competition was related to her reputation, and she naturally wouldn't stop Lin Dan from death.

Lin Dan soaked glutinous rice and began to process pork belly. The seasoning she chose was similar to Yan Langqing, with only a slight difference in weight. After everything was ready, she started making zongzi. It can be seen that she wraps zongzi in a very sophisticated way. When her wrist is turned over, the zong leaves are rolled up. Put some glutinous rice underneath, stuff a piece of meat in the middle, and put some glutinous rice on top, compact it with your hands, and then press the zong leaves. Close it, tie it with a rope, and tie a small knot at the end of the rope.

Yan Langqing also started to wrap the rice dumplings, the size and shape were exactly the same as Lin Dan's, and after wrapping one, he threw it into the basin next to him and waited for it to be cooked.

From morning to afternoon, the two of them finally packed 50 catties of rice dumplings and placed them in two buckets of the same size and shape. They were already cooked and steaming hot. Before everyone judged, Lin Dan counted the number of good rice dumplings, then walked to Yan Langqing's wooden barrel, and slowly said, "You and I will exchange positions."

Although Yan Langqing was full of doubts, she felt that there was nothing, so she walked to her barrel and stood still. Even if she changed positions, she recognized her barrel, could it be greedy by Lin Dan?

Lin Dan then invited all the guests and said, "May I ask the adults to take two guards into the kitchen, and exchange the positions of the two barrels placed on the left and right. You can exchange as many times as you like. Of course you don’t. Yes. After one adult has finished the exchange, another adult will go in and continue the exchange. After five rounds, no one is allowed to tell how many exchanges he has exchanged."

"What on earth do you want to do?" The emperor couldn't see Lin Dan's way. Logically speaking, once the zongzi has been wrapped, it is time to peel off a few for the referee to taste, and then decide the winner. But now, Lin Dan seems to be playing a game, and he seems to be playing around with everyone. Whom did she borrow the courage from?

"Your Majesty has already promised that this competition is up to the grass-minded people. Is this still the answer?" Lin Dan asked not to answer.

The emperor twisted his eyebrows and waved his hand, "Five people come out, go in and exchange the positions of the two barrels."

Five people, Tang Jiu, Dianqian County King, Cheng Prince, Prince Gong, and Weiyuanhou immediately stood up.

Yan Langqing hesitated for a moment, but did not raise any objections. Although these people are all loyal fans of Lin Dan, they are not referees, and they are not qualified to judge zongzi, and they did not hinder the competition at all. Does Lin Dan want to confuse the two buckets of zongzi so that the referee can't tell who made it? This method is indeed very clever, but she forgot that the several old royal cooks present here all left from the imperial dining room and are very familiar with Yan Langqing’s craftsmanship. Several of them were specially invited by the emperor to teach her cooking skills. She is half a master.

They wouldn't be able to tell who made the two kinds of zongzi. What's more, Lin Dan used that dirty method to treat glutinous rice, and the zongzi wrapped in it can be eaten? Yan Langqing was very suspicious of this, and already believed that he could win. Lin Dan was not as good as her ten years ago, and it will be the same ten years later.

The emperor also guessed Lin Dan's intentions and couldn't help shook his head. The shopkeeper Lin loves to be clever, but he always has no ideas.

After Tang Jiu exchanged wooden barrels, they walked out with a gloomy expression. In their view, everything Lin Dan did was a dying struggle. In this competition, she had already lost the moment she received the challenge. There is no justice under the power. She should understand that.

Lin Dan's expression was very relaxed, and he said, "The schedule is over, and then I have to set the rules of the game. Everyone here has a tendency, and it is inevitable that it is unfair. In my opinion, I am not a good referee. I want to take these two buckets of zongzi to the gate of the city, peel them apart and cut them into pieces, let those who enter the city taste them, and then ask them to pick a zongzi to take away according to their preferences. Whose zongzi is taken by the people first, who Just win, is it fair? Don’t worry, I marked the zongzi to tell which bucket belongs to, and I counted in advance. There are two buckets of zongzi each with 400, and the extra one is set aside. So as to avoid bad judgment."