Seeing everyone's shock and admiration, Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "This pastry is called 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance', and the taste is milky and sweet. The other pot is peppery pork stuffed rolls, also called 'Human World' Fireworks'. It tastes like chili and hemp, which is more refreshing, and has a strong aroma of meat and pasta."

She just briefly introduced the next two pastries, and everyone was drooling.

Xu Qinyu's pasta was the first to come out of the pan, because when she made 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance', the other cooks almost stopped their work and watched her make peony flowers one after another. When she came to steam these peonies, the cooks came back to their senses and started to work on their own hands, so at this moment, Xu Qinyu's pastries were also the first to come out of the pot.

When the helper brought the trays of 'peony flowers' and flower rolls to the selection team.

The eyes of the old gentlemen who were selected were the first to be attracted by the delicate and beautiful peony flower. It was so beautiful that they were completely reluctant to eat it. At the end of all the selections, they were the first to eat the flower roll. Xu Qinyu called this flower roll Human fireworks, compared with peonies, Hanamaki is not the same as human fireworks.

After the entrance of the Hanamaki, the smell of meat mixed with the spicy aroma fills the mouth. The noodles made of Hanamaki are excellent, fluffy, soft and a little bit strong, with a strong noodle aroma, and there is no sour or hard taste at all. With this The spicy meat filling and scallion fragrance, several judges couldn't help eating one bite after another, and soon a flower roll was finished, and they were still not satisfied, and wanted to continue eating.

Even the most common Hanamaki, the taste of this little cook is different, it is really delicious, there is nothing wrong with it.

Xu Qinyu's chili and hemp taste is also just right, it is slightly numb and slightly spicy, and most people can eat it.

There are still many of these flower rolls, Xu Qinyu packed a dozen of them in a food box, and then went down to eat them for Zhizhi Yunlan and Lianhua.

After eating the flower rolls, the judges looked at the big steamer in front of Xu Qinyu, knowing that her flower rolls were steamed a lot, and wanted to continue eating, but they were too embarrassed to ask, so they could only continue to select other peonies.

Looking down at the peony flower in front of me, couldn't bear to spoil its beauty, so could only tear off a petal. The mouthfeel was full of milky fragrance, a touch of sweetness, and the skin was also a little chewy.

Seeing that the judges tore off the petals of such a beautiful peony flower, the crowd below couldn't help feeling regret and reluctance in their hearts.

This feeling of reluctance gradually dissipated when the judges ate the whole peony flower.

After the judges finished eating, they naturally had to choose people from the crowd to taste it.

This is also the place that the people below are most looking forward to.

Ten people were quickly selected, but someone below said, "Aren't there many more 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance' and 'Fireworks on Earth' made by Mrs. Xu? Can you choose a few more people to taste and rate?"

Everyone was really envious of the food made by Xu Qinyu.

It was the first time for the judges to encounter such a situation, but they finally agreed. After all, the ratings of the common people are not recorded in the total score, which is to let them taste the taste.

Only then did Xu Qinyu get people to distribute the remaining peony flower milk steamed buns and flower rolls, but the flower rolls in the food box did not move.

Almost everyone chooses to eat the rolls first, and Peony is reluctant to touch them at all.

The flower rolls are very fragrant, and someone said while eating them: "It's delicious, it's so delicious, I've never eaten such delicious flower rolls, the mother-in-law at home should also learn how Miss Xu makes flower rolls, why are they so ordinary? Hanamaki, my little lady Xu can make it so delicious."

"No, it's really delicious. Hey, there's only one, and it's gone after a few bites. I still want to eat it."

"I don't even want to eat this peony..."

"Me too……"

Because of the cooking competition, these eating methods are public and can be learned by others.

Even if these people were reluctant to eat peony flower steamed buns, they would tear off a petal in the end. When they tasted the taste and it was full of milk, they didn't want to give up, and they all ate a peony flower with big mouthfuls.

In the end, everyone gave full marks.

The same is true for the judges, who can't pick a wrong pasta, no matter it is taste, shape, color, fragrance and taste.

Not only the peony flower steamed buns, but even the flower rolls are also very beautiful, even in size, like a small flower.

When the judges gave out the perfect score, the crowd below couldn't help cheering.

Xu Qinyu also pursed her lips and smiled, and finally led the food box down and returned to her friend and Lotus.

The faces of the three were flushed with excitement, and Yang Zhizhi said happily, "Qinyu, you are amazing!"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "You're all hungry, there are just a few flower rolls left. You can eat with your stomachs covered, and you can go back to the evening meal in a while."

There are five hours a day, so only twenty players can participate in the midfield, which takes five days in total.

The three of them each took a flower roll to eat, but found that the people around them were staring at the flower roll in their hands, and finally they were embarrassed and handed the flower roll to the people around them, "We ate something to fill our stomachs at noon, these Would you like to try the flower rolls together?"

I was too embarrassed to eat even the most edible lotus flower, and gave up the flower rolls to others.

Xu Qinyu was naturally embarrassed to eat, and distributed all the flower rolls in the food box.

In the end, the crowd took the flower rolls with smiles, congratulated Xu Qinyu with smiles, and many wished her to win the championship in advance. Everyone could see that although the little lady was young, her cooking skills were very good. Whether the case or the white case, can't pick out any mistakes, and there will definitely be no problems in the final game.

These flower rolls, some people around are reluctant to eat, and plan to take them home for the children at home to try.

After the rest of the cooks' ratings were completed and it was already dark, they all went home.

The other nineteen cooks only got the highest average score of ninety.

For the next few days, Xu Qinyu did not continue to go to the city to watch the competition.

It wasn't until the fourth day that she followed Lianhua, Zhizhi and the others over again. This time it was announced that the cooks who could advance to the final stage were naturally her, and there were nine other cooks, including Kong Kun's name.

After announcing the finalists, there will also be a day off for the judges to prepare the ingredients.

In the final competition, we need to prepare three dishes, one soup and steamed rice. If you want to make three dishes and one soup, you can let the cooks decide on their own. They can write down the ingredients, kitchenware and seasonings they need and hand them over to the judges. The judges prepare the food.

Xu Qinyu wrote down all the ingredients, seasonings and kitchen utensils he needed, and then returned to the city after handing it over to the selection.

The next day, Xu Qinyu continued to work in the restaurant.

Early in the morning on the third day, Xu Qinyu, Lianhua and two friends drove the carriage to Raozhou City.

They had just finished their morning meal. It was still early in the day, and in autumn, the weather was a bit cold, especially in the morning, when several of them wore thinner cloaks. When dry, you can take off the cloak.

From the restaurant to the prefect's mansion, it takes two quarters of an hour to drive a horse-drawn carriage.

The road is also an official road, and there are also twos and threes of pedestrians entering the city, all of which are nearby villagers.

On the way, Xu Qinyu didn't know why, but her heart skipped a beat. She thought it was the reason she didn't sleep well last night.

I had some dreams last night, so spirit was not very good. planned to go into the city for half an hour to make up for sleep, but for some reason, her heart beat twice, and she couldn't sleep, so she simply opened a gap in the car curtain and looked outside. past.

There is a distance on the road, there are reeds on both sides, and it is autumn again, and the reeds are also flourishing, all of which are white fluff.

Xu Qinyu was thinking about the fourth brother.

She is not worried at all about the last cooking competition today. In terms of cooking, she has the greatest confidence.

Not long after the fourth brother left, she missed the fourth brother a little. She wondered when the businessman's job like the fourth brother would become a big one. In fact, there is no shortage of money in the family, but the fourth brother is a man. , she won't stop her. If she can, she can actually get a caravan for the fourth brother, just to make some food and ingredients that can be stored for a long time and transport it to the south for sale, and then get some from the south. Some ingredients and specialties are available.

Just thinking about it, Lotus suddenly opened the front curtain and looked at Xu Qinyu with a serious face.

Xu Qinyu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the lotus meant when she suddenly turned around, Lianhua pointed to Xu Qinyu's curtain that lifted a little gap, and gestured towards Xu Qinyu. Curtains.

Xu Qinyu thumped in her heart, and had a bad premonition, she hurriedly put down the curtain, and said silently with her mouth: "Lianhua, what happened?"

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan were confused, Yang Zhizhi was about to ask what happened to Lianhua, Xu Yunlan probably realized that something was wrong, so she hurriedly grabbed Zhizhi and made a booing gesture, Yang Zhizhi covered her mouth and nose say.

Lianhua looked at the three of them seriously, and finally took out three daggers from her bosom and threw them into their bosoms.

Seeing the dagger, Yang Zhizhi's face turned pale all of a sudden, Xu Yunlan was fine, her father Xu Kongmu knew some boxing skills, and she also practiced secretly, but now she was not so scared, picked up the dagger and stuffed it into the arms of two friends.

Xu Qinyu knew that Lianhua knew martial arts, and her martial arts were strong. She must have known that something was wrong outside. There must be some kind of ambush aimed at her.

Or Zhizhi and Yunlan?

Because Zhizhi and Yunlan are the daughters of County Magistrate Yang and Xu Kongmu, they are also afraid that they may have some enemies, so they focus on their daughters.

But Xu Qinyu still felt that it should be related to her, and it happened to be on the way to the city for a competition.

There was a sudden pause in her mind, could it be because of this cooking competition? Some people don't want her to win the championship, so they find someone to target her?

It was the first time she encountered this situation, her complexion was slightly pale, and she clenched the dagger in her hand tightly.

After Lianhua threw the three daggers in, she turned around and touched from under the seat. She didn't know what she found, and then opened the curtain and threw them in. They were three leather gloves, but they were not ordinary leather gloves. There was a mystery hidden on them. , there is a small mechanism on the glove, and the lotus signaled them to wear it on their hands. After putting it on, they will know how it works. After putting it on, there is a mechanism in the palm of the hand. Is there any hidden weapon that can be launched.

Yang Zhizhi's face was pale, and he put on the leather gloves tremblingly.

Except for being a little frightened at the beginning, Xu Qinyu's expression has returned to normal now. She quickly put on the gloves, then touched the mechanism on the palm of her hand, leaned close to Yang Zhizhi's ear and whispered: "Zhizhi, There is a mechanism in the palm of your hand, if something happens in a while, if someone rushes in front of you, just press the mechanism and aim at the person's chest or head."

Yang Zhizhi nodded again trembling.

Xu Yunlan is like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, her expression has not changed at all.

As soon as the three of them put on the gloves, suddenly a bow and arrow shot through the curtain of the car and nailed it to the compartment inside. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The expressions of the three of them changed, and they all hurriedly crouched down.

Then Xu Qinyu felt a shock in front of the carriage, and there was the sound of weapons colliding outside, as well as Lianhua's scolding.

Xu Qinyu knew that the three of them had no martial arts skills, and they couldn't help Lianhua by going out now. As long as they could take care of themselves, it was the best idea.

Xu Qinyu didn't know what was going on outside, so she just stared at the car curtains and the car door, planning to press the mechanism on her palm as soon as someone came in, and if anyone came close, a dagger would stab them.

She kept telling herself not to be afraid.

I don't know how long it has passed, maybe it was only a short while, and I only heard the exclamation of passing villagers, "Yes, there are bandits, hurry up, run away."

In addition, there are men's cries of pain, muffled grunts, and scolding: "Why is this bitch's martial arts so high? The man didn't say that there is a bitch among them who knows martial arts. Damn it, don't fight her!" , the rest of the people go to the carriage and kill the girls inside."

When Xu Qinyu heard this, she clenched her dagger tightly.

Yang Zhizhi was so frightened that she was on the verge of crying, with tears in her eyes, but she did not flinch, and firmly clenched the dagger in her hand, while Xu Yunlan directly protected the two of them behind her back.

Soon there were footsteps outside, and even the carriage door was slashed open, but no one rushed in, but a man screamed in pain, "Damn it, this horse kicked me!"

Immediately afterwards, someone rushed over again, seemingly slashing the horse's butt with a knife, and the horse pulling the carriage outside let out a sharp neigh.

"Damn it, this horse ran away without being frightened even though it was injured. It's a good horse. If you kill someone in a while, remember to take the horse back."

After finishing speaking, someone put his head in. It was an ordinary-looking man. Without any hesitation, Xu Yunlan raised her palm, aimed at the man's head, pressed the mechanism in her hand, and shot a hidden weapon in the man's seal. On the ground, the man's eyes widened, a drop of blood overflowed from between his brows, and he fell directly backwards.

"Third!" someone shouted from outside.

It was the first time Xu Yunlan killed someone, so she couldn't help turning pale.

Two more people rushed in. This time, the three people in the carriage couldn't help but raise their palms, and pressed their palms towards the two people who rushed in. Three more hidden weapons were shot out, two of which missed, and one of them He only injured his arms and waist, but he was still able to move. With a fierce expression on his face, he stared at Xu Qinyu, and stretched out his hand to grab her.

Xu Qinyu was certain at this moment that these people were coming for her.

The three of them raised their daggers and stabbed them at the same time. For some reason, the man moved slowly, and they stabbed him with the dagger. Then black blood spilled from the corner of the man's lips, and he fell into the carriage, looking like he was poisoned.

After that, two more people rushed over, and they were all resolved by the three of them. The voices from outside slowly quieted down, and suddenly a head came over. The three of them were about to press the mechanism in their palms, and they found that it was the lotus flower. blood on the face.

Lianhua wiped her face and showed her white teeth to the three of them, "Don't worry, it's me, master, I killed all these people, it's safe now."

Xu Qinyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, leaning on the frame of the carriage window with weak hands and feet, and looked outside. There were some signs of struggle on the ground, and she wanted to crawl over the reed. Lotus stepped forward, stepped down, and stepped on the back of the man's hand, "Be honest, I will kill you if I try to run!"

The man was stepped on the back of his hand and let out a wailing cry.

Xu Qinyu and Xu Yunlan helped the carriage down, both of them had weak legs and almost fell when they got off the carriage.

Yang Zhizhi on the carriage was huddled tightly in the corner at the moment. She was the least timid and did not dare to get off the carriage, so she shrank there with her eyes closed and trembling.

After getting off the carriage, Xu Qinyu also saw the scene outside. It was a bit miserable. howling on the ground.

For the person who was shot between the eyebrows by Yunlan's hidden weapon, the blood that overflowed from the eyebrows had turned black, which should be poisonous smeared on the fired hidden weapon.

There were people passing by. Seeing this, they were so frightened that they wanted to turn around and run back to the village. Xu Qinyu hurriedly said, "It's all right now. I'd like to trouble my sister-in-law, aunt, and brothers to go to the city and help me report to an official."

It's half way to the city.

These villagers also recognized Xu Qinyu, "Are you Xu Ji's owner? The little lady who competed in cooking in the city?"

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Exactly, please help me to report to an official."

Seeing that these gangsters were indeed unable to move, the big guy felt more at ease, and planned to go together and go to the city to help Xu Qinyu report to an official.

When the villagers trotted away, Xu Qinyu looked back at the carriage. There was also a lot of blood on the carriage. There was also a black horse. The horse was slashed on the buttocks and bleed a lot. Qinyu looked distressed, and went to unload the carriage behind.

Seeing this, Xu Yunlan and Lotus hurried over to help unload the carriage. Xu Qinyu patted the horse and said, "You lie down and rest for a while."

The horses driving the carriage were not afraid of being injured. The horses were frightened and ran around. Even if they were not killed by these bandits, they would easily have accidents because of the frightened horses.

Xu Qinyu remembered that this horse was brought back to her by her fourth brother. On weekdays, she would take time to go to the stable to feed the horse in person. Now that it was injured, her heart also felt distressed.

Seeing this, Lotus moved a wooden box out from under the carriage seat and opened it to see that it was filled with all kinds of gold sore medicines, spirits and needles, which should be used for first aid.

Lotus is also very proficient in these tasks, first helping to wash the wound on the back of the dismounted buttocks with spirits.

The horse moved uncomfortably, Xu Qinyu hurried over and touched the horse's head, smoothed the mane, and said warmly, "It's alright, don't be afraid, this is to heal you."

The horse then became quiet, and when Lotus washed the wound on the horse's buttocks with strong wine, he sprinkled the golden sore medicine, and took out the needle and thread to sew up the wound.

Lianhua is very skilled in this work, and comforts Xu Qinyu, "Don't worry, Master, it's fine, the wound is not deep, and the bones are not injured. The wound is sutured for a few days, and the medicine is applied three times a day, and it will soon recover. It won't affect at all in the future."

She recognized that this was His Highness' horse. Like His Highness, it was very stable. If the other horses were frightened, they would have run away, so she dared to leave the master and the others on the carriage.

Xu Qinyu felt relieved after hearing this.

Zhizhi on the carriage also plucked up her courage, and when she saw the corpses and bloodstains outside, she couldn't hold back, and ran to the reeds and vomited. Xu Yunlan took a water bottle and went over to take care of Zhizhi.

Xu Qinyu was no longer so scared at this moment, even seeing the bloodstains on the stumps, the broken arms and the corpses, she was also a little physically disgusting.

They can't do it now, they can only wait for the officials in the city to come.

Xu Qinyu tried her best not to focus on that, she asked Lianhua, "Lianhua, are they coming for me?"

Lianhua nodded, "It should be, and I don't know how to disguise. I pretended to be a pedestrian waiting on the road, but my expression was completely wrong, and there was a knife on my waist and back. I saw it at a glance. But they are all incompetent gangsters." , it may be bandits or water bandits somewhere, they don’t have any advanced martial arts skills, so don’t worry, master, if you come here like this, I can beat a hundred with one.”

Xu Qinyu frowned and thought, these people were obviously bribed by someone to harm her, and they were the kind who didn't want to live, and wanted her life directly.

Is it true that it has something to do with this cooking competition? Someone didn't want her to win, so who would it be?

Several people waited for half an hour on the side of the road, and finally a yamen servant came on horseback. They were a little surprised to see this scene. After asking a few questions, they first brought the corpses of these gangsters back to the yamen, and the other three Or the gangsters were also carried back.

And Xu Qinyu was going to participate in the cooking competition, so he couldn't go back to the Yamen with the servants, so he just asked: "Gentlemen, can I go to the Yamen after I finish participating in today's cooking competition?"

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan continued, "We also know the process of these people's murder. Is it possible for us to go to the Yamen with several officials to cooperate in the investigation?"

The yamen servants also recognized Xu Qinyu, and knew that she was the most famous little cook in Raozhou City recently, so they were naturally willing, "Okay, let's go back to the city first."

Even the injured black horse was temporarily led back to the Yamen by the officials.

It's just that when Xu Qinyu went to the arena at the prefect's mansion, it was already very late, and the final cooking competition had already started for two quarters of an hour, that is, half an hour.

The judges were still wondering why Xu Qinyu didn't show up at this hour, but when they saw her appearing in a hurry, with a little blood on her body, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "Miss Xu, what happened on the way?" Things? Now that you are here, let’s start quickly, the ingredients and kitchen utensils you want have been prepared, and there should be still time.”

In the last competition today, there were only ten people left. They prepared three dishes, one soup and rice, and gave them two hours, that is, four hours, which was plenty of time.

Fortunately, there is no rule in the competition rules that you cannot continue the competition if you are late, but some people were still dissatisfied and couldn't help saying, "Ms. Xu is two quarters of an hour late, how can I continue the competition? In this case, the rules are Not too loose."