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Chapter 57
57. Is it easy for the royal kitchen chef
The shadow guard Fang Heng saw that His Highness King Yu was really about to enter, but he drew half of his sword but couldn't move it anymore.
Although the shadow guard guarding the imperial dining room is very important and has the right to directly kill unknown persons, if he really dares to do anything to Pei Nianyu, I am afraid His Majesty will strip him off with his own hands...
What's more, he didn't know whether His Royal Highness King Yu was joking with him.He thought to himself that His Highness was just on a whim, but for the shadow guard, there was no joke.If it was put in for this reason, he would have to bear the responsibility for dereliction of duty in the future.
The entanglement lasted only for a moment, Fang Heng's thoughts turned, and after weighing it up, he quickly shot——
Click on the acupoints of His Royal Highness King Yu first, and restrain him before speaking, so that there will be no other conflicts. At worst, it will be a crime of offense, and it is better than being convicted of having a close relationship with a foreign minister.
However, as soon as his finger stretched out, he suddenly touched a non-gold and non-jade texture, as if that thing could be known in advance, it just blocked his finger, and disassembled his acupuncture hand gently and deftly.
Pei Nianyu was startled. Just now when he saw the opponent's attack, although he didn't have the slightest killing intent, he was a little flustered.However, at this moment, his hand that was holding the fan was suddenly covered by a familiar temperature, leading him to swing it diagonally forward.
The next moment, the opponent's move was completely blocked by the fan.
Pei Nianyu knew that Lou Yefeng was using his own hands to fight against the opponent, and with him pointing out, even though Pei Nianyu had never fought against a shadow guard's level of masters, he suddenly felt relieved and no longerIt was so flustered at first.
Seeing this, Fang Heng quickly changed his tactics halfway.Lou Yefeng whispered behind his ear:
"The right rib returns to the defense and turns to the left shoulder. He is a false move."
Pei Nianyu did as he said and dismantled it ahead of time. Fang Heng's moves were like bumping into a fan, but he had no choice but to force him to change his moves midway.
"Block to the left, then take a half step back to the right."
The two were very close to each other, Fang Heng naturally listened to Lou Yefeng's advice, and he was simply anticipating the enemy's every step.Every time he just figured out how to use his next move, Lou Yefeng had already pointed it out, which made him startled.
In such a daze, Lou Yefeng said quickly:
"Take the Yutang acupoint from the left, and then tap Yufu and Yunmen."
He still knew the basic acupuncture points. After hearing this, Pei Nianyu attacked without even thinking about it, without any timidity.
But he had never practiced acupuncture points, and he was afraid of hitting the wrong position, so in order to maintain stability, he had no choice but to pour all the internal energy of his body into the palm of his hand.Holding the position firmly and accurately, the jade fan in his hand was surrounded by surging internal force and sharp sound of breaking wind, and directly touched Fang Heng.
Fang Heng was poured into the meridians by the powerful internal force, and suddenly his whole body became weak, and he knelt down on the ground.The acupuncture points were tapped again and he couldn't move, he couldn't get up, so he had no choice but to kneel on the ground.
In fact, when he just heard Lou Yefeng's attack command, he didn't know it well, but when he was about to retreat, His Highness King Yu suddenly raised his inner strength, and the speed was unmatched.
He knew how to hide, but he couldn't hide.
The angle of Pei Nianyu's move was extremely superb, sealing all his directions, coupled with the suppression of internal force, he only felt a sharp aura lock him in place, unable to move, and he fell down the next momentland.
Lou Yefeng... Fang Heng lowered his head and smiled wryly.
It's really not wrong to be planted in the hands of the former No. 1 shadow guard who is well-known in the shadow guard world.But he didn't even go through the three moves, so...
If Lou Yefeng in his heyday made a move himself, wouldn't he be unable to catch even one move?
Pei Nianyu saw that his move was so powerful, and looked at the shadow guard on the ground who was feeling dejected, and naturally felt guilty.
He just wanted to tease him, but Fang Heng was so stubborn that he wanted to attack him without saying a word.And Lou Yefeng is also not a good person, how could he allow his master to be beaten.As for attacking His Majesty's Shadow Guard...he is not afraid of it.
After finishing the trick in a blink of an eye, Pei Nianyu realized that he had bullied others very badly...
He was quite guilty, and just about to turn around and ask Lou Yefeng how to relieve his acupoints, a black shadow suddenly approached and landed in front of them.Pei Nianyu looked up, and saw that the visitor looked haggard, with deep fatigue in his eyes, but his expression was still stern, who is it not Li Han?
Li Han didn't look at Pei Nianyu, but stared at Fang Heng on the ground, and snorted coldly.
Fang Heng instantly felt like falling into an ice cave.
"Just now you and His Highness King Yu fought?"
"Yes, this subordinate knows his mistake."
"Well, it's good that you know your mistake, and you will receive the punishment yourself after changing shifts today."
Pei Nianyu hastily stopped and said:
"Wait a minute, Li Han, why don't you ask him why he fought with me?"
How could he really implicate the shadow guard.Not to mention that he was already acquainted with Fang Heng, even if he was a completely unfamiliar shadow guard, he would not let this shadow guard suffer because of his momentary joke.
If Li Han wasn't here today, it wouldn't be a big deal, but he didn't expect Li Han to come, so he explained the reason to Li Han.
Li Han's complexion didn't change much, and he said lightly:
"Since His Royal Highness King Yu has spoken, I will let you off this time. But..."
He paused meaningfully, and Fang Heng only felt that his whole body seemed to be getting colder.
"Fang Heng, how many moves did you use to defeat His Highness?"
Fang Heng lowered his head, thinking in his heart that which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted. Asking him to answer this question in front of several colleagues around him is like a public execution.
"...Three strokes."
"……Ah."
Li Han suddenly stared at him like a knife:
"Martial arts are commonplace, but I only think about how to eat and drink all day long... I still deserve to be punished!"
Fang Heng had no objection.The shadow guard is like this, losing to others, and losing too ugly, is that they are not good at learning.Li Han only punished him, which is not bad.In the previous generation, a shadow guard with ineffective martial arts might have no way to survive.
"yes."
However, a huge question mark slowly appeared on Pei Nianyu's expression: "...?"
He was almost stunned, why didn't he know that Li Han was so strict.According to his standard, wouldn't it be true that all the shadow guards in his mansion who eat and drink every day will be pulled out and chopped up?
So he coughed lightly and said:
"How about it, I just want to learn martial arts from Ye Feng in a few days, so why don't I punish him to come to my mansion to be my training partner, and I also happen to use him to practice my moves."
However, there are so many shadow guards in Pei Nianyu's mansion, which one can't accompany their lord to fight against each other?This clearly meant to let Lou Yefeng give him advice by the way.
This kid is lucky.
Li Han was silent, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth and said:
"I still don't thank His Royal Highness King Yu!"
At this time, Pei Nianyu had already unlocked his acupoints. Fang Heng was very pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and quickly thanked him without mentioning it.
In fact, Pei Nianyu really didn't think about it that much, he just found a legitimate reason for him to eat and drink, so as to save him from having to sneak away from his colleagues every time he brought something to eat.
………………
The Imperial Dining Room occupies the front and back of the compound, and there are hundreds of houses in a row. The production place alone is divided into several places such as the tea room, dining room, and snack room, as well as other departments that process and process food materials.
Several people entered a relatively secluded courtyard in the imperial dining room, and there were already about twenty people standing in the courtyard.Pei Nianyu scanned it roughly, and keenly noticed that there were not many traces of cooking on the leader's hand. It seemed that the palm of his hand did not often hold a spatula.
But...the official authority on him is not small.
Presumably this is the Chief Manager of the Imperial Dining Room.You are the manager, of course it is not necessary to do it yourself.
Eunuch Wu on the side introduced Pei Nianyu in a low voice:
"These are the chief chefs and deputy chief chefs on the various stoves of the imperial dining room, just order them to do it."
Then Wu Bingzhong turned around and introduced the purpose of his visit to everyone.But he didn't mention Pei Nianyu's identity, only that he was a hidden celebrity chef who was specially invited by His Majesty.
Seeing that time was running out, Pei Nianyu didn't talk nonsense, and just took the chief chefs to the stove.All the ingredients have been prepared in advance according to his instructions.
He rolled up his sleeves neatly, picked up the kitchen knife and hit the cutting board with a "bang":
"I'll just demonstrate all the dishes. You all remember them well. If you can't remember them or don't know how to cook them, you can find a way to do it yourself."
More than 20 people stood in a row, secretly looking at each other, not daring to show any air.
Although they didn't know Pei Nianyu, they knew Wu Bingzhong.This Wu Daban, who they rarely see each other on weekdays, even respects this "magic chef", which shows that the identity of the visitor is really unusual, and they must not be offended.
But outside the courtyard, the head of the imperial dining room spoke to Wu Bingzhong suspiciously:
"Eunuch Wu, why does Your Majesty suddenly want to...?"
To be honest, Pei Nianyu, the manager of the imperial dining room, was the one who had the most resentment for his meddling in the Winter Solstice Banquet.When he thought about it, if the master chef made such a two-course dish and caught the eye, wouldn't it be taking his credit.
So he had the cheek to ask Eunuch Wu.
And Wu Bingzhong naturally knew the Plan S in his heart, so he looked down on him very much.What a status he is, naturally he doesn't have to pretend to be false with the people in the imperial dining room.
What's more... His Majesty has long thought about changing this imperial dining room.After King Yu came down this time, the future layout of the imperial dining room is still unknown. Whether the chief executive can continue to be in charge is still a matter of debate.
So Wu Bingzhong simply didn't bother to make those face-saving remarks. After hearing the words, he satirized him put on a fake smile:
"Of course it's because His Majesty thinks the food in the imperial dining room is too unpalatable, and he is afraid that the dishes for the Winter Solstice Banquet will lose face in front of the officials."
The steward was shocked when he heard that His Majesty was dissatisfied with him, and he didn't care about the etiquette. He just wanted to hug Eunuch Wu's thigh quickly and get some more information.
Wu Bingzhong wanted to leave at first, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that such a thoughtful guy would try every means to find out about Pei Nianyu.Obviously there will be nothing, but those of them who have stayed in the palace for a long time, they are secretly stumbling, but they are better than each other.
Although to Pei Nianyu, this was just like a mayfly shaking a tree, but if some dirty tricks were used in the palace, Pei Nianyu would be disgusted.Let alone the manager, even he will have to take the consequences, it is a trivial matter to be dismissed by His Majesty.
So he stopped patiently and gave the manager a warning.
"Our family has watched the relationship for many years, and I would like to remind you that this... Godly chef, you can't make a fool of yourself. Besides, he just came to give some advice today and left, so you don't have to worry about anything."
"Let's say one more thing, if you want to please His Majesty, why not take advantage of this master chef here today and learn a few more tricks. How much you can comprehend in the future depends on your talent."
The manager immediately became serious when he heard the words.He did have some guesses at first, whether Pei Nianyu, the "magic chef", fell into His Majesty's favor by accident.However, since Eunuch Wu said that he would only come for one day, he immediately changed his mind.
Just like what he said, since this person will not be the head of the imperial dining room, he will not be in the way of him, so stealing a few tricks as soon as possible is the greatest benefit.
Since His Majesty likes this person's culinary skills, wouldn't he be able to please His Majesty after learning this person's dishes?Although he hasn't been in charge of cooking for a long time since he became the general manager, how could he miss the job that can please His Majesty, and it is not impossible to return to the old job.
After weighing the matter, the manager made up his mind to flatter Pei Nianyu hard and try to get Pei Nianyu to pass on some of his dishes.
Here, Pei Nianyu had already finished two appetizers and was about to start the third course. The chief chefs on both sides were watching intently, when the head of the imperial dining room suddenly opened the door and came in.
Pei Nianyu stared at him for a year, but ignored him. He really didn't have the energy to deal with people in this kind of administrative position who were not really responsible for being in charge.
Unexpectedly, the manager ignored Pei Nianyu's ignorance, walked up to Pei Nianyu's side with small steps, and quietly pushed Lou Yefeng away who was waiting for orders.
Lou Yefeng: "..."
Then the manager smiled like a flower, he didn't mind the lack of dignity in front of so many colleagues, and began to show courtesy to Pei Nianyu:
"Sir, what do you need, even though the order is..."
After speaking, he began to help hand this and that. At first, Pei Nianyu just frowned and didn't say anything. Isn't it just right to have a lot of free labor.
However, after a while, the manager saw that Pei Nianyu had already put the ingredients into the pot, so he could only watch from the side, but there was nothing he could do.After thinking about it, he took out the handkerchief in his arms, lowered himself down and began to wipe Pei Nianyu's clothes:
"Hey, look, it's been splashed with water, let the old slave wipe it for the master."
Pei Nianyu was stunned: What is this guy doing?
Lou Yefeng on the side was so angry, although this guy just touched the corner of his master's clothes, how could he bear it?Looking at the dazzling scene in front of him, Lou Yefeng felt that all the years of cultivation and restraint had been fed to the dogs.
After taking three deep breaths, he still couldn't hold it back. He pulled the front of his clothes and lifted the manager up, and whispered:
"I think you are tired and crooked?"