Zhan Wenjun came to see Xu You today, but in fact he had already made up his mind to make a secret decision to explain it to him. Over the years, the shadows lingering in his mind have not faded away with the changes of time and distance as expected. Instead, they became clearer and clearer in the endless thoughts. The strands of feelings were like cages that imprisoned the mind, leaving her no possibility to accommodate other men. Since this is the case, if you should break it, you will break it. If Xu You knows that she pity her, you can fly together. If Xu You refuses people thousands of miles, then say goodbye from now on and never see you again.

Fortunately, what she gave up her dignity was not Xu You's contempt and despise, but the ultimate joyful and fusion of care and fusion. Those who love each other only had the same heart!

"The lady is finally back, and the maid is almost in a hurry."

Zhan Wenjun's personal maid was so anxious that she almost thanked her hair. Zhan Wenjun glared at her and said, "What crazy words are you saying! Be careful that someone else will listen to you, I want you to look good!"

"Okay, okay, my maid's life is a miserable person. I tried my best to cover the girl, but it was not lost!" Sixue pouted and said, "Mrs. Ru came just now. I said that the lady was in a light to deal with affairs last night, and she stopped when she was ugly and had not woken up yet. Ru looked out the window at the bed, and saw that the person was lying in the quilt, so she left without saying anything.

For example, the wife refers to Concubine Song, who has been established as a side house by Guo Mian. Although Guo Mian's first wife died early and Concubine Song's concubine Song's concubine can be said to be the only one in the family, but Zhan Wenjun has always held the power of money and intelligence since he married into the Guo Mansion. In terms of actual status, he is above Concubine Song.

Zhan Wenjun changed clothes under Sixue's service, endured the discomfort and did not take a bath. She did not have the habit of taking a bath in the morning, and the instructions would cause Concubine Song to be suspicious.

"Madam, for some reason, for this, Madam has been in our yard more frequently recently than before."

Zhan Wenjun knew it very well. After Xu You came to Beijing, Concubine Song was afraid that the two of them would rekindle their old love, so she stared at it a little. This was why she delayed more than ten days before she went to see Xu You. It was necessary to find a suitable opportunity to avoid Concubine Song's eyes and ears before she could leave the house without knowing it.

"Madam Ru understands me, but I have a kind heart. Don't make any comments in private!" Zhan Wenjun cleaned up, sat upright on the chair, looked calm, and said, "Please come over and say I've gotten up!"

After entering the house, Concubine Song looked at Zhan Wenjun first, with anger on her eyebrows and complaining: "Did you stay up late last night? I told you a long time ago, don't be too tired, just ask the people below to do those trivial things. Your body is important. If you are really tired, what should you do..."

"Sister Lao cares, it's okay, I can hold on!"

Concubine Song sat next to him, held her chin with her hand, and quipped on the desk between the two, "You worked so hard to sort out the information. Are you concerned about what happened in Taicheng or the person in Changganli?"

Zhan Wenjun lowered his eyelids and said lightly: "Whether Taicheng or Changganli are all the tendons and veins of Jinling City. Where should I care about it? I have my own concerns in my heart, so there is no need to tell my sister clearly!"

Concubine Song sighed and said, "You are blaming me for not letting you go out of the mansion to see Xu You, right? Sister, I really do it for your own good. Even if I meet you, what can I do? You have been separated for several years. I heard that Xu You have girls from all over Yangzhou, so I am afraid that I will leave you behind."

Zhan Wenjun actually wanted to laugh. Although Guo's ship pavilion was forced to disband, the intelligence agencies secretly remained huge, and these forces were all in her hands. Xu You's public whereabouts in Qiantang and Wu County were almost impossible to hide from her eyes. Not to mention going to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to get flirted with her, even the women who did not sleep around him were even better than those old-fashioned scholars. Concubine Song thought that all men in the world were the same, but she did not expect that Xu You was an exception.

"Sister, don't say anything more!" Zhan Wenjun was happy, but he still looked angry on his face and said, "What about Xu You is his business and has nothing to do with me. Also, whether I want to leave the mansion or where to go out of the mansion has nothing to do with my sister. Don't bother from now on."

Concubine Song smiled bitterly and said, "I was entrusted by the Lord, but I became a villain here. Forget it, let it go. If you don't touch some nails, it's not as clear as me, a person who has experienced it."

After seeing off Concubine Song Shen, Zhan Wenjun asked, "Is there any news from Wanqi coming back?"

Tingxue hurriedly said: "The letter I came back from Yin last night said that I had not met anyone, but Sister Wanqi chased her to Guangling again..."

"Guangling?"

"Yes, I heard that Guangling had a good piano player who was good at playing the piano and was taught by Yiren's "Guangling San" with a very unique tone. I guess he left for this piano music."

Zhan Wenjun's beautiful eyes were a little envious, and he said to himself: "Yes, only she can be so free and natural, and do whatever she wants. She is not like me, trapped in this vulgar house, dealing with all kinds of vulgar affairs!"

Tingxue didn't dare to speak, so she stood quietly by her side. I don't know how long it took, but listened to Zhan Wenjun: "Send someone to invite him again. You must invite him back as soon as possible, and there must be no delays."

"promise!"

Changganli, Xu's house, took a nap in the garden in the afternoon. The winter solstice had already secretly seen it. Xu You said angrily: "If you want to ask, ask, are you sneaky and voyeuristic?"

Dong Xie didn't understand the meaning of voyeurism, but she knew it wouldn't be a good thing, and laughed: "I'm thinking that with a mistress in the future, we girls and servants must be careful to serve us. If the mistress is not as easy to talk to as Xiaolang, then it would be miserable!"

Xu You said angrily: "Don't I know you yet? Even if you have a mistress, it's good that you don't bully others. We are ugly in the front, if it makes trouble for the back house, I'll just ask."

"Ah? It's not my fault, why are you the only one asking?"

"Then I don't care. You are a girl with sharp teeth and sharp mouths, which is difficult to deal with. The mistakes made by others are all on your head!"

"Xiaolang, I'm not convinced!"

"I don't accept it, I'm so domineering!"

When the two were bickering, Qingming stood by the side and had to look up at the birds on the branches forty-five degrees, as if the birds seemed more steady than the two childish children in front of them.

Yang Shun walked into the yard from the archway, stood three meters away, and put his hands in front of him, saying, "Master Huang, the Cui Mansion has not changed any abnormally these days. Only today has the side door opened and someone left with his luggage. I followed him and chatted for a few words and learned that he was the chef under the Cui Mansion, and he was deeply trusted and loved by Cui Yuanxiu. But last night I received the news that my mother died of illness at home and needed to go back to mourn for three years. Apart from this, there was no other progress."

The Winter Solstice felt a little disappointed and said, "What's the use? Without General Cai, Cui Yuanxiu can open the door and accept disciples?" General Cai and the Chef'er both called the chef, just one was a honorary title and the other was a quack name!

Xu You looked at Yang Shun and smiled and said, "Have your stick been hurt better?"

That day, because of disobeying orders, the Winter Solstice made Yang Shun take twenty sticks, but there was a reason for the incident. With Xu You's instructions, he just took a small stick and recovered as before after resting for three or five days. It was not serious.

Yang Shun was grateful. Xu You didn't ask about the information, but asked about his body first. It was very different from the other masters of the family. He bent down and knelt down and said, "It's great, I can run around the city and do my best for the masters of the family!"

"Get up, there is no need to kneel down in my mansion!" Xu You got up from the chair, paced back and forth for two steps, and suddenly said, "You go and ask again, is there any cook in the Cui mansion?"

Cui's mansion is really recruiting chefs. Of course, there is no only the chef who is attending the funeral in such a large mansion. However, Cui Yuanxiu is strange in nature. He has been used to eating the meals made by the other party over the years. He changed seven other chefs in the mansion in succession, but he was scolded and even drove out two. Then he hired three famous chefs from other places, but they were still not good at cooking. Later, no one dared to make a fire for him again. He had to recruit chefs who were skilled in frying, boiling, burning, roasting and seasoning to help him. He did not ask about his background or men or women, but he wanted to have superb cooking skills to satisfy Cui Yuanxiu's tricks and picky mouths.

"Xiaolang, aren't you going to pretend to be a cook and sneak into Cui's mansion?"

"There is no way!" Xu You nodded with a smile and said, "It is not necessary to be a disciple when listening to the scriptures. Cui Yuanxiu always has to start a lecture. If I sneak in, I can hide it aside and hear the true explanation."

The more I thought about the winter solstice, the more I felt it was unreliable, and said, "Yes, but you have never cooked... It would be great if the autumnal equinox is there. Her cooking skills are extraordinary, and she should be able..."

Speaking of the autumnal equinox, Ning Xuangu made an appointment for three years, but now it is time to pass, so I haven’t sent it back yet. After this, I should go to Mount Emei and bring it back.

"The autumnal equinox is not well understood, so it is useless to get in. Besides, never cooking does not mean that I can't cook." Xu You was an orphan in his previous life, and learning to cook was a necessary condition to ensure his survival. Later, he became successful, but cooking became a habit that he developed for many years. However, it was more about studying the cooking methods and watching friends share the sense of praise after they were made, and no longer simply to fill his stomach.

The only problem is that almost all he knows are practiced only in later generations, which is incompatible with the current era. But on the other hand, Cui Yuanxiu came from a prominent family and had never tasted any delicacies. The reason why even the famous chefs in Jinling could not satisfy his taste buds is not that the chefs' cooking skills are not good, but that they can neither bring him nostalgia nor freshness.

Nostalgia is the exclusive treatment of the resigned chef. What Xu You needs to give Cui Yuanxiu is a sense of freshness that transcends the times!

Well, let’s not talk about anything else, the recipes in "Suiyuan Food List" are enough to cope with a while.

First of all, the dish he wanted to copy was the "Wangchuan Xiaoshu" landscape platter created by the famous female chef of the Five Dynasties and nun Fanzheng. This is the first time in human history that the dishes and landscape scenery are integrated into one, becoming a unique plastic art, making the dishes contain landscapes and poetry overflowing in the plate. It is probably the appetite of literati and Confucian scholars like Cui Yuanxiu.

To use the stepping stone, you must naturally choose the largest one!

Platters are the basic skills of chefs in later generations. Xu You naturally learned them, but he was not very good at them. But now the Daoxin Xuanwei method has been completed. If the kitchen knife is in hand, it is like a god helps. The wonderful use of them is in one heart. I took stew, jerky, meat sauce, fruits, vegetables and other raw materials, conceived patterns, carved them one by one, and then made them into pieces. The rockery, flowing water, pavilions and towers are vivid and lifelike, which makes people amazed by Qingming and Winter Solstice.

There seems to be a secret on Xu You forever, and it will appear at some point that is amazing!

With this "Jinling Little Sample" after being renamed, it is definitely not a problem to impress Cui Yuanxiu. But there is another problem, that is, Xu You has already shown up in front of everyone, how can he hide his identity and hide it from the people in Cui's Mansion?

"The only one who really saw me in Cui's house was the one who answered the door on the first day. After that, the gate of Cui's house was closed and no one went out again. Not many people had seen me. Besides, isn't this Qingming's clever trick?"

The leather mask cannot move, and there is no need to be so grand. Qingming put a black mole between Xu You's eyebrows, and his complexion became a little gloomy. He used copper bleach to draw the eyebrows thicker, stretched the corners of his lips, stuffed small walnuts into his mouth, making the shape of buck teeth, and combined with the magical technique of illuminating the inside and outside, his back was slightly bent and his shoulders were slightly depressed, and his temperament also changed drastically.

Standing beside him, if the Winter Solstice had not been together day and night, no matter how close the person was, he would hardly recognize Xu You's true nature. Everything was ready. Xu You personally brought the food box and delivered it to Cui's mansion. After only half a cup of tea, a person rushed out and said, "Are you Yi Xiaoyu, the chef who came to Chengzheng?"

"It's the villain!"

"Come with me quickly, I will see you!"

After crossing the threshold of the side door, Xu You lowered his head and lowered his eyes, followed him step by step, never looking around easily, but instead made the manager who led the way have a good impression.

"Where are you from?"

"The villain came from Liangshui County, Ningzhou. His parents died early and were lonely and helpless. I heard that there were many noble people in Jinling who were good at tasting delicious food, so I wanted to find peace with my cooking skills."

"Then you are right. My master's ability to taste food is no longer under the "Shangshu". As long as you do your best to do your work, you will be safe from food and clothing!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Xu You was timid and shrank his hands and feet, and he would not associate the unique You Ye Yiguang in Jiangdong in any case. Seeing that the main hall was looking at him and was about to meet Cui Yuanxiu, he was not nervous, but suddenly wanted to laugh.

Such behavior of pretending to steal a master was exposed during the Ming and Qing dynasties, once it was exposed, it would probably have no chance to make a name for itself. But in this era, it would only be called elegant and beautiful, and it could even add a strong mark to the reputation of Xu You and Cui Yuanxiu.

The so-called romantic style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is nothing more than this!

(The inspiration of this chapter is from "New Words on the World: Literature Fourth": Fu Qian was good at "Spring and Autumn", and was about to make annotations, and wanted to refer to the same and different aspects. When he heard Cui Lie's disciples' lectures, he hid his name and rented food for the Lie disciples. Whenever he was about to talk, he would eavesdrop on the walls of the house. Since he knew that he could not surpass himself, he would tell his students about their shortcomings and strengths. Lie heard that he did not know who he was, but he always heard about Qian's name and doubted him. When he was not in a hurry, he shouted: "I'm careful! I'm careful!" Qian was not surprised to respond, so he was friendly to each other.)
Chapter completed!