On the first day of the new class, Dr. Guozi, Zhang Shou, who was in charge of Jiuzhangtang, and Lu Sanlang, the second-year chief, quietly left Guozijian and went to Xinglong Tea House. However, when Zhang Shou left, he generously went to the rope hall to report to Xu Heiyu.

And Xu Heiyu, who was originally the most disgusted by all kinds of unhealthy tendencies, as soon as he heard that this Jiuzhangtang was actually electing a fasting chief, and Zhang Shou regarded this as the first lesson for the freshmen, he immediately swallowed back the doubts that came to his lips, and without Zhang Shou making a request, he immediately rushed to Jiuzhangtang, intending to see it with his own eyes.

Lu Sanlang has always been disgusted with Xu Hei, seeing that this person is so enthusiastic about his style of study, when he walked out of the archway of Guozijian University and got on the horse, he couldn't help but mutter: "Why do I think that this Xu Heizi is holding the rope and the eunuch of the hall, and he has the heart of the four products?" ”

Zhang Shou knew that Lu Sanlang was sarcastic about Xu Heiyu as the supervisor of the Rope Hall, but he had the heart of the four-grade Guozi Supervisor Wine, and couldn't help but smile: "This kind of person who is really willing to do things and is not afraid of offending his colleagues in the upper peak, why should you be too harsh?" ”

He coughed lightly, then diverted the subject: "Are you all ready?" ”

"Of course." Lu Saburo grinned directly at this time, "This is the first semi-final, just like the first preliminary round last time, I also invited a lot of people." Needless to say, Wei Nan Bo Na will definitely come. But the one with the bigger face is the little master, she sent someone to tell me that she invited Huaiqinghou, Xiangyang Bo, Dingtao Bo, Linfen Bo......"

Hearing Lu Sanlang naturally calling Xiao Shiniang there, and reporting the names of the dishes one by one, Zhang Shou just wanted to hehe.

Could this be...... Is there a meeting of the Zhang family?

Huaiqinghou Zhang Jingzhou, Xiangyang Bo Zhang Qiong, Dingtao Bo Zhang Qian, Linfen Bo Zhang Wuxi, Weinan Bo Zhang Kang, if you add Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, Zhang Xinling, the governor and Zhang Yu, the scholar Zhang Yu, and the Duke of Chu and the Marquis of Nanyang, who are not in the capital, this seems to be what Zhu Ying told him when he inquired about his life experience and asked about the names of the people in the capital, and the eldest lady counted him with her fingers, okay?

secretly complained and complained, Zhang Shou still had to sigh, fortunately he went to find Zhu Ying, the eldest lady's face was so big that he couldn't believe it. Last time, Zhu Ying came forward to tell Xie Wanquan and Xiangyang Bo Zhang Qiong's daughter about a family matter, and this time she directly invited Zhang Qiong herself, the Zhu family has a feud with the Zhang family? After this situation, he believes that he has relatives!

Lu Sanlang saw that Zhang Shou seemed to be accustomed to his title as a little master, and immediately became even more unscrupulous, and after getting on the horse, he said with relish while walking: "This is not enough, the little master said that she will go and invite Wu Ge Lao and Zhang Daxue to try it again." I heard that these two people are resting today, if they can be invited, it will be an addition, and if they don't come, they have to forget it. ”

Zhang Shou was even more slanderous at this time. Listen, it's always a big deal! This is really the Zhang family's earnest meeting!

Lu Sanlang didn't see Zhang Shou's subtle psychological changes, and shrugged his shoulders with some regret and said: "Zhang Chen and Zhu Er are back, and the two of them have replaced their fathers, after all, such distinguished guests as Qin Guogong and Zhao Guogong, it is very remarkable that I have invited them once, and I will not have such a big face when I invite them again." It's all Zhang Chen and Zhu Er who are useless, so they can't invite their father. ”

Zhang Shou didn't care about Lu Sanlang giving Zhang Chen and Zhu Er eye medicine, and asked with interest: "What about your father?" ”

"How can it be less?" Lu Sanlang's eyebrows fluttered, but he didn't forget to add, "Xie Yuan Tang Ming and Xie Wanquan are also here." Hey, if you had asked these two people to go to Rongshui Village to find Mr. Xiao, the guy who made trouble with you was not only the old man surnamed Jiang, but also someone else...... I'm going to him off today! As for Chief Yue Shan, I also sent an invitation, it doesn't matter if he comes or not. ”

For such a very Lu Saburo-style answer, Zhang Shou was not surprised at all. At that moment, he gave Lu Saburo a thumbs up: "Although there is no Princess Yongping today, there are four princes, plus this bunch of people, the momentum is enough." ”

"Of course." Lu Sanlang was about to continue to be proud, but suddenly saw a pair of sharp eyes flying towards him from time to time, he saw that it was Ah Liu, so he quickly restrained a little, but hurriedly smiled again, "I heard that Mr. Xiao also beat Song Juren to participate in the semi-finals?" In case he makes a fool of himself......"

"Do you think he's really like he said, only good at sugar water, and can't do anything else?" Zhang Shou interrupted Lu Sanlang's unfounded worries, and his face was full of disapproval. "Don't forget, he passed your mouth first, and then entered the preliminary round, and he wasn't sure if people would have a dim sum question or a dessert question."

"He's good at making sugar water, but other cooking isn't too bad."

If Song Juren knew that Zhang Shou looked up to him so highly, then he would definitely not have time to appreciate the grace of knowing him, but would complain that Zhang Shou was not a good talker. If it was when he was unknown, then no one would pay attention to him, who came out to compete with the name of a small restaurant, but now everyone knows that he is a dignified person mixed in with a group of cooks!

When he appeared today, he didn't know which idler shouted that this was that Song Juren, so for the first time in his life, he experienced the treatment of the crowd - God is pitiful, he has never been so beautiful even when he was in the middle of the year.

And Fang Qing, who came with Song Juren, felt that he had suffered from the pond fish, as if countless pairs of eyes were looking at him there, and countless fingers were pointing there, he almost wanted to pull his legs and leave, but Song Bastard was holding him firmly with one hand, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to.

Annoyed and angry, he suddenly scolded: "It's you who came to compete today, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Anyway, every chef can bring a helper, I didn't have it last time, but this time it's just right to have you." Seeing that Fang Qing was so angry that the blue tendons on his forehead were about to burst, Song Juren said seductively, "Don't take it seriously, Princess Yongping came last time, and many dignitaries such as Old Master Ge and Zhao Guogong and Qin Guogong also came, maybe the emperor will also come this time?" ”

"Come on, you big-headed ghost!" Fang Qing tried his best to break free from Song Juren's shackles, but he was just a weak scholar, how could he compare to this strange person among the lifters. So, he could only scold viciously in a low voice, "Don't forget that we heard the news on the road when we just came, the head of Yuzhang Academy, Hong Shan, asked to marry his virtuous and virtuous daughter to the eldest prince, and the emperor must be in a hurry!" ”

"Who knows?" Song Juren's eyes flickered, but his expression was clearly disapproving, "The people take food as the sky, and the king must be no exception, in case the emperor comes up, thinking of my strange thing, won't you be able to get the moon first near the water?" ”

The two of them were still pulling and pulling here, so when they attracted many curious eyes, they suddenly heard a loud shout: "Look, there are a lot of people here, all of them are riding horses, not riding cars!" ”

Fang Qing was confused by the adjectives in the second half of the paragraph, but Song Juren muttered in a low voice: "Although there are a lot of civil officials riding horses, except for the particularly young ones, most of them are either riding in a car or a sedan chair. ”

Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, something good in the crowd began to report the name of the dish...... Knighthood. As one prominent name after another was reported, even Fang Qing, who initially thought that Song Juren was completely foolish, unconsciously showed a solemn expression.

And with the arrival of the leaders of the provincial merchant gangs and guild halls one after another, he was about to habitually hate the rich, but he only heard someone shouting in the other room: "Miss Zhu invited Wu Ge to come over!" ”

Although Wu Ge Lao has always had a reputation as a good gentleman in the cabinet - in fact, he is privately called the Son of Heaven Echo Worm - but outside, he is still a high-ranking and powerful cabinet elder who is feared by the people.

And I heard that it was personally invited by Zhu Ying, even if Fang Qing didn't know that most of the other nobles were also Zhu Ying's handwriting, he still couldn't help but take a light breath and said: "Dr. Zhang's fiancée is so powerful, doesn't it mean that Zhao Guogong and many civil officials are not in harmony?" ”

"God knows." Song Jucai didn't comment on what he didn't understand, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "What's the matter, I didn't lie to you just now, right?" With so many people coming, maybe the emperor will come too? ”

"That's none of my business." Fang Qing instantly abandoned the somewhat eager expectation just now, and snorted stiffly, "I'm not you, I'm not good at things in the kitchen, even if I do chores for you, I will probably only burn the fire, if you don't want to burn something, then keep me as a 'helper'!" ”

Song Juren had no choice but to let go, seeing that Fang Qing squeezed into the crowd as soon as he shook his hand, he had no choice but to slowly go to the registration office in front of the big kitchen, but he muttered in a low voice: "What's wrong with the fire?" Emperor Taizu also personally commented on the legend of Tianbo Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, and praised Yang Paifeng, the fire-burning girl......"

Fang Qing struggled into the crowd at this time and tried to leave, of course he wouldn't hear Song Juren's complaints, but then he found out what it was like to walk in front of the surging crowd. Because he almost went further, he was squeezed back three steps, and in the end, not only did he not leave, but was directly pushed back!

If it weren't for the fact that there weren't so many people remembering that he came with Song Juren at this time, and no one was looking at him and pointing at him, he was afraid that he would have been eager to find a crack in the ground and hide.

Just when he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard a louder voice than before: "The emperor is here...... The emperor is here with the four princes! The security team of Nancheng listened from top to bottom, and everyone was on guard and saluted! ”

With a commotion in the crowd, the people behind were too late, but the people in front looked back, and when they saw that a stampede was about to happen, they only heard a voice from the top of Xinglong Tea House: "Today, there are 500 seats in the tea shed along the street, as long as you enter to rest, you can get two random meals made by today's participating chefs!" ”

With someone in front of him, the crowd suddenly had a direction to channel, and people like Fang Qing who were crowded in front quickly couldn't help but be coerced forward by the people behind, and finally sat down on a bench in a tea shed in a daze.

On the same bench, there were two other people, a cheerful seven or eight-year-old child, and a smiling hunchbacked old man. Only Fang Qing, who bumped into this scene in a daze, only felt that he was out of place with the other people around him.

Because when he heard the news of the emperor's arrival, his first reaction was that it was not in order, and his second reaction was ...... What if something happens!

However, at this time, the door of these tea sheds was already guarded by heavily armed guards, and although he once left his seat with half a buttocks, after thinking about it, he finally sat back. He was considered suspicious in order to persuade the emperor to obey, and he was not so stupid. And at this moment, the people below shouted lucky, how could a large group of guests on the Xinglong Tea House not be like this?

This time it was still the same as on the previous preliminary competition day, Lu Sanlang sent his classmates, plus the Nancheng security team and the head catcher Lin Laohu of the Shuntian Mansion to take the hunt quickly, selected forty people from the people outside the city, and invited them over after investigating the details, four people at a table, and put them on the first floor. The leaders of the conference halls and the famous wealthy businessmen in the capital occupy the second floor.

As for Wu Ge Lao and a large group of nobles who had just arrived, they went to the third floor. However, not to mention the people on the first and second floors, at this time, even those dignitaries on the third floor who don't look up and look down with the emperor every day can't help but look at each other at this time. When he saw the emperor leading the four princes in sight, Wu Ge Lao, who had already stood up, could only smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty...... You've come here to roast a whole bunch of us on the fire! ”

"If others can roast me on the fire, I can't roast you on the fire?" The emperor's tone was quite cold and hard, and when he said it, he seemed to feel that this was a bit angry, and he glanced at it and found that Zhu Ying was very conspicuously mixed with a group of old heroes, so he pointed his finger at her angrily.

"I just said how could there be so many unexpected people, Yingying, you came forward to invite you?"

"yes!" Zhu Ying didn't shy away from saying anything, and even squeezed her eyes at the four princes and said, "Even the four princes were invited by me, but I didn't expect him to come and not say anything, and there would be more uninvited guests, the emperor." ”

The one who can classify the emperor as an uninvited guest is the justifiable Zhu Ying. The emperor and the person looked at each other for a moment, and seeing that her eyes did not blink, he finally gave up this futile Xingshi questioning, and looked around, he found Yue Shanchang who had seen him once among the people who got up after saluting, he bowed slightly, and then asked with a frown: "What about Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang?" ”

"Ah Shou today Jiuzhangtang Phase II...... No, it's time to call Jiuzhangtang the first grade, and the freshmen start classes, so he shouldn't come, right? Zhu Ying replied casually, but then she heard a voice downstairs, "Your Majesty, Dr. Zhang and Lu Zhu are here." ”

Walking in front and going up to the third floor first, Zhang Shou saw the emperor at a glance, and when he saw that people were looking at him intently, he calmly stepped forward and saluted, and said in a natural tone: "I have seen the emperor, today the new students of Jiuzhangtang started classes, and after the minister asked Lu Sanlang to preach to them as a senior brother, he assigned them the first topic - he recommended a Zhai chief himself." ”