Lux's Farewell

743 Silence and noise

On the magnificent square, the citizens of Xiongdu welcomed the industry skills competition.

At the same time, the aristocrats and noble representatives who hadn't escaped from Xiong when the city was broken and were imprisoned in Dawn Castle after being captured were in a bleak state, and everyone was worried.

In fact, even though they have been detained here for several days, whenever they think of Laksana, they still feel an unspeakable separation.

Because in the eyes of many people, he and Laksanna can be regarded as having some friendship, and other nobles have lost face, but he should still have a bit of shame.

However, Laxana showed a jaw-dropping indifference. No matter what kind of friendship she had, she treated them equally and brought them all over for custody. Even if it was just for detention, the living conditions were guaranteed. This is also a bit too ruthless.

The ones in charge of guarding Dawn Castle are the Northland Walkers. It can be said that they are not allowed to enter. No matter what the nobles say, they have no feedback. They just silently provide food and drinking water twice a day, and count the number of people.

Some guys with flexible minds hope to use those things that they secretly hid in their privacy and were not searched when they were taken into custody, in exchange for the Northland Walker soldiers guarding here to be accommodating, or to inquire about some news, but even if they come up with quite a lot Precious gems, gold and silver, these guards remained silent.

This unbearable silence made the hearts of the nobles, who were still somewhat expectant, gradually sink to the bottom of the valley.

Fear often comes from the unknown.

Everything about the nobles who were detained in Dawn Castle is unknown.

Facing the silent guards, the aristocratic lords who used to be aloof can only rely on "Mrs. Bouvier is here" to comfort themselves and convince themselves that they are not in danger of their lives at present.

Le Stara was then picked up.

On the day Le Stara left Dawn Castle, all the horses in the castle were silent. Although the guards were still silent and said nothing, when they protected Le Stara and left, all the nobles along the way fell into deep pain. Desperately.

In desperation, some people couldn't help but look forward to being the next one to leave, but it was a pity that no one left for seven days.

The guards remained silent, and there was no problem with Dawn Castle's supplies, but the nobles finally lost their composure and could no longer maintain their modesty.

Some people began to try to escape, but Dawn Castle was not only a bedroom, it was also designed as a backup headquarters, how could it be so easy to escape?

The noble ladies began to act violently, and they no longer had the restraint and elegance at the banquet. When the calls were not answered, these noble people would also curse the streets like ordinary shrews.

Their words were so dirty that the specially selected northern border walkers couldn't suppress their anger, forcing the squadron leader in charge of guarding to speed up his rotation.

In the interval of silence and turmoil, some people simply tried to die. The guards were highly nervous about this, but unfortunately, most of the people who wanted to die were just putting on a show.

After all... the truly staunch people committed suicide when the northern traveler broke through the docks in the port area. A deputy commander of the garrison and two bishops of the Illuminati had already killed themselves when they were found. has been dead for a long time.

Those who can be brought to Dawn Castle are those who still have some expectations in their hearts.

If they are really asked to give up their lives when the outcome is uncertain, they really can't do it.

Dawn Castle was dead silent.

But the treatment of these nobles was not because Lux wanted to torture them deliberately.

Those nobles who tormented themselves to death one by one were essentially tormenting themselves - if one had to say it, Lacus treated them preferentially.

After all, in other places, after the northern border walker broke the city, the first thing to do was to liquidate the nobles and put them on trial before all the common people.

And Lux ​​chose to take a more moderate approach in Xiongdu, naturally not because she was thinking of any kind of incense, but because she cared more about the opinions of the citizens of Xiongdu. As mentioned earlier, the structure of Xiongdu is different from other places. The citizens here also have a relatively close relationship with the nobles.

Lux detained all these nobles in Dawn Castle, with the purpose of completely isolating the influence of the nobles, and taking this opportunity to bring a new order to Xiongdu.

Wait until the new order is slightly formed, and then deal with these nobles, then there will be no more disturbances.

Therefore, when the nobles were standing in the Dawn Castle, not knowing what to do next, Lux put all her energy on the industry skills competition.

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Different from the lifelessness of Dawn Castle, various competitions are in full swing in the magnificent square.

Among all the competitions, the most popular one is the cooking competition.

In the art competition, whether it's sculpture or painting, everyone can see if it looks like it; while in the music competition, although there is an open-air session, many competitions have to be held indoors, and you have to line up to draw lots.

There are also fans who are willing to go there, but more citizens still prefer the "magnificent square stage" of the open-air competition.

There are mainly architectural design competitions, tailoring competitions, costume design competitions, and cooking competitions.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are the basic needs of human beings!

The preliminary round of the architectural design competition is to make models, and the results will not be visible for a while; although the clothes on the cutting side are beautiful, they cannot be worn on your body after all-only in the cooking competition, the cooking works will be sampled by lucky spectators, and There are dedicated royalists for amplifying and rebroadcasting.

Moreover, even if you can't taste it... It's good to smell the taste and take the opportunity to learn a hand!

Therefore, there were people coming and going in the cooking competition, and everyone crowded shoulder to shoulder, which even led to the northern border walker drawing out a company to be responsible for maintaining order.

It's just that what makes the citizens somewhat dissatisfied is that these chefs are obviously well-known people in Xiongdu, and they all chose their own specialty dishes in the previous preliminary rounds, but in the semi-finals, the dishes they cooked had a strong flavor. Northern style - the cooking method is based on grilling, the ingredients are big fish and meat, and the use of spices is extremely unrestrained, which is completely different from the usual style of chefs.

Of course, this is not something that cannot be understood.

After all, it is a common human problem to like to take shortcuts.

In this unprecedented competition, although Lux had planned the scope of the competition as clearly as possible, some people still tried to opportunistically.

In the tailoring competition and the costume design competition, the frequency of appearances of elements from the North was astonishing. The contestants seemed to want to express their attitude to Lux and New Demacia in this way.

The cooking competition has an obvious northern style, which is also very normal!
Although the referee repeatedly emphasized that "there is no bonus point for cooking style", the competition must be realistic and the focus of the inspection is skills, but almost all those who are capable choose themes and methods that are relatively catering to the northern border.

Among these chefs, Kui Can seems a bit out of place - both in appearance and in cooking techniques.

In the positions of other chefs, either a fruit wood charcoal fire was set up, or a stewing oven or a hanging oven was set up, and various meats were either marinated or freshly cut, or sandwiched with spices, or wrapped and filled, and the rich spice flavor and meat aroma were mixed. Together, with the apprentices behind the chefs, they look like they are in full swing.

However, there was no charcoal fire in Kuisan's place. He put the officially provided stove on the spot, greeted his wife, and started cooking.

Different from the prescribed ingredients and dishes chosen by the contestants themselves in the preliminary competition, the semi-finals not only stipulated the ingredients, but also provided a cooking theme: full stomach.

To be honest, this topic is not very friendly to Kui Can—after all, the Ionia-style cooking he is good at has never paid much attention to satisfaction.

"Don't we really need a grill?" Kui Can's wife asked her husband in a low voice while helping her husband set aside the chopping board, "Isn't your fruity barbecue delicious?"

"Materials are limited, and fruity barbecue has nothing to do with satiety." Kui Shen shook his head slightly, stretched his hands behind his back, and tightened his apron, "If you want to feel full, you need to cook! "

"But look at them, they are all baking!" The wife whispered, "Do they know something..."

"No." Kui Shen shook his head, and took a piece of sirloin from his wife, "Didn't I say it before, there is no theme for the competition."

"In other words, what the nobleman said is true." The wife couldn't help shaking her head, "You don't want to find a way to find Miss Suona, but you are still fellow villagers!"

"...It's not the same thing." Kui Shen twitched the corners of his mouth twice, "Okay, my dear, let's cook the rice before washing the rice, they all make barbecue, served with pancakes or bread, we will definitely make a big splash! "

"That's right, we've already entered the semi-finals." His wife didn't hesitate at all, "We're just a small shop, so even if we don't make it to the finals, it's worth it."

Kui Shen didn't speak, but pursed his lips and picked up the kitchen knife.

Unlike the slender kitchen knives used by Demacians, Kuisan's knife is square and thick, which is a typical Ionian style-he was originally an Ionian, and he was with Sona, because Ioni War orphans who were sent to Demacia because of the Asian War.

After Kuisan was sent to Xiongdu, because he was relatively old, no noble family was willing to adopt him. In the end, he was adopted by a couple who lost their independence and opened a restaurant.

Coincidentally, Kuisan was an apprentice chef when he was in Ionia, so after coming to Xiongdu, he naturally embarked on the road of fusion cuisine.

After his adoptive parents got older, Kui Can inherited the family's small restaurant. Because of his solid basic skills, down-to-earth personality, good craftsmanship, and the courage to innovate and integrate, his small restaurant business has been good. Therefore, an Ionian In this way, he settled down in Xiongdu of Demacia, got married and had children.

Like a drop of water in the ocean.

Although the taste of the small shop is good, it is always regarded as not popular because it is not elegant enough.

It is also interesting to say that they are also war orphans who have left their hometowns, but because of the differences in adoptive families, they all embarked on completely different paths, as if they were reincarnated again.

After learning the news of this culinary competition, Kui Can thought for a long time, and finally chose to sign up with the attitude of giving it a try.

When he signed up, the clerk asked him the address of the small shop in detail. In the afternoon, some young students came around the small shop and asked the neighbors in the neighborhood. After discussing with each other for a while, they passed smoothly. Kui Shen's registration request.

In this way, Kui Shen stood in the arena of the cooking competition, and according to the topic, he began to cook his own special style of dishes.

In the preliminary round, Kui Shen performed well.

His red pork knuckle got quite good reviews, and his pork knuckle was also recognized by most of the judges.

To Kuisan's surprise, his favorite oatmeal porridge seems to be unpopular—although the score is not bad, but judging by the appearance of the referees, they don't seem to like it...

However, even with a little twists and turns, Kui Shen passed the preliminary round smoothly.

When the semi-final list was announced, Kui Can's shop soon had a large number of new customers.

But it is a pity that Kui Shen is preparing for the semi-finals, and the doors are not open for business for the time being.

Hearing this news, these people seemed rather disappointed, but apart from being disappointed, some people said that they would come and take a look after the rematch.

This made Kui Shen, who was only thinking of "weighing his own level", couldn't help but have greater ambitions.

Maybe... I can try to go a little further?
With this thought in mind, Kui Can almost lost sleep the night before the start of the rematch.

But when he came to the arena today, he was surprisingly calm.

After steadily cutting the sirloin into small pieces, he glanced at the row of small rice cookers that were starting to get steamy, and finally picked up the oil barrel.

It is not necessary to eat barbecue to be full!

No matter how many spices are used, eating too much meat is bound to make you greasy. The combination of meat and vegetables, staple food and non-staple food can really fill you up!
The oil was used to moisten the pot, and Kui Shen poured in the vegetable oil again. While observing the changes in the oil in the pot, he grasped the beef tenderloin covered with a bowl of juice with his hands-when the oil temperature was high, the beef would slide into the pot.

Stir-fry for a while, the scallion leaves are put into the pot in sections, and then the scallion leaves are sliced ​​into thin slices.

When the aroma of the self-contained list turned into a burnt aroma, the shredded red persimmon was also put into the pot.

Then there are salted fish flowers.

The iron pot was churning, and the color of Xianghongsu was slightly darkened.

"Prepare!"

"coming!"

By Kuisan's side, his wife had already lifted the lids of the two cooking pots.

The next moment, Kui Shen picked up the iron spoon, poured two full spoons of meat, together with the oil and water in the pot, on the half-full small rice pot, and then covered it.

Then came the third pot, the fourth pot...

A quarter of an hour later, when most of the other chefs had just started to officially bake, Kui Can and his wife had already come to the referee's seat with a large plate of dinner.

"So fast?" Seeing Kui Can, the referee sitting in the middle raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Are you in a hurry?"

"Satisfy, naturally the sooner the better."

　Carya's Small Classroom Salted Fish Flower:
　　The semi-finished product of Fossbarrow's salted fish is dried and then thinly sliced. It is called salted fish flower - it is very salty and fresh, with a special flavor of fermented products. In recent years, it has gradually become popular throughout Demacia.

　　PS. I designed a lot of project content, but I don’t know if you like it or not... If you like it, the follow-up can be regarded as part of the extra content.

　　
　
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