Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 524 Cooking
  He, the cook, has settled down in Songhai and has opened this inn for some years. Naturally, he receives a lot of guests of all kinds, but this is really the first time he has seen a pair of handsome men and beautiful women like the one in front of him.

Especially that man, he looks so...attractive. How could there be such a handsome man?

The Cook Ding, who has a round head, a round belly, a dark face and a rough skin, can't help but murmur in his heart. He usually delivers meals to the Confucian family, and he sees a lot of handsome guys. However, those Confucian people generally have good temperaments, and most of their facial features are upright and harmonious. The level of beauty is not considered handsome, but it is far behind compared with this.

Uncomfortable!

The rough man who had been single for many years felt very uncomfortable, but he had to do the business no matter how uncomfortable it was. The chef had to put on a smile again and said, "Are the two guests going to stay in the hotel?"

"No, let's eat." After Gu Xun looked around, he and Yan Lingji chose a table to sit down at, and then replied.

At this time, Chef Ding was so impressed by his appearance that he came back to his senses. The two guests were empty-handed and showed no sign of salute. The probability that they were travelers was too low. If they were just having a meal...

Chef Ding looked at Gu Xun's face, then looked down at his swollen belly. He wanted to refuse on the grounds that he was busy, but he glanced sideways at Yan Lingji who looked suspicious.

Forget it, I just have some time, so let’s show off!

Let the world see that just having a good skin is not worth mentioning.

"What do you two guests want to eat? But let me make it clear to the cook first. I have other things to be busy with later, so I can't make anything too complicated for you two." Having made a decision in his heart, Cook Ding maintained his businessman's pretense. asked with a smile.

Gu Xun was a little surprised to see the changes in his expression, but he didn't think much about it and nodded to Yan Lingji, "Is there anything you want to eat?"

Yan Lingji didn't answer, she just curled her lips, and Gu Xun immediately understood, "Then Master Cook Ding, just make whatever you are good at."

"Okay!" Cook Ding shouted, and then returned to the kitchen.

Gu Xun knew that there was nothing unusual about his name. In Songhai, he was also a famous person as a cook.

Gu Xun looked at Yan Lingji sitting opposite and said with a smile, "It seems he didn't recognize me."

Yan Lingji asked in confusion, "Don't recognize him? Have you met him before?"

"No." Gu Xun shook his head.

"How can he recognize you if he hasn't seen you before?"

Although Gu Xun's reputation is not small, this is the feudal era, not the information age. 99% of the people in the world don't know the name Guxun, and 99% of the people who know it don't know what Guxun looks like. Even if Cook Ding, a cook from Songhai City, heard the name Gu Xun from someone, he wouldn't be able to inexplicably associate him with a guest in his inn.

Gu Xun first glanced at the small door leading to the kitchen, and then replied, "Because he is from the Mo family."

"Huh?" The answer was a little too jumpy, and Yan Lingji couldn't react for a moment, so she could only let out a questioning hum.

"Cook Ding is a well-known chef in the Seven Kingdoms. His cooking skills are superb. Why do you think such a chef doesn't open a restaurant or an inn?"

After Gu Xun explained this, Yan Lingji came to her senses a little.

Inns are the favorite type of secret stronghold for various organizations. The flow of people is not only conducive to gathering intelligence, but also convenient for one's own personnel to meet secretly. It is also the best choice to hide people when necessary, avoid pursuit, and ambush others. There is no need to station too many manpower, and the risk of exposure is relatively low. In contrast, although it is very convenient to collect information in a restaurant, its applicability is far inferior. And if the chef's cooking skills are really so good and attract a steady stream of customers...then the chef is afraid that he can only Now that I'm a cook, I can't do anything.

But how did his shopkeeper know that an inn in Songhai City was the Mo family's secret stronghold... He had never been there. Even if the Mo family had a good relationship with him, they wouldn't tell him the information about their secret stronghold, right?

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Using your brain has never been Yan Lingji's hobby, which is especially compatible with her boss.

"So, that's why you came here to eat?"

"Of course not." Gu Xun showed an expression that said, "Why would you think so? I must have come here because his cooking skills are really outstanding!"

Before the two of them finished chatting, the cook came out with the dishes. As expected of the chef who had almost single-handedly supported thousands of people in Little Sage Village, four dishes came out in just a short time.

Kung pao chicken, fish-flavored shredded pork, fish head with chopped pepper, spicy tofu, four common dishes, plus a few steaming, white and plump steamed buns.

Gu Xun had already become accustomed to these time-traveling Sichuan dishes, and he greeted Yan Lingji to start eating.

Chef Ding sat behind the counter, watching Gu Xun and the others eat and chatting by the way.

"Hey! How about you two guests? I'm a pretty good cook, right?"

Gu Xun replied loudly, "The descendants of Chef Ding are well-deserved and very powerful. I have eaten at all the most famous restaurants in the capitals of the five countries, including Xinzheng, Xianyang, Handan, Jicheng and Linzi. In terms of cooking skills, I can't beat you, Master Chef Ding." "

Yan Lingji unconsciously nodded in agreement at this time.

Although they were four home-cooked dishes that she had eaten many times, the fat chef's skills were really better than those in big restaurants. She didn't know about heat and seasoning, but she could intuitively feel the knife skills. It highlights the extraordinary. All the ingredients in the four dishes, as long as they are of the same type, are cut into exactly the same size.

Ordinary cooks don't have such sharp knife skills, unless... they know martial arts.

"Haha, it seems that you have also traveled all over the country to eat and see the guests." Cook Ding showed no trace of the common modesty of the Chinese people, and he accepted Gu Xun's compliments unceremoniously, "Don't look at those restaurants that look weird. , in terms of cooking skills, their chefs are not as good as my cook."

Gu Xun smiled indifferently, and then said with half emotion, "I have tasted Master Chef Ding's dishes. Now in Songhai City, I only use shark fins from Haiyue Xiaozhu to cook bear paws."

"..." Cook Ding's originally grinning lips calmed down, "Guest, do you also want to eat that shark's fin and bear's paw?"

"Of course, this is the most famous dish in Songhai." Gu Xun nodded, "I took my wife to try it before, but..."

Chef Ding continued the second half of the sentence, "It turns out you need to make a reservation in advance, right?"

"...Yes." Gu Xun was interrupted mid-sentence. His tone paused, and then he asked casually, seemingly unintentionally, "By the way, Master Cook Ding, with your cooking skills, I don't know if you can make this dish." ah?"

In Gu Xun's impression, Chef Ding seemed to have cooked this dish for Luo Wang after he was arrested, and it tasted even better than the original chef.

If he could get it from Cook Ding, he wouldn't bother to go... He might as well go there. After all, the scenery and artistic conception cannot be copied by Cook Ding.

(End of this chapter)