"how come… "
Ye Xiaotian opened his mouth wide and stood there in shock.
"What happened?"
Director Zheng appeared at the right time, and when he saw the situation under the kitchen, he was shocked and shouted at Ye Xiaotian, "Ambassador Ye, look at what you have done! Tonight's banquet is so important, you are trying to make me stand up in front of foreign envoys." Is it embarrassing? I'm going to report to Master Shangshu!"
"Stop!"
Ye Xiaotian suddenly understood, seeing such a strange scene, how could he not know that someone was causing trouble, and immediately shouted at Mr. Zheng. That boss Zheng ignored him at all, and hurried out, Ye Xiaotian pouted at Ning'er, Zhan Ning'er didn't say anything, kicked him upside down, kicked Chief Zheng back, and fell on his back at the kitchen door .
Chief Zheng screamed miserably: "Oh! You...you are so courageous, how dare you beat me."
Ye Xiaotian smiled coldly, walked to him and squatted down slowly, raised his chin, met Ye Xiaotian's cold eyes, Mr. Zheng's heart shuddered, and the miserable cry stopped immediately. Ye Xiaotian said word by word: "Boss Zheng, did this matter come from your order?"
Director Zheng said sternly and softly: "You... what are you talking about? Your kitchen bill has been useless for many years, and it has long been rotten. You are in charge of meals, but you didn't check them early, so you made such a big mistake. Still want to blame me?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled grimly, and said: "Don't be in a hurry to deny it, Mr. Zheng, I have plenty of ways to make you tell the truth."
Ye Xiaotian turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Ning'er, Doini."
Zhan Ning'er and Sister Sun immediately walked to his side, Ye Xiaotian said: "Take this kid to see Elder Dong, I want to hear his truth!"
"good!"
Zhan Ning'er agreed, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she grabbed Mr. Zheng by the collar. Mr. Zheng struggled and said, "What are you doing, let me go, I'm going to report you to Mr. Shang Shu, and I must punish you severely!"
Zhan Ning'er didn't listen to his fart at all, she grabbed his collar and dragged him away. Principal Zheng couldn't stand up at all, and was dragged down by Zhan Ning'er like a dead dog. Sister Sun naturally believed in Ye Xiaotian's judgment. The principal kept chattering, kicked him resentfully, and shouted, "Shut up!"
Master Zheng was steadfast and unyielding, saying: "I don't, I will..."
As soon as Younger Sister Sun raised her head, a fleshy worm flew into Chief Zheng's mouth. Chief Zheng was startled, and wondered, "What is this?"
As soon as the worm entered his mouth, it wriggled and crawled into his throat. Chief Zheng was startled, frightened and nauseated, and immediately retched.
Everyone in the kitchen saw that Ye Xiaotian was furious, beat up his boss, and looked like he was going to be dragged down to be lynched, so they couldn't help whispering, those pretty maidservants in colorful clothes were even more pale, and timidly approached him. want to escape. Ye Xiaotian shouted sharply: "Without my permission, no one can leave! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Hearing what Ye Xiaotian said, Hua Yunfei immediately grabbed a sharp bone dismantling knife from the case, and stood coldly towards the door of the kitchen, while Mao Wenzhi rushed to the gate of the courtyard with great strides, and picked up the vertical latch behind the door The pole, across the chest, blocks towards the gate of the courtyard.
Ye Xiaotian said with a fake smile: "Masters and girls, you don't need to panic. Some of you want to trick me, but don't worry, there is a wrong and a debt. I, Ye, will never The innocent will be implicated!"
After Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he looked into the messy kitchen, frowned and thought about it, he straightened his clothes suddenly, turned around and walked out, when Ye Xiaotian strode to the gate of the courtyard, he paused for a moment, and said loudly : "No one is allowed to leave without my order!"
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The banquet hall is full of guests and guests, having fun. Lanterns and candles illuminate the hall as brightly as day. On the red carpet in front of the hall, eight dancers from the Jiaofang Division are dancing. There are various melon and fruit snacks on both sides and on the first table, and all the dignitaries are sitting behind the table.
At the top of the table were Shilang Lin from Beijing, Prime Minister Ke Zhi, Duke Wei, and Uncle Li Guo. As for the ministers and ministers of the Six Departments of Nanjing, the important officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yushitai, they all sat on the left and right sides.
Suddenly, an attendant from the Kingdom of Ke Zhi came up behind Prime Minister Ke Zhi and whispered something, Prime Minister Ke Zhi apologized to everyone, got up and left. After a while, Prime Minister Ke Zhi came back and sat down in front of the table. It seemed that he just went there for convenience.
Uncle Li Guo didn't care, let alone noticed that when Prime Minister Ke Zhi came back, the attendant who came back with him was walking in front of Ke Zhi's deputy envoys and attendants one by one, whispering Prime Minister Ke Zhi's instructions one by one.
Uncle Li Guo knew that something big was going to happen tonight. Seeing how lively the hall was, the guests and hosts were chatting and laughing in harmony, thinking of the embarrassing faces of all the senior officials because of the accident, he couldn't help smiling, raised his glass and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" , My imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty came here by holy order, and today, in order to entertain your envoy, not only have I prepared beautiful songs and dances, but I have also prepared exquisite food and fine wine for you."
Prime Minister Ke Zhi smiled slightly, clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for treating us with courtesy, and thank you gentlemen for such warm hospitality. The foreign ministers are very grateful. Our country is willing to be the border of the Ming Dynasty forever, and we will always be a friendly country. "
Lin Shilang smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you are being polite." He greeted Prime Minister Ke Zhi, then turned his head and quietly asked an attendant, and said in a low voice, "Why is the food not served yet?"
The attendant hurriedly said: "Humble post, go and remind me."
Uncle Li Guo was sitting next to him, and he couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "It's a good show... it's about to begin!"
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The master of ceremonies stood in the foyer and anxiously asked people: "Why is the dining room still not serving food, Mr. Minister is already a little displeased."
At this time, a messenger hurried in from the door and said to him, "Here, here, the food is delivered from the dining room."
The master of ceremonies breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly sang loudly: "The feast begins~~~"
Step one foot through the door, and then a golden and beautifully shaped copper pot appeared. The face of the person who served the food was blocked by the pot, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly. When Li Xuancheng heard that the feast was about to start, he couldn't help but wondered: "Could it be that Guan Xiaokun missed it? Is there any food to serve from the kitchen?"
The two rows of dancers flicked their sleeves and retreated to both sides of the hall. The man held the pot and walked up to the two rows of dancers with steady steps, as if a boat was breaking through the waves. Behind him, there was a row of people, all holding the same utensils in their hands.
The man strode up to the chief executive, put the copper pot in front of Prime Minister Ke Zhi, and then showed his face, and saw this man in green clothes and cap, dressed as a servant, with handsome eyes, it was Ye Xiaotian. Li Xuancheng was slightly stunned: "Ye Xiaotian? Why did he serve the food, and even changed into such a suit of clothes, what did he serve?"
Li Xuancheng looked at the copper pot put down in front of Ye Xiaotian when Mao Wenzhi strode up to him and put down a copper pot. Is it?"
Hua Yunfei walked up to Lin Shilang, bent down and put down a pot. Lin Shilang was stunned, he was stunned for a moment, turned his body slightly, and whispered to Wei Guogong: "Guogong, isn't this a pot? Why... How can you prepare it so expensively, with the specifications of a state banquet, and just eat shabu-shabu?"
Wei Guogong was also a little baffled, turned his body slightly, and said to Lin Shilang: "There should be other dishes, but... the first dish is served in a hot pot first, which is really a little baffling. Now that the foreign envoys are in front of each other, don't mention these."
Lin Shilang nodded repeatedly, and said: "Let's not mention it for the time being, let's not mention it for the time being." He coughed, picked up the chopsticks, and said to Prime Minister Ke Zhi: "Ah...Master Prime Minister, this is a very special dish of my Ming Dynasty, please Prime Minister Adults, taste it!"
Prime Minister Ke Zhi smiled slightly and said, "Okay! But I don't know what this dish is called?"
Lin Shilang was tongue-tied and said, "Ah... this dish... this dish..."
Ye Xiaotian said loudly: "Master Prime Minister, this dish is called the best Taiping Pot in the world!"
Prime Minister Ke Zhi glanced at him, nodded and said: "The world's first-grade Taiping pot, a good name, a good name!"
Lin Shilang forced a smile and said: "Yes, yes, this dish... is called Tianxia Yipin Taiping Pot."
All the ministers looked at each other with weird expressions.
At this time, the maidservants in colorful clothes also followed in, holding food plates in their hands, filled with various vegetables, meat slices, fish balls and dipping sauces, and put them in front of the officials. When all the officials saw it, they couldn't help whispering and discussing, but in front of the envoy of Kezhi Kingdom, even if they were confused, they had to pretend to understand at this moment, and dared not show any strangeness.
The faces of those pretty maidservants were not very good-looking, their pretty faces turned pale, they put down all kinds of food, and then hurriedly retreated. Some people left the living room, and hurriedly picked up their green sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads: "This Ambassador Ye also It’s too foolish, the carefully prepared dishes are ruined, and he actually created a side stove to cover up the trouble, can this be covered?"
But to everyone's surprise, Prime Minister Ke Zhi clumsily held the chopsticks, followed the example of others, cooked the sliced meat, dipped it in the sauce, smiled, and immediately praised it full of praise: "It's delicious!" ! Very delicious! So delicious, since I came to Daming, this is the most delicious dish I have ever eaten!"
Lin Shilang felt relieved, and hurriedly said: "Haha, as long as the Prime Minister likes it. Come on, my lords, let's taste this... the world's first-grade Taiping Pot!"
"Please, please..." All the officials picked up their chopsticks and started cooking the pot one after another. Li Xuancheng picked up a piece of meat, the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and then he put it down bitterly, thinking with a constipated face: "What is this situation, he is fine like this?"
What made him even more depressed was that there was only such a dish that night, but not only Prime Minister Kezhi was full of praise, but the deputy envoys of Kezhi Kingdom provoked Thumbs one by one, expressing their satisfaction again and again, and throwing away The cheeks were overjoyed to eat.
Li Xuancheng thought bitterly: "Eating a shabu-shabu will make you so beautiful, eat, eat, eat, why don't you die, a group of Nanyang soil turtles who have never seen the world!"