Qinglan, who came back to her senses, did not answer immediately, but raised her hands to everyone with a serious look on her face, "You haven't asked the names of sir and other distinguished guests yet!?"
"My name is Lin Zheng, Lin Yiping!" Lin Zheng smiled lightly and introduced everyone around him to Qinglan.
After hearing this, Qinglan politely bowed his hands to everyone and said, "I'm glad to meet you all, but everyone, although thank you very much, it's no need. Qinglan will participate in the selection competition on his own strength!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Qi said: "Do you think we have any intention of helping you?!"
"Qinglan doesn't dare to speculate!" As he spoke, Qinglan showed a clear smile, "However, Qinglan is quite self-aware of his own abilities!"
Don't you make it clear that you are doubting them?! Of course, this can't be blamed on Qinglan. After all, there are so many outstanding disciples, at least, they look very outstanding. There are so many people who Lin Zheng and the others do not choose and insist on coming to him.
This one is unknown, which is very suspicious. Even if Lin Zheng and the others are likely to be distinguished guests of the fifth family, as children of the fifth family, Qinglan must remain cautious about their goals. He does not want to become the fifth family.
Traitor of the Five Families!
However, Qinglan's refusal so clearly made him gain a lot of points in the eyes of Lin Zheng and others! This at least shows that Qinglan is a disciple who attaches great importance to the fifth family. As a city lord, he is also the fifth family.
Candidates for the head of the family, this is the most basic and important condition! It is true that Lin Zheng and the others want to win from the bet, but they are not able to be the head of the family. If they get a second or fifth son, they will not have the face to find the old man.
The city wants a reward!
"Well, I'm sorry everyone, the trials are about to start, Qinglan needs to prepare for the competition!" After saying that, he bowed slightly to Lin Zheng and the others, and was about to leave.
Lin Zheng and the others did not stop them. They just watched Wu Qinglan leave. When he walked away, Yang Qi said anxiously: "I mean, Xiao Linzi, let's let him go like this?!"
"What else?!" Lin Zheng said funnyly, "He is very suspicious of us now. No matter how we explain it, we can't explain it clearly with our mouths, so this is the only way we can do it for the time being!"
"What do you mean we can only do this for the time being?!" Guinevere's eyes widened, "We don't have time anymore, how can we still have time to slowly gain his trust?!"
"So who told you that when assisting a target, you must stay with him?!"
"..." Lin Zheng's words made everyone stunned. This, it seems, indeed, probably, is not such a requirement? After all, there are so many players and non-players in the entire Taotie City. If we talk about those who support the top few on the popularity list,
If all the famous people follow, will the game still proceed?!
Lin Zheng looked at everyone's shocked expressions and smiled, "Let's go! The horse racing selection is about to begin, and we have to hurry over to hear what the content of this first session is!"
Only about an hour had passed, when Lin Zheng and the others left the fifth palace, the front of the palace was already a scene of empty streets! Looking around, except for the relatively empty square in front of the palace gate, other places
Already overwhelmed by the sea of people, the noisy chatter was like thunder, coming in waves one after another. At this time, even talking became troublesome. The tone of the usual conversation could not be heard at all, and could only be louder.
But this is a vicious cycle, and in the end, everyone can only yell at the top of their lungs, making it so noisy that it hurts the eardrums!
Lin Zheng covered his ears, and his eyes fell on the square in front of the palace gate. At this time, in the square, there were a group of children of the fifth family standing in a clearly differentiated class. Standing at the front were all dressed in splendid clothes and crowns.
Beautiful clothes, the outfit alone looks valuable, and with the appropriate cutting and decoration, it gives people a noble temperament that is gorgeous, rich, and yet vulgar. It looks like they are like a dragon or a phoenix!
The group that came later, perhaps knowing that the former was not as gorgeous as the former, changed their style, and each of them became a fairy-like figure. They paid attention to elegance and refinement. That is, men are like gods, and women are like gods! How many men and women saw it?
They all shed tears, such as Yang Qi next to Lin Zheng!
"Go!" Lin Zheng hit Yang Qi's head in a funny way, "Where is your man? You actually dare to drool at other men. How brave you are!"
"Go away - Auntie, do I look like that kind of superficial woman?!" Yang Qi took a sip, "I'm looking at those little girls, look at that!"
"Which one!"
"It's the one in red, look at her beautiful breasts... Ouch!" Before they could finish speaking, Xiao Mo and Liu Li each punched Lin Zheng and Yang Qi in the head. These two guys, unexpectedly
How brave you are to act like a hooligan in front of them! He looked at the woman in red that Yang Qi pointed at again, and when he saw her plump and beautiful breasts, Xiao Mo couldn't help but feel angry, goblin!! Angrily
He cursed secretly and pinched Lin Zheng hard!
Lin Zheng's screams were drowned out by the crowd, and not long after, an old figure appeared on the tower at the main entrance of the palace. Apart from the old man from the fifth kitchen, who else could stand in front of him so arrogantly at this time?!
The noise of the crowd still did not stop, but a large part of the people's attention had fallen on the main body of the old city, including Lin Zheng and the others. Under the gaze of everyone, the old city main man slowly walked to the front. At this moment,
In the thunderous noise, the old city lord raised the Taotie staff in his hand, and then he brought the Taotie staff down!
"Boom——!!"
It was not a loud crash, but it suppressed the movement of the entire crowd and was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears. The next moment, everyone's desire to speak was suppressed by this sound. For a while, the streets were empty.
The scene fell into a midnight-like tranquility.
After briefly scanning the crowd in front of the palace, the old city lord showed a smile. He looked like an ordinary old man, but he actually gave people a somewhat cordial feeling.
"First of all, I would like to thank all the tourists and merchants who came to Taotie City today, and also thank all the local residents of Taotie City for their support of this trial! Thank you all!" With that, the old city lord bowed slightly at the head of the city.
After straightening his back, the old city lord continued: "Since the death of the acting city lord, the inheritance rights of the new city lord have been idle for nearly ten years! In the past ten years, my health has been deteriorating. As for matters concerning Taotie City,
I already feel so powerless!”
Lin Zheng discovered that when the old city lord said this, some of the contestants had a look of shame on their faces. The old man's health was deteriorating because he was simply irritating these unscrupulous descendants! But most of them felt a trace of shame.
After a flash, they regained their composure, as if the old city lord's troubles had nothing to do with them. Although as a person in power, being thick-skinned is also an important quality, but seeing this scene, Lin still felt...
They felt a little unhappy!
Looking at Qinglan, who was at the back of the fifth family's children, he sighed sadly, but his mood improved a lot. Lin Zheng and the others didn't care about the others, but they chose the candidates they chose.
It’s okay if it doesn’t please your eyes!
While distracted, the old city lord had finished his long sigh and started to get to the point! As he spoke, the old city lord suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "So, today, I decided to hold this city master selection competition. I hope that
Through this selection competition, I can select an excellent leader for my fifth family. Here, I am honored to invite Miss Vanessa from Leviathan City as a guest in this selection competition!"
While the old city lord was talking, Vanessa appeared at the city gate in a black dress. Although the smiling Vanessa was not beautiful, as a classical music master and the ruler of Leviathan City, her status was
The mature charm she exudes undoubtedly adds to her beauty. As soon as Pu appeared, everyone exclaimed in amazement!
"Lily is really so beautiful!" Lilith looked at Vanessa on the city wall with admiration. The temperament and charm accumulated by her own abilities, this is the real noble lady. Get together with Vanessa.
, I still have a long way to go! At that moment, I said with great longing: "I wonder when I can become like Lily?"
Lin Zheng smiled when he heard this, "There is only one Lily in this world, and there is only one Lilith. None of you will become anyone else, so Lilith, you'd better be our goddess of light!"
"Go—! What goddess of light is there?!" Lilith spat at Lin Zheng angrily, and then glared at Yang Qi again, blaming this girl for talking nonsense on the Crescent!
When Yang Qi's neck shrank, Lilith had already finished introducing herself, and the old city lord continued: "Miss Vanessa will witness this selection with me to ensure that the results of the selection are fair! So nonsense, I will
Without further ado, I will now announce the contents of the first competition——"
As soon as the old city lord said these words, everyone's attention was immediately focused, fearing that they would miss some important information and suffer a big loss in the subsequent competition! Under this spotlight, the old city lord and the old god were on the ground.
He took out the scroll and handed it to Vanessa, asking Vanessa to announce the content and rules of this competition!
Vanessa took the scroll with a smile, opened it, browsed it, and then said loudly: "In the first round, all the children of the fifth family participating in the competition are asked to make a black gold snapper before three o'clock this afternoon.
There is no limit to the dishes with main ingredients. After the finished product is scored by the review team, it will receive an evaluation score of 0-10 points. If the average score reaches 6 points, it can advance to the next round! In addition,
No rules!”
As soon as Vanessa finished speaking, Lin Zheng and the others immediately staggered. Was there any mistake?! In such a big competition, in the end, the key to winning or losing turned out to be cooking?! You damn old man, don’t count on you.
He's a gourmet, but he can't act like this at such an important moment!
"Wait! Something's wrong!" Guinevere stabbed Lin Zheng from behind. The woman definitely did it on purpose. She reminded him that a touch would be enough, but she hit him hard with her elbow, "Bang——
"With a sound, Lin Zheng's waist became arched!
Angrily, he turned back to look at the woman, and saw her looking seriously at the contestants, and then said: "Look at the expressions of those contestants..." After saying that, he glanced at Lin Zheng from the corner of his eyes, and saw that his attention was also attracted.
Attracted to him, a proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
There is indeed a problem, it's just a dish. However, all the contestants, no matter what level they are, all have very serious expressions on their faces. Obviously, that expression is not for serious work.
, but because the content of this first round is quite difficult! It’s enough for them to lose the game accidentally!
"It seems that the old city lord has a very tight mouth! Look at how difficult this is for everyone!"
"I'm afraid it's not just as simple as the old man holding it in his mouth!" Lin Zheng shook his head gently and said, the key is that fish! Black gold snapper, what the hell?! I've never heard of it!
"I seem to have some impression of that black golden croaker!"
As Feite suddenly spoke, Lin Zheng and the others immediately focused their attention on her! Under the gaze of everyone, Feite frowned slightly and said: "I remember that there was once a messenger from hell, in Taotie City
I brought back a few black golden croakers from this area, and I also heard about the black golden croakers from the seducer!"
How many were brought back at once? It seems that the yield rate of the black golden croaker is not low! However, when Lin Zheng and the others relaxed a little, Feite said: "According to the seducer, the black golden croaker,
They are a specialty of Taotie City. They can only survive in a specific water area, and their numbers are relatively rare. They are very difficult to catch! It was also a coincidence that he was able to catch several black golden snapper in one go.
It's just a matter of fact. Under normal circumstances, catching one depends on your luck!"
"Then we have a great advantage!" Yang Qi said in surprise, "Xiao Lin has an improved hook. It is more difficult to catch the black golden snapper, but if there is a hook, our catch rate is much higher than others.
too much!"
But Feite shook his head in distress, "But there is another big problem with the black golden snapper! This kind of fish is very delicate. Once they leave that specific water area, they will die in less than a minute. And in
After they die, their meat quality will deteriorate rapidly. One of the fish at that time was cooked a little late. By the time I was about to start, the meat quality had become like tofu, and it would rot at the slightest touch.
It fell off, accompanied by a disgusting stench!"
After listening to Feite's words, Lin Zheng and the others couldn't be more optimistic. Judging from this topic, whether or not to catch the black golden croaker is already a minor issue. How to cook the best black golden croaker is
The trouble they are facing now! Obviously, with the old city lord’s demanding taste, the requirements for the black golden croaker must be extremely demanding! This requires the cook to make the black golden croaker into a delicious dish in the shortest possible time.
, to ensure that the flavor of the black golden tuna can be retained to the maximum extent! And in this way, it places great demands on the chef's own strength!
So in this first level, is the test of the contestants' own strength? Thinking of this, Lin Zheng couldn't help but look towards the city wall. In this level, their assistants can really only play a supporting role.
, the final key has to be solved by the contestants themselves. Of course, if the assistant is strong enough and proficient in cooking, that is another matter! At least Lin Zheng and the others do not have that ability!
When everyone was thinking about how to deal with this first difficulty, the city wall and the old city lord suddenly slammed the Taotie staff on the ground again! After a "dong--", the old city lord's voice sounded:
"Now, the first round officially begins!!"
As the old city lord finished speaking, the crowd in front of the palace exploded in an instant. Everyone had the same plan. No matter what happens next, in short, the most important thing now is to quickly prepare to go to the target waters and fish.
props and kitchen utensils that have to be prepared because of the special ingredients. If you just set out blindly without even preparing these, that kind of guy is destined to be eliminated!
"That idiot!!!" Yang Qi stared at Qinglan and went crazy for a while, but saw Qinglan slowly staying at the end of the crowd. He waited until the crowd had almost dispersed before taking action. However, he did not go there.
Instead of preparing things, he was so ready to go fishing!
"Calm down!" Lin Zheng reached out and grabbed Yang Qi who was about to run away, "Why are you so angry?"
"That idiot has no plans to leave, so there's no need to worry?!"
"How do you know that they are not prepared?!" Lin Zheng said funnyly, "Judging from Qinglan's attire, he should often go to the wild to collect herbs, and the fifth family are all foodies, so, he is here
Before setting off, I must have brought all the things needed for cooking!" As he said that, he looked at Qinglan, but when he saw Qinglan's leisurely and contented expression, Lin Zheng also felt guilty. This kid
, you don’t think you’re going to lose, so why don’t you break the pot?!
"Xiao Linzi...are you sure that idiot is reliable?!"
"This... is probably more reliable!" Lin Zheng said, dumbfounded, "Anyway, let's go and have a look first. If he doesn't prepare anything, it would be great to come back and buy him something new!"
"Do I need to inform others?"
"No need, this time it's not the case that there are more people. Let them continue playing and don't disturb them!" After saying that, Lin Zheng looked at Qinglan again, "Let's go, follow!"