Emperor Tongzhi's face turned red. He really wanted to kick this slave to death. You have ruined such an important state banquet. What kind of grass carp should you choose? Did you know that a grass carp ruined a state banquet?
Liu Dadao kowtows like he is pounding garlic. How dare he say that this dish was left behind by the head of state! Isn't the slave just there to take the blame, but he can't just kowtow. If the emperor's anger is not calmed down, he will still be dead in the end.
Liu Dadao plucked up the courage and said, "Long live Lord, please calm down! I have something to say... The dish is indeed made from grass carp, but it really has no thorns! I have removed all the thorns, and the cooking process is very particular. I have The family’s secret recipe won’t leave any thorns at all…”
"Long live Lord Mingjian! Long live Lord Mingjian..."
The situation was already deadlocked here, and Emperor Tongzhi had no choice but to let Montauban squeeze him, so he said cruelly and loudly for the sake of face.
"Since the distinguished guests don't believe in the skills of our royal chef..." Zai Chun said with a sneer while biting his molar teeth, "That's easy to do. I invite everyone to taste this dish today. As long as one person gets stuck in the throat with a fish bone... I will use it." This slave’s head must be used to make amends to the distinguished guest!”
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" The scene was in an uproar. There was only one word in everyone's mind: "Barbarians, this is too barbaric. Do you want to kill people just because you are testing whether there are fish bones?"
Emperor Tongzhi couldn't care less about the questioning looks. He stared at Liu Dadao and said, "This is gambling on your life. I'm betting on whether your cooking skills can save your life!"
With tears in his eyes, Liu Dadao knocked his head on the floor, making a dull crashing sound. Then he raised his head and said with the stubbornness that an imperial chef should have, "Slave... I... bet..."
The scene suddenly became chaotic, and many noble ladies stood up one after another. "God, I will never allow such barbaric behavior! I'm sorry, I refuse to taste this dish!"
"It's just a dish, how can it be associated with precious human lives? This is wrong..."
"Please, Your Majesty the Emperor, please withdraw your rude request, otherwise we will withdraw unanimously to protest your behavior!"
Zai Chun's face suddenly turned red. This was the first time he had been robbed by a group of women. If any of those aristocratic women in the Qing Dynasty dared to say no to the emperor, Europe would really be a place where etiquette and music were broken.
Just when the situation was extremely embarrassing, Xiao Letian stood up and said with a smile, "Dear guests, please don't be angry and be patient! I think His Majesty was just joking, and he didn't really want to use human life as a bet!" "
"Actually, the core of the problem is just this dish. If all the guests present don't like it, we will just remove it..."
"No!" A firm voice suddenly interrupted Xiao Letian's words, and everyone saw that it was Liu Dadao who was kneeling on the ground.
I saw the cook staring at the head of state stubbornly, "No! We can't withdraw it. If this dish is withdrawn, I will jump into the river and commit suicide!"
"Long live the Lord! Head of State! Her Majesty the Queen! All adults..." Liu Dadao said loudly with tears in his eyes, "I am a craftsman! Cooking is my life! If this dish is rejected today, then I will not Be convinced!"
"I will defend my reputation with my life. I am the Royal Chef of the Forbidden City! What I represent now is the face of Chinese food! I beg you, give me a chance to prove it!"
Everyone present was moved. They were all infected by Liu Dadao's outpouring of grief and anger! This is just a cook, but a cook also has the dignity of a cook, which is confidence and maintenance of his own craft.
The women who were clamoring to leave also stopped talking. Women are emotional, and they are born with more compassion than men.
Xiao Letian glanced at Montauban, and became angry when he saw that gloating look. He secretly said in his heart, "Just wait. When our army sweeps across France, I will decide your life!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Letian turned to look at Liu Dadao, "Okay, since you want a chance, show off your unique skills! It will open the eyes of all the distinguished guests, so that they can have confidence in your cooking skills!"
With a muffled bang, Liu Dadao knocked his head on the ground, then jumped up and walked back. Under the puzzled eyes of everyone, they saw him holding the hand of a companion, and carrying a huge black man in his other hand. The iron kitchen knife rushed out.
The imperial guards present were so frightened that they rushed up, but Xiao Letian stopped them. "It doesn't matter, the kitchen knife is the life of the chef. He may want to show his cooking skills to the queen, please don't worry!"
Liu Dadao clasped his fists and turned around to salute the guests. "Dear princes and ministers, gentlemen! Since you are afraid that Liu Dadao is not good at my craftsmanship, I will show you today so that you can see my Chinese cuisine knife skills. !”
"Second brother, are you afraid?"
The cook next to him had been working with Liu Dadao for many years, and he immediately shouted, "I trust Brother Liu's craftsmanship, just do it..."
Everyone present was stunned. No one knew what the two men were going to do. The chef turned his right hand and a thick beef leg bone appeared in front of them.
This is a raw beef leg bone, with all the tendons on it having been removed, revealing the pale bones. The chef turned his hand and pinched one end of the leg bone with his palm, and the entire foot-long bone stick was directly attached to the arm.
Holding one end of the leg bone with the palm of his hand upward, the bone was pressed against the arm and pointed toward the sky, then he stretched out his arm and shouted, "Brother Liu, use the knife!"
"Okay! Ah..." With a loud shout, Liu Dadao swung the black metal kitchen knife in his hand over his head, and without saying a word, he slashed at his brother's arm.
"Oh my God!" Everyone present exclaimed, "What is this going to do..."
After screaming, many women covered their eyes with their hands, as if the next second was a tragic scene of a living person having his arms cut off. Some women who were dizzy with blood fainted and fell into the arms of the men next to them.
At this moment, no one could stop Liu Dadao, and the guy had no explanation, so he slashed at him with the kitchen knife in a flash of lightning.
This black iron kitchen knife is carefully made. The average kitchen knife weighs only two to three pounds, about one and a half kilograms. But Liu Dadao's black iron kitchen knife weighs seven and a half kilograms, nearly four kilograms.
This heavy and sharp kitchen knife has no problem chopping up a beef leg bone, but what about the arm underneath the bone? Those are the arms of a living person!
Ah... There was a scream in the audience, and among the screams there was only a muffled click, and after the black sword light, half of the cow's leg bone rolled and jumped onto the dining table where Montauban was sitting.
Bang... bang... there were two bouncing sounds, and half of the beef leg bone knocked over the bowl of sour plum soup in front of Ivan.
