"A strategy to attack the heart."

Huaishi explained: "Once they stand on the field, both sides should be equal, and they should go all out to make the opponent lose without regrets. That guy just looked down on his opponent with one against seven at the beginning, but now

They also put forward such humiliating conditions... In addition to saving energy for digestion, more importantly, it is to stimulate the opponent's mentality."

"Oh, it's like cursing people when playing basketball on TV?" Maki clapped her hands and suddenly realized: "How despicable!"

"Outside moves are also a type of tricks, Maki. That old guy doesn't care what others say. At his age, he has already fought all kinds of bad battles, and he is too experienced. If he only needs a few words to

He doesn't mind spending a little bit of money to break his opponent's mentality. If someone leaves the game in anger, he will make a lot of money."

When speaking, Huai Shi did not hide her voice.

With the listening ability of a sublime person, it is as if a classmate is talking bad about him behind his back during a self-study class. It is impossible not to hear it.

He did it on purpose.

Add trouble to this old man.

The stronger the opponent, the more abilities he will bring to the table, and you have to understand his depth no matter what.

The old man still didn't care at all. He glanced at Huai Shi and nodded with admiration, looking like a teachable child.

"... Even using such a despicable trick, it seems that Senior Guo has no confidence in his own skills."

Shibakawa Hajime, who finally calmed down, said in a cold voice: "Unfortunately, I won't let you get what you want. Even if it's a losing battle, I will go all out... But be careful, don't do it before a young boy like me

The boat capsized."

After that, he closed his eyes, calmed down, and quickly returned to his calm state.

Waiting for the game to start.

After the usual nonsense that no one listened to, the bronze bell finally rang, and the moment the high-pitched sound burst out, Shibakawa Hajime's hands were as smooth as water, making his own dishes like art.

Kaiseki cuisine itself is a banquet originated from Zen Buddhism.

The most important thing is to be calm.

As a chef, it is natural that you cannot let go of your meditation skills.

Now, once Shibakawa Hatsu enters the state, he automatically blocks out all irrelevant things and begins to go all out to produce his own works.

And Guo Shouque finally made a move.

He took out a razor and slowly shaved the pig's head next to him.

Like a barber, he carefully removed every inch of hair, and the hot water next to him was already boiling. He casually pulled the pig's ears, stuffed the whole pig's head into the boiling water, and rinsed it.

Ignoring the boiling water that was up to his elbows, he quickly picked it up and casually dropped the pig's head on the chopping board.

Finally...roll up the other sleeve of the gray cloth coat.

Huai Shi couldn't help but frown.

Not only him, but other cooking demons also felt something was wrong.

Maki, who was always paying attention to Miss Huazhi, immediately noticed the change in her expression and asked curiously: "Is there anything strange?"

"I really hope you Yingzhou people don't usually eat at places like this, so I don't know, that's not how pig heads are treated."

Huai Shi expressed the biggest doubt in her heart.

In fact, he has little experience and has never studied the processing of unsophisticated meat such as pig head meat.

But at least I helped Uncle Fang. Uncle Fang occasionally stewed some and kept it for Huaishi and his friends who came to visit. Huaishi had seen the specific process many times.

It must be dismantled completely, and then the lymph nodes, corners of the eyes, and inedible things must be taken out, and then braised separately or made in other ways...

Even if it's baking or something else, it still requires other processes.

Judging from the looks of it, the pig's head is probably still fresh, it wasn't long after it was cut off from the neck.

The breed is not a special type, just ordinary meat pigs.

Guo Shouque treated it so roughly that the blood couldn't be drained away, and it only tasted terribly fishy.

Could it be that the old man deliberately planned to make the food so unpalatable that his opponent would vomit? That’s too ridiculous. Now the seven cooking demons have their eyes red with anger, like zombies. The food placed in front of them

Not to mention a pig's head, even if Guo Shouche was lying on the chopping board, they would all swarm up and eat it up.

Picture what?

Then, he saw the old man casually lift the large pot full of boiling water on the stove and throw it aside. Then, he put the bamboo basket he had been carrying on the stove.

Huai Shi squinted her eyes and looked carefully.

That thing was indeed a bamboo basket. But the basket made of countless thin strips was filled with darkness, making it difficult to see what was inside.

Only a faintly disturbing aura spread out from it.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this being a frontier relic.

But it definitely shouldn’t be used to bake on the fire…it’s not even a piece of kitchenware at all!

As if he was using it casually, he poured ladle after ladle of cold water in. Miraculously, the water did not seep out. Instead, it was churning in the darkness between the bamboo strips, and was quickly stained with a layer of gray.

black.

What exactly is inside that thing?

Huaishi felt that her scalp was numb.

It's like facing a huge abyss radioactive source, feeling that ubiquitous radiation spurts out from it. Even the depth balancer across the field still makes Huaishi's overly keen perception uneasy and trembling.

.

Is this old bastard roasting some kind of nuclear bomb on the fire?

Then, he saw the old guy Guo Shouche grabbing the pig's head with one hand, throwing it whole onto the grid on the bamboo basket, and finally covering it with a cover.

Then, he started to sit back and watch.

Not to mention scallions, star anise or fennel or anything like that, not even a grain of salt was put in it!

Steamed pig head in white water?

Is this another variant of boiled cabbage?

Huaishi didn't need to look in the mirror to know that her expression was ugly.

What the hell is this old bastard doing?

As if he noticed Huai Shi's gaze, the old man turned around with a smile but not a smile, and sighed as if he was chatting.

"Actually, it would be better to use a tripod. Unfortunately, this is a barbarian country after all, and ritual vessels like a bronze tripod are not easy to find... There is one in the museum, but that girl, Xiao Hu, won't let me take it.

"He clapped his hands helplessly and smiled: "We can only make do with local methods."

"……tripod?"

Huaishi felt a chill on the back of her head.

This old man just steamed a pig's head, why would he need something as big as a cauldron?

etc……

The corners of his eyes twitched, and he began to wonder if there was something wrong with his brain circuitry.

"Huh? It looks like you've guessed it? Hey, Miss Huai Zhi knows a lot about Eastern Xia culture. It's rare!"

Guo Shouque put his hands on his hands and smiled: "Yingzhou people seem to care about ancestors and lineage, right? The old man also has an extraordinary background, how about it? Are you very interested?"

Looking at those playful yet cold eyes, Huai Shi felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

Even if he is not his enemy at this moment.

But the ferocious meaning coming from the abyss crossed the barrier of depth, and as his gaze fell on Huai Shi, it lingered repeatedly in his ears, turning into a strange whisper: "Do you really want to hear it?

Isn’t it? Isn’t it? I guess you must be!”

Involuntarily and at the same time from the heart.

Huai Shi nodded.

"Ha, I knew it!"

Guo Shouque smiled proudly, but his expression was not serious at all, as if he didn't take it seriously, "If you want to say it, the surname Guo was originally inherited from the Guo Kingdom, and if you go back further, it is the serious Emperor Zhou.

From the Ji family. If Emperor Mu’s wild words when he saw Queen Mother of the West were not bragging, there must be some divinity in Lao Chen’s bloodline..."

In Huaishi's pocket, the finger on the phone moved slightly,

I just feel that line of inspiration in my mind becoming more and more vivid.

There is only one step left to the final answer!

"Ah haha, there is no need to check. Although this honor of ancestors has nothing to do with me, there is nothing to hide-"

Guo Shouque glanced at him narrowly and gave the answer directly: "Before the Guo family moved away from the country, they were highly valued by the then demigod Emperor Zhou and were given important responsibilities.

——The inherited position is called ‘Zong Bo’.”

Huaishi's fingers typing on the phone froze in place.
To be continued...