super food empire

Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen: Possessed by the Medicine King Detective
He tightly held Murong Xue's little hand, patted the back of her hand vigorously, and then helped her wipe away the tears on her face, Qin Yu's voice was full of firmness: "Don't be afraid, with me here, I will catch the murderer." !"

"Hmm..." Murong Xue was still crying, no matter who the murderer was, what happened today was a lesson she would never forget in her life, either destroying her or becoming a driving force for her progress.

Qin Yu asked: "Calm down and think about it carefully, did you find anything unusual when you replaced me with cooking?"

Murong Xue's mind was blank. Under Qin Yu's encouragement, she finally calmed down and began to recall. After thinking for a while, she suddenly raised her head and said, "I remembered, the octagonal box was almost empty at that time."

Liu He pursed his mouth: "What's so strange about that?"

"But I just bought the goods yesterday. Daddy knows that there will be many customers today, so I bought a lot specially. It is impossible to run out suddenly, and the other boxes are full." Stupid, is too simple and too timid, belongs to the type of super stage fright.

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. How could they run out of the goods they bought yesterday?And it just so happened that the star anise was used up, which was tricky.

Liu He and Liu Yunshan looked at each other, and they frowned in unison, with a gloomy expression on their faces.

County Magistrate Wang nodded and said, "It is indeed unusual, but it cannot be used as evidence."

"Don't be impatient, everyone, this is just the beginning of a trick, and let me tell you one by one." Qin Yu swept across the audience and said loudly, "After I finished frying, the octagonal box was indeed almost empty, but I I didn't know there was a purchase yesterday, so I didn't care. Now that I think about it, someone must have secretly stolen the real star anise!"

"Hahaha, it's so funny, stealing star anise? I think the thief will die laughing." Liu He laughed loudly, and the others also laughed.

County Magistrate Wang said: "It sounds unbelievable to steal the real star anise. Assuming you are right, what is the purpose of the thief? Where did the fake star anise come from?"

Qin Yu sneered and said: "This is the cleverness of the thief. He knows that the kitchen is not too busy at first, and I will cook first, so if I leave the fake star anise directly, I may recognize it. And with the guests The number of orders will increase, the kitchen will become extremely busy, and Axue’s qualifications are still young, so she has no time to distinguish the authenticity in a hurry, so the trick can succeed.”

"It's ridiculous, the aptitude is still low? As a chef, you can't even recognize red fennel, so what kind of chef are you?" Liu Yunshan laughed.

Murong Xue trembled, her head was almost lowered to her chest, her shoulders twitched and she began to cry again, no matter what, she was responsible for not distinguishing the truth from the false.

Qin Yu said: "That's why I said that the thief is clever. Uncle Murong bought the goods yesterday. With Uncle Murong's experience, it is impossible to buy fake goods, and Murong Xue will not doubt her father, so she cooks. Sometimes she doesn’t check the authenticity at all, because she never thought that what she used was fake anise!”

After a pause, Qin Yu turned up his voice: "This is psychological warfare. Using Ah Xue's trust in Uncle Murong, the fake star anise was successfully infiltrated. When you cook, do you check whether your own star anise is real or not?"

The words were reasonable, and everyone nodded after hearing it. Naturally, they would not check their own materials again, because they must have been checked when they bought them.

Li Butou clicked his tongue and said: "If this is the case, it is really extremely sinister."

The expressions of Liu He and Liu Yunshan changed slightly, but they returned to normal in an instant. Liu He snorted and said, "The hype you said still can't explain where the fake anise came from. Since the thief stole the real anise and didn't leave the fake anise, then Didn’t you get the fake star anise in by yourself?”

"Don't worry, Boss Liu, you are in such a hurry to argue with me, do you have some ghosts in your heart?" Qin Yu narrowed his eyes and stared at Liu He's face.

"You have a ghost in your heart. I am a victim, a victim! If you don't give an explanation today, I will go to the Ziwu Academy to beat the holy drum!" Liu He shouted loudly.

Shock drum?Everyone was shocked, once the Shocking Drum was played, it would startle the Food Saint in Jixia Food Palace, regardless of the outcome, he would be severely punished, it was a unique move, and no one would use it unless it was a big injustice.

Qin Yu sneered, brought the octagonal box from the kitchen over, flipped through it, took one casually, put it on his tongue, licked it, and said, "Red fennel has 7-8 horns, small, reddish brown, the mouth is It is slightly sour and then sweet. Although it is very similar to real star anise, it can be easily distinguished by careful inspection. But everyone, these red fennel are obviously carefully selected. Even the colors have been processed."

County magistrate Wang is a foodie, and he is quite good at ingredients, he rummaged through the box himself, nodded and said: "Sure enough, there is not even a single seven-pointed red fennel, it is unusual, if it is framed, then it is really well-intentioned. "

"Boss Liu, can you tell me why this happened?"

"How would I know? Don't go around in circles. If you can't tell the origin of the red fennel, you have the responsibility that you can't shirk!" Liu He roared.

"Okay, let me tell you the origin of the fake star anise." Qin Yu took the gift list at the entrance of the store, looked it up, pointed to a line of words and displayed it, "Everyone, please look, Xu Fu, half a catty of cinnamon bark, half a catty of peppercorns, Half a catty of red pepper, two catties of star anise, two catties."

Murong Fu exclaimed in surprise: "I remembered, at that time there was not enough star anise, and A Xue couldn't live without it, so I asked me to help get some stock, I saw that there happened to be star anise in the gift, so I gave it to A Xue. "

After finishing speaking, Murong Fu quickly covered his mouth, wishing to slap himself, it turned out that he gave the fake star anise to his younger sister, and the younger sister thought it was the star anise at home, so she didn't check it, which led to the poisoning incident.

Murong De's hands trembled angrily, wishing he could slap this careless son a few times, how could he send him to the kitchen without checking?

"Xu Fu? Old Xu from Xu Ji Dry Goods Store?"

"Yes, yes, it's Lao Xu. His family buys all kinds of dry goods. The quality is good and the reputation is good. The brand is quite famous."

"Anyway, I buy all my spices and melon seeds from his store. I heard that restaurants in County L often come here because of their reputation."

"What do you mean? Is it Xu Fu's poison? Xu Fu is the murderer?"

"Oh my god, I'm wronged, it's really not my poison, I just gave some gifts, and my star anise, how could it be fake? If it's fake, didn't I smash the brand myself?" Xu Fu was so frightened. All softened, and quickly stood up and complained.

County magistrate Wang squinted his eyes and stared at it, showing his official authority: "Then you give away half a catty of everything else, but give two catties of star anise, what is your intention?"

Xu Fu knelt down and yelled at the injustice: "Your Excellency, I guessed that today's star anise is used a lot, so I deliberately sent more. How do I know what happened?"

Everyone thought Xu Fu was the murderer, but Qin Yu shook his head: "Boss Xu is innocent, he is actually a victim, and the real murderer is someone else!"

(End of this chapter)