Jin Yi Shi Niang (Detective)

Yuzhenlou is the most magnificent restaurant in the capital, and the food competition is held once every three years.

Lan Yinger had heard from her master about the gourmet competition at Yuzhen Building in Beijing when she was young, so this year when the competition started, she immediately participated in it.

It's just that she passed three levels and killed six generals, but was eliminated in the first round of the final.

Although she is very disappointed, she knows that there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people.At that time, she vowed that she would study her culinary skills well and strive for another chance to participate in the competition in the future, but she did not expect that the judges were all poisoned when she participated in the competition for the first time, and she didn't know if she would do it again in the future.

At this moment, several people from Jinyiwei were talking to Wen Chen about the investigation of Yuzhen Building.

As the No. 1 building in the capital, Yuzhen Building receives only the distinguished guests, so the shopkeeper attaches great importance to the hygiene of the building.The tables, chairs, tableware, and floor in the building will be cleaned after the evening meal, without even a single trace of stains. It can be said that the entire Yuzhen Building does not even have the slightest oily smell.

Not only the hall and private rooms are very clean, but even the back kitchen, except for some fresh fruits and vegetables, everything else is very clean.

Because of this, by the time the five judges were poisoned, the scene had already been destroyed, and most likely evidence had been destroyed.

Jin Yiwei, who was standing in front of Wen Chen and reporting, said in a deep voice: "There are no clues to the food and utensils used by the five deceased, and the next step is to find out the direction..." I'm afraid it will not be easy.He thought about what he said later, but didn't dare to say it.

Wen Chen glanced outside the building: "Go and ask where all the filth that was cleaned up last night has been swept away, and arrange for someone to check it carefully to see if there are any clues."

Jin Yiwei: "The humble job takes orders."

Wen Chen looked at the other Jinyiwei again: "Since no evidence can be found at the scene, let's check with all the people who were in Yuzhen Tower yesterday. You make a list of all the people who were in Yuzhen Tower yesterday, one by one. scrutiny."

"Yes."

After a while, Su Qi led several Jin Yiwei and brought the three cooks who participated yesterday to the main hall of Yuzhen Building.

The finals of the food competition are divided into two days. On the previous day, the six contestants who entered the finals competed, and finally three were selected to enter the finals, so that the No.1 Master Chef, No.2 Golden Chef and No.3 Jade The rank of the chef.

Yesterday was the finals.

Previously, the people from the government government interrogated everyone who had contact with the five deceased in Yuzhen Building one by one. After the competition, the five judges went to the guest room in the backyard together. During this period, no waiter brought them food. , or when the waiter in the guest room in the backyard was delivering tea, he found that they had died of poisoning together.

In this way, the five deceased only ate food made by three cooks before they died, and these three cooks were the most suspected.

A private room in Yuzhen Building was temporarily requisitioned as an interrogation room. Wen Chen sat in the main seat, Su Qi sat in the side seat, and another court official sat on another desk with a pen waiting to take notes.

In order to avoid being recognized by the people in Yuzhen Building and affect the other party's emotions, Lan Ying'er has been wearing a veil since entering the door, and now she is sitting in the back listening.

The first person to be invited into the interrogation room was Li Zecheng, who won the No.3 Jade Kitchen Award.

Li Zecheng, the son of the Marquis of Guo'an, is 19 years old and a concubine.He didn't like reading since he was a child, and he loved cooking food. At that time, the old waiter blamed him for getting involved in Dingzu and doing such trivial things, and scolded him a lot, but as time went by, seeing that he really liked him, he also There is no hindrance.When he was young, he had to waste a lot of good ingredients every day. It was not until he was 15 years old that he realized the way, and he was in charge of all the dishes in the mansion.

However, the young Li Zecheng sat down opposite Wen Chen, and said with a solemn face, "I only care about cooking, and I have no grievances or enmities with the five judges, so I won't poison them."

Su Qi, who was in charge of the interrogation, said: "This interrogation is not about convicting, but about understanding the process of your participation in the competition, and everyone and things you encountered during the process." His tone paused, "You will enter the jade court yourself. Let’s talk about what happened after Zhenlou one by one, and don’t miss it.”

Li Zecheng narrowed his eyes and began to recall.

"The dish I made yesterday is called steamed goose with honey wine. The ingredients were carefully selected by me and my followers at the market in Liaojia Lane early in the morning. Later, we brought the ingredients into the hall of Yuzhen Building together. The only people I came into contact with were the two of us. At that time, I washed the whole goose, rubbed the goose belly with three qian salt, and stuffed a handful of green onions in the goose belly. Then I mixed honey into the wine In the middle of the process, paint the whole body of the goose again. Pour a large bowl of wine and a large bowl of water into the pot and steam it, and then steam the goose rack on the pot... Wait until the goose is steamed and let it cool down a little, then apply Chop it into pieces, put it in five celadon plates, and send it to the table of five judges by me and my attendants. After that, I watched the five judges eat, and none of them showed any difference. After that, I got the jade After the chef award, I hurried home because I was worried about the curfew."

Su Qi looked at Wen Chen and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you want to take him into custody?" In private, Su Qi called Wen Chen Big Brother, but when he was on duty, he always called him according to the rules.

Wen Chen directly said to Li Zecheng: "Until the case is solved, I ask Mr. Li to stay in the mansion and not go out."

Li Zecheng got up, nodded slightly, and turned to go out.

Su Qi was curious: "Brother, why don't you take him into custody?"

Wen Chen: "If it's really the murderer, it will be difficult to find out the flaws once they are in custody." After finishing speaking, she turned her head slightly to Lan Ying'er's side.

Seeing that Wen Chen asked her to speak, Lan Ying'er quickly sat up straight, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "When he just entered the door, he said that he had no grievances with the five judges and that he would not poison him. Very generous, according to my inference, it is more likely that he is not the murderer. But..."

Wen Chen frowned: "But what?"

Lan Yinger: "But later, when you asked him to tell the story of yesterday's competition, I saw that he didn't dare to look at you, and he touched his chin from time to time, and his shoulders moved from time to time, which shows that he has something in his heart. Pretending to be something, and this thing is related to the food contest."

Wen Chen ordered the subordinates standing beside him: "Go and keep an eye on Li Zecheng."

The subordinate clasped his hands and said, "Yes."

Then there is Qin Shihai who won the No.2 Golden Chef Award.

Qin Shihai, the nephew of General Gu, is the owner and chef of Yuzhen Building.His master was the late old chef of Yu Zhen Lou.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about Yuzhen Tower in detail.

After Emperor Taizu ascended the throne in Yingtianfu, he built ten big restaurants in the imperial city, and recruited giant merchants to take over the business. Yuzhen Tower is one of them.

The giant businessman who took over Yuzhen Building was Qin Shihai's grandfather and the father-in-law of General Gu.

1. Yuzhen Building not only has a restaurant, but also guest rooms in the backyard. There is also a building to the east of the guest rooms, which is a place for guests to watch dances and entertain.

Qin Shihai grew up in Yuzhen Building and was very interested in cooking. His grandfather asked him to learn cooking skills from the chef of Yuzhen Building.When the old chef passed away, Qin Shihai became the chef.It's just that according to the people in Yuzhen Tower, Qin Shihai usually doesn't handle the cooking, and most of his subordinate chef Bao is in charge of the back kitchen. He only shows his hand when there are royal relatives coming to compete.

After Qin Shihai sat down, Su Qi asked him to tell everything that happened since he entered Yuzhen Tower yesterday.

The dish Qin Shihai cooked yesterday was Kanto venison. He briefly explained the cooking process, and then said, "My lord, I'm not familiar with those five judges, and I don't have much contact with them on weekdays."

Wen Chen suddenly said, "How did you get selected for the final?"

Qin Shihai glanced at Wen Chen, and immediately looked away: "This... was naturally chosen by the judges."

Wen Chen: "You are the owner of Yuzhen Building, why do you want to surrender your status to be the chef of Yuzhen Building?"

Qin Shihai frowned slightly: "It's fun! I can't find a suitable chef, so I can only name it."

Wen Chen: "Did you participate in the competition three years ago?"

Qin Shihai was slightly stunned: "...No. At that time, my master, the head chef of Yuzhen Building participated in it. He won the first master chef award that year."

Wen Chen frowned, his eyes turned cold, "As far as I know, the five judges are regular customers of Yuzhen Building. As the owner and chef of Yuzhen Building, how can you not be familiar with them?"

Qin Shihai hurriedly frowned and said: "No, my lord, I just know them, and I'm not very familiar with them."

Wen Chen frowned and looked at Qin Shihai silently for a long time before saying: "Go down! Wait outside for now."

After Qin Shihai got up, he quickly turned around and walked out.

Wen Chen looked sideways at Lan Yinger again.

Lan Yinger said: "He didn't wait to ask questions and said that he was not familiar with the five judges. It seemed that he wanted to distance himself from the relationship, and he was obviously lying. Because when he said these words, he moved his feet back and forth. Go, the expression is very uncomfortable, just like Li Zecheng, he dare not look at you. I think that he has not only overlapped with the five judges, but also has something unspeakable. Otherwise, it is not necessary to hide it." The tone changed Paused, "As for whether it is related to the poisoning incident, it remains to be seen."

Wen Chen asked his subordinates to invite Yueshi in.

Sishan Yueshi, who returned from the palace, opened a new family food school in the capital, specializing in cooking and cooking. To avoid suspicion, he only recruited noble daughters.Many well-to-do families in central Beijing sent their daughters to her to learn cooking skills.

In the final round of the food competition yesterday, Yuezhi won the No.1 Master Chef Award.

Yuezhi is over fifty years old, but he looks only forty, with a dignified face, calm and generous.

As soon as she entered the door, her eyes swept over Wen Chen's face, and then fixed on Lan Ying'er's face covered in white gauze.

Lan Ying'er met Yueshi's eyes, and her heart was shocked.She thought that the Yue family had served the emperor and the lords of the palace for many years, and had already cultivated a disposition of "sit tight on the Diaoyutai despite the wind and waves", if she wanted to guess what she was thinking, she would have to open her eyes wide Some.

Yueshi sat down without saying a word, just stared at Su Qi and Wen Chen, waiting for their questions.

Wen Chen knew that although Yueshi was an old woman who left the palace, she was very popular in the palace because of her prudent conduct, and the meals cooked by her niece were very sacred. A woman who cooks meals can be said to be a very prestigious person in the capital.

Su Qi was about to speak, but Wen Chen raised his hand to stop him. He looked at Yue Shi softly, with a faint smile on his lips: "Aunt Yue, I heard that the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea you made yesterday won a lot of applause and made you the capital The number one chef."

Yueshi smiled gently: "It's just a random dish." After saying that, she glanced at Lan Ying'er again.

Wen Chen: "Aunt Yue knows the woman behind me?"

Yueshi: "If you guess right, it should be Miss Lan from Tangzi Lane."

Lan Yinger took off her veil: "Aunt Yue has good eyesight."

Yueshi said: "The mutton pine yellow soup you lost here a few days ago, the old woman tasted it in the back kitchen, it was a masterpiece, at that time I thought you should be able to enter the finals, but never thought that you This dish was not able to enter... I was planning to wait until the competition is over, so I will go to Tangzi Lane to find you, and I want to ask you how to make that dish."

Lan Ying'er smiled faintly: "Then after the things here are over, Aunt Yue is welcome to come and find me in the shop."

Yueshi nodded slightly, and looked at Wen Chen seriously.

Wen Chen: "Aunt Yue, please tell me about what happened at Yuzhen Building yesterday in detail."

Yueshi nodded, and began to speak in detail, there was nothing suspicious about what he said.

After she finished speaking, Wen Chen said: "Aunt Yue, please go back! Please don't leave the capital until the case is solved."

Yueshi clasped his hands, stood up and bowed to Wen Chen, then turned and retreated.

Wen Chen got up from the chair and looked at Lan Yinger.

Lan Ying'er shook her head: "The Yue family is very calm here, and there is nothing wrong with it. According to what the yamen of the Yingtian Mansion said earlier, the Yue family has been operating in the palace for decades, or it is because they are good at hiding themselves. No, she just really did nothing wrong."

Wen Chen nodded slightly and said nothing.

Lan Yinger looked at the sun in the sky through the window: "It's almost noon, I have to go back to the restaurant."

Wen Chen walked towards the door with his hands behind his back: "I'll take you there."

Lan Ying'er looked at the back of his neck and said to herself in a low voice, "You want to go to my place for a quick meal!"

Wen Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks, and when he turned his head, Lan Ying'er, who was walking quickly, bumped into Wen Chen's generous back, and when she raised her head, Wen Chen looked at her seriously: "Well, I'm hungry .”

Lan Ying'er was stunned by his bump, and when she raised her face to look at such a pair of breathtaking eyes, her mind went blank, and she didn't get dazed until Wen Chen turned her face forward and almost disappeared. Come, hurry up and follow.

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The post of General was still available at the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and after that, it was the post of General Soldier, and of course there were special appointments during wartime.The ancient general here is a private establishment, please don't care about it.

Baidu: In the Ming and Qing dynasties, during the wars, the emperor appointed a general to lead the army, or added titles to the general. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, Prince Su Haoge was the general Jingyuan, and Prince Hui Mianyu was the general who was ordered to command the army. After the war, it will be abolished.