The cook's face suddenly became even more ugly, and he said in horror, "I...... I didn't know this snake was poisonous! ”

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said in a cold voice: "Brother Cook, no one will believe what you say, but they will think that you are the murderer." At least, this snake was caught by you, and the snake soup was also made by you, and the princess was poisoned to death after eating the snake soup you made, so you are the murderer of the princess! ”

The cook was covered in cold sweat, and he almost cried, his legs kept swinging, and he said tremblingly: "I didn't want to kill the princess, I didn't want to kill the princess!" It was the fat guard, and it was he who said that there were snakes on the swamp and that he could make a delicious snake soup, so I went to catch some snakes and came back! ”

"How did the fat guard know there were snakes in that swamp?" Li Canghai's heart moved, and he immediately asked.

"I don't know about that. When I brought him food that day, I heard him complain about the poor food, so I told him that we had no food left, and that even the princess had no meat to eat, let alone us people. At this point, he mentioned that there were snakes in the swamp, and at first I didn't think about catching them, but then Lingji came and said that the princess wanted to eat something delicious and asked me to find a way. But I'm just an ordinary cook, what can I do? In desperation, I ran to the swamp to catch snakes, but I really didn't know that this snake was poisonous! The cook said eagerly.

"Are you telling you true?" Li Canghai asked sharply.

"It's true! Don't dare to have a lie! The cook swore an oath.

Li Canghai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded: "I believe in you, I will ask Lord Conan to intercede for you." ”

The cook heard this. I was overjoyed. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Canghai and said, "Thank you, son." Thank you, Childe! ”

Li Canghai patted him on the shoulder and asked him to keep the remaining half bowl of snake soup. After that, he left the backyard and found the fat guard.

The fat guard was leaning against a big tree, comfortably nibbling on half of the dried fish, and the death of Princess Dongying did not seem to have any effect on him.

"Fat guard, I have a few words for you." Li Canghai walked over and got straight to the point.

The fat guard glanced at him, tilted his head and thought about it, as if he felt that he didn't need to take care of him, so he continued to bow his head and nibble on the dried fish.

Li Canghai frowned slightly. He coughed twice, and said lightly: "Fat guard, now that the princess has suffered an accident, the situation is serious, it was Lord Conan who asked me to come over to investigate this matter, I hope you can tell the truth, don't hide anything." ”

When the fat guard heard that it was Conan who asked him to come, his expression suddenly became much more respectful.

"Fat guard, do you know why the princess died?" Li Canghai asked with a serious face.

The fat guard was stunned. Shaking his head, he said, "I don't know." ”

Li Canghai sneered and said, "You don't know? To tell you the truth, the princess died of snake venom! And the reason why the princess will be poisoned by snakes is all because of you! ”

"Me?" The fat guard was stunned. He pointed to his nose and exclaimed, "What does this have to do with me?" I didn't poison the princess! ”

"Oh? Is it? The princess died of eating the poisonous snake soup made by the cook, and according to the cook. The reason why he goes to catch snakes is because you deliberately pinch him. You know that the cook is anxious for the princess's food. So you deliberately told him about the snake in the swamp, but you didn't tell him. The snakes there are poisonous, what is your intention? ”

The fat guard almost jumped up, and he shouted angrily, "Wronged! What a wrong! This is all the cook deliberately planting me! I didn't hurt the princess! ”

"You say the cook has wronged you? Why did he wronged you? Li Canghai said solemnly.

The fat guard said indignantly: "This dead cook, on the surface, seems to be hard-working and hard-working, but in fact he is an out-and-out treacherous villain!" still has the face to say that he is the imperial chef of Dongying? Phew! ”

Li Canghai was silent, and said lightly: "Oh, how do you say this? ”

The fat guard spat and scolded: "This cook used to have some reputation in Dongying, and the 'Pearl Jade Soup' he made was also a must-have in Dongying, but now it's different." Now his mind is no longer on cooking, but on money, and the whole person seems to have fallen into the eyes of money, and he is delusional about being able to get rich all day long! ”

Li Canghai didn't speak, but quietly listened to the fat guard's scolding.

"When he was on the ship, he was able to keep to himself, but when he got here, he spent his days thinking about getting rich. A few days ago, I found out that he was sneaky, so I secretly followed him, and found that he had actually cut off all the fine meat of the wild boar we had hunted so hard. After that, I watched him wrap the meat in a cloth and hide it, and not only that, but he also poured water into the rest of the meat! I said, "Why is the meat he has been making so unpalatable lately?" The fat guard pursed his lips, and when it came to food, it seemed to arouse the cravings in his stomach, and he took out the half-eaten dried fish from his bosom and nibbled on it a few bites.

Li Canghai touched his chin and said, "He poured water into the meat, why didn't you go and report to the princess and Lord Conan?" ”

The fat guard rubbed his nose and said angrily: "This cook is like a monkey, he is pouring water into the meat we eat, but he does not give it to the princess and Lord Conan, even if she goes to sue, the princess will not believe it, but will be falsely accused." Although he poured water into the meat, it was still meat after all! If you offend him, I'm afraid that even the flesh that will be poured with water will be gone. As long as there is meat to eat, I don't care if he is injected with water or not. But who knows, that guy actually secretly took the fine meat that was cut off before and sold it to others! ”

Li Canghai was suddenly a little curious, who else was there on this island besides them?

Who doesn't know the importance of food? Besides, even if this place is a mountain of gold and silver, it can't cost a penny, who would be willing to sell such precious meat? And who will buy it?

"Who did he sell to?" Li Canghai asked.

The fat guard said angrily, "It's the merchant we met before!" The cook had secretly run out to meet him several times, and the two of them had no idea what they were planning. ”

"Is that him?" Li Canghai narrowed his eyes.

Needless to say, the businessman mentioned by the fat guard also knew that the person was none other than Zhang Da, whom Conan ordered people to look for everywhere.

"What else do you know?" Li Canghai asked.

The fat guard gnawed the dried fish clean, and scolded, "Didn't I just steal a few dried fish from him?" He actually wronged me for poisoning the princess? Actually, I've never been to the swamp, and I don't know that there are snakes there, but I heard these things from Nobi-kun, and then I just said it casually. It's not that easy for that guy to frame me! Oh, by the way, these nights, I often see him sneaking up in front of the room where the tributes are kept, and every time he says that he is worried about the tribute, so he comes out to make his rounds. I wondered, he is a cook, what is he doing with this leisure, now it seems that he must be plotting against him! (To be continued.) )