Xie Qingtang took off his apron, and then said to the nearest chef: "I forgot to put a medicinal herb into the medicinal diet, you can help me look at the fire, I'll be back in a while." ”

"Yes, ma'am, I see." The chef next to her immediately agreed, Xie Qingtang nodded, and left the kitchen, and after she left, the chefs began to talk about it.

The eldest chef has been working in the villa for almost ten years, threw the knife in his hand directly on the cutting board, and said dissatisfiedly: "During this time, Mr. Gu has not moved a single bite of the dishes we have cooked, except for the medicinal food made by his wife, it seems that he is not satisfied with the dishes we make, and I think we are not far from dismissal." ”

"Yes, if it goes on like this, we will collectively lose our jobs, I think this lady is not here to enjoy the villa at all, or to grab work and cook with us, this Gu is the same, why do you take medicinal food every day these days?"

"Everything is fresh, Mr. Gu may be fresh these days, and didn't we also make medicinal food for Mr. Gu several times ago?"

"Speaking of this, I get angry, when we made medicinal food for Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu didn't eat it every day, and even sometimes he didn't eat a bite, but now he doesn't even have a bite left of the medicinal diet made by his wife, this treatment, tsk, really makes me envious as a chef."

When talking about this matter, the other chefs also nodded, these days Gu Xiujin has eaten the medicinal food made by Xie Qingtang, which is really very likely, and he eats it all every time.

When a chef sees his cooking being eaten by others, it is the greatest compliment to his cooking skills, and they have never received such praise after working in the villa for so many years.

But these chefs who were discussing these things in the kitchen didn't know that at a small hole above, Xie Qingtang was lying there carefully observing the situation inside, and his eyes fell on the medicinal food he was boiling without blinking.

Soon about 20 minutes later, Xie Qingtang was back in the kitchen, and the chefs who had gathered together instantly dispersed, and then greeted her with a smile, as if the behavior of talking about her behind her back just now had never happened.

Xie Qingtang, who saw all this in his eyes, did not pierce their smiling faces, put the medicinal materials that had been prepared in advance into the medicinal diet, and then chatted with other people by the way.

Finally the medicinal diet was ready, Xie Qingtang brought the medicinal diet to the table, and then said solemnly to Gu Xiujin: "The heat of the medicinal diet is a little worse today, and it may not match your appetite." ”

"Ao, since you can't say that it suits my appetite, then I won't take medicinal food tonight." Gu Xiujin said lightly, pushing aside the medicinal food made by Xie Qingtang.

The housekeeper standing next to him was a little stunned when he saw this scene, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Gu, whether it suits your appetite or not, this medicinal food has been cooked by Mrs. for several hours, Mr. Gu always has to take a sip." ”

"Yes, I've been cooking for so long, and finally I remembered that I forgot to put a medicinal herb, although I put it in at the end, but the heat is not right, and this pot of medicinal food is ruined." Xie Qingtang said with some emotion.

Gu Xiujin glanced at her indifferently, stretched out his chopsticks to other dishes, and said calmly: "It's okay, just pay attention next time, I won't eat medicinal food tonight, and it's good to eat some ordinary meals." ”

After finishing speaking, the two of them put the pot of medicinal food that had been boiling for several hours behind them, and ate the dishes made by the chef.

After dinner, Gu Xiujin entered the kitchen and said to the housekeeper: "I have business to do, no one is allowed to disturb me." ”

"Okay, young master, I see." The housekeeper nodded and ordered directly, Gu Xiujin entered the study, Xie Qingtang was already waiting for him in the study, and the two exchanged glances.

Xie Qingtang said directly: "Today I found a random reason, I didn't stay in front of the medicinal diet, and sure enough, the mouse hiding in the dark couldn't wait to act, this pot of medicinal food has been poisoned." ”

It turned out that the medicinal diet that had not been touched just now was taken into the study by Xie Qingtang for poison testing, and sure enough, the pot of medicinal diet was poisoned.

"Do you know who poisoned them?" Gu Xiujin said with a serious face, Xie Qingtang paced back and forth, touched his chin, and told what he had observed: "As far as I can observe, after I left, the people who approached this pot of medicinal food included the cook I ordered to watch the fire before, the housekeeper, and the maid Yang Ma who came in to get the dishes. ”

Under the observation of the small hole above, Xie Qingtang took a clear look at those who had approached the medicinal diet, although there were many people passing by next to the medicinal diet, but when he lifted the lid of the medicinal diet, he only saw these three people.

"So who do you think is the most suspicious of them?" Gu Xiujin asked.

Xie Qingtang was stunned for a moment, in fact, she didn't really see it in that small hole, and the kitchen was steaming, and the moment she opened the lid of the medicinal diet, the heat in the medicinal diet would instantly rush to her face, temporarily covering her vision.

Therefore, she did not clearly see the situation of someone poisoning the medicinal diet, only that all three people opened the lid of the medicinal diet and saw it.

"What do you think?" Xie Qingtang felt that Gu Xiujin, as the owner of this villa, must know better about the people he hired than her, an outsider, so which of the three people was the most suspicious, Gu Xiujin should know in his heart.

Gu Xiujin stood there quietly, did not speak, and only said to Xie Qingtang after a long time: "The three people you mentioned, I will let Li Zhao investigate." ”

"That's good, but it seems that the person you trust the most is Li Zhao, after all, the first person you tested was him." Xie Qingtang said with a smile, that night, the reason why Gu Xiujin took her out to live and asked Li Zhao to bring breakfast early the next morning was actually to test him.

And the breakfast that morning was not poisoned, which means that Li Zhao was excluded, which is why Gu Xiujin was relieved to let Li Zhao investigate these three people.

The two of them tacitly glanced at each other, Xie Qingtang left the study and went back to the room to rest, but he didn't know that around the corner, the housekeeper saw her clearly when she came out of the study, and her brows furrowed slightly.