Chapter 199: Poppy Purple Incense is Poisonous

The utility room of the capital food court

Chef Hao, who had attempted to kill, was tied up and thrown to the ground in all sorts of ways, but his hateful eyes that shone through the cold light seemed to turn into a sharp sword to pierce Qin Yongsheng.

Qin Yongsheng opened his mouth and asked, "Who is your father?" How did you have such a poisonous poppy incense? Recruit from the truth. ”

There was a knock on the door, Pei Xiuxiu and his party walked in and said with a smile: "Three judges, my master is a hidden miracle doctor who has studied all kinds of poisons, I think we may be helpful to you, so I came." ”

Feng Yuchu spoke, "You guys come in." ”

Chef Hao slowly spoke: "My father's name is Dong Chun, and he used to be a palace chef, Qin Yongsheng should you know now?" ”

Qin Yongsheng sighed in amazement and said, "It turns out that you are Dong Chun's son, and he actually has descendants, but I only know this now." ”

Chef Hao continued: "My father's name is Dong Chun, my mother is Hao Chunxiang, my father was originally the chef of Hangzhou Louwailou, and my mother was a miscellaneous chef in the back kitchen of Louwailou. After a private visit to Weifu and eating my father's cooking, the emperor made an exception and promoted my father to the palace to become an imperial chef. Poor my mother, who was unmarried and pregnant, went to the capital alone to endure all the hardships, and never saw my father. As a last resort, my mother found a handyman who washed dishes in Daoxiangge in the capital to barely make ends meet, and on the way she hid in a distant relative's house and secretly gave birth to me, and then continued to go to Daoxiangge to wash dishes. The main reason why my mother chose to work in a time-honored restaurant like Daoxiangge was because she wanted to inquire about her father. There are a lot of palace nobles in Daoxiang Pavilion all day long, and there is a lot of news in the palace, so seeing my father again has become my mother's most important thing, but it's a pity that ......"

Chef Hao paused for a while and sneered: "It's a pity that a few years later, my mother got the news that my father was indeed implicated and unjustly killed because of the case of involving the poisoning of the concubine, and the head chef at that time was Qin Yongsheng." My mother tried her best to find out that the poison was said to be caused by another cook, Rong Dasheng, and this Rong Dasheng was your best friend, so you shielded him and used my father as a substitute for the dead, which my mother told me before she died. ”

Rong Er excitedly ran out and denied: "You are talking nonsense, my father did not kill anyone, my father was also imprisoned because of the case of Xiao Guifei's poisoning, and on the eve of his execution, he met the emperor's amnesty and escaped the catastrophe, and then my father fled into the mountains and forests to live in seclusion, and later met my mother and me." My father lived a depressed life in this life, and before he died, he repeatedly paid attention to me, I must not go out, and wanted me to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests all my life. ”

Qin Yongsheng looked at Rong Er excitedly and said, "Is it true that you just said that you are Rong Dasheng's son?" How did he die? Since he disappeared after he was released from prison, I have been looking for him for decades without hearing from him. ”

Rong Er said: "I once heard my father mention that he has a brother who is like a brother, that person is surnamed Qin, could it be that the person in my father's mouth is Chef Qin, you?" ”

"Exactly." Qin Yongsheng nodded and sighed and said: "Evil, the case of poisoning the concubine is still an unsolved unsolved case, but there were many imperial chefs involved because of this matter, including Dong Chun and Rong Dasheng. As the head chef of the imperial kitchen, I was also implicated in the demotion, which is really hard to explain. ”

Chef Hao asked, "What's going on?" What really happened back then? ”

Qin Yongsheng sighed and said: "That day was the birthday of the pregnant Concubine Xiao, the palace held a banquet, and the imperial dining room was very busy. Approaching midnight, Zhong Xiu Palace sent an order that the concubine wanted to eat osmanthus sweet wine balls, and at this time, the cooks in the imperial dining room had already left work, and there were only five people on duty that day, including your father Dong Chun and Rong Dasheng. Half an hour later, the bad news came, Xiao Guifei died of poison, and together with the dragon seed in her belly, the emperor was furious and ordered that the five imperial chefs on duty be put in prison to wait for beheading. ”

"Joke, then why did my father die and his father was amnesty? It's clear that you're doing something wrong. Chef Hao interrupted him and asked.

Qin Yongsheng said: "As far as I know, your father's death was because he was tortured to death in prison, and the reason why Rong Dasheng was able to escape was completely because of luck. His body was not dragged down by the torture of Jinyiwei, and on the eve of the execution, he happened to meet the new emperor who ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, so he escaped. ”

Rong Er asked: "Then is Concubine Xiao's death really because of eating osmanthus sweet wine balls?" ”

Qin Yongsheng said: "At first, the imperial doctor found arsenic in the bowl of osmanthus sweet wine soup that the concubine drank, so the emperor was angry and ordered the five imperial chefs to be put in prison and beheaded. Later, Lord Wu, who decided the case, found out that the arsenic was added later, and the real cause of the concubine's death was that she died of the poison of poppy incense. It's a pity that when Lord Wu found out about this, four of the five imperial chefs had already been tortured to death, and only one Rong Dasheng was left, so this matter was silent, and only a few of us knew about it. ”

Chef Hao said angrily: "Such a reckless judgment of the case, careless of human life, this is a high-ranking ruler to do things? ”

Feng Yuchu said coldly: "The affairs of the palace have always been like this, why make a fuss? ”

Qin Yongsheng turned his gaze to Yuehua and asked, "Dare to ask what kind of poison is Poppy Zixiang?" I don't know if you know? ”

Yuehua said: "Poppy purple incense comes from Persia, and the first person to bring this poison into the original was Lin Lanji, the head of the Jade Girl Sect, few people in the rivers and lakes should know about this poison, why did this poison appear in the palace?" ”

Qin Yongsheng shook his head and said, "The old man really doesn't know. ”

Pei Xiuxiu grasped the key point and asked, "Chef Hao, where did you get your poppy purple incense poison?" Isn't it easy for you to answer the questions truthfully? ”

Chef Hao opened his mouth and said: "This poppy purple incense poison came from the Gongren Palace, and after my mother died of illness when I was twelve years old, I began to learn to cook, and later mixed into the Gongren Palace. One day I accidentally got this from a maid, this maid stole this by the way when she stole something, and then secretly threw it in the flowers, and happened to be picked up by me, I met with the words poppy purple fragrance written on it to know that this is poppy purple incense is highly poisonous. ”

Qin Yongsheng looked at him incredulously and asked, "How did you know about Poppy Zixiang?" This matter is obviously a secret. ”

Chef Hao replied, "There is no impermeable wall in the world, and secrets will be revealed sooner or later, sooner or later." People can hear a lot of secrets in the palace of King Gongren, and poppy incense is also one of the secrets that I overheard. One day, I overheard someone talking about the poisoning of Concubine Xiao back then, and I heard Poppy Zixiang, because the death of the concubine was made public because of arsenic, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I wanted to seek revenge on Qin Yongsheng because I listened to what my mother said to me when she was dying, and mistakenly thought that you were the culprit who killed my father, but I didn't expect this matter to be so complicated. ”

Qin Yongsheng sighed and said: "The gossip is not to be believed, your mother has heard a lot of untrue rumors in Daoxiang Pavilion, and it is understandable that her husband will believe it for a while." ”

Chef Hao said ashamedly: "In vain, I am smart and will do everything to participate in the food competition to avenge my father." I don't think that everything is empty, the case of Xiao Guifei's poisoning is still a mystery, the real murderer is still at large, and those who died innocently are still wronged. ”

Yuehua said: "Not necessarily, at least what can be proven for now is that the Gongren Palace's and the case of the poisoning of the concubine are inseparable, and the truth will be in broad light sooner or later." ”

Pei Xiuxiu sighed in her heart and pondered: "It seems that it is another murder caused by Gong Dou!" ”

Chef Feng spoke: "Okay, the matter has been clarified, and the break time is almost over, what are we going to do with this Chef Hao?" Report to the officer? ”

Qin Yongsheng waved his hand and said, "No need, since the matter has been figured out and settled, there is no need to alarm the government again, just loosen the ties." ”

"Okay."

Qin Yongsheng personally untied Chef Hao and said: "I'm sorry for what happened in the past, as the head chef at the time, I watched my subordinates die with hatred day and night, and the old man also felt guilty for a lifetime." But there are some things that we can do as our subordinates at all, just as I can't save my best brother from the throne. Chef Hao, your father Dong Chun is a good cook who really likes to cook, if you want to be like your father, I welcome you to my Taifeng Zhai, as long as you want to come, I am waiting for you at any time. ”

Pei Xiuxiu was shocked and secretly said: "The boss behind Taifeng Zhai is actually Chef Qin, no wonder it is so different." ”

Chef Hao pursed his lips slightly and said with a faint smile: "Life is like a play, I didn't expect that the enemy I hated for a long time is now going to be transformed into my benefactor, in the future, maybe one day when I completely untie the knot in my heart and think that I am qualified to enter Taifeng Zhai, I will come to you." When the time comes, I want to beat you with my cooking skills. ”

"Okay, that's a deal."

Chef Hao walked away without looking back.

Chef Li of Daoxiang Pavilion reminded, "The afternoon horse race is about to start, let's go in." ”

Chef Qin grabbed Rong Er's hand and said, "Let's talk about it later, let's go first." ”

Eiji nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

Chef Qin smiled and encouraged, "Come on, Rong Er, you have inherited your father's talent for cooking, I believe you can do it." ”

"Thank you Chef Qin for your encouragement, I will try my best to prove myself." Rong Er smiled innocently.

Qin Yongsheng, who was sitting on the judges' seat, was unsettled, and his mind kept thinking: "Is Poppy Zixiang really related to Gongren Wangfu?" It seems that a new storm is coming. Master Wu, who knew about Poppy Zixiang back then, had died for no reason, and his best friend Rong Dasheng remembered that he had told him about Poppy Zixiang the night before he was sent on the road, so it was not enough for Rong Er to know about Poppy Zixiang. Now that I think about it carefully, Lord Wu's death is also very suspicious, it seems that someone deliberately killed Xiao Guifei and the child in her womb, and blamed the imperial chef to clear the charge, and finally killed Lord Wu after Poppy Zixiang was exposed. This trick is so clever to kill people with a knife! ”

Qin Yongsheng couldn't help but think of what Lord Wu said to him a few days before he died: "That Concubine Ying is not easy to mess with, don't provoke her if it's okay." ”

After a burst of gongs and drums, the competition of the food competition officially began.

Qin Yongsheng pulled back his thoughts and turned his attention to the contestants on the stage again.