Holding Murong Xue's little hand tightly, patting the back of her hand hard, and then helping her wipe the tears on her face, Qin Yu's voice was full of firmness: "Don't be afraid, with me, I will catch the murderer!"

"Hmm......" Murong Xue was still crying, no matter who the murderer was, today's events were a lesson she would never forget, either to destroy her, or to become the driving force to move forward.

Qin Yu asked, "Calm down and think about it, did you find anything abnormal when you changed my stir-frying?"

Murong Xue's mind was blank, and with Qin Yu's encouragement, she finally calmed down and began to recall, thought for a moment, and suddenly raised her head and said, "I remember, the octagonal box was almost empty at that time. ”

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

"But yesterday I just bought the goods, and my father knew that there would be a lot of customers today, so I specially bought a lot, and it was impossible to run out suddenly, and the other boxes were full. Murong Xue's head began to grow, in fact, she was not stupid, she was too simple and timid, and she belonged 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 light was octagonal, and there was a cat in it.

Liu He and Liu Yunshan glanced at each other, frowned in unison, and their faces were a little gloomy.

Wang Xian Ling said: "It's really unusual, but this can't be evidence." ”

"Rest assured, this is only the beginning of the scheme, and let me go along with them. Qin Yu swept the audience and said, "At that time, after I finished frying, the octagonal box was indeed almost empty, but I didn't know that there was a purchase yesterday, so I didn't care." Now that I think about it, someone must have secretly stolen the real anise!"

"Hahaha, it's so funny, stealing star anise? I guess the thief will die of laughter. Liu He laughed when he heard this, and the rest of the people also laughed.

Wang Xian ordered: "Stealing the real anise sounds incredible, assuming you are right, then what is the purpose of the thief? Where did the fake anise come from?"

Qin Yu sneered: "This is the genius of the thief. He knew that the kitchen was not busy at first, and I would cook first, so if I left the fake star anise, I might be recognized. And with the increase in the number of guests and the increase in orders, the kitchen will become extremely busy, and Ah Xue is still young, so he has no time to distinguish the truth from the fake in a hurry, so that the trick can succeed. ”

"It's ridiculous, the qualifications are still shallow, as a chef, you can't even recognize red fennel, what kind of chef can you be?" Liu Yunshan said with a smile.

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

Qin Yu said: "That's why I said that the thief is clever, it was Uncle Murong who bought the goods yesterday, with Uncle Murong's experience, it is impossible to buy fakes, and Murong Xue will not doubt her father, so she will not check the authenticity at all when she cooks, because she can't imagine that what she uses is fake star anise!"

After a pause, Qin Yu's voice raised: "This is psychological warfare, using Ah Xue's trust in Uncle Murong to let the fake anise successfully infiltrate, when you are cooking, will you check whether your own star anise is real or fake?"

The words can be described as reasonable, and everyone bowed their heads when they heard it, and their own materials naturally did not go to check again, because they must have checked it when they bought it.

Li Zhutou sighed: "If this is the case, it is really insidious to the extreme. ”

Liu He and Liu Yunshan's expressions changed slightly, but they returned to normal in an instant, Liu He snorted: "What you said is out of the sky, you 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 the fake anise didn't you get it yourself?"

"Don't worry, Boss Liu, are you in a hurry to raise the bar with me, do you have a ghost in your heart?" Qin Yu squinted his eyes and stared at Liu He's face.

"You just 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 Courtyard to beat the Holy Drum!" Liu He shouted at the top of his voice.

Everyone was shocked, once the Holy Drum was beaten, it would alarm the food saint of the Jixia Food Palace, and no matter the result, they would be severely punished.

Qin Yu sneered, took the octagonal box in the kitchen, flipped through it, took one casually and put it on his tongue and licked it, and said: "Red fennel has 7-8 horns, smaller, reddish-brown, slightly sour and sweet in the mouth, although it is very similar to the real anise, but you can easily distinguish it by looking carefully." But as you can see, these red fennel have obviously been carefully selected, and in order to confuse the real thing, they are all relatively large, and all of them have eight horns, and even the color has been treated. ”

Wang Xianling is a foodie, and he is also very good at ingredients, so he personally rummaged through the box, and said: "Sure enough, there is not even a seven-pointed red fennel, which is unusual, if it is framed, then it is really well-intentioned." ”

"Boss Liu, can you tell me why this is happening?"

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

"Okay, I'll tell you the origin of the fake anise. Qin Yu took the gift list at the door of the store, checked it below, and pointed to a line of words to show it, "Everyone, please see, Xu Fu, half a catty of cinnamon, half a catty of Sichuan pepper, half a catty of red pepper, two catties of star anise, two catties." ”

Murong Fu exclaimed: "I remember, the anise was not enough at that time, and Ah Xue couldn't do without it, so let me help get some inventory, I saw that there was just star anise in the gift, so I took it for Ah Xue." ”

After speaking, Murong Fu hurriedly covered his mouth, eager to slap himself, it turned out that he actually gave the fake star anise to his sister, and the 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, and he couldn't wait to slap this careless son a few times, how could he send it to the kitchen without checking?

"Xu Fu?

"Yes, yes, it's Lao Xu, he buys all dry goods, the quality is good, the reputation is good, and the brand is quite famous. ”

"Anyway, my spices and melon seeds are bought in his store, and I heard that restaurants in Linxian often come here. ”

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

"Oh my God, it's wronged, it's really not my poison, I'm just giving some gifts, and my family's star anise, how can it be fake? If it's fake, didn't I smash the brand myself?" Xu Fu was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he hurriedly stood up and shouted injustice.

Wang Xianling squinted his eyes and glared at him, and his official authority was fully revealed: "Then you will give half a catty for others, but two catties for octagonal, what do you want?"

Xu Fu knelt down and shouted wronged: "My lord Mingjian, I guessed that the amount of anise used today is large, so I deliberately sent more, how do you know that it will be sent?"

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

(Official complaint: Sherlock Holmes, the king of medicine, possessed.) ）

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