Chapter 147: Murder in the Back Kitchen
The guests in Meixiang Building are like clouds, and the orders from the takeaway department in the back kitchen are raining.
The chefs in the inner and outer kitchens are busy one by one, eager to give birth to two more hands.
After half an hour of busyness, a third of the dishes were finally prepared.
"Ready to serve!"
Chef Cui, the local chef in charge, struck the small gong beside him hard.
When the nearby Xiao Er heard the sound of the gong, he immediately gathered in the direction of the kitchen.
"Wait! Let me try the dishes! ”
Chef Zhang, the sous chef who followed Liu Dan from Luoyang, stretched out his hand to stop him.
When Master Cui heard this, his face turned ugly.
"Master Zhang, what do you mean?"
"The guests in front of you are going to knock on the dishes and chopsticks, do you still want to try the dishes?"
Master Zhang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then slowly clenched his fists at Master Cui and said.
"Cui is in charge, this is the rule set by the owner."
"Since the owner has entrusted me with this important responsibility, then I have to do it well."
Saying that, Master Zhang turned around and picked up the chopsticks and was about to try the dishes.
Master Cui blushed when he saw this, and the anger in his eyes was revealed.
"The surname is Zhang, you don't use the owner to scare me!"
"Let me tell you, Lao Tzu has been in charge of Xiangyang Huibin Building for ten years, and he has never been out of any errands!"
"Where are you trying dishes, you want to give Lao Tzu a dismount!"
Speaking of this, Master Cui deliberately widened his eyes and glanced at Master Zhang.
At this time, the local cook and the cook in the back kitchen immediately began to stand in line.
Master Cui sneered when he saw this, and then continued to shout loudly.
"I told you, Lao Tzu looks down on you so-called imperial chefs!"
"What do you have? Didn't you cook in the palace for a few years? What's the big deal! ”
Chef Cui's serial words made the atmosphere in the entire back kitchen tense at that time.
It turned out that in order to cater to the taste of the locals in Xiangyang, Liu Dan spent a lot of money to dig up Master Cui in the largest restaurant in the city to be the chef.
The few imperial chefs brought by Luoyang all lowered their prices to him as deputies.
But this Master Cui is still very jealous in his heart, and that knot in his heart back then was a hurdle that he couldn't get over in his life.
When he went to the palace to recruit the imperial chef, he was turned away because he had no money to bribe the recruited eunuchs.
So when Master Zhang and several imperial chefs gave him a hand, he really felt a sense of indescribable pleasure in his heart.
However, he was still not satisfied, and still wanted to find an opportunity to vent the evil spirit of the year.
Master Zhang saw that this palm was a little too careless to find fault, so his face instantly became ugly.
"Cui Zhangscoop, what you said is a bit excessive!"
"We have to talk about things, otherwise how can we be worthy of the owner's weight?"
When Master Cui heard this, he immediately snorted loudly.
"Don't talk to Lao Tzu about these big words!"
"We're just a bunch of third-rate cooks, where do we have so much thought!"
When Master Zhang heard this, he stopped doing it at that time.
During the Han Dynasty, the status of the cook was very low.
But Liu Dan didn't dislike them at all, and even personally brought people to the kitchen to help when he was in Luoyang.
In his eyes, the cook is not a slut, and in his eyes, the cook is also a role worthy of being respected.
Therefore, Master Zhang, these old people willingly followed Liu Dan all the way.
They are either in it for the money, or they think this master is worth following.
"Master Cui! It's true that our chefs are third-rate. ”
"But if we all look down on ourselves, then who can be expected to look down on us?"
When Master Cui heard this, his old face couldn't help but blush slightly.
Seeing this, Master Zhang immediately continued to speak.
"I have been an imperial chef in the palace for twenty years, but the chefs in the palace have never been superior to others, and they have never been looked at seriously."
"That's right, everyone thinks that the chef is cheap, and he is not in the stream, and he can't be elegant at all."
"Yes, we are subordinates, but subordinates must also have a way to live!"
When Chef Zhang said this, he deliberately raised his voice, and instantly stunned everyone in the back kitchen.
He saw that everyone's expressions began to change, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and continued.
"The owner didn't treat us as people, he looked down on us cooks!"
"Just for this kindness, I, Zhang Laoliu, am willing to call the owner for a lifetime!"
"The sous chef tasting dishes is a rule set by the owner, so I, Zhang Laoliu, have to do a good job of him even if I die!"
"Whoever says anything, won't hit!"
After saying this, Master Zhang turned around and randomly selected a dish and sandwiched a chopstick.
Seeing this, the other three-year sous chefs immediately came over, and then picked up their chopsticks and began to try other dishes.
Master Cui was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then his old face was red, ashamed and angry.
"Okay, you imperial chefs want to bully people, don't you?"
"I'll tell you, we're all over today!"
"Lao Tzu can't say you guys, Lao Tzu goes to the owner!"
"This master, Lao Tzu is gone!"
After saying this, Chef Cui immediately called the local cooks to strike together.
But before these people could get out of the back kitchen, suddenly there was a sound of dishes smashing behind them.
Chef Cui thought that the imperial chefs were mad, so he immediately held the kitchen knife and turned around and shouted angrily.
"How? What if you still want to do a fight? ”
After he said this, he regretted it, because at this moment, Master Zhang had already fallen to the ground and convulsed.
Master Zhang's mouth and nose were bleeding, and he opened his mouth wide and shouted out the last sentence with difficulty.
"Dish...... Poisonous! ”
After saying this, Master Zhang's head tilted and he lost his breath.
Master Cui and the others were all stupid when they saw this scene!
Why is this still eating the dead?
Imperial Chef Hu was calm, and immediately shouted when everyone was gone.
"No one is allowed to mess around, no one is allowed to go out!"
"Xiao Xu, go out and find the owner immediately!"
"Liu Xiaowu and Liu Xiaoliu guard the door of the house, whoever dares to break into the door will use a knife!"
Liu Xiaowuhe Liu Xiaoliu is a pair of twin brothers, both of whom are strong and powerful young men.
After the two heard Master Hu's words, they stood at the door with a kitchen knife.
Master Cui and the others were all scared, and they didn't react by this time!
"Dead, why are you dead?"
"Vegetables, poisonous dishes?"
"Which dish did Master Zhang try?"
Master Cui began to want to check the dishes, but Master Hu stepped up and shouted coldly.
"No one is allowed to tamper on their own, everything will be said when the owner comes!"
Master Cui no longer has the arrogant temperament he had before at this time, and his hands and feet are a little weak in a panic.
He's the head chef in the back kitchen!
There was something going on in the back kitchen that was poisoned, and the person who died was still the one he had been dealing with.
This time, he jumped into the Yellow River, and it was difficult to clear the suspicion.
When Master Cui was in a panic, Liu Dan and Dian Wei came to the back kitchen with more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers.
Liu Dan did not question Master Cui first, but ordered Dian Wei to inspect the body first.
"What the hell is going on? Can anyone explain this to me? ”
Liu Dan's voice was as cold as frost, and more than 30 cooks in the back kitchen were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground immediately.
"Cui Yong, you get up and speak!"
"I handed over this kitchen to you, how could this happen?"
When Master Cui heard this, he urinated at that time, and the smell of stench spread everywhere at that time.
He was already frightened and didn't know how to reply, and the whole person was stunned at the moment.
Master Hu frowned when he saw this, and then knelt down straight and hugged his fist at Liu Dan and talked about what had just happened.