The Concubine of Crossing

The news that there were problems with the dishes in Baiweixiang spread quickly throughout the capital, and the most frightening thing was that there were not one or two kinds of dishes, but a dozen kinds.

And it wasn't one or two tables, but a dozen or so tables. After such a big incident, shopkeeper Du was directly invited to drink tea in Jingzhao Mansion.

It is said that they were carried back when they came out, and the officers and soldiers found the croton powder from the kitchen, which can be said to be conclusive evidence.

Shopkeeper Du immediately blamed the cook, saying that the cook was in charge of the kitchen, and he didn't know.

How could the cook be willing to take the blame? He directly said that the shopkeeper Du asked him to let him put it for the guests, and he was hired alone. How could he not listen to the boss.

The two clung to each other, and the cook suddenly revealed a bunch of secrets. What shopkeeper Du is shoddy, why the dishes can't be washed clean to save manpower, and what shopkeeper Du added strange things to the food...

The onlookers were dumbfounded, and those who had eaten at Baiweixiang all felt nausea in their stomachs.

In the end, shopkeeper Du and the cook were beaten forty times each, and a large tax was paid, and the "victim" was compensated a large sum of money, and the matter was temporarily stabilized.

As for why it is temporary... that is because it is impossible for this matter to end like this.

Sulai in Kyoto is a place where news circulates very quickly. There are so many problems with Baiweixiang. Basically, the local personnel know about it. If you walk through the door, you will spit twice. Who will go in to eat?

The business of Baiweixiang, which used to be booming, plummeted overnight. Even if there are foreigners who don't know how to do it, seeing such a big restaurant, there is not even a place to eat, and few people will step in.

It can be said that the entire Baiweixiang business is completely ruined.

The news made a big fuss, but Luo Laibao, who had gone far away, didn't know about it for the time being.

Later, when Li Xiao heard the news, he was silent for a while, and asked Luo Laibao in a puzzled way, "There are so many people present, why didn't anyone see Xiaodouzi and the others change the dishes?"

When Luo Laibao was clutching his stomach, he saw a few people quickly bring all the dishes that Xiangniang found to be problematic to other people's tables. At that time, he was still a little worried, although most people were attracted by Luo Laibao eyes, but someone will see them.Unexpectedly, no one found out at all.

Luo Laibao showed a mysterious smile, "It all depends on Miss Xiangniang."

It turned out that Xiangniang's incense powder not only made people feel abdominal pain, but also made people unresponsive for a dozen or so breaths.

And this time is enough for Sanzi and Xiaodouzi to move most of the problematic dishes on their table to other places.

Drugging the guests who come to eat, such a restaurant deserves to be smashed.

As for the people who suffered from the indiscriminate disaster...Xiangniang said that the powder is just a stomachache for a while, and there will be no problem.

Luo Laibao felt guilty for a moment, turned around and forgot about it.

As for why the boss drugged them, it was too obvious, and it was definitely because of Chef Du.They are not people with deep friendship, and now they have suffered an indiscriminate disaster.

The enemy who drugged him has already returned with revenge. As for going to cook Du... forget it, he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself.

However, they didn't want to make trouble, but trouble came to them. They heard a familiar voice say enthusiastically, "Brother Luo, Brother Li!"

Luo Laibao's scalp went numb, and he was about to walk forward while holding Li Xiao's hand.Unexpectedly, Chef Du had already rushed over quickly, blocked them, and looked at them with shining eyes, "Brother Luo, Brother Li, it's really you! What a coincidence!"

Li Xiao was also very speechless, they almost suffered an accident because of this person just now, and now this person came out with an excited face, not to mention Luo Laibao was unhappy, even he wanted to slap him.

But they don't know anything, and seeing the excited expression of their friends really makes them unable to say anything.

Luo Laibao asked with a half-smile, "Hey, isn't this Boss Du? Why don't you just stay in Baiweixiang and wander around here?"

Upon hearing this, Chef Du's expression darkened immediately, "My brother kicked me out."

I don't know if Chef Du's expression was too pitiful, Luo Laibao's anger suddenly disappeared, "Why did your brother drive you out?"

Chef Du scratched his head and was a little puzzled, "I don't know either. It was clearly agreed at the beginning that he would be the shopkeeper and I would be the cook, and the restaurant would be divided into half for each of us. Later he said that I was not a good cook and asked me to Learning art, I have been studying art for ten years, and traveled to many places. I feel that I am ready to learn art and I am ready to come back to take over the family business... But my brother said that the restaurant was left to him by his father and had nothing to do with me, so he kicked me out Out."

Luo Laibao was stunned, Li Xiao also raised his eyebrows, he was obviously not stupid when he saw what Chef Du said, how could he be bullied like this?

Luo Laibao narrowed his eyes, "Wait, you said you have been out of Beijing for more than ten years?"

Chef Du nodded, "That's right! I'm serious about learning, and I can cook any dish!"

Luo Laibao: "Then where did the news about the capital you told me come from?"

Li Xiao also realized that at that time, Luo Laibao invited Cook Du to drink a jar of good wine in order to get rid of him.

Chef Du scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "I heard what the guests said."

Luo Laibao: "...Oh!"

Li Xiao turned his head and couldn't help laughing.His big baby is sometimes fooled by others.

Chef Du didn't know if he felt that what he did was a little dishonest, so he quickly patted his chest, "Don't worry, those things I said must be true! If you don't believe me, go ask. I!"

Luo Laibao said coolly, "Heh!" Now he doesn't believe a word of Fatty Du's words.

On the contrary, Li Xiao looked at Chef Du thoughtfully.If Chef Du is in Lanzhou but can find out everything about the capital, then his ability to collect information is obviously very good.

As for why he stumbled with his brother, it was actually understandable. People are always prone to stumble on people close to them.

But judging from Chef Du's reaction, he didn't seem to be very sad, which is a bit miraculous.

Seeing that Luo Laibao's complexion was not good, Du Chef said quickly, "I didn't lie, tell me, which words have I lied to you?"

Luo Laibao thought about it carefully, and there really wasn't. Chef Du only said that he was from the capital city and had stayed in Lanzhou for three years to learn cooking. As for three years ago, he took it for granted that he stayed in the capital.

So, Chef Du didn't lie to him, he just misunderstood him with vague words!

So Luo Laibao became even more angry.

Li Xiao smiled and patted him on the back. Seeing that his expression had improved, he looked at Cook Du, "Then I don't know why Brother Du is looking for us?"

Chef Du scratched his head, and said with a smile, "Well, that's it, aren't you going to come to the restaurant? Is there a shortage of cooks? I just want to be your cook, and I'll grab Baiweixiang's business in the future, hehehe ..."

This is quite confident!

Luo Laibao pouted, "Go by yourself!"

Chef Du shrank immediately, and said honestly, "I have no money."

Luo Laibao: "Oh."

Li Xiao couldn't help but look at Cook Du, "I wonder how much monthly silver Brother Du needs?"

Cook Du hurriedly said, "Well, it's easy to say, you can give me as much as other cooks..." He glanced at Luo Laibao's face, and said quickly, "You can give me less... um... as long as I can take care of my food and lodging. Yes, the monthly money and so on are all friends, there is no need for those... haha, haha..."

This is simply a free coolie, Li Xiao looked at Luo Laibao, Luo Laibao thought about it, hiring a cook does need a lot of money, and it is a little bit of savings.

So he nodded, "Okay, I still have something to do, you can wait for us at the inn first."

Du Chuzi suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, "It's okay, it's okay, brother Luo, if you have something to do, you can do it first, I'm not in a hurry."

Luo Laibao: "I'm in a hurry."

Chef Du smiled: "This way I can't delay you. It's okay, just pretend that I don't exist. If there are places you are not familiar with, I can still show you the way."

These words moved Luo Laibao's heart, they had been wandering around all morning, if they hadn't lost their way, they wouldn't have happened to run into this restaurant by chance.

Now Cook Du said he knew the way... Luo Laibao looked at Cook Du suspiciously, "Do you know where the home of Lang Zhong from the Ministry of Rites is?"

Chef Du paused, "Wait for me a while!"

As he said that, he turned around and grabbed someone from the side of the road. He didn't know what he said. When he turned around, he had a smile on his face, "Follow me."

Then he turned around and started leading the way.

Li Xiao and Luo Laibao looked at each other, and followed in the footsteps of Chef Du.

So a group of people followed Cook Du and turned left and right. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cook Du stopped in front of a gate.

Li Xiao looked up, and saw two big characters, "Zhou Mansion", hanging on the door.

Luo Laibao raised his eyebrows, there was nothing wrong with his surname, but he didn't know if it belonged to his second uncle's family.

Xiaodouzi hurriedly knocked on the door, the door opened, and a boy walked out, looked them up and down, "Who are you looking for?"

Xiaodouzi put on a smiling face, "I don't know if it's Mr. Zhou, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites?"

The boy nodded, "This is right here! Are you...?"

When he heard that it was indeed the second uncle's house, Xiaodouzi quickly handed over the greeting card, "My old lady's surname is Zhou, and she is the second uncle's direct sister. Today, the young master and young lady are in the capital, and they are here to pay a visit to the second uncle."

Luo Laibao specially asked the old man to help write this greeting card because he was afraid that his second uncle would not know him at all.

The boy was a little dazed holding the invitation card.The one who called Master and Second Uncle, could it be Aunt Zhou?But doesn't the master only have one direct elder brother? Where did the direct sister come from?

The boy looked confused, thinking that he had encountered a liar, or that he was very unprofessional and cheap because he didn't even find out about his family relationship.But after thinking about it, how can there be a liar handing in a greeting card, isn't that just waiting to be exposed?

The boy felt that he couldn't decide on this matter, so he asked people to guard the gate, so he hurried in and submitted the post.

When Yang received the invitation, she was also a little dazed. She had heard her husband mention this younger sister, but she just said it was an accident. Why did someone appear again now?

If she hadn't recognized Mr. Zhou's handwriting, she would have thought it was a liar.

Yang thought about it for a while, and felt that it was unlikely that this was a liar, at worst, invite the person in first, and wait for the master to come back to deal with it.

So she straightened her skirt and said to the boy, "Please come in."