Be a detective in Yuanshin

Chapter 15: House demolition effects

"The account book!?" Gou Hao froze on the spot when he heard that Li Shuo wanted to check the account book.

The ledger, no matter where it is, is a relatively private thing.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, it will not show it to outsiders at all, and even the ledgers that are said to be seen by their own people may not necessarily be real ledgers, especially when shares and equity are involved.

For a restaurant of the size of Liuliting, there are three ledgers alone.

One is for Yaoguangxing, one is for the shareholders of Yaoguang Chamber of Commerce, and the other is for Gouhao himself.

About this kind of thing, everyone knows it well.After all, making fake accounts has been played with great proficiency since the appearance of account books.

If it is strictly enforced according to the law, among the accountants who make accounts, eight out of ten will be arrested, and two of them must be negligent.

Li Shuo nodded and said, "Yes, I want something more private, so I need to look at the account book. What's the matter? Isn't it inconvenient, I have to ask Yao Guangxing to come over in person?"

Even a veteran like Gouhao still breaks out in a cold sweat when he hears Li Shuo's suggestion to let Yao Guangxing come over.

It is true that Liuliting is the property of Yaoguang Chamber of Commerce, but anyone who has crawled from the shopping mall knows that being checked by outsiders is not terrible, but being checked by one's own people, especially one's own boss, is the end.

The ghost knows how tricky it is. If Li Shuo finds a problem, most of the time it is nothing more than a scam to get some benefits. If the boss finds out the problem, maybe the fish and shrimp in Liyue Harbor will have another meal up.

"No, no, that's not what I mean." Gou Hao waved his hand quickly and said, "It's just Mr. Li, what are you doing checking the account book? The account book is being reconciled at the account room. Why don't you see if you can check it from other conveniences? ?”

Li Shuo whistled and said nonchalantly: "Oh? What a coincidence? It's okay, you guys are busy first. Anyway, I don't care about this matter. Even if you are in a hurry, the Liyue Seven Stars are in a hurry."

Gouhao, already drenched in sweat, turned his head to look at Gan Yu beside him, only to see Gan Yu sitting next to him without opening his mouth, just like a pendant.

Gou Hao panicked even more at this scene.

It is true that Li Shuo asked Gan Yu to come here for personal reasons, but on the other hand, he also used the identity of Liyue Qixing's secretary to put pressure on the shopkeepers of Liuli Pavilion and Xinyuexuan.

As the saying goes, the king of Hades is funny, but the imp is hard to deal with.

All of them are old fried dough sticks, if they can't be the first to win, who knows how long they will play Tai Chi with them.Now that Gan Yu is sitting next to her, she doesn't need to say anything, and the effect is not much worse than letting Liyue Qixing get close.

Gou Hao wiped off his sweat guiltily, and lowered his posture: "Mr. Li, the ledger is indeed in use now, why don't you see if there are other ways to investigate."

"Other ways... It seems that there is no such thing, but it is more troublesome..."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Seeing that there was room for negotiation, Gou hurriedly promised, "Don't worry, as long as you open your mouth, we will do our best to cooperate with you."

"Well, go and call all the waiters in the store, first ask if you have entertained some mysterious guests recently?"

Gou Bubu was stunned: "Mysterious guest? I don't know what Mr. Li means by suspicious and mysterious..."

The guests received by the Liuli Pavilion every day are either rich or expensive. In addition, they recently caught up with Seven Stars to invite immortals to Dianyi, and many businessmen or tourists from other countries came to visit. Who are these so-called suspicious people referring to? If there is no standard, it is really hard to say.

Li Shuo tapped his forehead lightly, and then replied with a smile: "For example, the kind who come to your place, really just for eating."

"This..."

Gou Hao originally wanted to say that this is strange?But after thinking about it, it is indeed very strange: "Okay, Mr. Li, please wait a moment, and I will immediately call the waiter at Liuli Pavilion to ask for clarification!"

After finishing speaking, Gou Mo didn't wait for Li Shuo's orders, straightened his waist and walked out with strides, his steps were windy, for fear that Li Shuo would regret it if he walked too slowly.

Seeing Gouhao's active cooperation, Paimeng couldn't help but sigh, "The boss of Liuliting is really reasonable."

Li Shuo: "Hahaha!"

Gan Yu: "Pfft."

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Paimon looked at the performance of the crowd, put his hands on his hips and said unconvinced: "Hmph, did Paimon say something wrong? Why do you all react like this?"

Li Shuo casually picked up a piece of dim sum on the table, took a sip and said, "Pimeng knows that doing business in Liyue should learn how to bargain, right?"

When Paimeng heard the price bargaining, he nodded quickly and said: "Baggage Paimeng knows that when Paimeng and Ying first arrived in Liyue Kingdom, a person from Liyue told us that in Liyue, no matter the boss blows the goods in his hand, No matter how extravagant, whether it is citing classics or historical materials, the price has to be cut, and it is generally advisable to cut it in half when meeting."

"Yes, when doing business and buying things in Liyue, you often have to bargain, and finally negotiate a suitable price.

In fact, it is the same in life, if you ask shopkeeper Gou to cooperate, he may finally agree, but before agreeing, he will definitely find various reasons to shirk, or the cooperation is not active enough.

But you ask for the account book first, and then wait until Boss Gou feels in a dilemma, and then take a step back to investigate in another way. At this time, no matter how troublesome it is, the shopkeeper Gou will agree with him very happily.

Regarding this way of chatting, there is a special term called house demolition effect. "

"House demolition effect?"

Paimon seemed to understand: "But...we are investigating the news of the emperor for Liyue Seven Stars, and Miss Gan Yu also came here as the secretary of Liyue Seven Stars, and we need to use this method when we ask them for help. ?"

At this time, Gan Yu shook his head and explained: "It's different, the method Paimeng said, moving out Yao Guangxing to force Shopkeeper Gou to cooperate, may not have much impact on the final investigation results, but the efficiency is definitely not as good as Shopkeeper Gou is trying to do now. High cooperation."

Paimon: "Is that so..."

Li Shuo picked up the menu on the table, opened it and glanced twice.

The menu at Liuliting is made of bamboo embedded with rice paper, on which there are posters of each dish. Of course, the menu does not say that the pictures are for reference only, and it will be beaten.

Different from the restaurants outside, each dish on the Liuliting menu has a detailed introduction of the ingredients, as well as the cooking and preparation methods of each dish.

When ordering, guests only need to draw on the menu they want to eat. The menus are all disposable and will not be used repeatedly.

Li Shuo opened it and casually flipped through a few pages. Looking at the recipes of the dishes above, he suddenly smiled.

Maybe it will take less than three days to find Emperor Yanwang.

Chapter No.16: There are several ways to make "Moon Egg"

Li Shuo picked up the menu and handed it to Paimeng and Ying next to him, saying, "Here is the menu, just order what you want."

"Order now?"

It took less than two hours from Li Shuo's home to Feiyunpo, which means they had their meal two hours ago!

Huh, two hours have passed?

Thinking of this, Ying decisively took the menu from Li Shuo, and then began to discuss with Paimon what to eat for afternoon tea.

Seeing the introduction in the menu, Paimon made a surprised voice and said, "Wow, is this Liuli Pavilion, the representative of Licai? It's unimaginable that many of the dishes in it have a history of more than 3000 years! No wonder they all say Liyue The cuisine of the country ranks first in the Tivat continent."

Gan Yu, who was next to him, heard Paimon's emotion, and explained in a very low voice shyly: "Actually, there are no more...Although Licai and Yuecai have a long history, but..."

There was a big question mark above Paimon's head: "But what?"

Ti Ganyu of Li Shuoyouyou explained: "But the current glass dishes and moon dishes are the result of generations of chefs who have been trying to improve and improve.

After all, Liyue Kingdom also needs to develop. For 3000 years, living standards have been improving, and cooking techniques, tools, and ingredients have also been replaced day by day.

Seriously serving the authentic glazed dishes and moon dishes from 3000 years ago, it is estimated that Paimon has no appetite at all. "

"Looks like it is."

Paimon thought about it, and found that what Li Shuo said made sense, so why did Miss Gan Yu show an embarrassed expression?

Sure enough, Li Shuo went on to say: "Of course things are not absolute, especially such high-end dishes are often not as good as they were 3000 years ago."

"why?"

Li Shuo spread his hands and said: "It's very simple, the problem still lies in the ingredients. 3000 years ago, gods and demons walked all over the place, even if it was a goose cooked by burning the piano, it was a certain fairy goose that couldn't be cooked.

What's more, after so many years of inheritance, some methods on this menu are also problematic, such as this "half-moon glass", which is stirred into the soup that can only be cooked with Jiexin flowers and fruits, but the method of Liuliting is to use Jiexin. Juice from heart flower fruit. "

"Does that make a difference?"

"There is no difference in taste, but if you use fruit juice directly, the dishes will not have the crystal clear look of Liuli."

"No perception?"

Paimon was speechless, what is the difference.For rice buckets, as long as there is no problem with the taste, it is not a problem.

"Then why not follow the old practice?"

Gan Yu explained: "Because it is very troublesome to cook Jiexin Huaguo. In the past, "Ban Yue Liuli" was a delicacy that only immortals could eat. The last thing immortals fear is trouble. "

Li Shuo also said: "Later, glass dishes and moon dishes entered the homes of ordinary people, and these dishes that only immortals could enjoy in the past, humans can gradually enjoy.

It's just that sometimes in order to adapt to the human diet, some changes and sacrifices have to be made.

After that, generation after generation passed, because the most primitive method of "half-moon glass" is almost never used, so it was gradually forgotten in the process of inheritance.

Even if you ask the chefs at Liuli Pavilion until now, they probably won't know "Ban Yue Liuli's real recipe."

"So this is ah."

While Paimon was feeling emotional, Ying who was next to him soon had a doubt in his heart and asked Li Shuo: "Since this practice has been lost, why did Li Shuo speak clearly and logically? He couldn't have read it from a cookbook, right? "

If Li Shuo also said that he read it from a book, it would be outrageous.

After all, even Li Shuo said it himself, even the chef in charge of Liuli Pavilion doesn't know about this kind of thing.If there is a certain recipe left from ancient times, at least the chef in charge of Liuli Pavilion has no reason not to know, right?

Seeing Ying's suspicious gaze, Li Shuo explained casually, "It's Gan Yu, she told me when she made Gan Yu's "half-moon glass". "

Gan Yu next to her was stunned for two seconds when she heard these words, and then nodded with a blushing face, "Yeah... yes... I said it."

Gan Yu?

That's right, Gan Yu is a half-immortal beast, who assisted Liyue Qixing as early as 3000 years ago, so it is no problem to know the true method of "Half-moon Liuli".

As for Gan Yu's blushing, Ying simply thought it was a little shy, and didn't think about anything else.

Gou Mo, who spent time chatting, went back and forth, and came with him, a young man in a waiter-style gown, and a chef in charge who hadn't taken off his uniform.

After Gouhao entered the room, he said happily, "Mr. Li, good news! I just sent someone to inquire in the store. There was indeed a very special customer in the store two days ago, but I don't know if this customer is The person the young master is looking for."

Li Shuo said calmly, "Tell me."

"Oh, it's like this, Mr. Li, as you know, people usually come to Liuli Pavilion to discuss business or meet and celebrate. In short, the business talks collapse, and there are cases where you leave as soon as you sit down, or sit until it gets dark the next day. Yes, but it is almost impossible to see the situation where the real future comes to eat.

Even for foreign customers, if they want to experience our Liyue's dishes, their purpose is not to fill their stomachs.

Just a few days ago, I met such a table of customers in the store. Not only did they finish all the dishes they ordered, but what was even more interesting was that one of the customers said that our "Moon Egg" was not authentic, so he went to the back kitchen to instruct the chef himself Adjust the ratio of shrimp and fish in the egg liquid.

Alas, not to mention Mr. Li, after the customer's guidance, the taste of the "Moon Egg" made has been improved to a higher level.Song Er, come and talk to Mr. Li. "

After Gou Hao finished speaking, the chef Song Er came out timidly, as if he was very afraid of Li Shuo, and he didn't dare to look up, but just lowered his head and said, "I've met Mr. Li."

Li Shuo's fear of these people is no longer surprising, and he can't help it. Whoever made him do a lot of shitty things over the years, the key has not been hacked to death, so it's only natural for people to be afraid.

Seeing that Li Shuo was in a good mood today, Song Er felt relieved a little, and then briefly described what happened that day.

The general situation is similar to what Gouhao said, but with some details.

"You mean that this customer is a man, who looks to be in his 20s, but has an extraordinary demeanor, making it difficult to judge his age?"

Li Shuo whistled listening to Song Er's description, and looked at the three women beside him.

Gan Yu's reaction was pretty good, and Paimeng and Ying beside him opened their mouths in surprise. They never expected to find the news about Emperor Yan so quickly.

This must have been too smooth! ?

Chapter No.17: We are all Haoyue

Li Shuo lay on the chair, looked at Song Er and Gou Hao and said, "Does Liuli Pavilion have any information about this customer, or the information of the person who came to consume with this customer is fine."

When Li Shuo asked, Gouhao took out a menu and handed it over, "This is the menu that the customer ordered that day. According to the waiter's memory, there were only two people who came to eat, both men.

In addition to the mysterious man, the other is also very young, about 20 years old.

Not a native of Liyue, most likely from the Winter Kingdom.

Because it was Yekaterina, the receptionist of Beiguo Bank, who made an appointment for them at Liuli Pavilion. "

Li Shuo picked up the menu, looked at the name of the person who made the reservation and said in astonishment: "Northern Bank?"

Gou Hao nodded solemnly and said, "Yes."

The Liuli Pavilion is not an ordinary restaurant, and basically only rich and expensive customers are entertained there. In order to ensure the safety of the customers, the Liuli Pavilion does not welcome all customers, at least there is no problem with the identity of the customers who come to make an appointment.

As for things like making an appointment for someone else, it is actually another kind of guarantor.

If a customer makes trouble in Liuli Pavilion or hurts other customers, Liuli Pavilion and even the Yaoguang Chamber of Commerce behind it will first trouble the person who made the appointment when they settle accounts.

It seems that the two who came to Liuli Pavilion for dinner either did not want to reveal their identities, or they used their real identities to make an appointment, and they might be kicked out. In short, they did not leave much information.

However, if Beiguo Bank was involved, the scope of the search would be much smaller.

Li Shuo opened the menu that Gouhao handed over, glanced roughly at it, then threw it back to Gouhao casually and said, "Make a serving of all the dishes that are marked on the menu."