By searching the soul of the martial artist, Gu Zheng naturally knew what all this was about.
"I didn't want to get to know you, but why are you just seeking death like this?"
Gu Zheng shook his head and smiled, using his magic to give an order in the martial artist's mind, and then the martial artist took his medicine powder and left Jixiang Xiaozhu.
The steps were similar to those when the martial artist came to Jixiang Xiaozhu. However, when the martial artist quietly entered the kitchen of Piaoxiang Building, no one was waiting for him in the kitchen of Piaoxiang Building, which made it easy for him to sprinkle the powder.
Entered the water tank in the kitchen of Piaoxiang Building.
After leaving Piaoxiang Tower, the martial artist went to see Kong Hu.
"How did it go?"
Kong Hu poured the martial artist a glass of wine.
"It was completed very smoothly." The martial artist smiled.
"Did you follow the dosage I told you?" Kong Hu asked again.
"Don't worry, everything was done as you said." The martial artist nodded.
"The medicinal powder I gave you can be used for three days. After using it on and off for Jixiang Xiaozhu for three days, I don't believe how many people still dare to eat at his place." Kong Hu said proudly.
"That's right. By then the business of Piaoxianglou will be back to normal!"
The martial artist said with emotion, he did not mean to deceive Kong Hu, but in his memory, he did sprinkle the powder into the water tank in the kitchen of Jixiang Xiaozhu, and there was no accident at all in the whole process.
"Come on, cheers!"
"cheers!"
The wine glasses of Kong Hu and the martial artist collided, and both of them laughed happily.
At noon the next day, Kong Hu looked at the few guests in Piaoxiang Tower and rarely felt upset. In his opinion, such days would not last long.
Indeed, the days when Piaoxianglou has fewer customers will not last long. The guests who had lunch at Piaoxianglou all suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after returning home. Such unusual symptoms reminded the guests’ families of Piaoxianglou.
, and then asked the guests who had dinner at Piaoxianglou at noon, they all looked like this, so the family members of these diners all came to Piaoxianglou.
However, when the families of these diners found Piaoxiang House, the door of Piaoxiang House, which never closed in the afternoon, was tightly closed, because the chefs in Piaoxiang House also had to eat, and they naturally had to use water from the water tank when eating.
Therefore, they were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea and were unable to open their doors.
Although the people at Piaoxianglou were unable to open their doors, they were much more relaxed than the diners. After all, Kong Hu gave the powder to the martial artist, and he also knew how to remove the medicinal properties. Therefore, when it was discovered that they had been drugged, Kong Hu
They had already reluctantly prepared the medicine, and all the people in Piaoxiang Tower had taken it. However, the medicinal powder was too strong, and they only had to make soft-legged shrimps for one day.
"Chief chef, the families of the diners who ate here at noon are here, and they are cursing outside the door!"
In fact, there was no need for the waiter to report it, Kong Hu and a kind of chef beside him had already heard it.
For the family members of the diners, even though the door of Piaoxiang Building was closed, there must be a gatekeeper in the building, so they did not just leave, but instead cursed and asked for an explanation.
"Boss, what should we do now?"
"You can't open the door. We are all soft-footed shrimps now. If they become angry and violent, it will be us who will suffer."
The chef next to him was panicked, and Kong Hu was even more confused. He was not a person who liked to think. In the past, he could ask martial artists to use medicinal powder to calculate ancient disputes. It was an idea that came to him only when he had an idea.
"Stop talking, just pretend that no one is in the building and wait until we recover!" Kong Hu said through gritted teeth.
"Boss, this is inappropriate!" Chef Deng said.
"What's wrong?"
Kong Hu glared at Chef Deng. Ever since Chef Deng failed to trouble Jixiang Xiaozhu last time, Kong Hu had become more disgusted with him.
"It has nothing to do with our Piaoxiang Building in the first place. If we don't open the door, isn't there something wrong in our hearts?"
Kong Hu frowned when he heard what Chef Deng said. Seeing that he didn't understand immediately, Chef Deng spoke again: "Boss, we are also victims!"
Kong Hu slapped his forehead and laughed immediately: "As you said, it seems you are still very smart!"
After praising Chef Deng, Kong Hu looked at the crowd and said, "Come on, let's open the door together and let them see that their family members are not the only ones who were killed!"
Kong Hu took the chef of Piaoxianglou to open the door. The family members of the diners who were originally angry outside the door suddenly widened their eyes when they saw the faces of Kong Hu and others.
"What's going on with you guys?"
When the family members of the diners asked, they could tell that the pale faces of Chef Deng and others could not be disguised. They were similar to their family members, who were all pale from exhaustion.
"Your family members ate at Piaoxianglou and ended up having vomiting and diarrhea. This is inseparable from Piaoxianglou. You send your family members to the doctor first. How much does it cost? How much does Piaoxianglou pay you? In addition,
Appropriate compensation will also be made. However, please calm down, because we are also victims, and you will know it just by looking at us." Kong Hu said with a grimace.
"victim?"
The family members of the diners looked at each other.
"We have asked the doctor to take a look. The doctor said it was because the water used in Piaoxiang Restaurant was poisonous, which caused vomiting and diarrhea among the diners and our people! We are open for business, and of course we cannot do it in our own building.
The water is poisoned, so who is the poisoner? I think the official will definitely give an explanation on this matter!"
Kong Hu looked very indignant. After he set the pace like this, the first thing that the diners' families thought of was Jixiang Xiaozhu.
"After hearing what the head chef said, we finally understood what was going on."
"Yes, I said that Piaoxianglou is also a famous brand. How could it be possible to use bad food or something to do business?"
"Okay, now that the matter has been explained clearly, let's go back quickly and see how our family is doing."
"Chief chef, you have already spoken out. You will be responsible for how much money we spend on medical treatment!"
The family members of the diners spoke one after another.
"Don't worry, I will definitely pay you a special visit when I get back!" Kong Hu said solemnly.
After seeing off the diners' families, Kong Hu called Chef Deng into the room alone.
"Okay, Old Deng, the idea you just came up with is very good. In this way, there will definitely be some rumors that are not conducive to Jixiang Xiaozhu from the family members of these diners." Kong Hu patted Chef Deng on the shoulder and said
.
"Boss, if you really want to harm Jixiang Xiaozhu, this alone is not enough. After all, the food in Jixiang Xiaozhu is really delicious, even if the family members of the diners just now said something and wanted to go
The diners of Jixiang Xiaozhu are unlikely to stop going just because they hear such rumors." Chef Deng said.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Kong Hu asked.
Chef Deng thought for a while and said: "We'll talk about what to do later. Boss, I want to know first what happened this time?"
"Damn guy!"
As soon as Chef Deng mentioned this incident, Kong Hu cursed angrily, and then told him that he had entrusted the martial artist to drug Jixiang Xiaozhu.
"Boss, is the martial artist you found reliable?"
After hearing what Kong Hu said, Chef Deng was a little dumbfounded.
"We have a life-long friendship. When I asked him to do this, I thought he was absolutely reliable, but now that something like this has happened, I don't know what to say." Kong Hu sighed.
"Boss, have you gone to find him?" Chef Deng asked again.
"When I realized something was wrong, I was already tortured so much that I still had the strength to go find him!" Kong Hu said.
"Boss, you must find him now. Only by understanding what is going on can we have follow-up measures to deal with him!" Chef Deng said.
"Okay, I'll have someone do this right away!" Kong Hu said.
Half an hour later, Kong Hu's people found the martial artist who was sleeping at home and brought him to Piaoxiang Tower.
"What happened?"
The person who went to find the martial artist did not tell the martial artist what happened. The confused martial artist looked at Kong Hu and Deng Chu who looked him up and down.
"What's going on? I still want to ask you what's going on!" Kong Hu said angrily.
"What happened?" The martial artist frowned.
"The thing is like this..."
Seeing that the martial artist was not pretending, Chef Deng told him what happened.
"Are you doubting me? After poisoning Jixiang Xiaozhu, are you coming to Piaoxiang Building to poison me again?" the martial artist said angrily.
"It's not a suspicion, it's a fact!"
Kong Hu was so angry that he dropped the cup. He pointed at the martial artist and said: "No one else knows how to prepare the powder I gave you. I can't give Piao Xiang the medicine downstairs, right? Then give Piao Xiang the medicine downstairs."
If not you, who else would you have? In addition, Jixiang Xiaozhu is doing well today, not a single person has a stomachache! We are close friends, so I didn’t give you less money when I entrusted you with things, right? You
Why are you doing this to me? How many benefits has Jixiang Xiaozhu given you?"
In Kong Hu's view, the martial artist must have been bribed by people from Jixiang Xiaozhu, so he did such a thing.
"you,"
The martial artist was so angry that he couldn't speak. He clenched his fists. If it weren't for his fateful friendship with Kong Hu, he really wanted to teach Kong Hu a lesson. He clearly sprinkled the powder into Jixiang as required.
In the water tank of Xiaozhu.
"What am I? You don't know what I said?" Kong Hu roared.
"Okay, you two need to calm down first, there's something fishy about this!"
If things continued like this, the martial artist might get angry and take action, so Chef Deng hurriedly dissuaded him.
"Qiqiao, you second uncle!"
Something that Chef Deng didn't expect happened. The martial arts master refrained from attacking Kong Hu, but he had no patience with him and kicked him to the wall.
Kicking Chef Deng until he couldn't get up, the martial artist was still upset. He escaped from his arms with some silver and threw it on the ground. Then he pointed at Kong Hu and said, "Since you don't believe me, I don't have anything to say. I
I'll give you back the money you gave me, and we'll never be the same again!"
Kong Hu was stunned. He didn't expect that the martial artist would dare to be so confident after doing something sorry for him.
"By the way, I'll give this back to you too!"
The martial artist who had turned around turned back and threw the powder Kong Hu had given him on Kong Hu's body.
"you,"
Kong Hu was really about to be furious, but he knew that he was no match for the martial artist, so he could only speak at the martial artist's back but hesitated.
The martial artist didn't look back. He left Piaoxiang Tower directly. Having been cast by Gu Zheng's magic, he didn't believe what Chef Deng had said before.
"How are you?"
Kong Hu helped Chef Deng up from the ground.
"Fortunately, I can't die!" Chef Deng smiled bitterly.
"This damn guy actually dares to do this to me. I really don't know what kind of benefits Jixiang Xiaozhu has given him!"
Kong Hu's voice was filled with hatred, and then he asked: "What should we do now?"
"Since the martial artist has been bribed by Jixiang Xiaozhu, Jixiang Xiaozhu already knows what the boss asked him to do, and Jixiang Xiaozhu's counterattack is tit for tat, so there is no way to fix this matter.
! In this case, I think the boss will simply find someone to smash up Jixiang Xiaozhu. As for the reason, just kill it with one blow. Last night, I saw a dark figure slipping out of the kitchen of our Piaoxiang Building. At that time, I couldn't
See who it is, now that I think about it, he looks like that guy named Tie!"
Chef Deng gritted his teeth. It was undeniable that the idea he gave Kong Hu contained a lot of private messages. He didn't have to come forward anyway. He also believed that with Kong Hu's relationship, even if something happened, it would be settled.
Chef Deng thought Kong Hu would applaud, but Kong Hu actually frowned.
"Boss, what's wrong? There's nothing to consider. Even if you want to let go of Jixiang Xiaozhu, Jixiang Xiaozhu will definitely not be able to accommodate our Piaoxiang Building. Besides, even if something happens, there will still be the city lord
Take it with you!" Chef Deng fanned.
"One thing you may not know is that the newly appointed city supervisor is looking for trouble for the city lord. The city lord indeed has some information in his hands, so this time he took my brother to find the general.
, I hope this matter can be settled. Because of this, my brother asked me not to act rashly against Jixiang Xiaozhu during this period of time when he went out." Kong Hu said.
"The shopkeeper will tell you not to act rashly against Jixiang Xiaozhu. He must have guessed that you can't bear the thought of being robbed of your business by Jixiang Xiaozhu."
Chef Deng paused for a moment, then continued: "If that's the case, then you really need to be more cautious about this matter. After all, Bai Li has already let the news out, and he has a relationship with the new city supervisor!"
"Humph, friendship? Friendship is just a way of saying it to the outside world. The new city supervisor is actually Bai Li's cousin-in-law!" Kong Hu said.
"ah?"
Chef Deng's eyes widened. He really didn't expect that Bai Li and the new city supervisor would have such a relationship. If this was the case, it would be more difficult for him to use Kong Hu's hand to vent his anger.
However, turning points often appear when people are disappointed. Just when Chef Deng thought that this matter was about to be settled, Kong Hu gritted his teeth and sneered again.
"My brother is more cautious in doing things. In fact, the matter is not that serious. Although the city lord has the handle in the hands of the city supervisor, this time the city lord took my brother to find the general for help, and the general likes to eat my brother's food very much.
If the matter is suppressed, the matter will eventually be suppressed. However, once the matter is suppressed, the city lord will definitely be unhappy with the city supervisor, so he should be happy to see the restaurant of the city supervisor's cousin's brother-in-law being smashed!" Kong
Tiger Road.
"Okay, boss, your analysis is too thorough. The city lord will definitely be happy to see you like this!"
It was rare for Kong Hu to use his brain to think about things. No matter whether he was right or wrong to use his brain this time, Chef Deng flattered him unstintingly. Anyway, for Chef Deng, as long as he could repay the favor that day at Jixiang Xiaozhu Huajiao
Hatred mixed with ice water is praiseworthy speculation.
"Well, let's have a good rest today. We'll be fine tomorrow. Then I'll gather some people and let's go to Jixiang Xiaozhu to be our guests together!"
After hearing what Kong Hu said, Chef Deng said anxiously: "Boss, I am different from you. You are a disciple of martial arts. I am just an ordinary person. After vomiting and diarrhea this time, I estimate that every few days
I won’t get better in time!”
"Haha, let's see how scared you are! As you said, you are just an ordinary person, and it won't be of much use letting you pass by. Don't worry, I won't let you go with me when the time comes!"
Kong Hu patted Chef Deng on the shoulder, and Chef Deng quickly pretended to be touched.
Kong Hu and Deng Chu conspired to deal with Jixiang Xiaozhu, but Jixiang Xiaozhu's business was still booming.
There are too many diners, and after trying the dishes at Jixiang Xiaozhu which are really delicious, these diners are no longer as conservative in ordering as before. There are also many people who order several dishes at a time, so Gu Zheng
Much busier than before.
Although he was very busy today, Gu Zheng also knew what happened at Piaoxiang Building. In fact, he was not the only one who knew about it. Everyone in Jixiang Xiaozhu knew about it. This matter had already spread in Qingfeng City. However, Gu Zheng
Zheng did not tell the people at Jixiang Xiaozhu what was going on in Piaoxianglou.
“One steamed grass carp and one plain-cut chicken!”
The waiter's voice announcing the dishes came into the kitchen.
"Ti Chu, there are only two grass carp left in our kitchen, and there are only two white-cut chicken left in our kitchen," Huang Ying said.
“Go change the menu!”
Gu Zheng said to Huang Ying and decided to go out to look for ingredients tomorrow.
In the past, when the restaurant was still full of customers, there would be no problem with the supply of ingredients in the restaurant. However, the quality of those ingredients was somewhat uneven, so it was impossible for Jixiang Xiaozhu to accept all orders as before. What's more, nowadays, Jixiang Xiaozhu
Although the opening hours are short every day, business is much better than when the building is full.
There were not enough ingredients, so it was a bit too slow for Bai Li to think of a solution. They were all just mortals after all, so Gu Zheng had better plan to go out in person.
The next day, Gu Zheng found Bai Li.
"Chef Tie is going to Chaoyang City to purchase ingredients?"
Bai Li's eyes widened after hearing Gu Zheng's purpose.
"Yes, the food in Qingfeng City is not good, so I have to go out." Gu Zheng said.
"Although Chaoyang City is the neighboring city of Qingfeng City, it takes four days to travel there and back, and that doesn't include the cost of purchasing. What's more, according to Tie Chu's strict requirements for ingredients, it takes four days from there.
Can the ingredients that we obtained over the course of the day still be used when we arrive at Qingfeng City?" Bai Li scratched his head and asked.
"I'm going to buy it there. Of course it can be used, so don't worry." Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"All right!"
Bai Li smiled, and then said: "What will Jixiang Xiaozhu do in the past few days when you are away?"
"During this period, I have also taught Huang Ying and others a few dishes. They will sell these dishes in the next two days." Gu Zheng said.
"I haven't tasted these dishes made by my aunts. Wouldn't it be bad if I let them cook them?" Bai Li asked.
"No." Gu Zheng said.
Bai Li nodded, and then said: "Chef Tie, you take this little money with you to buy it. Do you need me to arrange for someone to go with you?"
"No need, I can go back quickly by myself."
Gu Zheng took the silver and left Jixiang Xiaozhu.
Bai Li was actually very new to Gu Zheng, and he gave him more than five hundred taels of silver. If an ordinary person gave someone so much money, he would definitely worry that the other party would take the money and run away.
