Cheng Shi asked directly: "What are your names and what do you do in Shao Mansion?!"
No one spoke for a while. The housekeeper glared at them hard before someone stepped forward to speak.
The oldest man was the first to speak. He said a little at a loss: "My name is Peng Chang. I am the chef of Shao Mansion. I am usually responsible for cooking for Boss Shao's family!"
He continued: "This detective, the theft of Buddhist scriptures has nothing to do with me. I have no access to the Buddhist hall at all!
Moreover, when the Buddhist scriptures were stolen, several of us had alibis. What else do you want to ask me now? ! "
Cheng Shi nodded and said: "It's nothing, mainly because we don't have any clues right now, so I asked you to come here to ask some details.
Don't be nervous. If you have never done it before, I can't make things difficult for you as a chef. Just answer whatever I ask! "
After hearing this, Peng Chang nodded and said with a smile: "I know, just ask. I will tell you everything I know and I will never hide it."
Cheng Shi then asked: "Who is responsible for purchasing ingredients for your kitchen?"
Peng Chang turned to one of the four remaining people and said, "Return to the detective, my brother Peng Zhou has been in charge of purchasing ingredients!"
Cheng Shi looked at Pengzhou and asked: "Has anything strange happened recently? Anything that's a little bit wrong counts?!"
Having said this, Cheng Shi continued: "Changes in purchasing personnel, freshness and quantity of dishes, anything different from usual cannot be ignored!"
Pengzhou was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then began to think about it. He couldn't help but wonder, why was this agent asking these questions?
These problems have nothing to do with the theft of Buddhist scriptures. However, Pengzhou finally thought of something wrong.
Pengzhou's eyes lit up, and then he said to Cheng Shi: "The people who go to purchase are all fixed, and there has been no change recently. However, the quality of the dishes purchased recently is not very good, and one-third of them are often eliminated!"
Cheng Shi's eyes lit up, and then he asked: "What's it usually like?!"
He had an intuition that he must be able to investigate something here in the kitchen, so he would not let go of any clues.
Pengzhou continued: "The ingredients we give you are the freshest, and we usually eliminate one-fifth of the dishes.
Then the eliminated dishes are given to the servants to eat. However, in the past week, one-third of the dishes eliminated every day.
As a result, the purchase that was once every two days has become one purchase per day, and I have already reported this to the housekeeper! "
Cheng Shi looked at the housekeeper beside him and said, "Why didn't you tell me?!"
The housekeeper was a little dissatisfied that Cheng Shi kept investigating these trivial matters, but he had no choice but to obey the master's orders!
The housekeeper replied: "I do know, but the most important thing now is to find the Buddhist scriptures. This small matter can be solved later!"
Cheng Shi also knew that many people's attention had been diverted, which may have been the original reason why they stole the Buddhist scriptures.
Originally, the quality of the dishes was not as good as before, which was not a big deal, but it happened within this week, which naturally attracted Cheng Shi's attention.
Cheng Shi then asked: "How many people follow you every time you go out for shopping?"
"There are only two of us, one is me and the other is Hu Changhe. We are both chefs and we have been buying our food at the wet market in the east!"
"Since you all purchase it yourself, why did the quality of the dishes suddenly drop?!"
"This is what I'm confused about. When we buy groceries, we are very selective. It's the same as before, but it just goes bad faster!"
Cheng Shi asked the remaining people and some other details before finally speaking.
"Okay, now take me to the kitchen!"
When the housekeeper heard this, he couldn't help it anymore and said unhappily: "Agent Cheng, I asked you to help me find Buddhist scriptures. Why do you have to deal with these dishes?!"
Cheng Shi frowned and said forcefully: "I'm investigating the case right now. Just cooperate with me in the investigation. As for how I investigate, that's my business.
Are you preventing me from investigating these things because you are involved in them, so you are afraid that I will find out something? ! "
Speaking of this, Cheng Shi stared at the butler's expression, taking in all the other party's behavior. The butler was shocked when he heard this.
He quickly said: "Agent Cheng, don't talk nonsense. You can investigate however you want. I will definitely cooperate!"
Cheng Shi didn't find anything wrong with the housekeeper, so he let him go for the time being, and then said to Pengzhou.
"Okay, now take me to see the vegetables you bought, and then you take me to buy the vegetables myself!"
Cheng Shi was now working more and more carefully. He went through all the possibilities of the case and reasoned out every issue carefully.
Pengzhou then took Cheng Shi to a storage room, where there were many dishes. Cheng Shi checked them carefully.
I didn't find anything included in the dish, so I asked Pengzhou to take me through the process of purchasing ingredients.
When he returned to the storage room again, Cheng Shi smiled, he already knew what the other party did.
In other words, what are the preparations? From the looks of it, the other party hasn't started to take action yet, but it should be soon.
Cheng Shi thought for a while, but the other party hadn't taken action yet. Even if he guessed who it was, they didn't have to admit it.
It seemed that we had to catch him, so Cheng Shi went to find Shao Dengke. The two found a private room, Cheng Shi said with a smile.
"Boss Shao, I have found their true purpose of stealing Buddhist scriptures!"
Shao Dengke was overjoyed when he heard this. He had been dizzy with these things in the past two days. After all, the unknown is scary.
Shao Dengke said quickly: "What on earth is going on?!"
Cheng Shi did not show off, and continued: "As I told you, the other party stole the Buddhist scriptures just to divert your attention. Their real purpose is to purchase cars!
It will be easy to get what they really need in or out when your eyes are on the Buddhist scriptures!
Boss Shao, do you have anything particularly big or heavy at home? ! If the other party made such a big noise, it couldn't be for an ordinary thing! "
When Shao Dengke heard this, his face turned pale and he said anxiously: "Who on earth wants to do this?!"
Cheng Shi looked at the pale Shao Dengke and said unhappily: "The other party hasn't taken action yet, so I'm just guessing. Boss Shao, you have the answer in your heart, right?"
Shao Dengke didn't reply, and Cheng Shi continued: "Boss Shao, is this matter really that important? Can't it be revealed at all? I won't be able to help you in that way?!"
Shao Dengke put down the tea cup in his hand and said with some embarrassment: "This is a secret of mine. I hope Agent Cheng can understand. Since I already know what their goal is, they have no chance!"
When Cheng Shi heard this, he also smiled and said: "Maybe they won't have a chance for a while, but if they are not afraid of thieves, they are afraid of being missed.
If you don't catch these people, they will find opportunities sooner or later. Otherwise, how did they find opportunities this time! "
