Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 141: Craftsman Woodcarving Case

"What if your family comes looking for me again? I dare to be so arrogant because you are here and they are all here... I guess if he wants to do something to me, you will never come out. What then?" An Qiao was speechless and looked Zhao Hengzhi up and down.

He looks like a human being but doesn't do the right thing.

"I don't know either, but I definitely can't go to the milk tea shop. I was almost discovered today because I was working in the milk tea shop. It was a bit...in the spotlight." Zhao Hengzhi deliberately looked shy, giving everyone present goose bumps.

An Qiao wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she shut up. This guy is hopeless. He is really shameless and will not listen to any advice.

"I don't care. You bought my indenture, so you have to take care of me!" Zhao Hengzhi stressed, and after thinking for a moment, he added, "And relying on my beauty, look how much money you've made this month."

"Beauty?" An Qiao...

Seeing that there was still a back and forth here, Xin Hai on the side could not help but remind, "Shao Qing, let's go, it's an urgent case."

Gu Qingyun frowned this time, "Sorry, I forgot, let's go." Before running out the door, he turned back and asked, "Shen Ran, can you find the way?"

This was the first time An Qiao heard that Zheng Ran had become Shen Ran. Her eyes widened slightly and she looked at Shen Ran seriously.

Shen Ran seemed to feel the gaze and said, "No need, I'll go back." Then he turned and looked at An Qiao.

An Qiao also knew that she was being impolite, so she stopped looking after taking a look. Anyway, no matter what the surname was, it was nobler than her.

Zhao Hengzhi on the other end was still making trouble unreasonably, "I don't care, I can't go back anyway, I don't want my monthly salary anymore, you hire someone to deliver it every day, I will hide in the restaurant and work."

An Qiao was at a loss as she couldn't get rid of him, so she could only say, "Switch with Yang Liu over here first. She has also learned a lot about pastry making and can handle it. If it doesn't work, we can switch."

Zhao Hengzhi had a look of having made a profit, "Thank you, young lady. I knew you were kind and beautiful."

An Qiao half-jokingly and half-threateningly said, "You owe me, Master. Remember this."

Zhao Hengzhi nodded, "Okay, okay, I got it."

After saying that, he returned to the backyard with ease. Shen Ran couldn't help but laugh, "Young lady, this place is really interesting. I've only been here for half a day, and so many things have happened."

An Qiao rubbed her head and said embarrassedly, "Sir, please forgive me for making fun of you. I don't usually have so many things to do."

Shen Ran called in the servant who was waiting outside and asked An Qiao to explain how to deliver the food and how to take it out.

"Sir, it's closer, it's cheaper to come and get it yourself." An Qiao said in a businesslike manner, but in fact, her mind was racing. Could this proton actually live outside the palace? What kind of proton is he if he leaves the palace?

But her reason prevented her from asking, she just smiled faintly.

Not long after, Shen Ran left Kyoto Restaurant with the servant. When he looked back, the courtyard still seemed particularly lively. He didn't know whether he was sighing or talking to himself.

“Great, this is a great place.”

The servant next to him was a young eunuch who was rewarded by the emperor and brought out of the palace. He had been following Shen Ran since he was a child and was already very familiar with the job. He looked at Shen Ran's expression and said nothing.

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On the other side, Dali Temple.

As Xinhai and Gu Qingyun left the restaurant, Xinhai quickly said, "Urgent case, the jade cup that was rumored was not lost, but several ministers in the court reported a lot of lost items today. The focus is not on these lost items, it would be faster to find the lost items in the Kyoto government office. But... Zhao Dajiang from the Ministry of Works died at home last night. When he died, he was holding wood carving tools in his hands, and the wood carving in front of him was lifelike, it turned out to be a fresh tiger. The Kyoto government office searched for a whole morning, and they all said it was suicide, but how could suicide open such a round hole in the head? It looks like he used the tools in his hands."

Gu Qingyun said without thinking, "Didn't he also say that this tiger was very evil, and he couldn't suppress the tiger's majesty, so he killed himself."

"Master Shaoqing! How did you know?" Xinhai pretended to be surprised.

Gu Qingyun glanced at him and said, "Stop pretending. Where are Zhao Huaiqing and the others? Have they gone home yet?"

"Let's go back. Wu Huan has already arrived at the scene with Bai Jinyu." Xin Hai was actually muttering in his heart. He finally thought he could look forward to the New Year, but another case came up out of nowhere.

Gu Qingyun said, "Solve the case quickly and have a good New Year."

Xinhai was stunned, wondering whether he had said it out loud just now.

When I looked up, I saw that Gu Qingyun had already walked away.

The two men arrived at the home of the master craftsman of the Ministry of Works one after the other. A white lantern had been hung at the door. Before they even stepped into the courtyard, they heard crying sounds from inside.

Gu Qingyun took a deep breath, walked into the courtyard, and crossed the corridor, where there were mountains, rivers, flowers, and houses full of female relatives.

They walked all the way to the backyard where the crime occurred. At the time of the crime, Zhao Ping was making wood carvings at home. People in the Ministry of Works had some special skills, even wood carving, embroidery, and glass... There were different people who could do it, they were both craftsmen and ministers.

The woodcut in front of me is very impressive. The tiger on it is vivid and lifelike, and it even seems to be about to run out of the frame.

Zhao Ping was sitting in front of this huge wood carving. There was no trace of blood in the whole room. He was dressed neatly and cleanly, and it did not seem that he had been murdered, but was just sitting there quietly.

The wood carving tools in his hands were still tightly held, and his eyes were looking in the direction of appreciating the work, even straight.

If the servant had not called him in the morning, he would not have been discovered to be dead.

Bai Jinyu saw Gu Qingyun coming and said, "Sir Shaoqing, the body has not been autopsied yet, but judging from the corpse spots on his body, he may have been dead for several hours."

"You've been sitting here all night, and no one comes to look for you?" Gu Qingyun couldn't help but wonder.

"Their servants said that the master is often like this, working on something all night long, and would get angry if someone came to call him." Zhao Huaiqing spoke at the right time. They came here in advance and had already found out a lot of things.

Gu Qingyun nodded and looked at Bai Jinyu, "Do you need an autopsy?"

"Logically, it should be necessary. I don't think a wound like this can be pierced by human will. It could only be done by someone else. But what tool was used? From the appearance, I think it was a very smooth chisel or something." Bai Jinyu thought for a moment and said, "And he was lying here so straight. I saw marks on his wrist. I guess he was tied to a beam or somewhere for a whole night and was only removed in the morning."

"The probability of this crime being committed by an acquaintance is too high." Gu Qingyun pursed his lips. He didn't know if it was because there were too many people, or if the scene in front of him was too shocking. The more he looked, the thinner the air seemed.

"Let's try to get the family's consent first. I'll go meet his wife." Gu Qingyun turned and left the room.

Only after walking out of the closed and narrow space did Gu Qingyun feel relieved.