fog city detective

Chapter 265 River Poison ([-])

Shrimpton Leela, the world's number one international hotel chain, is not a luxury hotel.On the contrary, this Rilla Hotel in London is simple compared with the five-star hotel of the same level.This is because of a philosophy followed by its founders: Do not multiply entities unless necessary.

Liang Xi also liked Occam's words very much, which reflected in his life.Before falling in love, Liang Xi's clothes were simple, convenient, concealing shame, keeping warm and keeping enough for the purpose.It was not until after falling in love that Liang Xi added a gorgeous appearance.Adding appearance and function also brings troubles. For example, Liang Xi’s black windbreaker is very handsome, and he walks with wind, but it must be sent to a dry cleaner for dry cleaning.The long windbreaker also makes driving a little inconvenient.

The interior decoration of the Lila Hotel is simple and clear, the stairs are the stairs, and the handrails do not have any carvings.The floor is a functional floor, non-slip and quick-drying.Even the lighting in the hotel lobby is mainly practical, without large strings of chandeliers for decoration.

It looks simple, but after careful study, it is found that it is very particular.When you sit anywhere in the lobby and read a book or a newspaper, you don't have to worry about backlighting.There is no need to worry about children running around and causing trouble, because there are no vases that will be broken by them, and no sharp corners that will hurt them.

When Liang Xi entered the hotel, the doorman stopped him, sorry to explain to Liang Xi that the hotel has been rented.There were also several burly men in suits with bare heads and earphones standing at the door.They were wearing sunglasses, with their hands hanging in front of them, motionless, like a statue.Liang Xi explained to the doorman that Mr. Rick asked him to come here. The doorman asked Liang Xi for his name and asked Liang Xi to wait a few minutes. After a few minutes, the doorman gave Liang Xi an ID card and asked Liang Xi to enter.

Liang Xi sat in the lobby for a while, and Ryan called. He was in the hospital and apologized for not being able to receive Liang Xi in person.Ryan arranged for a woman named Xixi to accompany Liang Xi all the way, and Liang Xi could explain to Xixi any needs.

Xixi is a very typical Italian beauty, with a pair of thick lips that are particularly sensual.The two parties shook hands, and after introducing themselves, Xixi took the materials to the table and explained the current situation.Liang Xi didn't like the information collected by private individuals. The reason was that these materials would focus on explaining and investigating certain things, and detectives could easily be misled.

The hotel has evacuated all guests, while employees are working normally and cooperating with the investigation.

Four and 10 minutes before the incident, Ryan contacted the hotel's food delivery department and ordered a meal: deep-sea cod, vegetable salad, borscht, steak Wellington, Black Forest cake and a bottle of red wine.

Liang Xi took the menu and asked, "Which foods were toxins detected in?"

"Borscht." Xixi continued to explain, and played the surveillance video.

According to the surveillance, a waiter pushed a cart from the food delivery department to the employee elevator.He waited at the elevator entrance for the elevator to arrive. The elevator arrived 20 seconds later, and the waiter pushed the cart into the elevator.Elevator monitoring showed that during the period, the waiter stood upright behind the food delivery car and pushed the car out of the elevator on the 21st floor. The monitoring of the corridor on the 21st floor showed that the waiter pushed the food to the front of room 2121, knocked on the door, and then pushed the car in. After 1 minutes, the waiter came out of room 2121 and bowed halfway to the door as if to say thank you or other polite words.After the door was closed, the waiter pressed the elevator, took out a few banknotes from his pocket and kissed them, put away the banknotes and entered the elevator to leave.

Liang Xi asked, "Is there any problem?"

Xixi replied: "Because there is no problem, I invite you to investigate."

Liang Xi asked: "What do you mean by showing me the monitoring?" Liang Xi was worried that because of Xixi's subjective suspicion, details were missed.

Xixi replied: "This is all food-related surveillance."

Xixi took Liang Xishi for a walk.

The catering department and pastry room are on the third floor of the hotel.The dining room and kitchen are on the second floor.The normal process is: place an order.The kitchen prepares food.Responsible for serving food in the kitchen, such as knives and forks, paper towels, dipping sauces, glasses, etc.All food will be placed on trays and covered.Since Hannah ordered more food, two trays and two covers were used.

Then the waiter put the tray with the cover into the small transport elevator, and the elevator reached the food delivery department on the third floor.The food delivery department takes out the food from the inside, puts it on the trolley, checks all the food and ingredients one by one according to the order sign, then puts on the cover, and pushes the cart out of the food delivery department.Walk for 15 meters and reach the staff elevator after passing a corner.

The trouble in this case is that there is no surveillance in the kitchen, and there is no surveillance in the food delivery department. It is not known which link was passive.According to the employees' instructions, a foreman and a novice waiter are in charge of catering together, which seems to be able to supervise each other.When the food was in the delivery department, there were three employees in the delivery department, which seemed to be able to supervise each other.

The kitchen staff showed Liang Xi their workflow out of thin air.

First, the chef makes an order, and then several departments coordinate the time.For example, cod only takes 2 minutes, but steak takes 8 minutes. The chef at the side dish counter must coordinate the time to ensure that all the food is cooked at the same time as possible.Then the people at the fish station, meat station, and side dish station will send the cooked food they are responsible for to the head chef. The head chef will check all the finished products. After confirming that they are qualified, they will put the finished food products on the table in front of them. Put the food in the tray and take it away.

The waiter takes the food and walks out of the kitchen door, and puts the food down at the serving counter two meters to the left of the kitchen door.Put on the delivery tray, start the ingredients, and finally put the cover on, and send it into the working elevator, which will send the food to the delivery department on the third floor.

This order is done.

There seems to be a very strange thing happening here. In order to ensure the quality of the food, the chef not only checks the rawness of the steak, but also checks the taste of the food through the taste buds.The head chef explained to Liang Xi that he had tasted the borscht himself and it was very good, so he put the borscht on the table.This shows that the suspect was poisoned when the food left the kitchen to the 21st floor.But judging from the surveillance and everyone's mutual testimony, no flaws could be found.

Ke Lante, with two beards and a gray jacket, quietly appeared in the kitchen, listening to the staff and Liang Xi's explanations and explanations.Liang Xi was concentrated. After listening to the explanation, he turned around and saw Ke Lante. He hurriedly went up to say hello. They met at John's funeral and exchanged a few pleasantries on the spot.

Ke Lante was also accompanied by an assistant. Liang Xi and Ke Lante walked to the restaurant lobby, and Seymour also arrived.When she heard Liang Xi's introduction, she sat down together and nodded to each other, as if they knew each other.Without any reservation, Liang Xi told them everything he heard and saw.However, Liang Xi did not express his thoughts.

Ke Lante said: "It sounds like there is no problem with the food."

Liang Xi said, "Yes."

Seymour asked: "Is it possible that the suspects hid the toxin in carrots or potatoes? The toxin was not destroyed in the cooking process. Hannah was not poisoned by borscht, but by eating carrots and potatoes in borscht. "

Ke Lante looked at Liang Xi, and Liang Xi was taken aback: "It's possible." It is indeed possible, but the technical content has become extremely high.First of all, you must know that Hannah will order borscht, and at the same time, you must ensure that the potatoes with toxins will be added to the borscht, and you must also ask the chef to cut the potatoes so that the toxins cannot be found.It was the peak meal time, and it was necessary to ensure that the toxin potatoes were used on Hannah.

Detectives should have brains, and Liang Xi didn't know how to answer Seymour's unrealistic brains.

Liang Xi asked, "What does Mr. Kerant think?"

Ke Lante said: "Some people lie. People always like to lie, and they lie for various reasons. I met a witness. The surveillance showed that he waited for the last bus with the suspect, borrowed fire from the suspect, chatted with each other, and got on the bus together But the witness denied that he had seen the suspect, which means that the suspicion of the suspect has been cleared. I even showed him the surveillance video of him and the suspect, but he still insisted that the person was not himself. Why? Because the witness did not want to let himself Wife knew that she could go home an hour earlier. Witnesses would rather sit at the bus stop for an hour than go home."

Ke Lante said: "Let's say it's Hannah, even if the hotel staff don't know who Hannah was poisoned by Hannah. But from the handwriting of the hotel, they know that something big has happened, and everyone will not say anything that is not good for them. What do you think?" Ke Lante looked at Liang Xi with great interest.

Liang Xi said: "There are always many staff members present. Hannah's stay in the hotel was accidental, and there was not much time for the suspect to prepare. I don't have any opinions for the time being. I need to sort out the information."

Ke Lante took the crutches and stood up: "Then let's investigate separately, keep in touch, and communicate with each other after lunch."

"Ok."

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Liang Xi went to room 2121, which was not a presidential suite, but a luxurious business suite.There is a master bedroom and three auxiliary bedrooms for drivers, bodyguards, assistants and other staff to rest. Each auxiliary bedroom has two beds.The living room is large and separates the master bedroom from the second bedroom.Each room has a bathroom and toilet, and the living room also has a toilet with a toilet and sink.

Liang Xi asked, "How many people were in the room at that time?"

Xixi replied: "Four people, Miss Hannah, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Jeff and Mr. Jack."

Liang Xi asked, "Jack and Jeff are there?"

Xi Xi: "Yes, after Jack completed the physical examination in the hospital and took notes, he and Jeff rushed here. They arrived at the hotel room at [-]:[-] in the evening."

Liang Xi said: "Order and food arrival time."

Xixi replied: "Order at 10:[-], deliver to the guest room at [-]:[-], and the ambulance will arrive at the hotel in [-] minutes."

Liang Xi asked, "When will Jack and Jeff leave?"

Xi Xi replied: "Hannah was taken to the hospital, they followed to the hospital, and they left the hospital and went home after learning that Hannah was out of danger."

There are doubts about the details of the poisoning. Liang Xi did not know the dose of tetrodotoxin (river poison) in the borscht.Oral administration of 0.5 mg of river poison is fatal, and there is basically no possibility of rescue.River poison is a thousand times more toxic than cyanide, but the incubation period of river poison is longer, as short as 10 minutes before symptoms appear, and as long as 3 hours before symptoms appear.

The murderer must bring enough, how much did Hannah eat?Among the food Hannah ordered, the borscht was quite different and unsuitable, which meant that Hannah liked borscht.

Liang Xi asked how much he had eaten, and Xixi could only answer about a quarter or a few spoonfuls.Because shortly after the incident, all the ingredients were sent to the inspection department for testing.

Xixi relayed what Ryan explained about last night: Hannah had a bad face after seeing Jack and Jeff, and the three of them were sitting on the sofa talking, the atmosphere was cold and embarrassing.Hannah didn't give Jack and his son face, and asked Ryan to help him order food, and didn't mention the father and son's dinner, and the two didn't dare to say anything.The three of them talked mainly about Jessica, and Hannah asked about Jessica's ability, personality, etc., and also asked about some sensitive topics.For example, Jack, do you support Jessica becoming the president?Jeff, what do you think?
Hannah decided to let Jessica inherit the Mercury Group, so these two people had to speak out so that there would be no troubles in the future.

At [-]:[-], Hannah was in a better mood and asked them to order by themselves. She also wanted to know more about the high-level and strategic developments of the Mercury Group.Jack and his son each ordered a steak set meal.Ryan didn't order his own food, and spent most of the time standing behind and to the left of Hannah, always on call.

At 35:2121, Hannah's food arrived. The waiter pushed the dining cart in front of Hannah, removed the cover, and introduced the food as usual.Hannah nodded and waved him away.Ryan sent the waiter to the door, tipped him and closed the door.Then Hannah ate deep-sea fish with dipping sauce, and drank soup to talk to Jack and his son.At 45:[-], Hannah began to experience symptoms of discomfort, which were very violent when they started.Ryan called emergency immediately after checking.At [-]:[-], the medical staff arrived at room [-] and preliminarily judged the poisoning.At [-]:[-], the ambulance took Hannah away, and at [-]:[-], the ambulance arrived at the hospital.

Ryan went to the hospital to stay rational. After hearing that Hannah might be poisoned, he immediately contacted the bodyguards to seal off room 2121, and asked the professionals in the bodyguards to send all the food and tableware in the dining car for inspection.After the physical evidence was sent to the inspection agency, the doctor had rescued Hannah for the river poison, and Hannah's indicators gradually stabilized.With this information, the inspection agency conducted targeted testing results: only borscht and a spoon were detected to contain river poison.

Xixi contacted Ryan about Liang Xi's problem, and Ryan contacted the testing department, then asked Hannah, and told Liang Xi: Hannah drank three or four mouthfuls of borscht as an appetizer, and then ate lighter steamed deep-sea fish.I ate half of the steak wellington and half of the black forest cake.When he finished eating, Ryan pushed the cart to the door instead of outside, hoping to take the cart with him when the waiter delivered to Jack and Jeff.

What puzzled Liang Xi was, why borscht?Just because it is a soup, is it easy to melt?
While Liang Xi was thinking, Xi Xi reminded one thing: Lila Hotel has a tradition of hiring ex-convicts.Liang Xi remembered that the Lila Hotel has a rule that they will provide a certain percentage of jobs for the disabled and non-violent ex-convicts.That said, there are likely to be sophisticated criminals in the kitchen, delivery staff, and servers.This kind of regulation is not unique to the Leela Hotel. Brands such as Wal-Mart have set up special positions.

Liang Xi entered Hannah's bedroom, bathroom, and then turned to the auxiliary bedroom, but found nothing more.Liang Xi believed that the person who dared to directly throw river poison either had a deep hatred with Hannah, was a professional team, or was a person with a criminal record.In other words, the chef who made the borscht and the head chef who claimed to have tasted the borscht were also suspect.And waiters, delivery people, each of them has a chance of being poisoned.

(End of this chapter)