I am a super cop

Chapter 1189 The Last Clue

It's getting closer to the truth.

At least during the investigation of this restaurant, everyone found that the takeaway rider who died in a car accident actually died of a strange cause.

Although from the perspective of the traffic police surveillance video, it was because the food was delivered in a hurry, so the truck forced to cross the road before it was fully driven into the driveway, which eventually led to the accident.

The takeaway rider also paid with his life for this.

However, the focus of everyone's attention in the follow-up is on another takeaway boy.

It is also because another takeaway brother, who took the order of the takeaway boy who died in a car accident, contacted the restaurant owner to make a new takeaway delivery to the customer, and was talked about by everyone.

Coupled with media reports, the kind-hearted delivery boy became synonymous with warmth in this cold winter.

However, Gu Chen found out the truth about the death of the delivery boy from the surveillance video, which was a car accident caused by poisoning.

But who is the murderer now?The search seems to keep narrowing.

Gu Chen glanced at the fat owner of the restaurant, and asked, "Where is your chef? Can you let him out?"

"No problem." In order to get rid of the suspicion of his own restaurant, the current fat owner of the restaurant is responsive to Gu Chen's request.

He quickly walked to the door of the back kitchen, knocked on the door, and said, "Master Xie, please come out."

"Okay." A fat man who was helping to wash the vegetables in the back kitchen heard the boss calling him, so he immediately put down his work, wiped his water-stained hands on his apron, and walked directly to the cashier.

Seeing several policemen surrounding here, Master Xie was taken aback, and asked the boss weakly, "Boss, what's going on?"

"The takeaway we made for that Ms. Zhou yesterday was highly poisonous." The fat boss whispered in Master Xie's ear.

"Impossible." Hearing what the boss said, Master Xie shrank back suddenly, and retorted: "How is this possible? How could the dishes I cook be poisonous?"

"Hush! Be so quiet." Afraid of being overheard, the fat boss hurriedly reminded him.

But Master Xie glanced at the policemen around him, and seemed to feel that the policemen were looking for him, so he quickly clarified with the fat boss in a low voice: "I said boss, I really didn't poison the dishes. What?"

"I didn't say it was you." The fat restaurant owner couldn't explain clearly at the moment, so he quickly looked at Gu Chen and said, "Comrade policeman, he is the chef of our restaurant. If you have any questions, just ask him."

"Okay." Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, showed the surveillance screenshots of the four delivery guys in front of him, and asked, "Do you know these people?"

"I know you. They deliver food. These people often come to the store to pick up orders."

"Then that Ms. Zhou Xiwen's order yesterday, did you make it yourself?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Zhou Xiwen?" Master Xie frowned, scratching his cheeks and thinking.

The fat boss was afraid that he would be confused at this time, so he quickly reminded: "I put every order slip on your place, that Zhou Xiwen ordered rice with green peppers and pork shreds last night, it was not because of a car accident by the last delivery boy And knocked over? Then another delivery rider called me and told us to make a new copy, remember?"

"Oh, so it's that order? Boss, I'll know when you say that." Hearing the words of the restaurant's fat boss, Master Xie nodded silently, and then remembered:

"That's right, I made Zhou Xiwen's order, and I also made the subsequent order."

"Are you taking over the whole process?" Officer Wang asked.

Realizing that the fat boss said that the dishes contained poison, Master Xie quickly waved his hand and clarified: "I'm wronged, this matter really has nothing to do with me."

"I've said it all, we're still investigating this matter, you just need to explain the situation clearly." Lu Weiwei also said angrily.

I feel that this chef is courageous enough.

Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Master Xie tried his best to calm down, and said slowly: "It is indeed me who cooks the whole process, but I didn't handle the packing or anything, it's all these takeaway riders who are in a hurry. They helped with it."

"The takeaway rider helped you pack?" Gu Chen expressed curiosity.

Master Xie nodded and said: "That's right, we usually put the prepared dishes directly into the takeaway boxes. As for packing, I usually seldom do it."

"Because firstly, there is too much work at hand, and secondly, those riders who are in a hurry have already held the packing bags in their hands."

"As soon as our dishes are boxed, they pack them skillfully. This has long been an unwritten rule in our store, and everyone is not surprised."

"Then you pour the food into the packaging box, is the takeaway rider who had an accident responsible for the packaging?" Gu Chen asked.

"Uh... Well, it seems to be. Anyway, it was quite busy at the time, and the back kitchen was noisy everywhere. I don't know what happened at the time, but I remember that Xiao Zhao seemed to be by his side."

"Xiao Zhao?" Gu Chen frowned.

"Yes, it's Xiao Zhao who called to ask the boss to prepare the meal again. He delivered the meal for the colleague who was in the car accident. The TV station also interviewed him."

"Are you sure Xiao Zhao is the only one with him?" The fat restaurant boss hurriedly asked for confirmation, fearing that he might be mistaken for the suspect.

Master Xie nodded silently: "It shouldn't be wrong. After you said that, I seem to remember it again. That's right. At that time, it was Xiao Zhao who took the order and packed it up. Then that Xiao Liao died in a car accident." Well, he looked everywhere for his order."

"At that time, I kept asking me, but I didn't take much care of it because I was busy making other orders."

"Plus the back kitchen was noisy, so I asked him to look for it by himself. Not long after that, Xiao Zhao came back and said that he had taken the wrong order, and the one I was going to fry was his. Order."

"And then?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Then? Then Xiao Liao took his own order and ran out of the back kitchen, and then, Xiao Zhao also got his own order."

"Later, the boss came to the back kitchen again, saying that Xiao Liao was in a car accident and he was gone. Xiao Zhao asked us to make another takeaway, and he came to pick it up."

"So, from the time you made the green pepper shredded pork rice topping until the packing process, did Xiao Zhao take the order by mistake and wasted time?" Gu Chen looked up at Master Xie and asked him.

Master Xie nodded silently: "It should be. From the beginning to the end, I was very busy in the cooking process. Even if you poisoned me, I didn't have time to poison it."

"Ah bah, who told you to poison you? Old Xie, can you stop using analogies?" Feeling that Lao Xie was speaking without restraint, the fat restaurant owner quickly stopped.

Master Xie looked aggrieved and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

However, at this moment, Gu Chen and everyone looked at each other, as if they all sensed the trick.

Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked Master Xie: "Xiao Zhao who took the takeaway order by mistake, how long did he have between taking the takeaway order and returning it?"

"Uh..." Master Xie scratched his head and thought, and said lightly, "I don't know how long it will be, but Xiao Liao has been looking for him here and there for a long time. It will take three or four minutes, right?"

"Three or four minutes?" Gu Chen nodded silently after hearing the words: "Three and four minutes is enough for Xiao Zhao to complete the poisoning operation."

Glancing at the fat owner of the restaurant, Gu Chen said again: "I remember, this Xiao Zhao who took the order by mistake, and this Xiao Liao who died in a car accident, they came out of the back kitchen almost in tandem, and there was no gap between them. Three or four minutes, one minute at most."

"That's right." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Master Xie seemed to think of something again, so he quickly said: "Xiao Zhao took Xiao Liao's order by mistake, after returning it to him, I will follow up with Xiao Zhao's order It will be done within one minute, Xiao Zhao will go out with his order, and there should be less than one minute away from Xiao Liao."

"Because after all, Xiao Liao spent a few minutes looking for a takeaway order from me, and in these few minutes, I also finished Xiao Zhao's."

"That's right." Hearing Master Xie's words, Gu Chen finally found a loophole, and hurriedly asked, "Do you have any other exits from the back kitchen?"

"Yes, there is one. If the police comrades want to see it, I will take you there."

The fat owner of the restaurant was afraid that the police investigation would be unfavorable at this moment, so he took the initiative to lead everyone directly to the back kitchen of the restaurant.

At this moment, the aunties washing vegetables in the back kitchen were busy with their work. When they saw the police visiting, they just looked up and continued to work.

"That's it." The fat restaurant owner pointed directly to a small door on the right.

Gu Chen walked up a few steps and asked again: "Then Xiao Zhao took Xiao Liao's order by mistake, which direction did he go out from? Is it the passage leading to the restaurant lobby on the left? Or the back door on the right?"

"It should be the passage on the left leading to the restaurant lobby." Seeing Gu Chen's question, Master Xie quickly explained: "Because they are delivery riders, their cars are parked at the restaurant's entrance, and they usually don't go to the back door."

"And when Xiao Zhao brought back the takeaway that he took by mistake, he also came from the direction of the left lobby. I remember this very clearly."

"That's weird." Lu Weiwei crossed her arms and said with a slight frown, "If Xiao Zhao took the takeaway by mistake and only brought it back three or four minutes later, then he should have walked out of the passage between the back kitchen and the lobby. "

"It stands to reason that the surveillance above the cashier counter in your store can also capture it, but the strange thing is that after Xiao Zhao entered the back kitchen, until he left the back kitchen, he was still in line one minute after Xiao Liao left the back kitchen. "

"Then doesn't this mean that Xiao Zhao, who took the wrong delivery, never left the back kitchen at all?"

"what?"

Hearing Lu Weiwei's speech, everyone suddenly realized.

At this moment, Xiao Zhao's whereabouts became a new clue.

Gu Chen walked around the back kitchen, and suddenly found that there was a small cold storage compartment in the corner of the back kitchen, which was used to store vegetables and meat in the restaurant.

However, due to the large accumulation of goods, it is difficult for ordinary people to have space to enter.

Seeing that Gu Chen was so fascinated by the cold storage compartment, the fat boss hurried forward and explained: "I usually use this small cold storage room to store goods."

"Then what did the small cold storage look like yesterday? Is it piled up like this?" Gu Chen asked.

Before the fat owner of the restaurant could explain, Master Xie took a step forward and said, "The goods that just arrived yesterday have more things piled up inside. People can't get in at all. They can only stand at the door and reach for the goods."

"No." Gu Chen shook his head, and said again: "If the little Zhao who took the takeaway by mistake never left the back kitchen, then he must have been hiding somewhere in the back kitchen to poison him in these three or four minutes. And don’t let your restaurant people see it.”

"Only in this way can he meet the conditions for poisoning and the possibility of committing the crime can be established."

Hearing what Gu Chen said, the fat owner of the restaurant immediately said: "By the way, the corridor we came in just now is the passage between the lobby and the back kitchen of the Unicom restaurant. There is a small toilet on the side."

"Small toilet?" Lu Weiwei turned her head to look, and said curiously, "Then why didn't we find the door when we came in just now?"

"There is a door, and ordinary outsiders may not be able to find it. You will find out when you come with me."

Feeling that these policemen didn't know the structure of their restaurant very well, so the fat boss of the restaurant directly led everyone to the passage between the back kitchen and the restaurant lobby.

He stretched out his hand and pushed against the wall, and immediately, a wooden door that was integrated with the wall was pushed open.

After that, the fat boss of the restaurant reached out and touched it, and the light came on.

A simple small toilet immediately appeared in front of everyone.

"This is the toilet we use in the back kitchen. The staff in the back kitchen use this to go to the toilet. There is even an exhaust system."

Having said this, the fat boss of the restaurant directly pressed another switch.

Immediately, the exhaust system began to activate.

"No wonder." Seeing this simple toilet, Lu Weiwei couldn't help complaining: "No wonder I didn't see the door just now, boss, the door of your toilet is decorated with the same color as the wall. If it wasn't for my own people, I'm afraid I couldn't find it at all. ?”

"I just let outsiders find it." The fat owner of the restaurant also said truthfully: "Because the customers who ate before often asked me where the toilet is? And the pedestrians passing by outside sometimes come to borrow the toilet."

"I came and went here and there, using my place as a public toilet, which made the toilet dirty, so I simply redecorated this small toilet, just not wanting outsiders to borrow the toilet."

"If they want to go to the toilet, I will tell them, go to the right about 200 meters, there is a public toilet."

"So it's like this?" Lu Weiwei suddenly realized when she heard the fat owner of the restaurant say, "So, those takeaway riders who often come to the back kitchen to pack and pick up their meals, do they also know this secret?"

"I know." Master Xie nodded silently, and also voluntarily admitted: "Because they often come to the back kitchen to help, sometimes we are too busy, and they even cook by themselves, so occasionally they ask us to borrow a toilet, and we don't mind. No comment."

Gu Chen frowned, and looked around at the structure of the toilet.

And at this moment, a vegetable washing lady just passed by.

Seeing everyone gathered here, he asked curiously, "Boss, are you going to the bathroom?"

"No." The fat restaurant owner said.

"Isn't that a step aside, please? I want to go to the toilet." Aunt Xicai said again.

When everyone heard the words, they immediately gave up their positions.

However, when the vegetable washing lady was about to go into the toilet, Gu Chen suddenly asked: "Excuse me, do you know the delivery guy Xiao Zhao? It's the rider who helped deliver the food delivery to the rider who died in a car accident yesterday."

"Xiao Zhao? I know him. Didn't he go on a TV interview?" When she heard that it was Xiao Zhao, Aunt Xicai nodded directly.

"Then last night, when he took the order out by mistake, did you see him go to the bathroom?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked again.

Aunt Xicai was stunned, and thought about it carefully for a few seconds before she said, "Yes, he has gone to the toilet before."

"At that time, I also wanted to go to the toilet, but Xiao Zhao suddenly rushed over from behind, saying that he was in a hurry and let him go first."

"I saw him rushing straight into the toilet with a takeaway in his hand, and I said you are carrying a takeaway in a large size, isn't it disgusting?"

"He said it's okay, anyway, the packaging bag is fastened, so it doesn't affect it."

After a pause, Aunt Xicai said again: "Anyway, no matter what, I am quite disgusted with carrying someone else's takeaway, and ran to the toilet to get a large one. I said that I would carry it for him, but Xiao Zhao refused, so I can only run back to wash the vegetables."

The voice fell, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

It seems that this last doubt has been solved.

Gu Chen looked at each other in dismay, and seemed to understand why Xiao Zhao took Xiao Liao's order in advance, but didn't run out of the restaurant lobby, and ended up leaving the store about a minute later than Xiao Liao.

The reason is simple, Xiao Zhao took Xiao Liao's takeaway and hid in the toilet.

As for what he did in the toilet, it seems that only Xiao Zhao himself knows.

Seeing that everyone only communicated with each other with their eyes, they stood still in place.

Aunt Xicai, who wanted to go to the toilet, suddenly said with embarrassment: "Then what? Are you going to go to the toilet? If you don't go to the toilet, please don't hang around here, please? It's embarrassing."

"oh oh."

The people who reacted gave way to the passage.

The fat owner of the restaurant also waved his hand and suggested, "Why don't you go out and talk about it? Go to the front desk?"

"Go." Gu Chen responded, and walked out of the passage first.

At this moment, everyone seems to be like a mirror in their hearts.

The truth also seems to be at hand.

"Eh? Do you think that the person who poisoned this is Xiao Zhao?" Gu Chen felt that he had sorted out the clues clearly, and the fat owner of the restaurant also directly expressed everyone's thoughts.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "Judging from the current situation, there is a high possibility that Xiao Zhao is the poisoner."

"So next, we will investigate Xiao Zhao according to the actual situation."

Glancing at the shop owner and Master Xie, Gu Chen suddenly warned: "So, please keep your mouths in check, and those aunts who wash vegetables in the back kitchen, and let them not talk nonsense, it's best not to talk about this matter. Tell Xiao Zhao in advance."

"Don't worry, comrade police, if you don't find out the real poisoner, then I can't do it in this restaurant, I can't do it, and all the employees in the restaurant will lose their jobs."

"Whether it is important or not, I naturally know."

As soon as the fat boss of the restaurant here finished speaking, He Junchao's phone call came in again.

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