Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 446 Gluttony
The cook's face suddenly became even more ugly, and he said in horror: "I... I didn't know that this snake was poisonous!"

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said in a calm voice: "Brother Cook, no one will believe what you said, but they will think that you are the murderer. At least, you caught this snake, and you personally made the snake soup." What you did, the princess was poisoned to death after eating the snake soup you made, so you are the murderer who killed the princess!"

The cook was covered in cold sweat and was about to cry. His legs kept swinging and he said tremblingly, "I didn't intend to kill the princess, I didn't intend to kill the princess! It's the fat guard. Snake, you can make a delicious snake soup, I went to catch some snakes and came back!"

"How did the fat guard know that there were snakes in that swamp?" Li Canghai asked immediately as his heart moved.

"I don't know about this either. When I delivered food to him that day, I heard him complain that the food was too poor, so I told him that we had no food left over, and even the princess didn't have any meat to eat, let alone us servants." At this time, he mentioned that there are snakes in the swamp. At first I didn’t think about catching snakes, but then Ling Ji came and said that the princess wanted to eat something delicious, so I had to figure out a way. But I’m just an ordinary cook, and What can I do? In desperation, I ran to the swamp to catch the snake, but I really didn't know that the snake was poisonous!" The cook said eagerly.

"Is what you said true?" Li Canghai asked sharply.

"It's absolutely true! Don't dare to lie!" The cook swore.

Li Canghai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I believe in you, and I will plead with Master Conan on your behalf."

When the cook heard this, he was overjoyed.He let out a long sigh of relief, kowtowed to Li Canghai and said, "Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

Li Canghai patted him on the shoulder and asked him to keep the remaining half bowl of snake soup. After that, he left the backyard and found the fat guard.

The fat guard was leaning against a big tree, comfortably eating half a dried fish. The death of Princess Dongying didn't seem to have any effect on him.

"Fat guard, I have a few words to ask you." Li Canghai walked over and said straight to the point.

The fat guard glanced at him, tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he felt that he didn't need to take care of him, so he continued to gnaw on the dried fish with his head down.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, he coughed twice, and said lightly: "Fat bodyguard, the princess is in an accident now, the situation is serious, Master Conan asked me to investigate this matter, I hope you can tell the truth, don't hide anything .”

When the fat guard heard that it was Conan who asked him to come, his expression suddenly became more respectful.

"Fat guard, do you know why the princess died?" Li Canghai asked seriously.

The fat guard froze for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Canghai sneered and said, "You don't know? To tell you the truth, the princess died of snake poison! And the reason why the princess was poisoned by snake is all because of you!"

"Me?" The fat guard was stunned. He pointed to his nose and exclaimed, "What does this have to do with me? I didn't poison the princess!"

"Oh? Really? The princess died after eating the poisonous snake soup made by the cook, and according to the cook, the reason why he went to catch the snake was because you deliberately provoked him. You know that the cook is desperate for the princess's food , so you intentionally told him about the snakes in the swamp, but you didn’t tell him that the snakes there are poisonous, so what’s your intention?”

The fat guard almost jumped up, and he yelled angrily, "I'm wronged! I'm really wronged! That cook deliberately planted me! I didn't harm the princess!"

"You said the cook wronged you? Why did he wrong you?" Li Canghai said seriously.

The fat guard said angrily: "This dead cook, on the surface, seems to be hard-working and willing to work hard, but he is actually a treacherous villain! How dare he have the face to say that he is the imperial chef of Dongying? Pooh!"

Li Canghai didn't show his expression, and said indifferently: "Oh, how do you say that?"

The fat guard spat and cursed: "This cook used to have some reputation in Dongying, and his 'Pearl and Jade Soup' is considered to be the best in Dongying, but it is different now. Now his mind is no longer on cooking, but on cooking. It's all focused on money, and the whole person seems to have fallen into the eyes of money, dreaming of getting rich all day long!"

Li Canghai didn't speak, but quietly listened to the fat guard's curses.

"When he was on the boat, he was still able to keep his own place, but after he got here, he wanted to make a fortune all day long. A few days ago, I found out that he was sneaky, so I followed him secretly, and found that he actually took the hard-earned animal we had hunted so hard. All the lean meat from the wild boar was cut off. Afterwards, I watched him wrap the lean meat in a cloth and hide it. Not only that, but he also poured water into the remaining meat! I said how the meat he made recently is so so. It's unpalatable!" The fat guard curled his lips, and when he talked about food, it seemed to arouse the greed in his belly, he took out the half-gnawed dried fish from his arms, and took a few mouthfuls.

Li Canghai touched his chin and said, "He poured water into his flesh, why don't you report it to the princess and Master Conan?"

The fat guard rubbed his nose and said angrily: "This cook is as good as a monkey. He pours water into the meat we eat, but not for the princess and Lord Conan. Even if he complains, the princess won't believe it, but instead I will be accused of framing. Although he pours water into the meat, it is still meat after all! If I offend him, I am afraid that even the watered meat will be gone. As long as there is meat to eat, I don’t care whether he pours water or not. But who knows , That guy actually sneakily sold the meat that was cut earlier to others!"

Li Canghai was suddenly a little curious, besides them, who else was there on this island?

Who doesn't know the importance of food?Furthermore, even if this place is a mountain of gold and silver, it can't cost a penny. Who would be willing to sell such precious meat?Who else will buy it?
"Who did he sell to?" Li Canghai asked.

The fat guard said angrily, "It's the businessman we met before! The cook sneaked out to join him several times, and the two of them sneaked out and planned something."

"It's him?" Li Canghai narrowed his eyes.

Needless to say, the businessman mentioned by the fat guard knew that that person was none other than Zhang Da who Conan ordered people to look for everywhere.

"What else do you know?" Li Canghai asked.

The fat guard gnawed the dried fish clean, and said cursingly: "Didn't I just steal some dried fish from him? He actually accused me of poisoning the princess? In fact, I have never been to the swamp, and I don't know that there are snakes there. I heard it from Nobi-kun, and then I just said it casually. It’s not that easy for that guy to frame me! Oh, by the way, these few nights, I have often seen him sneaking up in the tribute storage room In front of the house, every time he said that he was worried about the tribute, he came out to inspect. I wondered, he is a cook, why do he care so much, now it seems that he must be plotting something wrong!"

(End of this chapter)