"The kitchen is an important place. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter." Zhangsun Xin stood outside the kitchen and read the words.
Then he went in. As soon as he entered, a waiter in charge of serving food saw him. "Inspector Zhangsun, you can't enter the kitchen."
"I'm here to see if your place is clean. If you eat something dirty, you'll get sick." Zhangsun Xin said righteously.
"We're learning from the Li Family Zhuangzi Kitchen. The kitchen is clean." The waiter was angry. How dare he say that our kitchen is dirty?
"Whether it's clean or not, we'll know once we go in." Zhangsun Xin still wanted to go in.
"No." The waiter firmly stopped him.
"Fine." Zhangsun Xin didn't insist. He changed his mind. He wanted to put a little bit in someone's dish and see how it goes.
Since he couldn't go in, he turned around and went to the shed outside.
There was free soup here. Anyone could drink it. It was specially prepared for the common people.
If someone was thirsty and wanted a bowl of water, the shop would give it to them. The Drunken Immortal Restaurant would give them soup.
If someone was hungry, the soup would at least have something in it. It wouldn't starve them to death.
The common people were usually very conscious. They wouldn't eat the dried food.
Zhangsun Xin went over. He held a bowl in one hand and pretended to fill it with soup. The other hand grabbed a spoon and stirred the soup.
While stirring, his hand holding the spoon slowly opened. A handful of things fell into the soup.
He didn't dare to put everything in. He left about a third.
After stirring a few more times, he put down the things and went back to eat.
"Ah, today's soup is too spicy." Not long after, a common person who came to drink the free soup said.
"It's spicy. Too much ginger?"
"I accidentally choked. Snot and tears are flowing together!"
"Drink it. It's good. It's hot and makes you sweat. It's cool."
"It's not so hot at night. Ha, hiss!"
The people who drank the soup were all affected by the spiciness. Zhangsun Xin secretly laughed and waited.
When more people were affected by the spiciness, he would go over and ask what the problem was. Then, he would use his identity as an inspector to close down the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
Unless the Drunken Immortal Restaurant gave him 10% of the shares, he wouldn't allow the restaurant to reopen.
After about half an hour, Zhangsun Xin felt that the time was right.
He got up and walked out. Just as he reached the door.
"My stomach hurts. My stomach hurts. I can't take it anymore. I need to go to the outhouse." A commoner who had drunk the soup earlier held his stomach and shouted.
As he shouted, the man ran to the back. There was a toilet behind him.
"My stomach hurts too. I'll go too." Another person ran away.
"What's going on?" The other person disappeared in front.
Zhangsun Xin stopped and didn't walk out. She was afraid that she would poison the group of people to death.
He was sweating profusely. He raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and immediately felt a burning pain in his eyes.
Tears welled up in her eyes and she couldn't open them.
The manager of the Drunken Immortal Game ran out and asked around. He found out that those people had all drunk the free soup.
"Quick, find Dongzhu. Something has happened," the shopkeeper shouted.
The farmers of the Li Family Zhuangzi mounted their horses and rushed towards Zhuangzi, regardless of whether the sky was dark or not.
In less than three-quarters of an hour, the fast horse rushed back to Zhuangzi.
"Dongzhu, something has happened at the Drunken Immortal Game House. Many people drank the free soup and said it was spicy. Then their stomachs hurt." The farmer who reported the news shouted.
Li Yi, who was copying a book, threw down his pen and ran out, shouting: "Ambulance, quickly go to the Drunken Immortal Game House in Lantian County."
The four-horse ambulance set off. Li Yi asked the informant about the situation at the village.
"They said the soup was spicy. After half an hour, some people started to have stomachs hurt and went to the outhouse. When I came, more people had stomachs."
The villager could only provide this information and nothing more.
When the ambulance arrived at the Drunken Immortal Game House in Lantian County, a group of people were waiting there.
Zhangsun Xin's eyes were red and swollen.
Li Yi got out of the car and looked around: "Did anyone faint?"
Guan Xiao Tan came over: "No one fainted. They said that after that, somewhere there was a burning sensation.
But some people are fine. Some ate with the soup, and some only said that their stomachs were warm.
The soup is there. No one touched it. Now I don't know what to do. "
"Let me see the soup. Lanterns." Li Yi saw that no one needed to be rescued and breathed a sigh of relief.
When he came to the big pot, the people next to him picked up three lanterns to light up the place.
Li Yi scooped out the soup with a spoon and looked at it. He stirred it a few times and scooped it again.
He put the spoon close to the lanterns to observe. After a while, he put the spoon to his mouth and drank a mouthful.
The people around him looked worried. Was this the Li Family Zhuangzi's Dongzhu?
"This is the smell. I checked the information and saw it. I wanted to send someone to look for it, but it came to me."
Li Yi said and continued to drink. He drank two mouthfuls and smacked his lips. His face was full of enjoyment.
"Dongzhu, are you okay?" Guan Xiao Tan asked.
"Try it!" Li Yi handed over the spoon.
Guan Xiao Tan did not hesitate at all. He took it, scooped a spoonful of soup and drank it. After two mouthfuls, he stopped: "Dongzhu, it tastes like the spicy sauce you made."
"Is it? Is it delicious? "Li Yi asked with a smile.
Guan Xiao Tan nodded, indicating that it was delicious.
"Li Yi, will they be okay after drinking the soup?" Zhangsun Xin came over with red eyes.
Li Yi looked at Zhangsun Xin's eyes, then looked at the soup and asked, "Who saw Inspector Zhangsun come over?"
"I saw him. Just now, Inspector Zhangsun wanted to enter the kitchen. I didn't let him, so he came out to drink the soup. In the end, he didn't bring the soup back."
The waiter stood up to prove it.
"Wow …" The people around were shocked. They all looked at Zhangsun Xin.
"Inspector Zhangsun, is there anything else?" Li Yi saw Zhangsun Xin for the first time and found that this person looked … His eyes were small, and his eyelids were swollen.
"What do you mean?" Zhangsun Xin asked.
"You didn't wash your hands after throwing the thing in the pot and smeared it on your eyes. It's spicy, right? It's still uncomfortable.
You have to wash it with water. Ice is better. Or soak a towel in ice water and cover your eyes.
If you have something, take it out. I'll forgive you this time. Otherwise, I'll have to reason with you. "
Li Yi was sure that it was him. Look at your eyes. How swollen are they? This is a small pepper.
"I, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going to find ice for my eyes."
Zhangsun Xin denied, but chose to believe in Li Yi's solution.
The people around didn't agree.
"Take it out, take it out."
"If you don't, beat him to death. He poisoned us."
"Let's do it together. The law can't punish the masses."
Everyone was about to take action. They moved forward.
"Wait, aren't you all fine? I'm just joking." Zhangsun Xin hid behind Li Yi.
"Zhangsun Xin, if you have something, take it out. Otherwise, if we search you, it's another matter." Li Yi directly called Zhangsun Xin's name.
"Yes, there's a little. I didn't dare to put too much. Give it, I can't let them beat me."
Zhangsun Xin finally compromised and took it out from the pocket of his sleeve.
Li Yi picked up an empty bowl and carefully took it. There were small pepper skins, seeds, and dried stalks.
"Continue. Take out the pocket. Don't miss a single seed." Li Yi saw that Zhangsun Xin couldn't take it out, so he asked him to take it out completely.
Sure enough, there were a few seeds left.
"No more." Zhangsun Xin raised his hand to wipe his sweat. Then, he thought of something and stopped.
"Where did you find it?" Li Yi wasn't willing to give up. It was too little.
"Wood from Shu." Zhangsun Xin answered in a low voice.
"Let's go and find it together. Those who drank the soup don't have to be afraid. It's fine. Later, come to Drunken Immortal Restaurant for a meal as compensation. "Li Yi shouted.
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