Chapter 261: The traitor of Fengze Garden is found and dealt with
"Oh? You found it out so quickly?"

Wang Jianye was a little surprised.

After all, he didn't avoid people when he was making this signature braised pork.

It is very easy to be seen by the chef in the kitchen, who secretly memorizes the steps and then bribes him to tell people outside Fengzeyuan.

There are so many chefs in the kitchen, and any one of them may leak the recipe of his signature braised pork.

So in Wang Jianye's opinion, it should not be an easy task for Zhou Qingde to find the person who leaked the information.

Before the New Year, Sha Zhu told him that Cuihualou's head chef, Master Xu, took time out to practice the recipe of his signature braised pork, and even asked a few head chefs to study it together.

Master Xu said at the time that if Cuihualou could also make the signature braised pork of the same high standard as Fengzeyuan, it would definitely attract a group of customers and make Cuihualou's business even better than before.

Sha Zhu suspected that there was a traitor in Fengze Garden. He recorded the whole process of Wang Jianye making the braised pork, and then was bribed by Master Xu of Cuihualou and leaked the recipe.

After returning from the Chinese New Year, Wang Jianye told Zhou Qingde about this and asked Zhou Qingde to investigate it.

Now, more than half a month has passed, and Zhou Qingde finally has news.

"Master Zhou, please tell me how you found out?"

Wang Jianye was not interested in who leaked the information.

He just wanted to know how Zhou Qingde found that person and how he was sure it was that person.

"he is……"

Zhou Qingde hesitated, took a deep breath, and finally said:
"He is the sixth disciple you, Master Wang, accepted, Ye Youzhang."

"My apprentice?!"

Wang Jianye didn't expect that his apprentice would actually stab him in the back, which made him feel a little heartbroken.

"Why? Is he short of money? Or does he think that I, as his master, am biased and wants to take revenge on me?"

Wang Jianye said through gritted teeth.

Zhou Qingde asked Wang Jianye not to get excited and explained carefully:

"It's like this. Your apprentice Ye Youzhang is the nephew of Cuihualou's chef, Master Xu.

It was Master Xu who recommended Ye Youzhang as an apprentice.
I saw that he had good talent, and the person who recommended him to me happened to be the one who recommended you to me.
So I took him directly to you, Master Wang, and wanted you to teach him.

How did I know this?
Some time ago, when I was drinking and chatting with the recommendation leader, he was drunk and let something slip.
He told me that he didn't understand why Chef Xu of Cuihualou arranged for his own nephew to become an apprentice at a rival restaurant.
There are obviously so many masters in Cuihualou. Even if Chef Xu of Cuihualou does not teach him personally, he can find a very good master for him in Cuihualou.
Moreover, I can take care of my nephew and protect him from being bullied by others, so that others can teach him more attentively.

But Chef Xu of Cuihualou did not do so, and the recommender said he did not understand and could not figure it out.

Then I asked him, who is Chef Xu's nephew? Which competitor's restaurant has he been assigned to?
The recommender told me that Chef Xu’s nephew was named Ye Youzhang and was assigned to our Fengze Garden.
Only then did I realize that he was most likely a spy sent by Master Xu.

But he is your disciple, Master Wang, after all. Before there is solid evidence,

Just because he is the nephew of Master Xu of Cuihua Tower, I cannot be sure that he is a spy.
So I sent someone to follow your apprentice home after get off work to see where he went and who he talked to.
After following for a week, the people I sent finally overheard,

Master Xu from Cuihualou went to Ye Youzhang's home and asked him, "Master Wang, how did you make the braised pork?" Ye Youzhang told him some details.

Only then did I finally confirm that he was the spy sent to our Fengze Garden by Master Xu from Cuihua Tower..."

After hearing Zhou Qingde's words, Wang Jianye fell silent.

Zhou Qingde knew that Wang Jianye was upset, so he patted his shoulder and comforted him:
"At least Ye Youzhang didn't betray you, Master Wang, halfway through. Instead, he came with a mission from the beginning. This can be considered as meeting the wrong person at best.

And I am also responsible for this matter. After all, I was the one who introduced him to you, Master Wang. I failed to distinguish him, and I should reflect on myself..."

It’s just a legendary braised pork dish, but Wang Jianye has plenty of it.

And even if others knew the method, it would be almost impossible for others to replicate it to the same level.

That's not what made him sad.

Instead, he was the disciple he accepted, and he taught him sincerely for a long time, but he did not expect that the other party was a spy sent by Cuihua Tower.

All the affection he had spent on his apprentice during this period of time was wasted.

Wang Jianye took a deep breath and said, "I will expel him from the sect. Master Zhou, please expel him as well."

Zhou Qingde nodded.

Wang Jianye returned to the kitchen and called all his apprentices together:
"I have something to announce. From now on, Ye Youzhang is no longer my apprentice, and I am no longer his master. We will no longer have any relationship."

Hearing this, many disciples changed their expressions and looked at Ye Youzhang.

Ye Youzhang was so panicked that he asked hurriedly, "Master, why don't you want me?"

"First of all, I am not your master.

Secondly, you know why I don't want you.

Hurry up and pack up your things and leave. I have asked Fengzeyuan to fire you."

Wang Jianye took out the master-disciple contract between him and Ye Youzhang from his pocket, tore it into pieces, and then burned it in the stove.

Ye Youzhang's face looked very ugly: "Master, I had no choice before, but this time I want to be a good disciple, Master, please give me another chance..."

But Wang Jianye was not moved at all: "I will not accept someone like you as my apprentice, go! If you don't leave, I will find someone to drag you out."

"traitor!"

"You are no longer my senior brother." "You are no longer my junior brother."

"Master is so good to us, and yet you still want to do something to let him down. How despicable!"

"Don't let me see you again. If I see you again, I'll beat you down in a minute!"

"..."

Under the contemptuous gazes of Chen Xiaoyang's disciples, Ye Youzhang had to pack up and leave.

Once unfaithful, he was useless for life. Ye Youzhang never had the chance to return to the kitchen of Fengze Garden again.

After dealing with the traitor, Wang Jianye worked all night and finally it was time to get off work.

After returning home, Wang Jianye opened his personal panel and saw how much experience points he had gained that day.

"Today I have nine apprentices, and they have gained a total of 270 experience points."

"Tomorrow, I will only have eight apprentices. I wonder how many experience points I will gain."

While muttering about this, Wang Jianye boiled half a pot of hot water.

Pour part of it into the thermos and keep the other part for foot soaking.

……

The next day was Saturday, and Wang Jianye worked a day in Fengze Garden as usual.

He has to make two big pots of braised pork in the morning, and he also has to make two big pots of braised pork in the afternoon.

Because this dish sells so well, many customers come to Fengze Garden just to try it.

When it was time to get off work, Wang Jianye couldn't wait to open his personal panel and calculate how many experience points he had gained that day.

"Why is it still 270 experience points? It hasn't decreased at all..."

Wang Jianye felt strange. This was not what he had imagined.

As his number of apprentices increases, the experience points he gains every day will increase.

On average, one apprentice can provide him with 25 experience points every day.

Today he only has eight disciples, one less than yesterday.

Logically speaking, the experience points he gained today would be less than the 270 points he gained yesterday.

But now Wang Jianye discovered that the experience points he gained did not decrease at all.

"After I terminated my master-disciple relationship with Ye Youzhang, can I continue to receive his experience points as long as he continues to practice what I taught him?"

Wang Jianye guessed a possibility.

But we can't be too sure, it is also possible that it happened after he fired Ye Youzhang.

His other disciples worked harder than before, so the experience points he gained today did not decrease compared to yesterday.

Wang Jianye didn't think any more about it and was about to pack up and go home after get off work.

Manager Zheng Hao found him in a hurry and said, "Master Wang, a big boss wants to invite you to his house to cook."

Wang Jianye subconsciously wanted to refuse, "If he wants to eat the food I cook, then he can just come to our Fengze Garden and order the food. Why does he need me to go over and cook for him?"

Zheng Hao explained: "This situation is rather special. The boss wants you, Master Wang, to come over and cook for his son's birthday.

But his son's birthday is tomorrow, and tomorrow is the weekend. It's your turn to rest, Master Wang, and not at Fengze Garden.
So he wants to invite you, Master Wang, to come to his house tomorrow night and cook a meal."

Worried that Wang Jianye would be unhappy, Zheng Hao added:

"That big guy paid a lot of money to ask you, Master Wang, to cook.

Don't worry, Master Wang, the money he gave you is all yours.

Moreover, his son graduated from university two years ago. He seems to be researching fertilizers. He is an important talent in our country..."

When he heard that all the fees would be given to him, Wang Jianye was unmoved.

Later, when he heard that the boss's child was a college graduate, Wang Jianye became interested.

The legendary dishes he made after the system was upgraded were eaten by college students and above.

It may trigger a special effect called a flash of inspiration, which can enable people to obtain the best solution to the scientific research problems that are most concerned about at the moment.

Wang Jianye never had the chance to try out this effect, but now that he was sleepy and had a pillow, he finally had the chance.

"Okay, I agree."

Wang Jianye nodded, and then asked Zheng Hao where the big boss who asked him to cook lived, what his name was, and so on.

Zheng Hao told him everything without reservation.

Wang Jianye took note of these key points.

Then he took his packed things and left Fengze Garden.

(End of this chapter)