Law Enforcer's Handbook

Chapter 640: A Country Within a City
Throughout the night, these two door gods have been guarding the entrance of the back kitchen like statues, and they let Song Lan leave the back kitchen to rest in the staff lounge until all the dishes including desserts have been sent to the front hall. .

Not long after, the chef followed in.

He seemed to have finally recalled his identity as an SI[-] agent, winked at Song Lan, and said in a low voice, "I let the boys watch over the back kitchen."

Song Lan had long heard that the goal of the conservatives was to restore the aristocratic system before the third war, but he did not expect that they had already started to implement these plans.

The process of preparing this dinner made him seem to have really returned to the Middle Ages. All dishes must be reported to the members of the pro-guard for review one day in advance. During the dinner, the kitchen cannot produce any ingredients and condiments that are not on the list.

After each dish is finished, there will be a dedicated member of the pro-guards to test the poison, and only after confirming that it is correct, will it be taken to the front hall. Their review of each dish is almost harsh, which makes Song Lan doubt the authenticity of these pro-guards Even if the members have never worked as chefs, they must have learned the corresponding skills.

I don't know if it is a function attached to the prosthetic eye, but they can even measure the rawness of meat.

This posture once made Song Lan suspect that if someone screwed up the dinner party, they might be caught by the members of the pro-guards and taken to the square, and sent directly to the guillotine.

Even the head chef lay down on the sofa in relief after entering the room.

Compared with physical strength, mental fatigue is more tormenting. Song Lan felt that the chefs who served the Iris Consortium would be afraid every time they turned a pot or prepared a seasoning.

I really don't know any kind of chef who is willing to work for these people.

In comparison, corporate people are much better.

They pay more attention to the quality of food and dining experience, and they don't care about these red tape rituals.

"Every member of the Iris Consortium must do this when they come to your place?"

Song Lan couldn't help asking, after tonight, Jean was worried about what happened to him lurking into the Iris Consortium.

"Not at all."

The chef shook his head, "The one who came today is the wife of the current ruler of the Iris Consortium, Karida-Gerves. The person she hosted was Lord Winter. He has three large-scale elite knights under his command. This is more like a family political discussion, and the core members of the consortium are trying their best to win over the lords of these knight orders recently."

"why?"

"Infighting within the consortium is an eternal topic."

There was some gloating in the chef's tone, "Because of Isabel's incident, other people saw hope again. They are not the only one in the consortium. Except for the current ruler Richard Gelves, The Capello and Monk families both control a large number of knight orders, and they also have considerable political influence in the coalition government."

The series of names made Song Lan a little confused, which made him seem to have really returned to the middle ages when the nobles fought.

But now he understands why outsiders refer to them as the Iris Consortium instead of referring to them by their family names like the Foster family.

"You don't need to remember everyone's names. You just need to know that many people in the Iris Consortium have questioned the identity of Isabel's successor. Many people originally suggested that women should not control the consortium. She What happened in District [-] just gave the other two families a reason to oppose her."

Speaking of this, the head chef approached Song Lan and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "If we continue to follow this momentum, we don't need to wait for the reformers to make a move. They may start fighting within the consortium themselves. Recently, Isabel My mother is very worried about this matter."

"Then wouldn't it be dangerous for me to enter the castle at this time?"

"of course."

Although he and Song Lan have only known each other for two days, the head chef is genuinely worried about her, "You have to be mentally prepared. If Madam really invites you in, your identity will probably be covered by Capello, Montgomery." People from the Ke family will be used as gunmen."

"How to say?"

"They probably ordered you to poison Isabel's food."

Since ancient times, the struggle between the nobles has been life and death. Keeping Isabel at home is on the one hand a punishment for her by the Gilvez family, and on the other hand it is also protecting her.

In this seemingly magnificent city, in fact, every corner is full of infighting.

"You have to come out alive, I'm waiting for you outside."

The atmosphere in the staff lounge became a little heavy, the chef stared at Song Lan with deep eyes, "We will wait for you to lead us to spread the reputation of the restaurant to every corner of the world."

"Ah."

Song Lan nodded, "Next time."

Immediately afterwards, the door to the staff lounge was pushed open.

Unsurprisingly, the people who entered the door were members of Khalida's personal guards, but these people were all wearing the same armor, and even the difference in stature was not obvious. Song Lan couldn't tell their identities at all.

"Ma'am would like to see you."

They read the order to Song Lan in an unquestionable tone.

Song Lan stretched, got up and followed behind the knight.

The dinner party had ended for some time, and Lord Winter seemed to have left. When he entered the door, Khalida's personal guards occupied the entire back kitchen.

Standing not far from him was a noble lady. Her skin was well maintained, and she looked like she was only in her early 30s. As for her real age...

Song Lan had heard from Iwan that her husband, Richard Gelves, was already in his 70s.

"I am very satisfied with today's dinner."

Khalida didn't seem to like wasting time on pleasantries, or in her capacity, there was no need to waste words with a chef from a neutral country, "You get ready and follow him in a while."

Obviously, the members of the Iris Consortium are not good at inviting people. From the moment they can remember, they are used to being surrounded by people and bossing people around.

With such a blunt tone, the images of those difficult bosses emerged in Song Lan's mind.

Fortunately, he is lucky. His real leader is kind-hearted, considerate to the staff and easy to talk to.

After giving the order, Kalida didn't stay in the back kitchen too much. She passed Song Lan and walked out the door, leaving only one member of the personal guard to hand over to Song Lan.

After everyone left, the remaining members of the pro-guards also began to explain to Song Lan the content of the next work, "Miss has a bad appetite recently, you have half an hour to think about the menu, you only have one chance, if You can't satisfy the eldest lady, you have to come back here tonight."

(End of this chapter)