However, just as he was about to interrogate again, he heard someone beating the drum outside the hall. A chef with a scarred face came to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant. The chef knelt down as soon as he appeared in court. "It's me. I poisoned Second Master Ning for my own selfish reasons. It's me who made the decision on my own. I wanted to deceive him into giving me the secret recipe so that the shopkeeper would promote me to be the head chef."
County Magistrate Shen slapped down the wooden gavel. "Ridiculous! Human lives are at stake!"
The chef took out another packet of powder that was said to be the remaining of the poison that he used.
