Ma Xiaochao finally helped Liu Mengwei retrieve the list of villagers in Xibao Village. In these lists, a name they are familiar with appeared: Qin Nanzhu.

Qin Nanzhu has been dependent on her grandmother since she was a child, but when she was ten years old, her grandmother also died. Since then, she has relied on various subsidies and donations to live on her own, and finally succeeded in her studies and successfully entered the experimental middle school to become a teacher.

Ma Xiaochao is also a meticulous and meticulous person, so Ling Feng gets along with him. When it was learned that all the people directly related to the Jasmine case had died, no matter how dull people were, they could faintly feel the strangeness hidden in it. So, he investigated the original victim of the case, Li Youlin. Fortunately, there were two more deceased people, Li Youlin's parents, who died together in December 2000 from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by charcoal burning.

It seems that it was another accident, and all of these people directly or indirectly related to the Jasmine case died because of the accident, and there is no one left.

Wen Qiao picked up Chen Weidong's file and said, "You can check this person again." ”

Liu Mengwei also glanced at the file: "This person is not married, has no children, and has no other living immediate family, does anyone still remember his death?" It's better to check this person named Zhao Qiang first, he was electrocuted at home and died, he lived with his mother at the time, his mother is still alive, maybe he still remembers the events of that day. ”

"If these cases were all forgery accidents, the perpetrators must have been very careful and did not reveal obvious flaws, otherwise they would have been exposed at the time. Since no one has found it in the past ten years, it is impossible to gain anything new from the investigation now. ”

"Then what's so special about this Chen Weidong?" Ma Xiaochao asked.

"In several other cases, the deaths were caused by the deceased's own negligence, at least on the face of it. And Chen Weidong is different, he was poisoned to death after eating puffer fish. Everyone knows that puffer fish is highly poisonous, so no one buys it and cooks it themselves, they all eat it from professional chefs. Therefore, there is a second person directly related to this case, and it has become the only well-documented case now. Wen Qiao explained.

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They soon found the chef who cooked puffer fish for Mr. Chen, Qian Hong, 55, who now works as a security guard at a private company.

When asked about this case from 15 years ago, this black and thin old man suddenly came to his senses, he seemed to have been wronged for half his life, and now he finally got the opportunity to appeal, and began to pour bitter water on Wen Qiao and Liu Mengwei.

"At that time, I had been burning puffer fish for ten years, and I had never eaten anyone to death, and until now, I don't believe that person died after eating the fish I made!" Qian Hong said loudly at the top of his voice, as if he wanted the whole world to hear his shout.

"I still remember it vividly! I made 6 fish in the morning and 8 in the afternoon, and each one was treated the old way, and I could do it with my eyes closed. At that time, there were not so many shops that dared to make fugu now, and there were not so many people who were capable of being fugu cooks, and the restaurant where I worked was not small. When Qian Hong talked about the glorious history of that year, he was like a treasure, and his eyebrows danced. Several of them were too embarrassed to interrupt him, so they could only listen quietly.

"At that time, it was the season to eat puffer fish, so there was a lot of demand every day. Usually I process five or six fish at a time, soak them together, and wash them. Sometimes, more than one fish is cooked in a pot. I don't believe it's all the same fish, and no one else eats it, but that person eats it to death? ”

"Are you sure everyone else is okay?" Liu Mengwei asked.

"Of course! If something happens to someone else, will they be muffled and won't come to me? ”

"Did the police investigate this later?"

Qian Hong snorted: "Everyone is dying, and of course the police are here." Anyway, they just kept asking me questions, telling them what they had said three or five times, and then telling them thirty or fifty times. ”

Speaking of this, Qian Hong looked disdainful: "I work in the back kitchen, I only cook, and I don't touch the guests at all." I don't know who is coming to eat, and which dish I cook for whom I eat. What's more, the last person I want to have an accident is me, and if something like this happens, I can't even be a cook! ”

"Since you firmly believe that the puffer fish you made is fine, how do you think that person died?"

Hearing Liu Mengwei ask, Qian Hong also sighed helplessly: "The police checked it at the time, that person was poisoned by the puffer fish, and he happened to eat the puffer fish I made that day, even if I have all kinds of confidence in myself, but this thing has already happened, even if I say that no one will believe me, I can only consider myself unlucky." ”

"Is it possible that the person delivering the food has done something?" Liu Mengwei asked.

"How do I know that? Anyway, it was quite a big incident at that time, the hotel was closed for a few days, and the police investigated inside and out, and no one knew that person there. So, in the end, this responsibility can only fall on my head. ”

Wen Qiao suddenly asked: "The dishes in your restaurant should be able to be taken out, right?" ”

"Yes." Qian Hong replied: "Especially the puffer fish, some people have dinner elsewhere, and if they want to eat puffer fish, they will come to our store to pack it." ”

Wen Liu and the two glanced at each other, Chen Weidong was poisoned to death while eating puffer fish at home, which means that someone must have taken a prepared fish from the restaurant and sent it to Chen Weidong's house.

But Chen Weidong is a vagrant, a ruffian, how can he afford to eat such a luxurious meal at that time?

"Did the police find any other suspicious people at that time?"

"If only I could find it!" Qian Hong sighed heavily: "Then I won't have to lose so much money!" ”

"So, the case ended up in an accident?"

"What else could it be? I remember that the man had a father, who was sick, and he was sitting in the living room of my house, crying and shouting for me to return his son. Qian Hong said contemptuously.

"I felt that the police wanted to check again, but they couldn't find any clues, so they had to drag. But their family couldn't wait, so they wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible, anyway, I couldn't run away with the hotel. For them, as long as someone can be held accountable for this matter, it doesn't matter who is responsible! ”

"How much did you lose at the time?" Wen Qiao asked.

Hearing this question, Qian Hong's eyes dodged for a moment, which could not escape the eyes of the two of them.

"Fifty thousand."

"That's not a small amount at the time!" Liu Mengwei said: "How much was your annual salary at that time? ”

After all, Qian Hong is an honest working man, not good at lying, let alone lying in front of the police.

"More than 10,000 ...... Less than 20,000. ”

"And you can come up with so much money at once?" Liu Mengwei followed the loophole in his words and continued to dig: "Your salary should only be enough for daily expenses, you shouldn't be able to save so much money, right?" Even if you had so much savings at the time, were you willing to empty your family money to pay for such an unjust case? ”

"That'...... What else? Speaking of which, Qian Hong obviously began to lack confidence.

"Where did you get your money from?"

"Borrow...... Borrowed a part. ”

"Who borrowed it? How much was borrowed? You tell me the name of the borrower and I'll go to them to verify. Liu Mengwei made a gesture and took out a pen and paper, and wanted to record.

Qian Hong rubbed his hands, and his breathing gradually became shorter: "Officer, can I ask a question first?" ”

"Isn't it...... The man who poisoned my fish was found. Qian Hong lowered his eyebrows and looked at the two of them.

Wen Qiao's eyes lit up, his face was already intimidating enough when he was usually expressionless, and now it was like torturing his heart.

"You know someone deliberately poisoned your cooking!"

"Nope! I do not know! Qian Hong denied it repeatedly, his face flushed: "This matter has nothing to do with me, I have no intention of poisoning people, and I am also being used!" ”

"So you still know that someone is going to poison someone." Wen Qiao continued to persecute him.

"Oops! I didn't figure it out until later! Why should I do that? Someone else eats the puffer fish I made and dies, asking for trouble? Smashing your own sign? Isn't that something wrong with my brain? Qian Hong was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down.

"Now that you already know that someone poisoned your cooking, why are you willing to pay money to the family of the deceased?" Another aggressive question.

Qian Hong was stunned for several minutes, his fingers were about to be broken by him, and finally slowly spoke: "This matter has been held in my heart for more than ten years, since you have found me again today, I will tell you." ”

It turned out that after Chen Weidong's family made trouble with Qian Hong several times, Qian Hong knew that he couldn't hide no matter what, and he was really unbearable, so he could only sit down and discuss the compensation plan with them. In the end, it was easy to say that after the agreement, the hotel and Qian Hong each gave 50,000 yuan to the victim's family to settle the incident.

Just as Qian Hong was worried about this matter, he received a notice from the post office, telling him to bring his ID card to pick up a registered letter. It was this registered letter that solved his urgent need.

"Inside is an insurance contract and a passbook." Speaking of this, Qian Hong sighed slightly.

"Not to mention buying insurance, at that time, I didn't even know what insurance was, so how could someone send me compensation? So, I understood at the time that the money was sent to me by the person who framed me. ”

"And then you took it? Didn't you think about telling the police about it and catching that culprit? Liu Mengwei asked.

Seeing that Qian Hong began to hesitate again, Wen Qiao gave him a reassuring pill: "We came to you this time just for a private inquiry, and we don't record any files." As for the money you received, it has nothing to do with us. Even if it was really sent to you by the murderer, there is no law that says that a murderer cannot send money to someone else. Just tell us everything you know. ”

"Let's not talk about whether we can find that person, and even if we do, what can we do." Qian Hong looked helpless: "The incident has happened, everyone knows that the puffer fish I made ate ate people to death, even if the police catch the poisoner, the court will return my innocence, how many people will be willing to take this risk and believe me?" ”

"I can't be a chef anyway, so I might as well accept this money and plan for the future as soon as possible." Qian Hong's consideration is very realistic, but there is no way to say that his choice is wrong. It seems that the poisoner was able to grasp his psychology before he dared to do this.

Could it be that the clue that was so hard to get is about to be broken again?

Suddenly, Qian Hong seemed to think of something, and said to them: "By the way, I still have that insurance policy, do you want to take a look?" ”