Approaching the New Year, the streets and alleys of Jiangnan City are filled with a festive atmosphere.

Many businesses are promoting, major companies are about to usher in the Spring Festival holiday, and major annual meetings are in full swing in the hotel.

In major restaurants and restaurants, class reunions, comrades-in-arms reunions, and colleague gatherings are often the highlight, and there is often a lot of noise in the private room.

And at the Seremban branch.

As usual, between work, everyone also began to use their leisure time to clean all corners of the Seremban Branch.

has just won the medal of "Advanced Work Unit" issued by the province, so in the Seremban Branch, everyone's enthusiasm is even more sufficient.

The third criminal investigation team, Officer Wang, who had just finished cleaning the corridor, walked back to his seat with his back hammered, and then he took out his wallet from the drawer and began to flip through the change inside.

Lu Weiwei glanced at him secretly and asked, "Has Lao Wang hidden pocket money recently?"

"Do people like me need pocket money?" Officer Wang looked at the only few pieces in his wallet, and nodded suddenly: "Well, I really need it." ”

"It's almost the New Year, shouldn't my sister-in-law give more?" Gu Chen also looked at Officer Wang pitifully.

After all, every time the wallet looks bulging, it is actually full of invoices.

In response to this, the nickname of "Wang Picking" came into being......

Of course, this is not Officer Wang's fault, the main thing is that the financial power is not in his own hands.

Officer Wang smiled and said, "How can a person like me, who regards money as dung, attach too much importance to money? As the saying goes, money is not everything. ”

But I think this is one of the most famous nonsense in the world. Gu Chen answered directly: "What is omnipotent? No, right?"

"It's true that money is not everything, but there seem to be fewer and fewer things that can't be bought with money. ”

"I agree. He Junchao on the side immediately raised his hand and joined the topic: "Anyway, I've been short of money recently, especially at the end of the year, and this class reunion is one wave after another." ”

"The night before yesterday was an elementary school reunion, last night was a junior high school reunion, and this evening, it's a high school reunion. ”

"Friends have to get red envelopes when they get married, friends have to give red envelopes for children's full moon wine, and friends have to give red envelopes for the joy of housewarming, I feel that I am going to work for nothing this month, and Grandpa Mao is not enough to spend. ”

"Then you're miserable. Gu Chen smiled and said: "So it can only be said that a gentleman loves money in a proper way, and he can't value money above everything, but the necessary expenses are indispensable." ”

Lu Weiwei looked at He Junchao and smiled: "So the reality is indeed like this, like, compared to the weakness of poverty, ugliness is not worth mentioning, isn't it?"

"Poverty is like a mask, it can hide your smile, but it can't hide your tears. ”

He Junchao pondered: "Actually, I've been thinking about ways to save money recently, but I found another problem, if poverty limits your imagination, then why can you still come up with so many ways to save money? I feel that life is full of contradictions. ”

"He Junchao. Seeing that He Junchao was deeply involved in the chaos of the dinner party and couldn't extricate himself, he began to doubt his life, and Officer Wang also said directly: "If you want me to say, some gatherings can be postponed, and you don't need to go to all parties." ”

"If the purse is too much to bear, then don't go, lest you suffer at the wine table, and I know this very well. ”

Patting his chest, Officer Wang said with a lot of experience: "Take my last party as an example, at the elementary school party, I can't name two-thirds of the people in the class, how embarrassing do you say this party is, is it interesting?"

"Then you are worse than He Junchao. After hearing this, Lu Weiwei also covered her mouth and snickered: "No wonder your old king's purse at the end of the year has some strength, and the co-authoring is to save the money for the dinner." ”

Officer Wang said with a smile: "I have seen it through, the people in this party are roughly divided into two kinds, one is that if you have some savings, you are reluctant to buy that and you are reluctant to buy it, and the other is that you owe a lot of debts, and you can buy it and buy it." ”

"Generally, people who have a lot of money don't necessarily have a good life, but they pay positively. ”

"These elementary school students are also roughly divided into two groups of people, one is thrifty as if they want to live forever, and the other is extravagant as if they are going to die tomorrow. ”

"I always do what I can to spend money, live within my means, spend the money that should be spent, and resolutely do not spend the money that should not be spent. ”

Glancing at He Junchao, Officer Wang said again: "So now I can save some change, it all depends on my own understanding, we came to the world, and it was only 30,000 days." ”

"Desperately trying to make money, there is no time for maintenance and travel, one day, my feet kicked, my eyes rolled, and I returned to heaven with a whimper. ”

"Then the cremation room ......"

"Don't shout grievances when you part from life and death, money, status and beauty, you won't be yours if you close your eyes. ”

Officer Wang said that in the end, even slipped up, causing everyone to laugh.

Gu Chen smiled: "What Senior Brother Wang said makes sense. ”

"yes. Officer Wang was quite satisfied, and said with a direct smile: "These words are for those who don't want to die for earning money, those who are obsessed with money, and those who are reluctant to spend money." ”

Lu Weiwei thought thoughtfully: "Well, like me, I just owe a lot of debts to pay off, and I want to buy it, and I want to buy it, it seems that I should listen to Lao Wang's words and do what I can." ”

At the same time as everyone was hotly discussed, the office phone rang, Yuan Shasha hurriedly went to pick it up, and after some communication, Yuan Shasha hung up the phone. “

"What's the situation?" asked Gu Chen.

Yuan Shasha frowned slightly: "There is a resident in the Green Community who has been poisoned and has died at present, we need to go over to investigate, and it is the deceased's sister who called the police." ”

"Poisoning?" Gu Chen frowned and said, "We are creating a food safety city, how can we be poisoned?

Yuan Shasha shook her head: "It's not clear at the moment, we need to go over and investigate it immediately." ”

"That's it. Officer Wang immediately made arrangements and said, "Let's let the nearby auxiliary police rush over first, Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen, you two come with me." ”

Glancing at Yuan Shasha, Officer Wang said again: "Xiao Yuan stays here to support." “

"Yes. Seeing that she didn't call herself this operation, Yuan Shasha's previous excitement suddenly cooled down again.

Everyone took the police equipment, and they didn't care too much, so they drove directly to the scene.

Receiving an alarm like this is a daily contact with a variety of police callers.

According to the clues provided by the informant, assessing the victim's situation has become Gu Chen's daily routine, so he is also very accustomed to handling it.

When they came to the scene of the incident, the auxiliary police had already set up a cordon, and when they saw the criminal investigation team coming, they were naturally well-behaved like chickens, and they would not be stupid to find any trouble.

"What's the situation?" Gu Chen asked an auxiliary police officer directly.

"A family in the community found a woman poisoned and died, the time of the incident may have been last night, I am not very sure, so I will wait for you to come and investigate. The auxiliary police said.

Gu Chen directly took the lead, came to the staircase, and asked, "Which one?" ”

"Come with me, on the second floor. An auxiliary police officer said.

Everyone came to the scene and pushed the door open, and at this moment, a middle-aged woman was sitting on a seat in the living room.

Seeing that other policemen arrived at the scene, she stood up directly and came to Gu Chen.

"Are you a relative of the deceased?" asked Gu Chen.

"I'm her sister. The woman said.

Gu Chen looked left and right, and continued to ask, "Then what is the situation with your sister?" Can you take me to take a look?"

"Of course you can, right in the room. The middle-aged woman sighed and went straight to her sister's room.

At this moment, on the big bed in the room, there was also a middle-aged woman, Gu Chen stepped forward to check the situation, and found that the other party's pupils were already dilated, and the tip of his nose was no longer breathing.

Judging by the deceased's expression, it seemed to be in great pain.

Gu Chen couldn't help frowning, and said to the woman beside him, "How did she die, were you by your side when you left?"

"Not by her side. The middle-aged woman shook her head and said directly: "After the party last night, I sent her home, and I called her early this morning and no one answered, so I came to her house to find her in person, but unfortunately, when I entered my sister's house, she was already like this." ”

"Then how do you know it's poisoning?" Lu Weiwei said curiously.

The middle-aged woman was not timid, and said directly: "Because I have studied medicine and know the symptoms of some patients." ”

Looking at the body of my sister lying on the bed with a painful face, my sister couldn't help but say sadly: "My sister's appearance is clearly a symptom of poisoning, and it can't be wrong." ”

"Don't worry. Gu Chen pushed her aside, then put on his white gloves and began to conduct further tests on the deceased.

It also took a few minutes before Gu Chen confirmed: "There are no obvious wounds on the deceased's body, but judging from the physical characteristics, it is indeed poisoned as you said." ”

"Sister. When my sister heard this, she lay on her and cried.

Gu Chen hurriedly pulled her aside: "This young lady, you are so easy to destroy the scene, please lean to the side first, don't approach the deceased." ”

"But my sister ......"

"I know. Gu Chen also took out his portable notebook at the moment of nodding, and the law enforcement recorder was aimed at the woman.

Then he looked at Lu Weiwei again.

Lu Weiwei immediately understood, so she patted Officer Wang on the shoulder and said, "Lao Wang, let's search the house and see if there are any clues." ”

"Yes. Officer Wang agreed very happily, and immediately put on white gloves and began to search the house.

Soon, Gu Chen called the woman aside and asked, "You said that your sister had dinner last night, were you there at the scene?"

"Yes. The woman nodded and said, "My sister and I work in the same unit, and I was there at last night's party." ”

"What's your name, how old are you, and your ID number." Gu Chen said.

The woman agreed very happily, and immediately told him her basic information according to Gu Chen's request: "My name is Yuan Xiaomei, I am 34 this year, and my ID number is ......"

"What about your sister?" After listening to Yuan Xiaomei's introduction to herself, Gu Chen asked again.

"My sister's name is Yuan Yang, and she is 35 years old. Yuan Xiaomei couldn't wait to tell Gu Chen.

Gu Chen looked at each other a little strangely, and then looked at the deceased Yuan Yang lying on the bed.

Although the two are sisters, they don't look very alike, but that's not the point.

The point is that Yuan Mi passed away, and it was not her family around her, but her sister, which is very strange in itself.

But looking at the bedside furnishings, the man in the wedding photo should be her husband, but why is her husband not there, but her sister came to the police?

Coupled with the fact that the deceased died of poisoning, this made Gu Chen's suspicions even heavier.

He asked Yuan Xiaomei indifferently: "What about your sister's family, such as her husband." ”

"They separated. Yuan Xiaomei thought about it and said directly: "But I haven't divorced yet, I'm just preparing to leave and temporarily separate." ”

"In other words, Yuan Yang usually lives alone, and there is no one else in the family?" Gu Chen said.

"Yes. Yuan Xiaomei nodded.

Gu Chen frowned, looked around for a week, and continued to ask, "Can you tell me about your situation last night?" ”

"Yes. Yuan Xiaomei wiped her tears, and then began to tell about her and her sister Yuan Yang last night. "My sister Yuan Yang and I both work at the toll booth at the provincial border. ”

"Yesterday was the first day of the cancellation of our provincial toll station, and everyone had to go their separate ways from now on, so these old colleagues discussed, and everyone chose to come to a restaurant in Jiangnan City to eat, which can be regarded as a casual meal. ”

"After all, everyone has worked in this toll station for many years, and they have special feelings for the toll station, after the ETC began to be promoted, everyone's life will be difficult, and the toll station will be withdrawn, and there may be fewer opportunities to get together in the future, so everyone was happy to drink yesterday. ”

"In other words, you all had dinner in a restaurant yesterday, could it be food poisoning?" Gu Chen could only confirm that the deceased Yuan Yang died of poisoning for the time being, but the specific poison was not easy for Gu Chen to say for the time being.

However, when I heard Yuan Xiaomei say that it was a dinner, the first thing that came to mind was food.

Yuan Xiaomeidai frowned slightly, shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be, I also called, and I also asked everyone in the group, and everyone has no symptoms of poisoning." ”

"And last night we ate every dish, I tasted all the dishes my sister ate and the wine she drank, so why is it that only my sister was poisoned, but we didn't? So it's definitely not food poisoning. ”

Gu Chen fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a few seconds, he asked, "Did you come into contact with anything other than drinking at your party yesterday?"

"In addition, did your sister Yuan Yang offend anyone before, and was the person who offended at the scene at the time?"

was also confused by Gu Chen's series of questions, Yuan Xiaomei scratched the back of her head, and then quickly recalled: "If you want to say that you have offended someone, it is not nothing, my sister did have disagreements with several colleagues in the unit because of some trivial matters before. ”

"And both sides are incompatible, just a few days ago I had a quarrel with a colleague, but the provincial toll booth is going to be abolished, and everyone may not see each other again. ”

"So everyone didn't take it seriously, and the colleagues who had a conflict with my sister yesterday were indeed on the scene. ”

"But when we interacted, everyone looked harmonious, and my sister hugged someone who had a conflict with her, I don't think it looks like there's a grudge. ”

"Don't think about it, be objective. Gu Chen glanced at the deceased Yuan Yang, turned his head and asked, "Then did these colleagues who had conflicts with your sister have anything for your sister at that time?"

"Things?" was also reminded by Gu Chen again, Yuan Xiaomei suddenly realized, and said: "I remember, it seems that there really is, it is a box of chocolates, yes, it is chocolate." ”

"What's the situation?" Gu Chen was curious by Yuan Xiaomei's excitement, and asked directly: "In other words, at last night's casual dinner, the colleague who had a conflict with your sister at the time once gave your sister a box of chocolates?"

"Yes. Yuan Xiaomei nodded.

"Then apart from giving it to your sister Yuan Yang, did he give it to anyone else?" Gu Chen asked again.

Yuan Xiaomei shook her head: "No, because I had a holiday with my sister before, and even the two of them moved in the office, so everyone thinks that the two are incompatible." ”

"But yesterday's incident, really surprised me, that person actually took the initiative to come to my sister to apologize, and gave my sister a box of chocolates, saying that it was an apology. ”

"We were all shocked at the time, I felt that this guy would have a polite time, but now that I think about it, I feel that this guy is the most suspicious, she beat my sister a few days ago, and she gave things to my sister when she was out for dinner, and she only gave it to my sister alone. ”

"I think she should have a specific purpose, otherwise she wouldn't be so kind, yes, she must have a problem, it must be ......"

It was also under Gu Chen's reminder that he recalled all kinds of doubts last night.

Yuan Xiaomei's whole person suddenly became excited, and her eyes were different when she looked at Gu Chen: "Comrade policeman, it must be her, it must be the box of chocolates." ”

"Do you mean this box of chocolates?" Lu Weiwei also heard the conversation between the two, and when she searched for clues in the living room, she found this box of chocolates that had been opened, and she should bring it over to inquire about the situation.

Gu Chen took the chocolate packaging box, Liang Liang asked in front of Yuan Xiaomei, "Can you confirm that it is this box?"

Yuan Xiaomei just wanted to reach out to take it, but Gu Chen immediately retracted it and said, "Just take a look, don't touch it with your hands, so as not to leave unnecessary trouble." ”

was also reminded by Gu Chen, Yuan Xiaomei reacted and said: "Yes, I haven't touched this box of chocolates all along." ”

Thinking that she almost left her fingerprints on the chocolate box just now, Yuan Xiaomei said gratefully: "Thank you comrade police for reminding me just now." ”

"Then can you be sure?" asked Gu Chen.

Yuan Xiaomei narrowed her eyes, and with Gu Chen's cooperation, she comprehensively checked the chocolate box.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Xiaomei suddenly took out her mobile phone and said while opening it: "I took a lot of signboards yesterday, and there should be a brand that photographed chocolate, you wait a minute, let me take a look first." ”

"Don't rush, take your time. I also heard that Yuan Xiaomei had a photo, Gu Chen looked at Lu Weiwei, and the two of them were relieved.

It was also after some search that Yuan Xiaomei's face was suddenly shocked, and the whole person looked at Gu Chen in amazement.

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