Chapter 152 Unexpected, surprising, and delightful?

A few minutes later, the chef was still standing steadily, his face was rosy, and he showed no signs of discomfort, let alone the obvious symptoms of poisoning such as foaming at the mouth.

Some guests looked at the chicken soup on the table and whispered among themselves, "If this were really poisonous, we should all have a reaction, but there's no reaction here. Could it be..."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Many people started going to see those who had previously claimed they had eaten poisoned vegetables and meat, and asking them questions.

What are your symptoms of poisoning?

The men looked embarrassed. "We just don't feel well."

"How much of a reaction could there be from such a tiny bit? Do we have to foam at the mouth for it to count?!"

"Giving false testimony is a legal offense. If you think you've been poisoned, you can go to the hospital for a checkup. If the results show you're not poisoned..."

The deputy captain glanced over coldly, his face serious, and reminded them, "That's suspected perjury. Perjury can result in fines, detention, and imprisonment. Public officials who knowingly break the law face even harsher penalties."

The group froze, exchanging glances and remaining silent with their lips pursed.

Lin Jiefang gave another wink, and the family reiterated, "The chicken soup he drank wasn't the same as the poisoned chicken soup. They brought a bowl of chicken soup from somewhere and claimed it came from the same pot! They poisoned people with their chicken soup just to avoid taking responsibility and paying compensation!"

The captain pinched the bridge of his nose and told Su Laosan and the restaurant staff to produce more evidence.

"Wait a moment."

The deputy captain frowned and stopped him, then had the restaurant manager bring over the phone from the front desk.

The restaurant manager, puzzled, called someone to bring over the telephone line and placed the phone in front of the deputy captain.

The deputy captain dialed the hospital, put it on speakerphone, identified himself, and asked what kind of poison the woman had been given.

The nurse who answered the phone said to wait a moment, and then replied shortly after, "Officer, the poison that lady was given was dichlorvos."

The words "Dichlorvos" were clearly heard throughout the hall.

The owner of chicken number 18, an elderly woman, exclaimed excitedly, "Impossible! My chickens could never have been infected with dichlorvos!"

Li Banxia glanced at her great-uncle.

My great-uncle shook his head.

Li Banxia let out a soft snort, a mocking smile curving her lips.

She glanced at the confident Lin Jiefang and the determined family members, then spoke up to stop the old woman, telling her to wait until the police officers questioned her before speaking.

The old lady turned to look at Grandpa Niu. Grandpa Niu nodded, and the old lady said, "Okay, anyway, our chickens can have all kinds of poisons, so there's no way they could be poisoned by dichlorvos."

These words made Lin Jiefang's heart skip a beat, and he frowned as he looked at Li Banxia.

Li Banxia looked back at him.

Their gazes met in mid-air. Lin Jiefang's eyes shifted rapidly, and he sighed, "The witnesses and physical evidence are irrefutable. You've brought this humiliation upon yourselves."

Li Banxia nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, he brought shame upon himself."

Their eyes met again. Lin Jiefang's expression was complicated, while Li Banxia's gaze was directly provocative.

Lin Jiefang looked troubled and called to Li Banxia, ​​"Aunt Li, this is a matter of life and death, I... really can't help you."

Suddenly, a noisy background noise came from the other end of the phone. The nurse raised her voice and asked what was wrong with the poisoned woman.

The vice-captain made a 'shh' gesture to everyone, and the hall instantly fell silent.

"...Officer, that lady drank too much DDT, she was severely poisoned, causing multiple organ failure, and...she has been pronounced dead despite all efforts to save her," the nurse said quickly.

"impossible!"

The family member's voice was shrill, her face filled with horror and disbelief as she stared at the microphone in the deputy captain's hand, "Impossible! She was just poisoned, it can't be..."

The deputy captain glanced at him and asked the nurse on the other end, "Are you sure?"

"Confirmed, the time of death has been recorded," the nurse said.

The deputy captain sighed, thanked her, and asked her to call him if there was any progress, as they needed the hospital's full cooperation while investigating the case on-site.

The nurse agreed and then hung up the phone.

The hall was eerily quiet. The guests who had come for the wedding banquet stared in astonishment at the bowl of chicken soup that Jia Shu was protecting.

Suddenly someone shouted, "This chicken soup is killing people! I'm leaving this awful place..."

"Let us leave immediately..."

Many people were pushing and shoving, trying to leave. The captain and deputy captain exchanged a glance; the two of them could no longer describe their experience of handling the case as just a headache.

The two men raised their hands to signal their subordinates to maintain order and quiet the guests down.

The hall was in chaos for a moment.

The family member collapsed to the ground, staring unfocused at Lin Jiefang.

Lin Jiefang was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure. He squatted down, pressed his hand on the family member's shoulder, and tried to console him, saying, "Now that things have come to this, you don't want your sister-in-law to have sacrificed her life in vain, do you?"

The family member clenched his fists, his eyes red, and in just a short while, his eyes were bloodshot; he was truly heartbroken.

He broke free from Lin Jiefang, pointed at Su Laosan, and roared wildly, "It's him, it's him! He sold poisonous chickens that killed my wife! I'll make him pay with his life! Police officers, arrest him now! And him, him, him! Those who raise poisonous chickens and make poisonous chicken soup, they can't be let off the hook!"

The restaurant manager's face turned green.

He solemnly replied, "Our restaurant would never use poisoned chicken soup to harm our customers."

Fang Erniu and Su Laosan also stood on tiptoe and shouted, "We're innocent! The chickens we sell are all from good breeds!"

The villagers chimed in, saying, "It's absolutely impossible for the chickens in that auntie's house to have been infected with dichlorvos. Our village has never used dichlorvos in decades, so it's impossible for us to raise chickens that have been infected with dichlorvos!"

After that shout, the hall fell silent once more.

The captain and deputy captain's eyes widened as they looked at the villagers. "What did you say?"

The villagers looked at the old woman and asked her to speak.

The old woman, with an arrogant air, repeated what the villagers had said.

The family members were dumbfounded, muttering, "How is this possible? Don't they all use dichlorvos for spraying pesticides in the countryside?"

Lin Jiefang's expression suddenly changed drastically.

Li Banxia looked at him and said, "Are you surprised? Didn't you investigate before setting this up? When my dad was young, he was an itinerant doctor who went from street to street to treat people. Ever since my dad married my mom, all the pesticides used in my grandparents' village were made by my dad using medicinal herbs. Isn't that surprising? Isn't that amazing?"

Seeing Lin Jiefang's face, which was covered in all sorts of colors like an ink bottle had been spilled, Li Banxia even threw out a humorous remark she had heard in her past life.

The family members were completely stunned.

Lin Jiefang's face also showed a moment of panic and shock. He opened his mouth twice before organizing his thoughts and forced himself to say, "I don't know what you're talking about, Aunt Li. This is my wedding. I was the one who switched the chickens. How could I do something so stupid? What would I gain by ruining my own wedding?"

"What you want is a question you have to ask yourself."

Li Banxia smiled enigmatically, "Perhaps you're just retaliating for taking the 20,000 yuan that rightfully belonged to me, or perhaps you simply want to make me unhappy."

"Aunt Li, you've really misunderstood me. I've never thought that way."

Lin Jiefang quickly composed himself and gave Li Banxia a wry smile, "Aunt Li also said that the money originally belonged to you. You are my benefactor, how could I repay you? What kind of person would I be?"