Chapter 22: The Viper Murder Case (1) always th……
The next day at noon, after Sang Luo went to the cafeteria to get his meal, he turned around and saw Bai Bingxin sitting in the corner, still alone. After spending time together last night, the two had become friends tacitly. Sang Luo sat next to her with his lunch box.
Bai Bingxin ordered two servings of food. The food was piled up like a small mountain in front of her. It was obvious that she was starving. Sang Luo asked, "What were you busy with this morning? Why are you so tired?"
Bai Bingxin waved her hands, stuffed a few mouthfuls of rice into her mouth, and then said while chewing: "There is a new case, two bodies, one large and one small. It is really tragic. Listen to me and I will tell you slowly."
"Last night, the police received a report that a man came home from get off work and found that his wife and six-month-old baby were dead. His wife's face was purple and she was foaming at the mouth, which was consistent with poisoning. Our colleagues have brought both bodies back. I started doing the autopsy as soon as I got to work today, and I haven't finished it yet! Now, I can't take a lunch break, I have to continue after dinner."
"Poisoned?" Sang Luo was very interested. "What kind of poison is it? Have you found out? Which team has this case been assigned to now?"
Bai Bingxin shook her head: "I know what you are thinking. Don't worry. We cannot confirm whether this case is a criminal case for the time being, so the police are handling it. We can only make a conclusion after the autopsy results come out. If it is a criminal case, it will naturally be handed over to the criminal police."
"Yeah." Sang Luo nodded in agreement. They still had to wait for the autopsy report to come out first. If it was suicide by taking poison or accidental poisoning, then this case had nothing to do with the criminal police.
Bai Bingxin hurriedly finished her meal and rushed back to her autopsy room. Sang Luo also went home for a nap. After work in the afternoon, the master took Yuan Xiaohu out to capture a robber. This was a physical job and there was no need for Sang Luo to go with them. Sang Luo, who was a little bored, thought of the case at noon. She strolled to the police department and knocked on the door of the office.
"Hello, I'm Sang Luo from the Criminal Police Team 3. I want to see the details of the poisoning case last night." Sang Luo mustered up the courage to greet everyone.
Several people in the room looked up and gave her a friendly smile. It seemed that everyone knew her because of the couple murder case.
"I'm Deng Caiyun, just call me Xiao Deng," a straightforward short-haired girl greeted Sang Luo, then pointed to the table to the west, "The case files are all on it. We're all family members, so take a look if you want."
After that, they started to busy themselves with their own things. Sang Luo walked to the table and picked up the documents, which contained detailed police records and the man's confession.
The man's name is Nie Yu, he is 25 years old and works in a bank in the county town. His wife's name is He Taohua, she is 23 years old, unemployed and a housewife. Nie Yu and his wife have been married for two years and have a daughter named Nie Yaoyao, who is only half a year old.
The family was in a tight financial situation and lived at No. 9 Chuncha Lane, a small alley full of dilapidated bungalows. Fortunately, the rent was cheap, so the couple had lived here since they got married. Usually, Nie Yu went out to work during the day, and He Taohua was responsible for washing clothes and cooking at home. The couple had a harmonious relationship and had never had any conflicts.
Nie Yu usually went out at seven in the morning and returned home at six in the afternoon. He ate and slept at the company. On the day of the incident, October 30, he said goodbye to his wife after having breakfast at home and rode his bicycle to work. At that time, his wife was coaxing their crying daughter in her arms. Everything seemed normal.
At 6 pm, Nie Yu returned home as usual. For safety reasons, the door was usually locked, and he had to use a key to open it. After opening the door, he found that the house was unusually quiet, without the crying of the baby. He felt something was wrong, and strode to the bedroom, where he found his wife lying on the bed and his daughter lying face down on the floor.
He hurriedly picked up his daughter, but she was no longer breathing. He went to shake his wife on the bed, and found that her hands and feet were stiff and her body was cold. She had been dead for a long time.
Nie Yu collapsed instantly. He used the last bit of his sanity to call the police, then hugged his wife and daughter and cried loudly. The sound attracted the surrounding neighbors.
After the police arrived, they immediately cordoned off the scene and proposed to perform autopsies on the two deceased. Nie Yu agreed, which led to the conversation between Sang Luo and Bai Bingxin at noon.
Sang Luo flipped through the book carefully and quickly reconstructed the scene in his mind. The door was locked at the time. If someone deliberately poisoned the victim, then this would be a closed-room murder case. How did the poison enter the victim's body?
Sang Luo was thinking when Bai Bingxin walked into the police office. She handed a piece of paper to Xiao Deng: "This is the autopsy result of yesterday's case."
Xiao Deng took it and flipped through it. Sang Luo walked over and asked, "What kind of poison is it?"
Bai Bingxin was a little surprised to see Sang Luo here too. She raised her eyebrows: "-Snake venom."
"Snake venom?" Sang Luo was stunned.
"That's right," Bai Bingxin said, "The deceased He Taohua was poisoned by snake venom. There are two tiny holes on her back. Preliminary judgment is that they were caused by snake bites. We also found snake venom in the deceased's blood. The venom of this snake contains neurotoxins, which caused the deceased's respiratory muscles to be paralyzed and she suffocated to death."
Sang Luo frowned: "What about the child?"
"The child simply died of suffocation, with no other external forces," Bai Bingxin simulated the situation at the time. "It was probably like this: the mother was sitting on the bed holding the child, and a snake bit her from behind. The mother was poisoned and lost her strength. She unconsciously let go of her hand and threw the child to the ground."
"The child fell face down on the ground, her mouth and nose were blocked by the floor, and the child was too young to turn over, and no one came to rescue her, so the child suffocated to death."
"What kind of snake is it?" Sang Luo asked immediately.
Bai Bingxin shook her head: "We don't know yet. Our instruments are not that advanced and we can't analyze it. We can only conclude that it is snake venom, but we don't know what kind of snake it is."
Xiao Deng clapped his hands immediately: "That's easy. The police cordoned off the scene immediately after the incident. The snake is most likely still in their home. I will take people to the scene and find the snake. Everything will be clear!"
"I'll go too!" Sang Luo said proactively.
Having more people is a good thing, so Xiao Deng agreed without thinking. She drove the four people to No. 9 Chuncha Lane. Since the incident happened yesterday, the deceased's husband Nie Yu has been standing at the door in a daze. Although the police have cordoned off the scene, he still stands here stubbornly.
Seeing the police car coming, Nie Yu was like seeing a savior. He grabbed Xiao Deng and asked, "Comrade police, have you found out how my wife died?"
"She was poisoned by a snake. We need to go in and hunt for the snake now. Please make way." Xiao Deng said calmly. Hearing this, Nie Yu felt incredible. He murmured to himself:
"Snake... How could there be a snake in our house..."
Xiao Deng asked him to stand aside, and several policemen, including Sang Luo, put on protective clothing and entered his home with a professional snake catching net.
The bungalow was very small, with only one bedroom and one living room, which was also the kitchen. Several people searched every corner of the house but found nothing. Just when everyone was at a loss, Sang Luo suddenly looked up at the closet.
"The closet has just been searched and there is no snake inside," Xiao Deng reminded.
"I was thinking, if the snake is not in the closet, then is it possible that the snake is in the pocket of the clothes?" Sang Luo's words reminded everyone that they did not carefully touch the pockets of every piece of clothing.
Sang Luo asked everyone to move aside. She picked up a clothes hanger from the house and poked the pocket of each piece of clothing with it. Sure enough, when she poked a gray windbreaker, there was movement in the wide pocket of the windbreaker. There was a thin, wriggling thing inside.
Sang Luo jumped away suddenly, and Xiao Deng immediately covered the pocket of his windbreaker with a snake net. The snake was awakened by the noise outside and slowly crawled out, and was trapped in the snake net. In this way, everyone caught the culprit of this case without anyone being injured.
Before the few people could get a clear look at the snake, Nie Yu suddenly rushed in from outside. When he heard that everyone had caught the snake, he ran into the bedroom shouting, jumped heavily onto the snake catching net, and instantly stepped on the snake to death.
"You're the one who killed my wife!" He jumped up and down, cursing, "Fuck you, I'll fuck your whole family, go to hell! Go to hell!"
Xiao Deng was quick to push Nie Yu away, but the snake's tail had been crushed, leaving only half of its body. Xiao Deng yelled at Nie Yu:
"What are you doing? This is a poisonous snake! Do you want to kill another person at the scene?!"
Nie Yu said timidly: "I, I just want to avenge my wife."
Xiao Deng yelled at him again: "You are trying to stop the police from investigating the case! You have destroyed important evidence in this case. You can expect to go to jail!"
After being yelled at by Xiao Deng, Nie Yu became completely dispirited and obediently walked out of the house to wait.
Xiao Deng carefully put the remaining half of the snake into the evidence bag, then went out to check on Nie Yu. Nie Yu was lucky enough not to be bitten by the poisonous snake.
There were a few middle-aged women watching outside the door. When they saw Xiao Deng coming out with the snake, they started to talk:
"Oh, it turned out to be a snake bite. I was wondering how a healthy person could suddenly die!"
"It's so pitiful. One day they were a happy family of three, and the next moment he was left alone. How could he live?"
"The door must have been not closed properly. There are many snakes in the autumn and winter. They didn't close the door properly, and they suffered misfortune as a result."
"Oh my, luckily my door was always closed. If this happened to my son, I really can't even think about it..."
"Life is so unpredictable. A good family was destroyed just like that. It seems that people should accumulate more good deeds in their daily lives. I will take my whole family to worship Buddha tomorrow."
An auntie with a permed hair pouted and said, "Humph, it's not about good deeds at all, it's just that the name is not good. I told them when they were naming the child that this name is too ugly. Why did you have to name it Yaoyao? Yaoyao, doesn't that mean dying early?"
Nie Yu squatted on the ground and weakly retorted: "You don't understand! I chose the name for '桃之夭夭', for my wife! You are uneducated and you are still talking nonsense here. This is an accident, and no one wants it to happen!"
Suddenly, an old man walked out of the crowd slowly with a cane:
"Is it really an accident? I've lived here for half my life, and I can guarantee that I've never seen a snake in this alley!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone started to make a noise, saying all kinds of things. Nie Yu sat down on the ground, holding his head and crying bitterly: "Enough, my wife is in trouble, and you are still here talking nonsense, just shut up!"
After he yelled like that, the crowd quieted down. Seeing him crying, the aunties came forward to sympathize with him, and some even stuffed money into his hands.
"It's not easy. Everyone, please say less. Xiao Nie is the saddest person right now."
"Ah, he is such a loving and good man, how did this happen to him?"
"Kid, take this money. Life has to go on. You must cheer up."
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Seeing this scene, Sang Luo suddenly felt that it looked familiar. This was simply an old-fashioned version of a live broadcast of selling misery, where the audience could tip and donate money.
Although it’s not a nice thing to say, the man’s behavior just now was so strange that Sang Luo couldn’t help but doubt him.
The wife died, and the husband obstructed the police from solving the case. Isn't this the most common pattern in wife-murder cases?
It's always the husband, a universal rule for solving crimes both at home and abroad.
Xiao Deng took the remaining half of the snake back to the Public Security Bureau. The next step for the police is to investigate the origin of the snake and find out whether its appearance was accidental or man-made.
Everyone looked at the half snake and saw that it had a slender body and a triangular head. Except for a white patch on the forehead, its entire body was black and red. It was obviously a highly poisonous snake, and everyone was amazed.
Xiao Deng said: "It's really strange. I have lived in Baiyun County for many years and have never seen this kind of snake. Where did this snake come from?"
The others also nodded in agreement and said they had never seen it.
Xiao Deng carefully put away the evidence bag and said, "It's almost time to get off work. Let me drive to the city tomorrow morning and ask a snake expert at the university to take a look. Maybe the expert can recognize it."
Sang Luo immediately said, "Can I go with you?"
"Of course," Xiao Deng glanced at her, "but you'd better tell your direct supervisor, and also, arrive early tomorrow."
Sang Luo nodded immediately: "No problem!"
After returning to the office of Team 3, Sang Luo told his master about this matter, and his master readily agreed. After all, Sang Luo was a newcomer, and it would be a good thing for him to go out and see more.
After get off work, Sang Luo left the police station and walked slowly towards home. Along the way, she was reviewing the case in her mind. There have been many cases of wife-murdering in every era. If this was really what she thought, then there must be something else behind this case.
When she got home in the evening, Sang Luo started to cook. Perhaps because her skill points were used elsewhere, she was not very good at cooking. So she cooked noodles again tonight. Sang Luo first boiled water and threw a handful of noodles in. Then she cut a persimmon, beat two eggs, sprinkled some salt and chopped green onions, and made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles. The taste was mediocre, but it finally filled her stomach.
After dinner, Sang Luo felt sleepy. She had been busy these two days and had not had a full night's sleep. She looked at the watch and saw that it was only seven o'clock in the evening. She forced herself to sit up for a while, but fell asleep on the sofa without realizing it.
At 11:58 pm, a sharp alarm suddenly rang in the bedroom. Sang Luo was awakened by the alarm and realized that she had fallen asleep. She wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, ran to the bedroom to turn off the alarm, and noticed the time on the alarm - it was almost midnight again.
She immediately perked up and looked at the desk intently. Sure enough, a minute later, the bedroom light went out, and the dictionary on the desk opened automatically, turning pages one by one, and Sang Luo's heartbeat quickened.
Finally, the dictionary stopped at a certain page, and a word on that page glowed brightly -
【cast】
This is a case of poisoning!
Sang Luo didn't even think about it, and this sentence immediately popped up in his mind.
Sure enough, Sang Luo guessed correctly. This case was not an accident at all, but someone deliberately poisoned!
Sang Luo suddenly became excited. She washed up and went to bed, forcing herself to fall asleep quickly so that she could prepare for tomorrow's work.
The next morning, Sang Luo got up early, bought a fried dough stick and ran to the entrance of his unit, where he happened to meet Xiao Deng, who had already taken the evidence bag and was ready to drive to the city.
Sang Luo sat in the passenger seat, and Xiao Deng started the engine. While driving, she said to Sang Luo, "I've asked around. There happens to be an old professor at Nanzhou University in the city who is quite knowledgeable about snakes. I called him last night to make an appointment. Remember to say hello when you see him later."
Probably because Sang Luo was a new employee, Xiao Deng was afraid that she didn't understand social etiquette.
"Yes," Sang Luo responded, and then said, "Sister Deng, I think the case last night was a deliberate homicide. Someone deliberately threw a poisonous snake into He Taohua's home and let the snake bite He Taohua to death in order to achieve his own murder purpose."
Xiao Deng shook his head. "You can't be so arbitrary. Now that the experts haven't said anything, how can you be sure that the snake was thrown in here on purpose? Maybe the snake slipped down from the mountain."
"I..." Sang Luo opened her mouth. Of course, she couldn't tell anyone about the dictionary, so she just said, "In short, I'm sure this was a deliberate poisoning case."
Xiao Deng looked at Sang Luo in confusion, probably thinking that she was a little too arrogant, so he didn't say anything more and concentrated on driving. Forty minutes later, the two arrived at the gate of Nanzhou University.
After explaining the reason to the security guard, Xiao Deng took Sang Luo into the university gate and came to the old professor's office. The professor was white-haired and made two cups of tea to entertain them. Xiao Deng didn't say much and took out the evidence bag for the professor to identify. The professor took it and looked at it for a few minutes, and soon recognized it:
"It's a spotted snake."
"Spotted-scaled snake?" Sang Luo repeated. She had never heard of this kind of snake.
The professor stood up and searched the bookshelf for a while, and found a thick and large snake illustration book. He opened the book, found the page about the spotted snake, and pointed to the small words on it for the two people to see:
"The spotted snake is 50-70 cm long, black and red in color, with white spots on the forehead. It is highly poisonous and its venom contains neurotoxins. It is found in coastal cities in southern my country and is often found in deep mountains. It likes a humid and hot environment and is afraid of cold..."
"It is found in coastal cities in the south and is often found deep in the mountains," Xiao Deng repeated. "So, there is no way this kind of snake can exist in Baiyun County?"
"Under natural conditions, there are no spotted snakes in Baiyun County," the professor explained with a smile. "Baiyun County is located in the north. In autumn and winter, the weather is cold and dry. It is impossible for spotted snakes to survive in such an environment. They are afraid of cold and can easily freeze to death. Unless someone deliberately keeps them at home and creates a humid and hot environment for them, they can survive in the north."
Xiao Deng looked at Sang Luo in surprise: "You are right."
If this spotted snake did not run out of the mountains, then this case is most likely not an accident.
Sang Luo nodded slightly. This result was within her expectations.
After thanking the old professor, the two drove back to Baiyun County. On the way, Xiao Deng asked Sang Luo in confusion: "How did you know in advance that this was a poisoning case? You can't be a prophet, right?"
"It's probably because of Nie Yu's strange behavior," Sang Luo made an excuse. "When we caught the snake, Nie Yu suddenly rushed over and tried to crush it. This behavior aroused my suspicion. He wanted to crush the snake because he was afraid that we would be able to identify the species of the snake."
"That makes sense," Xiao Deng nodded, "I thought so too. When he rushed towards me, I was also very angry. Fortunately, I pushed him away in time and saved half of the snake. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to investigate this case."
"However, Sang Luo," she turned to look at Sang Luo, this time with admiration in her eyes, "as a newcomer, I am really surprised that you have such a keen sense of smell."
She paused, then added: "You are a good cook for this."
Sang Luo smiled modestly and quickly returned to the case: "Now that we know this case may be man-made, shouldn't you hand it over to the criminal police?"
"Yes, I will file a report after I go back and transfer the case to the Criminal Police Team," Xiao Deng said hesitantly, "But, Sang Luo, don't blame me for discouraging you. I can see that you are interested in this case, but even if it is handed over to the Criminal Police Team, it will be assigned to Team One and Team Two. It is unlikely to be given to Team Three. Everyone knows that Team Three is only responsible for simple cases."
That was before I arrived, Sang Luo thought silently in his heart, but he still said: "Thank you, I understand."
After returning to the bureau, Sang Luo quickly ran back to the office. While Xiao Deng was writing the report, she began to beg her master to help her fight for this case. Ma Shi Tu thought for a while and slowly agreed:
"Xiao Hu and Ling Er have both been working for a year. We can't always treat them as newcomers. It's time to find some cases to train them."
After saying that, Ma Shi Tu walked into the office of the chief of the criminal police team and said something. When he came out, he was holding the case file in his hand. It seemed that the chief agreed.
"Yeah!" Sang Luo cheered softly.
Seeing Sang Luo's reaction, Ma Shi Tu smiled with relief. He returned to the office and called the three of them together to sit down and read the file in detail, understand the general situation of the case, and then they began to discuss the case.
"This is a deliberate poisoning case!" Sang Luo said firmly.
"This is just one of the possibilities," Ma Shi Tu corrected her. "There are two possibilities at present: one, someone deliberately threw the venomous snake into the victim's home; two, this venomous snake was raised by someone and slipped into the victim's home due to some unexpected circumstances. In short, it is certain that this venomous snake did not appear naturally."
Sang Luo did not refute. She understood Ma Shi Tu's idea. She should first list all the possibilities and then eliminate the wrong options one by one.
"Is there anyone who keeps poisonous snakes?" Xie Ling'er showed a horrified expression on her face. "I've heard of people keeping cats and dogs, but I've never heard of people keeping poisonous snakes. Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death by keeping these things?"
Ma Shi Tu: "Of course, venomous snakes also have medicinal value. Some people breed venomous snakes in large quantities and sell them to pharmaceutical groups."
"They can also be pets." Sang Luo added.
The other three people all showed disgusted expressions on their faces. Yuan Xiaohu confirmed again: "Sang Luo, you are right, aren't you? Keeping it as a pet?"
"Of course, this is called an exotic pet. Just like some people like to keep cats and dogs, some people just like to keep cold-blooded animals," Sang Luo explained seriously, "Like centipedes, scorpions, or spiders and geckos. Some non-venomous spiders and snakes are even played with by their owners. This is the fun of keeping an exotic pet."
"Hiss—" Xie Ling'er took a breath of cold air, "It's fine if it's non-venomous, but if you raise a poisonous one, if it bites you, wouldn't that be courting death? If you don't keep an eye on it and let it run away, it will hurt both others and yourself..."
"There is such a thing." Sang Luo nodded. She remembered a news story she had seen before: a resident in Hangguang City kept a poisonous snake at home, and the snake accidentally escaped. The resident called the police, and the residents of the entire building moved out overnight.
Yuan Xiaohu's mouth twitched, and he didn't believe it at all: "This kind of thing is too weird. Who in real life raises poisonous snakes? Sang Luo, you didn't make it up, did you?"
Sang Luo was too lazy to argue with him: "Whether I made it up or not, you will know if you go to the scene to investigate."
"We first investigated the second possibility. If the snake was kept by someone and then accidentally slipped into the victim's home, then the person who kept the snake should live not far from the victim. After all, this kind of snake cannot survive for long in cold weather," Sang Luo concluded. "In other words, the person who kept the snake is the victim's neighbor."
"The victim's family lived in Chuncha Lane. In a small alley like this, the houses have almost no sound insulation. Neighbors know each other very well and know every little thing. If someone keeps an exotic pet, the neighbors will definitely know. We can go around the alley to investigate and find out whether the snake is raised by a neighbor."
Sang Luo added: "Also, the spotted snake needs to live in a hot and humid environment, so you need to pay attention when you visit to see if anyone's house is particularly hot and humid."
"If no one in the neighborhood keeps a spotted snake, then the possibility of an accident can basically be ruled out." Sang concluded.
She knew the second possibility was wrong, so she had to rule it out first.
This case could only be a premeditated murder.
Ma Shi Tu stood up and directed the operation: "Let's do this. We will split into two groups. Sang Luo and Xiao Hu, the two of you go to Chuncha Lane to investigate the relationship between the couple and whether there is anyone in the alley who keeps poisonous snakes. Ling'er and I will search the victim's home to see if we can find any useful clues."
Several people took the order and left. When they arrived at Chuncha Lane, the residents were standing in front of the door in twos and threes, discussing the recent case. It was like a large-scale melon-eating scene, which made it convenient for Sang Luo to investigate.
Sang Luo picked up a piece of paper and a pen and started investigating from the first household at the entrance of the alley. The residents were very cooperative and answered whatever was asked. When Sang Luo asked about the couple's personalities, everyone said they were good people.
"Oh, there are no people in the world with better personalities than these two! The husband is a good man, and the wife is a good lady. Usually when we neighbors ask for help, they always agree immediately. They are simply the Lei Feng of our Chuncha Lane!"
"Yes, this couple themselves are not rich, and they often lend money to others. When we are short of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. when cooking, we ask them to borrow, and they give it to me without hesitation. Last time I bought a bag of flour in the grocery store, but I didn't have enough money with me, and He Taohua helped me pay for it!"
"Also, every time it rains or snows, there is water and snow in the alley, and Nie Yu helps us clean it up. We are all old and our legs and feet are not very flexible. Fortunately, we have Nie Yu. Every time it snows, he gets up early in the morning and sweeps the entire alley clean with a big broom. Thanks to him, we don't have to fall!"
Sang Luo heard a lot of things like this. She asked the couple if they had any enemies, and the answers she got were:
"How is that possible? They've lived here for a few years and have never had a quarrel with anyone. How could they be enemies?"
"That's right, I'm so grateful to have such a good neighbor!"
Sang Luo asked about the couple's relationship, and the neighbors said:
"Great, so great! I've never seen a couple with such a good relationship. They've been married for several years, but they still look like they're on their honeymoon!" "In the summer, every day after dinner, you can see them taking a walk together, and they even hold hands!"
"I often tell my wife, if you can be half as good as Xiao Nie, I will be satisfied!"
Sang Luo went to a nearby grocery store to confirm that He Taohua was indeed helping her neighbor pay the bill. Because people living in the alley were generally poor and spent every penny carefully, He Taohua's behavior was rare, so the owner remembered it.
After a round of visits, Sang Luo had a general portrait of the victims. The victims, He Taohua and her husband, Nie Yu, were both generous, enthusiastic, kind, and good-tempered people, and had never made enemies with anyone.
Yuan Xiaohu had also finished his research on the snakes. He came to Sang Luo and said, "We've asked everyone, but we haven't heard of anyone keeping snakes at home. They also said that if we know of anyone who dares to keep poisonous snakes at home, we will all drive that person out of the alley!"
"Everyone's reaction is normal," Sang Luo said, "People here are very gossipy. It's not possible to secretly raise snakes without telling them."
Yuan Xiaohu: "As for the room temperature, I walked around every neighbor's living room and found that the room temperatures were all about the same. The bungalows don't have heating, so they rely on the stove. It's warm if you're close to the stove, but not if you're far away. Not to mention the air, it's so dry that my lips are peeling. It's impossible to create a hot and humid environment!"
Sang Luo nodded: "It can be basically ruled out as an accident. The snake was originally kept somewhere else, and someone caught it on purpose to poison it. Did you find any suspicious people?"
Yuan Xiaohu scratched his head and said, "No, I just talked to the neighbors. When the case was mentioned, their expressions were normal. No one felt guilty. They just treated it as gossip."
"Oh, there are two families I didn't see," Yuan Xiaohu pointed to the distance, "right there, No. 8 and No. 10 Chuncha Lane. I knocked hard on the door but no one opened it. I wonder if they're not at home."
"No. 8 and No. 10?" Sang Luo's eyebrows moved. "These are the neighbors on both sides of He Taohua's house. They are right next to He Taohua and have the conditions to commit the crime."
When Sang Luo visited and investigated just now, these two households also did not open their doors, but Sang Luo noticed that the curtains of the street-facing window of No. 8 were not drawn just now, but were now drawn, which meant that there must be someone inside.
If someone is there but they don't open the door, then there is a problem.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Sang Luo waved his hand and walked forward with Yuan Xiaohu.
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