"Master, this man was suffocated to death after being drugged. There are still residual sleeping pills in his stomach." Xiaoyu gave the answer in less than half a minute.
Zhou Yuanyuan was stunned. Although she had always believed that Zhou Daniu's death was not simple, she had never expected Liu Moli to be so cruel. Not only did she kill Zhou Daniu, she also blamed Li Cuilian for his death.
When Liu Moli reported the case, she said Zhou Daniu died suddenly after experiencing shortness of breath. Zhou Daniu's face was a bit purple, and suffocation was also caused by difficulty breathing. The two causes of death should have similar appearances. This woman is really a venomous snake.
Zhao Qingshan was also surprised when he heard Zhou Yuanyuan's voice transmission. However, no matter what, Zhao Qingshan believed Zhou Yuanyuan.
Zhao Qingshan put on a pair of plastic gloves before checking Zhou Daniu's eyelids and tongue. A minute later, Zhao Qingshan signaled Lao Jiang to go out and talk.
"Xiao Jiang, call the forensic doctor from the county public security bureau. I think Zhou Daniu's cause of death is not simple." Zhao Qingshan took off his gloves and threw them in the trash can before making a suggestion to Lao Jiang. Originally, Zhao Qingshan didn't need to examine Zhou Daniu's body, but in front of Lao Jiang, Zhao Qingshan couldn't just sit there and say there was something fishy about Zhou Daniu's death.
That's right! Why didn't I think of asking the forensic doctor from the County Public Security Bureau to come and examine it? After hearing what Zhao Qingshan said, Old Jiang wanted to slap himself. That Liu Moli was too noisy. It made Old Jiang's head hurt. He couldn't even remember the simplest thing.
Sanhe Town hadn't seen a single homicide in years, so it was no wonder that Lao Jiang and the other officers had neglected to call the medical examiner. The station chief, annoyed by Liu Moli's annoyance and unwilling to let higher authorities know a homicide had occurred within his jurisdiction, had deliberately not alerted Lao Jiang.
From last night until now, ever since she entered the police station, Li Cuilian has been shaking. She really didn't expect that Zhou Daniu would die after just a few hits with a mallet. Li Cuilian was very sure that her mallet was the same wooden mallet she had used for more than ten years. How could it have killed someone?
"Kill a man, pay with his life; owe a debt, pay it back." This is an old saying passed down by the people of Sanhe Town for centuries. Li Cuilian only attended elementary school and had no legal knowledge, not even knowing about assisting in an investigation. In her mind, she only knew that killing someone meant paying with her life. Zhou Daniu was dead, and she was taken to the police station. Wasn't that just her being taken to pay with her life?
No! She doesn't want to die! Her Tiechui is only fourteen years old! What will happen to Tiechui after she dies? Damn Zhou Hongming, if he hadn't been messing around outside, why would Zhou Daniu come to blackmail him? With a murderer's mother, how will Tiechui live in the future?
No! I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill anyone!
The more Li Cuilian thought about it, the more confused she became. Finally, her mind went blank, and the only thing left was that she didn't kill anyone.
"Li Cui Lian, someone is here to visit." The female police officer Xiao Huang was the one who stayed in the station to look after Li Cui Lian. Xiao Huang had just been in the police station for a few months and was a passionate young person.
Li Cuilian has been in a bad condition since she entered the police station. Xiao Huang thought that with the comfort of her relatives, Li Cuilian might be able to function more normally, so he let Zhou Hongming in.
"Cui Lian." Zhou Hongming cried out in pain when he saw Li Cui Lian. Li Cui Lian looked like a crazy woman now, her eyes were dull, and she hugged her shoulders with both hands, curled up into a ball.
When she heard Zhou Hongming's voice, a hint of clarity returned to Li Cuilian's dull eyes.
"Hongming, are you here to take me home? You also believe that I didn't kill anyone, right?" After Li Cuilian saw clearly that the person in front of her was really Zhou Hongming, she rushed over quickly.
"Cui Lian, you..." Zhou Hongming couldn't continue. Could he say that he came to persuade Li Cui Lian to plead guilty?
After Li Cuilian was arrested, Zhou Dazhuo urgently convened a family meeting. In order to avoid being blamed later, Zhou Dazhuo asked Li Dashan to go to Lijia Village overnight to find Li Cuilian's parents.
When Li Cuilian's parents heard about this, they almost fainted. They also believed that killing someone means paying with one's life. Although Li Cuilian did not mean to do it, Zhou Daniu was dead after all. If Liu Moli sued Li Cuilian, she would definitely win.
What made Li Cuilian's parents even more anxious was that when Zhou Daniu was beaten last night, it was not only Li Cuilian who attacked him. In addition to Li Cuilian, there were also their grandson Li Dashan and grandson Zhou Tiechui. Fortunately, Liu Moli didn't know that Li Dashan and Zhou Tiechui also attacked him, otherwise, Liu Moli would have sued all three of them, and none of them would have escaped the fate of murderers.
Li Dashan and Zhou Tiechui were clearly frightened by this incident. They were right to beat up Zhou Daniu for being a hooligan, but if he ended up killing someone, the matter was serious. The two young men were terrified that the police would arrest them both.
After Zhou Dazhu explained the seriousness of the matter to the Li family elders, he offered a suggestion: Li Cuilian should take full responsibility. If she refused to plead guilty, the police would continue the investigation. The longer the police investigation took, the greater the risk of Li Dashan and Zhou Tiechui being arrested. Li Cuilian had already been arrested, and the two families couldn't afford to lose two more young people to prison.
After thinking it over for a while, Li Cuilian's parents nodded in agreement with Zhou Dazhu's suggestion. Indeed, they were all human beings, and it was better for them to lose Li Cuilian alone than to lose three of their loved ones at once.
After discussing it, Li Cuilian's parents stumbled back to Lijia Village with their grandson. They had no way of handling this matter anyway, so they let Zhou Dazhu handle it!
After his father-in-law and mother-in-law left, Zhou Hongming dared to question Zhou Dazhu. Why did he push Li Cuilian out to take the blame? If Li Cuilian had not confessed, perhaps the police would not have charged her with murder.
Zhou Dazhu sneered and asked, "Li Cuilian, that bitch, refuses to plead guilty. Do you think the police will find out what you and Liu Moli did last night? If the police find out that you are Liu Moli's adulterer, do you think you can still be the village chief? Maybe the police will think that you are the murderer of Zhou Daniu. After all, now that Li Cuilian has pleaded guilty, it's at most manslaughter, and she won't necessarily be shot. But you are different..."
Zhou Dazhu didn't continue, but Zhou Hongming thought of it and broke out in a cold sweat. Indeed, if that woman Liu Moli turned against him and accused him of killing Zhou Daniu out of love turned to hate, he'd be completely speechless. Well, well, sacrificing Cui Lian would be a blessing for both the Zhou and Li families.
Only after Zhou Hongming made up his mind did he go to the police station.
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