Chapter 52 Reversal of Verdict: Decisive Evidence

After Nie Yan and the others left, Fang Rui and the others held a simple case analysis meeting.

"There are no fingerprints on the ice box, so there is no way to prove that Lu Tian had ever touched the ice box. There is no surveillance on the yacht, so there can't be video evidence..." Xiao Zhang muttered, "Then we have no way to prove that it was Lu Tian who poisoned!"

"Lu Tian brought poison on the yacht, so there must be a container or packaging paper to hold the poison," Mu Mian said, "but the yacht was parked on the sea at that time, and Lu Tian would definitely throw it into the sea, so that the evidence would sink into the sea."

Everyone fell silent.

Although they cracked the poisoning method and deduced who the murderer was, they could not find evidence to incriminate the murderer.

Fang Rui said, "Can we start from the source of the poison? Lu Tian is from the countryside. Do they have any special channels to buy rat poison?"

Xiao Zhang's eyes lit up, "That makes sense!"

After the meeting, Fang Rui originally planned to go to Lu Tian's rural hometown with Xiao Zhang, but Mu Mian said to him first, "Can I go with you? I know more about poisons."

"Okay."

Lu Tian's hometown is far away. It took nearly an hour to drive to the entrance of their village.

Most of the people in the village are elderly, and young people are rarely seen. Fang Rui bought a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of water at the canteen at the entrance of the village, and then chatted with the boss.

"Boss, I heard there's an internet celebrity in your village, do you know her?"

"Internet celebrity? Where do we get internet celebrities in a place like this?" The boss suddenly slapped his head and said, "You won't believe it, there really is one! She's the daughter of the Lu family. I heard she makes a lot of money a year. It's just the way she makes money, which is a bit vulgar!"

"Why is it vulgar?"

"Oh, she dresses up beautifully and shoots videos every day, and many men like her. But this girl has been beautiful since she was a child, otherwise her uncle wouldn't have..." The boss thought of something and suddenly stopped talking.

"Boss, internet celebrities now have serious jobs, you can't always talk about them with prejudice." Fang Rui probably guessed what he was going to say. Lu Tian might have been molested by her uncle when she was a child.

"Everyone in the village says so. Even her mother scolds her for being immoral. I'm not the only one who says so."

Fang Rui didn't intend to continue the topic. "Boss, do you know where I can buy rat poison? There are a lot of rats in my house. I want to buy some poison to deal with them."

"Yes, I have it right here!" The boss took out a few rat sticks. "This thing is very useful to catch rats. Do you want to buy some?"

"I want rat poison, the strong kind."

"No, the country doesn't allow the sale of that kind. It's illegal!"

"Do you know where I can buy it?" Fang Rui handed the boss a cigarette.

"It probably can't be bought now. You can't buy it anywhere!" The boss lit up a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "More than ten years ago, there was a chemical factory in the village next to us that produced rat poison. Didn't the country later ban production? It probably doesn't exist now."

"Is there anyone in your village working in that chemical factory?"

"A lot. The girl from the Lu family just now accidentally ate rat poison when she was a child. Fortunately, she was found early, and after drinking a bowl of feces, she vomited out the poison. Otherwise, she would have died."

Fang Rui and Mu Mian looked at each other. It was very likely that Lu Tian had accidentally eaten strychnine at that time.

"Boss, thank you. I'll give you all the cigarettes!"

"Don't you smoke?"

"I don't smoke!"

The boss laughed. This guy is really strange. He doesn't smoke but still buys cigarettes.

Lu Tian's house is a two-story old building. The house is very dilapidated. The lime on the surface has been corroded, revealing the bricks inside.

There is no cement in the yard, and it looks bumpy.

Fang Rui found it strange. With Lu Tian's income, her parents shouldn't live in such a shabby house. However, Lu Tian probably hates her parents very much, and even if she makes money, she may not spend it on her parents. When

Lu's mother saw Fang Rui coming to her house, she was a little confused, but she didn't know Fang Rui, "Who are you? Why are you coming to my house?"

"We are from the Public Security Bureau. We suspect that you have a highly toxic drug, rat poison," Mu Mian looked at Lu's mother with a serious expression, "Please hand it over immediately, otherwise you will be held legally responsible."

Lu's mother was confused, "What rat poison? Where did I get this thing in my house? Who told me?" She suddenly walked to the door, put her hands on her hips, and cursed at the door: "Which of you gossipers is making false reports? Where did I get such a toxic drug in my house?"

Mu Mian took out his mobile phone and played a video recording: the background of the video was a court, and Lu's mother testified in court that Lu Tian was molested by a relative when she was a child, and had tried to commit suicide by eating rat poison.

"This... I said this, is there a problem?" Lu's mother stammered.

"Do you have any rat poison at home?" Fang Rui asked.

"Rat poison? Are you going to recycle this?" Lu's mother suddenly realized, "I have a small bag of this at home, it has been there for more than ten years."

"Can you find it for us?"

Lu's mother entered a utility room, which was full of things. When the door was opened, dust was floating in the air.

"Auntie, tell me where it is, I will get it myself." Fang Rui put on gloves, and then he said to Mu Mian, "Mu Mian, you take pictures of the evidence on the side."

"Okay."

Lu's mother pointed to a dusty box on the top of the cabinet.

Fang Rui wanted to take it down, but Mu Mian stopped him, "Fang Rui, there are handprints on the box, don't damage it."

"Yes, I saw it."

Fang Rui first took a picture of the two unclear handprints on the box, then avoided the two handprints and took the box down.

The box was half a meter long, not very big, but it was full of various sundries, including expired pesticides and various plant seeds.

Mother Lu pointed to one of the yellow paper packages and said, "It's all rat poison. It's been more than ten years, and I don't know if it's expired. I never dared to throw it away casually, for fear of poisoning other people's chickens, ducks and geese."

The other items were covered with dust, and only the yellow paper package was clean. Obviously, someone had opened the paper package recently and took away the things inside.

"Has Lu Tian been home during this period?"

"She hasn't been home during this period," sighed Lu's mother, "The child hates me to death. But I have no choice. If I don't testify, the lawyer will put my son to jail. I only have this one son. I have to testify."

"When was the last time she came back?"

"It seemed to be in July, July 12th. She came back suddenly that day. She didn't stay at home. She packed some luggage and left. I don't know why she came back."

"Auntie, we need to take this box away."

"You guys take it!"

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when Fang Rui drove back to the city. Mu Mian was sleeping soundly, but was awakened by the voice prompt at the highway toll station.

Mu Mian became more alert, "Fang Rui, let's go back to the bureau later. I want to conduct a toxicology test on the drugs inside."

"Mu Mian, it's already ten o'clock in the evening." Fang Rui couldn't understand, does Mu Mian like working so much? He was so tired just now, and now he is suddenly full of blood again.

"But I'm not sleepy. I'm very energetic now."

"I'm very sleepy!"

Mu Mian looked at Fang Rui for a while, and finally decided to compromise, "Then you have to get up early tomorrow!"

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