Chapter 400 High IQ Crime
How could Kaji Bol have had a myocardial infarction? What kind of coincidence is that?
Although Hengheng had her own unshirkable responsibility for her death, Xiao Peng only sided with her relatives, just like Kasim said: A gentleman takes revenge from morning till night, and he will not let Kaki-Boer off so easily.
As for 'taking the long view', that's not his style!
At first, he thought about looking for Ivan, after all, Ivan himself said that he had many people who did dirty work. But he still didn't trust Ivan with such things, and he didn't want Ivan to catch him.
Besides, Russians are too rough at work. Although they succeed every time, they always get caught in the act.
At this time, Chen Zetao came to the door and asked to do the dirty work.
Chen Zetao definitely didn't do this for free, he had his own purpose.
One reason is that they don't want anything to happen to Xiao Peng. If something happens to Xiao Peng, all their arrangements in the Mediterranean will be affected. The other reason is that they want to "pick up the leftovers" with Xiao Peng.
This was a surprisingly easy answer for Xiao Peng. He couldn't refuse Chen Zetao's offer to accompany him, so he simply handed the matter over to him. He hadn't expected him to pull it off so well. He'd assumed Chen Zetao would stage an accidental death. But the result turned out to be a myocardial infarction, something the doctors hadn't even diagnosed. Xiao Peng was deeply curious about how he'd managed it.
When they returned to Marseille and saw Chen Zetao again, Xiao Peng asked about the doubts in his heart.
"It's nothing, it's just an old trick." Chen Zetao answered with a smile while holding a wine glass in Xiao Peng's study.
"The old way?" Xiao Peng was confused.
Chen Zetao thought for a moment and said, "We're all in this together now, so there's no need to hide this from you. Have you heard of the 'Okinawa Murder Case'? It was the same method used by the people back then."
Xiao Peng shook his head: "I've never heard of the 'Okinawa murder case'."
Chen Zetao explained, "It happened over 30 years ago in 1986. A Japanese couple was traveling in Okinawa when the wife suddenly suffered severe heart pain and was rushed to the hospital. Despite the doctors' best efforts, they couldn't save her. The cause of death was given as 'myocardial infarction.' But in reality, it was murder. Her husband had killed her."
"Huh?" Xiao Peng asked, puzzled. "Didn't the doctor say it was a myocardial infarction? How did it become a murder?"
Chen Zetao explained, "The key is that the husband insured his wife for $2,000 a month, promising $2 million if she died. This led the police to suspect him. They then discovered the couple had a flash marriage, and that the husband's first two wives had both died of heart attacks, and he had also received large insurance payouts. So, someone started investigating the case. But the wife had indeed died of a heart attack, so how did the husband do it?"
Xiao Peng handed Chen Zetao a cigarette and said, "Brother Chen, stop beating around the bush! You're really my brother. Is it fun to keep me in suspense like this?"
Chen Zetao lit a cigarette and explained with a smile, "The police initially suspected poisoning. After all, many poisons can cause ventricular fibrillation and lead to myocardial infarction, such as caffeine and amphetamine. But in the end, all suspicions were overturned because the deceased had no symptoms of these poisons in his system. Everything looked like a natural death. However, the fact that the husband was able to collect insurance money from his wife's death three times in a row made people suspicious again."
He paused at this point. Xiao Peng was about to get anxious again when he slowly spoke, "Finally, people discovered a poison that could do this: aconite. This aconite toxin is found in natural flowers and is ten times more lethal than potassium chloride. Didn't you find Cleopatra's crown? Cleopatra used this to kill her own brother. This poison can open the sodium channels in the human body, causing muscle excitation and organ activation, ultimately leading to death. But using aconite to commit murder in this case seems impossible."
"Why?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
Chen Zetao gave the answer: "Because aconite is highly toxic, it can kill people within minutes of taking it. However, it took more than two hours for the wife to go from experiencing heart pain to being rushed to the hospital where she died. The timeframe doesn't match."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng scratched his head. This was a big problem. If the death was really caused by taking aconite, how to solve the time issue?
"Should I let my wife take thick capsules or something to cause the toxicity to set in late?" Xiao Peng expressed his thoughts.
Chen Zetao shook his head. "The police thought so too, and they had tried this method before, but no matter what method they used, it only delayed the poisoning for a few minutes, not more than two hours."
"Then how did he do it?" Xiao Peng widened his eyes.
Chen Zetao smiled and said, "Sometimes we have to admit our ancestors' mistakes."
"Ah?" Xiao Peng was stunned: "What does this have to do with our ancestors?"
"You've heard of 'fighting poison with poison,' right?" Chen Zetao asked. "You know about tetrodotoxin, right?"
Xiao Peng nodded vigorously. Everyone knows tetrodotoxin. It's also a highly toxic substance.
Chen Zetao said, "Tetrodotoxin is also highly toxic, and so is aconite, but the toxic mechanisms of these two poisons are completely different. Aconite is a toxin that opens the body's sodium channels, while tetrodotoxin inhibits sodium channels in the body, preventing muscles from receiving neuronal signals and causing death. If these two poisons enter the body at the same time, they can basically cancel each other's effects. However, by controlling the dosage and duration of their effects, the aconite can take effect more slowly. This is how he was able to kill his wife unnoticed and defraud the insurance, and he has succeeded twice."
Xiao Peng whistled. "Damn! If he hadn't committed the third crime, this matter wouldn't have been revealed in the end! This man is truly meticulous. He could actually come up with such a murderous method."
Chen Zetao explained, "In fact, if a young doctor hadn't immediately taken a 30ml blood sample from the deceased for personal research, the case would have remained unsolved. This incident caused a sensation at the time, and it exposed the terrifying nature of highly intelligent crimes."
Xiao Peng frowned suddenly after hearing this: "Brother Chen, you said this incident caused a huge sensation. Can't the French doctors find out? Will it be okay?"
Chen Zetao laughed. "The French aren't stupid. It would be strange if Caki-Bohl wasn't behind this attack. Even if he was shot to pieces and then publicly revealed, it was probably a heart attack. Don't think these foreigners are so kind. And believe me, as for their conduct? They don't pay any attention to cases happening in the East. In their eyes, they are the masters of the world!"
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