"We found a key witness. A gardener saw him making a phone call near the tea pavilion before the incident. The timing matches the clue provided by the parrot perfectly."
He added excitedly, "And that veterinarian, Huang Li, has quickly confessed everything in an effort to gain leniency!"
"Huang Li admitted that it was Wu Siyi who instructed him to poison Amber's collar while she was bathing."
Xia Zhining was initially surprised as to why Huang Li calmed down so quickly, but after thinking about it she understood.
In this type of poisoning case, Huang Li, who directly committed the crime, is an accomplice, while Wu Siyi, who instructed and planned the crime from behind, is the main culprit.
According to the Criminal Law, Wu Siyi, as the principal offender, will face extremely severe punishment. Considering that his poisoning target was precise, his methods were covert, and the social impact was vile, he is likely to be sentenced to more than ten years in prison, life imprisonment, or even the death penalty!
Huang Li’s only way out now is to give out the mastermind behind the scenes.
Only by proving that he was merely an accomplice who was instructed to do so could he seek leniency.
No one would gamble their life for a little money.
Xia Zhining couldn't help but ask, "Did Huang Li tell us what kind of poison he gave the old man?"
Captain Wang's face was solemn as he explained in a deep voice, "It's cyanide, a highly toxic substance. Even a tiny dose is enough to kill within minutes."
"The killer carefully dripped it into the gap between the jeweled metal base of the cat's collar."
He went on to describe the modus operandi in detail: "When Mr. Wu buried his face in the cat's neck to 'suck the cat,' his mouth and nose would come into close or even direct contact with the collar."
"With breathing, trace amounts of cyanide dust can be inhaled into the body. Even more insidious is that when the cat moves, the collar will generate friction and heat, which may accelerate the volatilization of extremely small amounts of cyanide gas, which can also be inhaled by the old man through breathing."
"This poisoning method is very subtle and vicious," Captain Wang concluded. "It exploits the old man's love of cats, making it difficult to guard against."
He sighed to Xia Zhining: "If you hadn't come to support us on the scene, we would probably still be in the blind spot!"
As he was speaking, two policemen were escorting a young man in a suit and tie out.
The young man's eyes were sinister, and the dangling handcuffs on his hands were particularly glaring. He struggled and shouted excitedly:
"It wasn't me! I didn't poison the old man!"
"My eldest brother must have teamed up with my second and fourth sisters to bribe the police to frame me! They just want to take all the family wealth!"
Captain Wang's face darkened and he shouted sternly, "Behave yourself!"
"In order to reduce his sentence, Huang Li has explained everything clearly, including how you contacted him, how you paid him, and how you promised to arrange for him to go abroad after the transaction was completed!"
Wu Siyi, the third son of the Wu family, was taken into a police car by the police, and all the media were scrambling to take pictures.
In Wu's house, the remaining three children immediately rushed forward and surrounded Captain Wang.
The eldest son grabbed Captain Wang's arm and shouted indignantly, "Third Brother, you beast! You even dared to kill your own father! You must be sentenced to death! Captain Wang, do you think this deserves the death penalty?"
Captain Wang withdrew his arm expressionlessly: "I'm not a judge, don't ask me."
The second daughter then squeezed forward, her eyes gleaming, "Captain Wang, does this mean the third child has lost his inheritance rights? The law stipulates that murderers cannot inherit, right?"
"Yes, I will." Captain Wang's tone already revealed obvious impatience.
The fourth sister came over, not wanting to be outdone: "Captain Wang, then..."
The three of them kept talking to Captain Wang and asking him questions.
They asked about the prison sentence, the inheritance, and the division of the property, but no one cared about the old father whose life or death was in the hospital. No one asked what kind of poison the old man had been poisoned with or how he was killed.
Just as Xia Zhining was sighing in her heart, she was about to call the Lihua King to stop.
The familiar sound of a cane hitting the ground was heard behind him.
It was Mr. Wu’s mortal enemy Jiang Yuan who came.
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