Lu Ming came to a conclusion based on common sense of reasoning: Judging from Mu Yi's reaction, it was probably an acquaintance who committed the crime, not an outsider who sneaked in to poison. The reason why Mu Yi did not let the police station file a case after reporting the crime may be that she had already
I noticed something, and I don’t want to make the matter a big deal, so the family scandal cannot be made public.
"After this incident, we just sent away a chef. No other problems were found?" Lu Ming asked again.
"What else can we do? The chef must have been careless for a moment, but since someone died, someone has to be responsible, so he had no choice but to leave. He was not at a loss. The lady also gave him a resettlement fee."
Butler Sun sighed.
Lu Ming confirmed that the chef was just a scapegoat, and the real poisoner was still at large! The key question was, what was the purpose of the poisoning? Lu Ming's mind was filled with confusion. He asked the chef's name and home address.
Write it all down in the notebook.
"Did the police station identify the poison?" Lu Ming asked.
"There is no need for police identification. We found out afterwards that it is a poisonous mushroom. It is difficult to distinguish it from the mushrooms we often eat without looking carefully. The chef was careless and did not check it out." Butler Sun explained.
"Oh, poisonous mushrooms..." He had heard of similar poisoning incidents before.
Lu Ming wondered if he had gone too far. Maybe this was really an accident?
Every year, many people die from eating poisonous mushrooms. Even so, people still can't resist the temptation of the delicious taste of mushrooms. The most terrible thing is that some poisonous mushrooms look almost exactly like edible mushrooms, and ordinary people can't tell them apart.
"How many people in the family died this time of poisoning?" Lu Ming asked again.
Butler Sun counted them on his fingers, and finally said: "A total of six people died, and two of them barely breathed their last breath, and they were brought back from the dead."
"So many people died?" Lu Ming opened his mouth in surprise.
Then he felt that this number was not high, or even too low. There were hundreds of people in the Sheng family eating every day, and only six people were infected with food poisoning in one incident. This number was obviously low.
Generally speaking, most cases of mushroom poisoning involve a whole family being poisoned. Of course, not all of them may die. As long as they are discovered early and rescued promptly, many people can still be saved.
"Six people died, but more than thirty people were poisoned. Fortunately, the lady discovered it in time and immediately used various vehicles to send them to Tongrentang Hospital for rescue. Only six people died, and two of them were girls.
The lady is very sad about this." The situation introduced by Butler Sun confirmed his guess.
"Fortunately, Mu Yi doesn't eat mushrooms. It's God's will." Lu Ming let out a long sigh of relief.
Sheng Muyi seemed to have suffered from diarrhea for three days after eating a kind of mushroom when she was a child, so since then, mushrooms have been permanently removed from her diet.
He originally suspected that this was a poisoning incident targeting Sheng Muyi, but if someone was really poisoning, they should know Sheng Muyi's eating habits. If not Sheng Muyi, who was targeted? Sheng Youde was discussing business in Hangzhou that day, so it can be ruled out
outer.
"Did only two of Mu Yi's maids die? How did I hear that three died?" Lu Ming thought Yuan Mingzhu had made a mistake and wanted to confirm it.
"Have you heard about this? You are really careful, you are indeed a detective." Butler Sun laughed.
Then he sighed: "This is all unfortunate for the family. Indeed, only two of the eldest lady's maids died in the poisoning incident. Another eldest maid was stabbed in the street when she went shopping for the lady that day.
He died, and the police haven’t caught the criminal yet.”
"Being stabbed to death in the street? This is another case!" Lu Ming's nerves immediately became tense.
"It's really strange to talk about this. At that time, the maid went out to buy things for the lady, and she brought a bag with not much money. Who knew that a guy came out of nowhere, and without saying a word, he came up and stabbed the girl
Huan stabbed him, then snatched his bag and ran away. There were many people present at the time, but they were all stunned, and no one dared to step forward to stop him."
"How could something like this happen? It's so strange. It's not too early or too late. It's time." Lu Ming frowned and thought.
"The house was already in a mess at that time, so I thought we had encountered a robber or thief." Butler Sun looked confused.
Lu Ming's mind was spinning rapidly. If he were a robber, he would not stab someone with a knife, because criminals know the difference between robbery and murder. The latter will result in loss of head.
If it was not robbery but intentional murder, why did you take away the bag? Not only was it unnecessary, but you also had one more piece of evidence that could convict you.
This can only have one explanation: murder and robbery are all done by murderers.
As for the motive, it is impossible to speculate, but the motive of killing someone for money should not exist. The money in the hands of a maid is not enough to make a person kill someone, even if the person is at the end of his rope.
What's more important is that we were in a busy city at that time, there were many people nearby, and there were many witnesses. The murderer ignored so many people around and killed people brazenly, which means that there was a reason why he had to do this, and he couldn't wait any longer.
"What's that maid's name? What did she buy for Mu Yi?" Lu Ming asked.
"This...I really don't know much about it. As you know, I don't know much about the young lady. The maid's name is Dongmei. She grew up with the young lady. Later, when the young lady went to study in the United States, she also followed.
Go, who would have thought that it would be okay to go across the ocean to a foreign country, but die in the busy city when you return home." Butler Sun said with a wry smile.
Lu Ming felt sad. He was familiar with Dongmei. It should be said that he was familiar with the maids around Mu Yi, because he had often played with Mu Yi since he was a child, and these maids were their playmates.
"Sister Dongmei died so unjustly. Where is she buried? I will burn a stick of incense and some paper money someday."
"This is difficult to handle. Her body was taken away by her family and buried in her hometown. Her hometown is from Anhui. I really can't remember the specific place." Sun Guanjia said.
"Oh, forget it then, let's talk about it when we have a chance."
Lu Ming didn't want to ask any more questions. The series of unfortunate things that happened to the Sheng family were horrifying. Knowing one more thing was like uncovering a layer of scars and facing unbearable tearing.
"Master Lu, I know that you have a very good relationship with the maid next to the young lady, but you can only think about these things. When you reach the age of old age, you will know that things are unpredictable. There is nothing you can't see, only things you can't think of.
Anything can happen." Butler Sun had a sad look on his face, said a few words and left.
Lu Ming stood there in a daze for a long time. His whole body seemed to be soaked in sorrow and pain, leaving him without the energy or mind to think about anything else or do anything else.
A round and pretty face appeared in his mind, with playful dimples on his cheeks. When he smiled, you felt like the spring breeze was blowing against your face.
Why are so many beautiful and kind things in this world so easily broken?
Why are some evil and ugly things in this world able to get away with it and succeed so often?
It was as if a fire was ignited in his heart, trying to burn something completely.
"What? Lu Ming is back?"
Zhang Ziyang, who was sorting out the missing files of Sheng Muyi at the police station, almost jumped up when he heard the news.
"Did you really see him with your own eyes?"
Zhang Ziyang stared at and questioned the patrolman who was wearing a coarse cloth uniform, leggings, and cloth shoes.
"Really, Detective, I saw Master Lu coming ashore in my humble position, and the second Miss of the Yuan family came back with him."
"Mingzhu is back too? Where are they now?"
"I don't know about this humble position." The patrolman looked at the detective eagerly and said to him.
"Okay, I get it, this is a reward for you." Zhang Ziyang took out a shining ocean from his trouser pocket and threw it over.
"Thank you, Detective." The patrolman stretched out his hand to catch it, not to mention the joy in his heart.
In the police station, everyone knows that Inspector Zhang Ziyang is very generous, and as long as you work for him, you will get a lot of benefits.
Aren't these two people going to get married? Did they come back early after finishing the big event? Zhang Ziyang thought for a while.
"Well, the Sheng family must have invited Lu Ming back." Zhang Ziyang said to himself. After thinking about this, he felt a little uncomfortable.
It was indeed him who recommended Lu Ming to the Sheng family, but this also showed that Sheng Youde was completely disappointed with the police station. Not only did he have no objection to Lu Ming's acceptance of the case, but he also agreed with both hands and feet. But having said that, Lu Ming must
Can this case be solved? He shook his head. Based on his experience in solving cases, it was too difficult and the chance of success was low.
Zhang Ziyang has no doubts about Lu Ming's ability. The reason why he can sit in this position of detective is largely due to Lu Ming. In the past six months, Lu Ming helped him analyze and solve several important cases. He is now in Shanghai.
The Tan police system has made a name for itself, and he was recently promoted to detective.
But this case of the Sheng family is so strange. To put it bluntly, it's just a ghost.
He didn't want to go find Lu Ming right away. Of course he knew where Lu Ming's apartment was and where the detective agency was. He still wanted to dig into the details of the case and check it carefully. Even if he could find a small flaw, it could help Lu Ming.
If Ming solves some problems, he can at least prove that he, the detective, is not just for a living.
But he went through the case again from beginning to end, and still couldn't find any place to start.
Generally speaking, a case always has suspects to choose from, motive for committing the crime, and means of committing the crime. However, in this case, no suspects or people with motive for committing the crime could be found at all.
It’s okay if there are no clues about the perpetrator. It’s okay if there are means of committing the crime. The clues left by the means of committing the crime can often be used to infer the motive and the perpetrator. But what is disappointing is that there is no trace at all in this case.
Human traces and ghosts committing crimes, who would believe it?
This conclusion will make people laugh out loud. The police department is incompetent and blames the whole thing on the devil. Rather than doing this, it is better to simply seal the case as an unsolved case and wait for the opportunity to reopen the case in the future.
In fact, this is what the police chief thought. If Sheng Youde was not too prestigious and wealthy in Shanghai, this case would have been sealed long ago. However, Sheng Youde provided a large amount of funds for handling the case and insisted on living.
Seeing a dead person means seeing a corpse, and he will never give up until the case is solved. The police chief had no choice but to take other people's money, so he couldn't do nothing, so he put all the trouble on Zhang Ziyang and asked him to deal with it. He had no idea when the case would be solved.
Whether the case is solved or not, everyone in the police station is silent.
So Lu Ming's return will bring about a change in the case?
Although he thought it was impossible in his heart, Zhang Ziyang still felt that there was a glimmer of hope. Didn't Lu Ming make the impossible possible in several major cases in the past?
In Zhang Ziyang's heart, Lu Ming is a person who is good at creating miracles. If this case can really be solved, then Lu Ming will be the chosen one.