Chapter 119: Drawing the Sword

As the only person present at the scene of You Xinfa's poisoning besides the deceased, Yu Jiajia was naturally listed as the prime suspect and was also brought to the City Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment as the only suspect at present.

Under the instruction of Guo Ju Shuqing, Detachment Chief An was personally responsible for the interrogation of Yu Jiajia.

However, no matter what method Detachment Chief An used, the beautiful girl, who was trembling with fear, just kept shedding tears. Whatever he asked her, she would just repeat the same words. If he asked more, she would even detail some of the details of what You Xinfa did to her before dinner that night, which made Detachment Chief An feel extremely embarrassed!

After all, some face had to be left for his colleague!

Just as he was at his wit's end and thinking about whether to use some "special" means on her, Guo Ju called him to his office with a phone call.

An Zelin was still pondering the purpose of Guo Ju calling him over, but he saw two other people in Guo Shuqing's office.

He was familiar with both of them. One was Lu Haoxuan from the Jiangdong Branch, and the other was Deputy Director Huo from the Provincial Department!

It turned out that after Lu Haoxuan learned that You Xinfa died of potassium cyanide poisoning, he immediately reported this situation to Deputy Director Huo.

Clearly, You Xinfa's death was a signal, and a bad one at that, meaning the other party already knew about the existence of the task force and knew that they had already investigated You Xinfa and found results!

At this time, making You Xinfa shut his mouth permanently was the best choice! Weighing the pros and cons, Deputy Director Huo decided to report to the Provincial Party Committee and publicly announce the task force in Zizhen to show deterrence against black evil forces and corrupt elements!

The first case taken over by the task force after it was made public was the You Xinfa case.

Guo Shuqing explained the situation to An Zelin, and only then did the latter know that the rumors about the Provincial Department task force during this period were indeed not groundless. An Zelin also breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. He was originally sent down from the Provincial Department for training. Now the You case could be reasonably handed over. If it was successfully solved, even if he didn't get any benefits, he definitely wouldn't have any harm. But if it was in his hands and not handled well, his resume during his training period would look ugly!

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In the Shuyuan residential compound, Lu Haoxuan, forensic doctor Zheng Guoqiang, and Hu Jinquan gathered in Yu Jiajia's home. Except for the wine and food on the dining table which were sealed and preserved, everything else in the room remained as it was on the night of the incident.

The wine, food, and tableware had been tested and had no problems, so now they could only look for other possible poisoning media at the scene.

While carefully observing this newly renovated room, Lu Haoxuan flipped through the case file in his hand. Although he had read it from beginning to end no less than three times since taking over the case, he still kept the file at hand; he did not allow himself to make any mistakes.

At this time, a picture of that night was replaying in his mind like a movie, fragment by fragment...

You Xinfa entering the room, Yu Jiajia pretending to be angry, the two flirting...

Yu Jiajia's description was truly detailed. The girl's will to survive was very strong. After reading her confession, Lu Haoxuan's first impression was that You Xinfa couldn't have been killed by her. She had no motive at all! You Xinfa being alive was much more beneficial to her than him being dead!

But the autopsy report issued by the forensic doctor clearly stated that You's cause of death was potassium cyanide poisoning. This could not be wrong. Now, finding the method of poisoning might solve the case!

If Yu Jiajia's confession had no omissions, then there was nothing abnormal when the two of them were together, and throughout the process, the dining table never left the sight of the two of them. Moreover, not a single trace of potassium cyanide was found in the wine and food!

Lu Haoxuan stopped the "replay" in his mind and wandered around in this house.

After excluding the possibility of outsiders coming in to poison, the only person who had the opportunity was Yu Jiajia! Lu Haoxuan shook his head. Didn't this return to the starting point? But this contradicted his own deduction. Yu Jiajia really had no motive, and even if there was an unknown reason, the location she chose had no benefit to her at all!

At this time, Hu Jinquan walked over. Now that he knew about the task force, he had always wanted to join it. Seeing that his master seemed to have encountered a problem, he wanted to adjust Lu Haoxuan's mood, so he came over and teased, "Master, maybe this You Xinfa knew the Provincial Department task force was investigating him and was scared into committing suicide?"

"What did you say?" Lu Haoxuan suddenly raised his voice and asked. Hu Jinquan was caught off guard and startled, thinking his joke had made his master unhappy, but he heard Lu Haoxuan laugh: "Interesting! Hahaha!"

Hu Jinquan didn't know what he was laughing about, so he had to rub his head and laugh "heh heh" along with him.

"Let's go! Let's go see You Xinfa's corpse!" Lu Haoxuan said.

In the morgue, Lu Haoxuan looked at the corpse that had been sutured after the autopsy. He asked Zheng Guoqiang, "Guoqiang, you've read the autopsy report. It's definitely potassium cyanide poisoning, right?"

Old Zheng nodded: "That's correct! The deceased had no other internal or external injuries."

"How is You Xinfa's health usually?" Lu Haoxuan asked.

"This, I also did a detailed examination. After reviewing his physical examination reports over the years, I didn't find any underlying diseases. It should be said that his health is better than most people of the same age! Hmph hmph!" After Old Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly hummed twice.

Hu Jinquan asked strangely: "What's wrong, Old Zheng!"

Old Zheng rolled his eyes at him: "How could his health be bad if he could do these things outside!"

Hu Jinquan only then understood that he was referring to You keeping a mistress, and couldn't help but laugh "heh heh."

But he saw Lu Haoxuan didn't seem to hear their conversation. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "His health has no problems—these refer to his organs and other indicators. What about other things? Jinquan, you investigate whether You Xinfa has any medical records regarding his mouth and teeth. The more detailed, the better. Not only the Stomatological Hospital, but also those large dental clinics in the city must be checked!"

Hu Jinquan agreed and hurriedly took people away.

"Guoqiang, have you noticed that there is a small detail in the autopsy report?" He pointed to a place in the case file and said to Old Zheng.

Zheng Guoqiang looked in the direction he pointed. It was about the description of You Xinfa's teeth, recording that You Xinfa's first premolar was a carious tooth (commonly known as a worm-eaten tooth).

"Oh?" Although Zheng Guoqiang didn't understand Lu Haoxuan's meaning, he still took out an opener to pry open the corpse's mouth. After a careful look, sure enough, there was a carious hole smaller than a mung bean on the deceased's first premolar! ===== CHAPTER 120 =====