"I was so dizzy at the time that I couldn't even speak a single sentence. I pointed at the door of my house and leaned against the wall to catch my breath. Lao Pang opened the door and looked in. He was so frightened that he screamed.

As soon as he shouted, the surrounding neighbors came out and called an ambulance to take us to the hospital."

It was the first time Tian Yongming encountered this kind of eucalyptus. He was in a hurry and asked directly without thinking: "What happened next?"

Cao Zhong closed his eyes tiredly: "Later...I fainted in the car and didn't know anything!"

Hu Pingtao stretched out his hand and pulled Tian Yongming's clothes, then stood up from the stool and motioned for him to follow him out of the ward.

When he came outside, Hu Pingtao complained in a low voice: "Cao Zhong has no way of knowing what happened next! In his current condition, food poisoning, gastric lavage, and then rescue, no one can survive it! He can

Telling us these conditions is already very good. Even if we want to know the situation, we can only go to the hospital for follow-up."

After saying this, Tian Yongming also woke up. He shook his head with a wry smile and explained: "I was flustered, so I didn't think deeply. I just thought that Cao Zhong should know most of the situation, and then...

"

Hu Pingtao interrupted: "Let's do this! You stay guard in the hospital. If Cao Zhong's wife and daughter wake up, ask them to see if the two sides are consistent."

Tian Yongming nodded and asked: "Where do you want to go to the wholesale market?"

Hu Pingtao said "hmm": "I'll go to the scene and have a look, maybe I can find some clues."

…

Human life is at stake, and no one dares to be careless.

The market was very cooperative and specially closed off the eucalyptus area. When Tian Yongming brought people here before, he had already set up a cordon. When Hu Pingtao arrived with Tang Yuan, dozens of people were already surrounding the cordon.

They were all watching the excitement and expressing their own opinions in low voices.

"I heard that all five members of Lao Cao's family died."

"No way! Are they all dead?"

"I heard that too. It seems to be food poisoning."

"What did Lao Cao eat?"

"How do I know? Let's wait until the police announce the news!"

When Hu Pingtao walked into the house, the first thing he saw was the large swaths of vomit on the floor, tables, chairs, and even the walls.

Ding Jianjian came forward in a white coat. He pulled down his mask and said to Hu Pingtao: "I just finished sampling here. I have to leave later and go back to the bureau for analysis and testing."

Hu Pingtao nodded, raised his hand and pointed to a pool of dried vomit stains on the diagonally opposite wall. He frowned and asked, "Why is there spit everywhere? Even on the wall... Is this normal?"

Ding Jian turned around, looked in the direction he pointed, and replied: "The amount of vomiting depends on the person, and then the amount of food consumed before. How much or how little this is, if it is discomfort caused by severe nerve stimulation

, which can only be liquid on an empty stomach.”

Hu Pingtao knew a lot about this and asked: "Gastric juice?"

Ding Jian nodded: "As the saying goes, "vomit out bile", it refers to gastric juice. That stuff is sour and bitter, so people who have had that experience say it is bile."

"There are still cases of vomiting on the wall. I have dealt with a few cases of food poisoning in the past. Some people were forced to drink dichlorvos, and some were drugged in their meals. Especially dichlorvos, let alone that stuff.

After drinking it, I felt uncomfortable even when I got close to smell the smell. The blockage and resistance of the olfactory nerve was very serious. The victim at that time started vomiting after just one sip. Later..." …

"Wait, wait a minute." Hu Pingtao asked puzzledly: "Since smelling it makes you want to vomit, why do you still drink it?"

Ding Jian explained: "I have already said that the victim was forced to drink. That was more than ten years ago, when I first joined the bureau and met a gangster. The two sides were fighting for family property, and both sides wanted to kill each other. As a result, one

The unlucky guy was caught and had his neck twisted by two people to force him to drink pesticide. As a result, the guy who was held down had a strong reaction and kept vomiting. The dichlorvos couldn't be poured in at all. Later, the gang became anxious and simply tied the victim with a wire.

People were strangled to death.”

Hu Pingtao vaguely remembered that he had seen information about this eucalyptus. His thoughts immediately returned to the food poisoning of the five members of the Cao family.

Whether on the floor, tables, chairs or walls, minced meat and dark green leeks, as well as gray-white undigested dough can be seen in all vomit.

Ding Jian pointed to the nearest puddle of vomit at his feet: "Look, it's all dumplings."

Hu Pingtao nodded slightly: "I just came from the hospital. Cao Zhong... is the head of this family. He has woken up and said that the whole family ate dumplings last night."

Ding Jian asked with some curiosity: "There are five people in this family, two adults and three children. Based on the vomit at the scene, the quantity should be fine. Based on this analysis, it is estimated that the flour or fillings for making dumplings are not clean."

, and that’s when something went wrong.”

Hu Pingtao lowered his voice and sighed: "This family is quite miserable. Speaking of that man, Cao Zhong, he is also careless. When he was eating last night, he felt something was wrong. His wife and children ate dumplings and said it was...

Uncomfortable. If Cao Zhong had been smarter and called an ambulance or called the police immediately, he would have been able to save his children in time."

When Ding Jian heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Two children? You mean, two children died?"

Hu Pingtao said gloomily: "There is a boy and a girl. The younger one has just entered kindergarten. This Cao Zhong is a patriarchal person. His eldest daughter is called Cao Zhaodi and his second daughter is called Cao Pandi. Now his son is dead... He was in the hospital just now

During the questioning, Tian Yongming and I didn't dare to mention the child at all, for fear that he wouldn't be able to accept it."

Ding Jian's expression suddenly became serious. He usually likes to joke, but this kind of thing is a special occasion. The deceased was a big one, and the Cao family lost two people at once. It would be really outrageous to joke about such a tragedy again.

"This case should be investigated carefully." Before he was married, Ding Jian felt indifferent to many things. Since having Yin Li, his thoughts have also changed: "If it was intentional poisoning... the two children...

…The person who poisoned him should really be killed!”

He said the last two sentences with gritted teeth.

Hu Pingtao understood this quite well: "After collecting the samples, you should hurry back to the bureau and prepare the analysis report as soon as possible."

Ding Jian nodded, his expression suddenly became a little hesitant.

"Um... I have to tell you something in advance." Ding Jian pointed to the semi-solidified vomit on the ground and lowered his voice: "I have been doing evidence detection for more than ten years. Some things do not require instruments. Just

You can get the rough idea just by looking at it with your eyes.”

“I took a closer look at the vomited things in this room. Regardless of the color of leeks or minced meat, there seems to be no toxic substances.” …

Hu Pingtao was stunned immediately.

Ding Jian is a person who usually laughs and laughs, but he has absolutely nothing to say about his work. He definitely deserves the word "serious and responsible".

"Are you sure?" he asked doubtfully.

"It's just a visual inspection." Ding Jian answered seriously: "Of course, the specific situation will depend on the test results later. Everything is subject to the reported data. I'm just giving you a vaccination in advance. After all, you are the captain.

It's your responsibility. What I said should be helpful to you, just don't go in the wrong direction."

Hu Pingtao nodded: "By the way, Cao Zhong said that the dumplings last night were not finished. Look at the remaining ones and the food in the refrigerator. It's best to do a sample test."

Ding Jian rolled his eyes at him: "You still need to talk about this kind of thing? Do you think Fatty and I have been doing forensic medicine for nothing for so many years?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and raised his leg to give his butt a slap with his knee: "Okay, get out of here! I'm still waiting for your test report!"

…

Wearing gloves, Hu Pingtao carefully surveyed the scene.

More than half an hour passed, and he looked around the room inside and out.

Tang Yuan walked to the side and touched him lightly with his shoulder: "Boss, I guess the cause of this trouble is Cao Zhong's wife."

Hu Pingtao understood what he meant: "Why, you think it's food poisoning too?"

Tang Yuan nodded and said, "You don't know why? The doors and windows are in good condition, and the locks have no sign of being pried. The things in the house are also arranged neatly and have not been turned over."

"Furthermore, the preliminary examination report from the hospital has come out: Cao Zhong and his family were not injured, which rules out the possibility of outsiders entering the house and robbing them."

Hu Pingtao said "Huh": "Go on."

Tang Yuan continued: "I asked people nearby. Cao Zhong usually works in the store, and his wife does the cooking, cleaning, and laundry at home. In other words, what does he eat every day?

Cao Zhong’s wife has the final say on what dishes to eat.”

Hu Pingtao smiled softly: "I have also noticed what you said. My opinion is the same as yours: there is a high probability that it can be ruled out as an outsider's fault, but we cannot take it lightly. After all, this trick is still a bit weird."

Tang Yuan asked curiously: "What are you referring to?"

Hu Pingtao focused his attention on the vomit scattered all over the room, and said calmly: "Ding Jian and I discussed this matter before, and we both felt that the amount of vomiting was too much."

Tang Yuan recalled it and nodded: "Yes, these are his original words."

Hu Pingtao continued: "As the saying goes, a man of half age will live in poverty. Cao Zhong has two daughters and a son. Although his son is young, he is still quite capable. Cao Zhong usually does business not easily.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is very seasonal. Year-round, Cao Zhong actually doesn’t make much money.”

As he spoke, Hu Pingtao walked around the vomit on the ground and walked into the inner room. As he walked, he said: "It's such a big place, only about ten square meters in total. There is a bunk bed inside, and Cao Zhong sleeps underneath it."

His two daughters sleep with his son on top. There is a gap in the middle.

There is a cloth curtain, and Cao Zhong and his wife sleep on the bed outside. They can hear each other even if there is the slightest movement. I guess Cao Zhong and his wife usually have to wait until it is late at night and the children are fast asleep to live as a couple."

…

"Although this is a wholesale market, there are several residential areas next to it, and they are not new buildings, but old houses from various previous units. The rent is also very cheap. For a house of six to seventy square meters, the monthly cost is only

One thousand, three or four. For business people, renting a house nearby is really cheap and affordable."

Tang Yuan understood it immediately and said in agreement: "Cao Zhong's store in the market is very small, and his goods are rented from public warehouses. According to what you said, boss, if they rent a house nearby, now they live here

One room can be used as a warehouse, which is quite convenient as there is no need to run back and forth.”

Hu Pingtao said: "That's why I said that Cao Zhong's store doesn't make much money. At most, it just supports our family in Hukou."

Tang Yuan seemed to have some understanding: "Boss, what do you mean..."
To be continued...