The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 50 Where is the alley?
Yue Fengsheng's body was still in the position of kneeling in front of the toilet, placed on its back on the dissection table. Xiao Tao was holding the corpse's feet and stretching them carefully, as if he was doing rehabilitation training for a patient.

"Um, Dr. Tao, what are you doing?" Wu Shanqiu couldn't help but come forward and ask.

"The body is stiff. We need to stretch it to make it lie flat for further dissection." Xiao Tao still spoke with his professionalism and without any emotion: "I know you are anxious. Toxicology tests have been done first. The cause of death is relatively clear. It is a disulfiram reaction caused by cephalosporin and alcohol. Cephalosporin will inhibit the acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the liver, so that after ethanol is oxidized to acetaldehyde in the body, it can no longer continue to decompose and oxidize, resulting in the accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body..." Xiao Tao, who is usually taciturn, talked endlessly about his profession.

"Speak human language..." Qi Fei had to interrupt him.

Xiao Tao pushed his glasses up, accustomed to Qi Fei's impatience. He smiled and changed his way of expression: "People often say that cephalexin and alcohol are a match made in heaven. They mean that these two things can't be taken together. Generally, if they are accidentally ingested, adverse reactions such as headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing will occur. But in Yue Fengsheng's case, he drank too much alcohol, and the child put an excessive amount of cephalexin in the wine. This is not a problem of adverse reactions, but caused acute heart failure and death. Because this reaction looks similar to the state of being drunk, it is very confusing. Neither the deceased nor the family expected it to be fatal."

"This fits the bill. The physical evidence department detected cephalexin residues in Xiaoyou's coat pocket. It seems that he put the pills directly in his pocket and took it home and put it in the wine glass." Qi Fei said.

"This is unbelievable. Yue Fengsheng is such a grown man, but he didn't notice the foreign object in the wine glass?" Wu Shanqiu shook her head slightly.

"According to Lu Xiuxia, when Xiaoyou returned, Yue Fengsheng was already extremely drunk and on the verge of blackouts. At that point, let alone the presence of something in the wine, he would probably drink it without hesitation even if it were urine," Qi Fei said. "The murderer clearly knew Yue Fengsheng's condition very well."

"We searched Yue Fengsheng's home and found no cephalosporins. They said that Yue Fengsheng was a secretive person who hated seeing a doctor, so he didn't have any medicine at home. It seems that Xiaoyou brought it back from outside," said Wu Shanqiu.

"This Daddy-Long-Legs is fictional. The key is who Xiaoyou saw. We found witnesses who saw Xiaoyou go home that night. They all said they saw Xiaoyou running home alone. No one took him back. This also explains why the Daddy-Long-Legs that Xiaoyou mentioned knew his home address. In fact, Xiaoyou went back on his own. But where did the cefuroxime in his pocket come from?"

"In that case, Lu Xiuxia is still a major suspect. It is not difficult for her to instill in the child that there is a Daddy-Long-Legs, and she also has enough opportunities to put cephalexin in the child's pocket. After all, the marriage relationship between Yue Fengsheng and Lu Xiuxia is average." Wu Shanqiu said.

"Of course we can continue to interrogate Lü Xiuxia. But I thought about it. If Lü Xiuxia was the murderer, there are many things in this process that don't make sense. If she wanted to pretend that it was the child who did it, why did she rush to wash the dishes after discovering Yue Fengsheng was dead?

Xiao Tao just said that Yue Fengsheng died between 3 and 4 in the morning. Lv Xiuxia had plenty of time to clean up the scene. The water stains on the wine glass weren't dry yet, indicating she hurriedly cleaned it before we arrived. If she had the ability to teach a four-year-old to commit a crime, why would she neglect this step? There's no need to increase her suspicion by doing this. She could have just said the child drugged her. But she clearly covered up the drugging to protect Xiaoyou."

"Damn it! No matter who it is, using children to kill people is truly unforgivable!" Wu Shanqiu said indignantly.

"But, you see, this person used cefuroxime. He obviously knew that Yue Fengsheng was an alcoholic, and that it would cause trouble if taken with alcohol. Xiaoyou is a child. If he used something highly toxic, he would die if he took it too."

"You mean, this person has the intention to protect the child?"

"At least it shows that this person's only target is Yue Fengsheng." Looking at Yue Fengsheng, who was finally straightened by Xiao Tao and lying on his back on the dissection table, Qi Fei couldn't help but mutter, "It's a pity that this drunkard is causing trouble everywhere after drinking too much. What obstacle did he hit that made him so desperate?"

"How about? Let Zhong Kui help with psychic work or something?" Wu Shanqiu said half seriously.

As he was speaking, the sound of Zhong Kui's high heels came from behind him, and she said with some pride: "I know Xiaoyou didn't come back alone."

"We have asked witnesses, several of them, and they all said that he went back alone," said Qi Fei.

"Because you are all led by the nose by the children." Zhong Kui said.

Qi Fei was not convinced: "We are professional criminal investigators, how could we be led by the nose by a child!"

"It's because they're just children that you believe them. It's not just older people who have authority; a child's innocence can sometimes be a deceptive form of authority, making you naturally trust them. Because Xiaoyou told you he saw Daddy-Long-Legs in an alley, I had a preconceived notion, too. Like you, I thought this guy must have brought Xiaoyou back from outside.

But after learning the origins of Daddy-Long-Legs from Zhou Li, Xiaoyou had to reconsider everything she'd said. Could the alleyway also be a figment of his imagination? At Lu Xiuxia's house, Xiaoyou also had a set of Andersen's fairy tale picture books, including the famous story of the Little Match Girl. The little girl imagined many beautiful things by the wall of a street corner alley. The little girl in the fairy tale was cold and hungry, needing food and warmth. In reality, Xiaoyou was abused by her stepfather and needed a reliable figure like Daddy-Long-Legs to save her. So, the alleyway became the place where Daddy-Long-Legs appeared.

"Wouldn't this make our search even more irrelevant?" Qi Fei said with a headache.

"I may have found the place where Xiaoyou met Daddy-Long-Legs." Zhong Kui said with some pride.

"When was it found?" Qi Fei was skeptical.

"Didn't I tell the onlookers that I'm a fortune teller?" Zhong Kui said with a smile, "Just wait and see, and business is coming in soon."

"Ridiculous! Are you using our police station's name to cheat ordinary people out of their money?" Qi Fei was speechless after hearing this.

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