"Ding Er Pian?"

Hearing Li Xiangnan's words, Wan Shuisheng sneered: "That bastard, I gave him fifty yuan, and he willingly twisted the rope that killed Xu Sheng!"

"The strips of cloth are made from prison clothes and bed sheets!" Li Xiangnan reminded him.

"Hehe," Wan Shuisheng shrugged, "It's simple. Ding Erpian is a prisoner who works in the logistics department. He usually washes the prisoners' clothes! He was the one who washed Xu Sheng's clothes and sheets the other day! Just have him add a little something to Xu Sheng's clothes and sheets, easy peasy, right? Add some Buddleja officinalis powder to the washing water, haha!"

Li Xiangnan further emphasized, "The rope that Xu Sheng used to commit suicide that night was woven by himself!"

"Of course!" Wan Shuisheng said proudly, "But I never do anything unprepared! Before this, whenever Xu Sheng had the chance to go out for some fresh air, I had already arranged for Ding Erpian to get close to him and keep weaving the Fisherman's Knot in front of him!"

That's it!

"So, subconsciously, Xu Sheng had already learned the variation of the fisherman's knot. No wonder even someone like him, who had never learned the fisherman's knot from the seaside, could tie it so skillfully!" Li Xiangnan suddenly realized. "This is the psychological suggestion you imposed on him!"

"Of course, that old guy learned it just by watching! That's the main purpose of Ding Er Pian!"

Li Xiangnan narrowed his eyes again and asked the crucial question: "That Ding Erpian can't be dead, can he?"

"Heh, greed knows no bounds!" Wan Shuisheng said disdainfully. "That old bastard was quite something. When he heard that Xu Sheng was dead, hanged from the fisherman's knot he himself had taught him, he didn't understand why Xu Sheng's clothes and sheets had been soaked in the poisonous herb powder beforehand. But he immediately realized that the notes and cash he had received made him an accomplice in this murder! So, that old bastard wrote a lot of notes and left them under the laundry room window..."

"What did he write?" Li Xiangnan asked.

"Add money!"

Wan Shuisheng was so angry he laughed. "Damn it, this old bastard wants me to pay more! And he's even threatening me now!"

"..." Li Xiangnan shook his head slightly.

Such a person is truly unaware of the danger that exists.

If Wan Shuisheng can kill Xu Sheng, he can kill them too!

"So you had someone tamper with his scaffolding?"

“That’s right!” Wan Shuisheng didn’t deny it and laughed, “I just secretly bribed one of the drug dealers’ men to loosen the fixing brakes on the scaffolding slide while he was working, and he got a hundred yuan for that!”

Li Xiangnan gritted his teeth: "So when Ding Erpian was working on the scaffolding ladder, he moved his body towards the wall, and the locking mechanism that was originally fixed came loose. As a result of the loss of balance, the entire scaffolding slid in the opposite direction, and he fell directly from a great height, landing on the back of his head..."

Wan Shuisheng shrugged again. "So, people shouldn't be too greedy. If you want money that you can't afford, you have to see if you're even destined for it!"

"What about Zhao Jinzhong? He's just a warehouse manager!" Li Xiangnan didn't want to discuss this issue with Wan Shuisheng and directly changed the subject.

“Zhao Jinzhong, he’s a complete idiot!” Wan Shuisheng’s voice wavered for the first time. “He has to die! Not only because he, like Ding Erpian, asked me for money, but also because of so many things I couldn’t satisfy! It’s also because he saw something he shouldn’t have seen!”

Li Xiangnan's eyes sharpened. "Tell me in detail!"

"On the night Xu Sheng died, Zhao Jinzhong should have been out of the picture! But he suddenly appeared and wandered around the edge of the warehouse and the playground."

Li Xiangnan narrowed his eyes: "He saw the old snake?"

"That's right!" Wan Shuisheng gritted his teeth in hatred: "That guy saw my old buddy swim out of the iron brick drain and head towards Xu Sheng's cell with his own eyes!"

A collective gasp filled the interrogation and observation rooms.

"I suspect he did it on purpose! He just wanted to wait and see what I was up to!" Wan Shuisheng was filled with hatred, his teeth chattering. "What's worse, the next day, that guy actually went around telling everyone that he saw a snake carrying something in from outside the prison, telling it to others as a joke, and even saying that the snake must be intelligent!"

Wan Shuisheng raised his head, and his gaze toward Li Xiangnan and Guo Qian was as ruthless and merciless as that of a venomous snake.

“I can’t let this get out of hand. At the time, nobody probably believed a joke. But if your people hear these details and start investigating, I’ll be exposed…”

Suddenly realizing what was going on, Li Xiangnan continued, "In that case, if we follow this lead, we might find the case related to snakes from back then. If we inquire around the area, we might find the fishing village where you lived back then and discover that you were raising snakes! We can then follow the trail..."

"So he must die!" Wan Shuisheng slammed his fist on the table. "I can't risk being discovered if I leave here! So, I must kill him as soon as possible, even if it means personally going into the prison, to ensure my sister and I are safe!"

"hiss……"

When the answer finally came from Wan Shuisheng's mouth, gasps of shock echoed through the interrogation room and the observation room.

Unexpectedly, Wan Shuisheng's reason for killing was so absurd, yet upon closer examination, it was quite in line with his ruthless style.

Killing one person is killing, and killing ten people is also killing.

For someone who has already risked their life, there is no difference!

However, such people are also so cruel, treating life as a game, completely disregarding the bottom line of law and morality, only caring about whether they can survive.

The lights in the interrogation room flickered on Wan Shuisheng's face.

Li Xiangnan turned around and walked to the interrogation table, taking out the book "Case Studies in Child Psychology".

"This book..." he gestured with the evidence, "is the most ingenious part of the entire murder plan, isn't it?"

Previously, Li Xiangnan suspected that the book was a codebook through which someone communicated with Xu Sheng, and also suspected that Cheng Sanmin, the warden of the third prison ward, was one of the suspects.

But as the investigation deepened, he became increasingly suspicious that the book had another purpose.

Wan Shuisheng is right here, and the answer he seeks is right here.

He believes that the unusual book found at the crime scene must have a purpose.

When Wan Shuisheng saw the book, his pupils contracted slightly, and then his gaze passed over the book, revealing an expression of almost admiration.

"Li Xiangnan, you are indeed brilliant! I didn't expect you to see through such a small detail! If there is a next life, perhaps we can still be brothers..."

"Wan Shuisheng!" Upon hearing this, Wei Jingfei couldn't help but complain: "Honestly confess your problems, don't try to claim kinship. What kind of morals does our Consultant Li have to become brothers with someone like you?"

"Hahaha, police, people are reincarnated, don't you believe it?" Wan Shuisheng laughed wildly.

"This is utterly absurd!" Guo Qian shook his head, pressed down on Wei Jingfei's shoulder as he tried to stand up and argue, and gestured to Li Xiangnan.

"Let me guess what tricks you've put in this book!"

At this moment, Li Xiangnan opened the book, pointed to the underlined text, and chuckled, "You used this book to convey two messages, didn't you?"

Wan Shuisheng was startled, his pupils contracted sharply, and then his eyes suddenly lit up. He asked impatiently, "Tell me, how did I do it?"

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