Mystery Tracker 3

The witness Qin Kai found was a woman in her 50s and [-]s, surnamed Lei, who was also a nurse at the hospital.Sister Lei told Shen Yan and others: "I was busy that night and the people in my room were past meal time after dinner, so I went out to eat - the meal time in the nursing home is very short, we are busy. There is usually nothing to eat after eating, so everyone will go out to eat from time to time. When I was almost finished, I saw Lao Fu also entered the store, and then I noticed that the proprietress brought out a casserole from the back. At that time I felt a little strange, because Lao Fu had just entered the door, and he hadn't even ordered a meal! And the casserole didn't look like his usual noodle bowl. Then I heard Lao Fu and the proprietress of the store say thank you, saying I asked for money, and then the proprietress kept saying no. Later, I took a curious look and found that his casserole was not noodles at all, but a whole pot of stewed chicken with mountain mushrooms!"

"How are you sure it's a mountain mushroom?" Shen Yan asked.

"They mentioned it when they were talking." Sister Lei replied, "The proprietress said that someone went to the mountains to collect it specially, and it was good for his illness. Then I paid back to thank him and said, 'I'm so sorry. What's that..." At this point, Sister Lei moved closer and said in a low voice, "Comrade policeman, to tell you the truth, I think there seems to be something...that between the proprietress and Lao Fu."

Shen Yan understood: "You mean, there might be an emotional relationship between them?"

"I think so." Sister Lei nodded, "Lao Fu always goes to her house to eat noodles, and every time I go, I think the proprietress will always go over and have a few words with Lao Fu. I heard others say, The proprietress also secretly asked if Lao Fu was single..."

Shen Yan nodded, and then asked: "What's the name of the store you mentioned?"

"Little Kitchen Noodle House," said Sister Lei, pointing out the window, "it's in the small alley on the west side of the courtyard."

Small kitchen noodle shop.

This is a small store, there are not many tables and chairs in the house, and a few diners are eating.At the cashier was a woman in her 40s. When she saw Shen Yan and others coming in, she warmly greeted her: "Are you having dinner?"

"We are the police." Shen Yan showed his ID and asked, "Do you know a man named Fu Dingchuan?"

"Old Fu? I know you." A surprise flashed in the woman's eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Does he often come to your place for dinner?"

"Yes," the woman nodded, noticing the serious expressions of the three of them, she asked, "What happened to Lao Fu? I sent him several messages just now, but he hasn't replied yet."

Noticing the woman's concerned expression, and remembering the "gossip" that Sister Lei said just now, Shen Yan asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Fan, Fan Xuemei."

"Fan Xuemei, I heard that you and Fu Dingchuan have a good relationship?"

This question is actually very common, but I don't know whether Shen Yan's face is too cold, or this woman is a little sensitive, I saw her frowning, and said dissatisfiedly: "Officer, we are friends. If you are not our age, you can't have friends." Is it a friend of the opposite sex? Lao Fu is a real person, and he has helped me. I can chat with him. Is there anything wrong with this?" Seeing the diners at the side, they all looked curious, and the proprietress was a little impatient, "How many times Comrade policemen, what is the matter with you?"

"Fu Dingchuan has passed away."

"What?!" Fan Xuemei froze for a moment.She was stunned for a long time, and then asked again in disbelief: "What did you just say? Always pay him... What's wrong?"

"I said he passed away." Shen Yan repeated again.

"No, it's impossible," the woman shook her head, the corners of her mouth twitched, as if she wanted to laugh or cry, "It's impossible, I saw him yesterday...he can't be...you are lying , you must be lying to me..."

"We didn't lie to you." Shen Yan said, "We sent him to the hospital just now. The doctor rescued him for two hours, but he still didn't come back."

The woman listened, still shaking her head subconsciously, but the tears in her eyes flowed down almost instantly.Then she suddenly wiped away her tears as if regaining consciousness: "Why did he disappear?"

"We are still investigating the specific cause of death, so now we need to ask you something - from the memories of Fu Dingchuan's colleagues, he often came to your place for dinner before his death?"

"Yes. Lao Fu loves noodles, so he often comes to my place to eat bowls of noodles."

"Recall, during the three days from the 14th to the 16th of this month, did he come to your place to eat?"

The woman glanced at the almanac on the wall and said, "On the 14th, he ate at my place. Then on the 16th, he said he had a stomachache and wanted to eat something light, so I cooked him another bowl of clear soup." noodle."

"What did he eat at your place on the 14th?"

"Yes..." Fan Xuemei hesitated for a moment, "It's pork shredded noodles."

"Shredded pork noodles?" Shen Yan stared at Fan Xuemei, "But someone saw you serving him a pot of stewed chicken with mushrooms."

Hearing this, Fan Xuemei's face flashed with embarrassment.She looked at Shen Yan, and when she saw his serious gaze, she felt a little guilty.She pursed her lips and changed her words: "That... that day, I stewed some chicken for him..."

"Only chicken?"

"There are also mushrooms." Fan Xuemei said, "Old Fu has high blood pressure. I heard people say that mountain mushrooms lower blood pressure, so I asked people from my hometown to pick some for him..."

When she said this, a slight blush appeared on her somewhat dark face.However, Shen Yan and the others didn't care about these things.

"You said you used mountain mushrooms." Jiang Ruiheng said, "Did you go into the mountains to pick them yourself?"

"It's my sister." The woman replied, "There is a mountain in my hometown, and there are mushrooms in the mountain. I asked my sister to pick them and send them to me."

"Where is your hometown?"

"Heilongjiang."

"The mushrooms your sister sent you, are there any left?" Cheng Jinsong asked.

"Yes..." At this point in the answer, the woman finally reacted belatedly, "Comrade policeman, why are you asking these questions? You don't suspect that there is something wrong with the mushroom, do you?"

Shen Yan did not deny Fan Xuemei's statement, but only said: "Take out the remaining mushrooms, we want to have a look."

Hearing Shen Yan's words, it was obvious that he really had doubts.Fan Xuemei was a little anxious when she heard this, and quickly argued: "Comrade policeman, the mushrooms I feed Lao Fu must be fine. My sister goes to the mountains to pick mushrooms every year! She has been picking mushrooms for many years..."

"There are so many types of mushrooms that even experts who specialize in mushrooms can't guarantee that they won't be mistaken. How can you guarantee that your sister picks all non-toxic strains?" Jiang Ruiheng asked coldly.

"I..." Fan Xuemei seemed to want to explain, but Shen Yan spoke first: "Fan Xuemei, Fu Dingchuan is indeed dead now, and we suspect that the cause of his death may be food poisoning caused by poisonous mushrooms. You said you once Made him mountain mushrooms, so we need to make sure there's nothing wrong with what you gave him."

"Okay, you can check it as you like! It turns out that I killed Lao Fu, and I will pay him my life!"

The three discussed briefly, and finally decided that Cheng Jinsong and Jiang Ruiheng would take the mushrooms to an expert for appraisal, while Shen Yan would continue the investigation here.Shen Yan watched the three people get into the car, and then walked back to the nursing home building by himself.The staff of the Food and Drug Administration have been busy here for a long time. Seeing Shen Yan coming back, Director Lu of the Food and Drug Administration introduced the investigation results just now to him.

"Captain Shen, according to the memories of patients, their families, and nurses, we have counted all the meals and eating records of all symptomatic patients from the day before yesterday to today." Then, he handed a form to Shen Yan, "You Take a look, these old people basically eat in the canteen, but the food they eat is not exactly the same. In addition, we specifically asked them if they have ever eaten mushrooms, and the result was that there were mushrooms in the takeaway of the nurse yesterday at noon. None of the other elderly people have eaten."

Before the voice could finish speaking, footsteps came from behind.I saw a staff member walking over quickly: "Director, the blood test results of those patients have come out. According to the blood routine, the white blood cells and neutrophils of these patients have increased significantly. It was a virus combined with a bacterial infection. In addition, the liver and kidney function results of several patients showed that their transaminases and creatinine were basically within the normal range, which means that none of them had obvious liver or kidney damage."

Hearing the result, Director Lu raised his brows, took it and read the test sheet himself, then pulled Shen Yan aside, and said in a low voice: "Captain Shen, judging from the results, these people are probably just ordinary people. Virus or bacterial infection should not be the mushroom poisoning you suspect. Otherwise, based on their current symptoms, they should have liver and kidney symptoms."

Shen Yan nodded: "Okay, I understand."

After confirming that these people hadn't taken poisonous mushrooms, Director Lu's expression became more relaxed.He began to organize the team members to finish the finishing work, and Shen Yan also told his team members the test results just now.

"It's a good thing it's not poisoning," Cui Mingyou said first, "If this is really a collective poisoning, we will be under even greater pressure to solve the case."

Shen Yan nodded and said, "So we should focus on Fu Dingchuan himself now. What did everyone discover just now?"

"We just asked all the old people on the 5th floor. They all said that the deceased was a very good person and took good care of the old man. I haven't heard of any conflicts with anyone. As for eating, they all said that most of the time they paid for the old man. Dingchuan took care of them to eat, and they almost never saw Fu Dingchuan eating. In addition, several elderly people were sent to the hospital due to physical reasons, so we haven't asked about it yet." Qin Kai reported.

Shen Yan nodded - it seems that now, Cheng Jinsong is the most likely to break through.

At this moment, Cheng Jinsong's car had already driven into the campus of S Agricultural University - they contacted Professor Ding Qianyi of S Agricultural University, who is the most famous fungus expert in S City and also the signboard of S Agricultural University.The old man is over sixty years old, but he is in good spirits.After hearing Cheng Jinsong's brief introduction of the case, he let several people into the room.Then he took the bag of mushrooms, put on reading glasses, and began to identify them one by one.

"Hazel mushrooms, Yuan mushrooms, Coprinus comatus, yo, and white goose caps? You don't see these mushrooms very often in the mountains near our city. Are they picked from other places?"

"My sister sent it from Heilongjiang." Fan Xuemei replied.Just now she insisted on coming with Cheng Jinsong and others to identify her mushrooms. After discussing with Shen Yan, Cheng Jinsong and Shen Yan decided that there was no problem, so they brought her here together.

Hearing this, Professor Ding nodded: "Well, your sister is really hardworking. This hazel mushroom grows really well. It seems that they often go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, so they can pick such good ones. In the past There is an old saying that the northeast mountains are full of treasures, such as hazel mushrooms, ginseng, and deer antler grass, which actually makes sense..."

The old man was probably used to teaching, so he chatted with Fan Xuemei, Cheng and Jiang while distinguishing between them.While talking, a small bag of mushrooms was quickly sorted, and most of them were sorted.Suddenly, his hand stopped——

"what?"