A few days later, the Tian family case was solved.
The masterminds were Tian Lijie and Tian Ping, whom no one would have suspected.
They had two accomplices.
After Tian Ping became paralyzed, she could actually walk, but she felt that limping was too unsightly, so she lay on the bed and had the Tian family serve her.
Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue had gotten involved with a big boss, which made her regret it so much she gritted her teeth. She thought her looks weren't bad, so why hadn't she thought of going south to be a mistress after her divorce?
Fearing Tian Jing, the big boss left behind a huge sum of money, causing the Tian family to fight amongst themselves. Afterwards, all the bank cards were confiscated by Tian Jing.
But she knew Tian Jing disdained to take the selling money of Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue, so she secretly kept an eye on the sisters, and of course, Tian Ligui as well.
However, due to her physical condition, she couldn't track these three people, nor could she snatch their money.
Just as she was anxious, Tian Lijie found her. Not only did they hit it off immediately, but they also developed murderous intentions.
Using the mulberry fruit was Tian Ping's idea, because she had picked it on the mountain when she was a child. An adult saw her picking mulberry fruits and told her that the fruit was poisonous. She took it back to feed to Tian Jing and personally saw Tian Jing vomit until she was on the verge of death. She took several days to recover.
So she believed that using wild fruits to kill people was the safest way.
The first accomplice was Tian Lihui.
This person was the youngest son of the former former former village head. This former former former village head was the production team leader when Tian Jing transferred her household registration.
That production team leader had once wanted to use Li Zhengguo's grand efforts in Kushan to secure the position of village head of Zhangshan Village or accountant in the town for his youngest son. He had spent a lot of money, but got nothing in return.
Even Tian Lihui's technical secondary school diploma was bought with money, so that production team leader's family was heavily in debt.
Ambitious but incompetent and dejected, Tian Lihui took up gambling. With his bad luck where he lost nine out of ten bets, his family became poorer and poorer.
Along with the Tian family, they were among the poorest families in Zhangshan Village.
Tian Lijie was an inconspicuous person in the Tian family. He had four older cousins above him and a younger brother below him.
The eldest and second cousins were the most favored by their grandfather. The third and fourth cousins were also valued by their grandfather because of Tian Jing, and he planned to use family ties to gain benefits from Tian Jing.
In his own family, although he was the eldest, his clever younger brother captured the attention of their parents and grandparents.
Tian Lijie didn't hate the other members of the Tian family much. He hated his younger brother and parents the most.
By chance, he smoked a cigarette with Tian Lihui. After complaining about their experiences, they became 'fellow sufferers' and Tian Lihui led him into gambling.
He lost his bets, so he stole money from his parents and other Tian family members. He never touched the money of his own small family, so all the Tian family members and his wife didn't know he was gambling.
The only two gold bars left in the Tian family were cut into three parts when the family divided. Tian Yongren and his two brothers each received a share.
He had also stolen them all and exchanged them for money, losing it all.
He was already coveting the 500,000 yuan of Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue. Who knew that Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue would also inquire about the Tian family's two gold bars?
With this inquiry, although Tian Yongren and his two brothers couldn't use the gold bars to build houses, they were prepared to take them out to see if anyone had hidden treasures, and they would often take them out to look at them to satisfy their psychological needs.
This is how they discovered the gold bars were missing.
When the three brothers met and learned that all three portions of the gold bars were gone, they all assumed it was an inside job, as an outsider couldn't have stolen all three portions so stealthily. Thus, they questioned everyone in the Tian family.
Tian Lijie luckily passed the inspection and quickly warned Tian Lihui, as it was Tian Lihui who helped him sell the gold bars.
Tian Lihui also knew that the Tian family had stumbled upon a windfall. Instead of directly responding to Tian Lijie, he made sarcastic remarks.
Tian Lijie knew that if he didn't give Tian Lihui some benefits, he might betray him. Gritting his teeth, he brought Tian Lihui together to discuss a plan to obtain this sum of money. Having an outsider help monitor Tian Daxue, Tian Xiaoxue, and Tian Ligui was indeed convenient.
Soon, Tian Lijie and Tian Ping learned that Tian Daxue and the other two had gone to Kushan.
The next day, Tian Ligui quietly arranged for the people from the second household to leave the Tian family one by one. Tian Lihui learned of this and came to find Tian Lijie.
Tian Lihui and Tian Lijie had no intention of going after Tian Ligui's 130,000 yuan, as it was a small sum of money and was in the hands of a man. If not handled well, it could lead to exposure.
Tian Ligui's departure provided them with an opportunity.
At this point, the Tian family knew that the people from the second household had all left, and they knew that Tian Jing had returned the money to the three of them.
Tian Yongli ordered everyone in the third household to keep an eye on Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue, forbidding the sisters from leaving, and forcing them to hand over the money.
Tian Yongren, of course, protected his granddaughters' money, because his granddaughters' money was the money of their first household.
With the protection of the first household, Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue's money could remain in their own hands.
However, they couldn't leave Zhangshan Village, because the first household also wouldn't allow the sisters to leave. The two households took turns watching the sisters.
Tian Lijie took the opportunity while watching the sisters to ask them to pay 100,000 yuan for a plan to escape.
Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue felt that the sooner they left, the better. Otherwise, if their family lost patience, they would definitely resort to force.
Tian Lijie's demand of 100,000 yuan perfectly fit their selfish greed, so the sisters agreed.
However, this 100,000 yuan was to be secretly remitted back after they escaped.
After a moment of hesitation, Tian Lijie agreed and told them to remit the money to Tian Jing, and he would ask Tian Jing for it.
This statement further lowered the sisters' guard, and they asked Tian Lijie for the plan.
Tian Lijie told the sisters that the wild fruit called mulberry fruit would cause diarrhea if eaten, and as long as all the Tian family members had diarrhea, no one would be able to watch them.
He also told them that if they didn't believe him, they could ask their Aunt Ping, because their Aunt Ping often went to the back mountain to pick wild fruits for food when she was young.
Tian Ping told the sisters that the mulberry fruit tasted good, but they couldn't eat too much, as it would cause diarrhea.
The sisters, who had always done housework at home, didn't know much about the wild fruits on the mountain, but they dared not ask other members of the Tian family.
So, under the watch of two younger members of the Tian family, the sisters went up the mountain to pick wild fruits.
As a precaution, Tian Lihui also brought his wife to follow the sisters up the mountain, intentionally or unintentionally leading them to the mulberry fruits.
The sisters personally picked the mulberry fruits, washed them, and ate the medicine provided by Tian Lijie to prevent diarrhea, and happily ate wild fruits with the Tian family...
Tian Jing frowned. Why did the Tian family always drag her into things? Did her name alone become the reason for the criminals to be believed?
She asked the police officer who came to take her statement, "Then why did the sisters eat the most?"
The police officer said, "According to Tian Lijie's confession, when he ate it, he would occasionally ask if the fruit was poisonous. To prove it wasn't poisonous, the sisters ate more to show the Tian family."
"Sigh!" Tian Jing sighed heavily.
She sighed at the sisters' foolishness, who, with a large sum of money in their hands, could still trust the Tian family.
She also sighed at their greed. Knowing that the Tian family was determined to get their money, they still didn't know how to choose. If they had proactively given the majority to their grandfather, Tian Yongren would have protected them.
The most innocent person in this situation was the second accomplice, Tian Lihui's wife.
Tian Lihui's wife knew that mulberry fruits were poisonous. She also heard her husband whisper to the Tian sisters that eating mulberry fruits would only cause diarrhea.
She watched the sisters pick more than half a basket and bring it back, not daring to reveal the toxicity of the mulberry fruits in front of her husband...
The so-called innocence meant she was not tempted by money, but only succumbed to her husband's tyranny and inexplicably became an accomplice to a murder case.