The medical officer who originally diagnosed the animal illness and claimed feed was contaminated with diseased rat feces. He was bribed by Deng Kang with a large sum of money, resigned from his post, and fled to Henan to start a livestock farming business. Under interrogation he confessed that the rat feces were a diversion and the real poison was Hundred Grasses Darkness snake venom. He was found barely clinging to life in the punishment chamber.
