Chapter 1011

In fact, it wasn't just Jiang Yuan who was anxious; the police officers working on the garbage mountain were even more anxious.

This smell—whoever smells it gets hit hard.

Don't talk about how you stop smelling it after a long time; the "abalone shop" where one gets used to the smell after a long time is just the smell of seafood, and the smell is uniform, making it easy to get used to.

A piece of knowledge that is only easily learned after coming to a garbage mountain is that the intensity of the stench has national standards and is divided into six levels. Among these, only areas that have already been covered with soil will be a bit better; the work area is highly likely to reach level six, and the landfill is the absolute king: the peak of level six—to use a more vulgar expression, the landfill is level six because the intensity of the stench only goes up to level six, not because it only reaches level six.

To avoid the stench intensity exceeding the limit too much, to the point of poisoning people, the garbage dump must have regulating ponds, exhaust channels, and must also perform combustion treatment on the methane gas produced.

In short, garbage dumps in modern society are also becoming increasingly professional, and the police officers have absolutely no desire to understand them.

Everyone just wants to get it done and leave.

Therefore, by the second day, the criminal police captain from the Yuwan City Bureau first approached Meng Chengbiao and said: "Captain Meng, I heard you are the interrogation expert for the Jiang Yuan Cold Case Task Force?"

"I wouldn't call myself an expert; I'm just a bit better at interrogation than others." Meng Chengbiao said modestly.

"At a time like this, wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to return to the interrogation center to take charge of the overall situation?" the captain asked tentatively.

Meng Chengbiao smiled: "This group of people, Wu Yang and his gang, are a bit different from ordinary criminals. They were previously members of an underworld organization, and after being released from prison, they gathered together again, fighting for territory and the like, spending a year or two killing and fighting. If you want to talk about it, they are the old-school gang members who value loyalty; it's not something I can just rush in and convince them of with a few simple words."

"Now that we've found the corpse of this female victim, if we use this to accuse them of murder, surely someone will be willing to open their mouth."

"Perhaps. However, Captain Jiang and Director Liu must have thought of this too. Furthermore, even if we have now found the corpse of the female victim, directly saying the Wu Yang gang are the murderers is still insufficient evidence."

In criminal cases, the requirements for homicide cases are the highest; without direct evidence, relying solely on indirect evidence, the completeness of the chain of evidence must certainly be higher.

Like this case, although the corpse appeared near the gathering place of the Wu Yang gang, and its clothing was mixed with the physical evidence discarded by the Wu Yang gang, these are purely indirect evidence and are not sufficient to prove that the woman was killed by the Wu Yang gang.

For this case to hold up, at the very least, there must be a confession from a gang member. But this brings us back to the problem of interrogation.

"There's no news yet, we can't just wait like this." The captain's gaze came through from behind his thick goggles, and the corners of his mouth hidden in his mask showed an unknown bitterness as he said: "They are being interrogated comfortably, while we are going to stink to death on the garbage mountain."

"Even if they confess, the evidence that needs to be dug up will still be required."

"Surely we don't need so many people, such high-intensity excavation. The landfill workers stay on-site for at most 6 hours, and we haven't even been working through the night." The captain said with lifeless eyes: "Captain Meng, only you can save us and get us back."

Meng Chengbiao chuckled: "Captain Jiang and Director Liu are both here; they will arrange it. When the time comes, these people like Wu Yang will confess."

"Captain Meng." The captain was truly terrified by the stench, gritted his teeth, and said: "I'll tell you the truth, the meat-eaters are despicable; they are blowing air conditioning in the office, how would they know that the air in our air conditioning is all stench."

"Sigh, I'm uncomfortable too, but I wouldn't be able to play any role even if I went."

"You're covered in stench; if you stay in the interrogation room with them, how could they not confess?" the captain was angry.

Meng Chengbiao was slightly shocked, imagined the scene, and couldn't help but smile: "If we're not talking about reason, this is indeed a way."

"Right. I'll leave it to you, Captain Meng."

Meng Chengbiao hesitated: "I still have designated area tasks here..."

"We'll take them on for you. Everyone will split them up. It won't be much more!" the captain took it all upon himself.

Two hours later.

A group of people stood on a small hill piled up with garbage, waving their arms frantically, seeing Meng Chengbiao off as if they had welcomed hope into the door.

"Captain Meng has gone over; we'll be liberated soon."

"Wish Captain Meng a smooth journey."

"Drink some water, organize the evidence, it should be about enough."

Shen Yaowei looked at the smiles that couldn't be hidden by everyone's masks and goggles and just smiled lightly. When he first climbed the garbage mountain, he also had this kind of unrealistic fantasy, but later... one always gets used to it.

Meng Chengbiao brought the fresh scent from the garbage mountain back to the police station, reported the situation to Jiang Yuan, and relayed the earnest expectations of the other police officers.

Liu Jinghui sniffed Meng Chengbiao's pure body odor and smiled at Jiang Yuan: "Look, I said they would send Old Meng back."

Meng Chengbiao smiled bitterly: "How are you planning to arrange me?"

"With the smell you have now, as long as the criminal suspects smell it, they will be hinted that the evidence they hid on the garbage mountain has all been recovered by us. By then, they won't be loyal brothers in a defensive alliance, but will become competitors fleeing for their lives." The plan proposed by Liu Jinghui was basically the same as the one proposed by the captain from Yuwan City, but the wording was different, and the level was also different.

Meng Chengbiao revealed an admiring smile and agreed immediately, thinking to himself that Old Liu is an old fox after all.

"As for the suspect, I suggest the one called Li Biao." Liu Jinghui introduced the situation and said: "Li Biao is a bit older than Wu Yang, and his status in the underworld was relatively high before. After forming the gang, his relationship with Wu Yang wasn't handled very well; he belongs to the peripheral figures of the gang and is relatively easier to break."

"I plan to use this case of the female victim as a breakthrough point; Li Biao shouldn't be the main culprit in this case, right?" Meng Chengbiao raised the main question.

Liu Jinghui smiled: "This is another reason for the recommendation. According to feedback from the detention center, Li Biao should already be impotent."

"Some who are impotent are even more perverted." Meng Chengbiao wasn't arguing; he was seriously analyzing the case.

Liu Jinghui said seriously: "The situation you mentioned mostly occurs in rape cases. But in this case, illegal detention, rape, and trafficking are more likely. By the way, Captain Jiang has already confirmed the identity of the victim, Zhu Huixian, high school education, mainly working as an actress in a commercial KTV. She was a regular at medical aesthetics and cosmetic institutions, and her photo has been confirmed by many people."

"A thug killing a prostitute; it's become a boring case." Meng Chengbiao nodded; most cases in this world are just this vulgar.

To put it in relatively cruel but rational words, homicide cases have bodies that can serve as evidence and clues. In child trafficking cases, the most important evidence and clues should have been the abducted children.

Jiang Yuan, who was on the side, curled his lip: "Only after solving the case do you have the qualifications to discuss elegance."

Meng Chengbiao immediately reversed his stance and said: "Indeed. Some boring cases, where a huge amount of time and energy were spent, only to end up unsolved—that is what's truly uncomfortable."

"This case can't be called solved yet. I'm also waiting for you to find the evidence." Jiang Yuan spread his hands.

Liu Jinghui revealed an expression of having no choice and said to Jiang Yuan: "Seeing that the Wu Yang gang isn't confessing, he's started looking at old cases again. He's always using quantity to push through like this."

"Quantitative change will always lead to qualitative change." Jiang Yuan said: "Wu Yang and his group aren't the only ones trafficking children. If we catch more of the others and have them report each other, the case might just be solved. We have to try, at least."

It was clear that the two had some minor disagreements on how to continue advancing the case. And Meng Chengbiao, as a former interrogator, subconsciously praised Jiang Yuan, saying: "That's a way, but I don't know if the Yuwan City Bureau is willing to cooperate."

"Political Commissar Huang has already negotiated it." Jiang Yuan didn't seem worried; as long as the case can be solved, no matter how difficult, the other side will cooperate.