Chapter 1089: Looking far and wide

When Liu Jinghui arrived at the Lanyue City Criminal Police Detachment, Wang Chuanxing sent the latest case progress.

Liu Jinghui held it in his hand, it was a thick stack, and couldn't help but say: "In one day, you organized so much?"

"All units are doing things. No one expected that the murderer would be caught so quickly. Jiang Dui turned Li Miaoyan's house upside down, and there are hundreds of fingerprints and inspection materials collected." Wang Chuanxing paused and said: "Li Miaoyan's sister also complained about Jiang Dui."

"Complaint? Isn't Li Miaoyan's sister only ten years old?" Liu Jinghui was stunned for a while.

"Now children in their teens are really powerful. They know how to search for how to complain about the police on the Internet, know what phone number to call, and the key is that people have perseverance. They dial one by one, find one unit after another, complain to the supervisor, complain to the procuratorate, and don't find it annoying. Moreover, they will find friends to help, help each other..."

"The reason for the complaint is?"

"The house was blocked for too long, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, the room was messed up, suspected of wanting to steal, all kinds of things."

Liu Jinghui was surprised and a little funny: "There is nothing valuable in Li Miaoyan's house, it can be said that it is a family with four walls. Besides, Jiang Yuan is a Jiangcun person... Hey, forget it, what does Captain Dai say?"

"Captain Dai let the police officers of the police station come to appease, and also took photos and took evidence. Then he apologized to Jiang Dui." Wang Chuanxing said.

"Did the complainant apologize to Jiang Dui?"

"How is that possible." Wang Chuanxing laughed: "It was Captain Dai who apologized to Jiang Dui, mainly because he was afraid that

"Deputy Dai... alright." Liu Jinghui suddenly felt it was a bit surreal, yet also felt it was only natural.

The position of criminal investigation detachment captain can be said to be the highest rank a criminal investigator, or rather a police officer, can climb to based on professional ability. Lanyue City is a provincial capital, and the rank of its criminal investigation detachment captain is even slightly higher than that of the Ningtai County Bureau chief. Naturally, Dai Mingsheng could have ignored the complainant, and there was even less need for him to apologize to Jiang Yuan.

But he did it anyway. Perhaps this is the reason why he was able to reach the position of criminal investigation detachment captain, and despite having only average professional ability, he is still able to find people to help him day after day, year after year, and maintains a fairly good reputation within the national criminal investigation circle.

"Fine. Anyway, the case is solved. We just need to do our own jobs." Liu Jinghui shook his head, feeling a bit speechless, yet helpless as he said: "How is Jiang Yuan's mood? He must be furious, right?"

"He seems okay... he's ordering food." Wang Chuanxing whispered.

Liu Jinghui smiled: "Alright. This case..."

He turned his attention to the case files in front of him.

Wang Chuanxing waited for a while, and seeing that Liu Jinghui had nothing more to say, he quietly withdrew.

Past midnight.

The rich aroma of chicken soup wafted out from the Lanyue City Criminal Investigation Detachment's conference room.

The police officers from the cold case special task force, who had traveled all the way from Ningtai, gathered together with the criminal investigators from the detachment, chatting happily.

Come to think of it, the temperament of police officers from a county town like Ningtai and that of the detachment's officers should be two different things. But since most of the members of Jiang Yuan's cold case special task force were borrowed from Changyang City, their temperaments matched each other well.

After this period of work and integration, the officers from both sides not only became familiar with each other, but some even developed a mutual appreciation.

Everyone was a police officer who had solved major and serious cases, so the feeling of exchanging ideas with each other was very different.

Dai Mingsheng wasn't in a rush to rest either; he specifically got a hot pot set for Jiang Yuan and even found someone at the frozen food wholesale market to borrow an imported meat slicer. He put various A5 and M9 grade premium beef on it to slice, and also cut various squid and abalone into flower shapes to throw in and boil.

The kitchen sent over a large basin of minced garlic and specifically said: "Prison labor gets off work after five o'clock, so the minced garlic sent over doesn't look good. This is what I just had the kitchen staff pound."

Jiang Yuan took a taste, and sure enough, it had a thick, spicy flavor.

"Those without wives should get some minced garlic to eat with it. If you eat meat without garlic, you lose eighty percent of the flavor!" Dai Mingsheng played the part of being approachable, greeting everyone with a smile.

"Those with wives have all gone home." His deputy, Lin Xunlei, came up and also cooperated by telling a couple of jokes.

Dai Mingsheng scanned the room and laughed: "I don't see that many people missing."

"It's past curfew time, might as well not go back." Jian Louyuan stepped forward, scooped a generous spoonful of minced garlic, and then mixed in light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and vinegar, adding millet chili, crushed peanuts, scallions, and cilantro.

"That's quite right. If you go back and wake up your wife and kids, not only do you get scolded for nothing, but you also end up full of anger yourself. Better to just sleep at the unit." Captain Hao was very experienced in this.

Once Liu Jinghui heard this topic, he also actively participated, saying: "When you're working out in the field, just work hard. When you have time to go back, make amends properly. Running back halfway through a job means the work isn't done well, and you just get blamed for nothing. There's no need for that."

"This method of yours is good, brother. Have a piece of beef." Jian Louyuan offered Liu Jinghui a piece of A5.

"Let's eat together." Liu Jinghui returned the gesture with a piece of M9.

The hot pot scene was lively and quickly helped everyone let go of their worries.

Liu Jinghui also specifically sat next to Jiang Yuan to comfort him: "There are plenty of times when the victim's family doesn't appreciate it. The victim's younger sister is only 14, right in her rebellious phase. With her sister encountering such a thing, she probably doesn't look kindly on anyone; she just wants to vent."

"I'm fine, and I'm not affected. However... my mood is a bit low." Jiang Yuan laughed and shook his head.

He hadn't found this case easy to handle. LV3 Forensic Anthropology, plus a temporary +1, would be considered an absolute expert-level standard internationally; many small countries might not even have an expert scholar of a corresponding level.

But as far as the Dongxi Lake corpse burning case itself was concerned, even LV4 Forensic Anthropology was very strained. Moreover, the temporary +1 had a time limit each time, and Jiang Yuan had pieced together the time day by day to gradually perfect his judgment of the remains.

Besides this, the Lanyue City Criminal Investigation Detachment had also mobilized cyber police and technical reconnaissance; in terms of technical level, it could be said that they had basically maxed it out. For domestic criminal cases, unless it reaches the level of the highest authorities, this is about as far as it goes.

Under these circumstances, being able to solve the case in a very short time involved, more or less, an element of luck. And Jiang Yuan rummaging through boxes and cabinets at the victim Li Miaoyan's home was also to collect more evidence and clues. After all, before the killer truly confessed, Jiang Yuan and the others couldn't be sure that the evidence and clues for this case were already complete.

Liu Jinghui coughed twice. He wasn't someone skilled at providing emotional value, so he simply opened a new topic: "Speaking of the case itself, I actually have another idea that might be worth trying."

"What idea?" Jiang Yuan asked while munching on meat.

"Haven't you noticed that the killer in this case is unexpectedly strong?" Liu Jinghui said: "He transformed from a 'simp' into a killer while in an emotionally agitated state. Generally speaking, this situation should have turned into a crime of passion, but Liu Chengming didn't. He subdued two people while facing them one-on-two, and even made them follow him."

Jiang Yuan nodded as he listened: "He is indeed very strong. The male victim, Wang Youming, was a carpenter and should have had some strength; he doesn't look like the type to easily give in. And Liu Chengming's emotional control ability is also quite good. Not killing them on the spot and using the corpse-burning method was indeed conducive to escaping."

"No bloodstains found at the scene?" Liu Jinghui asked Jiang Yuan.

"None." Jiang Yuan said firmly: "The scene was searched thoroughly."

"Under these circumstances, it's still a bit strange that Wang Youming was willing to listen obediently."

"Liu Chengming was holding a knife. If Wang Youming hadn't listened, he might have been killed on the spot. Weighing the pros and cons, it's understandable that he didn't resist."

"No matter how you look at it, Liu Chengming's performance exceeded the professional requirements of an excavator operator. Judging from his background, he shouldn't have had such confrontational ability. Additionally, the choice of the burning site and the plan for burning the corpse were excellent choices; if he hadn't run into you, the probability of him getting away would have been very high." Liu Jinghui said this, then added: "I suggest intensifying the interrogation of Liu Chengming, and furthermore, we should investigate Liu Chengming more deeply."

"Can do." Jiang Yuan agreed immediately and said: "I'll go take another look at where he lived."

"Good! He doesn't have a younger sister, so you don't have to worry about being complained about." Liu Jinghui made a joke that wasn't very funny.