Chapter 1286: Advancing

Upon receiving Meng Chengbiao's message, Jiang Yuan thought for a moment. Instead of immediately having someone call Hasan, he got up and had someone prepare a grill, asked for various cuts of beef slices, marinated a "Empurau" fish himself, and then invited Liu Jinghui, Huang Qiangmin, and others to gather around the grill for barbecue.

Now was originally the preparation stage for work. The clues returned by the three investigation teams were very limited, and with a few people sitting in the conference room, they could easily handle things.

However, after Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui stopped, the work of the task force naturally slowed down.

Jiang Yuan wasn't in a hurry. He set up a table and chairs in the courtyard, lit the charcoal, and slowly grilled the fish. The core selling point of the "Empurau" is that it is fatty and oily; it must be grilled slowly over a low fire to force out the fragrance in the fat without burning the edges of the fish.

Before the barbecue was half done, old man Hasan hurried over. Upon meeting, he used a sincere tone and said: "God of Jiang, I'm sorry. It was my people who made the wrong decision. They were worried that the son's behavior would spread and affect my reputation, and even more worried about affecting the reputation of the sect. So, they wanted to control the content of what those girls said."

"I know." Jiang Yuan flipped the grilled fish, sprinkled the final seasoning, took it off, and distributed it to everyone.

Hasan sat next to Jiang Yuan and said: "They mainly didn't want to form legal documents; they had no other meaning, and certainly didn't want to interfere with the investigation process. I didn't know about this matter. Now that I know, I guarantee that no similar incidents will happen again."

Jiang Yuan took two big bites of the fish and felt an intense sense of satisfaction—this is rarely found in fish meat. Putting down his chopsticks, Jiang Yuan said politely: "Your Excellency Hasan, do you know why we wanted to find these girls for questioning?"

"Uh... to determine Qikeli's itinerary for the last few days." Hasan wasn't sure if Jiang Yuan was angry and paid special attention to his expression.

Young people are easily impulsive, and the "Detective God" never looked like he had a good temper.

Jiang Yuan didn't seem angry, however, and continued to speak kindly: "Yes, because Qikeli's death was actually a very sudden situation. If he had foreseen the danger, his lifestyle clearly wouldn't have been like this. So, after our discussion, first point: why did Qikeli go to that five-story building where the incident occurred?"

Hasan was stunned: "This... I'm not a detective. Maybe he was kidnapped there?"

"It's possible, not excluded. It's also possible he was lured there, or he was just passing by. Considering the kidnapping route, there are actually many places to explore. Where was he kidnapped? Qikeli spent most of his time with friends every day, and there were no obvious restraint marks on his body surface... Judging from his behavioral itinerary, his private time was basically spent with pretty girls."

After finishing, Jiang Yuan asked again: "However, if we don't carefully ask about the details of being together, if these pretty girls lie, how can we distinguish it?"

Hasan sighed long: "I understand. My people did indeed do wrong. For this matter, I solemnly apologize."

"We must prevent similar situations from happening again," Jiang Yuan said pleasantly.

"Of course, I will have a good talk with them," Hasan said with a serious expression.

Jiang Yuan shook his head without hesitation: "That's not enough."

"Then?" Hasan couldn't help but look at Huang Qiangmin.

Huang Qiangmin tightened his face and pretended not to see.

"Your Excellency Hasan." Jiang Yuan called back his attention and said: "I need your people to completely withdraw from the investigation team. I need your few liaison officers to sit in the room next door, but they are not allowed to leave the room, and even less allowed to inquire about the investigation process. When we need them, I hope they can cooperate. Besides that, I hope they can be quiet."

"That won't do!" Old man Hasan immediately opposed: "I guarantee that no similar situation will happen again, and I will also try my best to cooperate..."

"But you clearly didn't do it," Jiang Yuan looked up at him and said: "You have already had a chance, and it was you or your people who messed it up."

"Give me one more chance," Hasan said hurriedly.

Jiang Yuan raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Your Excellency Hasan, we are not playing a game. I am looking for the killer who killed your son with the most serious attitude, and I hope you are too."

This answer left Hasan powerless to resist.

Jiang Yuan didn't say any threats about leaving; such threats didn't need to be spoken, as they were self-evident. If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Yuan had the power to leave at any time, Hasan wouldn't have run over here in such a hurry.

However, compared to Jiang Yuan's direct threats, Jiang Yuan lecturing Hasan from the perspective of handling the case left him speechless and forced him to comply.

Jiang Yuan wasn't surprised by his choice. As for whether Hasan's claim that his subordinates acted on their own was true or false, and whether they would be punished later, Jiang Yuan didn't care at all.

As a real detective forensic expert in the industry, Jiang Yuan actually didn't know many investigation methods, and he didn't need to know many. He only needed to know what the path to success looked like and what conditions were needed to successfully investigate a case.

In this world, the ways to fail are ever-changing, with a numerical advantage that the exhaustive method wouldn't dare touch, but success—the path to success often has only a few routes. People not only find it difficult to grasp the whole picture, but even grasping one of them is difficult. For most people, success is simply a metaphysics, just like how for most cases, the lead police officer might just be following the procedure.

Criminal police officers who have the ability to grasp the rhythm of a case and advance the investigation process in an appropriate manner are not necessarily found in every county bureau.

Jiang Yuan has solved so many cases to date that he has somewhat mastered the secret. Even so, he tries to minimize the management difficulty of the task force.

Previously, accommodating Hasan's appearance was to reduce management difficulty, and now discarding him is the same.

This is standard professionalism. After Hasan figured it out, he could only leave dejectedly.

"Let Meng Chengbiao continue asking." Jiang Yuan returned to the conference room and regained the rhythm of handling the case.

Wang Chuanxing quickly organized the information and came to report: "Shen Yaowei and Nizha have reportedly sifted through thousands of tons of trash. Currently, they have found some residential trash from the building in question, but no clues we want."

Wang Chuanxing: "Tang Jia and Zhong Renlong's side—the surveillance videos they brought back are being analyzed. We were given 6 image investigation technicians here. To watch them all, it will take at least a few months. In addition, the reward they requested to be posted has also been put out, and calls have already come in, but they sound like scammers."

"Police reward" and "scammer" mixed together is an aggregate term that ordinary people don't understand. But in reality, the most calls for rewards are from scammers, which is not strange at all.

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly, not in a hurry to accept the surveillance videos. Surveillance videos or cameras around the crime scene are non-systematic; they belong to individuals or companies setting them up themselves. Even the police update cameras randomly with the update of the city interface, and no one or organization can integrate them.

In this case, for surveillance videos to play a role, it purely depends on whether the killer reveals any flaws.

In fact, the current investigation direction of the entire task force is betting on the killer revealing a flaw.

If the killer is truly perfect and reveals no flaws, then in the current investigation environment, this case will very likely become a cold case.

Wang Chuanxing continued: "On Meng Chengbiao's side, although the lawyer has withdrawn, the cooperation of some girls is not high. Some girls even actively requested lawyers, and the two sides are somewhat deadlocked."

"No need to worry. If it has nothing to do with them, after the initial stress response passes, they will eventually talk." Jiang Yuan has seen too much of this and isn't worried.

Ordinary people have a very strong stress response when facing judicial organs. In the early stages, some cry bitterly or firmly refuse to speak. After this chemical reward mechanism's coping method fails, they become easy to handle.

The early intervention of lawyers can at least stabilize the emotions of ordinary people, but it will also slow down the progress of the investigation. Jiang Yuan doesn't have many choices right now.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan's phone suddenly rang.

Picking it up, the caller ID was clearly Meng Chengbiao.

After such a big thing happened, Meng Chengbiao, who was only sending messages steadily, actually called this time.

Jiang Yuan immediately answered: "Team Leader Meng?"

"Qikeli has a spare phone," Meng Chengbiao said quickly.

Jiang Yuan: "And then..."

"It's not the one we know about. He has more than one spare phone; he has at least two." Meng Chengbiao took a breath and detailed: "Besides the two phones we know about, he has a phone specifically for contacting women. We discovered this when checking the numbers, but at the crime scene, as well as Qikeli's own apartment, this phone is nowhere to be found." ===== CHAPTER 1287 =====