Chapter 1351

Zhang Limin hurried into the office building of Anwan City Bureau.

A group of leaders went out to greet the provincial department leaders.

Zhang Limin exchanged greetings with everyone, then looked left and right, asking: "Who is Liu Zhuangshi from the Criminal Investigation Detachment?"

"Uh, Liu Zhuangshi got drunk last night, and we've already sent someone to find him." Bureau Chief Yue Yong spoke frankly.

Zhang Limin's face changed: "What are you doing? Drinking on a workday?"

"They just cracked a major case and were given collective leave."

"Even cracking a major case is not allowed!" Zhang Limin sternly criticized.

Bureau Chief Yue Yong nodded repeatedly, letting Zhang Limin vent first, then said: "Mainly, it's to accompany Jiang Yuan."

Zhang Limin's eyes full of fire immediately softened considerably, and he said slowly: "If it's to keep Jiang Yuan in Pingzhou, then it's indeed understandable."

"That's right." Yue Yong hurriedly said: "We drank several bottles together, Jiang Yuan can also drink, and afterward, with bull's eyes, we drank half a jin of liquor with Old Liu."

"Bull's eyes... well, this matter will be discussed later. This time I came, I brought a mission." Zhang Limin paused, then said seriously: "Considering your Anwan City Bureau's recent development, the department has decided that starting from the 2nd, a fingerprint campaign will be launched in Anwan City, with scale and format modeled after previous fingerprint campaigns. As for venue and service personnel, we hope you can improve and resolve..."

Yue Yong understood immediately upon hearing it, and couldn't help but hiss: "You saw vinegar and decided to make dumplings? No, you want to run a provincial-level fingerprint campaign?"

"Since it's called a campaign, of course it's provincial-level."

"This might not be appropriate."

"What's inappropriate about it? How many cold and old cases does Anwan City have? How many fingerprints can be processed? Jiang Yuan is willing to do fingerprint work, so just give you guys a few melons and dates—don't you think that's wasteful?"

Bureau Chief hesitated for a moment, still uneasy, saying: "Jiang Yuan said he likes our city's crime style..."

Zhang Limin laughed angrily: "The original words were about Pingzhou, right? Besides, what crime style do we have here? Just not paying attention—many cases don't even wear gloves, and yet suspects still aren't caught."

"Our fingerprint collection rate here is low to begin with... Also, Jiang Yuan said our Pingzhou weather is good..."

Zhang Limin pretended not to hear, continuing: "The venue needs to be arranged first. Do you have a suitable venue here?"

"Anwan City only has one four-star hotel, a bit far from the city, about a 10-minute drive. However, the 2nd is tomorrow, right? This is too urgent. Even if we make a request and they agree, other units might also need this venue..."

Zhang Limin listened silently. He wasn't familiar with Anwan City, but venue arrangement must be settled today...

Yue Yong also understood the reasoning, didn't argue with Zhang Limin, thought it over, and said: "How about this—we hold it inside the bureau? That way, work location, internal network, security, and other basic needs are easy to handle. For accommodation, we can clear out the dorms for temporary rest. If provincial experts come, I'll have family housing vacate some rooms."

As he said this, Yue Yong's thoughts flowed smoothly, saying: "This way, I'll promote a style—my house is four rooms and two halls. I'll go back and clean it out, replace bedroom bedsheets and quilts, toothbrushes and tooth cups, etc., with new ones. I'll get a batch from the hotel; we might not have time to clean ourselves, so I'll hire an hourly worker to clean thoroughly, ensuring experts can arrive in Anwan and move in with just their luggage."

Upon hearing this, the political commissar immediately stood up without hesitation to cooperate.

Zhang Limin nodded repeatedly while listening: "Anwan City Bureau has combat capability. No wonder Jiang Yuan favored this unit—you could come up with this plan and make this decision. I believe that if difficulties arise later, you also have the ability to overcome them!"

Yue Yong's face also showed a relieved smile; he also realized that, compared to the whole province, Anwan City's cases are indeed somewhat few.

"There are also supporting issues." Zhang Limin showed no sign of relaxing; after finishing one issue, he immediately moved on to confirm the next.

Yue Yong said indifferently: "What supporting needs do you require?"

"It's not me requiring it—it's you needing it!" Zhang Limin said: "Arresting people, possibly chasing fugitives, then fixing evidence, interrogation, identification, sending for inspection—since we're starting this in Anwan City Bureau, I suggest Anwan City Bureau take responsibility."

Yue Yong agreed without much thought. This is also a very common need; normally handling cross-regional cases, if victims or suspects are in different areas, higher authorities designate a specific bureau to handle the case, rather than issuing notices to countless city bureaus. Just like handling a certain pornographic website case, it's also designated to one city bureau to handle, then dispatching its officers on business trips.

Zhang Limin, however, glanced at Yue Yong and said: "Jiang Yuan previously participated in Shannan's fingerprint campaign, and it's said he cracked ten or so murder cases, plus several serious cases like robberies."

Yue Yong listened, stunned: "I seem to have heard of that..."

In an instant, he began scratching his head.

More than ten serious cases—if solved one by one, it would certainly be a thrilling plot, but if done in a rush over a few days or even a month, Anwan City Bureau really might not be able to keep up.

Murder cases require high evidence standards; even if Jiang Yuan can lock fingerprints, there's still a distance to actual case handling. If suspects cooperate, subsequent statements and identifications go smoothly—then it's fine. But if they don't cooperate, a team of police working half a month on this would be considered light.

"Since you've said all this, there must be a solution, right?" Yue Yong took out a cigarette, offered one to Zhang Limin. He didn't expect provincial department or other city bureaus to provide support.

Provincial department staffing quotas aren't even as high as city bureaus', and most are administrative posts; actually handling criminal investigations is only done by the Criminal Investigation Bureau, mainly guiding case handling. Sending anyone down would just be sending leaders—even if they wanted to support, Yue Yong wouldn't want it.

Other city bureaus are also unlikely to support, unless sharing profits and rewards, or adjusting personnel quotas in advance...

Zhang Limin laughed and shook his head: "Jiang Yuan is right here—what solution are you asking me for? He brought quite a few people, and the staffing of Ningtai County Bureau isn't small either."

Yue Yong took the hint, immediately understood, then said with some hesitation: "Old Huang from Ningtai..."

"The main points are already out, no need for this bit." Zhang Limin knew the situation, said deliberately: "In this aspect, the department can help you think of a solution."

Li Zeming got out of the car, placed his suitcase beside his feet, first lit a Bai Sha cigarette, and took a deep drag.

"Long time no see in Anwan." A colleague behind him stretched, swaying head and body, saying: "This time we took the new route; last time I went from Liyuan to Anwan, that route was really troublesome."

"The old route? That was seven or eight years ago." Someone nearby casually added, walked up to Li Zeming, and passed him a Bai Sha.

"About the same—we were also here to look at fingerprints back then, there was an extermination case, I don't know if you remember."

"I remember—National Day, a family of five all killed?"

"That's the case; later, fingerprints were extracted from the child's clothes."

"If it was eight years ago, extracting fingerprints from clothes wasn't easy either. Why did the killer kill?"

"Over buying cattle. In the end, it's still about money, but also anger—just that the cattle breed wasn't suitable, not worth that price. Also, when we buy cattle here, many aren't weighed properly, just estimated by eye, and the estimate was wrong, too embarrassed to say, so we found fault saying the other party fed the cattle unsuitable things in the morning, you come I go, tempers flared, and we stabbed the person."

Several people were talking, had smoked half their cigarettes, and were preparing to go inside, when they saw a large group of people coming out from inside.

"Old Li!" Jiang Yuan ran over, smiling: "Your car is still fast—I timed my arrival."

Li Zeming had participated in Shannan Province's fingerprint campaign years ago, and he and Jiang Yuan got along well—two comrades who worked in the same trench for a month. At the same time, they've always communicated in the group, with Jiang Yuan often asking technical staff about fingerprint issues, and Li Zeming frequently helping Jiang Yuan answer.

As Jiang Yuan started running, Mu Zhiyang and others naturally followed, running too, and then the entire team came running over.

Li Zeming's colleague beside him said with admiration: "You handle this relationship well."

"Jiang Yuan has a better personality." Li Zeming laughed and went up to meet him.

Several policemen nearby who had heard of Jiang Yuan laughed out loud.