Chapter 23: Special Play

Afternoon.

After washing up and taking a short nap at home, Jiang Yuan immediately rushed back to the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Entering the courtyard, one could feel the heavy atmosphere.

Several two-bar-one and two-bar-two officers at home were all frowning, with heavy looks of whispering in low voices. When passing by, their steps were hurried, and their eyes were full of fatigue.

Police rank is different from military rank. Below the white shirt, it is basically not linked to leadership positions. Including the Bureau Chief of the county bureau, the police rank represents seniority.

However, for ordinary police officers, high seniority often means the identity of the main force.

For major cases like homicide cases, handing them over to young people with one bar, no one has any bottom in their hearts.

Jiang Yuan himself is a young man with one bar, not even familiar with the dogs in the police station. The criminal police he has spoken to the most is probably Brigade Captain Huang Qiangmin.

Wu Jun hasn't returned yet, and Jiang Yuan doesn't want to go back to the office to feel the pressure, so he turns and heads straight for the police dog squadron.

The police dog Big Strong, who had also been busy for a day, was lying in front of the kennel, its ears drooping lower than usual.

Li Li was busy in the kitchen with her back to him. Through the kitchen window, the kitchen door, and the reflected sunlight, one could see a beautiful back, elegant movements, and amazing slender waist and long legs.

"Jiang Yuan?" Li Li finally turned around. Her Rottweiler-like face instantly broke all the previous impressions.

"Woof." The real Rottweiler Big Strong also barked.

"Big Strong, sit down." Li Li waved her hand and asked Jiang Yuan, "You guys stayed up all night yesterday too, right?"

Jiang Yuan said, "I slept for an hour in the morning. I didn't want to eat in the canteen, so I thought about coming over to make some egg fried rice."

Li Li smiled, her thick eyebrows swung up very obviously, and said, "Just right, make one for me too. I can't even finish making dog food. I was just thinking whether to burn another chicken leg..."

The police dog Big Strong's eyeballs turned in Li Li's direction, and in a moment, turned back.

"I'll fry the rice." Jiang Yuan said, rolling up his sleeves and getting started.

The Seventeenth Uncle's fried rice not only saves materials but is also fast to make, with a feeling of being the king of the night market.

Jiang Yuan quickly fried a pot of fried rice and took the opportunity to brew a pot of tea with the teapot in the kitchen.

The skill of brewing tea came from the newly acquired Xue Ming's legacy, but as part of the camping skills, the tea brewed was really mediocre.

"Wait a moment, the dog food will be ready soon. There is too much meat, it's not easy to cook." Li Li explained.

Jiang Yuan put the fried rice on the table, drank two sips of tea, and said, "Can I pet the dog?"

"You might get bitten, if you're not afraid, then pet it." Li Li pulled up her sleeves and half-scared Jiang Yuan.

Looking at her arms without looking at her face, Li Li's arms were actually quite good-looking, a bit like a dancer's, white and glowing, slender with some muscle lines, which made the few scars on them quite conspicuous. But looking closely, the wounds didn't seem too deep, and they were quite seductive, making men want to be Er Zhuang a few times...

Jiang Yuan judged the depth of the scars with forensic experience and felt relieved, saying, "Then I'll touch it a few times."

Saying that, Jiang Yuan stood beside Big Strong, eager to try.

Seeing this, Li Li had to shout, "Big Strong, let him touch."

Big Strong's ears instantly drooped, its body lay flat, and its tail wagged slowly.

Jiang Yuan's hand covered Big Strong's forehead, applied slight force, and it closed its eyes comfortably.

There is a saying: Rottweiler, bald-headed dog, feels oily when touched, slippery when rubbed, although the hair is coarse, it looks shiny, and the teeth are white.

"Trained, it feels different when touched." Jiang Yuan praised. This dog is as fierce as fire when it's fierce, but it's comparable to a licking dog when it's gentle. Its bald head arches and arches, occasionally sticking out its tongue, which is very cute.

"Time to eat." Li Li carried a large basin of dog food with both hands and walked out.

Unlike usual, today's dog food added a large amount of beef, each piece the size of a walnut, which is an affirmation of the police dog's work yesterday. In addition, the ratio of chicken and vegetables is also not small, a basin piled up to the top, giving a feeling of exceeding the meal fee.

"I'll go get the fried rice." Jiang Yuan consciously brought out the fried rice with an average cost of 0.8 yuan per person, poured two cups of tea for the two of them, and ate the golden fried rice, drinking tea, and wolfing it down.

The Rottweiler next to him ate its own food bite by bite. Looking at that appearance, it was neither enjoying it nor willing to give it up, just like a licking dog that had paid a lot, or had resisted, but was finally tamed.

Jiang Yuan looked pitiful and said to Li Li, "I fried a lot of rice today, can I share some with Big Strong? I only used oil and eggs, and the seasonings are very few..."

"If you can't finish it, give it to me. Fried rice can't be given to dogs." Li Li didn't dislike it at all, scooped away the extra fried rice from Jiang Yuan, and ate it very happily.

Jiang Yuan could only touch Big Strong's head, finished his own, and got up to return to the office.

Wu Jun had already arrived, rubbing his eyes, squatting in front of an electric stove, boiling something with a bubbling sound.

He was also old, staying up all night on duty was very tired, and staying up all night for autopsy was even more uncomfortable.

"Jiang Yuan is here." Wu Jun greeted.

"I went to the police dog squadron to fry some rice, have you eaten?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Had a little, didn't want to eat. My stomach is also uncomfortable." Wu Jun said, waving his hand, "Don't bother with anything else, eat a red egg."

He blew air, scooped a red-dyed egg with a spoon, put it on the table, and signaled Jiang Yuan to take it.

Jiang Yuan asked without surprise, "What's the logic behind this?"

"Eat a red egg after seeing a dead person to avoid evil. Nothing special." Wu Jun also scooped a red egg for himself, knocked it open, and let it stand on the table.

When the egg was a little cooler, Jiang Yuan also knocked the egg open, peeled it slowly, and ate it.

The taste of an ordinary boiled egg just left a pile of red eggshells.

"In the past, when there was a corpse at the scene, the canteen would boil red eggs." Wu Jun said while eating the egg.

"Why is it gone now?"

"There are more dead people, and the canteen finds it troublesome." Wu Jun said, "Now there are fewer homicide cases, and more unnatural deaths. Every now and then it's a high fall, every now and then it's drinking pesticide."

Wu Jun finished the red egg in two or three bites and said, "Hurry up and organize the materials, there will be a lot to do today. If we still can't find leads, don't even think about sleeping tonight."

"Okay." Jiang Yuan's mood became a bit heavier.

The Criminal Investigation Brigade, suffering from the pressure of solving the case, was at its most uncomfortable air pressure at this time.

Homicide cases have the saying of the Golden 72 Hours. It means that the 3 days from the case to the solving of the case are the most important, and it is also the time with the highest probability of solving the homicide case.

There is also considerable scientific basis for this.

On one hand, the shorter the time, the more traces and physical evidence of the crime are preserved, and the easier it is to discover the connection between various leads and the case. Including eyewitnesses and people who know about the case, their memory patterns are also the clearest and most accurate within 72 hours, and then they decay extremely rapidly.

On the other hand, in the first three days of the case, the criminal's activities are also the most, and the psychology is also the most fragile.

Regardless of whether there is preparation before the crime, and how fully prepared it is, after the crime is truly committed, the criminal's psychology in the first three days will always be greatly affected. Considering the possible consequences of the crime, the criminal may cover up, may hide, may inquire, all will have a lot of contact with the outside world, and it is also the easiest time to be dug out. After this period, the criminal's emotions and psychology gradually stabilize, the hiding place is determined, etc., even if the person is determined, arrest and interrogation will encounter difficulties.

In addition, the fatigue value of the police responsible for the case will also continue to stack over time.

In the current environment, the pressure to solve homicide cases is pressed down layer by layer. The police officers directly participating in the investigation of the case are basically staying up all night. Sticking to this for two or three days, fatigue is basically full.

If the person can be caught within three days, then the participating police officers can grit their teeth and continue to insist on interrogation. But if the person cannot be caught, the breath is leaked, and if you want to make it up, you must take double the time.

For the new homicide case in Ningtai County, 24 hours have passed, but no updated leads have been found. This is definitely an unsettling trend.

"The hair DNA was sent out for collaborative investigation, the result is not very good." Wang Zhong got the news the fastest and ran to the forensic office quietly.

Jiang Yuan and Wu Jun both looked over.

Wang Zhong said in a low voice, "The DNA laboratory in the provincial capital matched it. But there is an alibi. The other party works in a KTV and was handled by the public security brigade. The time of the case happened to be accompanying guests in another place."

"Accompanying guests in another place in the morning, how could there be pubic hair left in the victim's crotch?" Jiang Yuan thought for a while and asked the key question.

Wang Zhong laughed and said in a low voice, "Accompanied the victim in the morning, took 500 yuan. Then drove to the provincial capital. The photos from the traffic police side were also obtained. It was the owner of the pubic hair driving on the highway, and there were eyewitnesses beside her..."

"The alibi is so complete?" Wu Jun was a bit curious: "She went to deliver takeout in the provincial capital, how could she still bring eyewitnesses?"

"Two people, 2000 for one." Wang Zhong stretched out two fingers.

Wu Jun clicked his tongue: "The county town is really different from the provincial capital, the price has skyrocketed to 4 times."

"Special play also costs extra." Wang Zhong corrected.

Wu Jun shook his head: "Human hearts are not ancient. I am partners with Little Jiang now, and every time we go out, we are together, and the salary doesn't increase by a penny."

Wang Zhong couldn't keep up, turned his head stiffly to look at Jiang Yuan, and said, "The investigation of the unit and the residence also had no results. Fingerprints and traces were not matched. The old residential area where the deceased lived, there are not many surveillance cameras nearby, no usable video was found, the relatives have not finished investigating, but it is estimated that there is no effect..."

"Then what now?" Jiang Yuan's focus was still on the case. This was the second homicide case he had experienced, and his participation was very strong.

Wang Zhong was silent for a while and said, "I heard that the current investigation direction is still starting from the victim's interpersonal relationship, and the final result is hard to say... However, if there is no result by tonight, the whole bureau should be dispatched."

The Ningtai County Public Security Bureau has no so-called master detectives or awesome case-solving experts. Facing cases, the means used are all conventional means. If there is any big killer, it is the human sea tactic.

In big cities, even if there is a homicide case that is difficult to solve for a while, at most it is to form a special case team and borrow some personnel. Dozens or hundreds of people are the limit. But in a small county town, a homicide case is heaven. When necessary, a thousand-person investigation is normal—not investigating a thousand people, but dispatching over a thousand staff to investigate. When necessary, they can do DNA for a university.

At this time, let alone the Criminal Investigation Brigade, down to the local police station, up to the organ cadres will be dispatched. Some police bureaus will also borrow people from other units.

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly.

Doing investigation is basic labor, and he has LV4 crime scene investigation. If he is not careful, he is the strongest scene investigator in the county. He should choose a direction that is more likely to produce leads.

"Let's do a re-examination." Jiang Yuan took the initiative to propose.

Repeated investigation is something that scene investigators should do as a matter of course, and it is also a basic requirement for forensic doctors to re-examine the scene.

Jiang Yuan recalled the operations of the previous scene investigators, and he already had a plan in his heart.

The scene investigators belonging to the Criminal Science Squadron, whether in terms of technology or dedication, were all at an ordinary level. Jiang Yuan looked at it with the level of Shou Xiankan LV4, and he would always be able to find omissions.

Although he didn't know if there were leads in these places, in the state where the case investigation was stagnant, Jiang Yuan's sense of responsibility expanded unconsciously. ===== CHAPTER 25 =====