Chapter 293

"Come, come, come, let's all raise a glass for Jiang Yuan. Although there is no wine in our cups, our feelings and our respect for Comrade Jiang Yuan remain unchanged. By the way, after this meal today, I will treat Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang to a drink separately, using my own wine, and I'll call a designated driver..."

Yu Wenshu stood in the middle of the cafeteria, raising his glass, full of emotion.

He was truly in a good mood. Even though Jiang Yuan's services were quite expensive, the one actually footing the bill was the Municipal Bureau, not his Criminal Investigation Detachment.

And in terms of harvest, continuously solving cold case homicides could no longer be measured simply by the number or difficulty of the cases. Yu Wenshu felt that a door had opened before him, a door that could lead almost anywhere.

Praise from superiors, reports from journalists, commendations from ministries, approval from colleagues, and so on—for Yu Wenshu, these were almost within reach.

Yu Wenshu had also experienced days of rapid promotion, but he hadn't expected that, having reached a professional bottleneck, he would once again obtain a similar opportunity.

The only thing that made him a bit uncomfortable was that Jiang Yuan's rank was too low.

So low that it was difficult to promote him, and it was also quite meaningless.

Most importantly, Jiang Yuan was still on the Ningtai County payroll, was a native of Ningtai County, and was from Jiang Village, leaving Yu Wenshu with no leverage at all.

At this moment, Yu Wenshu recalled the environment of his youth.

Back then, people didn't really care much about benefits. The bureau chief and the experts lived in the same building, and the size and layout of the rooms were all about the same; there were only two toilets in the whole building.

However, to say that there was no distinction among people and a lack of soil to encourage progress would not be entirely true.

Compared to a bonus of a few hundred yuan, an extra half-rank, spiritual commendation, spiritual stimulation, and spiritual praise were the highest forms of praise.

If a student was held in the palm of a teacher's hand day after day, praised by the teacher in class, and touted by the principal in front of the whole school during morning exercises—living such a life, what did it matter if one paid three or five yuan more or less in class fees?

Possessing the talent of a photographic memory, Yu Wenshu spent his student days just like that... You say school bullying?

Back then, a child tripped Yu Wenshu, and the principal went directly to his home, making his father kneel in front of the ancestral hall and cry for two hours.

Because the principal had also been a teacher to his father back in the day.

Later... later, after a week or two, Yu Wenshu saw that classmate again; his body looked recovered, but he never dared to get close to Yu Wenshu again.

Now, Yu Wenshu actually longed for someone to stand up and trip Jiang Yuan.

Unfortunately, the young people today are too shrewd. Especially the batch that got in through exams; not one of them is itching for a beating.

Jiang Yuan clinked glasses with Yu Wenshu, in a good mood, with a humble expression.

Yu Wenshu smiled: "Sit, everyone sit. Jiang Yuan, sit down and eat some food too. Let's celebrate in the cafeteria first today; I'm just too happy. Besides, we aren't allowed to hold large gatherings right now. Later, I'll call up the captains of the various detachments, and we'll find a place to drink and compete with cases. Hey, when the time comes, whoever drinks Jiang Yuan under the table, we'll do that person's case."

"That's a good idea!" Wan Baoming, not being a detachment captain anyway, immediately agreed.

The other detachment captains also agreed; drinking was, for middle-aged men, an exciting thing to begin with.

Especially after they couldn't get hard anymore, they didn't have to worry about the conflict between drinking and taking medication, so drinking became even more enjoyable.

"I can't drink much alcohol." Jiang Yuan smiled and declined, though his attitude wasn't very firm.

He was also in a very good mood right now.

Not to mention the joy of solving cases, after everyone had finished speaking, Jiang Yuan's mission was also announced as complete.

Mission: Conqueror. Mission Content: Solve cases and conquer the Changyang Municipal Criminal Investigation Detachment. Solve cases with all your might.

Mission Progress: 6/6. Mission Reward: Death Time Estimation (lv6). Since arriving in Changyang City, starting from the 513 door-to-door assassination case, Jiang Yuan had continuously solved 4 cold case homicides and 2 current homicide cases.

6 homicide cases—to put it bluntly, if they were current homicide cases, that would be a criminal investigation detachment's

annual workload. Moreover, it was the annual workload of a criminal investigation detachment doing nothing else, and furthermore, there was no guarantee that all of them could be solved.

As for solving cases primarily through cold case homicides like Jiang Yuan, basically no one would do it on the scale of a criminal investigation detachment.

It's too difficult; if one case gets stuck, wouldn't it cripple a criminal investigation detachment? Given the number of police per ten thousand people in the country, police force has never been abundant.

Those who specialize in cold case homicides generally do it like Jiang Yuan: a few people working on it, and when there are clues and a need for manpower and resources, then they coordinate.

However, the level of importance Jiang Yuan currently receives in Changyang City has already exceeded the standard; the daily part-time staff of the cold case task force has already broken 10. In Changyang City, below homicide cases, only telecommunications fraud or large-scale chain cases have similar configurations.

And for Jiang Yuan, the newly acquired Death Time Estimation (lv6) was an even rarer surprise.

Although it was a mission reward obtained only after solving 6 cases, the level of lv6...

Thinking of the combat power of lv5, Jiang Yuan's expectation for lv6 could be said to have instantly risen to the level of lv6.

In addition, the skill "Death Time Estimation" also had great utility.

To a certain extent, the most basic requirement of a criminal investigation team for a forensic doctor is actually wanting to know when the deceased died.

As long as the time of death can be determined, the difficulty of solving the case can be instantly reduced significantly.

I don't know to what extent the lv6 level Death Time Estimation can accurately determine the time.

Jiang Yuan thought with an itchy heart, wishing he could...

Fortunately, the banquet without wine dispersed very quickly. After leaving the table, Yu Wenshu asked about his well-being again before sending Jiang Yuan to the car.

Just before leaving, Yu Wenshu whispered: "Are you coming to the detachment tomorrow? Or will you rest for another two days?"

"I'll rest for two days first." Jiang Yuan paused and said directly: "Next, I want to do a current homicide case to adjust my state and recharge myself."

"Recharging is good, recharging is good." Yu Wenshu nodded repeatedly, only muttering on the way back that a current homicide case meant that a homicide was about to happen for Jiang Yuan to come over.

Although the frequency of homicides in a provincial capital as large as Changyang City is very high, there aren't actually many that are difficult.

Yu Wenshu couldn't help but feel a bit reluctant; such good resources, not being able to fully utilize them, was a slight pity.

However, Yu Wenshu didn't dwell on it too much; Jiang Yuan had already helped solve so many major cases, and continuing to add flowers to the brocade wasn't that urgent.

Jiang Yuan tidied up and went back to live in his newly purchased house.

The 220-square-meter small house was also quite cozy when decorated.

Jiang Yuan living alone felt it was enough.

He didn't plan to use this house to entertain guests, so he turned the living room into a study, with a row of bookshelves against the wall, filled with various forensic books; flipping through them when alone and free was also quite pleasant.

Jiang Yuan felt that he really needed to recharge; since graduating from school, the things he learned in school were in a state of semi-abandonment.

Now that he has done more cases, slowly verifying them with what he learned, it is easier to have insights. There is a lot of knowledge that can only be gradually learned after starting work.

For example, after going to more scenes, one will find that dogs are much more loyal than cats. Cats start eating their owners not long after they die, while dogs will wait for several days, and only start eating when they have no other choice due to hunger.

This proves that the taste of lv5 dog food definitely exceeds the original taste of the ingredients.

Jiang Yuan rested for two days, went back to Ningtai once, took some housewarming gifts and red envelopes bought for him by people in the village, and then came back to rest for three days, finally receiving a call from the Criminal Investigation Detachment.

"Brother Jiang, there's an unnatural death; do you want to go take a look?" Tang Jia invited Jiang Yuan with a soft, glutinous voice.

Her mission was to pull Jiang Yuan over to live the team life together.

Waiting for a homicide case is irregular,

but with an unnatural death case, there is enough reason.

Jiang Yuan was actually waiting anxiously too.

He just wanted to try his new skill, but he hadn't waited for an opportunity.

"An unnatural death is fine too. I'm leaving now." Jiang Yuan's enthusiasm could be considered maxed out.

Tang Jia was a little surprised, hurriedly responded, and added: "Do you need me to drive to pick you up?"

The two of them sitting in the car would have a very good atmosphere for chatting... Tang Jia thought to herself, Jiang Yuan accepted the invitation so decisively, she should also respond...

"No need, I'll drive there faster myself." Jiang Yuan picked up his keys and went downstairs, saying: "Send the location to my phone." Jiang Yuan drove his G-Wagon and rushed to the location with lightning speed.

This is a new residential development in the suburbs; the deceased is female, and she hanged herself in her own bathroom.

Jiang Yuan changed into shoe covers at the door and saw that Wan Baoming was already inside.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but be stunned: "An unnatural death, and you've come out too?"

Most unnatural deaths are handled by forensic doctors determining the cause of death and then disposing of them. Generally speaking, only one-tenth of unnatural deaths turn into homicide cases.

Wan Baoming is not a forensic doctor, and he is the deputy director of the Criminal Science Center, so it seems he wouldn't need to be at the first scene.

"I'm the one who called you." Wan Baoming moved aside with a serious expression, letting Jiang Yuan enter, and said: "The deceased, Liu Meiyan, 43 years old, was discovered dead at home by her husband who came home from work at noon at 12 o'clock. We asked Liu Meiyan's company colleagues, and she hadn't shown signs of world-weariness recently. Life at home was also completely normal. In addition, Liu Meiyan placed an order for shopping last night, and there is an uncollected express delivery..."

Wan Baoming took Jiang Yuan to the bathroom to look at the scene and said: "The deceased's husband, He Wensi, came back at noon and found his wife hanging in the bathroom. He immediately shouted for help in the hallway. A neighbor heard it, came out to ask, and helped him call the police."

"Several neighbors later entered the bathroom with the deceased's husband, He Wensi, and helped him take down his wife's body."

Wan Baoming spread his hands to Jiang Yuan: "Now it's the stage of looking for evidence."

He didn't say it explicitly, but based on the plot described by Wan Baoming, Jiang Yuan already knew that the Criminal Investigation Detachment was treating this case directly as a murder.

Jiang Yuan listened and also felt there was nothing wrong with that.

This kind of case is actually very simple: suicide or homicide.

If the deceased committed suicide, then find the reason for the suicide. Otherwise, it must be homicide.

And if it is homicide, then there must be a faked scene.

Proving that there are traces of a faked scene basically means the case is solved.

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