Chapter 362

Everything in the county town is a simplified version.

The administrative level of the county, the equipment and vehicles, including the bars in the county, are all simplified versions of those in big cities.

Even the criminals seem like simplified versions; thieves who can't make it in big cities, gang leaders who can't get ahead in big cities, and even perverts who can't stay in big cities all return to their hometown county to settle down.

Only homicide cases in small county towns often manage to innovate, reaching or even exceeding the heights of big cities. Stories like Lu Tixia killing Zhen Director Guan Xi with three punches, Pan Jinlian poisoning Wu Dalang with a single bowl of medicine, and Sun Erniang's serial murders, dismemberment, and meat-filling are all cultivated and forged in small towns.

Jiang Yuan felt that the body before him was not simple at all.

He was wearing a handmade casual suit, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Moon watch on his wrist, and a jade piece with a gelatinous texture hanging on his chest by a gold chain; he wasn't even a Jiang Village local.

Just this set of equipment on him is enough for an ordinary person to stay in the ICU for two months. The kind without medical insurance.

It can be said that this person died with a very strong sense of class.

"Time of death is around 3:30 AM." Using Jiang Yuan's Lv6 time-of-death estimation on the current case is like a dimensionality-reduction strike.

A normal forensic doctor would consider it excellent to give a judgment of between 2:00 and 5:00; many would just spout nonsense like "died during the night."

Wu Jun, who arrived at the scene at the same time, immediately accepted Jiang Yuan's judgment and made a note in his notebook without even asking why, saying, "3:30 AM at a bar; I wonder if it had closed yet."

"Bars in our county generally don't let people in after 2:00, and by around 2:30, they should be clearing out," Mu Zhiyang replied casually.

He was standing on the side, helping Jiang Yuan and atoning for his sins.

Wu Jun let out an "Oh?" and said, "You kid still go to bars? You're pretty familiar with the ropes; is your salary enough for that?"

"When I was with my master, there was a period where I specifically caught thieves who were 'corpse-picking' in bars," Mu Zhiyang said.

"'Corpse-picking' isn't for stealing things, is it?" Wang Zhong was in the corner doing backups. Although his trace evidence ability was only Lv0.9, he was still a legitimate trace evidence technician, just waiting for Jiang Yuan to clear the path so he could do odd jobs nearby.

Mu Zhiyang had followed Jiang Yuan through many major cases, from homicides to cold cases, and even solved the difficult serial murder case of Wu Longshan. Facing a single-victim scene in Ningtai County, he had no psychological burden and said in a relaxed tone, "In big cities, 'corpse-picking' is for taking people home to do 'hehehe.' In our county, sometimes they want both the person and the money, especially those who pick up male corpses; many want to recoup their hotel costs. This also counts as theft."

"There are people who pick up male corpses?" Wang Zhong's face changed, as if he had thought of some terrifying possibility.

Mu Zhiyang looked at Wang Zhong with an expression of ignorance and said, "Anyone under 180 pounds is at risk of being picked up; what's so strange about that?"

"The 'corpse-pickers' don't like fat people?"

"It's mainly because they can't carry them. If two people have to pick up one, wouldn't that mean three people playing together? In our county, people generally don't play that wildly."

"No, isn't that wild enough already?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem..." Wu Jun coughed four times: "Are you done? The body is still right here."

Wang Zhong and Mu Zhiyang quickly shrank their necks.

Wu Jun continued: "Bars close and clear out by 2:30 at the latest, and the victim's time of death is 3:30 AM. We'll have to check the door locks later; if there are no signs of forced entry, we'll have to consider the bar owner and the staff."

"People have already been sent to find the bar owner and staff." Huang Qiangmin walked in while speaking, looked at Jiang Yuan, and asked, "Can you solve the case?"

Mu Zhiyang couldn't help but roll his eyes; that was a bit too much to ask. Even if you are Director Huang... even if you are asking Jiang Yuan, and no matter how good Jiang Yuan is at solving cases, this is a homicide. It's a case that should require hundreds of people working together to solve, and we've only just seen the body, yet you're asking if it can be solved...

"I think so," Jiang Yuan replied.

When he went to other cities to solve cold cases, he dared to solve them in sequence; that was the manifestation of his confidence.

Now, facing a current case in his own county, Jiang Yuan naturally had even more confidence.

Huang Qiangmin was naturally happy and said cheerfully, "Good, good, good. Let's strive to solve the case before the New Year and have a peaceful holiday. Of course, I'm not setting a deadline; just saying."

Jiang Yuan nodded and continued: "The murder weapon is a dagger-type, about 4 centimeters at its widest point. The killer has blood on them; send a dog to sniff it out, mainly to see which way the killer went, and then check the surveillance."

With the surveillance network Ningtai County just installed, judging by the current configuration, an ordinary person simply cannot avoid it.

Liu Jinghui had also come along. He stepped forward to look at the body, hands in his pockets, and asked, "Was the dagger sharpened? If it's four centimeters wide, it should count as a controlled weapon, right?"

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"Definitely sharpened. It was stabbed very deep, hitting the dagger's guard directly; we should be able to get something from the wound," Jiang Yuan replied.

"Then this case has some substance." Liu Jinghui poked his pockets, straightened his coat, frowned slightly, and said, "In a bar at 3:00 AM, there certainly wouldn't be any customers. So, either it was a bar employee or someone like that who had a conflict with him, or it must be someone related to the deceased, bringing their own dagger, appearing in a closed bar at 3:00 AM, and killing with one blow. An ordinary person wouldn't do that, right?"

Wu Jun straightened his back and said, "If they are willing to kill, they are certainly not an ordinary person."

"My point is, this killer and the victim are actually quite professional, don't you think?" Liu Jinghui asked for a pair of tweezers, tugged at the gold chain on the deceased's neck, and said, "An 18k gold chain hanging an ice-variety jade piece; he didn't tuck it in very deep, it would definitely be visible from the collar. Someone slightly greedy, like a bar-hopping hoodlum, how could they not rip it off? The watch also looks quite valuable. This killer didn't even have the slightest interest."

"Are there really professional hitmen?" Mu Zhiyang was surprised instead.

Liu Jinghui glanced at him and said, "There aren't those who take orders all over the world, but there are certainly plenty willing to kill for money. But they aren't that professional; at least I haven't seen many. This one today, however, is a bit different; those who kill for money..."

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly and said, "So it's a plot against a person, and not for money. Then is there a grudge?"

"Possibly. It could also be for profit, and that profit would be huge, at least seven figures. Or, could it be for love?" Liu Jinghui said this, looked at the victim's face, and said, "He's quite handsome, the type worth killing for love."

Jiang Yuan said, "The killer is likely male, using a lot of force. We can't see inside now, but we can pay attention during the autopsy; I suspect the ribs were even chipped."

Women are far inferior to men in absolute strength. For example, the female UFC champion Zhang Weili has a punching power of about 500 pounds, which is much higher than the 400 pounds of an average male, but it is about the same as a trained amateur male fighter.

Therefore, based on strength, the killer's gender can basically be determined.

Liu Jinghui was unmoved, looked at the victim's face again, and said, "With this look, it wouldn't be strange to have a male lover."

Both those who believed Liu Jinghui and those who didn't fell silent.

Funeral home.

Jiang Yuan and his master Wu Jun performed the autopsy together.

Wu Jun hadn't worked with Jiang Yuan for a while and was in a pretty good mood. When work began, he tucked a red talisman into Jiang Yuan's collar and took the initiative to stand in the assistant's position.

Jiang Yuan could guess the content but still asked, "Did you draw it?"

"The one I'm using for you is one I specifically sought from Mount Sining," Wu Jun said. "I heard it's very effective."

Mount Sining is the mountain behind the old Jiang Village. Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Is the master on Mount Sining the one with a birthmark on his neck?"

"That's right, have you been there?"

"Counting it up, he's my uncle," Jiang Yuan said.

Wu Jun waved his hand: "No man is a hero to his valet. When he returns to the village and is approachable, that's his cultivation level; when he is in the temple saving the masses, that's another capability."

Jiang Yuan was impressed.

"Let's start the autopsy." Wu Jun handed the scalpel to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan nodded, made a cut, and drew a large opening from top to bottom on the body in front of him.

"The subcutaneous fat is very thin, the body fat percentage is very low; he should be someone who exercises frequently," Jiang Yuan made the first judgment.

Wu Jun shook his own belly and agreed: "It is indeed a very healthy body."

"The heart is also very good. The cardiovascular system is healthy, no signs of atherosclerosis." Jiang Yuan had dissected many young bodies; relatively speaking, the frequency of atherosclerosis is still very high.

Wu Jun also nodded: "Except for not being able to withstand a stab, this heart has absolutely no problems."