Chapter 445

Huang Huang Qiangmin used text messages with one hand and WeChat with the other, sending them fast and in large numbers. His two hands were like they had small motors installed, "dudu, dudududu," pressing away.

Any adult with a little common sense could understand the feeling of the leaders on the other side after receiving such long and short, fast or urgent, heavy or light, tight or loose messages—that feeling of being in ecstasy, wanting to refuse yet welcoming, unbelievable, astonished, nervous, happy, uncomfortable, and refreshing all at once.

Huang Huang Qiangmin pressed rapidly for several minutes until the tendons in his fingers couldn't take it anymore. Only then did his body lean tiredly against the chair, his expression revealing the relaxation after ferocity. He lit another Soft Zhonghua cigarette and inhaled deeply, weakly and slowly.

To be reasonable, if everyone were like Captain Bai, wouldn't the market be in chaos?

Sometimes, these leaders can play deaf and dumb. Now that the case has a lead and clues have emerged, it's a bit inappropriate to let them hide in the back.

Bai Liu Jian clearly saw what Huang Huang Qiangmin was doing, but he was too embarrassed to stop him.

He was also powerless to stop him.

Just like what he said to Huang Huang Qiangmin just now, if this case isn't solved, no matter how much you talk, it's useless. But if the case is solved...

Bai Liu Jian looked at Jiang Yuan with suspicious eyes: "You didn't study this case before, did you?"

If you communicate with cadres like criminal police brigade captains, you will find that their eyes and expressions have never hidden their suspicion.

The label "always suspicious" is stuck on them; not only is it not a grievance, but many people would also feel proud of it.

Jiang Yuan was used to it and just smiled without even explaining.

Huang Huang Qiangmin also looked at Bai Liu Jian calmly and said: "We are actually here to help, not to compete with you. You need to understand this point."

The same words didn't have much weight when said just now, but they felt quite heavy now.

"En..."

Bai Liu Jian made a deep sound. The case really had progress, and it was in just a few minutes—in the time Jiang Yuan looked at the photos, Bai Liu Jian felt he wasted too much time and was too pretentious, but now that the results were out, Bai Liu Jian's thoughts changed.

Such a badass case was solved with such a badass method; what does this little time count for!

You can say running 100 meters in 20 seconds is slow, but 20 seconds of communication time is too fast—fast as lightning, fast as a rabbit!

Several leaders of the Shi Tingxian Bureau left and returned, like lightning rabbits, back to the temporary office.

The area of the temporary office was not large, and there were less than ten chairs even if they were all gathered together. Bai Liu Jian went to sit on the armrest of the sofa. A group of people didn't care about formalities either; they sat down and listened to Jiang Yuan explain the new discoveries of the case again.

Jiang Yuan also took out those photos and laid them out again. The difference was that while he laid them out, he also wrote down some new numbers and even a few scribbled words.

Bai Liu Jian knew he had offended people and was particularly sensitive now. Looking at the numbers and handwriting recorded in Jiang Yuan's notebook, he couldn't help but ask: "What are you recording?"

"Some new ideas. This isn't just for introducing to everyone; I'm also taking the opportunity to reorganize my thoughts." Jiang Yuan smiled.

"Are there new ideas so quickly?" the bureau chief asked, puzzled.

An ordinary county bureau chief actually doesn't care too much about individual criminal cases. If it's not a major case like a homicide, it usually doesn't reach him. The criminal police brigade captain and the deputy bureau chief in charge of criminal investigation are the main persons in charge of criminal cases.

But regardless of whether he cares or not, the bureau chief knows very well the difficulty of cold homicide cases. Huang Huang Qiangmin's requirements were so high and the messages sent were so fierce, yet he still responded properly, also knowing the difficulty of cold homicide cases.

However, the bureau chief didn't seem to see the difficulty on Jiang Yuan's face.

Jiang Yuan didn't need to emphasize the difficulty either, smiling and saying: "I've been doing more cases involving footprint identification recently, so I have more ideas."

There is no need to emphasize the difficulty of cold homicide cases. It is meat hanging on a beam; it only remains there when all the animals in the house cannot reach it.

"Should I continue?" Jiang Yuan looked at the few people.

"Thank you for your hard work, please continue." The deputy bureau chief in charge of criminal investigation hurriedly responded. Bai Liu Jian bringing this case to the top was certainly to challenge Jiang Yuan's cold case task force, but to be fair, the importance and difficulty of this case were also top-notch.

A burglary and homicide case involving three corpses is a top-tier case in Shi Tingxian.

Huang Huang Qiangmin coughed twice and began to send messages with his mobile phone, "papapa."

The deputy bureau chief in charge of criminal investigation in Shi Tingxian picked up his phone to look, then showed it to the bureau chief with a gloomy face.

The bureau chief bit his back teeth and nodded heavily, but when his gaze swept toward Bai Liu Jian, his brows were tightly furrowed.

Bai Liu Jian just pretended not to see it. Regret? He also felt a little regret. Why talk so much nonsense? People were already invited, yet he still had to fight for first, second, and third place.

But if it came to apologizing, Bai Liu Jian certainly wouldn't apologize. He had been beaten many times in his life and had never apologized to anyone.

Bai Liu Jian couldn't control what the bureau chief thought either; he just wanted to get the case settled first.

Jiang Yuan also didn't care about so much. He talked about the case while making records, pausing slightly in between.

No one dared to urge him, for fear of affecting Jiang Yuan's train of thought.

This time, Jiang Yuan spoke for about a quarter of an hour.

After he finished speaking, the office became quiet again.

Before the atmosphere turned completely awkward, the bureau chief coughed twice and said: "Let's talk about it. Who understood? Who will translate it for me?"

The deputy bureau chief in charge of criminal investigation looked at Bai Liu Jian.

Bai Liu Jian looked like a Muggle, and he didn't hide it at all.

"Let Jiang Yuan take command." The deputy bureau chief gave up himself.

The bureau chief asked warmly: "Is that okay?"

"Okay. Let's define a scope first." Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Liu Jinghui. Liu Liu Jinghui was very skilled at this kind of thing.

Liu Liu Jinghui already had ideas. He took out his notebook and said: "My suggestion is, first of all, all the villagers of Majiazhuang. It shouldn't be just the registered population; it should include the registered population, the resident population, as well as relatives and friends who have lived there in the past few years, people who frequently come and go for business, and people from the nearby villages should also be added... Will the scope be too large?"

"No. The murderer is 173 centimeters tall. Because several years have passed, for the sake of safety, 171 to 175 centimeters. He weighed about 140 jin back then, is right-handed, should be about 37 years old now, shoe size 42 to 43, and has a high probability of having a criminal record." Jiang Yuan also drew a very large scope and finished by saying: "After determining the candidates, send me their footprints, and I should be able to make a judgment."

If this were a burglary case, when it reached the scope defined by Liu Liu Jinghui, it could basically be declared closed.

Involving such a large scope, just communicating with the locals is troublesome to death. Thinking about how most of the village and town population has gone out to work now, finding them one by one, I don't know how much time and energy it will take.

But in a major burglary and homicide case, everyone was almost about to laugh at such a small scope.

Liu Liu Jinghui could even help people save money, saying: "You can check the people with criminal records first. You should have had a list of people with criminal records before. I suggest focusing the scope on relatives and friends, especially the so-called acquaintances among the local villagers. Ask more about whether any of their acquaintances have a criminal record..."

"Majiazhuang is not on any major traffic artery. I don't think a purely wandering crime is very likely. The murderer must have a way to know this place, especially to find Ma Jun's house. His house is not on the edge of the village either, so I think a trigger is always needed."

"Inquiries in this regard should be done carefully, and then prioritize checking people with criminal records. If there can be results, that's best. If not, then follow the list to check height, age, and time of the crime."

Burglary or robbery is an upgraded skill. Novice criminals will not choose this method—novices may commit burglary and rape, but this only shows that sexual impulse lowers intelligence; it doesn't mean normal criminals are also that stupid.

Criminals actually know that crime requires experience and needs to be progressive, increasing skills step by step. Only in terms of becoming rich and releasing emotions do they not want to come step by step.

The bureau chief and deputy bureau chief of Shi Tingxian nodded excitedly. With the planning of Jiang Yuan and Liu Liu Jinghui, the investigation path was given. It was completely possible to solve this case.

This is obviously much happier than solving ordinary cold homicide cases.

If you count it, this case is almost the most heinous unsolved case in Shi Tingxian in the past 10 years.

Jiang Yuan closed his notebook at this time and said: "Then let's leave this case as it is for now. Do you want to look at another case?"

Jiang Yuan looked at Huang Huang Qiangmin. They had driven for several hours; they couldn't just go home after looking at files all morning. Waiting for news for the rest of the time seemed a bit of a waste of time.

Huang Huang Qiangmin understood and looked at Bai Liu Jian with a smile, asking: "Captain Bai, what do you say?"

Captain Bai really cherished Jiang Yuan now, but he had never begged anyone in his life. His lips were tight and hard, and he said: "The Majiazhuang case will only have results after investigation. Even if it happens to be solved, it doesn't prove anything. If you have the ability... solve another case!"

Huang Huang Qiangmin was amused and laughed so hard he almost showed his second row of teeth.