Chapter 565: Horse-Walking Path

Taking advantage of the time the propaganda team was there, Jiang Yuan worked overtime to clear up the cases in Litang Township.

Calling it "clearing cases" was actually more like "clearing people."

Litang Township residents who had been to prison, been to detention centers, and left fingerprints and footprints basically all had to pass through Jiang Yuan's hands.

Among them, there were always some who would be picked out and become a name on the task list.

Mu Zhiyang watched the "Young Strike Team" members go out with the list and bring back people, and inexplicably began to feel sympathy.

"To be honest, it's a bit too miserable." Mu Zhiyang looked at the young, shabbily dressed, messy-haired, pretty tattooed girl, sighed, and said: "If it weren't for Team Leader Jiang, these little girls who just steal clothes, bags, and money wouldn't even be caught, right?"

"The value involved is over 30,000." Wang Chuanxing stood side by side with him, each holding a Zhonghua cigarette.

Mu Zhiyang hummed twice and said: "The salary at that clothing store is less than 3,000 yuan, and they deduct for full attendance and so on. The little girl worked there for half a year and stole over 30,000 yuan worth of things, which is equivalent to giving herself a raise of over 5,000 yuan a month. Sigh, it's not worth it..."

"You should find a girlfriend." Wang Chuanxing patted Mu Zhiyang on the shoulder.

"I'll go on a blind date when I get back." Mu Zhiyang curled his lips and said: "I currently belong to the 'promising future' type."

"Promise me, don't be a simp. You even said things like 'giving yourself a raise'."

"A girl who can work for half a year in a row is not bad."

"Is it possible that she only worked for a month and then resigned, was constantly absent during that time, came back after half a year to resign, demanded half a year's salary, fought with the landlady, and then left fingerprints?" Wang Chuanxing counted on his fingers.

Mu Zhiyang nodded slowly and said: "Sounds like a Litang Township person."

"A former Litang Township person. The atmosphere of Litang Township in the future will definitely be different." Wang Chuanxing took a puff of the Zhonghua cigarette Jiang Yuan gave him and twisted the butt out hard.

Mu Zhiyang maintained a simple and honest smile and said: "You can't be sure it will be different either."

"I will keep an eye on this place." Wang Chuanxing's expression was calm, but his tone was solemn: "Even if Station Chief Wu retires, I will keep watching."

This was the first township he had cleaned up. Even if he returned to the Changyang City Criminal Police Detachment or had other places to go in the future, Wang Chuanxing would always pay attention to this place.

Mu Zhiyang didn't quite understand Wang Chuanxing, but he also understood him a little.

Jiang Yuan felt his brain was filled with various ID photos of Litang Township residents.

From footprints to fingerprints, from tool marks to vehicle marks, Jiang Yuan recorded a large amount of information in his mind.

If he didn't leave, he felt it would be full too.

It was mainly because the number of cases solved per day had plummeted. There were almost no new cases here. Village bullies like the Jin family were caught, local snakes like the Zhang family were also caught, drifting criminals and occasional violent crimes had no way to survive, and petty thieves couldn't stand firm either.

Criminal ecology is a very important thing. Once the ecology is destroyed, criminal work is very difficult to carry out.

In Litang Township now, saying "no one picks up lost items" is a bit of an exaggeration, but "no need to lock doors at night" is theoretically achievable.

Even if there were criminals who hadn't been caught, or potential criminals, they were all just rotting at home.

The active, diligent, and hardworking ones were basically in prison now. Sometimes there was no news, it was just a positive screening process.

Those who weren't convinced received the iron fist. After receiving too many iron fists for not being reasonable, they started seeking to be reasonable.

Jiang Yuan found a sunny afternoon and returned to Ningtai County.

Task: Accumulating Feathers to Sink a Boat, Many Light Things Can Break an Axle

Task Content: Help Wu Junhao with his work in Litang Township.

Task Progress: 535/535

Task Reward: Crime Scene Investigation +1

Crime Scene Reconstruction (Temporary +1 and lasts for 535 minutes)

This was the task Jiang Yuan received when he went to Litang Township.

The fixed reward was Crime Scene Investigation +1, while the temporary +1 Crime Scene Reconstruction was a bit special. Theoretically, crime scene reconstruction is actually part of crime scene investigation.

But in reality, crime scene reconstruction is a specialized discipline. However, it is indeed dependent on, and relies heavily on, the conclusions of crime scene investigation.

Moreover, not every scene can be reconstructed. You need a lot of information. For example, if someone rushes into a porcelain shop with a knife, slashing three people, two dogs, a cat, and half an Angora ferret, then crime scene investigation, combined with bloodstain analysis, can produce a very beautiful crime scene reconstruction.

But if someone walks into a subway station during the afternoon rush and slits someone's throat in a place without surveillance video, this crime scene reconstruction is relatively difficult.

For Jiang Yuan, his current crime scene investigation level, if raised by one more level, would reach the very top LV5, equivalent to bloodstain analysis.

Then, whether it was Crime Scene Reconstruction +1 dependent on crime scene investigation, or Crime Scene Reconstruction +1 dependent on bloodstain analysis, both would briefly reach LV6.

LV6 belongs to a level that normal detectives can only look up to, and there aren't necessarily a few people in the whole country who have it.

Considering the extreme universality of crime scene investigation and its wide range of application, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill toward Litang Township, and suddenly wanted to turn back and bury his head in hard work in Litang Township for another half a year to properly give back to the residents of Litang Township.

Traveling with him was Cui Xiaohu. Huang Qiangmin led the team downstairs to welcome them, but he didn't see Station Chief Chai.

Jiang Yuan greeted everyone and returned to the office before curiously asking Huang Qiangmin: "Where is Station Chief Chai?"

Usually, Station Chief Chai's superficial work was done quite well, especially when superiors came over; he always arranged things very properly. It was very rare for him not to show up.

Huang Qiangmin curled his lips and said: "He went to seek help, right? I heard he is looking for connections to get transferred."

Jiang Yuan was stunned: "Just gave up?"

"You made your attitude clear, what else could he do but give up?" Huang Qiangmin was quite emotional.

Station Chief Chai's biggest requirement was actually to possess the "selling rights" to Jiang Yuan, preferably exclusive ones. But even in his most arrogant period, he never truly pursued the power to exclusively sell Jiang Yuan.

When Jiang Yuan completely adopted a non-cooperative attitude, Director Chai Tong suddenly discovered that not only could he not sit in his position, but this position had also become a "chicken rib."

The cases in Ningtai County were already very few, and he couldn't order Jiang Yuan around. Sending the remaining police officers to other places alone was really looking for trouble for himself. Units in other places didn't like it, and local police weren't happy...

Even if he closed the door to live his own little life, it was meaningless. There was no business inside the door, and the value of the police couldn't be reflected.

As for controlling Jiang Yuan, Director Chai Tong had already lost the initiative.

During this period, Jiang Yuan hadn't gone to do the cases Director Chai Tong sold out either. He was probably too busy cleaning up his own mess now.

"He should still want to find a place in advance. That way it's more decent." Huang Qiangmin stopped talking when he said this and turned to ask Jiang Yuan: "What are your plans?"

"Then I'll go home and rest for a few days, and then organize the harvest from Litang Township to see if I can write an article." Jiang Yuan had also considered this.

"This is good, this is good..." Huang Qiangmin nodded repeatedly. Anyway, Jiang Yuan's rank was low enough; for things like taking a vacation, his approval here was more than enough.

And if Jiang Yuan didn't come to the unit, Director Chai Tong didn't even have a mitigation plan.

Units that had cases and hoped to invite Jiang Yuan would only continue to put pressure on Director Chai Tong after confirming Jiang Yuan's attitude and thoughts.

Jiang Yuan only made a simple handover, followed his master Wu Jun to perform a set of rituals, and then returned to Jiang Village Residential Area.

Arrived home, drank soup, ate meat, played with the dog...

Early the next morning, Jiang Yuan stretched and went downstairs. He had only walked around the residential area once when he saw Jiang Yongxin standing on the side of the road with two middle-aged police officers.

Looking closer, one was Zhou Ta, a middle-aged auxiliary police officer from the Horse-Walking Path Police Station whom he had dealt with before, and the other was Tan Jing, the station chief of the Horse-Walking Path Police Station.

Jiang Village Residential Area was within the jurisdiction of the Horse-Walking Path Police Station. Jiang Yuan stood still and greeted them: "Station Chief Tan, is something the matter?"

"I'm asking you for a favor." Station Chief Tan greeted him with a face full of smiles, and his attitude was very direct.

"If there's anything, just tell me directly." Jiang Yuan said with a chuckle.

"I heard about the Litang Township Police Station. They really showed their faces in this summer public security crackdown operation." Station Chief Tan took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Yuan, and said: "Strictly speaking, summer isn't over yet." ===== CHAPTER 566 =====