Chapter 983: Homicide

"Don't make too much, I'll just have a simple bite." Director You sat down and gave a special instruction.

But when a leader says "simple," how could a subordinate dare to make it truly simple?

Consequently, they served Director You a portion of everything available that day. From dry-pot chicken and dry-pot pork intestines to other meat dishes like dry-pot ribs with shrimp and dry-pot bullfrog, everything was a vibrant red and yellow, mixed with the rich aroma of spices—a massive temptation for anyone hungry.

Director You was actually hungry too. Without much ceremony, he picked up his chopsticks and began to eat with Jiang Yuan and the others.

For an official of his rank, as long as he shared in the common joy, everyone would be very happy; it was more effective than any speech or small talk. Its value was equivalent to the damage of a beauty's AOE attack, and it couldn't be immunized against by an ED middle-aged man.

"The pork intestines are excellent—tender, glutinous, and fatty without being greasy," Director You praised, putting down his chopsticks. "It's a pity I can't eat more; I have to control my weight. I've already eaten too much today."

Director You patted his belly, looking slightly regretful.

"Won't you have a few more pieces? You'll digest it after working for a while," Jiang Yuan said casually.

Director You looked at Jiang Yuan with envy and shook his head. "That's because you young people have fast metabolisms. When I was young, I could eat two big bowls of rice in one sitting, but I can't do that now. If I eat two more mouthfuls now, my weight will go up the next day."

Jiang Yuan chuckled twice; he felt his emotional intelligence was a bit lacking today.

Tao Lu hurriedly chimed in with a smile, "Director You is truly disciplined, and you keep your figure well. I remember last time we ran five kilometers, you even took second place."

"That was because the kid in first place took the wrong turn; he thought I couldn't run that slowly, so he crossed the finish line early—silly fellow," Director You said, laughing heartily. At his age, being able to run five kilometers was already quite good; as for the ranking, even if everyone let him win, it didn't matter.

Jiang Yuan hurriedly shoveled down a few mouthfuls.

He had only eaten a little, and the workload ahead was still huge. In this world, it is very simple to wrong someone, but it is quite difficult to prove someone's innocence.

Just as Director You said, among the various dry-pot dishes, the pork intestines were the most delicious. With the rich and mellow soup base, combined with a texture rarely found in this world, in terms of overall flavor, this dish perfectly surpassed delicacies like cheese lobster.

If dishes had a technology tree, pork intestines would at least require climbing the pig-related technology tree to LV5 or higher to unlock.

Only pig trotters could compete with it, but in terms of the difficulty of invention and preparation, pig trotters were far inferior to pork intestines. The latter, placed in ancient society, would have required at least another hundred years of research.

Seeing Jiang Yuan eating so heartily, Director You picked up his tea, watching him eat while sipping his tea, as if he could gain a bit of satiety that way.

Tao Lu was perceptive; since the leader had started watching a "mukbang" and was immersed in it, there was no need to force a conversation.

Wang Chuanxing brought back the news a bit late; by the time it was delivered, the evening lights were already on.

Several photos were placed on the computer screen, drawing the men together to look.

Jiang Yuan didn't even touch the mouse, directly giving the order: "Zoom in on the suspect's hands, the left hand."

Although the technician didn't have image enhancement technology, doing this kind of work was a piece of cake.

Jiang Yuan then examined the hands one by one.

Director You soon raised his head, shifting his gaze from the screen to Jiang Yuan's face, judging success or failure based on Jiang Yuan's expression.

Tao Lu shifted his gaze to Director You's face and soon realized: this was just a different kind of mukbang.

"It's almost certainly him." Jiang Yuan finished looking at the photos, still feeling a bit unsatisfied, and asked, "Can't we find any other photos?"

"Born in the 90s, he didn't live to see the popularization of digital cameras, so there aren't many photos of him as an adult. His family only kept these few, and some were found in group photos from his workplace." The one answering was Shen Yaowei. Wang Chuanxing had gone out to search for photos and had scanned them back first; he was still wandering outside.

Jiang Yuan nodded, then looked at Director You and said, "Looking at it now, this suspect named Li Dianzhong is the person directly responsible for the Jianmen Academy homicide. He must have practiced the flying claw well, or rather, practiced it very well; the traces of calluses left behind are very heavy. It's a pity the previous task force didn't have relevant information, so they couldn't follow this lead."

"How did he die?" Director You sat still, clearly unsatisfied with just this.

Finding the killer was important, but the Jianmen Academy case clearly had a mastermind behind it now. Since there was one, it had to be investigated; whether they could find them was another matter.

"High-altitude fall," Jiang Yuan replied, then added, "At the time, the factory was laying off workers. Li Dianzhong was an off-the-books employee and was definitely the first to be cut. So, everyone around him thought he jumped off the building because of this, and they even used this as a pretext to make a scene for quite a while."

"That was just taking advantage of him; no one cared whether it was actually suicide," Shen Yaowei hit the nail on the head.

In front of Director You, Jiang Yuan didn't voice his speculations, only saying, "Let's wait for the autopsy photos. Once the photos and the previous forensic report arrive, we'll see where this case goes."

"High-altitude fall—can you tell from the autopsy whether it was suicide?" Director You was an insider and asked very critical questions.

Jiang Yuan pondered slightly and said slowly, "It's difficult. But it is indeed possible to tell."

Turning his head and seeing Director You remained silent, Jiang Yuan continued, "There is actually quite a lot of research on high-altitude falls. There are many points to discuss. If it was a high-altitude fall caused by homicide, it would be difficult to satisfy every point."

"Tell me in detail." Director You smiled and said, "When I was still on the front lines, whenever I encountered a high-altitude fall case, the forensic doctors would be quite stumped."

"The conditions now are different, after all." Jiang Yuan didn't care whether Director You was curious or wanted content for his report later; he organized his thoughts slightly and said, "Setting aside surveillance and such, purely from a forensic perspective, the first thing to discuss is the landing method and landing position. Common ones are head, feet, and buttocks. Where exactly one falls requires comprehensive consideration."

Director You nodded: "High-position and low-position falls are different."

"You are correct." Jiang Yuan said with a bit of emotional intelligence, then added, "In this, we can actually examine whether all the injuries were caused by the fall. If it was homicide, it is quite common to see defensive wounds or signs of being beaten."

Jiang Yuan: "Secondly, I personally tend to analyze it from physical and mathematical aspects. For example, the process of a high-altitude fall must conform to the laws of free fall. Therefore, some scholars have summarized the judgment of fall height and landing distance based on this theory, and we can use it directly."

"How was it summarized?" Director You asked with extra detail. He was prepared to wait for the results today, even if it meant staying up all night.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan simply found paper and pen and said, "The commonly used ones now are the schemes proposed by Shaw and Hsu. Simply put, the maximum speed of a human standing and jumping is 3.77 meters per second, and the maximum speed during a running start is 9.15 meters per second. In this way, the most basic link is that based on the distance of the fall point, one can judge whether there was a running start during the fall. If there was a running start, then it is suicide."

Jiang Yuan: "Secondly, there is the relationship between wind speed and displacement during a high-altitude fall, and the displacement distance for males and females will also be different..."

Jiang Yuan: "Finally, rescue or the subsequent handling of the corpse must also be considered..."

Listening and listening, Director You finally gave up: "In short, what is the probability of determining whether it is suicide or homicide? How long will it take?"

Whether it is suicide or homicide, there is a significant difference in the subsequent handling.

At this moment, Wang Chuanxing also sent over a large batch of photos; they were exactly the scanned copies of the autopsy photos after the suspect's high-altitude fall, as well as the corresponding autopsy report.

"Wait a moment." Jiang Yuan quickly scanned through the photos. Most corpses in the country are cremated, and the ashes are useless, so there was no need to look at the physical evidence; the best evidence was the photos.

Director You smiled with some surprise and picked up his cup to drink tea again.

It was only half a cup of tea later that Jiang Yuan finished scanning the photos, looked up, and said, "It should be homicide without a doubt." ===== CHAPTER 984 =====