National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 510 - 510 469 We'll Talk about It When the Time Comes

510: Chapter 469 We’ll Talk about It When the Time Comes 510: Chapter 469 We’ll Talk about It When the Time Comes Task Progress: 335/X

In front of Jiang Yuan, the system’s task reminders had already turned a deep blue, darkening to the point of becoming cyan.

It has to be said that the police officers of Ningtai County were extremely supportive, and Jiang Yuan didn’t want to spend too much money on his home turf, so he brought everyone some cooked foods like roast chicken, duck, goose, lamb ribs, pork neck, beef brisket, and the like, as well as a couple of cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes.

The task progress was as if he had arrested someone from an entire county.

As a result, Jiang Yuan stayed in Ningtai for several days, inviting all his colleagues from the criminal police team and then those from the technical investigation team and multiple offices as well.

However, once he left the criminal police team, the effect of his spending noticeably decreased.

Despite handing out several packs of Zhonghua cigarettes, the sincere praise he received was not even one-tenth of that from the criminal police team.

It was truly forced politeness.

Monday.

Having rested enough at home, Jiang Yuan was too lazy to drive and called upon Jiang Yongxin’s fleet again to lead Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team on a long-distance mission to Shiting County.

Huang Qiangmin, who was following in the car, was full of emotion.

Touching the Alphard’s leather seat, he sighed, “When I joined the police, I never thought that one day we’d be using such a nice car to solve cases.

When I was young, I liked riding in sidecars the most.

I had the chance to ride in one again a few years ago, and nearly got thrown out on a turn.

I really don’t know how I managed to stick it out back then…”

“Mainly because Jiang Village was demolished late,” chuckled Mu Zhiyang, who was sitting in the back.

Huang Qiangmin’s face tightened, but then he agreed, “Indeed, we’ve been a bit more relaxed with money lately, and can’t bring ourselves to spend so freely.”

Speaking of which, Huang Qiangmin said to Jiang Yuan, “You too, don’t be so harsh with spending money.

Giving out Zhonghua cigarettes to colleagues can easily arouse jealousy.”

“I mainly wanted to build a good relationship with my colleagues,” Jiang Yuan said truthfully, and then added, “The receptions I hosted in Qu’an County and for our criminal police team seemed to have quite a good effect.”

“Yeah, that’s because everyone knows you now, knows you’re strong, and that’s why they don’t think of you as a boaster,” Huang Qiangmin spoke candidly to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan, using the meticulous thinking of a forensic doctor, felt that what Huang Qiangmin said could be true.

But then again, science is about making bold assumptions and then verifying them carefully, so upon arriving in Shiting County and meeting a few leaders from the county bureau, Jiang Yuan, who was assigned a temporary office, still generously said to Mu Zhiyang, “Get a few packs of Zhonghua for everyone.”

Shiting County was a poor county, and the temporary office’s decoration was also very plain.

There were 3 officers who came to help, so Mu Zhiyang took out three packs of cigarettes, one for each person.

When the Zhonghua cigarettes were handed out, the three officers were very happy, and one of them said with a laugh, “Captain Jiang is too polite.

These few packs of yours are worth more than our salaries.”

“They’re from my Jiang Village,” Jiang Yuan replied, consistent with earlier discussions.

The police officers were deeply impressed, again praising him without cease.

Jiang Yuan’s eyes were fixed on the system screen, only to see that the task progress remained “335/X,” with no increase whatsoever.

No wonder they say the police are the people’s own, the colleagues from one’s hometown won’t say it outright, but they will give praise and sincere admiration when due.

Shiting County, also under Qinghe City, is even less developed economically than Ningtai County, and it seemed the officers’ mindsets hadn’t quite caught up, probably due to limited information flow as well.

Or perhaps, for the officers of Shiting County Bureau, they had heard too many impressive stories; an outsider monk might be able to chant scriptures, but it seems it’s not worth genuine admiration anymore?

“What a pity,” Jiang Yuan sighed inwardly, deeming the Zhonghua he brought a waste.

Spending money should make one stronger; simply spending without gaining strength is not gaining strength, that’s just pure foolishness.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t planning on starting a romance with the people of Shiting, and mere flattery without hitting the mark, what use was that?

“Let’s start with the cases right away,” Jiang Yuan said to Huang Qiangmin.

Since Shiting County Bureau wasn’t wholehearted, then they were just working police.

Huang Qiangmin found this to be more reasonable.

Ningtai County wasn’t adjacent to Shiting County, they didn’t have much contact normally, and within Qinghe City, they were more of competitors.

However, similar to Longli County, it was these unrelated county bureaus that knew the necessity of planning early.

Those county and district bureaus with better relationships were probably still hoping to leverage some personal connections for discounts.

This was also human nature; if they could find reliable connections, Huang Qiangmin wasn’t against it.

Relationships are a part of resources, after all; it’s not like a new car is always necessary.

The criminal police team leader of Shiting County Bureau, Captain Bai, seemed to have felt the sting of being overcharged.

He brought over the case files and said, “We’ve only heard of the fame of Ningtai’s Jiang Yuan.

With our remote and poor conditions, with poor transport and health inspections, we now finally have the chance to broaden our horizons.”

Having just come from Qu’an County and enjoyed Captain Han’s “genuine” praise, and now being scrutinized by Captain Bai, Jiang Yuan’s expression also grew serious.

Some respect and admiration truly can’t be won with a whole roasted lamb.

“Look through the dossier,” Jiang Yuan said without any fuss.

In his youth, he became a privileged ‘Second Generation Demolition’ heir, living a charmed life, laughing through the fleeting years, with a bright future ahead.

In his adulthood, he acquired a system, a real-life cheat, and did good deeds without asking about the future…

Shiting County was nothing special.

Strictly speaking, when Jiang Yuan used to travel around to work on cases, he hardly ever dealt with Shiting County…

“This case would be the best one,” Bai, the squad leader, put a dossier in front of Jiang Yuan first.

Huang Qiangmin immediately frowned, “Old Bai, we had an agreement that the cases should be optional.”

“Just take a look first.

If this case can’t be solved, then we can consider other cases,” Captain Bai said, somewhat like a general.

Everyone was a criminal detective, and it was always a bit irritating to be approached by other detectives.

Huang Qiangmin shook his head, about to say something else, when Jiang Yuan picked up the dossier.

Jiang Yuandao said, “It’s the same idea, choosing cases one by one.”

In the past, when working on minor cases, Jiang Yuan always handled them one after the other, without being able to rank them.

Although the case Bai handed over was certainly a complicated one…

given Huang Qiangmin’s increasingly sharp wits, it was natural for some people to be unhappy.

Jiang Yuan opened the dossier on the spot.

It was indeed a headless case.

Six years ago, three members of the Ma family from Ma Jiazhuang village were murdered, with only one son who had gone out escaping the tragedy.

Because it was a major case with three corpses, not only did the entire Shiting County bureau mobilize, but the city bureau also provided strong support.

However, in the end, the case went unsolved.

The more serious issue was that the crime scene was discovered by Ma Jun’s neighbor, and her loud shouting attracted the entire village’s attention.

Not only was the area in front of and behind the house in disarray, but some also took advantage of the chaos to tamper with items inside the house.

As a result, forensic methods were almost useless, especially taking into account the possibility of the three family members being murdered due to a vendetta, making it difficult to rule out the villagers as suspects.

Therefore, the dossier was filled with thick interrogation records and eyewitness testimonies.

Jiang Yuan only read for a moment before realizing that the interrogator had actually attempted to find contradictions in the multiple testimonies from the eyewitness…

That was kind of aggravating.

Jiang Yuan, who grew up in a village, knew without any skills, just using common sense, that some people just talk in a confused and contradictory way.

And such people generally loiter around the village’s small shops and grain drying grounds and are among the first to step into the crime scene to spectate.

Jiang Yuan passed the dossier to Liu Jinghui, who was watching the excitement, and focused on looking at the photos himself.

This kind of fruitless interrogation record was perfect for deductive enthusiasts to read.

Liu Jinghui took it, glanced at it with curiosity, then laughed.

Being the deduction king of Shannan Province, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat superior while reviewing texts from fellow deduction enthusiasts.

The temporary office became quiet.

Huang Qiangmin got up to pour himself a cup of tea and casually tore open a pack of Jiang Yuan’s Zhonghua cigarettes, quietly starting to smoke.

He was long accustomed to Jiang Yuan’s work pattern.

For accumulated cases like this where the crime scene no longer existed, they could only rely on photos and dossiers to solve the case, and its difficulty went without saying.

Rushing it was pointless.

Captain Bai’s adrenaline was pumping, and he found himself restless when the room quieted down.

Eventually, he too lit a cigarette and asked, “How long will it take?”

“How long did you work on this case?” Huang Qiangmin asked.

“Did the special case team spend a year on it?”

Captain Bai took a couple of drags from his cigarette and said, “About that…”

After a while, he added slowly, “The current case team worked on it for about half a year, then it was restarted twice over the following years…”

“I thought so,” Huang Qiangmin exhaled a stream of smoke.

“Jiang Yuan has recently solved several similar cases.”

Captain Bai was stirred by this, and though he might play the tough general, he truly wanted to crack the case.

He only insisted firmly, “Let’s talk when there’s a lead on this case.”

Huang Qiangmin blew out rings of smoke, “Assigned cases are different from chosen ones; if there’s a lead, we’ll definitely need to discuss it further.”