National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 518 - 518 476 Everything Is Difficult

518: Chapter 476: Everything Is Difficult 518: Chapter 476: Everything Is Difficult “Male corpse, body length 177 cm, hair length 10 cm, clothes in disarray, clear signs of a struggle, wearing a blue and white T-shirt, and black loose-fitting sweatpants…

Distinctive scars on the face, head, left neck, right chest, right shoulder…”

“Based on the characteristics of the wounds, both internal and external, it is preliminarily determined that the multiple wounds were caused by a combination of blunt and sharp objects…”

“According to the examination of the body, the deceased had multiple injuries on the face and head, a knife wound on the left neck that reached the cervical spine, and a knife wound on the right chest that penetrated the thoracic cavity and reached the ribs, both of which were fatal injuries.

The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock due to blood loss.”

Wei Qun, the forensic doctor from Shiting County, read the report written by Jiang Yuan, his ears twitching as if his brain was trying to burst forth.

Impressive people write materials very simply, but if they are highly relevant to reality, with broad implications and coverage, the difficulty is much greater than writing a few seemingly profound sentences.

It’s like the phrase “Resist America, Aid Korea, Defend the Homeland” explains more than any grand principle.

Of course, Wei Qun’s problem was not just the lack of clarity in his writing, but the fact that he could only see the body as average.

The reports he wrote always wavered, and naturally, they lacked force.

The conference room.

Looking up at the projection screen were the bureau chief, executive deputy chief, deputy chiefs, captain of the criminal police, political commissar, deputy captains, each reading the forensic report written by Jiang Yuan and contemplating their own thoughts.

“Is it…

that up until now, we have dug up two sets of skeletal remains in West Mountain?” The bureau chief’s voice was slow and steady, but he still had to ask.

“Two bodies, correct,” Huang Qiangmin slightly corrected his own phrasing.

“Could they be two isolated cases?” There was hope in the bureau chief’s tone.

“No.” Huang Qiangmin’s answer was concise and forceful, “The wounds on the two bodies are similar, the burial methods are similar, and the choice of burial sites is similar.

Currently, Jiang Yuan, Senior Superintendent Liu Jinghui from the provincial department, and Senior Superintendent Li Xiang, all agree that these are two of several premeditated murder cases with interment of corpses.”

The executive deputy chief could no longer bear it and asked, “How many cases do these ‘several’ entail?”

“We don’t know yet; currently, we’re still in the burial stage.

We can only know the specifics afterward.

The excavation is mainly under the responsibility of Senior Superintendent Li Xiang from the provincial department.

According to his reports, the methods of burying bodies are very sophisticated.

The graves they found are all relatively close to roads, providing easy transport and a certain degree of concealment; these are not simple choices of a novice with only a time or two’s experience,” Huang Qiangmin said.

“Is it a tomb robber who changed trades, or a dispute among tomb robbers?” The executive still harbored a “benevolent thought.”

“It’s possible that tomb robbers have changed trades, but it cannot be a dispute among tomb robbers.

It’s professional, planned body dumping,” Huang Qiangmin stated very clearly on this matter.

“Where’s Jiang Yuan?” The bureau chief suddenly remembered as if it just occurred to him, and quickly looked around.

“Jiang Yuan is currently at the scene, overseeing the search and inspection work,” Huang Qiangmin actually understood the quandary of the Shiting County Bureau very well.

Solving cases is something everyone wants.

To a certain extent, solving cases is a task where all involved parties can reach a consensus and work towards a common goal.

However, there is no consensus when it comes to new cases.

Today’s police departments, although not having “make peace, not war” demands like in ancient times, still find that a high incidence of cases is never a good thing.

Specifically at the business department level, like the criminal police unit, everyone gives their all to solve cases, but no one wants to see an increase in incidents, especially in homicide cases, which bring significant pressure.

How much pressure?

So much so that it would feel more relaxing to be bitten by a two-rowed tooth crocodile.

Bai Jian had already started to feel at ease.

After many years, the Ma Jiazhuang robbery and murder case had been solved, not only fulfilling Qinghe City Bureau’s “Cold Case Offensive Year” task but also making the reports look good, giving him a sense of accomplishment.

As the captain of a criminal police unit, Bai Jian felt this was a highlight of his career.

Regardless of who assisted with the case, solving a criminal case is always a team effort, and as the leader of the team, he always had reason to be proud.

Yet when Jiang Yuan’s work turned towards the Qing Dynasty gravesite murder cases, Bai Jian was quite pleased, although Huang Qiangmin’s price was still steep and his teeth just as sharp.

The desire to conquer the next challenge outweighed Bai Jian’s unease about the future.

Focus on the cold case offensive this year, and next year’s funds will surely increase a bit.

The deficit could be repaid then…

However hard Bai Jian racked his brains, he couldn’t imagine that before Jiang Yuan could solve the Qing Dynasty gravesite murder case, they would unearth a recently buried corpse from a Republic-era grave!

Incredulous!

Unfathomable!

From a cold case -1 to a cold case +1, Bai Jian felt his happiness lasted only two or three days.

The May Day holiday was even longer!

And people even got compensatory time off!

“Now there’s a problem.

The local villagers and officials aren’t very understanding or supportive of our work; the county bureau needs to step in to help explain and smooth over the situation with the local officials and populace,” Huang Qiangmin didn’t give the leaders of Shiting County Bureau any choice.

The case had reached a point where there was virtually no room for choice.

Unless Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui and others agreed to shelve this case, turning it into a new cold case, whether Shiting County Bureau wanted to continue or not, they had to keep going.

Regardless of whether it’s Qinghe City Bureau or the provincial department’s business guidance, it will soon come down the phone line.

Huang Qiangmin suddenly understood what Liu Jinghui meant by upward management.

Once a case has progressed to this stage, even senior leaders can only accept the orders they’re given.

It’s not just Shiting County Bureau; Shiting County itself must contribute and help quell the dissatisfaction among the Shi Family, help mediate, and persuade.

Two days later.

The third corpse was laid out in the autopsy room of Shiting County’s funeral home.

Bai Jian looked at it, completely numb.

“Are people really burying bodies in graves?” Bai Jian was staring at the first, second, and third corpses laid out in a row in the autopsy room, as if he had returned to the terrifying memories of a case with three bodies.

Huang Qiangmin understood the captain of the criminal police all too well and, baring his teeth in a smile, said, “Could it be that you still don’t believe it?”

“It’s not that I don’t trust, it’s just…

sigh…

what do you think his motive is?” Bai Jian let out a long sigh.

It wasn’t that he was looking for an answer, but that the emotional rollercoaster was too much to bear.

Huang Qiangmin shook his head and looked towards Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui beside him.

The case had only just begun, and there were clues, but Huang Qiangmin didn’t want to influence which direction to take.

It might seem easy to pick a direction now, but once you commit to a major case like this, it’s not easy to change course later, especially as it gets more complicated.

Li Xiang was there to help and also looked towards Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui.

“I want to continue searching for the bodies.” Jiang Yuan didn’t have a mature approach to solving the case, he had only heard of such cases and had never actually encountered one.

Although he had seen some clues, they weren’t very solid.

Jiang Yuan’s idea was still to look for clues at the crime scene where the bodies were buried.

The way the bodies were buried, from parking on the roadside to transporting the body, then digging a hole and stuffing the corpse, and finally backfilling the grave, would take an entire half of the night.

It was impossible not to leave traces every time.

On the contrary, the criminal suspect would leave traces every time; it was just a matter of not having found the person yet.

Seeing this, Liu Jinghui said, “Then I suggest that Shiting County should launch another crackdown on organized crime and corruption!”

Wow!

All those present gasped in shock.

Such an operation would have a significant impact.

Bai Jian took a deep breath, and his emotions settled down somewhat.

Compared to solving a case, he was more comfortable with a structured and substantial operation.

And, Liu Jinghui had indeed pointed out a direction.

If those who committed the murder and buried the bodies were indeed local underworld forces, solving the case would actually be easier.

“I’ll go and report to the bureau chief,” Bai Jian said without another word.

Liu Jinghui grunted in agreement, watched Bai Jian leave, and then turned to Huang Qiangmin, saying, “Shall we continue?

I suggest it would be more convenient to stay outside the city.”

“Okay,” Huang Qiangmin immediately agreed.

With Shiting County poised for a big operation, they might even need to borrow forces from other counties.

Since they didn’t want to be involved, it made sense to simply stay outside the city.

Jiang Yuan looked at the bodies and further suggested, “How about we stay near the funeral home?”

“Well…okay,” Huang Qiangmin agreed.

The funeral home of Shiting County was near West Mountain, not only fitting the condition of staying outside the city but also advantageous in case of an emergency.

If they needed to head up the mountain, the living conditions were quite good.

Most importantly, there was an autopsy room and a basic pathology lab there.

With slight modifications, they could be used for daily evidence storage work, which was very convenient.

The group decided to move and did so.

Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, all officers took action, driving their own vehicles and others that represented the Shiting County Bureau’s friendship and confusion, arriving in a grand procession at Shiting County’s funeral home.

Along the way, Mu Zhiyang felt a bit guilty.

Halfway through the drive, he sheepishly said, “We’ve taken so many cars out.

Shiting County will need them, won’t they?”

“They’re not short of cars.

Moreover, the city will definitely support them.

The more dire the county’s situation, the more support they’ll get,” Huang Qiangmin said, pausing for a moment, “If it really comes down to it, we can support them later.”

“So we’re just confirming who’s in charge for now?” Mu Zhiyang finally seemed to have caught on.

Huang Qiangmin smiled, “Don’t think too much into it.

We’re just here to solve a case.

Even though Shiting County’s operation is related to the case, we can’t completely merge the two.”

Mu Zhiyang made an “oh” sound as he finally seemed to understand.

That’s right, they’re running their operation, and it’s natural for you to jump in and help as an outsider from another county, but looking from someone on the outside, it seems quite strange.

Seeing Mu Zhiyang trying hard to think with his insufficient gray matter, Jiang Yuan said, “Don’t worry about what others are doing.

Let’s just handle the crime scene.”

His approach was typically technical.

He didn’t care how the cake was divided; he just wanted to make as many cakes as possible.

If he didn’t get a share of the cake, he’d use centrifuges designed for nuclear weapons to make ice cream!

West Mountain.

With Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team taking the lead and the local police officers assisting, they continued to trudge up and down the mountain.

In theory, the graves in West Mountain of Shiting County could date back to the Song Dynasty.

Of course, most of such graves wouldn’t survive to the present and had been dug up long ago.

The problem was that Jiang Yuan and his team were not looking for the contents inside the graves, but the graves themselves, which made the task slightly more difficult.

Fortunately, Li Xiang were quite professional, and after finding the third body, as the case’s scale and priority increased, Li Xiang also gradually invited two more experts to join the search.

The detectives closely followed the three experts, searching methodically and resolutely.

This was the predicament criminals faced in this era.

Even though their technical level and criminal abilities were improving, the systemized and professionally trained detective force was also growing stronger.

More importantly, they could focus on key investigations and even adopt a strategy of escalatory support—from son to father to grandfather if needed.

The most outrageous part was that some detectives, who weren’t particularly skilled or professional, could come together for major operations and unearth the very soil where the crimes took place.

All in all, making one’s way through society seemed pretty tough.

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There was an omission in chapter numbering; hence the next chapter will be Chapter 478.

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