National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 546 - 546 501 Contact

546: Chapter 501 Contact 546: Chapter 501 Contact In the evening, as a crowd of police officers began dining on the buffet, “Changyang Evening News” had already reported the complete annihilation of the Huang Li and Li Jianfang drug trafficking gang.

Li Jianfang was number 17 as confirmed by Jiang Yuan, a 32-year-old male with ordinary looks and height, unmarried with 5 lovers and 8 children.

As of now, he was also the most cooperative member of the drug trafficking gang.

Speaking of him, Liu Jinghui felt quite emotional, “You’d say he’s in the drug trade without considering the consequences, yet he knew how to leave a legacy.

In the end, while others’ properties are confiscated, or they hardly have any properties left, this Mr.

Li, with 8 kids— you can’t just confiscate that.”

Mu Zhiyang served himself some rice, then drenched it with the gravy from the red wine-braised beef.

He was supremely happy gorging himself until he heard Liu Jinghui say this and suddenly felt annoyed, “I don’t have a single partner, and this drug dealer has 5 lovers?”

“The guy gives his lovers a living expense of 100,000 yuan a month, and there are gifts during holidays and festivals.

What are you comparing with?” Liu Jinghui laughed, then picked up his clear tea and took a couple of sips.

He was already fed up with the Changyang City Bureau’s buffet and would rather drink some tea to cleanse his stomach.

Mu Zhiyang, on the other hand, thought the Changyang City Bureau’s buffet was so delicious, he snorted with satisfaction as he ate and said, “100,000 yuan a month for one lover, 5 lovers, isn’t that 500,000 a month?

Drug trafficking really does make money.”

“It’s quite rare for them to be able to deal drugs steadily in a provincial capital city.

This time some people are happy, others are in for bad luck…” Liu Jinghui paused, then said, “Well, Xiao Mu has made another achievement this time, I guess someone’s going to be pulling their hair out over your merit.”

“Even with my achievements, I can’t find a wife.

By the way, when the drug traffickers end up getting executed by a firing squad, won’t their lovers and children have no money to spend?” Mu Zhiyang was quite worried about the rich.

Liu Jinghui chuckled twice, “That’s why he’s so cooperative, for fear that all his assets would be identified as illegal earnings.”

“Is it possible not to identify them?” Mu Zhiyang was surprised.

“The main assets will definitely be identified, but he surely had someone research it beforehand and had made some separations.

In the end, if they don’t pursue it, consider it good luck.” Liu Jinghui wasn’t very clear about the details himself; after mulling it over, he looked at Jiang Yuan and said, “This guy, originally acted like just a minion, might have gotten a suspended death sentence, but now it’s all over, he can only think about leaving some money for his family.”

“He might have hidden assets.” Mu Zhiyang swallowed the rice and beef in his mouth and muttered.

Liu Jinghui grunted in agreement, “That’s beyond our control now, and besides, we can’t really let 8 children starve to death.”

“Those lovers of his have hands and feet; they can always find a way to make money.” Mu Zhiyang had no sympathy as he said, “The drugs they sell have harmed I don’t know how many people, maybe even sold to minors.

His own children enjoy a living expense of 100,000 yuan a month, they’ll just have to deal with any misfortune that comes their way.”

Liu Jinghui neither agreed nor disagreed, sipping his tea, but said, “Speaking of which, it’s a bit strange that their underground drug lab mainly produces and sells Zolpidem.”

“So they started a conflict with the drug trafficking gang represented by Wang Xingzhai, which then led to murder?” Jiang Yuan followed up on Liu Jinghui’s comment.

Liu Jinghui said, “That’s the strange part, there’s no need for such a conflict.

With so many types of new drugs, Zolpidem isn’t the best-selling one; there’s no need to rely so heavily on it.

Moreover, you should remember what I said before, among the many new types of drugs, Zolpidem is one of the easier ones to produce, usually controlled by its raw materials.”

“Phenylacetic acid, producing it is tightly regulated.” Jiang Yuan nodded.

“Right, if both criminal groups produce Zolpidem, it means they both have a demand for two kinds of raw materials, which is like adding difficulty for themselves, and can easily be discovered.” Liu Jinghui’s voice grew softer as he spoke, “You’ve seen the Narcotics Division too, and they’re not all useless—running two lines at once, the chances are very slim.”

Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Jinghui, waiting for him to state his conclusion.

Liu Jinghui didn’t beat around the bush, “It indicates that there must be a strong connection between the two criminal groups.”

“Li Jianfang hasn’t confessed?”

“He must be saving his confessions.

At this point, he wants to ensure the basic needs of his children are met first, then, he has to think about saving his own life.”

“Does he still have a chance to save his life?”

“Surviving one more day is an extra day,” said Liu Jinghui, addressing a very realistic issue, which was also a common problem encountered in criminal practice: how a death row inmate might live a little longer.

The correct approach is that if a death row inmate has committed enough and sufficiently important crimes, then confessing in a toothpaste-squeezing manner could continuously postpone the execution of their death penalty.

Take the extreme case of Zhao Zhihong; he was arrested in 2005, confessed to the Hugjilt case in 2006, and was not executed until 2019.

Li Jianfang, knowing he was doomed, wanted to use the intelligence in his hands to delay his end for a while.

For him at present, a delay of half a year would be quite good, even a few months wouldn’t be a loss, and if he could delay for a year or two, that would be making a killing.

He definitely planned to confess, because once all the procedures were completed, it would be meaningless to confess afterward.

On the other hand, confessing too quickly wouldn’t work either.

There was only so much valuable intelligence, and once that was given, the police might not be interested in the mere scraps left over.

Jiang Yuan knew Liu Jinghui wouldn’t have brought up this topic casually.

Liu Jinghui took reasoning very seriously.

Thus, after deep thought for a moment, Jiang Yuan asked, “Are you thinking of continuing the investigation and using the drug trafficking gangs of Huang Li and Li Jianfang to get to Lao Gui’s gang?”

“Direct investigation would probably not yield anything, this guy is even more hidden than the Huang Li Drug Trafficking Gang, I suspect…” Liu Jinghui also began to hesitate.

Mu Zhiyang found his meal tasteless, and simply put down his chopsticks, looking at Liu Jinghui, “Well, go on then.”

“Even pure reasoning needs the support of evidence,” Liu Jinghui said.

“All we know now is that this drug trafficking gang is very well hidden, but the appearance of Wang Xingzhai makes them seem too superficial.

For dealing drugs locally, even the Huang Li Drug Trafficking Gang disdains to do such things.

It’s illogical for a more hidden gang to engage in this.”

“Maybe it’s just because Huang Li’s gang was eradicated that you think they’re not so well hidden,” Jiang Yuan logically countered Liu Jinghui’s point.

“Perhaps,” Liu Jinghui smiled.

“As I said earlier, without the support of evidence, pure reasoning can’t go on.”

“Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t say that.”

“Sherlock Holmes tried to deduce using common sense, and that era’s United Kingdom only had those conditions, just like the Euclidean geometry that only had axioms but no theorems.

Whenever anything happened, they had to deduce everything from the beginning.”

Their conversation soon turned into a casual chat.

Finding evidence isn’t something that could be done in an instant, even though Jiang Yuan now had his own team.

Without a clear direction, they could only wait a bit.

The interrogation of Huang Li and Li Jianfang’s drug trafficking gangs was just beginning, and in the coming period, even if they resisted with the expectation of death, they would eventually relax.

It was impossible for only the team leader to confess.

And once a breakthrough was made, there would surely be a steady stream of information coming in.

Besides, the drug gang’s den was as large as a whole building, full of potential evidence.

It was possible that something could be sifted out from any hidden corner.

More and more evidence was sure to emerge later on.

The criminal investigation team’s cafeteria was also a semi-public place, so Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui did not continue discussing future evidence.

The two ate something casually and then staggered out the door.

Although the drug gang case was going smoothly, the entire process inevitably caused a lot of tension.

Jiang Yuan, having changed into casual clothes and not needing to adhere to police uniform standards anymore, relaxed his body and strolled to the parking lot to get his car.

Having started the car and driven out of the parking lot in second gear, he followed the road towards his small house.

In the afternoon, he had arranged for a cleaner to come and tidy up, so by now, the room should be neatly arranged and clean.

From the criminal investigation team’s office to his house wasn’t far, only one traffic light away…

Just then, a green dumper truck, shrouded in the dim evening light and the complex streetlights, charged over without any hint of braking, its bright headlights so dazzling that Jiang Yuan squinted his eyes.