National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 820 - 761: Going to the Hospital_2

Chapter 820: Chapter 761: Going to the Hospital_2

"Okay," Jiang Yuan agreed.

With that, the investigative direction was pretty much sorted out.

Liu Jinghui silently counted the number of people and said to Jiang Yuan, "Are we just looking into boxers with bone fractures, or should we also consider other avenues of investigation?"

Jiang Yuan, holding some sauce-coated meat, chewed carefully and ate two pieces before replying, "Just this for now, hope to complete the check in two or three days."

It had already been a week since they took on the case.

There were actually clues, but the simple ones had all gradually fizzled out—an issue that was quite telling in itself.

Jiang Yuan had been thinking about the case these past few days. From his experience, he found it quite difficult to investigate based on clothing and other similar aspects.

At the same time, although he had no strong evidence, he had begun to assume that the victim was from out of town. Otherwise, why would someone who clearly seemed like an enforcer, with multiple injuries, leave no criminal record behind, not even a trace of DNA or fingerprints?

He truly had no evidence to prove these people were from outside Beijing, but the complete lack of evidence was itself evidence.

Liu Jinghui had Wang Chuanxing and others print out several sets of forms and started to assign tasks to everyone.

Hearing them consulting in low voices, Jiang Yuan said, "Let’s go by the ranking of orthopedics at tertiary hospitals. It would be best if we could find the rankings from a few years ago. Group every ten and I’ll go with the first group. Which is the top orthopedic hospital in Beijing, Jishuitan?"

"Yes, within China’s hospital rankings, for orthopedics in Beijing it’s Jishuitan, 301, Beijing University Third Hospital, Xiehe, Beijing University People’s Hospital," Wang Chuanxing quickly responded.

"Alright, let’s set out. I’ll go to Jishuitan with the first group. You guys arrange the rest," Jiang Yuan patted his stomach and stood up.

"Leaving now?" Wu Junhao, the leader of the Bald Strike Team, reluctantly eyed the full table of dishes, "The dessert hasn’t even been served yet."

"There are no desserts in a Chinese canteen," Liu Jinghui patted Wu Junhao’s shoulder and sent him off.

Back at the table, the chef personally served double-layered milk custard and Yangzhi Ganlu.

Liu Jinghui picked a bowl of each, sumptuous.

Sweet.

...

At Jishuitan Hospital.

Qi Changye hadn’t even eaten lunch, bringing along colleagues in plain clothes to get a head start; when Jiang Yuan arrived, they could immediately start displaying whole pages of X-rays.

To save time, the hospital brought in three 55-inch monitors. Jiang Yuan just needed to sit on the sofa, looking at the screen and clicking the remote controller.

Although there were still many relevant X-rays, at least Qi Changye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Next, to 301? Then Beijing University Third Hospital, always not the easiest to talk to..." seeing Jiang Yuan getting in the zone, Qi Changye started thinking about the next tasks.

Jiang Yuan, while looking at the X-rays, asked, "Are the other teams doing okay?"

"Smoothly, our squadron has been dispatched to run around. Actually, the lower-ranked hospitals are a bit easier to talk to; higher ranking ones are less cooperative."

"Hmm, as long as we get all the X-rays. Until confirmation, we don’t need any other information like medical records."

"I’ve told them that. The core isn’t there. But anyway, I’ve got everything under control. You just focus on comparing," Qi Changye confidently patted his chest and, checking the time, hurriedly said, "I arranged to drink with them, running out of time, I’m off."

Qi Changye left one liaison officer behind and hastily departed, full of energy.

To tell the truth, despite all the investigative directions the special case team held, Qi Changye’s real hope—or rather, where he invested significant resources—was still with Jiang Yuan.

For Qi Changye, he’d rather Jiang Yuan follow one lead and, if it leads nowhere, then move to another.

Regarding the investigative abilities of others—it wasn’t that Qi Changye didn’t trust them, but by simple logic, he thought if they could have done it, why would it have been dragged out until today?

Jiang Yuan and his team remained in the office, letting time tick by, second by second.

Having indulged in desserts, Liu Jinghui, who came in afterward, was nested on the sofa next to them playing with his phone. Mu Zhiyang and Wu Junhao, however, didn’t relax in the slightest.

Qi Changye’s methods were too wild. Following Jiang Yuan, Mu Zhiyang always heard news that turned from 37 degrees hot off Qi Changye’s lips to 78 degrees.

One bizarre event could be a fluke, but several indicated something fishy.

And from the results, Mu Zhiyang felt even more that danger lurked at every turn.

What kind of safe place would harbor six corpses?

What sort of warmhearted forest would bury even dogs?

Looking at X-rays might be simple, but Mu Zhiyang truly worried that, the moment Jiang Yuan found the victims’ X-rays, several striped-shirted brutes would burst through the door from the other side.

Thinking this, Mu Zhiyang couldn’t help but stand up and lock the office door from the inside.

Wu Junhao just glanced over and didn’t make a fuss.

Only the liaison officer left by Qi Changye spoke in a reassuring tone, "Relax, we still have so many hospitals to cover. Captain Qi was tired dead calling today; if you exhaust all your energy now, will you give up on the rest?"

"We can switch people later," Mu Zhiyang answered very pragmatically.

"Shouldn’t you aspire to be an irreplaceable talent?" the liaison officer laughed.

"Don’t worry. Everyone’s irreplaceable; a forensic doctor can prove that," Mu Zhiyang signaled to Jiang Yuan.

The liaison officer laughed out loud.

Jiang Yuan looked over.

The liaison officer quickly sat up, "Sorry, didn’t mean to disturb you..."

"We have a match," Jiang Yuan gestured, "Call Captain Qi."

"Oh, okay!" The liaison officer was astonished while dialing on the phone, "I thought we had to look through many hospitals..."

After a while, the phone finally connected.

In the background of the other end was loud noise and the voice of another police officer from his team, "Captain Qi’s drunk, we’re heading back now, 301 is all set..."

"Alright. Got it." The liaison officer didn’t pass on the news, quietly hung up the phone, and turned to Jiang Yuan and others, saying, "Captain Qi seems to have been made drunk."

Jiang Yuan chuckled, then shook his head, "Let’s do it ourselves."

When there were no clues, it was one thing, but with a clue, they definitely couldn’t wait for Qi Changye to sober up, and there was no need to.

"Which one matched?" Liu Jinghui also put Qi Changye out of his mind.

"Number five. From Jingzhou," Jiang Yuan pulled up the information on the spot, "The X-ray was taken when he was 28 years old. Looking at the timing, he died soon after checking his old injury. He worked for... Chaikolab Import and Export Trading Company employee... The company has been dissolved..."

Jiang Yuan’s gaze lingered on the words ’import and export trade’ for a moment, then he turned to the nearby Wang Chuanxing, "Check the employee list for this company, see if there are any records of them in the hospitals here."

Before long, an employee named Wang Bo stood out.

"This one... that’s number six," Jiang Yuan flipped to his hand X-ray, which was identical to the bone injury of the sixth victim’s fingers.