Crossing provinces will make the case more complicated.

But for "Wu Long Wild Man Case", this means that there may be new clues.

Because the previous series of data and judgments were all based on Shannan Province. Now, Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui naturally thought, whether there would be new evidence and data in Pingzhou Province, which is a few days away.

The days spent here are all hunting trails in the mountains, which means that the murderer is likely to travel between Pingzhou Province and Shannan Province.

And the case that happened in Pingzhou Province was not included in the observation range before.

"Let's go to Langgu County first." Liu Jinghui was not overwhelmed by the opportunity. In his current situation, it is difficult to clarify his identity by going to the provincial government of Pingzhou. He might even be laughed at for several years.

A group of people hurried down the mountain and informed the local county bureau in Langgu County in advance. Finally, they got on a transportation tool with assistance.

After arranging everything at the guesthouse and looking presentable, Liu Jinghui borrowed a car and a driver and headed to Pingzhou. Jiang Yuan did not follow, but first sorted out the evidence and stored them in Langgu County. The ones that needed refrigeration were refrigerated, and the ones that needed to be kept dry were kept dry. If they could access the internal network, they would quickly compare them.

This process is quite cumbersome, especially the middle procedures. The information and signatures that need to be filled in cannot be missing.

Jiang Yuan is not familiar with Langgu County, nor does he know the level of the criminal science brigade here. He dare not give them the evidence of the case as a pressure test, so he signed each item according to the procedure, scolding the captain of the criminal science brigade in Langgu County.

After a few hours, everything that needed to be done was done. Jiang Yuan slept soundly in the guesthouse.

When he woke up again, Jiang Yuan saw Liu Jinghui sitting in front of the bed, looking at him eagerly. He couldn't help but shudder.

"Are you awake?" Liu Jinghui had the expression of visiting a seriously ill person and put down his phone, saying, "I have checked. Li Sanqiu is indeed not the first deceased. Last year, a body was also found in Pingzhou Province, shot to death, but the head was taken away by an animal, and the identity was not confirmed."

"It's a bit abnormal." Jiang Yuan sat up, covering himself with the blanket.

"It is indeed abnormal. These people treat murder as an ordinary thing." Liu Jinghui nodded in agreement.

"I'm not talking about them." Jiang Yuan looked at where Liu Jinghui was sitting. He had brought a chair over himself and sat there steadily, as if he had made up his mind to wait for him to wake up.

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Liu Jinghui waved his hand, "There's nothing to be sorry about. I know you're tired too, so I let you sleep a little longer. Don't feel too touched."

Jiang Yuan has been with Liu Jinghui all the way and has a bit of an understanding of his temperament. He sighed and asked, "How did you determine that the body was shot? Are the weapons the same?"

Liu Jinghui shook his head, "They are not the same. The body here was shot in the chest by a hunting rifle, and there was a steel ball stuck in the rib."

"Ours is a 9mm handgun bullet." Jiang Yuan didn't understand bullet identification. This conclusion was sent back by the technicians.

From the perspective of the case, there is a big difference between a handgun bullet and a hunting rifle bullet.

In the current domestic environment, anyone other than law enforcement personnel who possesses a handgun must be a dangerous person. The 9mm bullet is even more special and not like a hunting rifle. There is still a certain amount of stock.

Nowadays, some places still allow hunting wild boars and the like. This may be one of the reasons why Pingzhou did not bring out the gun case and conducted a high-profile investigation.

Of course, not being able to find the head and not being able to confirm the identity is probably the more important reason.

Jiang Yuan got up and washed his face, asking, "Do we need to merge the cases now?"

Liu Jinghui answered in the negative, "I don't think it's necessary."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but look over, "Why?"

After running around so hard, are we going to start over?

Liu Jinghui didn't need Jiang Yuan to say it. He said, "We have to start over, more or less. I have carefully looked at the case in Pingzhou, and there is basically no new information. It's just trouble to merge with them."

"Do we still need the information about firearms?"

"When we solve the case and file a lawsuit, let the prosecutor's office handle it themselves." Liu Jinghui waved his hand heroically, tightened his newly changed shirt and tie, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's go through the hunting trail again."

"Go again?" Jiang Yuan's face drooped.

If it weren't for the big rooster supplementing him, he would have lost at least five kilograms on this trip.

Jiang Yuan recalled the journey along the way and couldn't help but say, "We have been paying attention all the way, and it is difficult to find any new discoveries by going through it again... Do you have any new targets?"

"Change the route."

"What route?"

"It should be the opposite." Liu Jinghui likes to prove his reasoning in front of others. He counted on his fingers and said, "First of all, let's talk about the information we know. These are a group of desperados."

Jiang Yuan nodded.

Liu Jinghui counted his second finger and said, "Secondly, what is the purpose of the other party traveling through the hunting trail? I estimate there are only three possibilities: drug trafficking, poaching, and smuggling. I am more inclined to poaching."

"Then what?"

"Then, let's go through the hunting trail again to prove their route." Liu Jinghui said, "I have already asked colleagues from the provincial department to come and help, to see what kind of route is suitable for poaching. Then, let's try to see if we can find the body..."

"If we find it, it proves that it was done by poachers?" Jiang Yuan understood Liu Jinghui's train of thought.Liu Jinghui nodded, saying, "There are occasional poaching incidents in Wulong Mountain, but this group seems to be deeply involved. If they kill anyone they encounter, they must have quite a few victims..."

Listening to this, Jiang Yuan felt exhausted.

Not only was retracing the hunting trails tiring, but Liu Jinghui's investigative approach was also mentally draining.

Retracing the hunting trails and searching for bodies...

Bodies weren't that easy to find.

The two bodies they had found so far were discovered by sheer luck. Assuming there were other bodies—Jiang Yuan guessed there must be more victims near the hunting trails. However, given the environment of Wulong Mountain, the absence of reports about discovered bodies wasn't because no one had encountered them, but likely because wild animals were more thorough in their searches than humans.

In short, Liu Jinghui had proposed an excellent theory, but proving it would require an exhausting effort!

And the one who would be exhausted was someone else.

Liu Jinghui was very familiar with technicians like Jiang Yuan. However, Jiang Yuan's comprehensive abilities were surprisingly strong. Liu Jinghui chuckled and said, "Or we could start from the other end, catch the poachers, find the fences... If it comes to this, I'd rather leave it to the local criminal police."

In his words, Liu Jinghui's attitude seemed a bit superior.

Jiang Yuan took a big gulp of water and asked somewhat irritably, "Do you have any good methods for finding bodies?"

Liu Jinghui countered, "Do you have any methods?"

"Get a couple more dogs?" Jiang Yuan suggested, though he himself didn't think it was a reliable plan.

Liu Jinghui agreed, "The natural environment has too much influence on police dogs. The two cadaver dogs we used a few days ago were already quite professional."

Jiang Yuan scoffed, "If dogs can't do it, what can we do?"

"I think you can find them." Liu Jinghui said to Jiang Yuan, "I have faith in you."

Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Jinghui, unsure if being considered "better than a dog" was an insult or not.

"Just kidding." Liu Jinghui laughed, then added, "This time I'll have someone buy some convenience food and some meat to take with us..."

"Let's first check out that body." Jiang Yuan said, "The headless one you mentioned that was shot by a hunting rifle."

"Alright then. I'll prepare the equipment for the trip." Liu Jinghui didn't think it was necessary. He trusted Jiang Yuan's fingerprinting and crime scene investigation skills more than his forensic skills, which he didn't find particularly impressive.

This was normal. Young detectives often didn't know their strengths when they first started, and it was common to take the wrong path. Those who could reveal their talents were the lucky ones.

Like Liu Jinghui himself, whose talent was logical reasoning.

However, if Jiang Yuan wanted to perform an autopsy, Liu Jinghui wouldn't object. With one phone call, everything was arranged.

Early the next morning, Jiang Yuan arrived at the funeral home in Langgu County to conduct his first out-of-town autopsy.

The autopsy room in Langgu County was even more rudimentary than the one in Ningtai County.

The slightly dated autopsy table, which looked like a food counter in a student cafeteria, was where the body was placed. The body fluids that flowed out couldn't drain smoothly.

The body was in the process of thawing, inevitably leading to decay. The poor ventilation in the autopsy room made the smell even more unbearable.

The forensic doctor in Langgu County, Li Zhen, looked quite old. His wrinkled skin clung to his thin muscles, making him look like he was in his seventies or eighties. Perhaps he had adapted to the environment, as he only wore a mask and handed one to Jiang Yuan, saying, "You requested it last night, so I took out the body. It was frozen solid, and it hasn't completely thawed yet."

The body was discovered last year, meaning it had been stored in the funeral home's ice coffin for a year. The skin on the outside had turned a greenish-black color, and there were signs of decaying veins. This indicated that the gases from the decaying body had entered the blood vessels and started to discolor the veins.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan took out the gas mask he had brought with him and said, "I'll wear this."

"You young people." Li Zhen muttered, "When we were doing autopsies back in the day, we couldn't even guarantee masks. Now I see people wearing protective suits..."

"Conditions have improved a lot now." Jiang Yuan agreed, then turned his attention to the body.

Li Zhen was about the same age as Jiang Yuan's mentor, Wu Jun. They had spoken on the phone earlier, and Li Zhen was happy not to have to make small talk. He went straight to the point, "No head, no personal items that could identify her. Middle-aged woman, has given birth, tall, initially estimated to be between 1.65 and 1.7 meters, weighing around 60 kilograms, possibly engaged in some physical activities."

Li Zhen stopped here. What Jiang Yuan saw in the autopsy report was the same, all basic anthropological judgments. Among them, gender and age were relatively easy to determine. The history of childbirth was also simple. Most women who have given birth have one or more bean-sized bone pits on the back of the pubic symphysis, known as "childbirth scars". If they are present, she has given birth; if not, other areas need to be checked.

As for height, weight, etc., these can be calculated well if there are long bones.

Jiang Yuan felt a bit relieved. What he feared most was that the forensic doctor in Langgu County would have a deep understanding of forensic anthropology. If that were the case, conducting another autopsy would be a waste of time.

However, it was clear that Li Zhen was not proficient in forensic anthropology. For Jiang Yuan, choosing to conduct another autopsy was necessary.