Six o'clock in the afternoon.

It's the end of the workday, and the police officers, now dressed in casual clothes, are leaving the office and getting ready to go home.

Breathing in the fresh air that is still soaked in sunlight, many people feel as if they have traveled to another world.

The "命桉" case has restarted.

According to the usual practice, once this type of case appears, everyone in the department has to rush to the restroom.

A specialized team that hasn't slept for two weeks, various functional units that don't leave work until midnight, and reports that no one knows how to write when it's all over.

Under normal circumstances, when a "命桉" case occurs, it takes the entire department a week to deal with it, and the specialized team a month. This is the standard procedure.

It's not that the case will definitely be solved within a month, but by the time a month has passed, the specialized team is exhausted and the unsolved cases usually end up in the "积桉" file.

In the past, once a case ended up in the "积桉" file, it was difficult to solve.

This is one of the reasons why "命桉" cases are given special attention.

They are extremely difficult.

The specialized team that is currently handling the case, despite having various advantages, couldn't solve it.

Any case that can't be solved despite the efforts of the specialized team has many areas that can be studied.

This time, the case was solved in just one day.

Not only was the specialized team surprised, even the ordinary police officers found it unbelievable.

Many people had already prepared their sleeping arrangements in the office, but then they received a notification from their superiors that they could go home. They even felt a bit disappointed.

Sleeping in the office for a week is undoubtedly a painful experience.

But if they could spend a day away from home, without having to see their wives or take care of their children, and sleep with their colleagues, it would truly be a rare and joyful experience in life.

But now, both the good and the bad were gone.

A group of people, just like usual, walked out of the office building, out of the courtyard, and returned home.

Their expressions were strange and inexplicable.

Jiang Yuan, on the other hand, felt a sense of satisfaction.

Footprint identification is not very specific, but its scope is large. Compared to the various skills Jiang Yuan currently possesses, it is a good supplement.

Jiang Yuan walked on the road, even observing the walking postures of pedestrians.

The walking postures of men, women, young people, and the elderly are all different.

There was once a classic story about a footprint expert who was preparing to write a book specifically about the relationship between footprints and age. However, he found it difficult to determine the footprints of young people around the age of 20.

So, this expert specifically found a section of road and observed the walking postures of passersby. Then, he saw a 20-year-old man suddenly jump up while walking.

The expert had an epiphany.

Jiang Yuan also constantly confirmed his findings through footprints.

When he walked into the Jiang Village community, there was a section of road that was being dug up. Jiang Yuan looked at the chaotic footprints on the ground and could even guess the identities of the people who left certain special footprints.

For example, the person using crutches who was walking towards Building 1 was most likely Seventeenth Uncle.

And the footsteps of this young woman, who was fat and had a wide body, immediately brought to mind the image of Sixth Sister.

And the person carrying a heavy object, the weight on their back was probably around 100 kilograms, which was the weight of a corpse.

Jiang Yuan was shocked and quickly examined the footprints.

There were footprints on the ground from more than one person carrying a heavy load.

Jiang Yuan frowned. If it was just a young person playing around romantically, having one set of footprints would be understandable.

But why were there two sets of footprints in a row? What was going on?

Could it be that a duo committed a massacre?

The more Jiang Yuan thought about it, the more dangerous it seemed.

Jiang Village was known for its wealth and naturally attracted attention.

Although there were rarely any major thefts or robberies these days, it was still possible to find rare seafood and even rare firearms in Jiang Village.

Jiang Yuan's face darkened, and he didn't rush home. Instead, he followed the two sets of heavy footsteps.

The footprints continued for a while after passing through the section of road being dug up. When Jiang Yuan looked up again, he found himself standing in front of his own building.

Devour.

At this moment, there was no need to doubt that his own home was the most dangerous place.

Jiang Fu Town was the wealthiest in the entire town, and Jiang Yuan had now offended someone.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan felt that the most correct thing to do was to call the police.

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But he couldn't wait any longer. He directly took the elevator and when it came time to press the floor button, he deliberately skipped two floors.

The elevator door opened, and Jiang Yuan cautiously walked out of the elevator, looking left and right, then climbed up the fire escape.

In front of his own door.

There was a lively atmosphere.

Jiang Yuan furrowed his brows and cautiously stuck his head out.

What he feared the most now was seeing a scene similar to Seventeenth Uncle's house.

His own door was open.

A group of people... seemed to be having a feast.

And they seemed quite happy.

Jiang Yuan quietly breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the fire escape.

"Yuan Ge, why did you climb up here?" Jiang Yongxin greeted him at the door and said hello when he saw Jiang Yuan.

"Jiang Yuan is back!"In the corridor, there were uncles holding wine glasses filled with cola mixed with white wine, cheerfully nodding at Jiang Yuan. If it weren't for their T-shirts, Jiang Yuan would have thought they were at some Western-style cocktail party.

It seemed like a typical banquet.

Moreover, the reason for the banquet was probably not related to his own family.

Jiang Yuan began to wonder, could it be that someone was getting married and had moved the bride and bridesmaids here? This didn't seem to be a custom in Jiang Village.

"Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan!"

Uncle Yu Shan and the people from Jiang Fu Town appeared together. It turned out that Uncle Yu Shan had come to visit Jiang Yuan's house.

Jiang Fu Town laughed heartily and said, "Your Uncle Yu Shan is very polite, he brought you a whole cow, and I've started cooking it."

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized and slapped his forehead hard.

He had really been overthinking, scaring himself.

Who would carry a corpse around for no reason, especially to his own house?

Thinking about it this way, giving a whole cow as a gift was quite normal.

Jiang Yuan just had a slight doubt, "Can our pot cook a whole cow?"

"The legs and head weren't cooked, they were moved to the storage room."

"I see... were the legs removed in advance?"

"Yes, they were brought up."

Jiang Yuan sighed, that made sense. A big cow leg weighed about the same as a young lady, and cost about the same.

"There's no need to give such a heavy gift, Uncle Yu Shan." Jiang Yuan thanked Uncle Yu Shan.

"It's necessary." Uncle Yu Shan said solemnly, "We were all deceived by the same tea shop, not just me. When I told everyone that the culprit had been caught, they were all very happy."

Uncle Yu Shan looked clear and spirited, not at all like someone who had just been swindled out of hundreds of thousands.

Jiang Fu Town smiled without saying a word, then turned to ask his son, "Do you want soup or meat?"

"I want both soup and meat."

"Wait a moment." Jiang Fu Town went back to the kitchen, took a large bowl, chopped a few pieces of good meat for Jiang Yuan from the side of the chopping board, then ladled soup into it, poured the soup back into the pot, ladled more soup, added chopped green onions and minced garlic, followed by large grains of rock salt and pepper...

A bowl of fragrant beef soup was ready.

Jiang Yuan picked up the large bowl, took a deep breath, and all the cells in his body were eagerly calling out.