After staying at home for two days and finishing a pot of abalone sauce with beef, rice, vegetables, mushrooms, tofu, fish lips, fish maw, fish gelatin, and sea cucumber, Jiang Yuan realized it was already Monday.

Jiangfu Town felt a bit tired, and recently, he could only see his son once every few days, so he decided to go out and play for half a month.

Several people from the same age group in Jiang Village gathered together. Fortunately, someone had rented a venue to a car rental company, so they drove a large RV and brought two Dobermans with them.

Coincidentally, some relatives had rented a shop to sell outdoor supplies, so they purchased camping equipment such as tents and stoves at a reasonable price and introduced a beautiful camping site.

There were also some villagers who had rented a fish pond for fishing, so they bought fishing equipment, including fishing rods, tackle boxes, fish protectors, and a large amount of bait suitable for beginners, in order to engage in some recreational activities at the beautiful camping site.

There were also friends who had rented a site to open a gas station, so they brought two barrels of gasoline to avoid the trouble of getting lost and missing a gas station.

With his father gone, Jiang Yuan suddenly felt that there was no need to go home.

Besides, the criminal investigation team was quite comfortable and safe.

Jiang Yuan directly dragged his suitcase and moved into the dormitory.

Upon hearing this, Huang Qiangming didn't even ask and immediately had a refrigerator and a television delivered.

Jiang Yuan settled down peacefully and in the next two days, he solved three cases of burglary.

There were 25 years of unsolved homicide cases, and none of them were easy to handle.

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Jiang Yuan also felt a bit exhausted and decided to focus on the unsolved burglary cases.

Burglaries were relatively easy to leave behind physical evidence. If the search was detailed enough, DNA evidence, fingerprints, and footprints could be collected.

Occasionally, when encountering a particularly skilled thief, the probability of leaving footprints was high. Once a flaw was exposed, it could lead to a series of connected cases. Burglaries were rarely committed only once. If they were, it was mostly done by acquaintances.

After all, the learning cost of this skill was not low, and the profit from a single crime was not high. If it was only done once, it was equivalent to spending money to learn how to drive, getting a driver's license, and then losing the use of the right hand after driving once.

Jiang Yuan found solving these cases quite interesting.

As the saying goes, once a thief, always a thief. People who learned how to drive would always be willing to drive.

It was the same for thieves. Many of them left behind fingerprints, especially in Ningtai County where the quality of thieves was slightly lower, resulting in more fingerprints.

But their energy and enthusiasm for committing crimes were not lacking.

Some people persisted in burglary for twenty years, which meant they hadn't paid social security. Otherwise, they could have retired.

Among the burglars Jiang Yuan caught, some were already retired.

However, the cases were still within the statute of limitations, so they had to pay for the shortcuts they took in their youth and the harm they caused to ordinary people.

Wei Zhenguo's Sixth Brigade was busy to the point where they didn't even have time to return to the office.

If they continued to be busy like this, the retired thieves in Ningtai County would soon be cleared out.

By then, the thief market in Ningtai County would be completely disrupted. Not only would no one be able to come out now and shoulder the burden of the theft industry, but it would also be obvious that there would be no successors.

Now, the retired thieves who had accumulated for many years would be caught again, and even if someone wanted to transition, they might not be able to find a place to learn the craft.

Ring, ring.

The landline rang, and both Jiang Yuan and Wu Jun looked up.

At this time, when the landline rang, it was equivalent to the crowing of a rooster, which was very terrifying.

"I understand, I got it..."

Wu Jun answered the phone, and his expression quickly became serious.

Jiang Yuan was not surprised.

What good news could be heard from the phone in the forensic office?

"Please take a look at my son's broken arm and determine the level of disability." Even this kind of statement would be considered good news.

Jiang Yuan silently bookmarked the unfinished webpage and the unfinished fingerprint markings.

After Wu Jun hung up the phone, he said, "Wang Lan, the forensic doctor from the Municipal Bureau, called and specifically asked for you to participate in a new case."

"A current case?"

"A current case."

"Do you know the details?"

"Recently, the water levels in various places have been dropping, and it's the same in Qinghe City. Then, someone discovered black garbage bags on the riverbed." Wu Jun teased a bit, then continued, "A total of four bags, four bodies, all dismembered."

Jiang Yuan was stunned.

Dismemberment cases were already major cases, and Qinghe unexpectedly had four at once.

And they were all sunk into the reservoir?

"If it weren't for the drop in water levels, they wouldn't have been discovered, right?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Wu Jun nodded. "It was the historic drop in water levels that exposed the bodies. For the specific situation, you can ask Wang Lan in Qinghe."

"Aren't you going?"

"Why should I go? They don't need me." Wu Jun sighed and added, "The Provincial Department will definitely send someone to supervise. Be careful when you go, and I'll stay here to hold the fort. I don't know how long this trip will take..."

Listening to Wu Jun's words, it seemed that Jiang Yuan was going for sure.

Upon careful consideration, it did seem like he was going.

Four bodies meant that at least eight forensic doctors were needed. It was normal for three forensic doctors to work on one body in major dismemberment cases.

Therefore, Qinghe City would normally need twelve forensic doctors.

Ningtai County had two forensic doctors within its establishment and one supporting forensic doctor, so it was only natural for them to provide assistance.

Soon, Huang Qiangming also received the news. Although he was reluctant, he could only send Jiang Yuan off.

The pressure on Qinghe City Bureau from the four bodies case was self-evident. As the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade in the subordinate county bureau, Huang Qiangming had to consider the politics of the situation.

Jiang Yuan didn't have much to say either. He drove himself and brought Wang Zhong along, heading to Qinghe City.

Wang Zhong was pulled in by Jiang Yuan to help.

They still didn't know the specific situation at Qinghe City Bureau.

Going to a case alone, it was possible that there wouldn't even be an assistant during the autopsy.

Huang Qiangming readily agreed.Anyway, Wang Zhong staying in the team wouldn't contribute much to the case investigation, so it would be better to send him out to assist Jiang Yuan.

Qinghe City Bureau.

A heavy atmosphere had been flowing from the office since the phone call was received.

Murders happened every year, every month, frequently. But a major murder case involving four bodies, especially one involving dismemberment and body disposal, hadn't been seen in Qinghe City for many years.

After the condition of the bodies was confirmed, the case was directly taken over by the Qinghe City Bureau. The Bureau usually didn't handle cases, but the current situation indicated that this was not an ordinary time.

Upon arrival, Jiang Yuan went straight to the autopsy room at the funeral home.

They had requisitioned the autopsy room from the Qianjin District, which looked quite familiar.

The smell, however, was very unfamiliar.

Jiang Yuan silently changed his clothes before entering.

Four black plastic bags had been opened, their mouths gaping open, and yellow-brown water was flowing out, the smell was unbearable.

Jiang Yuan held a 3M mask in his hand, which filtered the odor very well, but out of politeness, he first greeted Forensic Wang Lan.

"Jiang Yuan is here." Wang Lan's lean face was full of fatigue. Seeing Jiang Yuan, he couldn't even muster a smile. "I see you've also got your gear on. Let's start reconstructing the bodies."

"Okay." Jiang Yuan responded, then asked, "Are we going to boil them?"

In the corner of the autopsy room, next to the liquefied gas stove, a huge pressure cooker stood in a very discordant and conspicuous state, reminding everyone of its existence.

"We used to use ordinary pots to boil them, but there are too many this time, we don't have time. Two pots at once. Start with the first one." Wang Lan instructed someone to move the pressure cooker a bit under the autopsy table, then picked up the meat pieces with bones from the bag and put them in.

Jiang Yuan put on his mask, checked his gloves, and came over to help.

"The pressure cooker can't fit a whole person, so pick out the characteristic bones first, like the pelvis." Wang Lan gave up his position and had someone bring an ordinary pot to the second autopsy table, directing other forensic experts to select characteristic bones.

The chaos gradually gave way to orderly busyness.

Jiang Yuan slowly turned over the body pieces in the plastic bag, picking out common ones like the pelvis, cervical vertebrae, wrist bones, etc., and put them into the pressure cooker.

When the quantity was about right, someone added water, and everyone lifted it onto the stove, starting to boil it.

This part of the process was similar to making abalone sauce.

That's it for today's chapter. Writing until 4 a.m. every day is too exhausting, I need a break.

(End of Chapter)