Funeral home.

The autopsy room was as quiet as a classroom during final exams. The two bodies emitted a chilling aura, like stern invigilators, closely watching the forensic examiner as he moved them around.

Jiang Yuan took out a plastic box and placed it on the dissecting table. He carefully examined each bone before putting them back into the box.

With Wang Guoshan's arrest, the 724 Qinghe murder case was finally solved. The focus of the investigation would now shift to prosecution.

The bodies that couldn't be traced back to their source, like No. 6, had already been concluded through interrogation. They just needed to be verified, without the need for further extensive funding and manpower to investigate.

However, a newly discovered half body needed to undergo a separate autopsy.

Although Wang Guoshan had already confessed, the autopsy was still necessary.

A faint blue glowing ball fell into Jiang Yuan's hand.

Ma Hongyan's legacy - Local Mountain Goods Identification (LV2): Roaming the forest trails, tasting the flavors of every mountain product, it is both a hobby and a responsibility. If there were no bonds with family and friends, and no many life tasks and comparisons, Ma Hongyan would be more willing to spend time in the mountains...

Jiang Yuan collected Ma Hongyan's remains, covered them with a large plastic lid, and wrote a label while saying, "Did Ma Hongyan get killed because she asked Wang Guoshan to transport goods for her?"

"More or less. Wang Guoshan had a small truck at the time and often couldn't find any work. When he finally caught Ma Hongyan as a big customer, he wanted to earn more. They agreed on him unloading the goods, but he only unloaded a little and found it tiring. So he found an excuse to make Ma Hongyan pay someone else, and the price was even higher than the market price. Ma Hongyan refused, so he killed her..." Wang Lan had discussed this with the prosecutor and was the most well-informed.

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised and asked, "Did Wang Guoshan confess like this? Didn't he give any explanation?"

In ordinary conversations, people tend to embellish their own mistakes, let alone a murderer.

The deceased was gone, so the reason could be whatever the killer claimed, even if it was an unreasonable personal emotion, it often stemmed from self-interest.

But Wang Lan's expression was strange as he said, "As soon as Wang Guoshan arrived at the interrogation room, he started confessing. He has converted to a religion."

"Isn't it supposed to be a priest you confess to when you convert to a religion? He kills people all day long..."

"The priest who converted him listened to his confession twice and wanted to report him. He got killed. After that, Wang Guoshan had nowhere to confess."

Many people in the autopsy room heard this story for the first time and were amazed.

"Which one was the priest?" Niu Dong pointed to the body being thawed, curious.

Wang Lan's expression became calm as he said, "He was burned to ashes a long time ago."

"Then... including the priest, that's nine lives." Niu Dong counted.

The atmosphere in the autopsy room became even quieter.

After a while, Wang Lan said, "It's normal for him not to say who the first one was. Many serial killers are not willing to describe the first person they killed. There are too many personal emotions involved, and many people don't want the police to find out."

"Some even want the police to find out." Niu Dong corrected.

The other forensic examiners started discussing one after another.

Jiang Yuan finished labeling No. 1 and proceeded to handle No. 2, Zhu Jin, while asking Wang Lan, "Why was No. 2 killed? Did Wang Guoshan start renting agricultural machinery six years ago?"

"He had just started renting. According to Wang Guoshan's confession, when he was working for Zhu Jin, Zhu Jin complained that his work was not good and wanted to deduct his pay. Wang Guoshan didn't react at the time but held a grudge. A few days later, when Zhu Jin went out, Wang Guoshan ambushed and killed him on the roadside."

Jiang Yuan looked down at the label and said, "No. 2 worked as a farmer all year round, so he should have been strong."

"Yes, Wang Guoshan described the ambush and murder in detail. This guy must have received special training."

"What about the motorcycle?"

"He sold it to a used car dealer who came to the grassland to collect second-hand cars."

Jiang Yuan understood, "Because they were missing, by the time the police started investigating the case, there was nothing left at the crime scene, and the motorcycle had been sold..."

Wang Lan nodded, "I called Zhu Jin's wife. She has remarried, and their child stayed in the village and has grown up. Maybe they will come back to visit..."

As they were talking, the second glowing ball fell into Jiang Yuan's hand.

Zhu Jin's legacy - Postpartum Care for Sows (LV4): The four sows were the main source of income for the family. Throughout the year, the number and health of the piglets born, as well as the price of pigs, represented the improvement or decline in the family's living standards. Even when Zhu Jin was planting corn, he was thinking about how to take care of them...

Jiang Yuan silently tidied up Zhu Jin's remains.

Although the name didn't sound good, an LV4 skill level was still very rare.

Moreover, based on Dog Rice's experience, Jiang Yuan felt that postpartum care for sows might be useful...

First of all, he could try taking care of Mu Zhiyang.

After putting away the box for No. 2, Jiang Yuan organized the remains of No. 3.

This time, Jiang Yuan didn't need to ask. Wang Lan spoke up on his own, "No. 3, Yu Jun, has been dead the longest. But Yu Jun was a coal miner, so it's unlikely he would have encountered Wang Guoshan, and the probability of conflict was even lower. But according to Wang Guoshan, he met Yu Jun in town, had an argument, and held a grudge against him, so he took him."

"Did he mention any details?"

"He did, but not many. Wang Guoshan said he couldn't remember too much because it was too long ago."

"The earlier the body, the more memorable it should be." Jiang Yuan disagreed.

"Liu Chu also analyzed it this way," Wang Lan said. "Moreover, Liu Chu's analysis was even bolder."

"Oh?"

"Liu Chu speculated that maybe Wang Guoshan met Yu Jun and hid the body in the coal mine. The one he encountered might have been Yu Jun. The one he buried might have been the first person he killed."Jiang Yuan was taken aback by this speculation, which was indeed a bit bold.

Moreover, there was no evidence.

"Liu Jinghui wanted to bring in police dogs to the coal mine, but the idea was shot down." Wang Lan paused, then said, "Now that the case is solved, the squad leader's intention is to focus on the trial and litigation process."

Shen Feihong's suggestion didn't pose much of a problem either.

Investigating a case until the truth is crystal clear is almost impossible.

Not to mention that investigating a case has its costs, the facts themselves are also limited. For the police, achieving their goal and finding the murderer is considered mission accomplished. Whether there are hidden facts in the case, basically no one cares.

How many cases can't even find the murderer, who has time to care about a small detail in a solved case?

Even Liu Jinghui didn't persist in questioning Wang Guoshan about his first murder.

Without any corroborating evidence, if all clues have to come from the murderer, that's a very dangerous thing. And the domestic judicial system doesn't delve into the murderer's emotions or motives - the murderer can think whatever they want, our country's confession institutions are mainly located in the eighteen layers of hell, we just send you there.

The third and fourth bodies did not leave any legacy.

When it came to the fifth body, Jiang Yuan once again obtained a glowing dumpling:

Zhang Xiaoyun's Legacy - Dance (LV2): Zhang Xiaoyun's biggest dream was to stand on stage and dance a perfect dance in the admiring eyes of everyone. The dance doesn't have to be difficult, the technique doesn't have to be good, but the posture of the body must be beautiful...

Jiang Yuan silently thanked, then successively collected the fifth and sixth bodies.

The fifth and sixth bodies were both headless. It was from this point that Wang Guoshan's desire began to expand, his vigilance weakened, and he became more and more accustomed to solving problems with violence.

So, he chose to rape the fifth victim and killed the sixth, a fellow agricultural machinery worker...

The sixth was from another province doing agricultural machinery rental business, and had some competition with Wang Guoshan, but it was not intense.

Despite this, Wang Guoshan chose to kill.

"By the way, were Wang Guoshan's parents reservoir workers?" Niu Dong didn't go to the meeting, he just asked Wang Lan directly.

Wang Lan responded with a "yes", saying, "But his parents were only temporary workers at a small reservoir. They just had to watch the small reservoir on a regular basis, and clear the canal when it rained, which was very dangerous. So they settled their family near the big reservoir and came back once every one or two weeks. Later, they encountered a mudslide, his father died, and his mother remarried with his elder brother."

"We should have checked the reservoir workers' list for a longer period."

"It's not possible, the small reservoir is private, the boss has connections here, has a house, and just settled them here." Wang Lan paused, then added, "And it's been too long. Wang Guoshan swam in the reservoir when he was young, that was 30 years ago."

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".

The power of time is far more formidable than imagined.

Data from 30 years ago, even if it exists, is probably buried in the archives.

Even data from 20 years ago often loses a lot due to database changes.