National Forensic Doctor

Chapter 1309: Chapter 1235: Trust You

Hotpot.

Tender pink beef rolls through the bright red broth, then dipped in a blob of yellow garlic paste, wrapped up and stuffed into the mouth, a strong sense of satisfaction rushes to the heart.

People need rewards, and police officers are no exception.

It’s just that for Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, it has become difficult to receive direct rewards for solving a missing person case or a murder case.

Even within the Zhengguang Bureau, there’s this sense of it being rather routine.

So Jiang Yuan took the team out in plain clothes to eat hotpot.

The steaming broth, fresh beef, at least provides everyone with temporary solace.

Many present hadn’t slept for over 20 hours. Including Jiang Yuan, who spent most of last night in the Physical and Chemical Laboratory.

Liu Jinghui was among those who had enough sleep, but his mood was not good either, and he showed no interest in talking, just kept stuffing beef into his mouth.

In this missing case, Liu Jinghui initially hoped to rescue the victim, but as the investigation deepened, discovering the corpse, Liu Jinghui could accept it.

The victim of a missing person case becoming the victim of a murder case is a circumstance police officers don’t like but often have to face.

However, the suspect’s interrogation broke Liu Jinghui’s resolve.

He’s extremely good at reasoning, so in his mind, he could devise various choices for the missing girl and construct various choices for the killer, most of which shouldn’t have led to the missing girl’s death.

The killer simply didn’t need to kill!

He shouldn’t have committed robbery, nor decided in haste to rob, and upon entering the alley, he actually had many choices, he could first check the victim’s phone — Liu Jinghui was very clear that if the killer hadn’t first tied up the victim, upon finding no money on the victim’s phone, he would very likely release her, instead of choosing to take her out, eventually feeling the victim’s ribs, and slowly stabbing the knife into the victim’s heart.

"His wife is an idiot too!" Liu Jinghui suddenly couldn’t help cursing, gaining everyone’s agreement.

The killer that day was the vendor himself, but his wife was actually present.

During the busiest time in the morning, the couple often started their stall together, and that day was no exception.

And when the vendor Wang Chunge suddenly decided to rob a female university student, his wife even agreed, they even decided on this matter after only a short exchange. Liu Jinghui could even imagine that the two might have discussed this plan many times before.

Ultimately, it was Wang Chunge who acted, but it was because his wife was there that the girl didn’t mind following the tricycle into that alley, also because his wife was there that Wang Chunge chose simple murder. noveldrama

"Making more than me with their pancake stall, yet still not satisfied, they came up with robbing a female university student..." Mu Zhiyang sighed. Unlike Wang Chuanxing and others who received salaries from Changyang City, he was paid by Ningtai County, so even with more bonuses and performance pay over the past two years, the basic pay was still a bit less.

Cui Qishan snorted: "If they want to go home, then they won’t be able to earn this money."

"That female student doesn’t owe his family anything either." Xiao Si picked up a piece of beef and retorted to the team leader.

Cui Qishan frowned: "I wasn’t defending him..."

"There’s nothing good to say about people like this." Liu Jinghui interrupted the two, reformulating: "Try to investigate the vendor’s wife’s situation. There’s a difference between a co-conspirator and an accessory. Besides, this wasn’t a crime of passion but a premeditated robbery and murder, even without a fixed target; gather the statements and evidence properly."

In the country’s Criminal Law, there is actually no distinction between premeditated and non-premeditated murder; murder is simply intentional homicide. But in specific sentencing, a single murder can lead to a death penalty if premeditated, whereas if determined to be a crime of passion, it often results in a sentence of fewer than 10 years.

However, judicial "crimes of passion" have strict requirements, one of which demands the victim to have a fault that reaches a "serious" degree.

Cui Qishan responded and said, "It’s definitely premeditated. A pancake stall doesn’t need a dagger, carrying that knife on the cart shows it was a premeditated robbery and murder. The woman also helped tie up the victim. When it’s presented, I’ll talk again with the prosecutor."

The case is still Zhengguang Bureau’s responsibility. Even though it’s considered solved now, just organizing documents and so on could take a week or two quickly, and subsequent presentation and other work will naturally be handed over by Cui Qishan.

Liu Jinghui, recalling the case again, remarked: "This case wasn’t really hard, the main point was finding the body. Without finding it, or finding it a few days late, clues would have been harder to find. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much chance to rescue the person, the killer is really cruel, he didn’t intend to let the victim live."

"If she lived, he would definitely go to jail, but if dead, there might still be a chance for him to escape." Cui Qishan shaking his head said: "People like this probably don’t think that much. Money-crazed."

"Their son is getting married, both of them older, not wanting to work anymore, worried the pension isn’t enough, rural health insurance also unclear if it’ll cover future illnesses..." Liu Jinghui had seen many things, describing it now, but was mostly stating facts, with little sympathy.

Whether it’s the son getting married, being older and wanting to retire, or fearing illness expenses, these are personal subjective expectations, and if society, the country, or individuals cannot meet those, it simply cannot meet those. It doesn’t serve as a precondition for murder, nor is it the problem of the victimized female student.

That’s basic logic, something even Liu Jinghui doesn’t need to think about.

Xiao Si, picking up another piece of beef, said: "The more cases like these done by such people, the harder they are to solve. Once solved, in retrospect, they never seem all that difficult..."

The case came from him, Xiao Si seemed aware of making a defense for himself.

Liu Jinghui laughed heartily, deliberately poking at Xiao Si’s pride: "Actually, you don’t even need to consider motive; not even talking about finding the body; using dogs at this step is an option anyone can apply for..."

"Apply for a police dog unit?" Xiao Si certainly wasn’t qualified to request support of that level, even if Cui Qishan stepped in, necessity had to be proven.

"Fetch a few dogs, go a bit slow, and you’ll find it too."

"But the victim had to be confirmed within range, and deceased." Xiao Si calmly looked at Liu Jinghui, saying: "Even Director Liu couldn’t make that judgment alone."

This statement was full of provocation, causing even those around to glance at Xiao Si.

Liu Jinghui coldly smiled: "If it were just me, there’d naturally be another way to solve it."

"Great, from the last discussion, there are still two cases, one unsolved homicide..." Xiao Si said, glancing at Liu Jinghui before picking up another piece of meat, chewing with his cheeks puffed out.

Liu Jinghui laughed in annoyance: "Your goading is too weak."

"Just say whether you’ll take it or not." Xiao Si looked at Liu Jinghui unscrupulously.

If it were anyone else, this kind of goading would only offend. But Xiao Si was unconcerned with offense; he would often offend in his daily words.

Yet if Liu Jinghui didn’t take his goading...

Liu Jinghui understood reasoning, he instantly realized, unafraid of offending people like Xiao Si, not to mention whether he’d bring it up to others in the future, even just meeting him, Xiao Si would jab him with this whenever they met, would he explain every time? — There’s no doubt that Xiao Si would jab, this bristly dog, capable of exploding for no reason, biting is like a second nature.

"Solving cases solo isn’t the matter of this era." At this point, Jiang Yuan spoke up: "Bring the case, let’s take a look."

"I’ll set up a group chat on WeChat." Xiao Si put down his chopsticks to act, then smiled at Cui Qishan: "Cui Da, shall I add you too?"

"What else?" Cui Qishan glared at Xiao Si, then sighed, looking at Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui, saying: "It’s not what I taught."

"I believe you." Liu Jinghui answered sincerely.