Jiang Yuan sat down with a calm demeanor and continued comparing fingerprints.
The director first kindly and amicably inspected the work of others in the conference room. Then, after visiting the non-smoking conference hall next door to console a group of young experts, he began reporting the situation to superior leaders, particularly emphasizing the "guarantee" of "Ningtai Jiangyuan," while also detailing the recent efforts and achievements of the police station!
The guarantees from Liu Zhuangshi, or the director himself, could not be vouched for due to historical precedents. However, Jiang Yuan’s guarantee, because of previous history, appeared exceptionally reliable.
With a face full of smiles, the director returned to Jiang Yuan in "Ningtai Jiangyuan." Just moments ago, he had introduced the "fierce blaze" section to old leaders, receiving extra recognition and attention.
Seeing Jiang Yuan at the computer comparing the third-level characteristics of fingerprints that looked like "ghost scribbles," the director called over Liu Zhuangshi and began to carefully arrange: "The Cuiling 211 case special task force is formally established, let Old Sun be the group leader, you act as the executive deputy leader, responsible for actual command... Knowing that you are currently understaffed, the bureau will fully support you, whatever requests you have, just send the report up, we will expedite the meeting..."
Forming a special task force means additional people, money, and material support, but also additional responsibility burdens. Without a special task force, the investigation was limited to the internal Criminal Police Brigade, using its own funds and was also its own responsibility. However, with a special task force, various matters certainly become more formalized, accounting becomes easier, but if the case cannot be solved, it will also be recorded.
Liu Zhuangshi naturally agreed.
Unlike usual, where the director would say a few words and stop, he continued: "Regarding personnel arrangements, you must also be focused... We are still undertaking the fingerprint battle task, although it’s said to be Anwan City’s fingerprint battle, with provincial department involvement, it’s equivalent to a provincial battle, this part also needs to be focused, cases belonging to other cities should be transferred..."
Director: "Recently, you have been working hard. As a leader of the Criminal Police Brigade, you should especially care about the health of the participating officers, not just the officers of your brigade, but also the experts participating in the fingerprint battle. I heard many were invited through Jiang Yuan’s personal connections, this is remarkable, you should especially care for Jiang Yuan’s life and work..."
Director: "Jiang Yuan is still relatively young. Young people often rely on their good stamina, working overtime and staying up late is common, but this kind of damage is too big, not conducive to long-term healthy work. My suggestions are a few points: first, clarify the work and schedule, don’t just think of using him because Jiang Yuan is from afar, think for the long term... Precisely because Jiang Yuan is from afar, we must especially take care of him, even if not as close as his maternal family, we should fulfill duties as in-laws..."
Liu Zhuangshi listened carefully, exhibiting an eagerness as if his ears were newly bought, filled with an unstoppable drive. To him, what the director said summed up as: bring ten pounds of lean meat, finely chop it to make lard, no half-fat remains on top; bring ten pounds of fat meat... and ten pounds of cartilage, also finely chop to make lard...
After the director’s reminders, without leaving yet, Liu Zhuangshi knew he had to personally cut... no, personally arrange the work.
At this time, there was nothing much to say, Liu Zhuangshi started assigning tasks by naming names.
Just the formation of the special task force alone had countless prerequisites to be completed; especially the paperwork was indispensable, such as the "Special Case Filing Application Form" that needed to be supplemented with various appraisal reports, and couldn’t be carelessly written...
Adding to that the continuously summarized information from various aspects, Liu Zhuangshi quickly became so busy that he entered a state of self-forgetfulness.
The director, observing from the side, was quite satisfied, it had been a while since he had been so closely involved with a frontline project, and he wanted to further understand.
At this time, Jiang Yuan stood up again, took a few sheets of print paper over, and said: "This fingerprint just submitted by Group 12, after repeated appraisal, I believe it matches the suspect’s fingerprint in the Cuiling 211 case, we can confirm it’s the same and arrange for arrest and transfer."
Liu Zhuangshi, who was reviewing the freshly printed "Special Case Filing Application Form," couldn’t help but look up at Jiang Yuan, uncertain if he was so dizzy from work that he was hearing things.
The director, who was also using words to boost morale, similarly raised his head in a daze, feeling that the voice he just heard was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Liu Zhuangshi asked, "Earlier, did someone say there was a missing person?"
Jiang Yuan: "Indeed, someone went missing, but we probably don’t need to contact them anymore."
Director: "No need to pursue and escape either?"
Jiang Yuan: "As long as Group 12 can normally bring the person back, it should not be needed."
Liu Zhuangshi then looked at the subordinates who were receiving orders in front of him. His orders were all based on the Cuiling 211 case, now with the perpetrator found through fingerprints...
The subordinates standing opposite him were also bewildered, having received tasks, with the task BOSS down, could the tasks still be done? Or directly submit the task?
A few moments later, Liu Zhuangshi cautiously took the print paper from Jiang Yuan’s hand and seriously said: "Rest assured, for the mastermind of the Cuiling 211, I will immediately call over there to arrange." This text is hosted at novelFirｅ.net
"Thank you." Jiang Yuan politely nodded his head.
"It’s all in a day’s work." Liu Zhuang felt like he received recognition from a leader, feeling quite satisfied inside.
Jiang Yuan completed the fingerprint comparison, his IQ need not be stressed anymore, naturally, EQ came online, and proactively took a box of backup evidence boxes, starting to study.
In front of the director, feeling extremely satisfied emotionally, looking at Jiang Yuan, he couldn’t help but reveal a captivating and enchanting smile that directors occasionally show, thinking: Jiang Yuan truly is a heaven-sent genius, if I could get him...
Huang Qiangmin, at some unknown time, slowly walked to the sidelines, just standing beside Jiang Yuan, blocking the director’s gaze, yet remained silent.
Jiang Yuan opened the backup evidence box, first reviewing the case description hosted and written by Wang Chuanxing inside, felt it was acceptable, and then took out a few somewhat significant pieces of evidence, attempting to scan for fingerprints using the high-definition spectral imaging instrument.
According to the previous investigation by the Anwan City Bureau, this should be a car robbery and murder case from 15 years ago. After killing two people, the murderer abandoned the vehicle and bodies on the wasteland of Qinghe, skillfully removed the license plates, and incinerated the vehicle.
Because the parking location was remote, by the time the vehicle was discovered, it had been over a month, and due to the incineration, even the chassis number could not be retrieved. Other evidence within the vehicle had also been rain-soaked, usable evidence was scarce.
Wang Chuanxing and others filtered out this case because, although the vehicle was severely burned, the lower bodies of the two corpses were remarkably preserved, meaning there were two pairs of shoes, two belts, four leg bones, definitely not enough for ordinary criminal science technicians, but quite hopeful for Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan looked at the on-site photos and took out the two pairs of shoes.
A pair of male and female shoes, the men’s shoes were a fake pair of Nike, with the outer layers curled and deformed from being burned, the women’s shoes were flat square-toed leather shoes, also burned beyond recognition.
Jiang Yuan focused his attention on the inside of the shoes, that is, the inner part of the shoe vamp.
Due to temperature and corrosion, the inner of the men’s shoes no longer held conditions for evidence collection, the leather used inside the women’s shoes also deformed and damaged but was barely visible, however, previous forensic technicians failed to extract useful fingerprints from it.
Jiang Yuan meticulously swept with a high-definition spectral imaging instrument, especially delicately scanning the upper inner part of the shoe heel, since many have the habit of shoe pulling, this place also concentrates relatively many fingerprints.
With the technological gap of 15 years, in the camera lens of the high-definition spectral imaging instrument, materialized into several clusters of incomplete fingerprints.
Jiang Yuan was back at the computer, proficiently enhancing these images, observing their second and third-level characteristics in turn.
Jiang Yuan watched, his hands naturally pausing.
Just a while ago, he had seen the third-level characteristics of this fingerprint.
That was when temporarily adding +1 for fingerprint analysis method (Level 6), Jiang Yuan habitually found a few commonly viewed suspect fingerprints for calibration purposes.
And this similar fingerprint came from the right index finger of Wei Zhenguo’s wife.