National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 866 - 804 Sorting

Early morning.

Jiang Yuan’an made his way on foot to Qianjin District Bureau’s Criminal Police Team for work.

Members of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team also followed the same route, with more than twenty lively young people chatting away as they walked, all clad in reflective-striped trousers, heads swinging, exuding charm.

"If a thief were to strike now, with a robbery right in the street, and we subdued him, that would just be too cool," Mu Zhiyang said. If he had a tail, he’d be swishing it, possibly knocking over the wares of the vendors on both sides.

"The situation with petty thieves here in Qinghe City is a bit different, because the decline in public safety happened suddenly," Jiang Yuan was considering the possibility of catching small-time criminals. But Qinghe was not like Beijing, where many of the petty thieves really are trying to make a living, whereas many such thieves in Qinghe resort to theft only because they can’t make a living.

The difference between the two lies in that Qinghe’s thieves are mostly first-time offenders, so they occupy the lower echelons of the criminal underworld. Such thieves, once caught, are unlikely to give up any mid-to-high-level criminals.

Liu Jinghui, walking alongside, commented, "Your deduction is very accurate. In Qinghe, it’s quite difficult to work up from the small to the big fish. Especially over the last two years, we’ve sifted through each city and county in Qinghe, and the criminals who’ve grown from small-time offenses, closely linked to the community, basically can’t survive."

Liu Jinghui was quite proud of this point. He might be considered as coming from the provincial department, but for the past year, he had been following Jiang Yuan, and the Provincial Criminal Police Department didn’t have any complaints.

For police officers, a track record is persuasive power. Even if Liu Jinghui had only focused on one city, by unearthing criminals there, he would have relieved others’ workload, and the provincial department’s goals would have been met.

Liu Jinghui and his colleagues also reaped a tremendous sense of achievement.

In places like Qinghe City, large entities like the Jianyuan Group or the numerous small-time players, all involved the participation of Liu Jinghui. Now that public security had improved to this level, he naturally had plenty of reasons to feel proud...

Whoo...

A motorcycle rolled in lightly from afar.

Two men were sitting on the motorcycle, one in front and one in the back, with the latter’s feet poised on the footpegs, while the rider was sitting upright, as though exerting strength throughout his body.

Liu Jinghui glanced at them and a string of deductions flashed through his mind: The motorcycle was not speeding, seemingly due to complicated road conditions, but in reality, they could have moved to a more central position to pick up speed. The state of the two on the motorcycle was also peculiar; their body language was clearly tense, yet the driving speed was slow, and there was no sign of conversation... From these aspects, one might deduce...

"They’re motorcycle robbers," Wu Junhao advanced from behind, positioning himself in front of Jiang Yuan and flexing his arms, which were as thick as black silken thighs, signaling his team to get into formation.

In the past, motorcycle gangs were prevalent in Ningtai County too. Those young people, who had returned home after learning their trade in coastal areas, would zoom through the countytown... After a few raids and arrests, they began to engage in guerrilla tactics—there were always young people who thought working once every three months was a very classy thing.

Wu Junhao and his company were formed to counter such criminals who depended on "physical value," and they possessed greater "physical value" too, with larger numbers, better equipment, and a greater variety of tactics.

Thus, although still in the stupor of the morning commute, with the swaying of Wu Junhao’s arms, thicker than a pair of silken legs, several members of his team were already choosing the most suitable positions at the first instance.

Liu Jinghui was somewhat surprised, looking at the apparently bag-snatching bikers ahead, he asked Wu Junhao, "How did you know they were about to commit a motorcycle robbery?"

"Just look at them, and you know. These bastards, they all have the same look. I’ve seen enough of them to know what they’re up to just by lifting my hand," said Wu Junhao, his tone remarkably nonchalant, already exuding an air of having everything under control.

Liu Jinghui was about to further inquire when, suddenly, a "yah" sounded from the front—a lady’s bag had been snatched away.

As the saying goes, quicker than words, a policeman who had been lurking nearby charged without a sound.

"Go, go, go," laughed the young men on the motorcycle. They thought that the approaching officer was just a bystander trying to perform a good deed.

As the motorcycle sped up, another officer from the same squad surged forward from the other side.

The motorcycle rider gave a disdainful laugh, the motorcycle slightly swerved, easily avoiding the officer.

The rear passenger rose to his feet, pointing at the officer who had approached and shouted, "Don’t go looking for trouble, anyone else comes up here, I’ll finish you off!"

Thud.

The real strike was delivered by the third officer who had been standing under the well-groomed pine trees, waiting for the motorcycle to turn. With a flying kick, he knocked over the motorcycle.

The young man from the rear stood up from his flip and pulled out a small knife from behind, brandishing it.

He could have run, but he couldn’t swallow his pride and felt like getting some exercise.

The motorcycle rider also stood up, but upon seeing the approaching officer’s trousers, he let go of his hold.

He looked left, then right, then ahead, and behind, and again left and right, only to find several blue trousers closing in around him.

After a moment’s thought, he suddenly snatched the knife from his partner, stabbed it into the ground, then grabbed his companion, shouting, "I’ve caught him for you!"

A falling-out among thieves was not unusual. If he had done this during the actual robbery, he could have been considered as attempting to stop the crime, and might even avoid punishment. Unfortunately, their crime had already been carried out, the victim’s bag had been stolen, so this could only be seen as a display of repentance after the fact.

Wu Junhao was all too familiar with this routine. Whenever his squad went out to make arrests, they often encountered criminals showing remorse.

"Alright, off to work they go, like I’m carrying breakfast," Wu Junhao said as he licked his lips, looking downright terrifying in the eyes of the two criminals.

Jiang Yuan felt a bit thrilled.

Compared to technical surveillance, real-life action tends to get the blood racing, no wonder Wu Junhao and other guys who loved to lift weights were always itching to get out.

However, Wu Junhao didn’t immediately start walking but focused his gaze on a car nearby.

The person from the car soon got out.

"Guys... we’re criminal police from Jizhou. I’m Li Jikuan. We saw you catching a thief, so we thought we’d better not disturb you, buddy, you’ve got sharp eyes," the people from the car introduced themselves and showed off their shiny suit pants, which put everyone at ease.

"What are you doing here?" Wu Junhao put the two petty thieves aside and introduced himself.

"We’ve got a fugitive who seems to have run off to Qinghe. We came over today, planning to find you in the afternoon..." Li Jikuan started explaining.

"We’re not locals either," Wu Junhao interrupted Li Jikuan and said, "We’re from Ningtai County."

"I know Ningtai, Ningtai Jiangyuan, the scourge runs deep!" Li Jikuan recited and laughed together with his colleagues.

Wu Junhao and the others didn’t laugh.

As a detective, Li Jikuan instantly knew he had misspoken. Looking ahead, he hurriedly asked, "Is this Ningtai Jiangyuan?"

"I’m Jiang Yuan. Good morning," Jiang Yuan greeted as he had been recognized.

Li Jikuan pretended to be embarrassed, quickly explaining, "We really didn’t know... We didn’t expect to run into Ningtai Jiangyuan here. Is Ningtai part of Qinghe City, has Doctor Jiang been transferred to Qinghe?"

"I’m just helping them with a few cases," Jiang Yuan and his colleagues walked and talked.

Li Jikuan was a smooth talker and immediately followed up on Jiang Yuan’s topic.

His colleagues also chimed in sporadically as they arrived at the detective team office when a few middle-aged police officers came out to welcome them.

"Captain Jiang, you’re finally back," Cui Xiaohu grabbed Jiang Yuan’s hand and didn’t want to let go.

It had to be said that his past few days had been quite pleasant.

Working in the Ministry, he naturally received much admiration from lower-level officials, though their daily work didn’t involve those at the grass-roots level.

This time, with Dama showing a humble attitude and actively communicating with the Ministry, it had piqued the interest of several leaders.

Cui Xiaohu, who personally handled the negotiations, especially felt the sincere earnestness from the Dama side.

"Jiang Yuan, you’ve really done us all proud," Cui Qishan shouted deliberately loud. Such matters needed to be known by as many people as possible for the person involved to feel the happiest.

The accompanying Li Jikuan and others cooperated with looks of astonishment.

And in the midst of their act, Li Jikuan and the others realized something – indeed, this was quite astonishing!

"Jiang Yuan, Dama would like to collaborate with you on a few more cases..." Cui Xiaohu pulled at Jiang Yuan, saying, "There are two models now, one is an honorary position at their police station with a salary; the other is to cooperate on a few cases in the Ministry’s name..."

Cui Xiaohu spoke compellingly, his tone filled with a bit of anticipation.

Li Jikuan and the others listening upfront were dumbfounded. Everyone was working the same job, why was there such a big difference?

Cui Xiaohu also intentionally left them there, as having more people around might make it easier for Jiang Yuan to make a quick decision...

"What does Commissioner Huang say?" Jiang Yuan wasn’t affected at all.

"Well... Commissioner Huang still recommends taking it one case at a time," Cui Xiaohu sighed, aware that when Jiang Yuan asked this, he was unlikely to go against Huang Qiangmin’s decision.

However, Jiang Yuan simply nodded and said, "Then let Dama send over some cases for me to look over, but I’ve already prepared to take on a case in Qinghe, so theirs will have to wait."

"Ah... alright," Cui Xiaohu could only agree.

As the host, Comrade Lei Xin, the captain of the Qianjin District Bureau’s detective squad, inexplicably puffed out his chest at this moment – he hadn’t expected to be the first in line.