National Forensic Doctor

Chapter 1325: Chapter 1251 Test

The stacks of documents seem endless like a thousand snow-covered cases, yet the armor remains closeted in a solitary autumn.

Between fingers, ashes sear old memories; on the screen, flights burst into starlight.

Meetings always happen beside perilous buildings; henceforth, each defends the gates of the mountains and seas.

Suddenly, distant tracking dogs bark; listen to their woofs tearing through the heavy clouds.

——Farewell to Beijing: Ningtai Jiang Yuan departs from the capital airport for tours to Shan Nan (deepseek, co-created by Cormorant Village).

Woof!

As Jiang Yuan walked into the boarding gate, Stallone, dressed in a police uniform, couldn’t help but bark loudly, drawing waves of attention.

Jiang Yuan also waved fervently in farewell. A police dog’s emotions are the most sincere, and their expressions the most pure.

Cui Qishan and others also waved with all their might, finally lowering their hands only when Jiang Yuan’s silhouette disappeared.

"Ah, that young girl came at such a timely moment, I suspect she was a spy sent by Qinghe City Bureau." Cui Qishan grumbled. He originally thought Jiang Yuan would stay for a while longer, like before, handling several cases before returning, but who would’ve guessed a black-haired straight-haired female PhD would draw him back to Tai River.

Xiao Si couldn’t empathize with Cui Qishan’s sentiments; all the major cases under his name had been resolved, leaving him in a state of relaxed happiness. He glanced at Cui Qishan and said with a smile, "The ones who miss Captain Jiang the most are Stallone and you, Cui Da."

Cui Qishan laughed, "At times like this, Stallone is indeed more useful than you, and he speaks better too."

Colleagues like Wang Chao, who rarely saw Cui Da’s verbal attacks, couldn’t help but show appreciative smiles.

Xiao Si smiled calmly and looked at his teammates beside him, saying, "After all, Stallone was professionally trained, unlike us, we’re more like stray dogs by the roadside."

Wang Chao hissed, "You’re even insulting yourself."

Woof!

Stallone heard his name and turned to bark softly.

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Ningtai County.

Members of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team were transported and immediately dispersed in every direction to attend meetings.

Especially folks like Huang Qiangmin and Liu Jinghui, who, with their daily accumulation, had to catch up on meetings.

Jiang Yuan felt relaxed, heading straight to the meeting room, assisted by Wang Chuanxing, reading case files on-site.

The newly established Tai River Basin diatom database, though only 20 kilometers long, essentially covered all local drowning cases for Ningtai County and Qinghe City.

Even some downstream drowning incidents, where bodies might be found downstream in places like Jianjiang City, the drowning points could be within Qinghe City’s range. As long as there is a match, it’s equivalent to having a breakthrough in one case.

To be honest, there’s a substantial accumulation of drowning cases, and year by year, the number becomes even more frightening. Take a rural example: which village hasn’t had someone drown? Which village’s neighboring village hasn’t had drownings?

In cities, actually it’s the same, urban areas bordering rivers annually issue various warnings during summer, yet accidents persist.

In these drowning cases, most might be accidental deaths, but inevitably some could involve homicide.

In many regions, when reliant solely on the deceased’s belongings to identify them, solving a drowning case is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Well-funded cities may hire some experts to help search, but there are often instances where nothing is found. Additionally, cases without clear signs of homicide might be classified as unnatural deaths rather than murder cases.

Jiang Yuan had previously cleared a batch of accumulating cases in Ningtai County; Qinghe City’s cases partially cleared out already stimulated the city bureau to initiate the "Cold Case Resolution Year." Of course, the "Cold Case Resolution Year" was over, but if Jiang Yuan wished to continue clearing cases, Qinghe City Bureau would undoubtedly offer robust support.

However, this time, neither Jiang Yuan nor Huang Qiangmin dared to boldly proclaim it.

After all, with only a 20 kilometer diatom database, whether it’s usable is debatable, while with the criminal police team’s style across city bureaus, if anyone dares to proclaim clearing Tai River line’s drowning cases, they might be sent a heap of cases the same day; at that point, who cares about the 20 kilometer designated range?

Regarding this, both the police and army are the same; even Huang Qiangmin himself acts up when necessary, sticking rigidly to procedures—can battles be won that way? Can losses be avoided?

Jiang Yuan had already reviewed some case files on the plane, and now he was looking through them one by one on the large table, arranging the order.

Due to the involvement of the diatom database, Qiao Shengli accompanied Jiang Yuan to assist.

Originally wishing to help Jiang Yuan categorize cases, after watching for a while, she didn’t quite understand and couldn’t help asking, "What’s the standard for this categorization?"

Having served as a detective for so long, Jiang Yuan simply chuckled but didn’t answer Qiao Shengli.

Jiang Yuan had contemplated on his way over, the first step is to test the accuracy of the database.

No one should launch a major case only to discover inaccuracies in the database, potentially trapping the entire team.

Meanwhile, accumulated cases become so due to varied factors. Jiang Yuan wanted to dissect these factors.

For instance, the accumulated cases in the neighboring Longli County could be due to the ineptitude of the criminal police captain; similarly, cases in Shiting County might be due to poverty; cases in Changyang City could be due to complexity of personnel...

Besides, unfamiliar places, places unvisited, should slightly be reserved for control of variables, also reducing his difficulty.

It’s such a natural choice, seemingly related to emotions, yet fully sensible. That’s why locales actively connect with Jiang Yuan, knowing everyone understands how choices are made.

Moreover, testing the diatom database requires diatoms, of course.

A 20 kilometer diatom database is upstream in Ningtai, thus eligible are downstream cities and county’s drowning cases.

Naturally, none of this needs explaining to Qiao Shengli; in fact, she was able to read the case file’s content for a little while before sitting aside obediently.

"Selected these cases, but whether they can be worked on, and how many is uncertain." Jiang Yuan saw Huang Qiangmin return and handed over the first pile of sorted cases—totaling 6.

"All belong to Old Wu’s cases? Do we have any of our own?" What Huang Qiangmin was referring to was the Jianjiang City Criminal Police Brigade’s Captain, Wu Zhisu. Previously, he had to call him Wu Zhi deferentially.

"Ningtai’s river flows fast, doesn’t keep people. Previously, we’ve mostly cleared them all." Jiang Yuan explained. noveldrama

Huang Qiangmin instantly understood, "Indeed, having new tools made me forget we’ve cleaned up our accumulated cases."

A diatom database functions similarly to corporate enterprise databases with auxiliary purposes. For Jiang Yuan, without a diatom database, he could still use diatoms to solve cases; without diatoms, forensic anthropology or even cranial reconstruction skills could affirm the deceased’s identity.

Of course, with a diatom database, at least determination of water entry points is extremely swift.

Jiang Yuan further explained, "Jianjiang’s river system is vast, drowning cases also more frequent. Bodies flowing from our county downstream, if not in major river channels, often remain in Jianjiang. I’m considering comparing Jianjiang’s accumulated cases with our database; if there’s a match, proceed to the next step. However, if all 6 cases have no matches, best not drag on the fight."

"Understood, if no matches, switch places. We’re playing with diatoms this time." Huang Qiangmin, with the criminal police’s acumen, pulled out his phone and smiled, "Hold on, let me have a nice chat with Old Wu."

Jiang Yuan stood up to brew himself a cup of tea, taking the opportunity for a break.

The tea from home was fresh spring green tea, and boiling water poured mercilessly; the Cold Case Squad’s office immediately filled with tea fragrance.

After two tea brews, Huang Qiangmin returned flushed with joy.

"Old Wu sent someone to retrieve diatom samples and sent them over; he’ll follow soon after." Huang Qiangmin sat down for a cup of tea, soothing throat dryness before continuing, "This guy is cunning; while haggling with me here, over there he’s already delegating cases to his subordinates, without wasting any time."

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, "With that behavior, easy enough for you to see through him."

"I know he’s willing, he knows I know he’s willing, I know he plays hard-to-get, he knows I know he plays hard-to-get, yet he still plays hard-to-get—humans are just like that." Huang Qiangmin sighed as he spoke.