<h4>Chapter 1419: Chapter 1343: Heavy Responsibility</h4>


    At 5 PM, Jiang Yuan chose to leave work on time.


    Seeing this, the police officers still at the city bureau packed up their things and followed to leave.


    The number of personnel on business trips from the Anwan City Bureau had already exceeded the limit, and more importantly, the budget was over the limit too.


    "Dinner will be mutton hotpot, sheep that grew up eating wild leeks and wild garlic on the grasnds, very aromatic, freshly ughtered and cooked." Liu Zhuangshi, the captain of the Criminal Police Brigade, was actually very busy. Each team deployed might need to contact him, yet he still felt he had to attend to Jiang Yuan first.


    Jiang Yuan was very experienced with this and smiled, saying, "Mutton hotpot sounds good, you don’t need to apany me. Just send someone to lead the way."


    "That’s not right." Liu Zhuangshi actually wanted to do just that but felt a bit embarrassed as he rubbed his hands.


    At this point, Zhang Limin caught up from behind and said, "I’ll do it, I’ll do it. I know Director Jiang’s preferences very well, and besides, I’ve just learned the technique for roasting cow eyes. I’ll roast a sheep’s eye for Director Jiang to tryter."


    Like all frontline cadres, Liu Zhuangshi personally didn’t have much fondness for Zhang Limin, the administrative cadre, but at this time, Zhang Limin willingly took over the reception task, which made him feel that the presence of the provincial staff had some use.


    Liu Zhuangshi pretended to act simple-mindedly and said sheepishly, "That doesn’t seem right..."


    Normally, his demeanor whenmanding subordinates was very decisive, and both Jiang Yuan and Zhang Limin had seen this. Seeing him pretending to be shy was somewhat hard to ept.


    Jiang Yuan was not interested in bantering with middle-aged men, so he turned and said, "Then I’ll trouble Director Zhang, but it’s better to boil the sheep’s eye. Make a sheep offal soup with the whole sheep head boiled together, and roast the kidneys to eat."


    He was quite unceremonious in making requests, which instead made Zhang Limin and Liu Zhuangshi feel rxed.


    After a few more words, Liu Zhuangshi quickly returned to themand room, and Zhang Liminughingly took Jiang Yuan’s arm, saying, "Roasting kidneys is fine, but honestly, I’m best at roasting sheep testicles. Later, let them cut more from a few sheep, I’ll roast them for you to try."


    Mu Zhiyang stood by, slightly curious: "A sheep has only two, right? Killing one sheep, I guess we wouldn’t finish them."


    "We can borrow some from a few sheep first." Zhang Limin provided the solution.


    "Borrow?" Mu Zhiyang asked, "What happens if customers find no testicles when the sheep are soldter?"


    "Just say they’re sterile sheep, just like the pigs we eat regrly. Aren’t they all castrated pigs now? Later they’ll encounter castrated sheep." Zhang Liminughed aloud, pulling out his phone, "I’ll let them know in advance to borrow today’s ughtered sheep’s testicles. The ones here are definitely good, with Epimedium, Cordyceps in the grasnds, medicine already integrated!"


    Zhang Limin treated the truth as a joke while calling a few cars, and off they went in a grand manner to the mutton restaurant.


    The borrowed sheep testicles, without drinks, didn’t hold out for long, and Jiang Yuan returned to the dormitory early, sleeping until 6 AM before heading to the Criminal Police Brigade.


    The first group of officers to "question" suspects of the Cuiling 211 case had mostly taken their people to nearby police stations, fingerprints naturally were taken, and some made records requiring detailed descriptions of activities before and after the crime.


    Jiang Yuan diligently matched the newly obtained high-resolution fingerprints, the process identical to before, only losing the initial novelty, seeming a bit tedious and silent, even slightly torturous.


    Due to the fingerprint’s third-level details being so intricate, even with a high degree of ergement, it remained difficult and required full concentration to match. Unlike second-level fingerprint details with many reference techniques, dragging on time made it especially dull.


    Regardless of whether it was Jiang Yuan or the experts apanying, all soon fell into silence but found it expected.


    If solving a case is seen as sess, the struggle for sess indeed exists, asionally inspiring with passion, but most of the time, it’s just suffering and waiting, whether technician in Criminal Science or Criminal Police, all the same.


    Three police vehicles silently drove into the Criminal Police Brigade’s courtyard, and Liu Zhuangshi, receiving the message, hurriedly ran down, only managing to meet a few people at the elevator.


    "Director, why are you here?" Liu Zhuangshi was panting heavily, running down from the stairs.


    The director waved his hand, "I’m afraid you’ll ask for more funds, so I had toe myself to see how you are doing?"


    "We’re currently discerning fingerprints of several suspects of the Cuiling 211 case," Liu Zhuangshi quickly updated, "Director Jiang confirmed 48 suspects, and our men have currently confirmed bringing in 14, and roughly 10 groups have already identified suspect identities, with over 20 teams left either on the way or further confirming suspect identities."


    The director nodded while listening, walking alongside Liu Zhuangshi and inquiring about the details.


    Liu Zhuangshi first talked about the sessful parts, which made everyone nod in agreement.


    The tertiary characteristics of fingerprints are still very well-received by the police system, akin to improving satellite resolution by tens or hundreds of times, or turning artillery into missiles. Annoying, expensive, but indeed effective.


    Upon entering the conference room, they saw Jiang Yuan and the others bustling with activity, the keyboard and mouse discussions resembling a marketce.


    The director said beforehand, "Don’t disturb them; let’s check it out ourselves first. Are there any difficulties now? Don’t tell me about funding; I have none left either!"


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    The apanying people chuckled softly.


    Liu Zhuangshi did notugh, "There are indeed difficulties present. Because the scope is rtivelyrge this time, with 48 suspects identified through crossparison. Some suspects may have their own issues or reasons that make their position and identity difficult to determine."


    The director suddenly realized there was depth to Liu Zhuangshi’s "further confirming the identity of the suspects," with his expression changing slightly: "Has someone run away?"


    This is the most feared situation in investigating cold cases. After painstakingly narrowing down a circle of suspects, some of them are no longer within the normal social rtion, requiring tremendous effort to track, but avoiding it risks missing suspects.


    Ordinary suspects and almost certain suspects are different. Determined suspects are often one or two people, or arger group with mutual links, capturing the foolish ones usuallys the lot.


    But ordinary suspects can be numerous and unrted, and if temporarily separated from oldworks, the search cost for the police greatly increases. If someone trulymitted a crime, hiding with intent locally or abroad adds more searching cost.


    Liu Zhuangshi dared not make guarantees, cautiously saying, "The investigation is ongoing, but some suspects have criminal records, have be dishonest through small loans, no longer use their phones or ID cards; some can be contacted through family. We’re trying to reach out, but several situations remain uncertain, and we’re still pursuing."


    "Are we essentially on a fugitive hunt? How many like this? Any abroad?" The director sharply hit the key points.


    The people behind him also had grim expressions, as department funds had been spent on Liu Zhuangshi. It felt like the Dragon n’s toughest scales had been made into armor for him, yet hearing now the enemy couldn’t be found was distressing.


    Liu Zhuangshi swallowed, softly saying, "Currently, there’s no discovery of anyone going abroad, but several people’s statuses are uncertain; specific numbers are unclear."


    The director, excitedly visiting incognito, had a heavy expression, reluctant to speak. He felt pressured too, particrly regarding ountability for asking the higher-ups for money, unable to take funds upfront then talk reality and idealismter.


    Jiang Yuan then stood up, saying, "It’s not yet at the stage of a fugitive pursuit."


    With his words, Liu Zhuangshi, about to bend over, suddenly felt spine relief.


    Jiang Yuan first said, "Fingerprintparison cost here is not high; let’s first check if previous fingerprintparisons match. If not, we’ll manage these unidentified suspects separately..."


    The director was not easily convinced, rationally stating, "As far as I know, the Cuiling 211 criminal is likely a traveling offender, so his potential is higher among these unidentified suspects..."


    "I’m not necessarily needing real people forparison," Jiang Yuan responded, "Finding suspects first provides the highest credibility and lowest difficulty, also the cheapest confirmation method, preventing suspects from fleeing upon hearing..."


    Jiang Yuan noticed everyone intently listening, and continued, "But if real people can’t be found, I only need to find ways to retrieve their fingerprints and footprints from ces like their hometown, amodations used before fleeing, or previous items. These can be used for secondaryparison as well."


    Lastly, Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Zhuangshi, "In the worst scenario, these solutions still may not confirm suspect identities, but should eliminate most people. The remaining ones... we have experience with fugitive pursuits, whether they’re evading debts for other reasons, it’s just opening another case, nothing too difficult."


    Different people speaking the same words have different effects. With Ningtai Jiangyuan endorsing "opening another case," everyone present felt extraordinarily reassured.


    A case, to Jiang Yuan, wasn’t much to reckon with.


    The director first began pping, praising Jiang Yuan highly, "As expected of Director Jiang, Ningtai Jiangyuan, formidable and overwhelming. Seeing you today, it’s indeed so!"


    The apuse suddenly erupted, as if the case was already cracked.