Chapter 163: New Case: Good things don’t work, but bad things do…

Considering that Ji Mingcheng was very kind last night, and the steamed corn bread made at home were small and exquisite, Qiu Jiang went to work with two full bags the next day.

Fortunately, she could take a ride, otherwise she wouldn't be able to carry so many things by herself.

As the members of Team 5 walked into the office one after another, they could clearly smell the sweet air mixed with the aroma of flour, which made them so tempted that they couldn't stop.

Some experts have already smelled the scent of elm seeds.

When I looked at the elm seed steamed buns on the big table, I had no resistance at all.

Especially when Qiu Jiang let everyone eat as much as they wanted and told them that if it wasn't enough, she could get more tomorrow, everyone became more impolite.

For a while, the office was filled with people eating steamed buns.

“Delicious, delicious.”

"The elm seeds at this time are really sweet and tender, and they are absolutely delicious when made into steamed buns."

"That's right, my cooking skills are not good, the food I make doesn't taste good, my wife can't eat it at all. If only I could be half as skilled as Jiang Jiang's sister-in-law, it would be great."

They ate and chatted, but chatting was easy, and learning this skill was still too difficult. Even after listening to Qiu Jiang's introduction, they still felt overwhelmed and doubted whether they could do it well.

But having a method is better than having no method at all. Several people have already written down the recipe and plan to try it out when they get home.

As soon as Ji Mingcheng came in, he saw her teaching cooking seriously and couldn't help but curl his lips. The sharp-eyed people had already started to report her and hurriedly shouted "Captain Ji". Others who had not finished their steamed buns either stuffed the rest into their mouths or quickly hid behind them.

He was afraid that he would leave a bad impression on his boss by eating food at work, but he didn't realize that he didn't care at all and even asked Qiu Jiang to get him a few.

Only then did they remember that Qiu Jiang and Captain Ji were neighbors and that she usually took Captain Ji's car to work. How could today be an exception? He must have known that there would be delicious food today.

As a result, many people realized it later. After they figured it out, they were embarrassed and stopped hiding it. They just ate it openly.

The warmth, the aroma of elm seeds and noodles blend together in your mouth, it's so delicious.

They ate with such relish that even the other teams that came to deliver materials to them couldn't help but take some back with them.

It was already nine o'clock, and the warm sunshine outside filled the entire office. Since there were no new cases, Qiu Jiang took a kettle and watered the potted plants in the house.

Among the others, some were busy calculating this month's wages, some were coordinating with the procuratorate, and some were drinking tea and chatting, enjoying the leisurely life at this moment. This leisurely and contented look was very different from the previous times when they were busy all the time.

"This is so comfortable. I really hope there are no cases every day."

Deng Xingwang stretched himself lazily and let out a sigh.

It was this sentence that interrupted Qiu Jiang's watering. She turned around and looked at Deng Xingwang suspiciously.

Hiss, what was Xingwang’s reputation like when he was in the branch?

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sometimes good things don't work and bad things do. The more she worries about something, the more it happens.

“Ding ding ding——”

When the urgent phone call rang, Qiu Jiang knew it was over, and then after learning the content of the call, she knew it was really over.

Alas, her previous colleague did not lie to her.

Deng Xingwang also realized that his bad mouth had worked again, and he slapped his mouth in frustration.

"I told you to be rude, I told you to be rude."

He regretted not folding it, but there was no medicine to regret it.

Now, everyone started to get busy again.

At this time, Guo Kai had already gone to the provincial capital, and Chen Da also took office in Team 1. There were only a few people in the team who could take the lead in solving cases.

Wang Li, Deng Xingwang, Jia Wang and Chang Xuemin.

Of course, there are two more, Team Ji and the lovely Jiang Jiang, who have widened the gap with the former by relying on their own strength.

His ability to solve cases is simply unparalleled.

Now that another murder has occurred, they all naturally have to take part in the scene. In addition to them, there are also some who have to go and take care of other things at the scene.

For example, visiting and recording statements, setting up cordons, and controlling the crowd, etc.

Given the urgency of the case, they moved quickly and headed straight for their destination.

Speaking of this case, it is not something that can make people calm down, and it even gives people a headache.

Just because five bodies were found under the hillside outside Xiakou Village.

It happened that a villager was passing by with his adopted dog. The dog suddenly started digging the ground like crazy and could not be stopped no matter how hard he tried. It had rained yesterday and the soil on the hillside was loose. After digging for a while, the dog dug out a human hand.

The villager got closer and was terrified. He stepped back and rolled down the hillside, then hurried to call the police.

People from the police station had already gone there, and in less than half an hour they had dug out five bodies.

This matter could not be hidden from the villagers living nearby. They almost formed a circle outside the hillside and pointed in that direction.

When the police heard this, they realized that they actually knew these five people. They were a family of five, and they were usually a very kind family. They hadn't seen them for two days and thought they had gone out to work. Who knew that the whole family had been buried neatly on the mountain.

Still such a brutal death.

Anyone who has seen the hideous cuts on his body would feel their scalp tingling.

When Qiu Jiang and the others arrived, a considerable number of people had already gathered around, pointing and talking.

"What a huge hatred and resentment! They just killed an entire family."

"I haven't heard that the Second Kingdom has ever offended anyone. How could they kill an entire family, and do it so cruelly?"

They all didn't understand.

Qiu Jiang paused slightly when she heard their words, and only followed Ji Mingcheng and the others up the hillside until she could no longer hear any useful information.

This is a large hillside with flowers, plants and trees blooming brilliantly, and the scenery is very beautiful. It would be a good choice to take a walk here when you have nothing to do. However, now someone has died, so even if people see this beautiful scenery, they are not in the mood to appreciate it, and they just wonder what is going on.

"What's the situation now?"

When Ji Mingcheng arrived, he asked the people at the police station.

When the head of the police station saw his ID, he suddenly became fanatical and did not hide his admiration for him. Seeing that he was staring at him, the man immediately told him all the information he knew.

"The deceased were a family of five, all from Xiakou Village. The head of the household was named Dong Aiguo. The dead included his parents, wife, and daughter."

"Dong Aiguo has a cousin who is the second oldest, so everyone usually calls him Erguo. As far as we know, he is usually very honest. And because he only has a daughter and no sons, he is inevitably looked down upon by the villagers in the village. So he has been working in the city more in recent years, hoping to earn more money and settle down in the city as soon as possible. Therefore, he has not had many conflicts with others. There are no grudges between them in the past and in the present. No one expected that his family would be wiped out so suddenly."

In fact, they were all very surprised and couldn't understand why someone would kill such an honest family, and even use such cruel means.

When they dug the person out, their scalps tingled and they were very scared.

After hearing the news, Qiu Jiang stared at the five bodies with sharp eyes. Soon he saw the overlapping black shadows hurriedly burying them and running away.

But these shadows only flashed before her, so she couldn't see them completely.

All I know is that there were a lot of people, at least three, and one of them was a woman.

She knew clearly that since this was not the first crime scene, she would probably only be able to see more scenes after arriving at the crime scene.

Thinking of this, she asked Ji Mingcheng for permission to go to the deceased's home to see if she had found anything.

Ji Mingcheng quickly agreed and let her, Jia Wang and Deng Xingwang go first.

Led by a kind villager, the three of them quickly found the deceased's home.

Qiu Jiang was holding a notebook in her hand, with the pen in the writing position, as if she was about to record something at any time.

In fact, she was indeed waiting for the dark shadow she might encounter after pushing the door open. If she didn't remember it at all times, she was really afraid that she would forget some information.

As for the pain in her lower abdomen, that was no longer something she would consider.

Just because of these few days of idleness, through a lot of experiments in the morgue, she finally found a way to see dark shadows without feeling pain.

Just by drinking a little medicinal wine mixed with flying Gu, you can completely get rid of the severe pain in your lower abdomen when you see a black shadow.

She never thought that the medicinal wine could be effective. After thinking about it, she thought that it must be the flying Gu that took effect.

Because she had solved the problem of lower abdominal pain, she carried a little medicinal wine with her when she went to work, and even drank it secretly when she heard that there was a murder here.

That's why she didn't feel any pain when she saw those dark shadows on the hillside just now.

Seeing that she had no worries, she naturally wanted to use her special ability to find the cruel murderers.

It’s a pity that the wish was not fulfilled.

Because the gate was locked, they all climbed over the wall and came in. Once they got in, they found that there was nothing unusual anywhere.

It's not just that there are no abnormalities in the physical sense.

Even on Qiu Jiang's side, there was not a single shadow.

So this is not the crime scene.

Qiu Jiang frowned, feeling that things were a bit difficult.

After them, many colleagues from the trace investigation team came to investigate and came to the same conclusion as them.

There was no trace of blood, nor any signs of post-murder cleanup.

They also tend to believe that the deceased's home was not the crime scene.

This brings some trouble to the case.

In order to learn more about the situation, all the people who could be sent were called to visit every household and take notes.

At the same time, Lu Jianian and his team also rushed to the scene. After the trace examiners collected the evidence, they began the preliminary autopsy.

After they were busy for a while, Ji Mingcheng asked, "Any clues?"

"They had been dead for no more than three days, and their bodies bore numerous wounds from axe-like objects. Every single one of them was no exception, and the most important one was this man."

Lu Jianian pointed to the corpse at the far edge.

When everyone looked over, they all frowned.

How should I put it? It's not a very good guess.

Could the murderer be...