CHAPTER 1267: CHAPTER 1194 HOMEWORK

When the suspect Wang Jiansheng was arrested, he was already out of the province.

The Changyang City Criminal Police Detachment dispatched three vehicles with 10 people, drove for over five hours, and with the cooperation of the local police, they captured him.

By noon, just as Jiang Yuan and the others woke up and started eating hot pot, the news had already come through.

Yu Wenshu listened to the call, then gave instructions, and with a joyful expression, said to Jiang Yuan: "Wang Jiansheng confessed the location where the highly toxic dangerous goods are stored. The three large barrels of brodifacoum have all been confiscated. The copper bars stolen at the same time have already been sold, but that doesn’t affect the bigger picture."

"Why did he steal brodifacoum?" Liu Jinghui was intrigued. The human mind is not more complex than logic, but it is less rational and harder to understand.

"He originally planned to steal copper, but there was less copper in the warehouse than he expected. During their previous work, there was always over a ton of copper bars in the factory warehouse. Wang Jiansheng felt a bit at a loss, so he also took three large barrels of chemicals. He knew that someone would buy these things, and some of them are quite valuable..." Yu Wenshu briefly summarized.

Liu Jinghui clicked his tongue twice: "This is the result of not committing crimes according to plan."

Friends who often steal things know that the plan before committing a crime is the most reasonable and rational. Once at the scene, ideas like "since we’re here anyway," "might as well take more" often are irrational and can easily entice one to do things beyond their capabilities.

Just like this Wang Jiansheng, if he hadn’t stolen the brodifacoum, this case might not have even reached Jiang Yuan, and the odds of solving it could have been much lower.

Yu Wenshu also knew this principle and shook his head: "The investigation also found that in the past two days, Wang Jiansheng was asking around for prices, probably intending to sell the brodifacoum. He likely didn’t know at first that toxic chemicals are regulated and that ordinary people wouldn’t dare to buy them."

"Ordinary people wouldn’t dare to buy them, but someone wants to buy them?" Liu Jinghui immediately caught the implication.

"Yes." Yu Wenshu nodded, saying: "We still don’t know their background. Fortunately, we investigated early; otherwise, if Wang Jiansheng had sold the three large barrels of brodifacoum, this case would have become troublesome."

"Luck, or maybe not just luck."

"That’s right. But also, it was your decisive decision to immediately assign the case to Jiang Yuan; otherwise, dragging on for a few days, the consequences would have been unimaginable." Liu Jinghui praised Yu Wenshu a bit casually. After all, the chief of police of the provincial capital came in person to join everyone in eating hot pot, so some emotional reward was due.

Yu Wenshu indeed laughed heartily, feeling a bit proud as he described his mental journey: "To be honest, I hesitated for a moment, but toxic chemicals, when they cause harm, are really too dangerous. Plus, there’s been a bit of trouble with recent cases, with the academician murder case just passing, followed by another public safety case, the public opinion is bound to stir up."

"True. By the way, has the motive for the original murder case been determined?" Liu Jinghui couldn’t hold back his curiosity.

Yu Wenshu coughed twice and said: "As it should be, you need to be informed of the latest situation. Currently, it appears to indeed involve foreign forces. As for the motive, the higher-ups believe it is likely related to commercial competition."

"Commercial competition?"

"Many new materials are developed with great expense by foreign labs and companies. Naturally, they want to keep formulas confidential, recoup costs with high prices, and ideally, make a large profit. Here, the push for import substitution is partly due to political and military reasons and partly due to economic factors. Academician Lou’s project team made rapid progress, which is likely affecting the interests of some foreign large companies." Yu Wenshu spoke in as low a voice as possible.

Liu Jinghui frowned, confused: "But aren’t there many advanced materials that they themselves are unwilling to sell to us?"

"If you offer a high price, you can always buy it. To them, the goal is to profit; selling at extremely high profit margins is also good. They don’t necessarily seek volume. At least from what I understand, the masterminds behind this think along these lines." Yu Wenshu said dismissively: "It’s all selfish interests, purely utilitarian."

Liu Jinghui, having seen many kinds of cases, understood after hearing Yu Wenshu’s explanation. He took public chopsticks, picked two pieces of beef for Yu Wenshu, and said: "In the end, these organized cases are more challenging, with high requirements on all aspects."

"These are still rather rudimentary." At this point, Yu Wenshu quickly changed the topic and invited Jiang Yuan to eat. He was unwilling to discuss what organized crime looks like when fully developed. Notably, Chinese-style organized crime differs from the Sicilian Mafia, and historically, once these criminal organizations expanded, they first eroded the judicial system, a typical example being... the Green Gang.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t particularly interested in the topic Liu Jinghui brought up, so after wolfing down two bowls of meat, he opened a non-sugar-free ice cola and drank half of it in one go, then burped and turned to say: "Chief Yu, has Academician Lou’s body been claimed by the family? I’d like to see it."

"No. The case hasn’t been completely closed yet." Yu Wenshu immediately said: "You can look whenever you want, but... do you feel there’s a doubt somewhere?"

As he said this, everyone at the table lost their appetite.

Jiang Yuan hurriedly waved his hand, saying: "I just want to take a look; I’m a forensic doctor, after all. The case was too intense at the time, and I didn’t perform the autopsy, just looked at the images."

"Traffic accident bodies aren’t pleasant, just in bits and pieces." Yu Wenshu reminded Jiang Yuan, grabbing another piece of duck blood, and as he remembered, added: "Some of the flesh was scraped off the ground, and those should have been incinerated, so you can only look at the bones."

"Okay, that doesn’t matter; I’ll say more after seeing." Jiang Yuan said after grabbing another piece of duck blood and crunching it.

The next day.

Changyang City Funeral Home.

The body of Academician Lou appeared before Jiang Yuan, partially thawed and in skeletal form.

As expected, when Jiang Yuan stood at the dissection table, he immediately saw a blue blob:

Lou Guansheng’s Legacy — Physical and Chemical Analysis (Level 5): Physics is what Lou Guansheng loved, chemistry is what Lou Guansheng enjoyed, math is what Lou Guansheng sought... Lou Guansheng creatively expanded on mechanics, especially in fluid dynamics, greatly extending the limits of related research. Leaving this world was not unacceptable for the more than eighty-year-old Lou Guansheng; the hardest part was leaving behind the unfulfilled aspirations to carry forward the ancient sages’ teachings, ultimately failing to nurture a successor who surpassed himself...

Jiang Yuan, looking at the description of the "Legacy," felt a bit dazed for a moment.

After a few seconds, he lowered his head and began the autopsy on the body before him.

Every time the corpse in the ice casket is thawed, much information is lost. Therefore, since it’s thawed, a formal autopsy should be conducted to record the information in autopsy report format, which can be archived for longer periods.

Jiang Yuan spent over an hour fully completing the autopsy of Academician Lou.

While removing his gloves, Jiang Yuan looked at the "Legacy" description again and suddenly turned to Miao Ruixiang, who was assisting beside him, and said: "Contact Wang Chuanxing and have him get several more sets of papers for Wei Shikan."

Miao Ruixiang, as the senior disciple, naturally knew what was going on and suppressed a laugh to confirm: "Math papers?"

"Yes." Jiang Yuan paused, then said: "And have him get some science papers for you."

"Me?" Miao Ruixiang was stunned.

"I’m assigning you some homework on behalf of Master." Jiang Yuan discarded the gloves and went to shower.