Chapter 1108 - 568: Mr. Jiang, I Admire You!

Soon, Qin Feng and Jiang An quickly arrived at the parking lot of the police station.

At this moment, the parking lot was extremely quiet.

Except for the dim streetlights illuminating the white police car, there was no one around.

Qin Feng pressed the key in his hand, and with a beep, the two got into the police car and started the engine.

Qin Feng turned his head and smiled, saying, "Mr. Jiang, the two of us heading to the cemetery at night, this is my first time doing that on the job."

Jiang An turned his head to look at him and said, "Mr. Qin, tonight you’ll get to experience what it’s like to venture into a cemetery at night."

"In Jiangcheng, I’ve been to the cemetery at night many times. I remember once finding a female corpse on the edge of a cemetery; it was a criminal case."

As he spoke, Qin Feng turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle quickly drove out of the parking lot.

Jiang An, sitting in the passenger seat, said, "I still vividly remember that case."

"The victim was a female college student who was tricked and then robbed, murdered, and her body disposed of at the cemetery."

"Was that case solved?"

"It was! At that time, we used traditional area screening methods to investigate the surrounding area and eventually discovered the escape route of the perpetrator."

"Impressive as always, Jiangcheng’s level of criminal investigation is indeed commendable."

"Mr. Qin, you’re flattering me, but tonight we’re going to the cemetery, it’s just a hunch of mine."

"A hunch?" Qin Feng smiled, "This case has already gone through six previous re-investigations, this is the seventh."

"As long as there’s even a glimmer of hope, we shouldn’t give up!"

Thirty minutes later, the two drove to the small road next to the cemetery.

By now, it was deep into the night, and only some unidentified bird calls could be heard from the woods, making the surroundings appear pitch dark.

Qin Feng retrieved two high-powered flashlights and two batons from the trunk of the car.

"Mr. Jiang, take this for self-defense. In case we encounter some wild animals, at least the two of us can fight side by side."

Jiang An took the baton, gave it a swing, making a "zi" sound, and a single-section baton instantly transformed into a four-segment one.

"Useful."

Then, the two made their way towards the cemetery, one in front of the other.

Five minutes later, they arrived at a spot surrounded by police tape.

In the middle of the police tape was the grave that was reopened today.

At this moment, the coffin was still in a fully opened state.

Jiang An and Qin Feng lifted the police tape and walked in.

Qin Feng looked around and said, "Wow! You have to admit, coming to this grave at night really feels like being in a horror movie."

Jiang An laughed, saying, "Haha, we’re materialists after all; this shouldn’t really bother us, right?"

Qin Feng smiled and said, "From a policeman’s perspective, of course, we’re not afraid, but on a human instinct level, it’s scary."

As they spoke, Jiang An put away the baton in his hand and took out a pair of disposable gloves from his pocket and put them on.

Ever since he became a forensic scientist, he often carries some gloves in his pocket.

Not for any other reason, mainly because when touching corpses in wild environments, disposable gloves provide good isolation where there’s no water source.

Soon, Jiang An, wearing gloves, approached the coffin.

Qin Feng didn’t sit idle, holding flashlights in both hands to provide light for him.

Where the bright light shone, the edges of the coffin were already in a state of decay.

Just as Jiang An was observing, Qin Feng squatted down and turned to ask, "Mr. Jiang, if the coffin had undergone a second opening, what traces would it leave behind?"

Hearing this, Jiang An nodded, "Exactly! This is something I’ve been pondering."

"If today is not the first opening of the coffin, what kind of evidence would the previous opening have left?"

To be honest, Jiang An had never encountered such a situation before.

Of course, from a detective’s perspective, one should boldly imagine and carefully verify.

While he cannot experience every case, he can use his imagination in each case to find potential evidence.

At this moment, Jiang An’s gaze was fixated inside the coffin.

The inside of the coffin was still the same as during the day, with some fresh dirt on the edges.

After observing for a while, a question suddenly came to Jiang An’s mind: today’s prying of the coffin seemed very easy.

Under normal circumstances, when coffins are sealed, there would be nails at the edges, securing the coffin lid to the coffin.

However, if there were nails around the coffin, could he have easily pried the coffin lid open today?

Immediately, he asked, "Mr. Qin, during funerals, when sealing the coffin, do you add some rivets to the coffin lid?"

"Rivets?" Qin Feng nodded, "Based on my life experience, they should add some rivets."

"That’s why today when you were prying the coffin, I specifically said we should work together to pry it open."

Upon hearing this, Jiang An nodded, recalling the situation.

"But today, when I was prying the coffin, I didn’t feel much resistance, it was actually quite easy."

Hearing this, Qin Feng laughed and said, "Are you humble-bragging about your strength?"

Just then, Jiang An shook his head, "My strength isn’t great, my grip strength is only 45 kilograms."

At this, Qin Feng suddenly realized the issue Jiang An was hinting at.

"You mean, the coffin lid doesn’t have rivets securing it?"

Jiang An said, "There was resistance, but not much!"

"Or, during the second closure, they didn’t add new rivets?"