Chapter 1160 - 593: The Two Skulls in the Wilderness!! (Part 2)

After a long while, the three of them simultaneously turned their gaze to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng shook his head and said, "At the moment, they have only seen the situation above the ground."

"As for whether there are other bones beneath the surface, it’s still uncertain at present."

Originally, both Director Hou and Jiang An were eager to return, having stayed in Guangling for quite a long time already.

Upon hearing this, the two found themselves in an awkward dilemma again.

If they leave directly, and this case turns from two corpses into three, or even into a serial murder case.

As provincial leaders, leaving suddenly would surely make others laugh at us.

At this moment, Deputy Director Chen Guan said, "Director Hou, maybe you should leave first."

"We’ll handle this case ourselves; there’s no need to trouble you both further."

Hearing this, Director Hou waved his hand and said, "Just now, Jiang An’s question was very good."

"We’ve only seen two corpses on the surface at the moment. In reality, are there other corpses? We do not know."

"Let’s go, we’ll take a look first. If it’s a simple case, you will handle it locally."

"If it’s complicated, we may have to stay a little longer."

After speaking, Director Hou looked at Jiang An, and the two nodded as their eyes met.

Jiang An said, "I’ll follow the Director’s lead; leaving a little later won’t delay our return."

Hearing this, both Chen Guan and Qin Feng felt somewhat embarrassed.

Chen Guan said, "I’m really sorry about this!"

"This was originally our own case in Guangling, and now we’ve kept you both here."

"Ha, you can’t say ’always’." Director Hou chuckled and said, "Your Guangling is a place of outstanding people, but I didn’t expect the way to keep someone here would be like this; next time, we might not dare to come."

Jiang An also smiled and said, "If we hadn’t had breakfast and left earlier, maybe we could have gotten away."

Qin Feng then said, "Perhaps we Guangling people are hospitable, seeing Director Hou and Jiang An visiting rare. We specifically want both of you to continue passing on your experience and bringing gifts to Guangling."

After a simple joke, Director Hou said, "In that case, let’s head directly to the crime scene now."

Deputy Director Chen Guan said, "Director Hou, we’ve already kept both you leaders here, and it really troubles my conscience. Let’s go eat some breakfast together!"

"It’s about an hour to the crime scene from here; a ten-minute delay won’t matter."

"Besides, the scene is on the mountain, and there won’t be onlookers or cause any public opinion."

"Alright then." Director Hou nodded, "Let’s replenish our energy before getting to work!"

Immediately, the four of them drove to the famous Li’s Soup Dumpling Shop in Guangling.

This local specialty dumpling was originally supposed to be very flavorful.

However, at this moment, all four seemed to have lost more than half of their appetite.

Because the mountain still had white bone remains waiting for them.

Especially Director Hou and Jiang An, Director Hou thought if they hadn’t drunk wine and left earlier yesterday, maybe this could have been avoided.

Ten minutes later, the four finished breakfast and drove straight to the crime scene.

The vehicle drove for an hour, stopping at the foot of a mountain.

At this moment, a white police car was already waiting by the mountain.

As they got out of the car, a middle-aged man with glasses quickly approached.

"Mr. Chen! Mr. Qin!"

Mr. Chen nodded and introduced, "This is Yang Guang, the director of our East Mountain Police Station, this is Director Hou from our Provincial Tech Department, and this is Captain Jiang An from Jiangcheng."

Upon hearing this, Yang Guang said, "Hello Director Hou! Hello Captain Jiang! Last time, your case analysis PPT from Jiangcheng was incredible and really benefited me."

Jiang An listened, smiled a little, and waved without much response.

After some brief chatter, Deputy Director Chen Guan turned and asked, "Mr. Yang, what’s the situation exactly? Who would find white bones this early in the morning?"

Hearing this, Yang Guang immediately restrained his smile and said, "Mr. Chen, a shepherd reported it."

"The weather is cooler in the morning, so he came to graze his sheep. One sheep ran up the slope to graze. When he went to retrieve it, he suddenly found two skulls below the slope."

"When we received the report, we wondered if it might be someone’s ancestral tomb?"

"But after we got to the scene, we realized it wasn’t the case."

"Among the two skulls at the scene, one skull seemed to have a hole, and the clothing on the deceased clearly wasn’t burial clothing worn after death."

After a brief introduction, Deputy Director Chen Guan furrowed his brow tightly.

He looked at Director Hou and said, "Let’s go, we’ll go to the scene and take a look."

Ten minutes later, they followed a path to the site of the bodies.

Currently, a circle of police tape was set up under a tree, with four auxiliary police officers guarding the spot.

Yang Guang pointed and said, "It’s that place."

Looking over, in the center of the police tape was a pine tree. At the slope under the tree, two skulls were exposed, along with some tattered clothes.

Deputy Director Chen Guan observed for a while and then turned to ask, "When will the technicians arrive?"

Qin Feng responded, "They’re already on their way."

Chen Guan added, "Since the case has occurred, we should proceed with the investigation with a murder case mindset."

Then, he turned to Director Hou, "Director Hou, where do you think we should start with this case?"

Director Hou listened and paused for a moment, then turned to look at Jiang An.

For some reason, being with Jiang An now, he especially wanted to hear Jiang An’s opinion.

"Mr. Jiang, what’s your opinion?"

Jiang An stepped forward, looked around, and said, "Director Hou, although we are still not sure how many bodies are present, the location of these two bodies and the altered state of one skull’s hole make me think this case is extraordinary."

"This hole change may have occurred after death, or perhaps it was caused by a blow in life."

"Now, I suggest starting the excavation at the location where the bones were found, to see just how many bodies are there in this place."

"Upon determining the number of the deceased, we will then review all missing persons in the city, matching them one by one based on the skeletal gender and age characteristics."

"If we match with someone of matching characteristics, we will investigate each individually."

Finally, Jiang An concluded, "Although it’s not confirmed whether this is a criminal case, from my intuition, there’s a high likelihood it’s a criminal case, and the severity of this criminal case is very serious."

"The perpetrator is highly likely to have killed multiple people and buried them here; this might be a serial murder case."

"A serial murder case?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng immediately asked curiously, "Is this serial murder case about killing many people continuously? Could it be a case of killing several people at one time?"

Jiang An listened and turned to look at the bones, saying, "Currently, two skulls have been found, and their ossification levels are different."

"According to forensic anthropology, based on the degree of weathering of the skulls after death, I think these two bodies’ deaths are at least half a year apart."

Upon these words, everyone was stunned.

The previously very grave expressions now turned into poker faces.

Everyone stared at Jiang An, then at the bones.

No one would question Jiang An’s forensic conclusion; no one even thought of questioning it.

Jiang An’s forensic expertise is the best in the province.

He either gives no conclusion, or his conclusion is a hundred percent accurate.

After a long while, Chen Guan turned to look at Director Hou and Jiang An, saying with lingering fear, "Thankfully, you both haven’t left yet, or else our Guangling Criminal Investigation might not withstand this case...."