I make a living solving crimes.

It rained for three days straight, and the moat had overflowed to the river bank.

The moat at that time was not a landscape. The reconstruction of the northern moat did not begin until 1977. It is now in disrepair and many places will collapse when it rains.

Fortunately, the body was found on the inner side of the river bank, so there was no need to go around to Andingmen to cross the river.

People in Beijing probably love to watch the fun the most. When Chang Wei arrived, there was a crowd of people inside and outside.

Zhang Youde saw him from afar, and quickly pushed through the crowd to meet him, handed him a gauze mask and said, "Take a breath before you go over."

Chang Wei paused, silently put on the gauze mask, and began to prepare himself mentally.

This was probably the first time he had come face to face with a dead body at a crime scene, and it had been soaked in water.

As expected, despite having made a lot of psychological preparations, Chang Wei couldn't help but feel an itchy throat when he saw the corpse for the first time.

Fortunately, I have watched countless bloody movies and TV shows, and can even watch zombie movies at night without turning on the lights.

He just covered his mouth and retched twice before recovering.

The greatest torture did not come from the visual conflict, but from his enhanced sense of smell. Even after wearing two layers of gauze mask, the smell still made his head swell.

The police officers at the security station who were originally prepared to laugh at him were surprised and impressed when they saw that he quickly adjusted himself.

As expected, he is worthy of being a member of our system.

Look at those young policemen, their hands and feet are weak from vomiting, and some are even shaking all over.

Chang Wei held his nose and exhaled through his mouth, then walked up to the corpse and began to observe it slowly.

The female corpse, which had swollen into the shape of a giant, was placed on the grass by the river. Its body was swollen and white, and its hair was disheveled like weeds. Chang Wei thought of the female corpse from Mawangdui that he had seen in Star City in his previous life.

The deceased could be vaguely identified as being in her twenties or thirties, and was wearing a floral dress. Chang Wei found a wooden stick and poked around, and found that the female corpse was not wearing any underwear, and was suffering from rectal prolapse due to pressure from the front and back.

He covered the skirt, then used a stick to adjust the collar, squinted his eyes to look at the dead person's hands, legs and feet, then slowly retreated.

Perhaps it was because of his fame, but when he investigated, everyone looked at him eagerly, hoping to hear some insightful opinions.

Chang Wei walked a few steps away, pulled the mask down and hung it on his chin. Perhaps he felt it was tight on his ears, so he simply pulled it off and stuffed it into his bag, then took two deep breaths with his mouth open.

Director Chen brought people over, took out cigarettes and passed them around, then pointed to the middle-aged policeman next to him and said, "This is the captain of our criminal investigation team, Cai Dequan."

Cai Dequan didn't have the attitude of looking down on the little policeman in the Shuangwen. Now he also needed to borrow Chang Wei's wisdom. He smiled kindly and said, "It's raining so hard, Chang Wei, you've worked hard!"

Chang Wei has a dog-like temper and is also a donkey that follows the will of others. When others are polite, he is even more polite. He smiled and took the initiative to provoke Cai Dequan, saying, "Captain Cai, you are too polite. I am young and I came here to learn from you. Please give me more guidance."

Cai Dequan was even more satisfied, and said with a smile: "I dare not do that. Everyone in Dongcheng District knows you, Chang Wei. We have no choice but to ask you for help."

"You are so kind. You are so kind."

Director Chen waved his arm and said, "Okay, enough of the flattery, let's get down to business."

Cai Dequan stopped smiling, took out his notebook and said, "Let me tell you the situation first. We received the alarm at 5:30 in the morning, and when we arrived at the scene, the body had already been fished out."

Director Chen wrote down the time in his notebook and said, "Go on."

"The body's neck was cut open, which was judged to be a fatal injury. This was also the only wound on the deceased's body."

"There are signs of binding on the legs and waist. It is estimated that they were used to bind stones or iron blocks to the bottom. They may have been loosened due to poor binding. We have not found the ropes or binding materials yet."

"There are scratches on the left wrist and right index finger, probably from bracelets and rings being taken off."

"No other items that could prove the deceased's identity were found on him. We have reported it to the city police station and are investigating missing persons in the city."

Director Chen recorded the valuable information and said, "Continue."

Cai Dequan smiled awkwardly: "That's all. This is all the information we have for now."

Director Chen opened his mouth. How could such a small amount of information solve a case?

But he didn't curse at anyone. First of all, Cai Dequan was not from a criminal investigation background. He was a retired soldier and was not strong in his profession. He was the one who led people to investigate the theft case at the Second Garment Factory last time, but he was deceived by a few pairs of footprints and almost went in the wrong direction.

The criminal investigation team leader of a police station does not really need advanced criminal investigation skills. Small cases are not a big deal, and big cases are handed over to the branch bureau. The truly capable criminal investigation personnel in each police station have long been poached by the branch bureau's criminal investigation team.

Only Chang Wei is an exception.

Secondly, the crime happened not long ago, this is not the first crime scene, and forensic medicine has not been promoted. Several coroners and forensic doctors from the old era are working in the municipal bureau and branch bureaus. Normally, such cases will eventually be handed over to the branch bureau's criminal investigation brigade.

The police station only needs to protect the scene and record first-hand information.

Zhang Youde still respected his old comrades and continued to ask, "What do you think?"

Cai Dequan thought for a moment and said, "We still need to confirm the identity of the deceased first. Once the identity is confirmed, we can start investigating the interpersonal relationships."

Zhang Youde nodded. This was also the simplest and most effective way to investigate a murder case.

Chang Wei retreated to the outside of the crowd and whispered to Zhang Youde: "Just hand this case over to the branch office. Why is Director Chen in such a hurry?"

Zhang Youde laughed, and his laugh was very obscene. "Old Chen competed with Wang Wenlong for the position of captain of the criminal investigation brigade three months ago, and came to the police station after he lost."

Chang Wei said, "Uh?" "Chen was also from the Criminal Investigation Team?"

"He is the captain of the Public Security Brigade. The Public Security Brigade is a department-level unit, and the Criminal Investigation Brigade is a deputy-division-level unit. Do you understand?"

"Then he didn't lose anything. Isn't Wang Wenlong still a section chief now?"

Zhang Youde glanced at him and asked, "Why is Wang Wenlong still at the department level? Don't you have any idea?"

"So he is angry with Wang Wenlong now?"

"Otherwise, why would he call you every time a major case occurs? Before, when all the cases in Anding were taken over by the branch, Wang Wenlong made fun of him a lot."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Wang Wenlong, holding an umbrella, walked over with seven or eight people on the water. He squinted his eyes and glanced at the police at the scene. He said sternly, "Everyone from the police station, step back. The criminal investigation team of the branch bureau will take over this case."

Director Chen held out his hand to stop him. "We discovered the case. According to the rules, it will not be handed over to the police station until after today."

Wang Wenlong pushed Chief Chen's hand away and said, "Old Chen, why bother? You haven't even found the identity of the deceased yet. If you keep dragging it out, it will still be handed over to our branch."

Director Chen stood still and said coldly, "We won't know whether it will work until tomorrow."

Wang Wenlong was irritated by him and wanted to lose his temper but couldn't. In terms of rank, the two were equal, and when it came to the rules, Director Chen was in the right.

This is not the future.

Due to insufficient police force, the police station had much greater powers than in later generations. In addition to the public security police and the criminal investigation office, the Gulou Police Station even had an economic investigation office that could directly check the accounts of state-owned enterprises.

Of course, if the other party is a very powerful state-owned enterprise, that’s another matter.

Wang Wenlong couldn't do anything to Director Chen, and Director Chen couldn't chase Wang Wenlong's people away, so the two gangs were busy with their own things at the scene.

Director Chen originally wanted to hear Chang Wei's opinion, but was afraid that time was tight and he might not find out. What if Wang Wenlong took advantage of the situation to embarrass Chang Wei? Wouldn't he be in a difficult position?

So he simply stopped talking and retreated to Zhang Youde's side to smoke.

"He came here on purpose to make fun of you."

"I know. He is just waiting for me to fail to solve the case so that he can humiliate me."

"So he won't leave."

"Well, just wait and see."

Chang Wei huddled in the back, listening to the Criminal Investigation Team gathered together to discuss robbery, rape, and so on. He suddenly laughed and said, "Chief Chen, who is the one who reported the case?"