civil forensic

Chapter 908 Skeletons

Chapter 908 Skeletons

Shannan University.

At the school gate, members of the Archaeological Association gathered together, waiting for Jiang Yuan's arrival.

The Archaeology Association is mainly composed of activists from the Archaeology Department, but there are also a few people from other departments who are relatively professional enthusiasts. They have all heard of Jiang Yuan's name, and they are chatting in low voices and exchanging information in low voices.

The leader, Wang Weiqing, smiled and livened up the atmosphere, saying, "When Master Jiang Yuan arrives, everyone can ask some gossip or something. By the way, should we think about what questions we should ask when the person arrives? What questions do you all want to ask?"

The association members who came here today were all interested in this aspect. They were very curious. Several of them immediately thought about it and started talking:

"Can you tell me about their case? I saw on the news before that the recent explosion seemed to be done by Jiang Yuan and his gang."

"You're talking about the explosion in Meiyang City, right? That explosion was boring. They solved the case by searching the floor, which was a criminal investigation method. They didn't even do a proper autopsy on the body, let alone forensic anthropology techniques. They didn't even use them."

"Why not? What a waste. Maybe once we find the body, we can solve the case."

"Maybe it's because forensic anthropology is too complicated and tiring. A lot of people died in the explosion in Meiyang City. It's possible that the bodies were blown to pieces and scattered all over the ground. I don't know how long it would take to do forensic anthropology on them all."

"There are even more bodies in the tomb of King Yong. Is Jiang Yuan willing to spend time on this? He has solved several cases in the past few months. Would he accompany us to dig a large tomb?"

After these last words were spoken, everyone in the Archaeological Association fell silent.

Wang Weiqing coughed twice and said, "Since Jiang Yuan is willing to come, he must have intentions, right?"

He asked Jiang Qiansi.

Jiang Qiansi had been staring at Wang Weiqing. She felt that Wang Weiqing's long legs, clean face, and especially clean fingers were so beautiful that she could never get tired of looking at them.

However, Jiang Qiansi found it difficult to answer Wang Weiqing's sudden question.

She thought about it again and again, and whispered: "Brother Jiang Yuan is usually very busy. This time he came back from Malaysia on a business jet booked for him by the Malaysian police to save time. So, I can't say whether he has time to visit the Tomb of King Yong. But he should be willing to learn about it."

At this time, a girl who was also staring at Wang Weiqing said sourly: "Business class won't arrive earlier than economy class."

"It's a business jet, not a business class." Jiang Qiansi was born into a family of people who had been relocated, so she didn't like this argument. She said calmly, "You can go through security check separately, fly by yourself, and choose from multiple routes. Of course, you can arrive earlier than economy class."

The girl from the Archaeology Association next to them frowned and said, "Police should just be good police officers. If you do these enjoyable things, sooner or later..."

"Zhang Jiao." Wang Weiqing interrupted him and said, "She is from Jiangcun. The business jet she rides on is provided by the Malaysian police. It's not for her own enjoyment..."

"I know. I just think that the Malaysian police department is rich, but they act like they are precious." Zhang Jiao was a little excited. She couldn't stand Jiang Qiansi, but she was just another rich woman who didn't know the hardships of life and relied on the demolition of her family. There was no need to spoil her.

Wang Weiqing frowned and was about to say something when an MPV stopped in front of him.

After the MPV came another MPV and a sedan, and then people got out one after another.

"Brother!" Jiang Qiansi shouted and ran to a tall young man who got out of the car in front.

"Hey, you're not late, are you?" Jiang Yuan greeted with a smile.

"How could that be? We are too early." Wang Weiqing also hurried forward to greet him in a cliché way and introduced himself: "Teacher Jiang, I am Wang Weiqing, a graduate student in the Department of Archaeology at Shannan University, and my teacher is Tao Yajie. Welcome to Shannan University."

"Oh, hello." Jiang Yuan shook hands with Wang Weiqing and said, "I brought some colleagues and friends here. Mainly because we have recently solved some drug trafficking cases, organized crimes, and oblique cases. The leaders are worried that someone will retaliate, so let us try to act together. This is Mu Zhiyang, Wang Chuanxing, Tang Jia, and Gao Yuyan."

Jiang Yuan introduced the police officers who came with him one by one.

The students of the Archaeology Department standing opposite were originally just listening casually, but words like "drug trafficking", "organized crime" and "angle" inexplicably flashed through their minds, and they suddenly became awe-inspiring.

Wang Weiqing nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Wu Jun, Wang Zhong, Miao Ruixiang and others in another car also got out of the car. Then came the criminal police from Changyang Municipal Bureau in the next car.

After finally waiting for Jiang Yuan to come to Changyang City, Yu Wenshu naturally had to send someone to accompany him.

Jiang Yuan introduced: "This is my master and my fellow apprentices, all of whom are forensic doctors. Come and take a look..."

Wu Jun and others nodded with a smile, all with the warm faces unique to veteran detectives.

The students present responded positively under the old detective's temperament: "Welcome, welcome."

Wang Weiqing praised: "Forensic Doctor Jiang's fellow apprentices are rare and ready to fight. The professor will definitely be very happy when he hears about it. Oh, by the way, my teacher has booked a private room here. Let's go and have a meal together first..."

Jiang Yuan and others did not refuse. They formed a huge team and headed straight for the restaurant next door.

Wang Weiqing urgently sent a text message to the teacher, informing him of the number of people who had arrived, and then @小学弟 in the group, asking them to add another table in the big private room.

Wang Weiqing’s mentor Tao Yajie is the top archaeologist in Shannan Province. She just turned 50 this year. She is exquisitely dressed in a Chanel-style outfit, which can be described as elegant and noble.

After some socializing and a few drinks, and getting to know each other's personalities, Tao Yajie took out a few photos and said with a smile, "I have a few photos of corpses taken in the Yongwang Tomb. Are they suitable for viewing while eating?"

"I can." Jiang Yuan smiled and pushed away the dishes in front of him.

Tao Yajie then handed the photo to Jiang Yuan.

There are many photos, including full-body photos, close-ups of the skull, sternum, pelvis and leg bones. Only a few photos were taken when the bones were unearthed, and the rest were photos of the bones after being cleaned and placed on the dissection table. Most of the bones have rulers next to them.

This is a very academic approach. In theory, other scholars can also understand most of the situation of the remains through these photos.

Jiang Yuan looked at them one by one, then slowly placed them in front of himself. Finally, he counted them and found that there were 17 in total.

Jiang Yuan picked up a large piece of pork elbow and ate it. Then he raised his glass and drank a glass of wine with Tao Yajie. He said, "Professor Tao, which part of the work do you want me to do?"

Tao Yajie said seriously: "Jiang Yuan, the tomb of King Yong that we discovered this time is very likely to be the largest archaeological project in Shannan Province in the past ten years. Especially there are many skeletons in the tomb, and there are suspected sacrificial victims... I think this is also a rare opportunity for anthropology. If possible, I hope you can take over part of the identification of the skeletons. This may take you several months, but we should be able to produce a very good paper..."

"Have all the skeletons been excavated?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Basically, they have all been excavated. The number is quite large. We have counted 23 bodies."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "It shouldn't take more than a few months..."

"Huh?" Tao Yajie didn't quite understand.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand: "Okay, then I'll join."

Jiang Yuan is now a level 3 forensic anthropologist, which is already the level of a provincial expert, and not the expert level of a weak archaeological province like Shannan Province. If necessary, Jiang Yuan can always increase the forensic anthropology skill by +1. Considering the extremely high difficulty of learning and practicing forensic anthropology, a level 4 forensic anthropologist should be the level of a top domestic expert.

Based on Jiang Yuan's understanding of anthropology and the photos in front of him, he did not think that the relevant work on King Yong's Tomb would take several months - if it did, it would mean a major discovery!

Tao Yajie was quite happy to see Jiang Yuan being so straightforward.

She also often cooperates with experts from inside and outside the province. This time, because the Tomb of King Yong is rare, she hopes to lead the project to the greatest extent, so she tends to look for some young scholars, or outsiders like Jiang Yuan.

Of course, Jiang Yuan, who is young and outside the circle, is the most suitable one.

As for the technical aspects...

Tao Yajie asked directly: "Forensic Doctor Jiang, if you were asked to determine the age of death of these corpses, how long would it take you?"

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a few seconds and said, "20."

"20 days?"

"19, 17, 35, 21..." Jiang Yuan said, motioning to Mu Zhiyang to record it, and then said to Tao Yajie: "I am talking about the age of the corpse when it died, from left to right..."

(End of this chapter)