Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

Captain Li took a deep breath and composed himself.

The clues are right in front of us. If we alert the murderer and cause them to hide, it will be much harder to find them!

"Section Chief, here's what we'll do: you guys speed up the verification of the ledgers, and I'll allocate more manpower to try and verify the identities of all the ticket recipients."

His voice softened unusually as he tried to persuade the section chief.

"That's impossible! Like I said, if there are any losses, whose responsibility will it be?" The section chief was completely unmoved.

Sometimes, it's better to do nothing than to do more; he tries to avoid anything that carries risk.

As long as the ticket wasn't lost in your possession, you've passed this hurdle.

Captain Li gritted his teeth, staring intently at the section chief, when suddenly he thought of something and gave a sinister smile.

"I suspect this family annihilation case was caused by collusion between your management staff and outsiders. No one is allowed to leave until the case is solved, including you, Section Chief!"

At this point, Captain Li poked the section chief in the chest with his index finger.

"You! You're abusing your power!" The section chief trembled with anger. It was like a scholar encountering a soldier—he couldn't reason with him.

He, the head of the ticket management section, was completely suppressed by the captain of the criminal investigation team.

This is absolutely infuriating!

Just as he was thinking of reporting the situation to his superiors and using the Ministry of Commerce to put pressure on this lowly criminal investigation captain, he saw Captain Li continue to speak.

"Furthermore, after this case, I will suggest to the economic security department of our sister unit that they thoroughly investigate your management department; the economic issues involved must be quite significant!"

"Ah! This!"

The section chief broke out in a cold sweat.

An economic investigation? He can't withstand one!

Over the years, as the head of the ticket management department, he has made quite a bit of money.

"No, no need for that, Captain Li. Your suggestion is excellent. Let's do it your way."

The section chief quickly backed down, saying it didn't matter whether the family annihilation case could be solved or not, but if his own financial problems were discovered, things would get really serious.

Captain Li chuckled and nodded to the section chief: "That's right. We're all doing this for the job. I'm glad you understand, section chief."

"Hey, I understand, it's all for work..."

"Hey you... Chang Kun and Hou Jun, right?" Captain Li turned around and looked at the two men. "Now I'm giving you two a new task. From now on, you'll guard this gate. Without my orders, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

Chang Kun and Hou Jun looked at each other in bewilderment.

Well, it seems Captain Li is treating them like gatekeepers.

They were originally free to search for clues, but now they've been conscripted.

Chang Kun curled his lip: "Captain Li, we think there's something wrong with the male victim. We need to investigate. It's better to leave such an important task as guarding the gate to the criminal investigation team."

Since he wasn't his superior, Chang Kun had no reason to indulge this criminal investigation captain.

"You!" Captain Li stared at Chang Kun with his bull-like eyes.

These two people weren't his subordinates, so he couldn't reprimand them in front of outsiders in the ticket management department.

Never mind, never mind.

Considering their contribution in finding the clue, I won't hold it against them.

He waved his hand, letting Chang Kun and the other man move around freely.

Chang Kun pulled Hou Jun out of the office. Hou Jun chuckled and gave Chang Kun a thumbs up.

"Junior brother, I really admire you! Going head-on against Captain Li, that's impressive!"

"He's not our boss, what are we afraid of! Do you really expect us to guard the gate for him?"

As they walked out of the ticket management department, Hou Jun's stomach rumbled, and Chang Kun also felt a bit hungry.

It was already past 1 p.m., and the two of them had been running since morning without having a drop of water.

It is said that the emperor will not starve his soldiers, so one should not suffer hunger just to investigate a case.

"Brother Monkey, come on, let me treat you to something to eat."

Hou Jun touched his stomach sheepishly and said, "Let me treat you. I'm getting embarrassed after getting credit for you so many times."

"Hey! Do we, as fellow disciples, need to talk about this?"

Chang Kun thought for a moment, looked at the forest behind the ticket management department, and suddenly had an idea.

"Brother Monkey, how about we go up the mountain behind here and find some food?"

"Let's go into the mountains to find something to eat?" Hou Jun's eyes lit up as he remembered Chang Kun's hunting skills.

"What good food can we find? Can we even hunt wild boar?"

Hou Jun recalled the last time Chang Kun led five people from the office into the mountains and they hunted six or seven wild boars. They took the wild boar meat home, pickled it, and still hadn't finished eating it.

"Brother Monkey, what are you thinking?" Chang Kun chuckled. "We don't have guns or cannons. Even if we're lucky enough to run into a wild boar, what will we use to fight it? Stones?"

I do have a gun, but it's stored in my spatial storage; I can't just take it out like that!

"Haha!" Hou Jun chuckled awkwardly, realizing it was indeed his oversight.

"Let's go check out the mountains behind here, and eat whatever we find."

Even if you can't hunt wild boars, it's still easy to catch some rabbits or pheasants.

The two walked out of the ticket management office and strolled into the mountains.

Before they had gone far, Chang Kun spotted a pheasant hiding in the forest, crouching on the ground and incubating its roost.

That's perfect, lunch is sorted out.

"Shh-"

Chang Kun signaled Monkey to be quiet, and tiptoed to the edge of the bushes where the pheasant was.

Luckily, it had camouflage skills; otherwise, such a clever animal as a pheasant would have noticed the commotion long ago.

Chang Kun leaped forward and, before the pheasant could react, knocked it to the ground.

"Haha, what a fat pheasant!"

It was late autumn, and the mountains and forests were full of wild fruits, which made the pheasants' feathers glossy and shiny.

When Hou Jun saw Chang Kun return with a pheasant shortly afterward, he beamed with joy.

"Junior brother, you really are skilled from the start!"

He looked at the pheasant, and his mouth watered uncontrollably.

Although we got a lot of pork from the last wild boar hunt, at this age, we can't bear to eat meat in large quantities.

When Hou Jun was at home, he would cut up some meat for each meal and mostly stuff it into his little daughter's mouth.

Seeing such a fat pheasant made him feel even hungrier.

"Brother Monkey, there's probably a nest of wild eggs in that grass. We're in for a treat today at lunchtime!"

"Hahaha, good, roast pheasant, roast wild eggs!"

Hou Jun hopped over to the pheasant nest in a few leaps, exclaiming excitedly, "Junior brother, there are about ten wild eggs here! We're rich!"

Chang Kun shook his head, ignoring Monkey King's naive and unsophisticated appearance.

He secretly took out a small knife from his spatial storage. He had given the Wolf Lord's dagger to his second sister last time, and then he bought a new knife, which came in handy now.

The two found a spring along the ridge. Chang Kun killed a chicken, and Hou Jun went to collect some dry grass.

Not long after, Chang Kun finished killing the pheasant and heard Hou Jun return, shouting loudly.

"Junior brother, do you know what I saw when I went into the woods to look for dead branches?"

"What good stuff?"

"Greyhounds, a whole bunch of greyhounds! They're in that wood over there!"

A large group of squirrels?

Chang Kun was pleasantly surprised; he hadn't had roasted squirrel in a long time, and he was really lucky today!