Too Tired to Think, Better to Act

Ma Hongyun spoke first, explaining, "Big Brother died two nights ago. He wasn't discovered until yesterday morning. Big Brother was drinking with Xu Shan in the early morning.

At that time, I and a group of brothers were drinking and playing dice in the stockade. They can all testify."

As he spoke, he pointed to several villagers present.

As Zhou Hao's gaze shifted, those villagers immediately nodded repeatedly, indicating that Ma Hongyun was telling the truth.

Xu Shan sneered, "Perhaps you instigated Heizi to poison him? Heizi brought some snacks that night, maybe that's when the poison was administered."

"You're shifting the blame back to Heizi again. Would Heizi do this for a thousand gold coins? Does he have a death wish? Poisoning with so many loopholes, is he an idiot?" Ma Hongyun sneered.

Zhou Hao raised his hand, and both Ma Hongyun and Xu Shan immediately fell silent.

Zhou Hao cracked sunflower seeds and said, "Whether Heizi poisoned him or not, he's definitely connected to one of you, or to Tiger Fiend Stockade. What we're discussing now is your business.

From what Ma Hongyun said earlier, he has an alibi. As for whether he instigated Heizi, we'll discuss that later."

He paused, then looked at Xu Shan and said, "You were drinking with Shi Po that night, so you don't have an alibi. You admit that, right?"

Xu Shan nodded, "I admit it."

Zhou Hao nodded slightly and asked, "Do you have a storage ring? I want to inspect it."

"On what grounds?" Xu Shan immediately refused.

Zhou Hao shrugged, "On the grounds that I'm stronger than you, is that enough?"

Xu Shan paused. Could he say it wasn't enough? He could only obediently hand over his storage ring.

Zhou Hao easily erased the ownership mark on the storage ring and looked inside. The space was much smaller than his own storage ring.

He poured everything out. There wasn't much inside, just gold coins and a few weapons. The quality of these weapons didn't seem very good.

"See if there are any treasures in here?" Zhou Hao instructed Ma Hongyun.

Ma Hongyun immediately went to search. After a while, he looked up at Zhou Hao, shook his head, and softly uttered two words: "No."

Zhou Hao frowned. If the motive was indeed to steal Shi Po's treasures, then they must have been hidden somewhere. But where?

How would he know?

If he couldn't find any clues from this angle, he would have to go to the scene. But he estimated that the scene would have been mostly destroyed by now, and he wouldn't find any clues there.

So, should he investigate the remaining leftovers? They would have been thrown away long ago! Besides, he didn't want to touch those leftovers, let alone look at them.

Zhou Hao thought about it and felt there was nothing left to investigate. He sighed faintly, thinking that being a detective was really hard, and using his brain was tiring.

Although it looked cool on TV, it was really troublesome in practice.

Ma Hongyun suddenly heard his sigh and looked at him with confusion.

Zhou Hao scratched his head, turned to look at Xu Shan, and then threw a punch.

With a "bang~" sound.

Xu Shan spun 720 degrees in the air and landed face down on the ground, kicking up dust and immediately passing out.

Indeed, in a world of Mysterious Fantasy, violence was the most direct approach.

Zhou Hao rotated his wrist and turned back to Ma Hongyun, asking, "Are there any prison cells here?"

Ma Hongyun nodded blankly, "Yes, but they haven't been used in a long time."

Zhou Hao waved his hand, pointed at Xu Shan, and said, "Lock him up. Then, you guys search the stockade thoroughly. If there are any treasures, they must be hidden somewhere nearby."

"O-okay." Ma Hongyun nodded, thinking to himself, "It seems this Sir isn't very gentle either!"

At first, when Zhou Hao was willing to listen to them and even help them with Shi Po's case, he thought Zhou Hao was a very gentle person. But now, it seemed he was mistaken.

At this moment, the villagers who were stunned by Zhou Hao's sudden action were about to scold him, but they were intimidated by Zhou Hao's glare and shrunk back, not daring to speak.

Zhou Hao rubbed Ye Zi's head and asked, "What do you think of this outcome, Uncle?"

"Very good." Ye Zi nodded emphatically.

Because he also believed Xu Shan was the poisoner.

Zhou Hao smiled, then looked at Xu Shan, who was lying on the ground like a dead pig, and sighed again, thinking, "I originally wanted to solve the case with my own wisdom and have a taste of being a detective, but there's too little information, I didn't even see the murder scene, and I don't understand the whole process.

It's hard to determine the outcome based solely on Ma Hongyun and Xu Shan's few words."

So he felt it was better to be simple and crude. In this other world, hitting people wasn't illegal, and arresting them didn't require evidence. Why bother with so much? Just lock him up first.

This experience could be summarized in one sentence:

"Being a detective isn't easy!"

Ma Hongyun took Xu Shan away to be locked up.

Although many villagers felt this was not a good way to handle the situation, with Zhou Hao present, they dared not say anything.

They were observant enough to know that Zhou Hao acted without reason, hitting people whenever he pleased. For details, refer to Xu Shan's beating this time, and the previous time Xu Shan was beaten.

Zhou Hao left with Ye Zi, and Ma Hongyun took Xu Shan towards the dungeon.

Afterward, everyone dispersed, but many villagers were still discussing the matter.

After Zhou Hao sent Ye Zi home, he also returned to his own room.

"Dad, you're so lame!" Zhou Yuanbao pulled away from Zhou Hao's wrist.

Mu Jinyin flew down from Zhou Hao's head and nodded very seriously.

Zhou Hao rolled his eyes, "What's so hard about this kind of case? It's obvious who the killer is. Playing along further is just a waste of my time.

Besides, if I can't solve it, it's not because my IQ is low, it's just because there's too little information. I haven't even seen the crime scene or the poison samples, so it's normal that I can't solve it."

He said a lot, but all he got in return was a soft "Oh" from Zhou Yuanbao.

Mu Jinyin, however, added a parting shot, "Oh, then you're still so lame!"

Zhou Hao's mouth twitched. He just wanted to show off but failed, and no one even knew.

He pointed at the two floating in the air and threatened, "If you mention this again, you won't get a single Divine Crystal from now on."

Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin immediately behaved. Heaven and earth are big, but Divine Crystals are the biggest. They could go without anything else, but they absolutely couldn't go without Divine Crystals.

Zhou Hao rolled his eyes dramatically and grumbled inwardly, These two are really developing into money-grubbers and gluttons.

"Sleep."

He didn't want to talk to these two anymore and just threw himself onto the bed to sleep.

How long had it been since he'd slept? How long had it been since he'd slept in a bed? About half a month!

This sleep was truly comfortable...

As soon as Zhou Hao hit the bed, he fell asleep quickly and slept soundly until morning.

He woke up feeling refreshed and full of energy. This was probably the benefit of sleep for humans!

Zhou Hao sighed contentedly in his heart.