Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Knowing that the county lord doesn't like others interfering in his investigations, Qiao Rui had no choice but to bring up his identity as Qingtianwei in order to suppress him.

Seeing the county magistrate's embarrassed expression, Qiao Rui smiled and said, "Please forgive me for three days. Within three days, I will find clues and evidence to prove Tian Jing's innocence. If you can't find new evidence, you can judge the case normally after three days. I will never interfere!" Although he said this, he had another plan in mind, "If I really can't find evidence, I will ask Mr. Chen or General Hong to take over the case. Anyway, I can't let Tian Jing be wrongly convicted!"

"Okay, then let's set the deadline at three days!" The county magistrate agreed reluctantly, then left in a huff, obviously unhappy.

Qiao Rui didn't care and followed him to the main hall.

The county magistrate sat in the main seat, with a row of gavels in the hall, and the yamen runners on both sides were pounding their wind and fire sticks and shouting "mighty".

The county lord said loudly: "There are many doubts in the case of Tian Jing poisoning her husband. The trial will be reopened in three days. The suspect Tian Jing will be detained for the time being and the court will be dismissed!"

"What's going on? What did Young Master Qiao show to the adults? What did they talk about in the back hall? Why did the situation change so suddenly when they came out?"

"Mr. Qiao is indeed very powerful. I really don't want to let such a good man go!"

The crowd gradually dispersed amid the discussions. This case was full of twists and turns. People didn't believe that a girl as gentle and virtuous as Tian Jing would poison her husband, but later various witnesses and evidence made people believe it. When everyone thought the case was settled and were lamenting the unpredictability of the world, unexpectedly a young man named Qiao showed up and was willing to contradict the county magistrate in order to overturn Tian Jing's case. People couldn't help but applaud Young Master Qiao's kindness and righteousness, but they found that the county magistrate's majesty was unpredictable and he himself was almost convicted for his words. Fortunately, Young Master Qiao prepared a back-up plan and successfully prevented the county magistrate from forcing a confession to make a verdict. I hope that three days later, Young Master Qiao can save Miss Tian.

Everyone had left, and Tian Jing was taken to prison by the bailiffs. Qiao Rui came to find the chief constable Chen Nian.

Qiao Rui clasped his fists and bowed, "Thank you, Brother Chen, for reporting it in time. Otherwise, Tian Jing would have been in great trouble this time!"

Chen Nian waved his hand and said with a smile: "We are brothers, why do we have to do this? I also know Miss Tian, ​​how can I watch her die without helping her? I just regret that I am not strong enough to give much help." Then he patted Qiao Rui on the shoulder and praised: "Brother, you still have a way. Even the county lord has to give in. It seems that on the day when the whole city was in chaos, you really won the favor of the big shots!"

Qiao Rui smiled and didn't say anything. Seeing this, Chen Nian didn't ask any more questions. Everyone knew what was going on.

Afterwards, Qiao Rui asked Chen Nian to take him to bribe the people below so that Tian Jing wouldn't suffer any loss in the next few days. Chen Nian smiled and said that he had already given the order, but Qiao Rui still took out a silver ingot. Chen Nian was about to refuse, but Qiao Rui said seriously: "You and I are brothers, so we don't need to do this, but the little devil is difficult to deal with. The people who are doing the work below still need to be bribed and asked to make sure they are attentive!"

Chen Nian then accepted the silver, and the two agreed to go to Yunlai Inn at noon to discuss the follow-up matters. Qiao Rui then left the county government office, and on the way he went to the Industry Bureau, and asked Lao Yu to come over at noon to discuss the matter. As the saying goes, one person's plan is as good as everyone else's, so let's see if they can find any new clues.

After making an appointment with Lao Yu, Qiao Rui ran to Tian Jing's house in the south of the city to take a look. The house had been sealed off by the police, and it was not convenient for Qiao Rui to sneak in to check in broad daylight. He walked around the area but didn't find anything unusual. He thought about asking Chen Nian about his on-site inspection later, after all, he was a professional.

When they returned to the inn, it was almost noon. Qiao Rui chose a quiet little private room on the second floor and asked the kitchen to prepare some exquisite wine and food. Not long after, Chen Nian and Lao Yu came together and bumped into each other on the way.

Everyone sat down casually and ate and chatted. During the meal, Qiao Rui asked Chen Nian if there was anything unusual at the crime scene. Chen Nian put down his chopsticks and thought for a while, then said, "Nothing unusual. Judging from the scene, the poisoned bun that Bi Yuntao ate was indeed prepared by Tian Jing for him!"

"I still believe that Tian Jing would not do such a thing!" Qiao Rui raised his head and drank a glass of wine, saying firmly.

"Who would want to poison Bi Yuntao? He already has a lame leg, and it is said that his martial arts skills are useless. His family is so poor, what's the point of killing him?" Lao Yu asked. This matter caused a lot of uproar, and he was in the government, so naturally he knew about it.

"Since it is confirmed that it was not Tian Jing who did it, then it must be someone else. Let's speculate who benefited the most from Bi Yuntao's death, and who suffered the most from it!" said Captain Chen.

"The victim is naturally Tian Jing, and as for the beneficiary..." Qiao Rui muttered to himself, and suddenly thought of a pale and mean face, "Lu Yanjun?"

"Lu Yanjun? What's the connection between him and this matter?" Chen Nian was a little unconvinced. Would the young master of the Lotus Inn do such a thing?

Old Yu also looked confused. He took a sip of the Drunken Immortal Wine in the cup and waited for Qiao Rui to explain.

"Yes, it's Lu Yanjun!" Qiao Rui's eyes became brighter and emitted a burning cold light. He thought of how Lu Yanjun was also watching in front of the county government office in the morning, with a sneer on his face when he left. Also, that evening, Bi Yuntao made a scene in Yunlai Inn, and it seemed that Lu Yanjun was also there to watch the fun. When Tian Jing said that he was harassed by Lu Yanjun, Lu Yanjun did not come out to refute him, and he did not care at that time, but it seems a bit strange when he thinks about it now.

Qiao Rui told him about the abnormal behavior of Lu Yanjun that he had seen, and also about how Lu Yanjun had harassed Tian Jing at the Lotus Inn that day. Old Yu nodded and said, "It is indeed a bit abnormal, but what is his motive?"

"Jealous!" Qiao Rui said, "He was angry that Tian Jing didn't know how to appreciate his kindness. Not only did she not submit to him, but she also came to help me and deliberately competed with his inn. He didn't dare to do anything to me, so he took out all his anger on Tian Jing!"

"Then why didn't he attack Miss Tian directly? His target should be Miss Tian." Chen Nian asked a key question.

"This..." Qiao Rui couldn't understand this point. Maybe he felt that poisoning Bi Yuntao to frame Tian Jing would be more satisfying than killing Tian Jing directly?

Seeing that Qiao Rui couldn't explain it clearly, Old Yu said, "Let's put aside the confusion for now and work backwards. Let's assume that it was Lu Yanjun who did it. Then what was his first step?"

“If Lu Yanjun wants to take revenge, he will definitely investigate the situation of Tian Jing’s family thoroughly, and then find a young thug to instigate Bi Yuntao. Given Bi Yuntao’s suspicious and narrow-minded nature, he will definitely cause trouble.” Chen Nian said. He has been a constable in Longxing City for many years and is very experienced. He knows that the children of aristocratic families are best at using this kind of tactics.

Qiao Rui nodded in agreement with Chen Nian's statement and added, "This is why Tian Jing worked for me for a long time, but Bi Yuntao didn't cause trouble until a few days ago. After this incident, Tian Jing also had the motive to kill her husband, and Lu Yanjun happened to frame her."

"Then he knew that the people in the city had the habit of buying arsenic and mixing it into steamed buns to poison rats. So when Tian Jing was not at home, he instructs the thugs to replace Bi Yuntao's food with poisoned steamed buns!" Chen Nian said again. Following this line, everyone peeled off the cocoon and seemed to have found the truth soon.