Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

When Tian Jing heard that Bi Yuntao wanted to poison her, she felt so sad and angry that she fainted on the ground.

Qiao Rui didn't care that this was the lobby of the county government. He helped Tian Jing sit up and first fed her a pill of the best quality to treat internal injuries. Then he sat cross-legged behind Tian Jing. He placed one hand on the Shen Tang acupoint on Tian Jing's back to slowly pass the qi to unblock her heart meridians, and placed the other hand on the Wei Shu acupoint to help dissolve the power of the medicine. After a while, Tian Jing's face turned red, her breathing became steady, and she actually fell into a deep sleep.

Qiao Rui slowly let Tian Jing lean on his arms. Seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at him, he asked the county lord, "Sir, Tian Jing was already exhausted from the sudden pain of her husband's death. She was also wrongly accused of killing her husband, which made her feel even more wronged. Now she suddenly heard that her husband wanted to kill her. It is hard to accept psychologically. Now she is on the verge of collapse. Since it has been found out that Bi Yuntao's death has nothing to do with her, please allow me to take her back to recuperate!"

"Wait a minute," the county magistrate said solemnly, "Although Niu Er's words make some sense, they are just one family's opinions after all. We need to wait until we can confront Manager Huang about it!"

At this moment, Chen Nian came hurriedly to report that Manager Huang had committed suicide by hanging himself at home out of fear of punishment.

"What?" The county magistrate frowned and asked, "Where is the body? Has the coroner examined it?"

"The body has been sent back to the morgue. The coroner has examined it and confirmed that it was undoubtedly suicide!" Chen Nian reported.

The county magistrate frowned, thought for a moment, and announced the case in a loud voice: "Bi Yuntao failed to poison his wife, but was poisoned by her instead, and has been executed. Huang, the shopkeeper, was the mastermind of this case, but he committed suicide out of fear of punishment, so he will not be pursued for the time being. Niu Er repeatedly instigated others to commit crimes, and the consequences were very bad. He is the main culprit and will be sentenced to be executed in the autumn. The common woman Tian was implicated for no reason and is released without charge!"

"Thank you, sir!" Qiao Rui bowed to express his gratitude.

"It's unfair, sir! I didn't do it, please have mercy on me, sir! I know I was wrong, please have mercy on me, sir!" When Niu Er heard that he was sentenced to be executed, he was so scared that he peed and shit, and he kowtowed and cried out for justice.

The county magistrate ignored Niu Er's crying. Seeing that the people praised him for his fair judgment and strict judgment, he couldn't help but feel happy. He said to Qiao Rui in a friendly manner: "Since Tian Jing is not feeling well, you should take her back early and take good care of her!"

Qiao Rui nodded to the county magistrate without saying much. He picked up Tian Jing, used his lightness skills to soar into the sky, and left in a cloud of dust.

Accidents frequently occurred at the Yunlai Inn, even involving murder lawsuits. Manager Huang committed suicide and Tian Jing fell ill. Qiao Rui then arranged for two clever waiters to be responsible for the daily affairs of the inn and the "Seeking Immortals in the Land of Wine" activities respectively. Fortunately, the facts of the case were already clear, and Tian Jing was an innocent victim. This did not affect the reputation of the Yunlai Inn. On the contrary, these events that shocked the whole city made the Yunlai Inn more well-known, and the number of customers increased instead of decreased. It was a blessing in disguise.

After tucking in the quilt for Tian Jing, Qiao Rui felt bad as he looked at her once rosy and beautiful face which had turned so pale and haggard now. In fact, Tian Jing was no longer seriously ill, but she was listless and drowsy all day long. When she woke up occasionally, she would open her eyes woodenly with a hollow look that was heartbreaking.

With a slight sigh, Qiao Rui quietly left the room, closed the wooden door gently, went downstairs to the small private room on the second floor, where Chen Nian was drinking and waiting for him.

"Have you found out?" Qiao Rui asked with a somewhat unfriendly tone. He picked up the wine gourd on the table and took a big gulp to vent his anger.

"We found out that there are slight redness and swelling on the 'Tiantu' acupoint on Manager Huang's neck and the 'Shendao' acupoint on his back, the size of soybeans. It is very likely that he was acupunctured as you said!" Chen Nian said in a deep voice.

The county magistrate closed the case hastily that day. Qiao Rui was concerned about Tian Jing's illness and did not think much about it. But after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. Shopkeeper Huang could use some means to squeeze Tian Jing out, but he had no reason to provoke Bi Yuntao to kill Tian Jing.

The county magistrate must have thought of this, but Manager Huang was dead and the clues had been cut off. Further investigation would be a waste of time, and it would be bad if there was no explanation in the end. So the county magistrate decisively closed the case, which really won the praise of the people.

However, Qiao Rui could not pretend that he didn't know. For Tian Jing's sake, he had to find out the truth. He always felt that the death of Shopkeeper Huang was a little strange, so he asked Chen Nian to check Shopkeeper Huang's body.

The investigation did reveal a problem. Shopkeeper Huang was first restrained by acupuncture and then forcibly hung on the white silk. He did not really commit suicide out of fear of punishment.

Shopkeeper Huang was silenced. According to the coroner's judgment at the time, he had died not long ago. In other words, the murderer saw Niu Er being arrested and suddenly decided to silence him before Chen Nian could catch Shopkeeper Huang. Then, the murderer should have been watching the interrogation at the gate of the county government office at that time.

Qiao Rui suddenly thought of Lu Yanjun again. According to the assumption he and Chen Nian Lao Yu had made at the beginning, if the mastermind was Lu Yanjun, then all this would make sense.

Lu Yanjun wanted to take revenge on Tian Jing and Qiao Rui, so he persuaded Huang Zhanggui by saying that Tian Jing would threaten his position, and then gave him some money. Huang Zhanggui himself did not dare to show up, so he found Niu Er, and first instigated Bi Yuntao to make trouble in the inn, and then induced him to kill his wife.

It's just that Bi Yuntao somehow went wrong and poisoned himself to death, but this step went wrong and it didn't matter to Lu Yanjun, and Tian Jing was still accused of poisoning her husband.

However, Qiao Rui intervened and saved Tian Jing. When Niu Er was brought in for trial, Lu Yanjun was afraid that he would be implicated, so he decisively ordered the experts around him to get rid of Manager Huang. However, things were done in a hurry and a loophole was left in the end.

Chen Nian nodded, and then said in embarrassment: "Your speculation is reasonable and you have a motive, but there is no evidence. You can't do anything to Lu Yanjun. Manager Huang doesn't know martial arts, and there are many people who can acupuncture to control him. How can you be sure that it was Lu Yanjun's men who did it?"

"Unless we capture the expert beside Lu Yanjun alive and force him to confess!" Qiao Rui said.

"Didn't you say that the expert next to him has the strength of the second-rate peak? Your internal strength is only at the middle to lower second-rate. How can you capture him alive?" Chen Nian asked.

"The amount of internal strength is just a reference. If it really comes to a life-and-death fight, I will definitely be able to kill him. If I want to capture him alive, I'll have to try it to know!" Qiao Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, with a cold gleam in his eyes, and said lightly.

“Don’t do anything reckless!” Seeing that Qiao Rui was unsure but still insisted on giving it a try, Chen Nian frowned slightly and worriedly advised: “The Lu family is powerful, it is impossible that there is only one expert around Lu Yanjun. They are expanding their restaurants and inns on a large scale, so there must be a few experts here. Once you are held back by that person, they will all send out their experts and you will be doomed!”

"Understood!" Qiao Rui nodded. He had his own plan for this matter. Even if he couldn't capture that man, it would not be easy for them to trap him. With his attainments in lightness skills, if he was determined to leave, they couldn't stop him. However, he needed to plan carefully before taking action and find the right time to catch them by surprise in order to be effective.