Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

The first snow this year came a little late.

In the last month of the year, heavy snow finally arrived, fluttering down and dyeing Longxing City a sea of ​​white.

Wenjiaofang Banyue Lane, Qiao’s house!

Early in the morning, Huang Jingxuan happily built a snowman in the right yard. After he had enough fun, he cleared the three-inch thick snow on the left side of the yard and began to practice.

The palm power was accompanied by the whistling of cold wind, the blade was cold with ice crystals, and the snow was flying everywhere. Huang Jingxuan was forced to dance wildly. His martial arts had improved a lot and he had already reached some level.

Qiao Rui lazily lay on the table, holding a thin red string with jade beads in his hand. Although they were called jade beads, they were actually just some smooth stones covered with strange patterns, which were not painted but seemed to be naturally formed.

"There's no personal mark on this, how can it mean missing home?"

I learned from Miss Yu Lu from Yunyu Tower that different people would engrave different patterns on the red rope ornaments to commemorate their hometowns, but Qiao Rui checked the red rope he got from the treetops in his hometown over and over again, but found nothing.

He also went to other brothels to investigate in the past two days and lit lanterns several times. Of course, it was not for doing anything bad, but purely to explore the secret of the red ropes on the girls' feet.

He even broke into a brothel girl's bedroom in the middle of the night, disguised himself as a third-rate gangster and held the girl hostage, in order to test whether the girl really knew no martial arts. He then offered a large sum of money to appease her and asked her to identify and analyze the red rope for him. However, he did not get any useful clues. He only said that the jade beads on the red rope were relatively rare and not like ordinary jade.

"Young Master," Aunt Liu was wiping and wiping around the room, and when she came to Qiao Rui's table, she called out softly.

Seeing Qiao Rui looking up at her, she smiled and asked softly, "Which girl has your fancy taken a fancy to, young master? He has been staring at the red string in a daze these past few days, and he seems to be distracted!"

"Huh?" Qiao Rui was a little confused.

"Isn't it?" Aunt Liu pointed at the red string in Qiao Rui's hand and said with a wink, "It looks like something that belongs to a girl. Which young lady gave it to you?"

"Really not!" Qiao Rui shook his head and said nothing more.

"That's good," Aunt Liu's eyes lit up. She came over and whispered to Qiao Rui, "Miss Tian has been sulking for days because of this red string. You should go and explain it to her. With her current body, it's not good for the fetus if she gets angry."

It's not that Aunt Liu is nosy. As a maid, she naturally hopes that the master's family will be harmonious and happy. Besides, Qiao Rui and Tian Jing are both nice to them, so when she sees that Tian Jing is not in a good state, she quickly finds an opportunity to remind Qiao Rui.

"Oh?" Qiao Rui suddenly realized. No wonder Tian Jing didn't come out to eat these days. It was the maid Qin'er who brought the food into the room. He thought it was because the temperature dropped sharply in the past few days and Tian Jing was afraid of the cold.

So she's jealous. Does this mean she still cares about me?

Qiao Rui suddenly felt very happy. He put away the red string, smiled and nodded to Aunt Liu, "I understand. You should take care of yourself and don't catch a cold in this cold weather."

"Thank you for your concern, young master!" Aunt Liu said with a smile.

Qiao Rui walked to the door of Tian Jing's room and knocked, "Qin'er, come out."

"Squeak!" After a moment, the door opened and a smart girl leaned out half of her body, "Master, are you looking for me?"

"Well," Qiao Rui gently pulled Qin'er's arm and pulled her out, slipped in before she could react, and then closed the door with his backhand.

In the room, Tian Jing was wrapped in a thick sable fur cloak and a brocade hat on her head. Her round body revealed only her soft and elegant little face, which looked a bit naive.

There was a charcoal basin lit on the ground. She sat at the desk, holding an exquisite hand warmer in her left hand and writing with a pen in her right hand, looking elegant and quiet.

She was checking the accounts. The end of the year was approaching, and the accounts of several inns and breweries needed to be sorted out. There were also the wages of the major shopkeepers and many waiters, as well as the red envelopes for New Year rewards, and the expenses at home and outside. All of these were managed by her personally.

Of course, she was only responsible for accounts and personnel management. The actual transfer of money was the business of the shopkeeper and Qiao Rui, and she didn't want to get involved.

She ignored Qiao Rui, but that didn't stop her from continuing to manage the family business for him. This was also to save property for her own children. Otherwise, she wouldn't live here, wearing expensive fur coats and using high-end heaters...

Everything is for her children.

When Tian Jing saw Qiao Rui sneaking in, she glanced at him indifferently, frowning slightly, but finally she resisted the urge to chase him out.

Lower your head and continue writing and drawing.

"Tian Jing, I have been investigating Xiao Yunlei's disappearance these days." Qiao Rui moved a chair and sat next to Tian Jing, then took out the red rope and started talking naturally.

From the footprints found on the beams of the old house, to Huang Jingxuan finding the red rope, to Chen Nian’s analysis, and even the investigation in the brothel, he talked about it all.

Of course, he concealed the ambiguous part between him and Yu Lu.

"What you do has nothing to do with me!" After he finished speaking, Tian Jing replied lightly, and her attitude seemed to have improved a little and was no longer cold.

Seeing this, Qiao Rui felt relieved. He smiled gently and stopped talking. He just looked at Tian Jing's profile quietly.

She has a beautiful face shape and delicate features. Her skin is so smooth and flawless that one can't help but want to bite it hard.

The room was quiet, with only the occasional sound of flipping accounts.

A blush quietly rose on Tian Jing's face, and then slowly bloomed, just like red rouge dissolving in water, expanding in circles and coloring the entire world.

Qiao Rui finally couldn't help it, and put his right arm around Tian Jing's waist, and put his left hand on the beautiful woman's hand that was hugging the heater.

Tian Jing was shocked suddenly, turned her head and glared at Qiao Rui coldly, then pulled her warm little hand out from between the heater and Qiao Rui's palm, and suddenly turned around and elbowed Qiao Rui in the chest, pushing him out.

With a "crash", Qiao Rui fell on his back. He didn't dare to resist at all for fear of hurting Tian Jing.

Tian Jing pursed her lips, her eyes flickering, and lowered her head to continue checking the accounts.

Qiao Rui patted his butt and stood up, smiling without getting angry, and suddenly said: "In a few days, I will go to the countryside to pick up grandpa to come here for the New Year. Grandpa said he wants to meet you and his unborn great-grandson."

"Bah!"

Tian Jing's hand, which was holding the pen steadily, shook, and the warm purple bamboo wolf-hair brush fell on the account book, ruining the account and also messing up her mind.

……

At noon, Tian Jing came out of her room and had lunch in the dining hall with Qiao Rui and Huang Jingxuan for the first time in several days.

Although no one was talking, the atmosphere was still harmonious.

"Clap clap clap!"

At this time, someone outside the yard knocked on the door anxiously.

"Who?"

Aunt Liu opened the door, and a servant ran in, shouting, "Master Qiao, Master Qiao, something happened!"

Everyone put down their chopsticks when they heard this, and Qiao Rui asked calmly, "What happened?"

The waiter was Xiao Liuzi, a waiter at the main branch of Yunlai Inn. He ran over panting and said, "Master Qiao, someone from the winery came to report that something happened over there. Miss Wen asked you to go over there quickly!"

"Okay, Jingxuan, come with me!"

"Hey, okay!"

The master and the disciple put on their swords. Qiao Rui turned around and smiled gently at Tian Jing, saying to her in a soothing voice, "It won't be a big deal. I'll be back soon!"

Tian Jing said nothing, lowered her head and continued eating.

"be careful!"

Just as Qiao Rui was about to go out, a cold voice came from behind him.

Tian Jing ate her meal slowly, looking very focused, and seemed to be saying nothing.

"Okay!" Qiao Rui laughed and walked out with his head held high.