Chapter 7: Full of mistakes, martial arts instructor
The ninth day of the third lunar month, Dragon Sun, clashes with the dog, and evil spirits south.
Qingfeng felt that everything was not going well today. As a city and county arrestee, it was strange to be sitting in a cell.
But he doesn’t understand even more...
Now it is clearly March, but Tie Tang is asking himself about February.
This made the rhetoric he had prepared useless, like a heavy punch hitting cotton.
"On the second day of February, I...Tie Tang, what does this have to do with the murder at the racecourse?"
"Are you asking me now, or am I asking you? Just answer whatever I ask you!" Tie Tang stared at Qingfeng closely, not relaxing at all.
"Who still remembers what happened so long ago?"
After making a casual remark, Qingfeng saw Tie Tang's unkind expression and quickly added.
"I'm probably on duty as usual, there are no special circumstances."
"At the beginning of this year, have you ever traveled to other counties?"
"Of course!"
"When? Where to go?"
"At the beginning of spring, I went to Dongzhu City with my family."
"What happened?"
"Can't we go on a trip?" Qingfeng looked impatient.
"Have you ever gone to other cities since then?"
"Of course, I don't have as much free time as the chief police officer. I can hide in the county office without leaving home, and I rarely travel around for official duties."
"Come one by one!"
Qingfeng didn't know what kind of melons were sold in Tietang Gourd, but what he asked was not a difficult question and there was nothing he couldn't say.
After Qingfeng finished everything, Tie Tang asked again: "Have you been to You County recently?"
"You County?" Qingfeng looked confused, thought for a moment... and slowly shook his head.
Tie Tang picked up the dark green tea cup, took a sip, and didn't ask any more questions for a while.
"I've said everything that needs to be said. It's really not me who killed the person. Why don't you let me go first and let's investigate the case together. Can I still run away?"
Smelling the faint fragrance of tea, Qingfeng's throat surged, and he didn't want to stay in this dark, humid cell for a moment longer.
"Ha!"
Tie Tang chuckled lightly and suddenly asked loudly: "Qing County arrest, why did you behead thirteen people in a row and dump them all on the horse farm?
Quickly call for truth, if there is even half a lie, the instruments of torture will be at your service."
"Tietang!!!" Qingfeng was so angry that the three corpses jumped up and stood up from the ground.
"When the crime occurred, from last night to today, where were you?"
Although he was extremely angry, Qingfeng had already prepared a plan and responded quickly.
"During this period, Qing was sleeping at home, where else could he go?"
"Where is your Qiushui Yanling knife?"
When he bumped into Qingfeng at the racecourse today, Tie Tang saw that he was not wearing a sword.
But this is not surprising. Usually, agents who work on the front line will carry a knife to do their duty.
Some detectives in blue don't always carry swords, let alone county police officers and chief arresters.
"Leave it at home!" Qingfeng responded with narrowed eyes.
"Go and get it."
"Tie Tang, what do you mean? Do you really think I am the murderer?"
"Have someone bring your saber!" Tie Tang's tone gradually became serious.
"No!" Qingfeng decisively refused.
Tie Tang looked at Qingfeng suspiciously, wondering secretly.
It was okay to ask some irrelevant questions, but the other party still answered honestly, and that was the focus of Tie Tang's concern.
But when it came to the murder case at the racecourse, he originally asked casually, but Qingfeng was full of mistakes and omissions.
Qingfeng was clearly not at home when the incident occurred, but what he said was untrue.
Now when asked about the Saber, he refused directly.
Whether it’s the county catcher’s sword or the chief catcher’s sword, it’s not a real magical weapon, and there’s nothing shameful about it.
Qingfeng refused to let anyone go to get the knife, so he must have something in his heart.
Tie Tang can't bring people to search for him just because he doesn't want to take the knife.
The rules and regulations in this world are extremely strict, and personal privacy is also respected and protected.
Even if you are an ordinary citizen, the police cannot break in easily when handling a case.
What's more, Qingfeng is a county official and a serious court official.
Even if he is not an official, if Tie Tang wants to search his home, he has to apply for a fire warrant from the county magistrate, and at the same time, he has to apply for a search warrant from the Supervisory Yuan.
As long as one party fails to approve it, he will not be able to touch Qingfeng at all.
The officials of the Great Shang Dynasty, even the lowest ones from the ninth rank... can't be moved just by talking.
Seeing that nothing could be asked here, Tie Tang summoned the cell warden and asked him to continue the interrogation. However, he ignored Qingfeng's shouts and left.
"Tie Tang, I, Qing, am not someone you can manipulate at will. Why don't you let me out quickly?"
Tie Tangli ignored him and turned around to leave.
"This guy won't tell the truth, but it doesn't matter. When the Overwatch Council comes, there will be plenty of ways to get him to speak."
Tie Tang is really not interested in the racecourse murder case. Even if Qingfeng is really the murderer, to be honest, he doesn't care.
He came to see Qingfeng just to make sure!
"It seems... Qingfeng doesn't look like the person who wants to kill me. Apart from the motive for committing the crime, there are few doubts about him.
Could it be Duan Jingrui?"
Thinking of the man he met earlier, Tie Tang frowned slightly.
He sensed a hint of power in Duan Jingrui. It was not a show off, but a natural display of power when he had reached the level of cultivation.
..........
County government performance martial arts field.
Tie Tang stood separately from a sturdy middle-aged man.
"The chief policeman has a good eye, and Duanxian County Policeman has indeed broken through the realm of Yijin Perfection and been promoted to the realm of marrow cleansing and small success.
Not many people know about this matter, and I didn’t expect that the chief arrest officer would find out.”
The speaker is the chief instructor of the martial arts hall, and he is usually responsible for teaching the martial arts to all the green-clad agents who join the job, and even the blue-clad agents.
The muscles all over his body are bulging, he is tall, and he exudes a strong masculinity, which is quite calm and self-defeating.
"It's not that I have great eyesight, it's just that I haven't seen Duan Xianxian for a few days, and I always feel that something is different about him.
I just asked casually, but I didn’t expect that I really made a breakthrough." Tie Tang waved his hand, but he was not proud.
He is just starting out in martial arts and has no intention of pretending.
"Duan County's arresting strength is outstanding. Now that he has broken through to the marrow cleansing realm, I am afraid that Lin is no match for him."
"Oh?"
Tie Tang was puzzled and asked curiously: "Why does Coach Lin need to be humble? Duan Xianzhi has just stepped into the marrow purification process. The coach has already reached the marrow purification Dzogchen, and he thinks he is invincible?"
"Although my cultivation level is a bit higher than that of Duan County Captain, what he has learned is much better than mine. If it were a martial arts competition, I still have a slight chance of winning.
If it were a life-and-death fight... I'm afraid I'd have no chance."
Instructor Lin's words shocked Tie Tang. He did not expect that the person who purified the marrow of Dzogchen would also think that he was no match for Duan Jingrui.
If the real culprit behind the scenes is really him...
"Teacher Lin, Mr. Tie has completed bone forging, but he is suffering from the lack of follow-up exercises of the Five Phases of the Wild Ox. I wonder if Teacher Lin has any suggestions?"
"The Mangniu Five-Phase Diagram is also a good inheritance, and it has a good reputation in the world, but the bad thing is... almost no one has collected the complete Five-Phase Diagram.
In my opinion, if the chief arrester wants to improve his martial arts, it is better to practice other methods."
Tie Tang has heard similar words from several people, so it is not surprising.
However, he hadn't finished the two-phase diagram of skin refining and bone refining before, so he didn't care.
Now it seems...
It seems that I can only switch to other exercises.
But according to what Teacher Lin said, there is obviously a huge difference in advantages and disadvantages between the techniques.
This gap may become wider as it reaches later stages.
At least it will be so big that even if you have completed the marrow cleansing, you will not be able to beat the small success of the marrow cleansing!
"I wonder what kind of exercises I can learn now? I hope that Teacher Lin will give me some advice."
The burly man laughed and said, "The boss is being polite. This is a trivial matter. I'll just listen to Lin."
It didn’t take long.
A hurried figure ran in from the door.
"The chief arrester, someone from the Oversight Yuan is here!"