Guess who I am in the next world

The moment he saw Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng, Xiao Qingmo knew that they would definitely inquire about his details, but he never thought that Bao Zheng would be so straight to the point and ask directly without any cover, which really made him stunned for a moment.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce also stopped their movements in astonishment, and for a while there was the sound of needles dropping in the main hall.

Facing Bao Zheng's stern and sharp gaze, Xiao Qingmo smiled suddenly. He definitely liked Bao Zheng's straight-forward confession more than the subtle temptation, "I also know that I had a lot of doubts when I met Brother Zhan yesterday. It’s not surprising to have doubts. But let me assure you, I have nothing to do with the case you mentioned.”

After a long sentence, he frowned and coughed, his already fair face was almost transparent, which made people worried.

Zhan Zhao, who had been with him the longest, showed worry in his eyes. He was willing to believe what Xiao Qingmo said, but it was a pity that Xiao Qingmo's appearance was too coincidental. He had handled so many cases with Bao Zheng, and he also knew that the case should pay attention to evidence. If Qing Mo has no evidence to prove himself, then he cannot completely remove the suspicion.

However, Zhan Zhao is not worried that Xiao Qingmo will be wronged. He has great trust in Bao Zheng's ability to handle cases. He believes that no matter what, Bao Zheng will eventually find out the real murderer.

Bao Zheng didn't relax after hearing Xiao Qingmo's words, and still looked at him steadily. Xiao Qingmo recovered from the buff, and looked back with open eyes, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Bao Zheng suddenly laughed out loud, and the solemnity just now was swept away, "I believe in Mr. Shangguan."

He looked up at Xiao Qingmo, sighed and said, "My lord, don't blame us for probing. The murderer in this case is extremely cruel. He has committed several murders before this. We have worked hard to catch him. Yesterday It’s not easy to have a clue at night, but who knows, it falls short.”

Accompanied by his words, Zhan Zhao's hand holding the sword retracted. Although he didn't show it on his face, Xiao Qingmo could see that he was angry.

Bao Zheng and the others frowned tightly, their faces ugly.This murderer has a cruel personality, and the time has been delayed for a long time. They are afraid that the murderer will commit crimes again. As parents and officials pleading for the people, how can they sit back and watch the murderer kill their people!

Xiao Qingmo pondered for a moment, then a flash of light flashed in his mind, "I wonder if anyone has seen his face?"

Although he didn't know why he asked this question, Bao Zheng looked at Xiao Qingmo, and still replied: "Yes. The murderer's crime is related to a previous case. He and the one who committed the crime are brothers. Now he is doing this for revenge. , That's why we didn't catch him yesterday, so we didn't panic. His enemies are not dead, so he won't leave Kaifeng."

Xiao Qingmo nodded, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, with implicit confidence, "To be honest, I like painting, and I have some experience in painting. If Mr. Bao believes in me, I can draw a portrait of the murderer for you, and post it in the city like this , can also make the common people take more precautions, and the whereabouts of the murderer will be more difficult to conceal."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows. The murderer of the case has been confirmed, so the arrest warrant has already been issued. Of course, there is also a portrait of the murderer on the arrest warrant. What Xiao Qingmo said is completely superfluous.However--

Gongsun Ce carefully looked at Xiao Qingmo's expression, and he was sure that he hadn't missed this point. If so, there must be something extraordinary about his paintings to make him so confident.

Xiao Qingmo is also aware of the urgency of this case, and time is life, so without waiting for them to say anything, he offered to propose, "My painting skills are very different from those of today. The brushes are made by me. It's better for Mr. Bao to call someone else." Get some paper, draw a picture and make a decision."

It's not a big deal, and they can afford to wait for the painting, so Bao Zheng agreed with a wave of his hand.

But after a while, all the breakfast on the table was removed, and a thick stack of paper was placed in front of Xiao Qingmo. Gongsun Ce walked to Xiao Qingmo's side curiously, wanting to watch him paint. The homemade brushes he mentioned.

I saw Xiao Qingmo smiled gently, put his right hand into the wide cuff of his left hand, and then took out several 'pens' of different colors. I have never seen a pen like this before, how can I paint with ink without seeing the tip of the pen?

Xiao Qingmo took out a paintbrush from the system space. Although it is possible to paint with ink, it takes too long for the paint to dry, and he does not have a fixed residence, which is really inconvenient, so he made some hard pens by himself. When itches, you can do it casually.

Holding the pen holder with her white and thin fingers, Xiao Qingmo pondered for a moment.Since he was going to paint the portraits on the arrest warrants in the future, he naturally demonstrated the best figure painting.

But as a half-painter, Xiao Qingmo has never painted portraits for others (Shi Guanyin is not counted), because he always has a strange persistence, hoping that all his portraits are only for lifelong partners. The most romantic thing a painter can think of.

But soon he was relieved, as long as the portrait on the arrest warrant is similar, it doesn't need to be as perfect as he used to be, and it doesn't need to be colored.

In Xiao Qingmo's opinion, such a painting can only be regarded as a semi-finished product at best.And now as a demonstration painting, only a semi-finished product is needed.

Thinking in this way, Xiao Qingmo held the wide sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, and began to paint quickly and gracefully.

When Xiao Qingmo put down his pen, it was already half an hour later.He breathed a sigh of relief, saw a smile flashing across the eyes of the familiar person on the paper, and lightly peeled off the paper with the drawing on it, then raised his head and said with a smile: "The drawing is finished, I wonder what Master Bao thinks?"

But at some point, the three of Bao Zheng had already stood beside him, almost surrounding him.

Bao Zheng quickly reached out to take the drawing paper, his eyes full of amazement.Until today, he didn't realize that portraits can be painted so lifelike. If the people on the paper are only black and white, they are almost the same as real people.

Bao Zheng handed the drawing paper to the fiery-eyed Gongsun Ce, and looked at Xiao Qingmo with joy in his eyes. If Xiao Qingmo would help them in the future, how much trouble they would be able to solve the case!

"Thank you, Mr. Shangguan, for being willing to help us solve the case. With the help of Mr.'s portrait, the murderer will definitely be caught as soon as possible."

Although he had already started to think about how to get Xiao Qingmo onto the big ship of Kaifeng Mansion, on the surface, Bao Zheng still took that kind and easy-going official.

"By the way, Mr. Shangguan, the person in the painting is...?" The first step of abduction is to increase understanding.

Xiao Qingmo's eyes couldn't help looking at the painting in Gongsun Ce's hand, and there was imperceptible tenderness in his voice, "That's me, um, my friend, I lost him and I was going to find him."

He turned his head to look at Bao Zheng, "Master Bao, as the prefect of Kaifeng, can I pay attention to his news?"

Bao Zheng was thinking of pulling people into the Kaifeng Mansion, so how could he refuse to accept such a favor?Without thinking too carefully, he answered straight away, "No problem, if my husband's friend appears in Kaifeng, I will definitely inform him immediately."

"Thank you, my friend is Chu Liuxiang, please trouble Mrs. Bao." Xiao Qingmo couldn't help but feel good about these people in Kaifeng Mansion. Although this is not a difficult task for Bao Zheng, help is help and has nothing to do with ability.

At the same time, he also decided that if the people of Kaifeng Mansion needed his help in the future, he would do his best.

……

On this day, everyone in the Kaifeng Mansion was busy, only Xiao Qingmo stayed in the room and sorted out the martial arts adapted to this life alone.

Because Xiao Qingmo showed off his painting skills in the main hall that day, Xiao Qingmo became a distinguished guest of Kaifeng Mansion.When Xiao Qingmo was planning to leave Kaifeng Mansion and find an inn to stay in, Bao Zheng and others hurriedly stopped him and let him continue to stay in a good way, so the house for just one night became his. Fixed residence.

"Bang bang bang-"

There was a knock on the door, Xiao Qingmo woke up and opened his eyes, looked up at the sky through the open window, and saw that the sky was getting dark at some point, obviously it was almost time for dinner.

He immediately turned bitter, as if he didn't want to open the door.

"Shangguan, open the door quickly! Don't delay, you have to drink this medicine while it's hot."

Xiao Qingmo sighed helplessly, stood up and went to open the door.

Gongsun Ce walked in from the outside and looked at him with disapproval on his face. He was holding a bowl of dark Chinese medicine in his hand.

But the facts have already told him that rejection is impossible.The buffs in this life made him weak and weak in the eyes of others even though he was as strong as a cow.

Even though Gongsun Ce had personally diagnosed him and made sure that he was fine, he was still worried and even doubted his medical skills. Xiao Qingmo repeatedly emphasized that he was really fine, so Gongsun Ce was dubious, but insisted on letting him take the medicine to nourish his body. medicine.

For their kindness, Xiao Qingmo couldn't tell the reason directly, so he had to obey the arrangement.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, Xiao Qingmo no longer tried to avoid the bowl of Chinese medicine, took the bowl, and swallowed the Chinese medicine in a gulp with an appearance that was completely inconsistent with his current shell, the action was heroic.

Then, frowning, he returned the bowl to Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce took the bowl with a smile on his face, half funny and half helpless, "Shangguan, how old are you, how can you be like a child after drinking medicine."

Feeling the strange taste in his mouth, Xiao Qingmo even turned paler, and stretched out his wrist familiarly to Gongsun Ce.Touching his nose with a wry smile, he didn't answer, but changed the subject, "What about the case?"

Gongsun Ce put the empty bowl on the table, and frowned to catch Xiao Qingmo's pulse.There was still fatigue between their brows. For that case, they had been very busy these days. Xiao Qingmo had seen them a few times. Apart from Zhan Zhao, who was highly skilled in martial arts, who looked fine, Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng seemed to be doing well. But not so much.

And even though he was so busy, Gongsun Ce had to watch him drink the medicine himself, and then observe his physical condition.

However, his topic apparently failed to shift.

Putting down Xiao Qingmo's hand, Gongsun Ce frowned, and muttered: "Why is there no change in the pulse condition? Could it be that my medical skills are not good?!"

Xiao Qingmo sighed helplessly, and argued for the umpteenth time: "Gongsun, I'm really fine. This cough is something I've had since I appeared in this world, and it won't get better."

Although he still said that, he didn't need to guess what Gongsun Ce would say.If his words were really useful, Gongsun Ce would not be in his room now.

As expected, the facts were not what he expected, Gongsun Ce didn't believe his words, insisting that he would find a way, not to mention curing his cough, at least one or two of it could be relieved.

"You're not in good health. It's windy at night. It's better to close this window."

Gongsun Ce looked towards the window, frowning and admonishing him, obviously worried about Xiao Qingmo, an uncooperative 'patient'.

Xiao Qingmo struggled and said: "Gongsun, my health is really not as bad as you think. Didn't Zhan Zhao say everything, and he may not be better than me in terms of martial arts."

Unfortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, a series of coughs overflowed from his mouth, and Gongsun Ce hurriedly stroked his back with a worried expression on his face.

It was not for nothing that he was so worried about Xiao Qingmo's body.If Xiao Qingmo only coughed occasionally, it would be fine. They also believed Xiao Qingmo's words, but one day a few people happened to have lunch, and Xiao Qingmo suddenly coughed continuously, and under the eyes of everyone, Cough up blood.

The chaos at that time can be imagined.Since then, Gongsun Ce and the others have been extremely concerned about Xiao Qingmo's body.

"I know your strength is not weak, but it has nothing to do with your body. Zhan Zhao is so powerful, it's not like he hasn't suffered from the cold!" Gongsun Ce said sharply, "Shangguan, if you really regard us as friends, you should listen to us, Take care of your body."

Xiao Qingmo twitched the corners of his mouth, and complied helplessly, so that he could calm down.

It's no wonder Gongsun Ce is so angry, they don't know that coughing up blood is just a buff, and it doesn't seriously affect life span or health.

In their view, coughing up blood is not a trivial matter, and it may even affect life expectancy. However, Xiao Qingmo's indifferent performance seemed to feel that his time was numbered and he gave up on himself.

Although he felt extremely helpless about the misunderstanding, Xiao Qingmo felt warm in his heart because Gongsun Ce and others cared about him so much.

"How is your case? If there is anything I can help, just let me know." Seeing that Gongsun Ce was still angry, he quickly changed the subject, and he was indeed more concerned about this issue.

This time Gongsun Ce finally did not ignore his words, and said with a relaxed expression: "We have already determined the murderer's next target, we just need to catch the turtle in the urn, and he will be captured and brought to justice soon."