Liu Yifang looked at the people next to him with some surprise: "Why is there still one person inside who hasn't come out? Who is he? Why doesn't he come out?"
The people nearby said, "If the captain hadn't mentioned it, we would have forgotten about him. He lives alone and moved here about a year ago. He seems to be a sickly person and hasn't been seen much recently."
"That's right. If we hadn't heard the cough, we would have thought that he had met with an accident as well."
Liu Yifang felt a little strange, but thinking about his responsibilities, he walked towards the place where the coughing sound came from, came to the door and knocked: "Open the door."
There were sporadic noises coming from inside, as if someone was struggling to open the door. Could this person really be a sickly person
The door opened, revealing a pale hand, followed by a pale-faced teenager: "Ahem, who are you?"
Liu Yifang frowned at the man and said, "I am Liu Yifang, the head of the police station in the government office. What's your name?"
Having said this, Liu Yifang pushed the door and walked inside. This person's residence looked very simple, with a bed, a wardrobe, and a strong smell of medicine in the room.
"I am Zi Jiang, a painter. I wonder what the chief constable wants you to do?"
Painter? Liu Yifang said, "So you paint at home every day?"
Zi Jiang nodded: "Yes, I paint at home every day, and then I sell my paintings and use the money to buy medicine. But it's usually not that easy to sell them."
When Zi Jiang said this, he was still a little embarrassed. Liu Yifang nodded and continued, "Then do you know if there has been any movement from the family near you in the past half month?"
Noise? Zi Jiang thought for a moment and sighed, "Captain, is there something wrong with that family?"
Huh? Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang with some surprise: "It seems like you know something. Tell me everything you know."
Zi Jiang coughed a few more times and said, "I have a few paintings that I want to sell to you, sir. Are you interested?"
Selling paintings to himself? Why is this person so weird? However, the captain of the police had no shortage of money, so for the information Zijiang had told him, he nodded and asked, "How much is one?"
Zi Jiang smiled, coughed twice again, and then turned to get the painting: "I thought I wouldn't be able to sell it alive, but I didn't expect that I would be lucky."
When he placed the painting he was going to sell in front of Liu Yifang, Liu Yifang immediately stood up in shock. The content of the painting was actually a man in black dragging someone out of the Jiang family's door: "Did you see it?"
Zi Jiang nodded: "Yes, that happened three days ago. You know I'm a painter, and sometimes I get up in the middle of the night to paint when I get inspired. That day, it was just like that. I got up in the dark and was about to light the lamp when I heard a thud."
"It was obviously the sound of something heavy falling. I was a little curious, so I didn't turn on the light and went to peek at the window. I saw a man in black throwing the young woman from the Jiang family down. I wanted to shout, but I saw another person on the ground."
"It happened one after another, even the children were not spared, they were all taken away. I wanted to report it to the police, but then my health worsened, so I didn't go. And before the man left, he turned around and looked at me, I'm not sure if he saw me."
Liu Yifang understood: "So you drew the picture just in case?"
Zi Jiang nodded: "Yes, I have painted it and hidden it. If I die at home for no apparent reason, the government will definitely come to search for my belongings."
As he spoke, Zi Jiang coughed a few times again. Liu Yifang frowned. This man was very ill. When he was about to ask how much silver he wanted to sell him for, Zi Jiang had already fallen down.
Liu Yifang quickly hugged Zijiang and supported him, and saw that he had fainted. Liu Yifang looked at the constable behind him and said, "Take the portrait back and tell the master to start a wanted notice."
The constable looked at Liu Yifang and asked, "What about you, Captain?"
Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang who had passed out in his arms and said, "I'll take him to the clinic."
The constable was puzzled. When did things turn around? Shouldn't he send someone to the clinic himself
And wouldn't it be a bad idea to start a wanted warrant based on this person's one-sided statement? What if Zi Jiang was lying
He was about to raise his suspicions when he found that the chief constable had already carried the man out. The constable was speechless and could only do as the chief constable said.
Liu Yifang, carrying Zijiang on his back, went to find a clinic. After coming out, he soon discovered that there seemed to be someone following him. It seemed that either this person had a problem, or the person that night had discovered him.
As for why he was not killed, we will have to wait until we catch him to find out. When they arrived at the clinic, Liu Yifang called the doctor: "Doctor, come and take a look at him."
The doctor quickly stepped forward to feel Zi Jiang's pulse and said, "What's wrong with this man? Doesn't he take his life seriously? If he doesn't get treatment, he will die."
The doctor quickly wrote a prescription, and then started looking for silver needles to give Zijiang acupuncture: "He was poisoned. If he hadn't been brought here in time, I'm afraid he would have lost his life."
Zi Jiang is just a simple painter, so how could he be poisoned? Or did the man in black actually attack him but he didn't know it yet
"How long have you been poisoned?"
The doctor grinned: "It will only be a day or two. If it weren't so short, it could still be saved."
As he spoke, he used a silver needle to force out the poison in Zijiang's body, and then let Zijiang drink the medicine. The people following behind him saw Zijiang being rescued, and soon disappeared.
Zi Jiang also woke up at this time. After drinking the medicine, he took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, sir. I am alive again."
Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang in surprise: "What do you mean?"
Zi Jiang chuckled: "You don't know, I have a natural intuition about danger. I have been feeling like I'm going to die these past few days. Just now, this feeling suddenly disappeared. You are the person I'm destined to be with. How about I follow you from now on?"
Liu Yifang's mouth twitched: "I don't support idle people."
Zi Jiang said nonchalantly: "I am not an idler. As you can see, I have superb painting skills. As long as it is a person described by others, I can draw it for you exactly."
Liu Yifang interrupted without hesitation: "That's not necessary. The government office has plenty of such talents."
Zi Jiang sighed, "No, I can feel that you are the noble person in my life. I will follow you anyway."
Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang and suddenly didn't know what to say: "I still have to investigate the case, so I don't have the heart to care about you."
After saying this, Liu Yifang stood up and was about to leave. Zijiang immediately got up and wanted to follow him, but he was too weak, and as he climbed up, he coughed twice and fell directly to the ground.
Liu Yifang had already caught Zijiang reflexively. Zijiang smiled and said, "Sir, I am now a witness. You have to protect me."
On the other hand, after the constable delivered the portrait to the government office, the capital magistrate also believed Liu Yifang's judgment and began to prepare to post a wanted order.
The wanted order was also directly sent to the emperor. The emperor saw that the speed of the Beijing Order was quite fast. Since he knew what the thief looked like, he must catch him.
Gu Xiangning glanced at the portrait and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "It's useless."
The emperor was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Gu Xiangning explained: "This person should be wearing a human skin mask. The owner of the face on the mask is named Zhang Cheng, and he died three years ago."
The emperor looked at Gu Xiangning curiously: "How did you know?"
Gu Xiangning said, "Your Majesty probably forgot that when Xiaoman established the Supervisory Committee three years ago, those weapons. A group of people died in the fight for those weapons. This charter also died at that time. Jiang Hu is in charge of the affairs of the martial arts world. I have also seen it, and I just happened to see this person."
That is to say, once the wanted order is posted, this person may change his face at any time. The emperor called the capital city order. When he told the capital city order this news, Mr. Qu was confused, so he searched for a long time and found a fake face.
"Then your Majesty, should we still post this wanted poster?"
The emperor looked at the capital order and asked: "How did you get this wanted order?"
Lord Qu did not dare to hide anything and just told the story again: "Liu Yifang is still guarding Zijiang!"
The emperor and Gu Xiangning looked at each other, and Gu Xiangning suddenly spoke up: "The man named Zijiang was poisoned? That means Zijiang is on the other party's must-kill list. If they keep an eye on him, those people will naturally show up again."
Liu Yifang's martial arts and abilities are also top-notch in the capital, so the emperor is confident in him: "Then let Liu Yifang protect Zi Jiang closely, and also pay attention to those who come to assassinate him."
Lord Qu was still a little confused: "That shouldn't be the case. Since Zijiang only saw that person's face and he has changed his face, he shouldn't kill Zijiang again."
Gu Xiangning laughed: "No, I have roughly guessed who came to kill. This person is narrow-minded. He can't swallow this breath because Zi Jiang wasted a mask."
Lord Qu was even more confused: "Since Lord Gu knows who it is, why don't we just go and arrest him?"
Gu Xiangning raised his eyebrows: "We want to catch him, but no one has the ability to do so. The Thousand Faces Man never reveals his true face in front of people. He is a different person every day. Who do you want to catch him?"
The emperor was a little surprised: "There are such people?"
Gu Xiangning nodded: "There are all kinds of talents in the martial arts world, so the emperor should not be surprised. Anyway, he can't enter the imperial palace. And his current target should be the one named Zi Jiang."
"Master Qu, tell Liu Yifang to protect Zijiang. According to his temper, he will not change his face until Zijiang is dead."
Mr. Qu opened his mouth, but suddenly didn't know what to say. Was he being arrogant because of his talent