The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 38: The Uncrowned King 4
It was Xu Mingjin's plan to pick him up before his cousin.
He knew that he was not facing the noble sons of the capital who were used to conspiracy, but just a peasant who had been raised in the countryside and had never read a book.
But this peasant had the noble blood of the Duke of Wei and wanted to take away everything he had.
Since it was an irreversible fact that the person was taken back, Xu Mingjin knew very well that if he tried to stop it, or even impulsively attacked the peasant, it would only lead to dissatisfaction and even hatred from the Duke of Wei - who made him an outsider without blood!
Although he knew rationally that he should accept the reality peacefully and even give in, even if he was no longer the prince of the Duke of Wei, he could still have a place in the Duke of Wei. In the future, he could still rely on the golden signboard of the Duke of Wei, and he would not be without foundation in the officialdom.
If he could lower his status, please that country bumpkin, and be a "good brother" to him, his life would probably be much better than the side branches of the Duke of Wei's Mansion.
——But Xu Mingjin was unwilling to accept it.
He knew from birth that he was the prince of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, and this huge Duke's Mansion would belong to him in the future. Even the cousins from the second house, although they were friendly and respectful to each other on weekdays, he always looked down on them in his heart.
After all, the cousins from the second house would only be the side branches separated in the future, and he would be the master of the Duke of Wei's Mansion.
How could such a proud man endure that everything he was proud of was taken away and he became the peasant he looked down on the most on weekdays? Once he lost the identity of the prince of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, what would it matter even if he could stay in the Duke of Wei's Mansion? He was not a stray dog on the roadside who could be satisfied by licking a few mouthfuls of soup after being robbed of all his meat and bones!
With the power of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, most officials in the court had to be won over. Without the support of Duke Wei's Mansion, what's the point of him passing the imperial examination? He still has to start from a small seventh-rank official! Once that mud-legged man inherits Duke Wei's Mansion in the future, will he have to be servile to that person all his life and rely on pleasing him to get the help of Duke Wei's Mansion?
It is precisely because he thought too clearly and saw too clearly that Xu Mingjin felt the pain from the bottom of his heart.
Just like a poor guy who has guarded the Jinshan for more than ten years since birth but was forced to give it up, even if he struggles all his life, he can't earn a corner of the Jinshan. How can he not be jealous and resentful of the new owner of the Jinshan?
Therefore, even if he knew that the loss of the status of the prince was a destined fact, he knew that he should have a good relationship with the real prince, and he knew what to do was best for himself, but he just didn't want to! He was unwilling!
In this case, how could he let that person happily accept everything from him and look down on him happily from then on?
But Xu Mingjin didn't intend to create a situation where both sides would suffer.
He would use the most sincere attitude to invite this peasant who was about to enter his home. He would make the other party believe in his sincerity, his guilt, and the anxiety and pain caused by the exposure of his background.
In front of that person, he would be a filial son who was "entangled and painful because of his background, but took the initiative to take his adoptive parents' biological son home in order to avoid embarrassment for his adoptive parents."
In the past two days, he squeezed out before his cousin, and as a victim of the wrong child, he would try to build a good relationship with the other party and make the other party completely believe that he was harmless.
He would inadvertently let that person know the love and cultivation of the Duke and his wife for him in the past sixteen years, let him know what kind of status the Duke of Wei symbolized in Daqi, and how excellent the heir of the Duke of Wei's mansion must be...
- In the original trajectory of fate, Xu Mingjin did succeed.
The original owner, Li Sanlang, was just a simple boy who grew up in the countryside. He arrived at Shanglin Village two days earlier than his cousin Xu Mingyu. In just two days, he won the favor of this simple boy.
Li Sanlang did not envy or resent this lucky man who exchanged his life experience with him. Instead, he believed in his sincerity and was willing to accept him as his friend and brother.
He yearned for the prosperity of Shangjing described by Xu Mingjin, and was sad when Xu Mingjin seemed to inadvertently say how his parents had carefully cultivated him over the years - under Xu Mingjin's misleading, he always worried that his parents would look down on him who was inferior to Xu Mingjin in all aspects.
He felt from the bottom of his heart that this new friend was like the bright moon in the sky and the rubble on the ground compared to himself, and in Xu Mingjin's words, the Duke of Wei's Mansion was such a prominent family. Once he went to Shangjing, would he embarrass his biological parents and the Duke of Wei's Mansion, even though he had never read a book?
Xu Mingjin planted a seed of inferiority in his heart.
When Xu Mingjin brought him back to Shangjing and appeared in front of everyone in the Duke of Wei's Mansion, no one in the Duke's Mansion blamed Xu Mingjin for his rashness, because everything he did seemed to be for the harmony of the Duke's Mansion. He took the initiative to invite the real prince back, and there seemed to be no friction or contradiction between the two, but they were as close as brothers.
Everyone didn't have to worry about how to deal with the relationship between the two children, but praised Xu Mingjin's understanding and the prince's magnanimity.
For everyone, this was a happy ending.
But soon, they found that it was not the case.
Influenced by Xu Mingjin, the original owner was very restrained when getting along with his parents, and he was always worried that his parents would look down on his vulgarity.
Mrs. Wei Guogong invited her husband to teach him how to read and write. The original owner worked hard, but he didn't have the talent.
Not only that, the original owner was also incompatible with the noble children in the capital. Every time he was invited to travel or attend banquets, he was always the one who couldn't get into the conversation. Even though many people flattered him because of his status, people similar to Wei Guogong's family looked down on him. The original owner was keenly aware of the unspoken contempt others had for him.
This made him feel even more uncomfortable.
So Xu Mingjin kindly took him to make friends.
——Xu Mingjin, who grew up in Shangjing since childhood, has her own circle of friends. Even if he lost his identity as the crown prince, not all his friends had abandoned him.
Xu Mingjin's friends are all young men who claim to be talented. Even though they no longer recognized Xu Mingjin's identity, they still appreciated Xu Mingjin's talent and felt sorry and sympathized with him for his experience. They heard that the original owner came from the countryside and had never read a book, so they all looked down upon him. Some of Xu Mingjin's friends are even biased against the original owner because of Xu Mingjin's secret instigation. Sometimes even if they ridicule him openly, the uneducated original owner cannot hear other people's connotations and ridicule, which makes people look down on him even more.
The original owner was just taken out for a tour by Xu Mingjin, and rumors spread throughout the capital that the eldest son of Duke Wei was a loser.
On the surface, everyone supports him, but secretly they laugh at him.
Even if his parents loved him in every possible way, they could not dispel the depression in the original owner's heart. In other words, the better his parents treat him, the more the original owner wants to become outstanding and bring glory to their faces.
Of course, everything Xu Mingjin did could not shake the status of the original owner, and it did not bring him much benefit. But seeing the original owner being laughed at, his painful heart could be comforted. Seeing the original owner studying hard every day because of his low self-esteem, and suffering a lot due to lack of talent and missing too much time in the past, he felt the urge to take revenge.
And this trip to Shanglin Village was supposed to be the beginning of destiny and the beginning of Xu Mingjin's plan.
But Xu Mingjin never expected that the enemy he believed was going to take away everything from him had already seen through the fate and gave everything to another person.
So, before he could say a few words, he was beaten into a pig's head and thrown into a pig pen, where he lived with the pigs.
Xu Mingjin, who was thrown into a pig pen with her hands and feet tied, a gag, and was about to go crazy! They are truly unruly people!
Before being smoked and passed out in the pig pen, Xu Mingjin was still yelling at the unreasonable mud-legged guy in his heart.
And he didn't know what happened after that.
Xu Mingjin woke up in pain.
He was hit hard to the ground, and he felt like all the bones in his body were falling apart after being beaten not long ago.
Xu Mingjin couldn't help shouting.
"be honest!"
Before he could react, someone lifted him up from behind, kicked his knees, and fell to his knees.
And a middle-aged man wearing a magistrate's official robe and with three strands of beard slapped the sky above and shouted:
"Who is in the hall? Whose name is it? What has been committed?"
This shouting question flashed through his mind like lightning, waking Xu Mingjin up. He finally realized his situation at this time, and blurted out one sentence: "He actually reported to the official?!"
That unreasonable bastard actually reported him to the police!
And his uncooperative attitude made the county magistrate even more dissatisfied. The yamen servant's big iron-like hands slapped him hard again: "My lord is asking you something, why don't you tell me honestly!"
Xu Mingjin was going crazy.
"Do you know who I am?" He laughed angrily. While struggling, he raised his head to look at the so-called magistrate in the hall.
This kind of petty official is usually not qualified to even stand on the threshold of Wei Guogong's palace, but now he is forced to kneel here and be interrogated by a mere sesame petty official. It is really ridiculous!
If Xu Mingjin was still the same image as when he first appeared in Shanglin Village, coupled with the arrogant demeanor he showed, he might have made the county magistrate hesitate. But now he is covered in mud and beaten to a bruise and swollen face, and he still dares to act carelessly in court. Provoking the county magistrate is simply asking for death.
"You're disrespectful to your Majesty, you should be beaten!" Without saying anything, the two government officials slapped the killing stick several times and then beat him down.
Xu Mingjin was immediately beaten so much that he howled and screamed. All the prestige of the heir apparent of the Duke of Wei was gone.
"Wait a minute -" Lan Xin, who was among the onlookers, couldn't bear it any longer. She ran over anxiously to protect Xu Mingjin, and was immediately beaten several times. She screamed in pain and said, "This is There may be a misunderstanding..."
Xu Mingjin took advantage of the little time she had gained and said hurriedly: "Stop fighting, stop fighting, I am the eldest son of Wei Guogong!"
The county magistrate at the top was suddenly shocked, but he immediately realized something was wrong: "The prince of Wei Guogong? The prince of Wei Guogong is far away in the capital, how come he appears in this small town?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand.
"You deserve to be beaten for pretending to be the prince of the Duke of Wei!"
Seeing the sticks falling like rain, Xu Mingjin could no longer care about anything else. He shouted: "I have a token to prove my identity!"
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