The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]

As the Crown Prince of Wei State, he was neither a court official nor officially ennobled. Of course, there was no identity token that could be authenticated. But nothing Xu Mingjin carries with him is of ordinary quality. If he takes out a piece of jade pendant at random, it will be priceless.

Some of these things cannot even be owned by money, just like no matter how rich a businessman is, he cannot wear silk and satin.

Although Xu Mingjin's clothes were stained with mud and messy, after careful identification, it was found that they were the best silk in Suhang and had always been used as satin. If you are not a relative of the emperor, or a child of an important minister who is appreciated by the emperor, you will have no chance to wear this tribute.

At least, the county magistrate himself does not have that qualification.

With all these things being recognized, it is still unclear whether Xu Mingjin is the eldest son of Wei Guogong, but his identity is definitely extraordinary. At least, it's not something a small county magistrate can offend.

Even the people who were watching the excitement were aware of the change in the atmosphere in the hall, and they calmed down unconsciously.

Under the gaze of pairs of eyes, a little cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the county magistrate Zhang. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground with a "pop". Fortunately, he held on to the table with both hands and did not lose face in public.

Seeing that several government officials were still holding people down and calling them with their killing sticks, Mr. Zhang was almost frightened out of his wits by these idiots. He shouted with a trembling voice:

"Stop! Stop it!"

As he spoke, he ran over and personally helped up Xu Mingjin, who was like a dead dog. Looking at the blood stains on the body, he suddenly shouted in his heart: My life is at stake!

Xu Mingjin really didn't give him a good look. If his body hadn't allowed it, he would have been kicked out by the dog-headed magistrate. He sneered and cursed feebly:

"roll!"

"This, this, this is really a big misunderstanding..." The fat magistrate Zhang put on a smile and let Xu Mingjin's spit spray on his face. He turned to look at the policeman who was escorting Xu Mingjin, trying to please him. His smile turned into a livid face burning with anger, "Thing without eyes!"

"You, you, you..." Magistrate Zhang came over one by one, "Tell me what's going on! You're so good, why did you arrest this young master as a suspect?"

He frowned coldly and immediately threw the blame away.

The arresting officers were stunned at first, but then they realized something was wrong. They hesitated and said, "We received a report from the villagers of Shanglin Village. This is a kidnapper who was caught..."

"Nonsense!" Faced with Xu Mingjin's face, whose face was bruised and swollen, County Magistrate Zhang said without any guilt, "This young master has a dignified appearance and extraordinary demeanor. He doesn't look like a kidnapper! How can you not tell right from wrong and listen to what I believe?" You're just arresting people randomly?" he scolded righteously.

Several detectives were silent, their faces full of question marks.

Their duty is only to arrest people and interrogate whether they are good citizens or kidnappers. Isn't it the duty of the county magistrate?

Seeing that the magistrate was about to push them out as scapegoats to offset the noble's anger, the clever detective quickly stepped forward and kowtowed: "Sir, please calm down, sir, please calm down. We have also been deceived by others. It was Li Sanlang from Shanglin Village who caught him, and he was the one who said he caught the kidnapper!”

He raised his hand and pointed, and Master Zhang also looked over.

Immediately, the onlookers in that direction all retreated in panic, so the people who were still standing stood out.

He was a boy who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Although he was handsome in appearance, he showed the unique poverty of the villagers from head to toe, and his exposed skin was also rough from years of hard work. Although his expression was unusually calm, he didn't look like another noble man pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

Although County Magistrate Zhang didn't understand why they all just ignored the reporter's mistress, making him disappear among the onlookers, almost invisible - probably because of the arrogant attitude of the Duke of Wei and his hatred. That's why he ignored Li Sanlang for the time being, right?

After carefully looking at it, Magistrate Zhang, who was sure that he would not make a mistake this time, was startled: "Are you Li Sanlang?"

"——Do you know that false accusation is a serious crime?"

His harsh words were like a violent storm. When he thought that it was this boy who caused him to offend the noble man, his face turned livid.

What's more, this stupid young man is still standing upright.

Just when he was about to curse again, "Why don't you kneel before you see an official?" and greeted him with a killing stick, he saw the lengtouqing in front of him raised his head and said confidently: "I didn't make a false accusation. He said he wanted to invite me back to the Duke of Wei to be the heir apparent. , what is this if not a kidnapper?"

Magistrate Zhang was stunned and forgot everything he wanted to say.

"Absurd!" he laughed angrily. A village man in the countryside is full of loopholes in his lies, "Your position as the prince of the Duke is like a carrot pit in the field? How could you just ask someone to do it! You are a unruly commoner who doesn't know the truth, yet you dare to talk nonsense about the Duke of Wei?"

The people watching also burst into laughter.

"Yes, yes, sir, you are indeed aware of everything." Amidst the laughter, the young man nodded in sympathy, "I said this is a lie. Sure enough, everyone thinks so -"

Like a flexible cat, he suddenly appeared in front of Xu Mingjin. When he looked down at him, he smiled with white teeth: "You said before that you wanted to invite me back to the Duke's mansion to be the heir apparent, right?"

Xu Mingjin looked at him coldly. If the look could turn into substance, Su Ying would have been cut into eight pieces by his eyes.

Bathed in his cold eyes, Su Ying smiled brightly and nimbly avoided the government servant who wanted to catch him. He walked around Xu Mingjin in a circle and then stood still.

One second he was still smiling, and the next second his face softened, his waist straightened, and he imitated Magistrate Zhang's exact tone and expression and scolded Xu Mingjin:

"You are an unruly commoner and you don't know the truth. How dare you talk nonsense about the Duke of Wei?"

He pointed at the chubby Magistrate Zhang: "——Your lie has been seen through by the Magistrate. I will be lenient if you confess. You still haven't honestly explained your identity, origin, and purpose."

Su Ying's tone of voice was serious and upright. He actually looked more like the county magistrate than the county magistrate himself. That aura of no one else around him, as if this courtroom was his home court and he was the master of this place.

How come this lie was discovered? Why did you start interrogating prisoners on your own initiative? Everyone was stunned by his magical operation, and they couldn't react for a while.

The crown prince of Wei Guogong came to pick up another person to be the crown prince in Wei Guogong's mansion? Magistrate Zhang was also confused, especially because Su Ying seemed confident and eloquent in court, and he didn't look like a commoner who had never seen the world at all.

A sudden thought occurred in his mind, and he had a somewhat ominous premonition.

Looking at Xu Mingjin's face again, I saw that this noble man who had no scruples in scolding him just stared at the arrogant country folk in front of him. There was anger, hatred, and some unknown fear in his eyes. ——It's as if this country boy is more difficult to mess with than the dignified county magistrate.

"..." Magistrate Zhang gradually realized something was wrong.

He originally wanted to scold Su Ying but swallowed his words: "What on earth...is going on?" Can anyone explain it clearly?

"The facts are clear." Before anyone else could speak, Su Ying kicked Xu Mingjin on the ground and said, "This person pretended to be the heir to the Duke's mansion and tried to abduct me. The punishment for an ordinary kidnapper should be treated as such. Judgment."

"?" Magistrate Zhang was silent.

He should have asked the yamen servant to teach this humble citizen who had the audacity to give orders, just like he taught Xu Mingjin before.

But the aura displayed by Su Ying and Xu Mingjin's weird attitude towards him made Mr. Zhang, who had just made a mistake, intuitively afraid to act rashly.

In the end, the fat county magistrate just hesitated and said: "...Is that so?"

Su Ying asked back: "Isn't that so?"

Magistrate Zhang felt that this was going in the wrong direction. Wasn't he originally going to go to court to interrogate the prisoner? Why did it seem like another person was in charge? Nothing seems right about this.

Before he could figure it out, a voice interrupted him.

"I have to say it several times, I am not a kidnapper!" Xu Mingjin, who was on the ground, raised her head and defended herself in the loudest voice.

Su Ying's kick just now was not very harmful but extremely insulting. In addition, he was like a kidnapper when he opened his mouth and kept silent. Xu Mingjin's anger rose sharply and suddenly exploded.

The aura around him was almost materialized by anger.

"No, you are!"

Su Ying jumped in front of him happily like a primary school student, but Xu Mingjin couldn't reach him and couldn't hit him.

"I'm not!"

"That's you~"

“I told you I’m not a kidnapper—!!”

Xu Mingjin didn't know whether this guy was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Anyway, he was so angry that he almost lost his mind. If he hadn't been lying on the ground unable to get up, I'm afraid he would have given up his usual demeanor and would have pounced on Su Ying to fight. He even began to suspect that he shouldn't have been here in the first place.

"???" Magistrate Zhang, who had never seen the world, was caught between the terrifying auras emanating from the two big men and doubted his life.

It took a long time for Mr. Zhang to remember his identity and that he should be the one handling the case.

He coughed lightly, motioned for the Yamen servant to step forward and separate the two of them, and slapped the hall in shock: "Quiet! No noise is allowed in the courtroom!"

Then, Mr. Zhang looked at Xu Mingjin and asked seriously: "Li Sanlang accused you of pretending to be the prince of Wei Guogong and committing abduction. Do you admit it or not?"

——He decided to keep everything simple and just follow the procedure.

"I don't admit it." The mad Xu Mingjin also calmed down, knowing that he had just lost his composure and the top priority was to escape as soon as possible. He responded cooperatively, but his tone was difficult to keep calm, "Isn't the token I gave enough to prove my identity?"

With a look from Magistrate Zhang, someone helped him up from the ground. Xu Mingjin patted his clothes with difficulty, adjusted his clothes, and said seriously: "—I am Xu Mingjin, the prince of Wei Guogong. I have never impersonated anyone, and I have never done anything to kidnap anyone."

"In that case, why did the Crown Prince of Wei appear in Shanglin Village?" Magistrate Zhang continued to ask.

"I don't need to tell you this." Xu Mingjin looked ugly. He did not want to expose his life experience in public.

Deep down in his heart, he still held some unrealistic hopes: maybe after the Duke of Wei took back the real crown prince, his true identity might not be revealed. What if the Duke and his wife have deep feelings for him and are willing to continue to make him their biological son even if he no longer becomes the heir apparent?

Before the Duke of Wei made a public statement, Xu Mingjin did not want even a shred of the truth to come out from his own mouth.

"He didn't want to say it because he was here to kidnap me."

Su Ying next to him explained for Xu Mingjin.

Xu Mingjin immediately glared angrily: "I, no, yes!"

In the past, he had seen either the powerful children who were quarreling with each other, or the students who were friends with gentlemen in the academy. Never had he seen such an unreasonable and stubborn country boy!

Although Su Ying doesn't look like an ordinary country boy, Xu Mingjin is obviously more extraordinary. Magistrate Zhang ignored the warning in his gut and couldn't help but turn to Xu Mingjin: "...So, Li Sanlang deliberately framed him?"

He secretly turned his gaze to Xu Mingjin.

Xu Mingjin really wanted to say yes, and then have someone drag the guy down and beat him with a stick, preferably to death directly.

But he can't.

He has not forgotten that this guy whom he deeply hates and hates has the blood of the Duke's palace flowing in his body, and his cousin Xu Mingyu is on the way to pick him up.

——If he relies on his identity as the heir to the Duke of Wei here to accuse the real heir of false accusations, and allows the other party to be beaten by the county magistrate; once he returns to the Duke's mansion, what he will do is that he is not willing to exchange identities. , the evidence of deep resentment towards the Crown Prince, the Duke’s Palace will definitely not be able to tolerate him.

Xu Mingjin spoke with difficulty: "...No, it's nothing, it's just a misunderstanding."

It was clearly him who was beaten, slandered, and hurt, but in the end he had to speak for the person who caused what happened to him. Every word he spoke made Xu Mingjin feel like he was vomiting blood, and his nails couldn't help but sink deeply into his flesh.

But his attitude is even more suspicious.

The people watching the excitement were in an uproar.

If he was not pretending to be a prince, it would be too suspicious to defend someone who misunderstood him even though he was caught as a kidnapper.

Is there any secret that cannot be told?

Or, what Li Sanlang said is right...

"No misunderstanding, you just want to kidnap me."

Sure enough, the next moment, "Unforgiven Li Sanlang" was online.

Everything fell into an endless loop again.

"Li Sanlang" insists on abduction and will not stop unless Xu Mingjin clearly explains the cause and effect and clarifies the truth of "abduction". Otherwise, "Li Sanlang" will be questioned by the county magistrate for false accusations.

——Xu Mingjin was happy to see the other party being punished. But in that case, after he returned to Beijing and let everything happen, he would not be able to stay in the Duke's Mansion anymore.

I don’t know how long it took, but during Magistrate Zhang’s questioning, Xu Mingjin heard her own gnashing of teeth:

"I'm not kidnapping, I came here specifically to see Li Sanlang."

"We have given birth to the wrong child since he was born...the real Duke of Wei...is not me."

"...I discovered my life experience and took the initiative to correct my mistakes. I didn't expect that I would be treated as a kidnapper."

He stared at Su Ying closely and spoke every word. As he spoke, his teeth seemed to be biting someone into pieces.

——This is this guy’s purpose!

——Forcing him to admit his life experience in person in public, and become the laughing stock of everyone like a clown!

——And he tore the deepest wound in his heart for everyone to see, and his ultimate goal was to help his biggest enemy get away with it and prevent him from being punished!

Xu Mingjin felt unprecedented humiliation. This deep humiliation is a hundred times worse than being beaten up, thrown into a pig pen, or taken to court for interrogation.

Deep in his pupils, unconcealable hatred burned.

Even the idiot county magistrate next to him who forced him to expose his own scars was also hated by Xu Mingjin.

"!!!"

Mr. Zhang's pupils were shaking, and the gavel in his hand fell to the ground.

But his reaction wasn't bizarre.

The people who were eating melons outside the court were so shocked that they dropped their melons.

There was silence.

But after a moment of silence, the noise suddenly became louder. The people watching began to whisper excitedly.

How could a family like Guo Gong's Mansion mistakenly have the wrong child, only to find out more than ten years later? And the real prince actually grew up in their little place? The Duke's mansion, which was originally very far away, suddenly became down-to-earth.

The melon-eating crowd suddenly felt that there were endless topics to talk about, and all their eyes were cast towards the courtroom.

Many eyes fell on Su Ying who was standing there. It seemed that he wanted to take a look at the difference between the prince of the Duke's mansion and the ordinary people. Looking at Su Ying's appearance, he was obviously wearing the same coarse linen clothes, but it looked so unusual on him. So they all sighed: She is indeed a noble queen!

The county magistrate, Mr. Zhang, was even more anxious.

There was only one sentence echoing in his mind: It's over, it's over, I just made the wrong bet! Why did I worship the wrong true Buddha!

However, the person at the center of the topic has no awareness that he has become a focal point. He is still stubbornly insisting on his point of view: "You just exchanged identities casually. You think you are making up a story. You must be kidnapping me." !”

Magistrate Zhang, who was worried about making the wrong bet, was strangely silent.

He looked at Su Ying, who was seriously accusing the other party of kidnapping, and then at Xu Mingjin, who was holding back his anger and resentment. A shining light bulb seemed to pop up on his head.

Before the lightbulb broke, another weak voice floated from the side: "Sanlang, you probably misunderstood."

The one who spoke was naturally Lan Xin.

Before, she suddenly ran out to protect Xu Mingjin and was taken aside by the government officials. Seeing that Xu Mingjin's identity was confirmed, Lan Xin was shocked by her impulse and silently lowered her sense of presence.

But seeing that Su Ying was still pestering her endlessly and the blood on Xu Mingjin's face was almost gone, Lan Xin thought again and again, and finally spoke: "As the son of a noble family, I guess no one would lie to you like this..."

"And you and your sister and brother-in-law really don't look alike. Maybe you are really from a noble family in the capital-"

Su Ying interrupted her: "But Aunt Lan Xin, didn't you say that kidnappers like to use the method of recognizing relatives to deceive people the most?"

In his suspicious eyes, Lan Xin struggled to explain: "No, I mean that kidnappers like to do this. But not all those who come to recognize relatives are kidnappers..."

While speaking, she didn't notice that Xu Mingjin, who was holding on, raised his eyelids and looked in her direction.

Is it this woman who ruined his good deeds?

He said that he had planned it well, why was he arrested as a kidnapper after just a few words when they met? He originally suspected whether "Li Sanlang" was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, but he didn't expect that someone was actually interfering...

But why...

Why did she say those words to Li Sanlang?

Was it intentional or unintentional?

What did she know...

Wasn't what happened that year an accident...

Did she accidentally ruin his good thing, or did she know something long ago and wanted to help him but ended up making things worse... Thinking of the other party rushing out to protect him, Xu Mingjin vaguely understood something.

In an instant, all kinds of thoughts emerged in Xu Mingjin's mind, and he looked at Lan Xin with a murderous look.

It seems that after getting out, he must find an opportunity to eliminate the possible hidden dangers.

Xu Mingjin thought very well, but he didn't wait for the opportunity to get out, but was locked up in the county jail on the spot.

Because Su Ying still insisted that he was abducted.

Under Xu Mingjin's unbelievable eyes, the fat Magistrate Zhang pronounced the verdict in court: "This person's identity is unknown, his words are absurd, and he is suspected of kidnapping. Come on, take him away and put him in jail first. When all the evidence is complete, he will be tried again on another day."

Xu Mingjin: "???!!!"

-What nonsense are you talking about? !

He was suppressed in Xu Mingjin's broken shouting. After the verdict, Magistrate Zhang showed Su Ying a cordial smile and invited him: "It's late, it's inconvenient to travel, and the case has not been clarified. Mr. Li, why don't you stay in the county government mansion for a night?"

"Okay."

Su Ying was really too lazy to travel, and agreed to his invitation. Although I am a little worried about the pigs at home, it's okay to let Aunt Lan Xin go back to feed them, right?

Suddenly, the smile on Mr. Zhang's face became more sincere.

He personally picked the best guest room, led people to live in it, and arranged for the servants to serve well, and then left with peace of mind.

The master who witnessed everything was puzzled.

——Xu Mingjin had been raised in the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years. Is it really good to offend him so badly? After all, it is the Duke's Mansion's family affairs. Why bother to get involved?

Zhang County Magistrate shook his head: "What do you know!"

He smiled mysteriously.

Not offending both sides is actually pleasing neither side.

The real prince accused Xu Mingjin of kidnapping. Did he really think he was kidnapped? Obviously not, he was just showing his attitude of not giving up. No matter how many years Xu Mingjin had been raised in the Duke's Mansion, there was no blood relationship after all. The real prince was targeting him, and he would definitely lose. In this case, why not just stand in line and climb up to the Duke of Wei's Mansion?

More importantly, he had already offended the other party severely with the first beating. When Xu Mingjin told the truth about his life experience, the mature Zhang County Magistrate had noticed the strange look of the other party looking at him.

As for the real prince, even though he almost bet on the wrong horse, he just said the wrong words and did not do anything else. What are you waiting for if you don't stand up and show your attitude so that the other party can get rid of the grudge? Are you going to wait until both of them are dissatisfied with him and punish him?

Sending Xu Mingjin in is to show your attitude!

——Of course, it is necessary to lock people up, and it is also necessary to send doctors to treat their injuries. After all, this is also the adopted son of the Duke of Wei's mansion, and he can't have an accident in prison.

Facts have proved that his choice is correct.

Now, the prince agreed to stay, doesn't it mean that he is very satisfied with his statement and accepts his flattery?

Magistrate Zhang, who felt that he had embraced a thigh, smiled happily.