The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]

Human cognition is very strange.

Sometimes, the same truth gives people different feelings because of the different processes of reaching the results.

If everyone thought that there was a murderer, and after a large-scale investigation, it was finally found that the murderer was Xu Mingjin, then everyone would naturally look at Xu Mingjin differently. They would think: Xu Mingjin had no grudges against Lan Xin, why did he kill people, and deliberately made himself so miserable to mislead everyone that the murderer was someone else? Then they would think that there must be a secret hidden in it that made him not hesitate to kill. And Lan Xin, a village girl who has been in the countryside for more than ten years, what secrets could make Xu Mingjin not hesitate to kill to silence her? If we continue to infer in this way, the truth will be revealed.

By then, the secret of Xu Mingjin's life experience is simply a cover-up, and anyone can see that there is a problem.

Under such suspicion, even if Xu Mingjin killed Lan Xin, who knew the truth, it would be useless. Because in this era where imperial power is supreme and human life is valuable or cheap, the so-called secrets will not be exposed to the public just because the person who knows the truth dies and there is no evidence. The superiors often only need to suspect enough to take action.

Now, before Xu Mingyu and others have investigated the truth, Xu Mingjin, who has woken up, has taken the initiative to confess the fact of murder, which immediately gives people a completely different impression.

Most people's first reaction will be: there must be something inside. And they tend to think that Lan Xin is the one at fault.

This is the difference in the two situations.

One is a noble son who grew up in the Duke's Mansion. Even if his life experience is different now, as long as he is not removed from the genealogy of the Xu family, he will be a nobleman. The other is a countryman, and he was born as a slave. Two people with very different identities, if Xu Mingjin secretly killed Lan Xin, once discovered, people would suspect that there was something wrong, such as the latter holding the handle of the former, so he was killed to silence her. Xu Mingjin openly admitted that he killed Lan Xin. The first reaction of people in this era was of course that the latter offended the former.

After all, it was not uncommon for low-class people to be beaten and killed for offending nobles. However, in general, the offended nobles would not do it themselves, and their subordinates and servants would do it for them.

It was rare for someone like Xu Mingjin to kill someone personally. But this proved that he was seriously offended, which made a nobleman who had never killed a chicken kill someone. Especially when he did it, he was still sick and unwell. Didn’t you see that he was seriously injured after killing Lan Xin and was almost unable to be saved?

This made the maids and servants more certain of their guesses. Some of them exchanged glances with each other:

"It seems that Lan Xin had offended Master Mingjin seriously in some way, so he was killed by the furious Master Mingjin. Maybe she hurt Master Mingjin first?" "But Master Mingjin is too cruel..." "I think, maybe Lan Xin took advantage of Master Mingjin's serious illness to do something in his room!"

On the way back to Beijing, under the eyes of everyone, the two people had almost no intersection. After the incident, everyone was questioned. Xu Mingjin never summoned Lan Xin to his yard, and no one else saw how she ran to Xu Mingjin's room.

The only explanation is that she took the initiative to avoid everyone and sneaked into the other party's room without Xu Mingjin's knowledge. This is too suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Afterwards, the kitchen staff also confessed that Lan Xin had borrowed their kitchen to cook snacks, but when they asked, she only said that she was hungry, and did not mention Xu Mingjin at all.

If she was going to visit Xu Mingjin openly, why would she be so secretive? Such behavior seemed more like she did not want others to know that she was going to Xu Mingjin's place next. As for why she brought snacks later, it was probably to lower Xu Mingjin's defense and use the excuse of delivering snacks to enter his room.

—— Judging from her suspicious behavior, if she wanted to do something bad to Xu Mingjin, it was really possible. Although they could not think of this person's motive for the time being.

Sure enough, Xu Mingjin, who woke up, gave a truth that was in line with most people's speculations-

According to him, he was drowsy after taking the medicine, but he heard the door move and heard someone enter his room. He originally thought it was the maid who was serving him, so he didn't open his eyes. As a result, he heard more and more strange noises in the room, as if someone was looking for something. He finally opened his eyes and shouted.

His shout probably startled the person, and something fell to the ground with a thump.

Xu Mingjin realized that something was wrong and sat up, and then he found that a food box fell to the ground and the cakes rolled out.

Then Lan Xin apologized to him in a panic, saying that she came to visit him with cakes she made by herself.

According to Xu Mingjin, her tone of voice was vaguely complaining that Su Ying asked her to raise pigs all day long, and her life was not as good as expected, so she came to Xu Mingjin to make a living.

Recalling this, Xu Mingjin said helplessly: "Men and women are different. It is presumptuous for her to come uninvited like this. I don't like people who flatter me. Let her stay with Sanlang and don't bother me again..."

Unexpectedly, his attitude may have caused Lan Xin to misunderstand something, but she actually became arrogant from the original panic to please, and even openly asked him for rewards. The tone seemed to be asking for reward, but the posture was very high, more like threatening and blackmailing, as if Xu Mingjin was sure to give it.

At this point in the narration, seeing the angry expressions on the faces of the maids and servants, Xu Mingjin also sighed: "I never thought that she would be so arrogant, and she would act like an elder in front of me because of San Lang calling her aunt. "

"After all, Sanlang is the real prince of the Duke's palace. She has taken care of Sanlang for more than ten years, so she probably thinks that I dare not offend her?"

When he said this, his tone was a little lonely, which made all the listeners sigh. Who would have thought that the prince who had been the Duke of the country for sixteen years would one day find that he was nothing. Everyone can completely understand his mood.

When everyone was stunned, an inappropriate chuckle sounded, and everyone looked at it.

Su Ying was puzzled: "Look what I'm doing? Keep listening."

His calm and nonchalant demeanor made others think he was making a fuss.

Well, the prince probably thinks Lan Xin is too ridiculous, right? This is definitely true, and I am definitely not mocking Mr. Mingjin!

Xu Mingjin's hand hidden in the quilt gradually tightened.

His instinct told him that this person was laughing at him!

But he couldn't show it, he just showed an increasingly melancholy expression, describing how Lan Xin got carried away by taking advantage of others, and described himself as a pitiful little person who was looked down upon by her everywhere.

"Nonsense! You're talking nonsense! I'll tear your mouth apart!"

While he was describing melancholy, no one saw that a dark ghost shadow covered his body, turning him into a dark mass in Su Ying's eyes.

Lan Xin, who was in her soul state, was fighting desperately on him. She grabbed with her hands, kicked with her feet, and bit with her teeth. Her blood-stained face was twisted with extreme anger and hatred.

——As early as the moment he entered this room and saw Xu Mingjin for the first time, his soul that had been in a haze woke up, and then pounced on him like an evil tiger pouncing on its prey.

Su Ying, who witnessed everything the whole time, couldn't take his eyes off it.

Xu Mingjin felt an inexplicable chill on his body, and he caught Su Ying's smiling eyes as he looked at him. The over-the-top kindness seemed to be looking at something unique.

Does this guy doubt himself?

Thinking like this, Xu Mingjin became more and more sincere when describing how she was looked down upon by the arrogant Lan Xin.

Just think about how negligent the servants are towards him these days, which is less than one thousandth of what it was in the past. He dared to stay away from his maid when he was sick - in the past, I am afraid that he would not have even thought about it. In the past, the attentive servants They all went to please Su Ying, the real prince... All these facts came to mind. Xu Mingjin only had to think about it for a moment, and his true anger and unwillingness emerged.

It was hard for everyone who thought about this not to believe his sincere performance. After all, even they were busy trying to please the Crown Prince and neglected him. So it seemed reasonable that Lan Xin, who was valued by the Crown Prince, would tremble in front of Xu Mingjin?

The only person who is still trying to expose Xu Mingjin’s lies is the client himself——

"Nonsense! You're talking nonsense! I'll kill you!"

The dead soul seemed to be no longer smart enough. Che Zhuglun repeatedly said this, and he pounced on Xu Mingjin and bit the air for a long time, so his resentment became even heavier.

Su Ying's eyes suddenly became even more surprised.

——If this continues, this ordinary ghost won't evolve into a powerful ghost because of Xu Mingjin's nonsense, right?

Xu Mingjin, who was confused by the ghost but knew nothing about it, continued to talk nonsense: "...I just guessed at this moment that it was true that she came to visit me, and it was true that she wanted to seek benefits from me. She probably mistakenly thought she was here when she came. I was asleep, and then I had other thoughts. I guess the noise I heard was that she was looking for valuables in the room, trying to steal them. "

His speculation is also very reasonable.

Everyone who was guided showed signs of surprise.

That's right. Given Lan Xin's background, what kind of foresight can she have? How could you not be moved after seeing the wealth of the Duke's mansion? Just a few random things in Xu Mingjin's room can make a person rich throughout his life. It's not impossible to steal deliberately, but it's not impossible to steal someone when you see it.

"I didn't think much about it and told her what she had done. She hurriedly knelt down and begged me. She was sincere and sincere in every word. At one time she said that she was my biological mother's personal maid back then, and at another time she said she had secretly hidden it from Saburo this time. It's not easy for you to come to see me, and you also said how much you, Sanlang, don't want to see me, how you want to drive me out of the Duke's Mansion every day, and how she, a loyal servant who is loyal to the old master, puts in good words for me... … He also said that you deliberately put me in jail last time because you thought I was not beaten to death by the county magistrate!”

Su Ying raised his eyebrows in surprise: Oh! Discolored.

The ghostly shadow that was originally relatively illusory became darker and darker as Xu Mingjin continued to slander, and gradually turned into a pitch black mass.

Until this moment, deep blood burned like a ignited flame from the edge of the black shadow.

Hearing this, Xu Mingyu, who had always remained calm, couldn't help but frown and cursed: "Nonsense!"

——I don’t know if I’m talking about Lan Xin or Xu Mingjin.

On the contrary, the person involved, Su Ying, had no reaction.

He played with the jade pendant in his hand, and his curious eyes fell on Xu Mingjin, or rather, on the hideous and twisted ghost that kept biting Xu Mingjin. He urged as if he was listening to a story: "Go on, what happened next?"

——Go on, he still wanted to see the ghost continue to change color.

——From translucent to solid, from black to red, will it turn completely red next?

——The ghosts in this world don't seem to have much lethality. I wonder if they can hurt people if they become more powerful?

A bunch of doubts made Su Ying look at Xu Mingjin with curiosity and expectation, and a little encouragement.

——Speak more if you can!

Inexplicably, there was an illusion that the storyteller was being urged to update. Xu Mingjin paused: "... She asked me to forgive her this time and not tell anyone about the theft. If you have any plans against me in the future, Sanlang, she can tip me off."

Speaking of this, Xu Mingjin, who was lying on the bed, glanced at Su Ying who had been playing with the jade pendant. His voice was weak but his tone was firm: "How could I believe her lies!"

"... Originally, I saw that she didn't succeed, and for the sake of her many years of friendship with you, Sanlang, I wanted to forgive her this time and not care about it. But she even said such words of discord, which shows that she is not honest. How can I pretend that nothing happened and let her stay by your side, Sanlang? Continue to provoke Our brotherhood is a minor matter, but it will ruin your reputation, Sanlang! Besides, the capital is not like the countryside. If such a person stays around, it will be a disaster sooner or later. "

"——I rejected her immediately. Maybe I was too emotional, and I also said something harsh, saying that when you come back, I must make it clear with you and drive this person away from you. "

"Maybe I was too ruthless at the time, making him think that he could no longer stay with you, Sanlang, and that climbing up to the wealth of the Duke's Mansion was ultimately a dream, and he would be held accountable for theft... She was so emotional that she stood up from the ground and rushed towards me, looking desperate! "

"I was immediately thrown to the ground and my head was covered with blood!"

Speaking of this, Xu Mingjin's face was full of fear. Most of the souls of the ghosts that pounced on him had turned blood red, and the black eyeballs were almost stuck to his eyeballs.

If other people could see this scene, they would probably run away. But Su Ying, the only one who could see it, had a bright look in his eyes, and he looked at Xu Mingjin with more curiosity.

——I don’t know if anyone in this world can become a ghost as long as they die, or if Lan Xin is unique, or if she must die with deep resentment… or is it related to Xu Mingjin, the person who did it?

Xu Mingjin, who knew nothing, felt that Su Ying’s gaze made his scalp numb, almost making him doubt whether the lie he made up was too true, so that people who had always disliked him were fooled?

Xu Mingjin endured the discomfort and finished his story:

“…I was already sick and my mind was not very clear. Seeing her wanting to kill someone like a madman, I forced myself to get up from the ground and picked up the vase beside the bed.”

“Maybe staying alive makes people burst out their physical potential. When I woke up, she was already lying on the ground. I also had black eyes and half a foot in the gate of hell. I could only sit on the ground and call for help. I had no strength left…”

So far, Xu Mingjin has made up a story with a beginning and an end and reasonable logic. As a noble son of the Duke's Mansion, when he was seriously ill, someone broke into his room and attacked him. He killed someone after fighting hard. No one would really pursue it, right?

At least, when the maids and servants who listened to his story looked at the young master Mingjin with a cloth wrapped around his head, their eyes were clearly filled with anger.

In their opinion, Lan Xin was obviously too much.

They couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for the young master Mingjin who had been imprisoned, had a fever, and was attacked by someone - his luck was too bad during this period, right? Didn't he really need to find an efficacious temple to worship?

Xu Mingyu fell into silence.

Xu Mingjin's words were really very reasonable.

Although it was suspicious that Lan Xin, the key person he had identified and was about to bring back to the Duke's Mansion for investigation, was suddenly killed...

But all the clues found showed that Xu Mingjin had no contact with the other party beforehand, and never took the initiative to meet the other party. Instead, Lan Xin sneaked to find Xu Mingjin. Only Xu Mingjin knew what happened between the two. Maybe it was really like what Xu Mingjin said, that this person wanted to steal and was found out, and his dream of wealth and honor was shattered, so he was angry and attacked Xu Mingjin in a hurry.

After all, the nephew she had taken care of for many years became the prince of the Duke's Mansion, but Xu Mingjin was not. Other maids and servants might not dare to offend Xu Mingjin, but she, who was called Aunt Lan Xin by Sanlang, might not, but she had a certain psychological advantage.

What's more, this person was born in a humble family and had a short vision. What smart people dare not do, stupid people dare to do. Many things that break the sky are often done by stupid people.

The people in the post station had been interrogated and confirmed that there was no sign of careful planning before the incident. It was just a sudden accident, similar to many other passionate murders - this was more in line with Xu Mingjin's statement.

Looking at Xu Mingjin lying on the bed with a pale face, he thought of the old doctor's statement: if he hadn't happened to be in the post station, the other party's injuries would have been too late to be sent to the clinic. Xu Mingyu finally put aside his doubts.

His cousin shouldn't be such a cruel person, right?

He didn't think that his cousin could kill people and be cruel enough to seriously injure himself. If so, it would be too terrible.

And now that Xu Mingjin was seriously injured in bed, it would be too aggressive if he continued to hold on and ask questions.

Thinking like this, Xu Mingyu, who still had some doubts in his heart, was ready to leave. Before leaving, he comforted Xu Mingjin: "That's all, just take good care of yourself in the past few days and don't worry about it anymore. Leave this matter to me..."

Xu Mingyu planned to handle the matter privately and did not plan to report it to the official. This is also the way many aristocratic families deal with things.

The most troublesome part of this matter is Lan Xin's identity. She has a constant connection with Sanlang, and she is also the person who Sanlang asked to be brought to the Duke's Mansion. But the relationship between Sanlang and Xu Mingjin is such an awkward one... Xu Mingyu thought silently in his heart.

Once the matter is reported to the official, you can imagine the rumors. There might be rumors like "Sanlang is narrow-minded and cannot allow others to take advantage of Xu Mingjin's serious illness to get rid of this enemy with whom he has exchanged lives for many years".

Although everyone knew that there was no need for him to get rid of Xu Mingjin, after all, the latter posed no threat to him.

But rumors in this world never need to be logical. The key is that they are outrageous, exciting and topical. The complicated life experiences of these two people meant that rumors were bound to spread widely.

What's more, the Duke's government is not without political enemies. Once someone catches him doing this, maybe Saburo will be splashed with dirty water before he is officially recognized.

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Xu Mingyu had an idea.

Although all doubts about Xu Mingjin were not eliminated, hitting the mouse would also damage the jade bottle, so Xu Mingyu decided to settle the matter according to Xu Mingjin's words. As for the last trace of doubts that he intuitively could not dissipate, it would not be too late to investigate slowly in the future. Anyway, the Duke's government has enough capabilities.

——And this is exactly Xu Mingjin’s purpose.

"Okay, I'll listen to my cousin."

He smiled weakly, knowing that the matter was settled for the time being and that his risk was not in vain.

Even though he hated Su Ying's existence very much, he had to admit that it was precisely because of his connection with Su Ying that he was able to make Xu Mingyu avoid him. Otherwise, the other party might have reported the matter to the court now.

Along the way, he had speculated countless times about Lan Xin's role in what happened that year. No matter how he thought about it, it was a hidden danger that must be eliminated, and he must not be allowed to enter Beijing.

After much deliberation, I couldn't think of a safe way.

——He thought of countless ways to kill Lan Xin secretly, but no matter what, as long as the person died, he would be found in the end. No matter how clever the killing technique in this world is, there is always the risk of being detected, not to mention that he is not the kind of criminal who has mastered the clever killing technique. Xu Mingjin was not sure that he would not be found out after killing people and silencing them.

What about another way of thinking? There is no need to think about how to go to great lengths to kill and silence without being found out, but to find a fair and just excuse to kill Lan Xin, as long as it does not make people think that Lan Xin has his handle or secret.

After changing his thoughts, Xu Mingjin suddenly became enlightened.

Before he could think of the perfect excuse, Lan Xin walked to the door. At that moment, Xu Mingjin realized that this was a God-given opportunity, and God indeed favored her!

Despite this, Xu Mingjin also took a lot of risks.

Although he made up a reasonable reason for the murder, there was still a possibility of being suspected. After all, doubt is unreasonable. So from now on, no matter when, even if he is drunk, even if he is dreaming, he must remember that it was Lan Xin who did it first! He didn't kill to silence him, he killed to protect himself!

Xu Mingjin kept repeating this "fact" in her heart, as if repeating it like this could deceive herself and others.

"What are you thinking about?" A voice interrupted him.

Xu Mingjin, who was immersed in his thoughts, suddenly came back to his senses and saw a person appearing beside his bed without knowing when, and he bent down, with his face almost in front of him.

Xu Mingjin was so frightened that he subconsciously leaned back, and his injured head suddenly hit the bedpost, causing him to wake up suddenly from the pain.

"You, Saburo, what else do you want?" Didn't you see that everyone else had gone out? Why don't you hurry up and stay here?

"I still want to hear the story." Su Ying tilted his head.

story? This word made Xu Mingjin's heart skip a beat. Do you suspect something is wrong?

Su Ying sat down by the bed and stared at Xu Mingjin eagerly like a curious baby, without disturbing the patient's recuperation: "That's it, I want to hear more about what happened between Aunt Lan Xin and you. You can definitely tell me more details, right?”

"Of course it's no problem!" Lan Xin is dead, and only Xu Mingjin knows what happened between the two of them. No matter how you make it up, if you have any doubts, just make it up until you dispel your suspicions!

Xu Mingjin forcibly cheered up.

As his description became darker and darker, Su Ying watched with interest as the ghostly shadow on his body became redder and redder, and finally turned into a burning blood-red color from top to bottom!

——The R card was successfully upgraded to SSR!

Su Ying looked at Xu Mingjin with more and more affectionate eyes.

Did he doubt it? Looks like you believe it? Under Su Ying's friendly gaze, Xu Mingjin racked her brains to get rid of suspicion, and her brain was about to explode due to the dual negative effects of fever and injury.

His vision turned black and his vision became blurry.

Vaguely, he seemed to see a ghost lying in front of him, with blood-stained black hair hanging down on his face.

You're not really going to die, are you? Have you played it off?

Xu Mingjin opened his mouth and made a weak sound.

"Actually, I don't have much contact with Lan Xin. What happened today was a complete accident. Sanlang, do you have any questions?" Let him rest after asking, please!

He really doesn't want to be suspected, but he doesn't want to lose his life even more. Should I take advantage of the situation to faint and avoid these endless questions?

Xu Mingjin thought vaguely.

In his dizzy and blurred vision, he saw the boy beside the bed stand up and sighed regretfully: "It seems that this is the limit." After turning into a blood-stained robe, the ghost had no reaction to any stimulation.

"Then it's Jingzhao Yin's business next."

In Xu Mingjin's puzzled eyes, Su Ying smiled at him: "I have no questions, but Jingzhao Yin may have questions? If you haven't finished, you can keep it with Jingbei Yin."

He stood up and left, not forgetting to turn back to encourage: "Come on, I believe you!"

Outside the open door, the constable from Jingzhao Yin stepped into the post station aggressively and appeared in front of Xu Mingjin.