The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]

The darkness of the night was like an airtight net, and Shangjing City, shrouded in the net, fell into a dream.

A figure quietly left the Duke of Wei's mansion.

The thick night engulfed the houses in the distance and the streets nearby. The boy, guided by the ghost lamp, wandered leisurely in the night, playing his special ghost collection game.

——The last time he went out to wander, it was mainly to test Lan Xin's ability, but this time he went to collect ghosts on purpose.

In the silent night, the boy's figure was like a burning hot flame, clearly bright and dazzling, but no one noticed his existence wherever he passed.

This picture looked like the opening CG of an adventure game.

Perhaps it was the unique induction between ghosts, or ghosts could smell some kind of soul breath that ordinary people could not perceive. After wandering for a while, Su Ying followed the burning lamp and came to the west of the city. Among the rows of small houses, only one courtyard door hung a tall white lantern, which was a sign that someone in the family had recently died.

As soon as he approached, Su Ying sensed a familiar breath.

He jumped lightly, as if a light red light passed through the night, and landed on the courtyard wall the next second.

In the cool night breeze, waves of strange sounds that ordinary people could not hear came from the courtyard, like chewing sounds, and like the sound of someone digging a grave, accompanied by footsteps back and forth, as if someone was constantly wandering in the courtyard.

Oh, the first one won the prize?

Su Ying looked down curiously.

The courtyard was shabby and dim, and a vague shadow was circling back and forth under the only tree in the courtyard. It had long legs and arms, a shriveled belly, and its limbs looked like stretched noodles. It crawled on the ground with its hands and feet, and dug the soil with its skinny fingers. Its mouth opened wider and wider like a black hole, swallowing the dug soil in big mouthfuls.

At this moment, Su Ying was shocked.

"What a miserable ghost, is it so hungry that it wants to eat soil?"

From Su Ying's perspective, he could clearly see the soil falling into the mouth of the phantom, sliding all the way to the shriveled belly, and then, as if passing through a layer of transparent projection, it all fell out of his stomach and sprinkled on the ground.

The observations during this period were enough to let him know that in this world, after a person dies, his soul will enter reincarnation normally, and will not become a ghost and stay in the world. Although Su Ying habitually calls this kind of thing "ghost", in fact they are not ghosts formed by human souls leaving the body, but spirits born from the memories and obsessions of the dead at the moment of death.

It is not difficult to guess what kind of obsession the living had when they died, as they would become such a confused and obsessed spirit who was obsessed with eating dirt.

Su Ying sat on the wall, observing with interest the second spirit he had found in this world besides Lan Xin.

As he watched, he slowly typed a question mark.

Because the ghost spirit obviously had no self-awareness at all, it kept circling the tree, crawling forward, digging and eating the dirt, and the dirt it ate kept falling out of the shadow and falling back to the ground... If you don't know, you might think it was watching a VCR that was played repeatedly.

The strange chewing sound, the strange footsteps, and the constant "digging graves" sound echoed faintly in the night.

Unknowingly, the soil in the yard was turned over.

"Puff——"

The scene was too funny, and Su Ying couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, what kind of high-function excavator is this? Put it in the field to loosen the soil, it must be very efficient."

The night wind blew through his black hair and lifted his flaming hem. Su Ying laughed so hard that he fell backwards, completely ignoring the fact that it was night and he was sitting on the wall of someone else's house.

His laughter startled the soul shadow that had been mechanically repeating the process of "digging soil → eating soil → dropping soil", causing the shadow to raise its head stupidly, revealing an old and shriveled face and eyes full of "hunger".

It also startled the owner of the wing room who had fallen asleep.

Suddenly, a series of collision sounds were heard in the house, as if someone got up at night and accidentally bumped into the table, chairs and benches.

"Who?!" Then, a light came on, and someone picked up a bench and shouted through the window, "The patrol guards are on the street outside, which thief dares to come to my house to cause trouble?"

The voice sounded courageous on the surface, but it was full of tension of pretending to be calm. It can be seen from the fact that the owner of the voice did not push the door at the first time, but threatened through the window.

If it was really an ordinary thief, he would probably be scared away.

But Su Ying is not an ordinary thief, he came to steal ghosts.

Therefore, instead of being nervous about being discovered for breaking into a private house in the middle of the night, he was surprised by this sudden accident, and his face showed an expression of discovering a new branch game.

He landed silently, raised his hand to grab the soul crawling on the ground, and then came to the window silently and slapped the soul on the head.

This time, the soul with long arms and legs like noodles was immediately slapped straight into the window, the front half of the body and head penetrated the window, and the back half of the body was still outside.

At the same time, he slowly spoke to comfort.

"Don't worry, it's not a thief, it's your father!"

As the voice sounded, the red flames in the ghost lamp beside him suddenly became stronger, and the boy smiled and spoke.

"...your father said he missed you~"

Unfortunately, Su Ying's consolation was useless. As soon as his voice sounded, the person inside let out a scream like seeing a ghost -

A blood-like light floated leisurely, and along with the cold Yin Qi, the layers of rippling blood made the surrounding environment seem to be distorted into an absurd and confusing dream.

Demons and monsters that should not be seen by human eyes also appeared in this dream. The person holding a bench in the room who was on guard saw layers of blood-colored light penetrate through the windows and shine on him, while an old and shriveled face appeared on his body. The scary face suddenly poked in from the window and stuck directly to his face.

There was still covetous color in those eyes.

His heartbeat suddenly surged to an unimaginable frequency, and the rippling blood-colored light distorted the scene in front of him like water. Only the familiar face of the dead, with the decaying death energy and yin energy, rushed towards him.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

After a scream, the person who fell to the ground rolled and crawled back, making a howling sound: "Don't come over, don't come over, dad, I was wrong, I was wrong -"

"...I didn't mean to starve you to death!"

"...Aren't you willing to do anything for me?"

The room was dark, and a little candlelight cast his dark shadow all over the wall. The pale face did not change, but moved closer and closer to him. His salivating eyes seemed to be filled with the words "devour people into their stomachs". of greed.

The blood that became deeper and deeper stained everything in front of him, like rippling lake water, making his vision sway. In his blurry and dizzy vision, he seemed to be a ghost getting closer and closer to him, and there were gusts of dark wind. Scratched his neck.

A low hoarse voice floated into his ears.

"You smell...so good."

"Ho--" The overloaded heart could no longer bear it, and the fright that exceeded the threshold made the man collapse completely.

"Eh, eh? Are you so careless?"

The voice of disappointment sounded faintly. Su Ying captured the ghostly figure with long arms and legs out of thin air, and found that there was a touch of clarity in the eyes of the originally hazy soul, but his face was stunned.

"Alas!" The wizened old man let out a long sigh. It seemed that he had not yet recovered from the tragic situation of being starved to death by his unfilial son, or that he had not yet adapted to his identity. He bowed solemnly to Su Ying and said with great understanding, "Old Du Laide, thank you for your enlightenment. I am willing to serve you in the future and do whatever you want."

Su Ying accepted the new Pokémon and asked him curiously: "You are a starving ghost. Do you have any special abilities?"

When Su Ying stayed up in the middle of the night, looking for and collecting ghosts, at the same time, another person didn't sleep either, but repeatedly looked at the piece of paper in his hand.

The bright light in the study room illuminated the neat and graceful handwriting on the letter, and the man's hand wearing a ring finger slowly caressed it.

A few hours ago, this letter from an old friend was handed into his hands, and the handwriting on it was extremely familiar to him.

In a daze, the man in his forties seemed to have returned to his high-spirited youth twenty years ago.

The past couldn't help but come to his mind.

That was an experience that he shouldn't have had given his status, and it was also the most special experience in his life.

At that time, he concealed his identity and unexpectedly met a talented and beautiful woman. The two became close friends and fell in love with each other. When he was with her, he could temporarily abandon all worries. He didn't have to think about the struggles in the court or the aggressiveness of his brothers. He also temporarily forgot about those intrigues. He was not bound by his identity and seemed to become a completely free ordinary person. This feeling fascinated him, and he naturally fell in love with the woman who made him feel this way. He vowed to be in love with her, revealed his identity, and promised to marry her.

Just then, an accident happened.

Something happened to the Chen family, and Chen Jiuniang, who was originally a good match for him, was permanently removed from his list of candidates for wife. His increasingly aggressive brothers and his father's hesitation forced him to find a wife with a strong family background to increase his wealth. More chips. He had to give up his sweetheart.

I thought that all the forbearance was only temporary. Although he could not give Chen Jiuniang the title of his wife, he could still bring his sweetheart into his house and take good care of her after she passed away.

Even though so many people proposed marriage to the Chen family, he never paid attention to them. He believed that as long as he opened his mouth to take a concubine, the Chen family would not be able to choose anyone other than him.

But Yu Liulang also joined in.

This once again forced him to make a painful decision.

As long as he opens his mouth, Yu Liulang can't compete with him. Even if the latter promises the position of head wife.

But he can't.

He gave up his sweetheart and chose the noble daughter of the Yu family as his first wife, just to win over the Yu family. If the eldest lady of the Yu family takes a concubine before she has married into the family, and the one she takes into the house is Yu Liulang who wholeheartedly wants to marry a married woman, wouldn't it be a slap in the face for both the Yu family siblings? With such lack of sincerity, how could the Yu family stand by him unconditionally just because they married their daughter? It's not like the Yu family only has one girl.

More importantly, how should other people view him if he quarrels with his wife and brother? Those brothers will definitely fan the flames to slander his reputation and thus shake his position.

So he backed down again.

He watched helplessly as the Chen family happily agreed to Yu Liulang's proposal among the candidates, and watched as they made offers and exchanged gifts. In the end, he couldn't hold back anymore and sent someone to secretly take away his sweetheart and hide her.

From then on, Chen Jiuniang of the Chen family died. And in a certain house in Shangjing, there was an extra roommate living in a simple life.

He promised sincerely that he would marry his beloved in the future and would never let his current wife bear children for him - that was just a bargaining chip on his way to the top.

And he kept this promise for three years.

Until his position was threatened again, his brothers with children and grandchildren talked about his lack of children and spread rumors that he had problems with his offspring. The "no offspring" item hit the nail on the head, making his already hesitant father more shaken than ever before.

Between his grand ambitions and his beloved, he chose the former again. So soon after, his wife became pregnant.

Looking at the beautiful handwriting on the letter, the man in the study looked dazed, as if he had returned to that night seventeen years ago.

Chen Jiuniang, who should have been kept well hidden by him and knew nothing about the outside world, somehow learned that Yu was pregnant. She could no longer bear being deceived and let down by him again and again, and quarreled with him fiercely. In the end, she even slapped him. In a rage, he said some harsh words, asking people to reflect on themselves, and then left the house and went back to see his pregnant wife.

When he thought Chen Jiuniang should have calmed down and was ready to coax her, a piece of news came over-the person was missing.

At that time, his every move was watched by his brothers, who wanted to find his flaws. There was also an elderly father who refused to give up power above him. In order not to be discovered, he could use very little power to find people secretly, and finally got nothing.

And when he finally outlasted his father and could dominate the world freely, nearly a year had passed. This time, which was neither long nor short, was enough to wipe out many traces and clues, making it difficult for him to verify. Unless he announced it openly to the world and let the people of the world become his eyes.

But he still couldn't.

Once that happened, everyone would find out that the person he was looking for was Chen Jiuniang, who died of illness after the engagement.

He just wanted to find someone quietly, then change his identity and hide in his backyard. He didn't want everyone to know that the person he had been in love with for a long time was the woman who had been engaged to his wife's brother.

For him, who had just taken that position, it was not worth it to damage his reputation, shake people's hearts, and cause controversy in the former court and harem for a woman who had left him.

The first thing he had to do at that time was to stabilize the people's hearts in the court.

If it were now, he would not have to have so many concerns after he had completely secured his position.

But if it were now, he would not deliberately look for a woman who had been separated from him for more than ten years.

Nearly twenty years have passed, and it would be a lie to say that he still misses the woman he used to be.

Sometimes he asked himself, how much of his love for her was due to his appreciation of the unrestrained freedom she showed, and how much of his love for her was due to his love for her herself, and even he himself could not tell.

Perhaps, that person was just a symbol of freedom.

The pressure from his brothers, the pain from his elderly father's indecision, the pervasive criticism from his enemies who wanted to overthrow him, the expectations and demands from his supporters who wholeheartedly supported him to ascend to the throne, all of which bound him tightly. Only in front of that person, he was unrestrained and omnipotent.

Chen Jiuniang probably had such a feeling.

After figuring this out, he did not send anyone to look for Chen Jiuniang. In order to avoid the destruction of his once beautiful thoughts.

In this way, the woman he met in his youth could always be the white moonlight in his heart, instead of becoming unbearable like the old people in the harem who had long since withered.

Until more than ten years later, the letter came to him.

Before opening the letter, he hesitated.

If Chen Jiuniang, who once dared to love and hate, also became a vulgar woman, relying on the little affection she had in the past and the guilt he had failed her, she tried to seek benefits for her descendants, then it would be hard to say what he would do with his old dreams broken.

But after opening the letter, he smiled.

"...Jiu Niang is still the same Jiu Niang."

The content of this letter is not long.

In addition to simply recalling the old days of the two of them, and briefly mentioning her experience after she left, she emphasized one thing - Doctor Li and his wife had met her once, and saved her life. At that time, she had nothing, so before leaving, she gave them the bookstore he gave her, leaving the jade pendant and the letter as a token of trust, and she could go to the capital to take over the bookstore at any time.

The time of signing was sixteen years ago.

The bookstore was the place where the two of them had a love affair, and it was also a gift from him to her. She gave it away so simply, which meant to break off all ties. In those days, he would have been angry, but for him now, he only felt that Bai Yueguang was still Bai Yueguang.

The old dream in his heart was not broken, but even more beautiful.

"...This is Jiu Niang."

After sighing again, he carefully put the letter away and called the eunuch: "What is the identity of the young man who delivered the letter?"

"It has been found out. It is the only son found by Duke Wei."

The eunuch answered respectfully. These few hours are enough for them to find out Su Ying's identity and origin clearly.

"Oh? This is a coincidence." The person in charge immediately remembered the lawsuit a few days ago, "Duke Wei came to the palace to ask for an audience a few days ago, just for this child."

Thinking of this, he asked casually.

"What happened to the prince of Duke Wei before?"

The eunuch who was well prepared immediately answered: "He was expelled from the Duke's Mansion and changed back to his original surname. He is now called Li Mingjin. He was imprisoned for one year for the crime of murder."

At this point, the eunuch looked at his face and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, do you want to tell Jingzhao Yin to release that Li Mingjin, or give him some other care?"

"Why do you think he should be taken care of?"

This sentence sounded like a pure question, without anger or dissatisfaction, but the eunuch who spoke boldly knelt down hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for presumptuously speculating on your holy intention. I just thought, just thought, that Li Mingjin was the biological son of Doctor Li and his wife..."

Since Chen Jiuniang was repaying the favor to Doctor Li and his wife, then the one who should be repaid should also be their biological son.

He bowed his head repeatedly.

"Get up." Emperor Huiming waved his hand and asked him to get up, "No need to take special care of him, everything will be as it should be."

The latter sentence obviously refers to Li Mingjin.

When he spoke, the light of the study reflected on the emperor's face, and there was a faint shadow under his eyes.

"Since the token was brought by the kid from the Xu family, then Mozhai is naturally his."

The eunuch said yes, and after he stood up carefully, he heard the emperor with an unpredictable expression say with a smile: "This kid has only been recognized for a few days, and there are rumors in the capital. He is also a wonderful person."

The eunuch smiled knowingly: "The prince of Duke Wei went to Zuiyun Tower today and made a group of like-minded friends. He must be a wonderful person."

As he spoke, he saw that the smile on the emperor's face deepened.

A moment of enlightenment suddenly came to his mind.

-Perhaps it is a good thing that the heir of Duke Wei's mansion has changed. Especially from Xu Mingjin, who is outstanding in talent, to Xu Mingjue, who is unlearned. At least, His Majesty has a good impression of the current prince of Duke Wei.

After thinking it through, the eunuch immediately decided that when he sent someone to deliver the land deed to the prince later, he could make some friends with him appropriately.

The next day, when Su Ying arrived at Mozhai, the shopkeeper took the initiative to present the deed and a pile of accounts, which had a whole year's revenue. It was as if he was not only handing over the shop, but also everything in the shop, including the revenue of this year, to him.

This was undoubtedly a very obvious gesture of goodwill.

And Su Ying was not polite and accepted everything.

System 333 was very surprised and asked the same question as the eunuch: [Logically speaking, Xu Mingjin, no, Li Mingjin is the biological son of Doctor Li and his wife. I thought that the "Prince Wang" would hesitate for a while, whether to choose you or Li Mingjin, the host, but he was so decisive? ]

It was only one night later, and even the accounts were sorted out. Obviously, the other party chose Su Ying almost without hesitation.

Su Ying said casually: "It didn't surprise me, although I was a little surprised that he was so decisive."

System 333 was immediately more curious: [So why? 】

"... Maybe it's because I'm more likable?"

Su Ying smiled.

--The Duke of Wei's Mansion doesn't need an excellent heir, so the current situation is what some people are happy to see. The unlearned and unskilled Duke of Wei's son is of course more likable!

System 333 didn't hear this hidden meaning, and just thought that the host was narcissistic as always. As the host's right-hand man, he immediately agreed unconditionally: [Of course, host, you are much more likable than that Li Mingjin. 】

Su Ying blinked, and didn't explain more.

He just took out another letter, and the peach blossom pattern on the envelope was vivid.

In fact, due to the uncertainty of the future, Chen Jiuniang left two letters, which can be said to be painstaking.

If her son wanted to live a stable and prosperous life after his background was exposed and he was expelled from the mansion, and did not want to be involved in the controversy, he would take the letter and jade pendant with maple leaves painted on it to Mozhai - then the emperor would regard him as the biological son of Doctor Li and his wife, and hand over the bookstore to him. For the sake of Chen Jiuniang's old relationship, it would be enough for him to live a stable and prosperous life.

If the other party was unwilling to live an ordinary life and had the ambition to achieve great things, then he would give this letter with peach blossoms painted on it.

In this letter, Chen Jiuniang confessed everything.

Once the emperor verified that the other party was his biological son, he would naturally make the best arrangements for him.

This was the original fate.

Xu Mingjin, who had established a good relationship with Li Sanlang from the beginning, was accepted by the Duke's Mansion. Naturally, he did not have to take the risk of killing Lan Xin. Moreover, Li Sanlang regarded Lan Xin as a real elder. After taking her back to the Duke's Mansion, everyone in the Duke's Mansion really thought that Lan Xin had taken care of him all these years for Li Sanlang's sake, so they treated Lan Xin very well.

Until Xu Mingjin's conspiracy was exposed and he was expelled from the mansion.

Lan Xin found Xu Mingjin and gave him the jade pendant and letters that he had been keeping. Xu Mingjin, who was unwilling to be expelled from the Duke's Mansion and wanted to take revenge on the Duke's Mansion, how could he be satisfied with just being a small bookstore owner? He chose the second way.

So, all the good luck in the world seemed to be concentrated on him.

He should have been in a miserable state, but he always encountered various good opportunities by accident, constantly met nobles, was appreciated, and became famous. He took the imperial examination all the way, won the first place, and later even became a close friend with the third prince.

In a very short time, he became a rising noble in the court. The highly respected Master Chengyuan only saw him once and was amazed at his great fortune. He would protect those around him and the entire Da Qi.

In contrast, the prince of the Duke of Wei, who had exchanged identities with him for many years, was a disaster star that only brought trouble to those around him.

——Isn’t the love of the emperor the greatest blessing? The useless person rose to prominence, and the Duke’s mansion fell into ruin.

From the beginning to the end, Xu Mingjin didn't know his true life experience. He really thought that he was talented and lucky.

And relying on this blessing recognized by the world, even after the third prince ascended the throne, he still treated this "lucky star" with great favor. He lived a life that was said to be full of blessings.

When others talked about the prince of Wei Guogong who exchanged identities with him, they only said that the fate of the two was destined by heaven. One was born to enjoy happiness, and the other was born to suffer. Even if they were exchanged, it would be the same. I can only sigh that the Duke of Wei's Mansion did not see through it at the time and was implicated by the disaster star in vain.

And now, thinking of Xu Mingjin who was still squatting in the prison, and looking at the flattery in the eyes of the bookstore owner who respectfully presented the land deed and accounts, Su Ying couldn't help laughing.

Just a little difference, can it make fate take a completely different track?

In the original destiny, the man who accidentally discovered that he had a son in this world used his tremendous power to prepare a carefree second half of life for his illegitimate son, using the Xu family as a stepping stone.

But now he is left in prison.

This makes reality particularly funny.

Seemingly completely different choices, Su Ying has insight into the other party's nature.

"... is a completely self-centered, self-interested person who puts his own interests first, a thorough human being." He murmured. But when it comes to his own blood, there is a rare warmth.

It is precisely because of such complex contradictions that humans are interesting. Compared with flowers and plants without souls, humans with thoughts and souls who will make unknown choices and move towards unknown destiny nodes are interesting.

"You say, if I take this letter to Li Mingjin and let him know the truth, will it be interesting?"

Su Ying raised the letter in his hand, revealing an eager expression to open the hidden plot.

[It shouldn't be the best time now, right? 】After all, if the emperor knew about it, wouldn't it be the same fate as before? The host probably wouldn't like this plot, would he?

After hearing what System 333 said, Su Ying, who was eager to try, calmed down: "That's right, I always feel that if I do this now, I won't get the most satisfying achievement. Wait until the best time to go, the other party's expression will be more exciting, right?"