After only feeding Su Ying's pigs for days, Lan Xin felt more tired than in the past ten years.

This person actually read out enough pig raising experience to write a thick book just by dictation!According to the other party, this was a deliberately simplified version considering her lack of experience before.

Listening to him solemnly explaining the precautions and details of raising pigs, Lan Xin felt that it was too far off the mark.

——Where do you still raise pigs?It's almost enough to raise a child!

No, raising children is not so meticulous. Children in the country have always been free-range.Even a child from a wealthy family will not be cared for to such an extent.

In short, Lan Xin felt that she didn't want to be near a place like a pig shed for the rest of her life, and she didn't want to see this kind of creature again.

...Don't ask, if you ask, you already have a psychological shadow.

Fortunately, her efforts were not without returns.In the past few days, she played the role of a caring aunt. While raising pigs and taking care of her nephew, she made insinuations, and finally understood from this kid everything that happened during the contact with the person who came to Shanglin Village to investigate his life experience.

What they asked, their attitude towards this cheap nephew during the contact process, and many other details, perhaps the cheap nephew himself did not notice, but Lan Xin, who heard him relay, put these details together in her heartcome out and combine into the most likely truth.

"Sure enough, it was discovered..."

A secret that has been hidden for sixteen years is probably no longer hidden.If her guess is correct, it won't be long before someone will come to Shanglin Village to pick her up, right?

Lan Xin couldn't help looking at the young man with a bright smile who knew nothing about what might happen, her eyes were indescribably complicated.

The boy's longing expression seemed to still hide the absurd idea of "being approached by relatives from his grandfather's family" before.

For some unknown reason, she said sadly: "Those people don't know if it's a blessing or a curse when they inquire about your life experience like this!"

The young man really showed doubts: "Eh? How should I say it?"

"Lang, you have been kind-hearted since you were young. You don't know that people in this world are sinister. I have heard people say that there are those who are waiting for sex, they are used to pretending, don't look at the style, and pretend to be rich and extraordinary. Find someIt's an excuse to recognize relatives, recruit jobs, and do business. It is designed to deceive you and other young people who don't know the world. Maybe you will kidnap him to a shameful place and do some shameful things. Or sell it.Since then, I have been a slave and a handmaiden, and I can't help myself..."

Following Lan Xin's voice, the boy's eyes widened bit by bit, and he said in shock: "There is such a thing?"

For some reason, Lan Xin always felt that his expression was not so much shock and fear, but curiosity and eagerness to try.

...It must be an illusion.

Putting aside the strange thoughts, Lan Xin smiled calmly: "So you have never seen a sinister heart, don't tell people outside everything, if you encounter such a thing again, you'd better find a close and trusted elder firstCheck..." As for the elder who is close and trustworthy, of course it is her.

"Don't worry, Aunt Lan Xin—"

Su Ying smiled and nodded, as if he had listened to everything.

"I know what to do~"

While the two were talking in the room, a low-key and elegant carriage passed the path and slowly drove into Shanglin Village.

The carriage stopped, and someone was respectfully invited out of the carriage by the coachman.

It was a young man dressed in moon-white silk, with an elegant appearance and an overpowering aura. At first glance, he had grown up among the brocade brocades and had an aura cultivated by the overpowering power.

The young man glanced over the rows of humble houses and the half-dry and half-wet muddy ground, subconsciously took a step back.

His pretty eyebrows were furrowed little by little, and a low, inaudible voice came out of his mouth: "...Shanglin Village?"

"...Is the person here?"

Under the traction of memories, the boy's thoughts returned to half a month ago——

Hundreds of miles away in Shangjing, Duke Wei's mansion had a major incident.

The old Duke who was no longer in charge, the Duke and his wife who are now in the family, the Duke's younger brother, and the second master who was not separated from the family, unexpectedly gathered together.

"This, this, how could such a ridiculous thing happen?"

Just after being called over, I heard the explosive incident from my elder brother. The second master Xu Qing was so shocked that he didn't know what to do: "Brother, you mean, Ming Jin is not my nephew? My nephew has been wandering outside for ten years."Six years?"

Wei Guogong Xu Qian sighed: "This matter has been confirmed. I sent someone to investigate carefully for a month, and all the clues point to that the child who has been living abroad for 16 years is the biological child of me and your sister-in-law."

Xu Qing couldn't help asking: "What's going on?"

"This matter is also a coincidence." Once the old man opened his mouth, the others fell silent and looked at him one after another.

Just listen to him explain the cause and effect: "A month ago, I received a letter from your Uncle Wang."

"He said in the letter that he happened to meet a child on the way out, who was carved out of the same mold as I was when I was young.He won't lie to me about the matter." As he spoke, the old man became angry, and he snorted, "This old ghost actually laughed at me in the letter.Affair... How can I admit such slander? That old and unscrupulous person thinks that everyone is just as bad as him?"

Of course the old man knew whether he had an affair, but he didn't know whether his elder brother who died young had any descendants left behind. Thinking of this, the old man asked his eldest son to send someone to investigate.

——Unexpectedly, something was wrong after this investigation.

Wei Guogong's wife, Mrs. Li, said in a daze: "My husband checked carefully, and I actually know the parents of that child..."

"——the family that was kind to me sixteen years ago."

"Sixteen years ago..."

Thinking of what happened back then, Xu Qing fell silent for a while.

Sixteen years ago, this was a special keyword.

Speaking of Wei Guogong Xu Qian, everyone said that he is the hard-core confidant of today's saints. Unlike those nobles who have no titles, this Wei Guogong is a real figure with real power.

When the current saint was still the prince, Xu Qian was his companion. The two met each other when they were young, and their relationship is different from that of ordinary people.Sixteen years ago, when the first emperor died and the kings were in chaos, it was Xu Qian, the heir of Wei Guogong who had not yet assumed the title, decisively seized the power of the barracks in the suburbs of Beijing, led thousands of soldiers and horses straight into the imperial city, controlled the palace, and took down the palace in one fell swoop.The kings rebelled against the party and helped the prince successfully ascend the throne.

——It was also this battle from the dragon that completely established Xu Qian's position in the heart of the sage.Since then, he has been promoted step by step in the court, and within a few years he became the Minister of the Ministry of War. He sat in this position for ten years, and his position was as stable as Mount Tai.Everyone in the government and the public knows Wei Guogong's loyalty to the saint, and even more knows the saint's trust in this minister of the humerus.

That bloody night sixteen years ago, when people mention it now, they all praise Wei Guogong for his loyalty and courage, and the sage for his brilliance and martial arts.But what outsiders don't know is that on the night when Xu Qian fought hard in the imperial city, Duke Wei's mansion was not peaceful.

——Before the incident happened, Xu Qian had already made preparations. He had arranged for his family to leave the city quietly and hide in a hidden villa a few days in advance. All that was left in the Duke Wei’s mansion in the city were bait and tricks to mislead the rebels.ambush.

But people can't count against heaven, and no one can predict accidents and coincidences.That night, the imperial city was full of flames, and all the rebellious kings were taken down, but many of their rebels fled out and scattered in the wild.

The Biezhuang where Wei Guogong's family lived was actually very remote, but a group of deserters fled there in a panic.

It didn't matter at all, the family was well protected in the village, and the rebels were too busy escaping for their lives, so there was no way to waste time breaking into the well-defended villa.

But all the preparations failed and Xu Qing quietly ran out.

He was only seventeen years old at that time, and he had just become a father, but he still couldn't get rid of the playful nature of young people. After being held back in the village for several days, he always felt that his parents and brothers made a fuss.have to go?

Holding such thoughts in his heart, he felt itchy for a few days, and finally he couldn't bear it and slipped out.And not long after he slipped out, the servants who were patrolling outside found the traces of the rebels deserting. Just at this time, Xu Qing was found missing, which made everyone think in a bad direction.

For a moment, the whole family panicked and sent people to look for him immediately.

This series of accidents caused a loophole in Zhuangzi's strict defense. As a result, Li Shi, the pregnant wife of the eldest son, was accidentally bumped into by a few deserters who took advantage of the chaos.

Someone inside recognized the identities of Wei Guogong's family members.

Human emotions are not always governed by reason.Ben had just fought against Xu Qian, many of his brothers died, and he himself fled like a bereaved dog. Their new and old grudges made them impulsive, and they took away the pregnant wife of Shizi.

But not long after he was taken away, the person dominated by impulse woke up and realized that his emotions had been muddled before.

——This Mrs. Shizi is a hot potato, not to mention she is pregnant with the heir of the Duke's Mansion. If something happens in their hands, the lives of the whole family may not be saved!

But asking them to send people back is throwing themselves into the trap again.

After thinking about it, they had no choice but to throw the hot potato to a passing family, explain the identity of the wife of the eldest son, and let the family send someone back to receive the reward after dawn.And they just took advantage of this time to escape.

As soon as these people left, they didn't know that Mrs. Li was so frightened and frightened that night that she gave birth prematurely.The hostess of that family was also pregnant with Liujia, and seemed to be frightened by it. Not long after Li's mobilization, she also mobilized.

Fortunately, the male owner of that family is a doctor, and he has made a lot of preparations for the pregnant wife in advance, and he also invited the stable wife.When it was almost dawn, when the people of the Duke's Mansion followed the traces to find the past, the two children had been born safely.

One of them is Xu Mingjin, the current son of Duke Wei.And the other one is Li Lang.

That night, one accident after another, everything was messy, there were too many things to deal with, so they just gave some money to thank the family surnamed Li, and took the mother and son away first.

A few days later, when Mrs. Shizi sent someone to look for the Li family again, they found that they had moved away—according to the nearby villagers, it seemed that something happened to the elders in the family and they had to leave their hometown.

At this time, the crown prince has won a complete victory, but the aftermath of the rebellion has not yet subsided. The vegetable market in Shangjing is full of blood. don’t know how many people have been implicated in it.Thinking about it, can only regret it and let it go.

Who would have expected that sixteen years later, when investigating the child who looked similar to the old Duke, the original family would be found?

The two children who were born at the same time and place, the appearance similar to that of the old Duke... All kinds of clues point to the fact that the two families back then had the wrong child from the very beginning.

Speaking of this, Li couldn't help but choked up: "It's all my fault. If it wasn't for my negligence, my son wouldn't have suffered so many years outside..."

"No, it's my fault for not protecting you well."

Mentioning the events of the year, Wei Guogong Xu Qian blamed himself.

"No, it's me to blame." Xu Qing also said, "It's because I'm ignorant, my sister-in-law won't suffer from this..."

For a moment, several people were vying to take the blame, and the old man couldn't laugh or cry, and nodded in relief.

"Okay, stop arguing, the most urgent thing is to bring him back." The old man pondered for a while, and said directly, "He has a special status, and he has suffered so many years outside, sending someone else would make him think we areIf you don’t pay enough attention to it, you can talk to Ming Yu and ask him to pick him up in person.”

As he spoke, he looked at his second son, Xu Qing.The person the old Duke spoke of was Xu Qing's eldest son and the eldest grandson of Duke Wei's mansion, Xu Mingyu.

Xu Qing felt that this idea was very appropriate, and he agreed for his son without saying a word: "That's his cousin, the future heir of the Duke's mansion, he should go."

He still didn't forget to add: "Before the person arrives, we have to explain clearly to everyone in the house. After my nephew comes back, we can't let anyone neglect him!"

Forget about it for the time being, the old man remembered that there was another troublesome matter, so he couldn't help but look at the eldest son and his wife:

"And Mingjin, what are you going to do?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

Finally, Xu Qian opened his mouth and said:

"In any case, the Li family is indeed very kind to Madam. Mingjin and I have had a father-son relationship for many years. Now that the college exam is coming, let him prepare for the exam at ease in the academy."

"I will continue to investigate what happened back then. If it was an accident, it's fine. If there is something strange in it..."

A sharp look flashed across his eyes.

The few people who were talking did not notice that, among the flowers outside the window, a figure who had stopped to listen had turned and left.

...

The arrival of the carriage alarmed the entire Shanglin Village.

The dark blue silk curtains seemed to be rippling in the sun, and the horse pulling the cart was even taller and stronger, with pitch-black hair without a trace of color, and a pair of big eyes that were piercing... As for the man from the carriageThe young man who walked down from the middle, from head to toe, exudes an air of nobility that is incompatible with this small village. Even the sons of those rich families in the county town have been compared to the mud in front of this person.

The villagers of Shanglin Village watched from a distance, but they dared not go closer, as if they were stained with some filth, and if they got close, they would pollute the air around this noble man.

Until the nobleman took the initiative to step forward and picked an old man who was resting under the big tree at the entrance of the village for questioning.

"Dare to ask the old man..." The young man cupped his hands politely, but his tone was a bit jerky, as if he was not used to it, "Is this Shanglin Village? Is Li Lang here?"

"—Your Excellency wants to find Li Lang?!"

The people who secretly watched around solved the case immediately!

A few gangsters who had nothing to do on weekdays immediately saw the opportunity to please the nobleman, and one shouted: "Here, here, Li Lang is at home these days, and the villain is willing to lead the way!" Another shouted: "Where is it?There is no need for nobles to condescend, I will go and bring that kid here!"

There are also people watching the excitement, who have already gone to the end of the village.

For a moment, the road was full of figures running diligently.

Su Ying was about to check on the completion of Lan Xin's pig feeding business today, when he heard a loud noise from outside.

"Li Lang! Li Lang! Is anyone there? Someone is looking for you!" "Come out quickly, a nobleman has summoned you!"

Amidst the chaotic yelling, a boy in coarse linen came out with a broom in his hand.

He looked surprised: "What can you do with me?"

"Of course it's a good thing!" Someone came forward with a smile and pulled him away, "Hurry up, hurry up, a nobleman is here, and he wants to see you, so don't make the nobleman wait too long!"

"Hey! I've already seen that you are not someone in the pool. If you are really appreciated by the nobles, don't forget about us..."

Clothed in sackcloth, dragging a broom, disheveled black hair, dazed, surrounded by a group of hooligans and grinning, he appeared in front of Xu Mingjin.

It is like a stubborn stone that has been exposed to wind and sun for many years in the mountains.

But Xu Mingjin standing in front of him was like polished jade, just standing there made people feel ashamed.

The others were waved away, leaving only the two alone.Xu Mingjin looked at the person in front of him, and slowly tightened his palms.

"...So it was you."

——The person who exchanged fate with me since birth.

——The one who will take everything from me!

As the eldest son of Duke Wei's mansion and a first-class figure in the noble circle of Shangjing, he was born with everything that everyone envied.But he never thought that his smooth life would be on the verge of destruction because of the appearance of another person.

If he hadn't accidentally overheard the family's conversation that day, he might still be foolishly staying in the academy, preparing for the exam without knowing anything.The person who has no idea that he is about to replace everything has already boarded the carriage sent by his cousin...

Fortunately, he did not miss the opportunity God gave him!

After learning about the plans of the Duke and the others, he was still studying in the academy on the surface, but he set off before his cousin, so he also arrived at his destination first.

Now, the person he was looking for was standing in front of him.

Xu Mingjin quietly looked at the boy in front of him, not missing every detail of him.

Shabby clothes, callused palms, sunburn marks on the skin, casual walking without etiquette, malnourished and emaciated body, and the thatched hut behind the other party that even dogs can't live in... He seemedIn just a short moment, he saw the life of the other party for more than ten years, which was beyond his imagination.

When he thought that this was the fate he should have assumed, and when he thought that everything he had enjoyed in the past would be taken away by another person, he felt indescribable fear in his heart.

Fear gnawed at his heart like a poisonous snake, making it difficult for the prince of Wei Guogong, who is well-known in the capital, to maintain his former calmness.

Facing the young man's gaze, he forced himself to squeeze out a pleasant smile: "...I'm Xu Mingjin, from Shangjing. Lang, you don't mind if I call you that? I'm here specially to find you."

When Xu Mingjin looked at others, he didn't notice that the person being looked at was also looking at him.

Hearing him speak, Su Ying just nodded "Oh", then looked at him thoughtfully, as if signaling him to continue talking.

The palms in the sleeves tightened, and the smile on Xu Mingjin's face was a bit bitter: "I'm sorry, you may not know what I'm going to say next, but I also know it. Sixteen years ago, we were born unexpectedlyMistaken……"

He felt that every word he uttered was like a poisonous needle, piercing his heart.So, he turned every word he uttered into a poisonous needle to prick another person's heart.

"——I grew up in the Duke's Mansion until I was sixteen years old. I enjoyed all the riches and wealth. My parents treated me well. Even though I studied hard every day and gained some insignificant reputations, I still felt that the rewards were not enough.I'm afraid I'll lose the reputation of the Duke's Mansion."

Xu Mingjin smiled, his actions, words, demeanor, and even this jade-like appearance, all seemed to try to show the difference between another person and him.

He is especially worried about losing the reputation of the Duke's Mansion.How can someone who is far inferior to him be worthy of the Duke's Mansion?

He appeared in front of this person just to tell him vividly—you are not worthy!

But he waited and waited, but did not wait for the other party's reaction.

There was neither the surprise of suddenly hearing about his life experience, nor the humbleness of being ashamed of himself, nor the resentment, accusation, or indecent abuse of him.The other party just listened quietly, and when he saw him stop, he raised his eyes in doubt, and cast him a look of "Why don't you continue?"

For a moment, Xu Mingjin had the illusion that she was singing and storytelling on stage while the other party was watching and listening to books off the stage.

Xu Mingjin frowned slightly. Could it be that this countryman is too dull to comprehend the meaning of his words?Or was his words too cryptic and he had to speak more bluntly?

... As expected, he is an ignorant country man!

He had no choice but to continue: "I came to you without telling my family. Since I was a child, I wanted to make the lintel of Wei Guogong's mansion a success, so as not to fall into the prestige of my father and ancestors. I never thought that the world would trick people..."

Speaking of this, the smile on Xu Mingjin's lips became more bitter.

The setting sun fell on the boy's melancholy eyebrows, covering his face with an inexplicable sadness.

But Su Ying destroyed the atmosphere as soon as he opened his mouth: "...So, what do you want to say after talking for a long time!"

"——I am the heir of the Duke of Wei, but you are not?" The boy dragging the broom looked at him in confusion, "I already know this. So you came to exchange it with me?"

of course not!Xu Mingjin almost blurted out.

——not only want to take everything from him, but also want him to be a mud leg for the rest of his life, what a sinister and vicious one!

He endured it and smiled: "...I came to you to pick you up."

"Father and mother have raised me for sixteen years, and I don't want them to embarrass me..."

Before he finished speaking, the boy opposite had already slapped his hands, and suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

The next second, the boy picked up the broom in hand.

"—Sure enough, your purpose is to abduct me!"

Like waving a long red cherry gun, the broom drew a rounded arc in the mid-air with the strong wind blowing, and swept towards Xu Mingjin heavily, magnifying in his frightened eyes.

Xu Mingjin: "!!!"

boom!

"Stop! What are you doing—"

bang bang!

"Stop hitting, stop hitting!!"

bang bang bang!

"What happened back then was just an accident, and I was innocent..."

Bang bang bang!

"Ah, ah, you country bastard—"

Bang bang bang bang!

"Whoa, don't come here!"

The rhythmic sound continued to sound, and the broom dragging the dirt swung out in a gesture of sweeping thousands of troops. The noble young man who was like a flawless jade before was suddenly rolled all over the ground, like a bowling ball rolling back and forth.

"Huh... the strength of this body is not bad."

Su Ying threw away the broom only after he was completely stunned.

"It's just that beating people is a bit tiring, and you need to exercise more."

He went home and turned around, and finally found two hemp ropes, tied him up firmly, and then dragged him all the way to the pigsty—no way, he only had a thatched hut and a pigsty.Well, you can't put people in your own house, let him keep company with cute pigs.

...Although always feel that the pigs are being taken advantage of.

Lan Xin hurried over all the way, and saw Su Ying walking out of the pigsty happily, with some unsatisfactory expression on his face.

She didn't want to know why this guy was so obsessed with feeding pigs, and she couldn't stop thinking about it, she just wanted to know another thing: "Lang, I heard from people in the village that a nobleman came to you just now..."

Before she could finish asking, Su Ying shook his head and said, "Aunt Lan Xin, have you forgotten? You said it yourself, pretending to be a wealthy family to recognize relatives, that's what people who shoot women like to do! People in the village are deceived, aunt, youHow can you be fooled?"

"?" Lan Xin's prepared words suddenly became useless, she nodded repeatedly, "Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes!"

The young man immediately raised a cheerful smile: "I dealt with that person severely! That's how a kidnapper should end up. Auntie, you think so too, right?"

Lan Xin: "???"

She never thought of it, but just in case, she hoped that Li Lang would not go away so easily when someone came to find him, so that she could be prepared, how could it develop into a drama of "witty seeing through the kidnapper's plot and hitting the kidnapper hard"?

But after thinking about it, this seems to be a good thing!

——Obviously he came to pick him up with good intentions, but he was dealt with instead. Presumably the other party's impression of "Li Lang" has fallen to the bottom.The status of the person who can be sent to pick up "Li Lang" can be imagined, and if he goes back to file a lawsuit, it is enough for the entire family to have a bad impression of him.Even if he does not file a complaint, a little embarrassment and stumbling secretly on weekdays may be enough for the rootless "Li Lang".

Of course, Lan Xin didn't want "Li Lang" to suffer, after all, she was the child she watched grow up.

But people always have biases. If he is taken back to be favored, the situation of the other child must be bad. If he is not liked, the situation of the other child will be much better.

Therefore, she was happy to see "Li Lang" frantically destroying her image in the eyes of those who came to pick him up.

Thinking about it this way, she felt that this drama of "witty seeing through the kidnapper's plot and hitting the kidnapper hard" was like a stroke of genius.

"Wonderful!" Lan Xin couldn't help admiring.

Su Ying looked at her suspiciously.

"...I mean, you did a good job. Where is that deceitful kidnapper?" Lan Xin coughed lightly and changed her words.

"over there."

Su Ying pointed in the direction of the pigsty, and Lan Xin, who originally wanted to see someone, suddenly changed her face and took a big step back.

He probably misunderstood what Lan Xin meant, he blinked his eyes: "I'm not dead, I am a law-abiding person. Aunt Lan Xin, please help me find someone to report to the police!"

Lan Xin's mood brightened visibly.

Without Su Ying's instructions, she quickly found a few young men in the village, using Su Ying's same rhetoric, saying #李郎发现走贵人的边媒#, and asked them to report to the government.

The villagers were still a little skeptical, they always felt that the young man just now was very handsome, and he didn't look like a liar, but he was persuaded by Lan Xinyan's two words.

Not long after, the yamen servant who received the notice dragged out from the pigsty an unconscious man who had been tied up and swollen.

As a victim and whistleblower who was almost cheated, Su Ying naturally went to the county town with the escort team.

Lan Xin walked with him.

Along the way, she finally remembered to ask what happened before.

Su Ying waved his hands boredly: "It's just what liars are used to, I don't believe a word."

He speaks righteously, and his whole body exudes the light of righteousness:

"—A person like this who wantonly abducts a young man from a good family should be escorted to the county government office to accept the trial of the law."

Lan Xin forcibly suppressed the corner of her mouth that was about to laugh, and turned into a ruthless nodding machine.

"Ah yes yes yes!"

"Pretending to be a nobleman of the Duke's Mansion should be punished even more."

"Ah yes yes yes!"

"You actually lied to me that he was the heir of the Duke of Wei's mansion, someone who exchanged identities with me. I laughed so hard."

"Ah yes - what did you say?!"