Human cognition is amazing.

Sometimes, the same truth brings different feelings to people because of the different process of obtaining the result.

If everyone thought that there was a murderer, and after extensive investigation, it was finally found that the murderer was Xu Mingjin, then everyone would look at Xu Mingjin differently, and they would think: Xu Mingjin and Lan Xin have no grievances, why should they kill?He was killed, and deliberately made himself so miserable, misleading everyone that the murderer was someone else?In turn, he 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 country for more than ten years, can she have any secrets that can make Xu Mingjin not hesitate to kill her?Inferred like this, the truth is ready to come out.

At that time, the secret of Xu Mingjin's life experience was simply that there was no silver three hundred taels here, and anyone could see that there was something wrong.

Under such suspicion, even if Xu Mingjin killed Lan Xin, who knew the truth, it would not help.Because in this era where imperial power is supreme and human life is valuable or humble, the so-called secrets will not die because those who know the truth, without evidence, will never see the light of day again.High-ranking people often only need to doubt enough to do it.

But now, before Xu Mingyu and others investigated the truth, Xu Mingjin, who had woken up, took the initiative to confess the fact of the murder, giving people a completely different impression immediately.

Most people's first reaction would be: there must be something inside.And leaning towards Lan Xin is the fault.

This is the difference between the two situations.

One is the noble son who grew up in the Duke's mansion. Even though his background is different now, as long as he is not removed from the Xu family's genealogy, he will be a nobleman for a day.The other is a peasant from the countryside, who was born as a slave.Two people with very different identities, if Xu Mingjin killed Lan Xin in a sneaky way, once discovered, people would suspect that there was something wrong with it, for example, the latter had something to do with the former, so he was killed and silenced.As for Xu Mingjin admitting that she killed Lan Xin frankly, the first reaction of people in this era is of course that the latter offended the former.

After all, it is nothing new for untouchables to offend nobles and be beaten or killed.It's just that under normal circumstances, the nobles who are offended will not do it themselves, and have their own servants to take care of them.

It is rare among the rare to kill someone like Xu Mingjin himself.But this further proves that he was extremely offended that he let a noble son who had never killed a chicken kill him.Especially when he did it, he was still sick and unwell, and he himself was seriously injured even after killing Lan Xin, so he almost couldn't be saved?

This further convinced the servant girls and servants of their guess, and some exchanged glances with each other:

"It seems that Lan Xin seriously offended Mr. Mingjin for some reason, and was killed by the furious Mr. Mingjin. Maybe she hurt Mr. Mingjin first?" "But Mr. Mingjin is too cruel."..." "I think, maybe that Lan Xin took advantage of Mr. Mingjin's serious illness to go to his room to do something!"

On the way back to Beijing, under the eyes of everyone, these two people had almost no intersection. After the incident, everyone was questioned. Xu Mingjin never called Lan Xin to his yard, and no one else saw her on the way.How did she get 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, which is too suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Afterwards, the people in the kitchen also confessed that Lan Xin borrowed the kitchen fire to make snacks in their place, but when they asked, this person only said that he was hungry, and Xu Mingjin was never mentioned in his words.

If she went to visit Xu Mingjin openly, why should she be so secretive?This kind of behavior was more like she didn't want others to know that she was going to Xu Mingjin's place next time. As for why she brought snacks later, it was probably just to lower Xu Mingjin's defenses, so she entered his room with the excuse of sending snacks.

——Looking at her suspicious behavior, if it is said that she wants to conspire against Xu Mingjin, the possibility is really not small.Although they can't figure out what this person's motive is for the time being.

Sure enough, after waking up, Xu Mingjin gave a truth in line with most people's speculation——

According to him, he was drowsy after taking the medicine, but he heard movement at the door and someone entered his room.At first, he thought it was his maid who was serving him, so he didn't open his eyes, but then he heard the noise in the room getting more and more wrong, as if someone was rummaging for something, so he finally opened his eyes and yelled.

His sound probably shocked the person, something fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Xu Mingjin realized something was wrong and sat up, only to realize that a food box fell to the ground, and the pastry rolled out.

Then Lan panicked and apologized to him, saying that she came to visit him with a pastry she made herself.

According to Xu Mingjin, her insincere tone made her complain that Su Ying had been letting her raise pigs all day long, and her life was not as good as expected, so she came to Xu Mingjin's place to make a difference.

Recalling this point, Xu Mingjin said helplessly: "There is a difference between men and women. It would be presumptuous for her to come here uninvited. I don't really like such flattering people, so let her stay with Sanlang and don't bother me again."..."

Who knows if his attitude has caused Lan Xin to misunderstand something, and he has become arrogant from the original flustered flattery, and asked him for rewards openly.The tone seemed to be begging for a reward, but the gesture was very lofty, more like a threat to blackmail, as if Xu Mingjin was sure that he would give it.

At this point in the narration, Xu Mingjin also sighed softly when seeing the angry expressions on the faces of the maids and servants: "I never thought that she would be so arrogant, relying on Saburo to call her aunt, she also acted as an elder in front of me."

"After all, San Lang is the real heir of the Duke's Mansion. She has taken care of San Lang 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, and all the listeners sighed.Who would have thought that after sixteen years as the prince of the state, one day he would realize that he was nothing.Everyone can fully understand his mood.

When everyone was sighing, an untimely chuckle sounded, and everyone looked at it one after another.

Su Ying was puzzled: "See what I am doing? Keep listening."

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

...Well, the prince probably thinks Lan Xin is too ridiculous?It must be so, that's right, it's definitely not mocking Mr. Mingjin!

Xu Mingjin's hands hidden under the quilt gradually clenched.

... His intuition told him that this person was just laughing at him!

But he couldn't show it, he just showed a more and more melancholy expression, described how Lan Xin got carried away with the power of others, and described himself as a poor little girl whom she looked down on everywhere.

"Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! I tore your mouth out!"

When he described it with a melancholy face, no one saw it, but a group of dark ghosts covered his whole body, making him a black mass in Su Ying's eyes.

Lan Xin, who was in the state of a soul, fought desperately on him, she grabbed, kicked, and bit her teeth, her bloodstained face was distorted by extreme anger and hatred.

——As early as the moment of entering this room, seeing Xu Mingjin for the first time, the soul that had been dazed all this time woke up, and then rushed towards him like a vicious tiger.

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

Xu Mingjin inexplicably felt a chill all over his body, and he bumped into Su Ying's smiling eyes looking at him.The super-standard goodwill seemed to be looking at something unique.

... Is this guy doubting himself?

Thinking of this, Xu Mingjin became 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, less than one-thousandth of the past, and the servant girl dared to slack off when he was sickif it was before, probably didn't even dare to have this kind of thought, the diligent servants in the pastThey even went to Su Ying, the real son, to please him one after another... All these facts emerged in his mind, and Xu Mingjin's real anger and unwillingness would emerge as long as he entered into it a little bit.

It was hard for everyone who thought of these things not to believe his sincere performance. After all, even they were busy trying to please the prince and neglected him, so it seemed reasonable for Lan Xin, who was valued by the prince, to tremble in front of Xu Mingjin?

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

"Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! I will kill you!"

The dead soul seemed not to be smart enough anymore, Che Jilu repeated his words, threw himself on Xu Mingjin's body and bit the air for a long time, and the resentment became heavier.

Su Ying's eyes suddenly became more surprised.

——If this continues, this ordinary ghost won't evolve into a 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 guessed at this time that it was true that she came to visit me, and it was true that she wanted to take advantage of me. She probably misunderstood me when she came here.I was sound asleep, so I thought of something else. From what I heard, I guess it was her rummaging through the room for valuables, trying to take her by the way."

His speculation is also very reasonable.

The people who were guided showed a sudden look.

That's right, Lan Xin's background is there, so what foresight can she have?How could one not be moved after seeing the wealth and honor of the Duke's Mansion?Just a few things in Xu Mingjin's room can make a person rich for a lifetime.It's impossible to steal it on purpose, but it's not impossible to steal it when you see it for a while.

"I didn't think much about it, and explained what she did. She hurriedly knelt down and begged me with sincerity and sincerity. At one time, she said that she was my biological mother's personal maid, and at another time, she said that she secretly hid it from Saburo.It was not easy for you to come to see me, and you also said how Sanlang you 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 loyal to the old master, spoke good words for me......and said, you also said that you deliberately let me be taken into prison last time, and you still think I was not beaten to death by the county magistrate!"

Su Ying raised his eyebrows in surprise: Oh shit!changed color.

The ghost image, which was originally relatively illusory, became darker and darker as Xu Mingjin continued to slander it.

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

Hearing this, Xu Mingyu, who had been keeping calm all this time, couldn't help frowning, and cursed: "Nonsense!"

——I don't know if it's Lan Xin or Xu Mingjin.

On the contrary, Su Ying, the person involved, did not respond.

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

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

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

——The ghosts in this world don’t seem to be very lethal, but they become more powerful. wonder if they can hurt people?

A lot of doubts made Su Ying look at Xu Mingjin with curiosity and anticipation in his eyes, as well as a hint of encouragement.

——If you can talk, talk more!

Inexplicably, there was an illusion that the storyteller was urged to change. Xu Mingjin paused: "... She asked me to spare her, don't tell about the theft. If you have plans against me in the future, Saburo, she can tell meA tip-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 firm: "How can I listen to her nonsense!"

"...Originally, I saw that she didn't succeed, and because of the friendship between her and Saburo for many years, I thought of letting her go, so I didn't care about it. But she can even say such sobering words, which shows that she is aIt's not my duty. How can I pretend that nothing happened and let her continue to stay by your side, Saburo? It's trivial to continue to provoke our relationship between brothers, but your reputation is great if you ruin Saburo! Besides, the capital is no better than the countryside, this kind of peopleStaying by your side will be a disaster sooner or later."

"——I refused her right away. Maybe I was too emotional, and even said harsh words, saying that when you come back, Saburo, I must make it clear to you and drive this person away from you."

"Perhaps I was too merciless at the time, making him think that I would never be able to stay by your side, Saburo, and that it would be a vain dream to climb the wealth of the Duke's mansion, and be prosecuted for theft... She was emotionally excited, and neverStanding up on the ground, he rushed towards me, looking desperate!"

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

Speaking of this, Xu Mingjin's face was full of fear.Most of the souls of the ghosts that threw themselves on him had turned blood red, and their black eyeballs almost touched his.

If other people could see this scene, they would all run away from the door.But the only Su Ying who can see is his eyes are bright, looking at Xu Mingjin with more and more curiosity.

——I don't know if in this world, as long as the dead can turn into ghosts, or Lan Xin is unique, or must die with deep resentment... Or, does it have something to do with Xu Mingjin, the person who did it?

Xu Mingjin, who knew nothing about it, only felt that Su Ying's gaze made his scalp tingle, almost making him wonder if the lie he made up was so true that everyone who had been looking at him with displeasure fell for it?

Xu Mingjin endured the discomfort and finished his story:

"...I was already ill, and my mind was not very clear. Seeing that she was going to kill like a madman, I forced myself to get up from the ground, and picked up the vase beside the bed."

"Perhaps it's because the potential of her body exploded because of her life. When I woke up, she was already lying on the ground. My eyes were black, and half of my feet had stepped into the gate of hell. I could only sit on the ground and call for help. Half of my strength was exhausted."Gone……"

So far, Xu Mingjin has made up a logical story with a beginning and an end.And as the noble son of the Duke's Mansion, when he was seriously ill, someone broke into his room and killed him. No one would really hold him accountable if he killed someone with all his might?

At least, when the servants and servants who listened to his story looked at this Mr. Mingjin whose head was still wrapped with a cloth strip, there was clearly only the anger of the same enemy in their eyes.

In their opinion, it was obvious that Lan Xin was going too far.

They couldn't help arousing deep sympathy for this Mr. Ming Jin, who had been imprisoned, had a fever, and was murdered one after another—was the other party's luck too bad during this time?Is there really no need to go to a efficacious temple to worship?

Xu Mingyu fell into silence.

Xu Mingjin's rhetoric is very reasonable.

Although it is very suspicious that Lan Xin, a key figure whom he had identified for a long time to take back to the Duke's mansion for investigation, was suddenly killed...

But all the clues found in the investigation showed that Xu Mingjin had no contact with the other party beforehand, and never took the initiative to meet with the other party. Instead, Lan Xin went to find Xu Mingjin secretly. Only Xu Mingjin knew what happened between the two, maybe it really wasAs Xu Mingjin said, it was this person who wanted to take advantage of the sheep and was found out. After being found out, his dream of wealth and wealth failed, and he became angry and attacked Xu Mingjin in a hurry.

... After all, the nephew she had taken care of for many years became the eldest son of the Duke's mansion, but Xu Mingjin was not.Other maids and servants may not dare to offend Xu Mingjin, but she, who was called Aunt Lan Xin by San Lang, did not necessarily have a certain psychological advantage.

What's more, this person comes from a humble background and has short-sightedness.What wise men dare not do, stupid men dare to do.Many things that break the sky are often done by idiots.

The people in the station have already checked it out, and they are sure that there were no traces of careful planning before the incident happened. No matter how you look at it, it was just a sudden accident, which is similar to many other passionate murders - this is more in line with Xu Mingjin's rhetoricup.

Looking at Xu Mingjin who was lying on the hospital bed with a white face, he thought of the old doctor's words: If he hadn't happened to be in the post station, the other party's injury would have been sent to the hospital too late.Xu Mingyu finally let go of the doubts in his heart.

... His cousin shouldn't be that cruel, right?

He didn't think that his cousin would be able to kill someone and also seriously injured himself, that would be too scary.

And now that Xu Mingjin was seriously injured on the bed, if he continued to hold onto her and press her, it would be too aggressive.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingyu, who still had some doubts in his heart, was about to leave.Before leaving, he comforted Xu Mingjin: "Forget it, you should take good care of your wounds these few days, and don't bother your mind and mind. Let me handle this matter..."

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

The most troublesome part of this matter is Lan Xin's identity. She has a constant relationship with Saburo, and she is also the person that Saburo asked to be brought to the Duke's mansion together.But there is such an awkward relationship between Saburo and Xu Mingjin... Xu Mingyu thought silently.

Once reported to the official, gossip can be imagined.Maybe there will be unreliable rumors that "Sanlang is narrow-minded and cannot allow others to take advantage of Xu Mingjin's serious illness to get rid of this enemy who has exchanged lives with him for many years".

Although everyone knew that he didn't need to get rid of Xu Mingjin, after all, the latter posed no threat to him.

But rumors in this world never need to be so logical, enough bloody, exciting enough, and topical enough is the point.The complexity of the life experiences of these two people meant that rumors would spread widely.

What's more, the Duke's government is not without political enemies.Once someone caught this matter as tampering, perhaps before Sanlang was formally recognized, he would be splashed with dirty water first.

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

Although the doubts about Xu Mingjin were not all gone, but hitting the mouse hurt the jade bottle, so Xu Mingyu decided to settle the matter according to Xu Mingjin's statement. As for the last trace of doubts that could not be dispelled by his intuition, it would not be too late to investigate slowly in the future.Anyway, the Duke's Mansion has enough capabilities.

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

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

He showed a weak smile on his face, knowing that the matter was over for the time being, his risk was not in vain.

Even though he hated Su Ying's existence extremely, he had to admit that it was precisely because of his connection with Su Ying that he was able to make Xu Mingyu throw his hands at him.Otherwise, maybe the other party has already reported the matter to the court and brought the matter to court.

Along the way, he had guessed countless times what role Lan Xin played in the events back then, no matter what he thought, it was a hidden danger that must be eliminated, and he must not allow the other party to enter the capital.

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

——He thought of countless ways to secretly kill Lan Xin, 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, there is a risk of being detected after all, 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 the murder.

How about another way of thinking?You don't have to think about how to try your best to kill and silence without being found out, but to find an excuse to kill Lan Xin in an open and honest way, as long as it doesn't make people think that Lan Xin has his handle or secret.

After changing her mind, Xu Mingjin suddenly became enlightened.

Before he could think of a perfect excuse, Lan Xin took the initiative to deliver it to the door.At that moment, Xu Mingjin realized that this was a god-sent opportunity, and the god really cared for him!

Even so, Xu Mingjin also took a lot of risks.

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

Xu Mingjin kept repeating this "fact" in her heart, as if she could deceive herself and others by repeating this way.

"What are you thinking?" 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 at some point, and bent down, with a face almost in front of him.

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

"You, Saburo, what else are you doing?" Didn't you see that everyone else went out?Why don't you get out 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.Is there something wrong with suspicion?

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

"Of course no problem!" Lan Xin is dead, and now only Xu Mingjin knows what happened between the two of them, no matter how you make it up, if you have any doubts, make it up to dispel the doubts!

Xu Mingjin forcibly pulled himself together.

In his narration that became darker and darker, Su Ying watched with great interest that the ghost on his body became redder and redder, and finally turned into a burning blood red color from top to bottom!

——The r card has been successfully upgraded to ssr!

Su Ying looked at Xu Mingjin more and more kindly.

Did he suspect it?Looks like you believe it?Under Su Ying's friendly gaze, Xu Mingjin racked his brains to get rid of doubts, and his brain was about to explode due to the double negative state of fever and injury.

His eyes darkened and his vision became blurred.

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

...It's not really going to die, is it?Play off?

Xu Mingjin opened his mouth and made a weak voice.

"Actually, Lan Xin and I don't communicate much. What happened today was a complete accident. Saburo, do you have any questions?" After asking, let him rest, please!

He really didn't want to be suspected, but he didn't want to lose his life even more.Shouldn't it be time to faint and avoid this endless questioning?

Xu Mingjin thought in a daze.

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 suit, the ghost didn't respond to any stimulation.

"Then the next step is Jing Zhaoyin's business."

Under Xu Mingjin's bewildered eyes, Su Ying smiled at him: "I don't have any questions, but maybe Jing Zhaoyin has questions? If you haven't finished speaking, you can keep it and talk to Jing Beiyin."

He got up to leave, and did not forget to turn his head to encourage: "Come on, I believe in you!"

Outside the opened gate, the policeman from Jing Zhaoyin stepped into the station aggressively and appeared in front of Xu Mingjin.