In Daqi, Jing Zhaoyin is in charge of the people's livelihood and public security in the area of Jingzhi. Together with Shangjing City, many nearby counties and districts are under the jurisdiction of Jing Zhaoyin.Jing Zhaoyin governed, so the moment the murder happened, Su Ying randomly found someone in the post station and asked someone to inform Jing Zhaoyin.

When Jing Zhaoyin learned that the murder case involved the sons of the government, they didn't dare to delay, so they immediately sent people. After only half a day, the room where the murder happened was blocked by Jing Zhaoyin's people, and Lan Xin's body was handed over, Xu Mingjin, who was involved in the case, had no time to rest and had to undergo interrogation again.

That afternoon, the convoy entered the city together with the officers and soldiers sent by Jing Zhaoyin.People from the two parties mixed together, everyone who saw them was very surprised, they all speculated in their hearts that some nobleman in Wei Guogong's mansion had a big accident, even Jing Zhaoyin was alarmed.

Soon, they won't have to worry about guessing.

Because the news they want to know has been like a tornado, centered on the Jingzhaoyin Yamen, blowing all over the capital in just one day, and reaching everyone's ears.

Xu Mingjin, who has been carefully cultivated by Wei Guogong's mansion for 16 years, has nothing to do with Wei Guogong and his wife.Instead, the real son was found after staying in the countryside for 16 years. It is said that he has never even read a book and can barely read.

Such a story with twists and turns is even more absurd and bizarre than the script. It is really hard to believe if one has not seen it with one's own eyes.Just this explosive news was enough to cause a stir in Beijing, and it has been talked about for many years.

But this is not the most surprising thing. What is even more shocking is that the real and fake sons of Wei Guogong's mansion went to court.prison.

——Of course, everyone knows that it was Xu Mingjin who fought back and killed the "aunt" who went to Beijing with the son, and was imprisoned by the Jingzhao Yin Yamen. Objectively, it has nothing to do with the son himself.

But how many people will believe this ostensible rhetoric?Was it true that there was no order from Duke Wei's son behind this "aunt" who was born as a slave and had a dishonorable name?

Conspiracy theorists can't help but wonder if the eldest son couldn't understand Xu Mingjin's rich and noble life in his place for so many years, so he instructed Lan Xin to find fault with Xu Mingjin behind his back. Unexpectedly, Xu Mingjin was so frustrated that he killed someone himself.Therefore, the son followed suit to report to the officials, sacrificed a mere slave, and sent Xu Mingjin to Jingzhao Yin Yamen.

Therefore, the Duke and Duchess who received the news failed to wait for their son at home. They first learned that he had gone to the Jingzhao Yin Yamen—as the dead Lan Xin's closest "relative" in this world, that is, the oldest son of the murderer Xu Mingjin.Sufferer.

Jing Zhaoyin has considerable experience in handling such homicide cases. After inspecting the scene and corpses and asking Xu Mingjin for a question, he can roughly conclude that there is no third person in this case and that the deceased is indeed Xu Mingjin.Killed by himself, but the reason is hard to determine.After all, there were only the two of them in the room at the time, so it was really difficult to find out whether the deceased became angry and committed an attack as Xu Mingjin said and he had no choice but to fight back.But in any case, Xu Mingjin's murder cannot be faked.

According to Qi Law, the intentional murderer will be killed, but considering what Xu Mingjin said about being forced to fight back, and the disparity in status between the two, it is a fact that Lan Xin sneaked into Xu Mingjin's room without permission, and she did have evil intentions towards Xu Mingjinpossibility... In short, after considering various factors, Lord Wang made a judgment after careful consideration:

"According to the law of Qi, beating others to the dead will result in eighty battles and exile. There may be inside information about this matter, and it will only take three years."

After Mr. Wang's words fell, Xu Mingjin in the courtroom didn't respond, just stood there blankly, as if he had lost his soul.

He still can't accept that he was pushed to Jing Zhaoyin for trial, and his mind seems to be immersed in the post station, the moment Su Ying got up and put a group of Jing Zhaoyin's policemen into the inner room.At that time, facing Su Ying's smiling and encouraging eyes, Xu Mingjin felt absurd and unbelievable.

There was a silent roar in his heart.

— Reporting to the official?Why did you choose to report to the officer?Do you know what part you played in this case?In the eyes of the world, Lan Xin's disrespect towards me will be understood as your dissatisfaction with me, and her "active attack" on me will be understood as you have hated me for a long time, how dare you report it to the authorities?!

Xu Mingjin really couldn't understand.

——I have been living abroad for many years, and I was finally found back, but I am not at all worried that I will bring a stain on the Duke's government, and in the eyes of everyone, I will get a bad reputation of being narrow-minded and intolerant?A poor country boy with no literacy, who was hit by the wealth and wealth of the Duke's Mansion, shouldn't he be more careful, cautious in his words and deeds, so as not to be liked by the Duke's Mansion?

——or is this person a complete idiot who has never thought of the disadvantages to him when things go wrong?

With this thought, Xu Mingjin felt aggrieved.

He considered that the old doctor he had invited had not left the inn before he dared to kill himself, that when Lan Xin came here, she would be sneaky so no one would know her purpose, and that this woman's personality on weekdays was enough to make her feel ashamed.The excuses he fabricated became reasonable, taking into account the reactions of the Duke's Mansion and Xu Mingyu... In the shortest possible time, Xu Mingjin made the most thorough considerations, but he never thought that there would be Su Ying in this world who doesn't care about reputation,He is also not bound by all unspoken rules, and he is a person who can do whatever he wants.

Of course Xu Mingjin didn't think that Su Ying didn't care about anything, he just thought that this person was hopelessly stupid.He can calculate the thoughts of smart people, but it is difficult to predict the words and deeds of idiots!

He suddenly felt annoyed that he "raised a rock and shot himself in the foot" - he had been dealing with Su Ying with the rules he was familiar with in the elite circle of the capital, but he never thought that this person came from the countryside and didn't understand at all.Those twists and turns.In this way, doesn't his "fighting of wits and courage" during this period of time seem as ridiculous as a buffoon?

He is full of thoughts on how to kill people without being discovered the truth of his life experience. He never thought that he would be sentenced for murder before his life experience was discovered.

The possibility of being sentenced for killing Lan Xin never appeared in Xu Mingjin's mind.After all, among the dignitaries he has been with, there are some who act more brutally and excessively, and they are basically private. Who of those people has ever been punished by the government for this?After Su Ying chose to report to the police, he seemed to finally have the idea that "I might be sentenced".

Xu Mingjin just found it funny.

Just as he was laughing at himself secretly, Jing Zhaoyin had already pronounced his sentence sternly and unselfishly - "Three years in prison."

Three years in prison?How can this be!Xu Mingjin with a shrunken expression immediately seemed to have been poured on his forehead by a bucket of ice water.

He didn't care about other things, raised his head and interrupted Jing Zhaoyin's words loudly: "I don't accept it! According to the law of Qi, those who offend nobles with cheapness, if they are killed, don't care;The theory of redemption! That slut offends the noble with the lowly, and I only acted to protect myself, and I did not intend to kill him, so why should I be punished for the crime of homicide? Please judge the case impartially, Your Excellency."

These two laws correspond to two situations, namely: if a lowly offender is killed, the murderer will not be sentenced if he is innocent; if he commits manslaughter and the victim is at fault first, he will only be fined a ransom.

Saying this, Xu Mingjin glanced at Su Ying next to him, his meaning was very obvious. He suspected that this Jing Zhaoyin deliberately gave him a heavy sentence in order to please the real heir of Duke Wei's mansion.

In normal times, Xu Mingjin would definitely not speak so freely and contradict Jing Zhaoyin in court. After all, Jing Zhaoyin is not a petty official.

But now, he is about to be arrested and put in jail, so he wouldn't consider the consequences of contradicting Jing Zhaoyin.He only knew that Fan Jing Zhaoyin still cared about the official voice and didn't want to bear the stigma. Even if he was contradicted and angry, he would seriously consider his words.

Lord Jing Zhaoyin, who was doubted for no reason, really frowned.

"Sure enough, he is a well-known talent in Shangjing, but he is proficient in Qilu." He boasted, his tone became cold again, and he slapped the gavel, "But the inside story of this case is not clear, whether your murder was intentional or inadvertentPeople can prove it. You said that the deceased attacked you first, what is the evidence? I said that you killed yourself and then self-harmed to frame the deceased, how likely is it?"

Mr. Wang just said it casually, but it happened to hit the truth. Xu Mingjin was sweating coldly on his back, with a dissatisfied expression on his face, but he didn't dare to say any more.

Mr. Wang didn't notice his guilty conscience, but continued to say calmly: "Intentional murderers will be exiled at least, and beheaded at worst. I only sentenced you to three years in prison, because I was concerned about the inside story. I considered all possibilities and made a compromise."

"As for using the lowly to infringe the noble? The deceased had left his lowly status many years ago and returned to a good one. You have no title or military service. You are all common people. How can you use the lowly to injure the noble?"

Speaking of this, Mr. Wang sneered again and again, as if mocking Xu Mingjin's ignorance.Could it be that this person still thinks that he is still the heir of Duke Wei's mansion?

His unceremonious words clearly said - you look down on others as commoners, aren't you also a commoner?

When did Xu Mingjin ever receive such a pungent ridicule?Immediately blushed, and could no longer speak.

He couldn't help asking: "Isn't Lan Xin a servant of the Li family?"

——She admits that she is her own mother's personal servant!And along the way, he was called around by that mud-legged person, and did the lowly work of raising pigs. Although he was called "Auntie" on his lips, what kind of words and deeds were not slaves?

Su Ying, who let Mr. Wang do his best because he didn't understand the laws of this era, said, "Of course not."

He retorted earnestly, and complained for Lan Xin: "Aunt Lan Xin has been released to the Liang family for many years, and my mother, oh, now it is your mother, and your mother is married to Jinlan, and they are as close as sisters. Taking care of me on weekdays is allHow can the care of the elders be a slave? It is precisely because of this that I have to report to the official, and I can't let Aunt Lan Xin die in such an unexplained way."

While speaking, Su Ying fixed his eyes on the blood-clothed female ghost who clung to Xu Mingjin's body and turned into a spirit behind her.

The blood-clothed female ghost looked excited at this time: "Yes, yes, this villain has caused me so much misery! He has been taken advantage of for three years! I want to enter his dreams every day, so that he can never sleep peacefully!"

I don't know how powerful it is after turning into blood clothes, but this ghost's spiritual intelligence has obviously increased a lot, and he can speak a lot more fluently.

She still didn't forget to complain to Su Ying: "Sanlang, you don't know something. It's not an accident that you made a mistake back then. You have suffered for so many years, and it was all his mother's fault! She wanted to keep her son from being bumped."You are suffering so much, enjoying the blessings of the rich and powerful, so I changed you cruelly! You should have enjoyed sixteen years of happiness in Wei Guogong's mansion! This kid has taken advantage of you, but treats you like an enemy. Now even moreIf you hold a grudge, it will be a disaster to live sooner or later!"

The blood-clothed female ghost's voice was sharp and piercing. Her crimson ghost image was a mass of burning blood-colored flames wrapped around Xu Mingjin's body. Her blood-stained hair was flying around like tentacles with fangs and claws. Her voice was as shrill as weeping blood.

"—Kill him, kill him, you must kill him! This villain is ruthless and ungrateful. If he can kill me today, he will kill you and the Duke's Mansion in the future! Sanlang, absolutely not!"Let him go, this villain must be killed!"

"Okay, okay, kill slowly." Su Ying was extremely perfunctory.

...You can't kill an ene even if you want to, you are really weak.After talking about it for a long time, the color has not deepened by half. The more look at it, the more feel that there is a limit to being a ghost in this world.

No wonder there have been no ghosts and ghosts in this world.It seems that even if there are ghosts, they can't interfere with the world, right?

Su Ying was thinking about the use of this weak ghost, when he was interrupted by Xu Mingjin's surprised voice.

"Father, mother!"

A middle-aged couple with a graceful temperament appeared in Jing Zhaoyin's yamen at some point, and they just came to the court in such a grand manner that even Mr. Wang never uttered a word to reprimand them.

——It turned out to be Wei Guogong and his wife who received the notification from Xu Mingyu.

Su Ying looked curiously and met their eyes.

The eyes of the two couldn't help but waver.

"Master Wang, can you allow us some time?"

Wei Guogong Xu Qian said.

The arrival of the two surprised Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang already knew the backgrounds of Xu Mingjin and Su Ying, and probably guessed their purpose, so he agreed after the accident. Anyway, he had already closed the case.

"Father, mother!"

Xu Mingjin, who was about to be taken down, couldn't help shouting again, and he looked at the two of them in surprise and joy:

"Are you here to save me?"

His image at this time looked really miserable.There was still a cloth strip wrapped around his head, some blood oozes out from his struggle, his cheeks were pale without any color, but after leaving for less than a month, his figure has lost a lot of weight.

After all, he was a child raised for many years, Wei Guogong and his wife couldn't help sighing when they saw him like this.

This sigh fell on Xu Mingjin's heart, which shocked him heavily.As if returning to the old days when his father valued his mother's love, Xu Mingjin seemed to have grasped the last straw, and he desperately broke free from the yamen's control:

"—I don't want to go to jail, I'm innocent!"

"——It was that lowly maid who harmed me!"

"You guys watched me grow up! You know me, how could I do anything to someone for no reason. It was that lowly maid who hurt me, I was killed by someone!"

"Son, you are suffering."

In Xu Mingjin's eyes as if looking at a savior, Mrs. Guo's face was full of distress, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She walked towards Xu Mingjin.

A smile appeared on Xu Mingjin's pale and thin face.He wanted to say: I am not bitter, as long as my mother is willing to recognize me as a son.As long as you can continue to stay in Wei Guogong's mansion.

But just as Xu Mingjin opened his mouth, the Duke's wife had already passed him, and hugged Su Ying, who was standing beside him like a bystander, with tears streaming down his eyes.

"It's been so hard for you for so many years, my son!"

"It's all because I lost you because of my mother's confusion..."

Xu Mingjin turned his head in a daze, watching Mrs. Guo weeping with joy holding her lost and recovered son, the light in his eyes was extinguished and turned into an indelible gloom.

Intense humiliation and anger rampaged in his heart.

Bitch!Bitch!Bitch!They're all sluts!

Unparalleled hatred gushed out in his eyes.

Then, a broad hand fell on his shoulder.

Xu Mingjin raised her head in astonishment, and her eyes, whose hatred had not completely subsided, met Wei Guogong Xu Qian's.

Xu Qian frowned, and suddenly felt that the hasty decision before coming here was right: "...It seems that you hate us."

"No..." Xu Mingjin opened her mouth and was about to refute.

"There is no need to say any more." Xu Qian pressed his big palm on his shoulder like iron tongs, and said heavily, "Back then, your biological father was kind to the Duke's mansion, allowing my wife and children to be safe, and the Duke's mansion also carefully cultivated youSixteen years, even if we have repaid the kindness of the past, we will not owe each other from now on."

There was a bit of regret on his face.

"...I originally thought that after Ming Jue came back, if your two brothers get along well, they can help each other and be a family for a long time. Now it seems that things in the world cannot be forced."

It would be a pity to give up the excellent adopted son who has been trained for many years. If Xu Mingjin can get along well with his biological son, it will be fine to continue raising him because of Li Langzhong's life-saving grace.However, what Xu Mingyu relayed after returning home made Wei Guogong and his wife understand that such an idea was empty talk after all.That being the case, they can only give up one.

Originally, Xu Qian still had some reluctance in his heart, but seeing Xu Mingjin now, his reluctance quickly disappeared.

——This adopted son seems to hate even them.

"What happened back then was a mistake. How can you make mistakes again and again? It's good for both of you to return to your respective positions."

Hearing what Wei Guogong said, Xu Mingjin seemed to realize something, his eyes slowly widened, and a terrified expression gradually appeared on his face: "No—" Don't say it!

"I have kicked you out of the family tree." But Xu Qian did not allow him to refuse and said the next words, "From now on, you are no longer my Xu family, so you can do it yourself."

After finishing speaking, Wei Guogong looked at Lord Jing Zhaoyin Wang: "After all, this son has been with me for many years. Even if this son holds a grudge and intentionally kills my son to tarnish my son's reputation, Lord Wang please see that Xu is suffering for Da Qi."For the sake of working for many years, I will give you a lighter sentence." Then, he added, "I dare not ask Mr. Wang to bend the law for personal gain, and I have already entered the palace to ask His Majesty for orders."

"Wei Guogong has devoted himself to His Majesty, and the credit is well known to the public. I have always admired it for a long time. It is a trivial matter, why talk about favoritism and perverting the law?" His Excellency immediately understood, and he smiled on his round face, and bowed in the direction of the palace., "Your Majesty has a holy judgment, and my ministers respectfully listen to the holy will."

The emperor's verbal instructions in the palace were very simple. After hearing Xu Qian's words, he just said: "This matter is Qing's family business, and Qing can handle it according to his discretion."

For Lan Xin, the emperor didn't bother to care about how she died, so he might as well use it to show favor to his subjects.

Therefore, in the end Xu Mingjin was sentenced to "one year in prison".

——Before coming, Wei Guogong’s plan was to exempt from imprisonment, “on the basis of redemption”.He paid a huge fine for Xu Mingjin, and he owed nothing from now on.But when he found that Xu Mingjin was actually harboring hatred, and realized that his character was not coming back, he changed his mind and simply let him stay sober in prison for a year.

The sentence was reduced by two years, and Xu Mingjin was not happy at all.

It should be said that he felt a deeper pain than before.

Wei Guogong shot too hard!

First expulsion, then conviction.In an instant he lost everything and became a filthy executioner.

Xu Mingjin's eyes were red, and he rushed forward like crazy, but was dragged down by the wolf-like yamen servants.

In the end, he saw the majestic father who had always shown no signs of expression in front of him stumbling around in front of another boy, showing a rare nervousness.

His parents, whom he had called his father and mother for more than ten years, carefully surrounded the other boy, as if looking at a lost treasure.

Xu Mingjin couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood anymore, and he passed out.

At the same time that Jing Zhaoyin was re-sentenced, at the same time, Wei Guogong's government had already activated the countermeasures, and many stories, true or false, were spread, which completely reversed the direction of public opinion in Shangjing.

Now Xu Mingjin has become a villain who is unwilling to be reconciled to the loss of the position of the son, and deliberately kills Lan Xin to tarnish the reputation of the son with resentment;For his kindness, there must be a moral gentleman who condemns Wei Guogong's ruthlessness; only Su Ying was washed innocent and became a wanderer for 16 years.Poor little poor hapless bastard who dragged him into the water even if he killed someone.

——If Xu Mingjin knew this, he would understand how naive his previous thoughts were.

Of course, Duke Wei's government is wary of rats, and they don't want the son to be involved in the vortex of Lan Xin's death, and to be subject to people's unwarranted speculation and suspicion.But with the power of Duke Wei's government, the truth of Lan Xin's death is not important at all, as long as they give a truth that is beneficial to the son, this truth must be the truth.