Shengjing Noble

The carriage slowly drove into the city gate.

The car curtain was lifted by a slender hand, revealing a fair little face.

Su Lanxin looked out of the car window. The defeated county town looked extremely depressed everywhere.

The streets were empty and I walked for a long time without seeing anyone. The ground was covered with thick dust and the stalls on both sides were empty...

Everywhere you look, it's all desolate.

"Mother, this remote place is too shabby." Su Lanxin couldn't help but feel disgusted.

Liu Ruyan glanced outside and sighed helplessly: "There is no other way. For the sake of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we can only endure it temporarily."

"I hope to find the whereabouts of that half jade ring as soon as possible."

"The person I sent out to investigate has reported that they saw the jade ring in a small village near Qiu County. I don't know if it's true or not."

"What village?"

"I remember it's called Li Village, not far to the east. Once you're settled, mother will go with you."

"But you see, all the people in the city have fled. Are there still people in the village?"

"There are always old people who can't escape. Don't worry. As long as we have clues, we can't give up. This is related to your future."

At this point, Su Lanxin's eyes flashed with hatred, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It's all the fault of that bitch Su Lanyin. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have ended up like this. Maybe I would have married the Crown Prince a long time ago, and there would be no need for me to run to this shitty place to suffer!"

If she had been able to shine at the poetry meeting instead of being crushed by Su Lanyin, Fu Mingheng would have definitely taken notice of her a long time ago, and she wouldn't have had to go to such great lengths to please him.

"As long as you can marry the prince, you can control Su Lanyin as you like, not to mention that she is Lu Wanjun."

"That's right! When the time comes, I will make this bitch mother and daughter kneel down and kowtow to me a hundred times!"

Su Lanxin felt satisfied just thinking about it, and a scornful arc appeared on the corner of her mouth.

……

As they were talking, the carriage slowly pulled to a stop by the roadside.

Su Yongcheng got off the leading carriage and glanced at the gate in front of him. He couldn't help but frowned, full of disgust.

"What kind of crappy place is this?"

Wang Tao hurried forward and replied: "Sir, this is where you and your family live."

"I am the county magistrate after all, how can I live in such a shabby house?"

Wang Tao explained helplessly, "Sir, this is indeed your residence. Since ancient times, the county magistrates have always lived in the courtyard on the right side of the county government office, without exception."

"Humph!" Su Yongcheng put his hands behind his back and said arrogantly, "Why can't I live in the county government office?"

"That's the county magistrate's residence. This is against the rules..."

Su Yongcheng did not speak but the follower beside him shouted: "What rules? Do you know who my master is?"

"Isn't it the county magistrate?" Wang Tao looked puzzled.

"The new county magistrate is my master's biological son. How can he let the father live in a small house and the son live in a big house?" the attendant shouted.

"Ah this..."

Wang Tao had indeed never heard of this incident, but then he thought about it and realized that the new county magistrate was Su Shengyun, and the county magistrate was Su Yongcheng.

Both of them have the surname Su... Could they really be father and son?

Thinking that the new county magistrate was in the county government office, he decided to invite him out. Once the two parties met, they would know the truth.

It’s just that I can’t expose Su Shengyun’s true identity for the time being, otherwise wouldn’t it reveal that I have known the truth for a long time?

So he rolled his eyes and decided to go with the flow.

"Since the county magistrate is the county magistrate's father, the family should live together. Please come this way."

As he spoke, Wang Tao led them towards the east gate of the county government office.

……

Su Shengming thought about what Su Lanyin had instructed him to do yesterday and was about to go find Wang Tao.

But as soon as I went out, I saw Wang Tao and a group of people walking into the yard.

Both parties were dumbfounded when they met and stood there in a daze for a while.

"You guys..." Su Shengming felt a little flustered, but then he calmed down.

Yinyin said that no matter what emergencies you encounter, you must not panic and must deal with them calmly!

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to reveal his true nature in front of the Su family, and immediately pretended to be Su Shengyun's usual pedantic scholar and looked at the opposite side.

He looked indifferent, and his words were softer than usual.

"Why...why are you here?"

When Su Yongcheng saw him for the first time, he was walking out in a lazy manner, but then he stood up straight again, looking gentle and weak.

In the past, Su Shengyun was thin and Su Shengming was strong, but after being tossed around by Su Lanyin twice, the latter also lost a lot of weight.

So they are almost identical in appearance.

In addition, their temperaments are exactly the same at the moment. Even their biological father would find it difficult to tell the difference between Su Shengming and Su Shengyun.

What's more, he is an unfit father.

"Are you Su Shengyun?"

Su Shengming swallowed, his heart suddenly tightened, a few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his face remained as calm as a rock.

"just……"

He was about to answer when he heard a commotion outside.

Then, several officers ran into the yard and reported loudly.

"Boss, this is bad! For some reason all the prisoners in the dungeon have escaped!"

Wang Tao's face changed drastically when he heard this: "What did you say? How could the prisoner escape? What are you doing? Go and catch him!"

Su Shengming knew that Su Lanyin had taken action, so he lowered his voice and asked coldly, "Captain Wang, there is such a commotion, which prisoner has escaped?"

In the distance, shouting sounds came one after another. It was the group of "prisoners" shouting loudly, as if venting their dissatisfaction.

Su Yongcheng frowned and couldn't help asking, "I didn't see many civilians when I entered the city just now, how come there are so many prisoners?"

Wang Tao was sweating profusely and didn't know how to prevaricate for a moment, so he could only hurriedly perfunctorily say: "Sir, please wait a moment, I will handle it right away!"

After saying this, he fled in a hurry with his men, fearing that he would be questioned.

Su Shengming was not in a hurry. He walked to the stone bench next to him and sat down and waited patiently. Su Lanyin would definitely lead the people over, so he didn't have to go out.

Su Yongcheng, Liu Ruyan and Su Lanxin looked at each other, all confused and having no idea what was going on.

Until Su Lanyin rushed into the yard with a group of people, followed by many officials, led by Wang Tao.

"Sir, please do this for me..."

Before the master called out, Su Lanyin saw Su Yongcheng standing there.

Her original plan was to let Su Shengming pretend to be her second brother to deal with Wang Tao, but once exposed, he would be impersonating an imperial official, and in serious cases he would be beheaded.

But now there is no need to do that, because Su Yongcheng, the sucker, just happened to come!

You came at the perfect time!

Su Lanyin rushed to Su Yongcheng's side in one step. She shouted to the group of people who had escaped from behind: "Everyone, come quickly! This is the new county magistrate of Qiu County. Come and redress your grievances!"