I am the villain in the book

To be honest, Wei Changtian was initially quite surprised by Xu Qingwan's attitude.

He had only transmigrated here a little over a month ago, and his thinking hadn't fully shifted yet. He still felt that there should be a dating process for mutual understanding between a man and a woman before discussing marriage.

Were their personalities compatible? Were their lifestyles suitable? Was their nightlife harmonious?

Even if none of that was necessary, shouldn't they spend some time cultivating feelings?

So, for a proper young lady like Xu Qingwan, since he had said that, all she needed to consider was whether or not she was willing to marry him.

Right now, the answer was clear—she was willing.

Comrade Xiao Xu was willing to marry, and Wei Changtian was undoubtedly willing to marry her, but he was slightly worried about one thing.

He already had three women in his courtyard, and there was also Yang Liushi outside. If he added Xu Qingwan…

Hiss, he didn't know if his body could handle it in the future.

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The distance from Nanling County to the capital was about the same as the distance to Shanyang County he went to last time, except one was in the south and the other in the north.

At dusk, the three of them arrived in Nanling territory, but they didn't enter the city. Instead, they continued south along the official road and drove for another two quarters of an hour before slowly stopping outside a landlord's mansion.

"Halt!"

The yamen runner acting as the coachman stopped the carriage and turned his head to ask: "My lords, do you need this humble one to inform the county yamen?"

"Not yet. We'll let them come and clean up after we've killed the monster."

Wei Changtian instructed before getting out of the carriage first and walking straight to the gate of the mansion to knock on the knocker.

"Creak~"

Before long, the side door slowly opened, and a servant poked his head out, looking somewhat puzzled at the tiger-dragon uniforms of Wei Changtian and the others.

"Who are you? What business do you have at my Zhang residence?"

Ordinary people rarely saw people from the Hanging Mirror Division, so it was normal not to recognize them.

Zhou Cheng took a step forward and showed his waist badge: "We are officers in the Willow Leaf Division of the Hanging Mirror Division. We are here today to eliminate a demon."

"Hang-, Hanging Mirror Division…"

The servant stammered for a moment, and without thinking, he hurriedly gave way at the door: "I'll go inform… Ah, no! I'll take you to see the master right away!"

"Please lead the way."

None of the three were the type to put on airs. They politely followed the trembling servant into the inner courtyard, taking the opportunity to survey the scenery in the courtyard along the way.

Unlike the mansions of wealthy families in the capital, this Zhang residence was obviously much larger, but the scenery and layout were far inferior to those in the capital.

How should I put it… It was a bit like a farm stay that was decorated fairly well.

After walking along the gravel road for about an incense stick's worth of time, during which a servant had already gone in to report, the three of them soon saw a middle-aged man with a big belly and shifty eyes.

The man was waddling towards them, but Zhou Cheng's eyes suddenly sharpened, and his hand slowly reached for the hilt of his saber.

"Brother Wei, this is the rat demon you mentioned, right!"

"? ? ?"

Wei Changtian was stunned, then looked up at the man opposite him, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhou, you don't need to be so nervous, he's not a monster."

"Besides, how could a beast with such low intelligence like a rat demon transform with only forty years of cultivation?"

"This… that's right."

Zhou Cheng came to his senses upon hearing this and removed his hand from his saber a little embarrassedly.

The fat landlord in front of him was indeed not a demon, at least not a rat demon.

Because there was a rule for demon transformations, which was that it largely depended on its own level of intelligence.

For example, Yang Liushi, she actually only had less than fifty years of cultivation, but because the intelligence of a fox demon, or rather its wisdom, was relatively high, she was able to transform into human form very early on.

Then there was the fifty-year-old ape demon. Although it still looked like an ape, it was clear in the fight that it already possessed human intelligence. If it didn't die, it was estimated that it would successfully transform in less than ten years.

As for demons with low intelligence such as rats, ants, snakes, and insects, they basically didn't need to think about transforming in this lifetime, unless there was some great opportunity.

After glancing at the slightly embarrassed Zhou Cheng, Wei Changtian patted him on the shoulder and deliberately joked: "Brother Zhou, you can't judge people by their appearance."

"If I could judge solely based on appearance and temperament, wouldn't I also be a demon?"

"Huh?"

Zhou Cheng was confused: "What do you mean by that, Brother Wei? What kind of demon are you?"

"That would naturally be…"

Wei Changtian paused and turned to look at Xu Qingwan: "Qingwan, you tell me, what kind of demon am I?"

Xu Qingwan thought for a moment, then gave a serious answer: "A dragon demon."

Zhou Cheng: "…"

Wei Changtian: "Hahahaha!"

The two showered the single dog with dog food, and the three quickly walked up to the fat landlord.

The landlord didn't dare to ask what they were talking about, but smiled obsequiously: "Commoner Zhang Dajin greets the three Silver Leaf Lords!"

"Oh?"

Wei Changtian looked at him: "Master Zhang has quite the discerning eye."

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

Zhang Dajin wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed and smiled: "I just had the good fortune to see a Silver Leaf Lord handling a case before."

"Mm."

Wei Changtian didn't dwell on this topic and directly got to the point: "Master Zhang, we received news that your residence is harboring a demon, so we came specifically to eliminate it."

"Understood! I understand!"

Zhang Dajin nodded repeatedly: "The three lords should come inside and sit for a while, I'll present the demon right away."

"Hm? Has the rat demon already been captured by you?"

Wei Changtian was greatly surprised for a moment.

That's not right, according to what was written in the novel, the entire Zhang residence shouldn't know about the existence of the rat demon!

Now it had actually been captured?

What medicine was being sold in this gourd?

Wei Changtian sat down in the house with doubts, and then saw Zhang Dajin quickly walk over holding a small wooden box.

"My lords, the demon is here."

"? ? ?"

No, even if the rat demon was small, it couldn't possibly be put into this little thing!

Wei Changtian suspiciously reached out and took the wooden box, slowly opening it with great caution…

And when he saw the three neatly stacked demon cores in the box, his mind instantly cleared.

Good fellow! Did he think they were here to collect protection fees?!

While he was laughing and crying, Zhang Dajin, who had misunderstood from beginning to end, nervously introduced from the side:

"My lords, this commoner really doesn't have a rat demon here."

"These three demon cores come from a deer demon, a bear demon, and a snake demon, respectively, all with around thirty years of cultivation."

"I, I mean… why don't the three lords eliminate a different demon this time?"