After Arrantis left, Lu Xi looked at the two guards who were standing there like statues, and shook his head with some interest. He leaned back in the carriage, wondering what he was going to do with it.

At this moment, a bloated figure came out of a palatial compound next to it. It was a man of about forty years of age, dressed in a splendid robe embroidered with heraldry and gold thread, and holding an ivory cane encrusted with rubies in his hand.

Such an extremely luxurious outfit didn't give the man much aura, but it made Lu involuntarily think of the colorful balloons in the amusement park, no matter how bloated they were, they all burst as soon as they plunged in.

The man walked over to a carriage, and the driver quickly opened the door. Just as they were about to get into the car, a middle-aged woman in ragged clothes came out of nowhere, her skinny and vegetable-covered face, but she didn't know where the strength came from, and grabbed the gold-rimmed robe alive. The dim eyes now showed a light of pleading.

"What's going on here?" Lu Xi pointed to the woman who was obviously a beggar and said to the guards.

"Of course it's a beggar!" Although the guard stood as if it were a statue, he still politely answered Lu Xi's question.

"No, I mean, why are the beggars here?"

"My lord laughed." The guard said, "Why can't the beggars come here?" ”

Are you a guard or a cross talker? Lu Xi was suddenly angry, and just as he wanted to say something more, the beggar woman had already made a pleading voice: "My lord, please do well......

"Get out of here, you shitty old beggar! If you stain my clothes, you can't afford to pay for a hundred! The noblely dressed man let out a vicious scream, and he tugged at his robe so hard that when he found that he could not pull it, he picked up his cane again and struck it on his head and face.

The woman covered her head and face with one hand, but the other hand was still clutching the robe. She knelt on the ground, silently endured the man's beating, and begged: "Master, please do well, I don't care what I do, but my daughter ......"

"Daughter?" The man in the robe paused, and his gaze quickly settled on a little girl in the corner.

It was a little girl who was no more than seven or eight years old, but with a thin yellow face, and she cowered in a corner of the street, watching her mother being beaten, and although her eyes were full of tears, she did not dare to come. However, although she is skinny and pale, she has a pair of clear big eyes and a delicate mouth and nose, which can be seen to be a beautiful embryo.

"My lord, please buy my daughter. Just give her food and let her do whatever she wants......"

"Oh, you're going to sell your daughter?" The man nodded, looking at the little girl's eyes lit up, "How much?" ”

The woman looked at the man with trepidation, then at her daughter hesitantly, her teeth twitched with difficulty, and then she stretched out five fingers with a slight tremble: "Five, fifty silver karla." If you can give her a mouthful of food, five or fifty will take him away......"

"Mom, Mom, I don't want to go, I want to be with Mom, Mom!" The little girl tugged at the corner of her mother's coat and wailed loudly.

The woman seemed unmoved, deliberately not looking back to make eye contact with her daughter, but at that moment, cloudy tears had already flowed uncontrollably from her dusky eyes.

Maybe it's because he has seen too much of such a scene, and the richly dressed man was not touched at all, he licked the corner of his mouth: "It's too expensive, a horned eagle is worth a hundred, and now this little thing can't do any work." I'll have to raise her for at least a few years, so let's do it, just thirty. ”

"Three, thirty?" The woman was so shaky that she almost fainted. …,

"Just thirty! Do you sell or not? ”

"One hundred and fifty carats! That's ten golden mila, I bought it! Lu Xi said this as he walked over.

"Ten Kimila?" The woman looked at Lu Xi, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"Boy, don't be troublesome!" The man stared fiercely at Lu Xi who came over.

"What's the matter, she's ready to sell, and I want to buy it too. If you want to buy it, you can sell more than me? ”

The man looked each other up and down, making sure he hadn't seen the teenager in any social setting. It must be the children of a small nobleman in the countryside who came to the capital to play, and they don't know how thick the sky is.

"My brother-in-law is a senator, where are you messing around?"

"Well," Lu Xi tilted his head and pondered, "I can barely be regarded as the follower of Goddess Nadia's sister." ”

"Ignorant hillbilly, you dare to play with me......" The man was furious, he opened his mouth and was about to scold but couldn't help but stop, because Lu Xi had already stuffed the staff into the other party's mouth.

"You say, should I put a sour arrow or a fireball at this time?" Lu Xi asked with a smile, but the coldness in his eyes had been completely seen by the other party.

"Woo woo woo ......" the man muttered a slurred voice, and his legs began to swing. As for the coachman, he was already slumped to the side in fright. He's just a subordinate, and the struggle between the magician and the powerful is like the legendary "fairy fight" for him, just don't drag yourself into it.

At the gate of the military department opposite, the two guards seemed to turn a blind eye, and still stood like statues. At this moment, the door opened, and Arantis stepped out, and saw the situation at a glance.

"Lucy? What are you doing here? ”

"No, I'm just having a serious discussion with someone about the ownership of the goods."

Arantis looked at the trembling man, and a contemptuous smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Toru, you guys again?" ”

"Oh, you know him? He's a senator's brother-in-law, and he's such a noble man. Lu Xi smiled and finally withdrew his staff.

The man named Toru knelt on the ground, inhaling heavily, his face covered in cold sweat. He looked up at Arantis with a pleading look.

"Lord Arantis......"

"Don't get out of here! It's not enough to embarrass your sister and brother-in-law! ”

Toru was so relieved that he climbed into the carriage and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Lu Xi looked at the stunned mother and daughter next to him, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Alandis.

"Lend me ten gold coins."

"Huh?"

"I'm sure I'll pay it back."

Alantis looked at the mother and daughter, and seemed to understand something. He took out a money bag from his arms and put it in Lu Xi's hand.

"I'm afraid there's more than ten gold coins here, right?"

"For the rest, you can go buy something. On the other hand, I won't give you a birthday present. ”

"Huh?"

"Didn't you say that you just celebrated your seventeenth birthday. It stands to reason that as a friend, I should have expressed it, but I really didn't have time to prepare, so I had to use the money to make it together, don't be surprised. ”

Lu Xi shrugged his shoulders, took out ten gold coins from his money bag, and stuffed them into the woman's hand.

"Take these and go to the countryside to buy a few acres of land, or start a small business. Stop selling your daughter. ”

"Thank you, thank you......" The woman pulled the little girl, knelt on the ground and kowtowed constantly, "Thank you, young master, you are such a good person." Thank you, Miss, you are kind and beautiful, what an angel. The Goddess will bless you. ”

In the second half of the words of thanks, Lu Xi's face had turned blue and red for a while, but it was really difficult to distinguish, so he had to pretend that he didn't hear it. …,

Lu Xi walked over to Arantis and threw his wallet back.

"I'll pay you back the ten gold coins just now, and I'll have to make up for my birthday gift when I find time."

Arantis couldn't help laughing, he took the money bag, and saw Lu Xi standing in place, with a complicated expression, watching the backs of the mother and daughter tremble slightly and disappear at the end of the street.

"Don't think about it. This kind of thing can happen in every city of the Federation. You can help one person, but you can't help everyone. ”

"With this happening, I'm not so arrogant that I think I can help everyone. Just a little confused...... The houses around here can be seen as a wealthy area, right? ”

"Well, that's true. But it's not the top residential area. Alantilis pointed to a hillside covered in lush greenery in the distance, and in the green crevices, gorgeous houses loomed, "The dignitaries, the parliamentarians, and the chaebol chiefs live there. They are the real rulers of the Federation. However, the entire area was heavily protected by the guards, and it was not a place where the mother and daughter could enter. ”

Speaking of this, Alandis couldn't help but sneer: "Artificially demarcating himself and the people out of the area, artificially creating a high-class overlook from above, this is the so-called heavenly country, the reality of federal democracy." ”

"Then why didn't Master Rassell stay there? He couldn't be taller. ”

Alan spread his hands and said, "Those who live there are the enemies of the teacher. The teacher himself said that he was not thick enough to be neighbors with a group of enemies, and he still said 'good morning' to each other with a fake smile every day. ”

Lu Xi looked at the mountain peaks in the distance, and then looked at the inconspicuous mansion of the Federal Minister of War next to him, and couldn't help but smile: "Sure enough, this house is more pleasing to the eye." ”

Alan also laughed: "The teacher will be very happy to hear you say this, please come with me." ”