Chapter 8: Life is a Prison

“...... Take care of yourself! Life is a prison, you and I are in a cage, and everything is never up to us. ”

Through the wooden fence of the cell, the beautiful face that made his heart ache was full of tears, but the green eyes like green jade were not hazy with tears, and they were full of determination.

"Maybe our marriage contract was a mistake, I ...... I'm sorry for you, but in the future, you can find a better girl than me......! See you again in this life. ”

The figure in the red wedding dress floated away, like a phoenix in fire, and the precious phoenix robe on her body should have been jubilant, but in her own eyes, she always felt as sad as blood......

Siren went away, knowing that he couldn't catch anything if he stretched out his hand, but he couldn't help it, and hit the wooden fence with a punch, venting his grief and helplessness......

"Bang!"

With a heavy sound, the pain in his hand, Wen Quzhi woke up from half sleep, slowly opened his eyes, confirmed the fact that he had knocked over the stone table in the courtyard, his palm was cut and bleeding, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

...... Dreams?

...... More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the people and things that have long been meaningless, why do you still remember them?

The blood on the palm of his hand fell to the ground drippingly, and the pain was very uncomfortable, but for some reason, this blood reminded me of the wedding dress in my dream, and this involuntary reminder was definitely the most hateful......

The past that has been silent for many years, and there are dreams at night, is it because I think about it every day?

Wen Quzhi remembered the scene at the city gate a few days ago, although he didn't see each other, she was also a woman from the Long clan, with the same turquoise hair color, wearing the same bright red wedding dress, like a nightmare-like picture, which really made her ...... I really want to kill someone......

It is estimated that it is also because of this depressed mood that he will irrationally lure the snoopers out, and irrationally fight in person, increasing the burden on his body at an inappropriate time......

"How old are you, it turns out that I still have juvenile feelings......"

Looking up at the slanting sun on the horizon, Wen Quzhi laughed at himself: "The woman surnamed Long has always been incompatible with me, and it is no good thing if I meet it, at this juncture, don't have any accidents......"

is good at judging the situation, Wen Quzhi noticed that Xu Du was in the early stage, the situation was changing, and the atmosphere was not right. Although the Gao family originally held great power, it was not a violation of the order, and there were still other families in the city to check and balance it, but this time the Gao family used an iron fist to criminalize and destroy these families, and truly became the lord of Xu Capital.

These families should have their own backers behind them, and the Gao family will destroy them strongly, and the retaliation and interference caused by brute force must be not small, but a few days have passed, and everything is calm, which means that behind the whole thing, there is still a hand that has suppressed those backlashes and helped the Gao family to take power.

The struggle for power and profit is not what you are concerned about at this stage for the time being, you must be careful of these turbulent and fluctuating undercurrents under the table, and don't let accidents get in the way of your own affairs......

August 18, the sixth year of the Imperial calendar

The official auction was held at noon, and the empire had quite strict regulations on the official sale of slaves, in order to reflect the basic human rights, no matter whether they were high or low, all slaves were sold at an equal price, and they were not expensive, in the name of giving sinners the opportunity to serve the people again, and not to let the slave trade become a lucrative business.

However, the rules are one thing, the implementation level is another, as early as when the rules first came out, some people came up with a way to get rid of the rules, when the official sells slaves, by the imperial audit, the legitimate businessmen who have received the license, the whole batch of slaves are bought away with the "official price", the government is in the account, and then it doesn't matter, and these slave traders can sell the slaves at the "market price" in their own places, and the goods bought at noon will be doubled at night, or even sold several times, and the benefits are amazing, of course, hidden after these transactions, all kinds of "kickbacks" and "filial piety" , is the inevitable product, no need to be detailed.

The Wen family had obtained a formal license, but Xu had its own system, and the Wen family still had to buy from local merchants according to the rules, so the slaves sold by the collective officials at noon became part of the black market auction in the evening, and slave traders from all sides, whether licensed or unlicensed, entered the venue together, sat in the arranged seats, and listened to the introduction on the stage.

At the same time, the auction of other items was also carried out next door, in addition to the finale of the Nine Yin Remnants, the Wen family entrusted a third-party force this time, and the batch of weapons sent to the auction after the makeover was also very eye-catching.

Weapons and equipment above the high level are not only expensive, but also often have no market, because this level of the caster has usually been bound by the major families and sects, and the works are directly for their own use, and there is no chance of outflow, often only the master of the soldier is dead, and the weapons and equipment held are scattered, so that there is a chance to go to the auction house, such as a city like Xudu, sometimes a high-level weapon is enough to become the finale, and six or seven pieces are released together, which is enough to attract people's attention.

Wen Quzhi came to the venue early, holding a compass in his hand, his eyes were all fixed on the compass, others thought it was strange, but no one could understand what he was doing?

In fact, this is no ordinary compass......

(The so-called Broken Star Relics are actually several secret repositories of the original Shattered Star Cluster, and from the data, there are a lot of unnatural radioactive materials stored in them, that is to say, as long as radioactive materials are detected, the probability that the Nine Yin Remnants are from the Broken Star Relics is very high, except for the Broken Star Cluster, there is no such thing in the outside world...... The Nine Yin Remnant Spectrum is the finale, and it won't be so early, but it must have been parked in this building, and this display in his hand is quite fine, if it can be determined in advance, it will have a lot of preparation time.

"Family master, the Gao family invited me just now, you can go and see the goods ...... first"

Wen Xihong conveyed the news that the Wen family is now a licensed legal businessman, and the treatment is naturally different, and the Gao family intends to make up for the offense of the night before, especially before the official auction, invite the people of the Wen family to take a look at the goods, so that they can have a bottom in their hearts.

"Friends with bad records, is this for our convenience? or is it another temptation?"

Considering that the atmosphere in Xu Du is different, Wen Quzhi has to think about it, what is the purpose behind this invitation? Perhaps, what does the Gao family want to test......

It is not Wen Quai's plan, but considering his own profession, people have given such a discount, if he doesn't take a look, it will definitely arouse suspicion, let's just think it is the heart of An Gao's family, Wen Quzhi nodded and said: "Let Qingwei stay, you can go and see it with me." ”

"Yes, it is an incomparable honor for subordinates to choose a woman with the head of the family. ”

Wen Xihong arched his hand and said a little mischievously, Wen Quzhi glanced at him and said, "Since you admire my vision so much, let's pick a wife for you later, you have reached the age when you should start a family......

His expression fell instantly, and Wen Xihong smiled bitterly: "Since the day I did this business, I never thought about starting a family, this line of work...... Not suitable for hanging tired. ”

"Oh?

“...... Also, the head of the family, you threaten to kill the whole family at every turn, and I will be very scared to become a family under your hands. ”

"Look at your cowardice! What else do you say to share my worries, knowing that I love this, and you don't have a family even if you die, isn't this a show of slapping me in the face and making me embarrassed? Is this called sharing my worries?"

After Wen Quzhi finished speaking, he looked at his handsome subordinates, and suddenly said, "Actually...... Your skin also looks good, white and tender, what kind of skin care products do you use? ”

Hearing this signature dialogue again, Wen Xihong smiled bitterly until he tightened, led the way, and followed the envoy of the Gao family to visit the slaves who were going to be auctioned.

“...... Sure enough, they are all children of official families, who have read and write, and have a high level of education, so they can be sold at a good price. ”

Wen Xihong even looked at a few prison cells and confirmed that they were all children of official eunuchs who had recently been raided, and their appearance and temperament were good, and they could be sold for a good price.

“...... Although I read a lot of this kind of book, my mind is full of integrity and righteousness, and there are many problems when I am a slave, but I can handle it by handing it over to an expert, you say, ......"

There was no response to his words, Wen Xihong looked back in amazement, only to find that the head of the family who was originally following him had disappeared without a trace at some point, and he was shocked.

On the other side, Wen Quai, who was originally silently following his subordinates and pretending to be a guest, smelled a strange breath at the moment when he staggered by someone, and his heart was surprised.

Drunken dragon incense, the smell is very light, almost inaudible, but Wen Quzhi must not be mistaken, because a good craftsman, but also must be an excellent naturalist, can easily identify thousands, or even tens of thousands of special materials, he will never even admit the drunken dragon incense.

This is an extremely rare treasure, igniting the aroma released by the drunken dragon grass, can make the dragon drowsy, in this era of valuing the power of the bloodline, it is the nemesis of the dragon clan, but this thing is extremely rare, if it is found by the dragon clan, it will immediately be considered an enemy, and hunted to the ends of the earth.

Thinking of the dream he had this morning, he had a premonition that he was about to be caught up in some trouble.

（...... The source of the breath, is it the fat man?) His eyes locked, and he saw a fat man who was richly dressed but had a fat brain, and after staggering, he walked to the cell, looking at it, it should be a member of the Gao family, and his status is not low......

Wen Quzhi followed behind, walked a few steps, and saw this person stop at the door of a stone prison, tiptoe to light something, blowing a faint white smoke into it, and not long after, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was heard in the stone prison.

“...... Hehe, second brother, this nerd, such a beauty is too good to do it, and she doesn't pump a water, isn't that a waste? Since you don't want it, just cheap brother me. ”

The fat man's laughter was full of obscenity, and then he pushed open the cell door and entered, Wen Quzhi frowned, very annoyed by what he saw, according to reason, he should turn around and leave now, tonight's matter is very important, the relationship with the broken star is hidden, and it can't be noticed by others, everything that will cause a commotion must be avoided!

But...... I knew what I should do in my head, but my heart was running in the opposite direction......

（...... That's why I hate the women of the Long family, and they always find me trouble when they are in the most trouble!)

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