Chu Tianzhu walked out of the elevator, and four armed guards surrounded him tightly.

They were so cautious not to protect Chu Tianzhu, but to control him at any time.

After all, if a commoner from the lower city does something out of the ordinary and disturbs the nobles in the upper city, all the guards involved in this operation will be severely punished.

Chu Tianzhu didn't notice this, he was greedily feeling everything in the upper city: sunlight, fresh air, and green plants everywhere.

In the closed blocks of downtown, there is only cold concrete, harsh artificial light sources and stale air.For Chu Tianzhu who has never left the lower city, everything in front of him is extremely fresh.

He tried hard to imprint these scenes in his mind, but the guards escorting him did not allow him to delay, and the cold weapon against his back kept pushing forward, urging him to leave quickly.

They crossed the flat road and came to a pure white building.The captain of the guard rang the doorbell and announced his identity.

After a while, the corner door on the side opened, and a middle-aged man in neat clothes came out.

He talked with the captain of the guard for a few words, the captain nodded, several guards stepped aside, and the middle-aged man signaled Chu Tianzhu to follow him.

After entering the corner door, there is a spacious entrance.The ceilings of the entire building are very high compared to the low spaces in the downtown area.

The middle-aged man didn't speak, but just led him along, through the hall, up the stairs, to the top floor of the building.

The top floor was unusually wide, with no partitions to obstruct the view, and a long room ending in a curious stone wall with an intricately decorated doorway.

A dozen people were already there, sitting or standing in front of the gate, talking softly to each other.The skin of these people is a light brown, which is the proof of living in the sun-they are all nobles from the upper city.

The middle-aged man brought Chu Tianzhu to the front, the conversation stopped, a few people looked at Chu Tianzhu secretly, and more people were indifferent to it.

A young man stood up, a large framed man with high cheekbones, light gray eyes and hair.He listened carefully to the middle-aged man's brief report, and then walked towards Chu Tianzhu.

"Unexpectedly, our great family has distant relatives living in the lower city." He raised his hand sharply, as if he wanted to pat Chu Tianzhu's shoulder, but he didn't do it.

"You're lucky, however, that whatever the outcome this time, relatives have decided to provide you with some care...financially."

His expression was so pitiful, his big gray eyes stared at Chu Tianzhu's face, expecting a response.

Chu Tianzhu did not show excitement or gratitude as he wished.

In the lower city where Chu Tianzhu lives, everything has a price. No one will give a stranger a sum of money for no reason, and there are often terrible traps hidden behind it.

Chu Tianzhu was expressionless, waiting quietly to see what tricks he was going to play.

Seeing Chu Tianzhu's unmoved look, the gray-haired young man lost interest. He turned around and said loudly: "Since everyone is here, let's start now."

Three people in the same uniform stood by the wall, and they rose in response to the sound and walked to the center of the room.

The leader opened a sealed document bag, took out a page of documents, and read out: "The notary of the notary office in the center of the upper city is entrusted by the testator Chu Yan to keep the only valid will for him..."

Because of this unlucky relative who passed away, Chu Tianzhu was able to leave Xiacheng for the first time, and he couldn't help listening very seriously.

The notary read out the ownership of each property in the will in turn, and most of it was left to Chu Yan's only son, Chu Wen, that gray-haired young man. Sad sobs.

Until the last item, Chu Yan's collection.

All the people present kept their eyes on the notary. The notary raised his eyes to look at them, and continued to read: "In the collection room on the top floor, there is the most precious treasure in my life. Find everyone who has the blood of the Chu family. They brought them to the scene and adopted the lottery form, each of them could take one item from the collection room, and leave the rest to Chu Wen."

The notary stretched out his hand, and his colleague took out a gorgeous key studded with jewels from the box in his hand and handed it to him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the door of the collection room was opened.Everyone walked in and found that it was full of tall display cabinets, which displayed all kinds of rare treasures, each of which was individually numbered.

Chu Tianzhu looked around. In the glass display case, diamonds, jewelry, jade, gold and silver were shining brightly under the light, and the whole room was full of jewels.

Some of these collections are exquisite jewelry decorations, some are large pieces of rough stones, dazzling people's eyes, and any one can be sold for sky-high prices.

This is the nobleman of the upper city... Chu Tianzhu clenched his fists, suppressing the sudden onslaught of emotions.

These collections are so precious, the noble relatives who were elegant and dignified just now couldn't hold back one by one, staring greedily at these rare treasures, almost sticking their faces to the glass of the showcase.

Chu Wen glanced at the notary displeased, and the notary immediately clapped his hands.

The sound of "pop, pop" awakened everyone in the collection room. They put away their stupidity, as if they put on the mask of civilization again, as naturally as if nothing had happened.

The notary instructed another colleague of his to bring in a small square machine, which Chu Tianzhu recognized as a small lottery machine.

There is also this kind of thing in the downtown area. Every Sunday night at 09:30, the TV station will live broadcast the lottery, and the small machine will draw out random numbers, bringing countless stories of getting rich overnight.

Those who bought the correct number could receive a huge amount of contribution points. Among the people he knew, there were quite a few who bought it frequently, but he hadn't heard of anyone who had won it.

After checking the machine in public, the notary announced: "The person whose name is called, come up and shake it once, and get the collection with the corresponding number according to the number shaken."

Chu Wen lifted off the crimson velvet cloth covering the stand next to him, revealing an ancient yellowed book with the words "Genealogy of the Chu Family" written on the cover.

The notary put on gloves, flipped through the family tree gently, and began to name names in the order of blood relationship.

The members of the Chu clan whose names were called stepped forward one by one to shake the prize.

The higher the number, the higher the value of the collection.Some people were overjoyed when they got valuable collections; others showed displeasure when they got a very late number.

Chu Wen, with a confident smile, ordered the waiter to fetch the corresponding collection for them and present it to them.

The things in this collection room belonged to his father and his family, and the more expensive the relatives took, the more he lost.

Chutian Bamboo Pai was the last one, the one with the furthest kinship with Chu Yan among all the people.He himself didn't know that his ancestors used to be nobles in the upper city, and the genealogy showed that their branch had been in decline for a long time.

It's Chu Tianzhu's turn. So far, no one has touched the things in the middle showcase. There are all high-quality treasures, and you can tell that they are not ordinary products at a glance.

When Chu Tianzhu walked to the lottery machine, all eyes were on him.

He was tall, and the clothes on his body were one size smaller than his father's old clothes, and they were tightly stretched on his body. With his movements, he showed a tight and muscular outline.

The dark life in the lower city made his skin color very light, which was completely different from these noble relatives in the upper city.

He has only just come of age, and he should be the one who desires wealth the most and can't hide his emotions among all the people present.But Chu Tianzhu didn't seem nervous or expectant, just pulled the joystick casually, and the numbers on the screen of the lottery machine scrolled quickly, and then stopped slowly.

The single digit appears first, the number 1;

followed by the tens digit, the number 0;

Hundreds digit, number 0.

If the number 0 still appears again, then Chu Tianzhu will get the most valuable collection No. 0001 in this collection room.

It was a palm-sized Panlong jade pendant, which radiated a green light under the light of the showcase, and the Panlong was lifelike, showing every detail.

The nobles present stared at the final number without blinking, and there was a heavy gasp in the air. Their expressions were exactly the same as those of the residents in the lower city waiting in front of the TV for the lottery.

The last number stopped slowly, stopped at the number 0 - then moved slightly, and slid to the next space, becoming the number 9.

The onlookers sighed whether it was joy or regret. The corners of Chu Wen's lips curled up slightly, and he ordered the waiter to open an inconspicuous showcase in the corner, and took out the collection numbered 9001.

No. 9001 is a roughly polished oval stone, only the size of a thumb, with a crooked hole punched on it for threading and hanging. Chu Tianzhu took it and placed it in the palm of his hand, feeling cold to the touch.

Chu Wen stepped forward, and a gentle smile was put on his face again.He went straight past Chu Tianzhu and walked towards the notary: "Then let's call it a day. Does my father have any other arrangements?"

The notary bowed to him: "No, this is the whole content of the will."

Chu Wen nodded in satisfaction, and said relaxedly to everyone: "There are too many things at home today, so I won't entertain everyone. We will hold a special banquet another day, and invite relatives to reunite."

The nobles stood up and said goodbye politely, and the few who had just selected a higher-value collection were especially attentive and thanked them repeatedly.

They walked to the side of the room, where another exit was hidden.

These people ignored Chu Tianzhu one after another, no one spoke to him, as if he wasn't here in the first place.

The nobles left, and the middle-aged man who had brought Chu Tianzhu in earlier walked up to him and said in a calm tone, "Follow me."

Chu Tianzhu didn't say anything, and followed him back from the original road, out of the corner gate, where the guards were still waiting.

Perhaps out of praise for his understanding and cooperation, the middle-aged man glanced at him, and added: "After you go back, forget everything here. It may not be a good thing to get something beyond your ability."

The middle-aged man took out a brand new envelope from his sleeve, weighed the thickness, and handed it to Chu Tianzhu: "This is some help from the young master, after all, you are also a descendant of the Chu family, so you can't live in a bad way. "

Chu Tianzhu took the envelope and stuffed it into his pocket without looking at it: "If there is nothing else, I'm going back."

The middle-aged man nodded to the captain of the guard, and the guard surrounded Chu Tianzhu again.They walked quickly and reached the elevator area connecting the upper city and the lower city.

The elevator is the only passage connecting the upper city and the lower city. The upper city is located on the top floor, at the feet of the nobles in the upper city. Countless residents of the lower city live in layers of buildings, like worker bees in a hive.

The elevator area on each floor is closely guarded. To approach the elevator, you need to pass through countless checkpoints and guards.

The guard escorted Chu Tianzhu into the elevator like a prisoner, and returned to the floor where he lived.

It wasn't until they left the boundary of the elevator area that they let go of Chu Tianzhu's control and let him leave.

Chu Tianzhu put his hands in his pockets and walked towards home.

The air circulation in the downtown area relies entirely on the exhaust system. The old system cannot keep up with the speed at which people exhale carbon dioxide, and the air is extremely stuffy.

The dilapidated streets seemed deserted, but Chu Tianzhu knew that countless pairs of eyes were staring at him in the shops on the street and in the houses upstairs.

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