Interstellar: Besieged

Hearing what the bartender said, Qi Lian subconsciously took another look at the people in the carriage.When he thought that Solan was almost locked in a carriage and sold as an item, he couldn't help shivering.He turned his head and gave the bartender a hard look, "No one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak!"

The bartender didn't care about his anger at all, he still smiled warmly on his delicate and clean face.Then when Qi Lian turned around and walked towards the carriage, he reached out and grabbed him firmly, "What do you want to do?"

"Don't worry, I'm not so reckless as to rob people." Qi Lian's expression was grim, "I have money, so why not buy him in advance?"

The bartender shook his head, "There is no such rule in the fence area, and this will reveal your identity."

"But you brought us here and there freely, and we showed up here with a few unfamiliar faces, but no one stepped forward to question." Ning Yao smiled slightly, and broke the news.

"It's because of me." The bartender admitted generously, "I'm Yang Ye's little lover, so of course no one came to question me."

Hearing this, Ning Yao was slightly surprised, but immediately understood, but still had a trace of doubt.Qi Lian and Ning Wutong are all confused, Yang Ye?Who is Yang Ye?

The bartender explained himself, "There are four people in charge of the fence area, and Yang Ye is one of them. He is an old man in his forties, and he has countless lovers around him. I'm the one who has stayed the longest."

Seeing the relaxed look of the bartender who didn't care, Ning Yao felt a little irritable in her heart, and frowned slightly, "The boss asked you to lurk beside him?"

The bartender smiled, "How can I? I'm the one who was in the carriage just now. I was by Yang Ye's side when the boss contacted me. He took me away and spoiled me very much, so he opened a small bar for me in the fenced area. I contacted the boss and asked him to open a bar for me outside."

"Fusheng?" Ning Wutong was surprised, did he know that the bar outside was opened with Yang Ye's money?No wonder it's been safe and sound right on the edge of the fenced area.But Yang Ye probably didn't expect that this bar would fall into the hands of the boss and make wedding clothes for others.

The bartender nodded, "So, you have to take it easy for me, the little lover is a very difficult job."

"If it's hard to do, don't do it," Qi Lian said with a cold face, disapproving of the bartender's lighthearted attitude, "Although I don't know what you guys want to do, there are more than one way, right?"

The bartender shrugged and didn't want to explain anything.His life is completely different from Qi Lian's, and there is no need for anyone to convince the other. "Don't talk about this, let's go quickly, standing here all the time, it should be suspicious."

Qi Lian wanted to say something more, but was held back by Ning Yao, so he held back.Ning Wutong was silent the whole time, like a moving iceberg.The three continued to follow the bartender. After walking for a while, Ning Yao suddenly remembered that he didn't know the name of the bartender, so she asked.

The bartender smiled and replied, "You can call me Cardinal."

"Queluo?" Ning Yao immediately thought of it.

"Hmm." Cardinal blinked, "Isn't it me who has been in touch with you?"

While talking, the four of them had already reached their destination.Cardinal pointed to a building in front of it that looked like an opera house, and said, "The auction will be held there later, and I'll take you inside to have a look."

"Aren't we here to meet the boss? What are we doing to go to the auction?" Qi Lian obviously became more and more disgusted with the things here. He is a person who knows everything from the bottom of his heart, and he has the most direct reaction to all kinds of things.

"Before you meet the boss, you must first understand him. And if you want to know what kind of person the boss is and what kind of organization Edelweiss is, you must first try to understand the fence area. This is where everything begins place." Linnet looked up at the huge building, his eyes were far away, and he seemed to be thinking of something long ago.But he quickly smiled again, leaving nothing in his smile.

As he said, the fence area is where it all started.Shang Ting had been here before, Solan was almost sold here, Jackal and Cardinal also came here, everything here may be the root of all conflicts.

Qi Lian and Ning Wutong looked at Ning Yao who fell silent, and exchanged glances.They both read doubts in each other's eyes - what exactly did the boss want to express by doing this?Take the initiative to send someone to take them to analyze the origin of edelweiss?Isn't this the same as showing your old background to others?

About an hour later, at exactly four o'clock in the afternoon, Cardinal changed into a dress and led Ning Yao and the others into the building.They walked in with the flow of people, and the people passing by were all well-dressed and whispered to each other, either elegantly or coldly, like nobles attending some kind of dinner party.

When I walked in, there were four bodyguards standing there at the door, giving each visitor a mask, the women were red, and the men were white, all of the same style.It's just that Ning Yao and the others noticed that the four bodyguards all bowed their heads when they saw the cardinal, their attitude was very respectful, and they didn't raise their heads to take a second look.Probably because of the status of Yang Ye's lover, the master's person, of course they can't just look around.

Entering the auction hall, Cardinal led them to sit down in a corner where the light was not so bright, explained the specific process of the auction to them, and then pointed to the boxes on the second floor with the curtains still drawn, "Those are The places where the real bosses sit are from all over the interstellar sea. The first four are the four bosses in the Zhalan area. But those boxes are usually less than half of the people, and most of them are reserved seats. Even if people come, It doesn’t necessarily mean that the curtain will be pulled up. You know, some people are upright, but they don’t want others to know that they have come to the fence area.”

"I said, this place is so blatant, how does it operate?" Qi Lian still felt unbelievable, how could there be such a place as Zhalan District in a modern civilized society.Are governments and joint conferences blind?

"Existence is reasonable." Cardinal looked at the second floor pointedly, then turned his gaze to the stage, "It's started."

The auction started. The funny and handsome auctioneer joked with the people in the audience innocuously, aroused everyone's interest with repeated words, and didn't whet people's appetite. He moved out the first lot after clicking.

It was a gun, a hundred times better than the ones sold in the street market outside. It was exquisite and compact, easy to carry, it was dual-purpose for energy bullets and ordinary bullets, and it came with a crosshair and calibrator. Even if it was held by a child, it could There is a high chance of hitting the target.But of course, the auction in Palisades would not auction such a gun, but wholesale.

The price of the gun is high, but people who can afford it are not short of money, so the gun is quickly auctioned off.Next up were larger and more lethal guns, many of which were banned even in the military.After the guns, there are also warships and mechs. Although they are not many in number, Ning Yao and Qi Lian can't help but squint their eyes, and have a very bad idea in their hearts.

Not for anything else, but because these warships and mechs are all equipped by the military, and even one of the warships served in the army. Ning Yao remembers it clearly, and there is no way she can be wrong.But why are military things here?How did those guns, mechas, etc. circulate to the fence area?

Ning Yao and Qi Lian are both serving soldiers and arms lords, and they are very clear about the use of weapons in the army.And it is precisely because they are clear that they understand better - this matter is by no means simple.Although Ning Wutong has retired, he also understands the importance of it, and his face is also not good-looking.

They all looked at Linnet at the same time, but they saw him leaning back in his chair calmly. Obviously, the tricks behind the weapon auction were exactly what he wanted them to see, the tip of the iceberg of the crimes in the fence area.

The eyes returned to the auction stage, the whole auction entered the second half, and the man in the carriage that Ning Yao and the others had just seen was carried up.

When seeing him, Qi Lian's mood fluctuated slightly.Because of Cardinal's words, he couldn't help but think of Solan, and then his emotions got a little out of control.

However, to his surprise, the man on the stage who was being bid by countless people looked very peaceful, neither crying nor making noise, and of course he couldn't laugh.His eyes swept across the audience, making people feel that he seemed to be looking at himself, but there was nothing in his eyes.There was no confusion, no fear, it took Qi Lian a long time to understand that that kind of emotion is called resignation.

Qi Lian suddenly had the urge to ask for a price, but the smiling cardinal at the side suddenly held his hand tightly, turned his face, looked at him with a smile and said, "Don't make trouble, Young Master Qi."

With its face turned away from the light, the linnet suddenly looked a little eerie.Qi Lian instinctively paused, and the bidding on the stage ended.

Qi Lian's face darkened, and he heard Hongque say again: "You saved one of them, then there are so many more behind, how much can you save? What's more, you were brought in by me, if you bought someone here , Yang Ye will definitely know. Don't let your sympathy kill people."

Qi Lian didn't say anything else, just took a deep look at the stage, took a deep breath, stood up, turned around and walked out of the hall.Ning Yao and Ning Wutong glanced at the cardinal, and followed quickly.

Outside, Qi Lian was pacing back and forth by the green belt beside the road, looking very restless.Ning Yao grabbed his arm to make him stop shaking, "Calm down, Qi Lian."

Ning Yao knew that neither he nor Qi Lian liked places like Zhalan District, but the difference was that he could tolerate it, but Qi Lian could not.He's used to going straight, he's used to being ostentatious, and he has the ability and capital to destroy unpleasant things when he sees them. He doesn't want to and doesn't bother to bear it, because it's very aggrieved, so aggrieved that it makes people vomit blood.

But no matter how aggrieved, Qi Lian has to force himself to bear it. The fate of him, Ning Yao and Ning Wutong was unexpectedly tied to the fence area. He had to endure it and figure it out.Find out the truth about the fence area, find out the real purpose of the cooperation between the boss and Solan, otherwise how can he be worthy of the Phil he missed.

Qi Lian's eyes changed several times, and it took a long time before he gradually regained his composure.When he raised his eyes, he happened to meet Ning Wutong's eyes, the same calm expression collided, Qi Lian just smiled, almost forgot that there is another troubled brother here.

"Let's go, I guess today is not over yet." Ning Yao said.

So the three of them walked back, just in time to meet the cardinal coming out of the auction hall, and waved at them, "Catch your breath, I'll take you to the next place."

The author has something to say: Tomorrow and two days of retreat to write a paper, I am probably the only one in the group who has not submitted it, and I am full of enthusiasm.