bookrandom Chapter 543 The city lord is back
Chapter 543 The city lord is back
By the time Pokjie had digested the effects of the contouring medicine and his scars had faded, and he had put on a nice suit and dressed himself up, Qingtian also changed his clothes and appearance, appearing from a corner of the space.
The tree elf Yin Yue, who had been well-behaved and silent, stared at the person opposite her who looked almost exactly like her, and said in surprise: "You are the one just now... also an elf? How come even the aura..."
Qingtian didn't explain, but smiled and said with her hands on her hips, "Now we are twin sisters."
After saying that, she walked to Pokjie and took his arm, "Let the Lord Mayor take us out."
The elf Silver Moon understood what she meant and immediately came over to hold Pokjie's other arm, "I will listen to you, sister."
Being stuck in the middle, Pokjie instantly stiffened. The effect of the drug on him had not yet worn off, and being with the beauty was a complete torture...
"Are you punishing me on purpose?"
Qingtian blinked and said seriously, "How could that be? Wouldn't it be better for the city lord to add glory and reduce trouble if I did this?"
Pokjie sneered, "Is it because our cooperation is not open to the public? Or did you intend to deceive me from the beginning?"
Qingtian shook his head calmly, "Heaven and earth can bear witness to my sincerity, but just like you don't want to expose Scar's identity, it's not a glorious thing for me to come to the dungeon in the middle of the night."
Why is it shameful?
Pokjie looked at her speechlessly and said sarcastically: "You are really a chaste and obedient lady."
Qingtian sneered and said, "Of course, I'm not someone like you who eats, drinks, gambles, commits crimes and ignores the law."
"..."
Bokjie's face was gloomy. If anyone dared to offend him like this under normal circumstances, he would have let the other person know what real crime was!
But at this moment, his body has not recovered and he is under the control of others...
"Aren't you going to watch the slave screening? If you don't leave now, it will be dawn." He changed the subject and controlled his emotions.
Qingtian raised his chin and waved his hand arrogantly, and the three of them appeared in the elevator of the auction hall.
Ding--
The elevator opened, and Qingtian and his companions appeared on the corridor on the top floor.
At this moment, Pokjie took off his glasses and mask, combed his hair neatly back, and with his high-quality, straight suit and two pendant elves, he looked like a well-known nobleman.
The dungeon guard who didn't recognize him cast envious eyes at the two gorgeous elves beside him.
The captain of the floor guard and the deputy manager of the auction house who happened to be patrolling on the top floor recognized Pokjie's identity after careful identification.
"City Lord!"
The deputy chief steward gave the captain of the guard a look to pay attention to safety, and personally stepped forward to greet him, "City Lord, I didn't expect you to come now. Do you have any instructions?"
For the administrators of the lower levels of the dungeon, they don’t have much contact with Pokjie, and they don’t usually talk to him, so they are not familiar with the city lord.
Pokjie nodded in satisfaction after hearing this. "It's nothing serious. I just came back from another province today and am here to have some fun. I wanted to visit the slave selection area by the way."
This is a surprise inspection!
The deputy steward took a deep breath and said respectfully, "Then shall I go and notify the steward to come and open the space-time gate?"
Pokjie shook his head. "No, I can go by myself. By the way, tell the supervisor that I need to check the recently produced goods. Ask Supervisor Sora to prepare them."
The deputy manager quickly agreed, "I see. You go ahead and do your work. I'll go and notify them."
Qingtian next to her frowned slightly. She was familiar with the name Sora, but there were many people with the same name as Lanze.
As she was thinking, she felt a tightness around her waist...
"Take your hands away!" Qingtian said unhappily.
Pokjie hugged Qingtian and said, "I did this to make the acting more realistic. So many people are watching us."
"Oh, you are really brave." Qingtian stabbed a psychic needle into his arm, "If you do it a second time, don't blame me for being rude."
Pokjie pulled his hand back in pain, shook it and sighed, "Yin Yue is better. Men can't stand your temper."
Qingtian looked at him coldly, "Is it because I notified your people that you have the confidence to talk to me like this?"
"Of course not. It's because I'm happy that I've found myself again and can work with you again." After saying this, Bokjie strode forward while hugging Yinyue.
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On the other side, the deputy manager found the auction house manager and repeated what Pokjie had said.
After listening to the report, the manager frowned so much that he could kill a fly.
He was a member of the Poker family and a middle-level manager of the dungeon. He knew that the Poker family was looking for someone recently, and there were some bad rumors...
The missing city lord is back?
It's a good thing!
But on second thought, he felt something was wrong.
Tonight, Pokjie suddenly appeared in the dungeon. As soon as he came back, he went to check the slave screening area and shipping area without saying hello to anyone. It was really unreasonable.
More importantly, Sora is not the shipping area supervisor, but a space engineer responsible for underground city planning and isolation defense. The city lord cannot be unaware of this...
Could this be a hint from the city lord...that something happened to him?
The manager's hair stood on end and he quickly contacted O'Neill, the manager on duty who was investigating the surveillance.
O'Neill came to the same conclusion after listening to him talk about the accident at the performance hall.
"It seems that the city lord is in trouble... Did he appear alone just now or..."
"There are two elves beside him... Elves! Could it be that we have been selling elves and they are here to take revenge?" The auction house manager imagined a lot of things.
O'Neill didn't confirm but didn't deny either. "In any case, you should keep calm and be ready to support the city lord at any time. Mr. Sora is right beside me, and we will make good arrangements in the production area. If you have the chance, let the city lord rest assured. In addition, I will contact the supervisor of the selection area."
The excited manager of the Ye Nu Auction District hurriedly agreed and kept a close eye on the area surveillance after ending the call.
"Hmm? Where's the city owner?"
"They just entered the space gate..."
"..."
The auction area supervisor heaved a sigh of relief and slumped in his chair.
It’s better to leave, as it puts pressure on the slave screening area.
……
"I didn't expect this place to be so large, and it's well connected to many spatial nodes in Pangze City."
Qingtian followed Pokjie around the screening area and was amazed that the scale of the underground city far exceeded her expectations.
Not counting the screening area, there are more than ten different slave areas for each category...
This is basically a large underground human trading market. The selected and classified slaves are not only supplied to the dungeon, but also to places with special needs in various places, and provide free labor for the nobles' manors and private armies.
Seeing Qingtian's stern expression, Pokjie said gently, "It takes a lot of effort to build such a business district. You are magnanimous, so don't be too harsh. These are all real connections and gold coins."
"A gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way. Ill-gotten gains will bring trouble and misfortune to oneself." Sunny did not comment on slaves, which was one of Lan Ze's most sensitive issues.
Pokjie shook his head slightly. "This is not just my business. In this world, there are buyers before there are sellers. Where there is demand, there will be supply."
"If the underground city is gone, other 'cities' will pop up. This world has day and night alternations, not eternal daylight. So even if you are a saint, you cannot let the holy light shine in every corner."
"If that's the case, why force it?"
Qingtian turned around and looked at him solemnly, "Are you trying to convince me to go along with you?"
Pokjie tilted his head and smiled, "I just think that you are young and may not have a deep understanding of this world."
Qingtian curled her lips. How could she not know this? But it was precisely because she knew this that she understood the impact of the ideas of those in power on the entire society. The simple actions of those in power could determine the joys and sorrows of thousands of lives...
Her long and dense eyelashes cast a gray arc under her eyes, covering the softness in her eyes. "It is precisely because of the depth that we can sympathize..."
Pokjie was stunned for a moment and looked at Qingtian with a complicated expression.
Young girls always have too much inappropriate kindness, but it is precisely because of this that they have the purest and most kind beauty.
"Sister, you are such a good person."
Yin Yue, who had been silent all this time, had clear eyes and praised quietly, "But what should we do next?"
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