Shi Chen felt looks of disdain, envy, or jealousy from all directions, but he didn't care in his heart, because until now, he had an illusion that he had no real feeling.

Before coming to the empire, he had fantasized about many possible experiences, either becoming a commoner in the empire to secretly inquire about Alsaria's whereabouts, or simply joining the White Poplar Cult in the empire, and also spying on the enemy. Try it.

Can he disrupt the Empire's improving situation again and buy some precious time for the integration within the Federation? No matter what he does, he seems destined to hide in the shadow of the Empire.

But who would have thought that as soon as he arrived at the outskirts of the imperial capital, he would be chased and intercepted by the imperial people thinking they were Alsaria. When the fish scale ship crashed, he was already prepared to die.

However, the changes in the world are always so unexpected. Even he himself did not expect that he would meet an old acquaintance when he got into a carriage while escaping. It was a strange combination of circumstances that happened.

A series of bizarre and mysterious events came together, which led to him, a guy who was a wanted criminal in both the Federation and the Empire, being able to walk openly and honestly on the streets of the most heavily guarded imperial capital in the Empire, with the most beautiful third person in the Empire.

With the princess as my companion, I kept admiring the customs and customs on this beautiful planet that were completely different from those in the Federation.

As for the emperor's men who were supposed to arrest him, Shi Chen saw at least a dozen of them along the way. However, Shi Chen did not have to worry about his own safety at all, because the soldiers were responsible for protecting their safety and kept their composure.

face, watching the surroundings vigilantly.

Along the way, Shi Chen also saw a lot of things. Although the empire's state system was an imperial system, it was not much behind the federation in terms of various scientific research levels. Even if it was a little behind, it had been absorbed in the process of ruling the federation for nearly a hundred years.

Digested a lot.

The streets of the Empire are equally spacious, and the majority of the streets are cars. The same high-rise buildings are visible. However, compared to Lunza, the capital of the Federation, this place lacks the unrestrainedness of a civilized city and has more solemnity unique to a feudal country.

And restraint, of course, this kind of restraint is top-down. Although this situation also exists in the Federation, it is just that in the imperial capital it is open, transparent and even naked. The gap in status and the oppression between different classes are especially obvious.

Suye Yayan, who is like a princess, can wear bright clothes and angry horses when she goes out, and she has a lot of followers. Even if she encounters wealthy businessmen driving luxury cars, she has to give way humbly. But those wealthy businessmen turn their heads, suddenly change, and

You can put on the face of a superior and unscrupulously exploit the powerless common people.

For example, right now, in front of a small noodle shop, there is a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion, holding the hand of a little girl and the woman beside him who refuses to let go and keeps crying and begging, saying something sharply. They are probably a family.

, but they don't quite look like a couple. The mother and daughter both have outstanding upright looks, and the curve of their jaws looks like they were carved by the same sculptor.

Listening to the discussions among the neighbors, it seems that the mother and daughter died on the front line and had no choice but to live in the house of their brother-in-law, who was fond of gambling. After all, raising a pair of orphans and a widowed mother in a small noodle shop is a big burden.

At this moment, the brother-in-law seems to have a huge gambling debt, and the noodle shop on which he relies for a living is facing debt repayment, so he plans to sell his niece as a lean horse to alleviate the economic crisis.

Thin horse, this is also a term that Shi Chen heard today. It is a abnormal industry in the empire. First, good-looking girls from poor families are bought back with money and then trained. After they grow up, they are sold to the rich as concubines or concubines.

Entering brothels and hooking up fences to make profits. Because poor girls are often thin and weak, the name "skinny horse" comes from this.

When you first buy a virgin, it only costs a few tens of thousands of imperial coins. When you sell it, you can make millions. Seeing the profit, ordinary people follow suit, and the trend becomes popular.

The empire is rich in wealth, there are many wealthy businessmen in the world, and there are countless executives and powerful people. The appearance of Shou Ma is entirely to satisfy the abnormal psychological needs of these people.

The thin horses are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. Among them, the first-grade thin horses are taught to play the piano and flute, sing and dance, recite poems and write calligraphy, draw and go, play Shuanglu, play dominoes, and perform all kinds of obscene tricks.

The skinny horse is the same as the prostitute, whose status is only one level higher than the lowest slaves. It is not protected by basic human rights and laws. After being redeemed, it can be played with and disposed of by the owner at will. It is pitiful that it is maimed to death every year and thrown into the river.

People don’t know how many people there are.

At this moment, the girl, who was about to become a thin horse, had her little hands pulled by two adults. The wrinkled and worn-out little flower jacket was torn, revealing the gray and inferior industrial cotton inside.

The little girl stood in the cold wind. She didn't know whether it was because the little flower coat was too thin, or because she was in despair because of the cruel fate that was about to come. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she was holding on not to shed a drop.

Because she knew that even if she shed her tears, nothing would change what was about to happen. She just bit her lip and stared at the bald man in the distance of the noodle shop, standing next to a luxury car, waiting for the result.

Fertilizer merchant.

The couple's discussion seemed to end with the man's victory. Amidst the women's painful cries, the little girl was pulled by the man like a puppet in front of the rich businessman. The man put on a smile and kept saying something to the rich businessman.

He leaned his body lower and lower, and finally knelt down.

The bald fat merchant looked condescendingly at the man who had just bought it. He raised his chin. Next to him, a woman with heavy makeup skillfully grabbed the little girl's hand and squeezed it. Then she opened her mouth and seemed to be talking.

What you are testing is no different from choosing livestock at the wet market.

After inspecting the goods, the woman bent over and reported something to the wealthy businessman's ear. The wealthy businessman nodded reluctantly, took out his wallet, counted a small stack of banknotes, and sprinkled them in front of the man. He wanted to take that with him.

The little girl, trembling all over and looking back, left. This scene made her mother cry even more heartbreakingly.

At this moment, a skinny big yellow dog suddenly rushed out of the noodle shop. It ran very resolutely with a very clear purpose. It opened its mouth and was about to bite the foot of the rich businessman. The rich businessman and the two were shocked.

The men all looked pale, and a bodyguard in black with sharp eyes and quick hands kicked the yellow dog before it pounced.

The big yellow dog immediately flew out with a miserable howl and smashed a deep hole in the noodle shop's sign. It seemed to be struggling to get up, but it seemed that it was too injured to survive. It looked at the little girl who was about to be stuffed into the luxury car.

He kept whimpering.

"Rhubarb!! You bad guys! Bad guys! Why do you want to hit it!" The little girl who had been holding back and prepared to silently accept her fate finally cried out and struggled in the hands of the black-clad bodyguards.

And because this happened, the man was not spared. A bodyguard kept kicking the middle-aged man who couldn't help but scream for mercy while the wealthy businessman yelled angrily.

It is rare for Shi Chen to go deep into the empire and look at this strange world. Along the way, he has also seen similar bullying incidents. However, Shi Chen has always regarded himself as a true bystander. In the world view he has developed since childhood,

, the Imperial people seemed to be strangers to him, and he had killed countless Imperial soldiers on the battlefield, and every time he killed one, it meant that there would be one more broken family like this in the Empire.

There is countless hatred between the Federation and the Empire, which makes him look at the Empire people as indifferently as he looks at another type of intelligent creatures. However, when he temporarily integrated into the Empire in another identity, he listened to people in the streets using obscure words.

When he told those true and tragic stories in Imperial Language, and when he watched certain tragedies unfold in front of him, he found that his frozen heart was suddenly shaken.

Especially when he saw the little girl who had always been strong finally burst into tears under the continuous cruel blows, for some reason, he suddenly thought of Xiao Qianlin who was left in the capital star circle, raised his cheeks slightly, and took a deep breath.

tone.

Seeing Shi Chen stop and struggle while looking at the little girl who was about to be taken away in the distance with a complex expression, Su Yeyayan suddenly showed a gentle smile, as if she felt that such a change in Shi Chen was very consistent.

The expectations in her heart, but after all, there is still some distance from her expectations.

So she suppressed a smile, looked into Shi Chen's eyes and said: "What? You can't bear it? But such things happen all the time in the empire. The trade of thin horses and child prostitution is also a legal industry in the empire, and its payment

The taxes accounted for more than 7% of the country’s total taxes.”
Chapter completed!