Hain turned back to see Marley being held in front of his chest by a man drawing his sword.

The man didn't look at Ma Lai, but just looked ahead fixedly and said, "When, it's your turn to talk here?" With that, he stared at Marley with a sneer, as if to see every look of shame on his face.

The people around watched this scene and laughed along. And they talked about him in front of him in a grand manner.

"I really thought that my father was a household official, and he was also great?"

"Those who come out of the realm of sin dare to be compared with us. ”

"Don't be clear about yourself, the Hundred Flowers Festival is an elegant occasion, and it is also a place where pickled people like him can come?"

"If he hadn't had a father who was a household official in Wangcheng, would he have been able to come into such a place? Let him come here is already our greatest benevolence to him, and he even wants to be close to such a noble person as Hai Gongzi?"

"Ridiculous, ridiculous. ”

Ma Lai's smile froze on his face, and after a long while, he barely pulled out a smile, looked down at the sword on his chest, and said to the sword-wielder: "Bei Gongzi, you... What do you say?"

Bei Gongzi lifted the sword up again, directly against his neck, and said fiercely: "What am I talking about, don't you know yourself? Don't pretend to be here with me, you are blind, can it be that your ears are also deaf? These people next to you, what they are saying, don't you understand?"

Ma Lai looked at Bei Gongzi, pulled his mouth, tried to keep the smile on his face, and said, "I just want to take Hai Gongzi to visit inside." ”

Bei Gongzi clenched his sword in his hand and approached: "Do you have to say it so clearly? You are not worthy, you are not qualified to get close to Hai Gongzi." Moreover, from now on, you are not allowed to come again on the occasions where we nobles are here, otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind to you. ”

As he spoke, Bei Gongzi's sword approached his neck again, and cut through the thin and tender skin on his neck, and a blood line clearly appeared on his neck.

Ma Lai swallowed his saliva, a little scared, "Yes, I, I know." ”

A group of aristocrats around them burst into laughter.

Hain frowned, walked over, knocked over the sword of Bei Gongzi, looked at him and said, "What are you doing?"

Bei Gongzi was surprised, and a group of people around him immediately stopped laughing and looked at Hain.

Bei Gongzi looked at Hai En, bent down and bowed his head, and said respectfully: "Hai Gongzi, I will clean up the filthy people around you for you." This person, born in the realm of sin, was born unclean, how can this kind of person be allowed to come close to you and tarnish your noble identity. ”

The people around him also echoed: "Hai Gongzi, you must not let this kind of person follow you, you must stay away from him." ”

Hearing this, Marley bowed his head. The hands hanging down in the cuffs, clenched tightly, fingers, almost pinched into the flesh. His body also trembled slightly.

The words of these men, word by word, were like sharp swords that pierced him through the chamber. And the sneering gaze of these people is more like a thorn, piercing his whole body.

He stood in the center of the crowd and was judged by a circle of people around him.

The smile on his face could no longer be maintained, he bit his lips tightly, the sweet smell overflowed his mouth, straight to his brain, but he couldn't hide the inferiority complex and bitterness in his heart.

He was born in the realm of sin, but he is not a sinful man. But no one cares about that, what his past is, what his character is, no one cares. They had already labeled him as sinful, that he was unclean, that he was dirty, that he was inferior, that he was inferior, that he would never be worthy to stand with them as an equal.

Hain walked up to him, stood in front of him, looked at the people around him, and said slowly: "Who I am with is my business, you don't have to worry about it." ”

With that, he turned around and grabbed Marley and walked towards the inner hall. A group of nobles were stunned on the spot, and then they immediately followed.

Hain didn't reply, "Don't follow me anymore." ”

A group of people immediately stopped and stared at Marley beside Haine, their eyes full of resentment.

Ma Lai looked up in disbelief and looked at Hain: "The group of noble young masters outside are not small in this royal city. You offended them for my sake, it's not worth it. ”

At the end, he even stopped and said, "Or, I'll go out and explain to them now," and after that, he was about to turn around and go back.

Hain grabbed him: "I said, you brought me here today, and I won't leave you alone." ”

"But... They... ”

"Don't worry. Hain said lightly.

As soon as he came in, the people chattered around him non-stop, which was annoying enough.

The most important thing is that he was actually stopped when he was about to taste this annual delicacy potpourri cake. This is simply unforgivable, unforgivable. He didn't take them seriously, and he was good-tempered enough.

Marley looked at Hain and smiled gratefully. Immediately, he didn't care about those people anymore, and followed Hayne into the inner hall.

Hain glanced at the wound on his neck, he could heal him by raising his hand, in order to avoid being too shocking, he still picked a spirit leaf from the enchantment space, erased most of the spiritual power on it, and handed it to him:

"Stick this around your neck. ”

Marley took it, not quite understanding what he meant, but stuck it to his neck anyway. Miraculously, this leaf was just close to his neck, and the wound on his neck, healed.

After a moment of incredulity, Ma Lai immediately saluted happily and thanked him: "Xie Hai Gongzi!"

Hain stretched out a hand to hold him and stopped him from bending down: "Okay, don't move and bow to me." I'm just afraid that you'll affect my appetite like that. ”

Marley didn't care, stopped, and looked at Hain with a grateful expression.

"Okay, don't look at me like that anymore. Hain smiled. Then, he glanced around the empty surroundings and said:

"Where's this potpourri cake?" Hain searched around. I said that I was in the inner hall, but now, not to mention that I couldn't even see a shadow, I didn't even smell a smell.

"The flower cake at this Hundred Flowers Festival is not eaten casually. Marley stepped forward and explained.

"Oh?" Hain couldn't help but be a little depressed, he just wanted to taste this potpourri cake that he had heard praise for a long time, but had not seen its appearance.

"This Hundred Flowers Festival, one is to enjoy the flowers and visit the garden, but the most important thing is to take this opportunity to gather the nobles of the royal city together to raise donations. ”

The word "curtain fundraising?" was fresh, and Hayne couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Yes. If you want to eat this potpourri cake, you have to get money first. ”

"That's buying?" He was now very familiar with the new operation of spending money to buy things. But every time he used his newfound word "buy", he couldn't help but feel a little complacent. It's like learning a new spell and rushing to show it.

Marley smiled and said, "It's different from buying on the street." ”

"What's the difference?"

"The money here is not how much the potpourri cake is worth, just give as much as you want. The rule here is to be arbitrary, give as much as you want. As long as they give money, they give potpourri cakes. ”

"What's the point of giving money?" Hain asked.

"All the nobles who come here are from the royal city. For them, the amount of money given when they take the potpourri cake is a competition between them, secretly fighting for money and strength. It's all young guys, and they love this invisible competition the most. So in the end, after this Hundred Flowers Festival, a lot of money can be raised. ”

"Are they so willing to give money to other people's pockets?

Ma Lai shook his head and said, "The money raised at the end of the Hundred Flowers Festival will be sent to the treasurer, and then distributed to the needy civilians in the city. In this way, these royal city nobles will be willing to spend a lot of money to compete. Because in the end, none of them will be the biggest profiteer. ”

"Oooh. Hayne nodded.

In addition, every time the Hundred Flowers Festival, the person who pays the most money will also be named the King of Flowers and receive the ultimate Hundred Flowers Cake as a reward. Marley continued.

"The ultimate potpourri cake?" Hain was immediately interested when he heard this. He didn't care about the competition between those aristocratic young masters, what the Hundred Flowers King. What he cares about the most is this ultimate potpourri cake, which must be delicious!