"Ziyi? Sub-...... It's time to wake up...... Sub-one ......"

In a daze, it seemed that I had a long, long dream, in the dream, there was chaos at first, it seemed that many things, many things I was not familiar with, those distant memories, also the moment I opened my eyes, completely disappeared.

"Whew!"

I opened my eyes, gasped for air, and looked around, only to see that I was sitting on a rattan mat, surrounded by a low, damp room, and beside me, there were several dirty figures, men and women, old and young, all staring at me, I touched my face in astonishment, and said, "You guys...... You ......"

"Ziyi, why don't you remember your father and mother? Did you fall off the mountain and break your brain?! ”

A middle-aged man with a thin figure glared at me with an irritated expression.

I thought about it in amazement, and suddenly noticed a sharp pain in the calf of my left leg, and when I looked down, there were layers of thick rags wrapped around it, it seemed that my leg was injured, but why didn't I remember when it was injured?

"I ...... My name is Ziyi? ”

I first rubbed my dazed head, which was still blank, and I seemed to have forgotten everything I should have remembered.

"Huh? It's broken, it's broken, this kid really broke his brain, his father, you hurry up and find Lang Zhong to take a look! ”

The middle-aged woman looked at me anxiously and urged the middle-aged man who claimed to be my father.

"We don't even have money for food, how can we afford to invite Lang Zhong?!"

I didn't know that the middle-aged man drank angrily, and turned to me and said: "I don't believe that you little rabbit cub has forgotten everything, we are the Gengzi family, you are the eldest grandson in the clan, and you are the first in line, so your name is also Gengzi one, rabbit cub, you will be twenty-one years old in three days, our Jiuling Palace will be humiliated by the clansmen if there are more than twenty-one years old and have not been able to find a partner, and they will be chopped into meat sauce by those ironclad guards, rabbit cubs, if you can't go to the ring of Jiuling Palace to make a name for yourself after three days, Whether you have real amnesia or fake amnesia, there is only one way to die! ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he snorted coldly, turned around and walked out of the door.

"Alas, Ziyi, your father doesn't want to watch you die, but our family is too poor to come up with the money to find Lang Zhong to treat you, you take care of your body, your mother will cook for you, and let Xiaohutou be by your side to talk to you."

The middle-aged woman sighed lightly and walked out sadly.

Several other people also walked out, and in the room, only a little boy of six or seven years old remained, he was barefoot, his whole body was dirty, and he still had a finger in his mouth, looking at me quietly, and then walked up to me and said, "Brother, do you still know Mao Si?" ”

"Mao Four? Who is Mao Si? ”

I rubbed my temples incessantly, struggling to cope with the little boy's questioning.

"That's me, hee-hee......"

The little boy had clearly made a joke with me, and then grinned, showing a row of small teeth.

"You're Mao Four? My brother? ”

I asked, stunned.

"Yes, brother, are you afraid of losing, that's why you pretend to have amnesia? But if you don't win a wife back, the burden on the family will be heavier......"

The little boy put down his finger and said to me very seriously.

"What? Win a wife back? Mao...... Mao four, I, I may really have amnesia, can you tell me, or simply make it clear to me, what is winning a wife, and ...... And why do we take our names from the sexagenary branches...... Hey? How do I know the sexagenary branch? What is the sexagenary branch? Oops, the more I think about it, the more headaches I get......"

As I spoke, I began to speak incoherently, for I didn't even know what I was saying, and it seemed that I had heard these words for the first time, but why was I able to say them with my mouth open?

"It's broken, it's broken, my brother's head is not light......"

The little boy stared at me in horror, like an idiot for a long time, before he grinned and said, "Brother, then I don't have to pay back what I owe you, hehe!" ”

"What do you owe, you tell me what I want to know first, my mind is blank now."

I said impatiently.

"Oh, well, I'll tell you everything I know, but you're not as good as me, how can you go to the ring to get a wife? Hee-hee! ”

The little boy grinned again and told me everything about this place and my family......

It turns out that this is a huge island, all of our living beings live here, due to the huge power of the Nine Spirits Palace, all living beings must obey the rule of the Nine Spirits Palace, however, the Nine Spirits Palace will hold a recruitment meeting every three years, and the reason why this recruitment meeting is made is because the men and women on the island are under separate jurisdiction.

Unless the family has become a husband and wife, unmarried men and women, are under separate jurisdiction, to the age of marriage, to hold a marriage conference, every three years, only ten couples pass the test, the so-called pass, is to get married, but all those who are married, can live, unmarried, there are also requirements, extremely cruel requirements, that is, before the age of twenty-one can live, more than twenty-one years old has not been able to find a partner, will die!

This way of survival has been followed for generations, and I don't know which generation it arose, and the specifics are no longer exquisite.

Speaking of the recruitment conference, there are many people who participate, the island is divided into ten families, according to the ten heavenly stems, A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and ten families of Gui, I am a member of the Gengzi family, the descendants of the Gengzi family, and they have to be distinguished by twelve earthly branches, such as Zichou Yinmao...... Wait, the eldest son is based on the son, and so on, but if I can't recruit relatives, after being executed, there will be four left in the family, and if I can't recruit relatives after four days, then the family without descendants will also be executed.

The re-established family will replace the destroyed family.

It's a slightly absurd and cruel world......

The only people who are gorgeously dressed and clothed in fine clothes, only the people of the Nine Spirits Palace, even the servants of the Nine Spirits Palace, are more noble than us lowly family members.

If you want to enter the Nine Spirits Palace to enjoy Qingfu, you have to come out on top in the ring competition, and the first person has the right to choose the same noble reward, or enter the Nine Spirits Palace on an errand.

So after counting, there are only eleven places, and the remaining ten can choose the girls prepared by the Nine Spirits Palace to be their wives, and the rest of the losers will all be executed, and the corresponding girls will also follow to die, no matter how many men participate, the Nine Spirits Palace will prepare the corresponding number of women.

"It's not even like a slave!"

I screamed angrily after listening to Mao Si's words, but immediately the injury to my leg was so painful that I grinned at my teeth.

"Uh...... Brother, what is a slave? ”

Mao Si looked at me with a blank expression, as if he didn't quite understand what I was saying.

"Slave ...... I don't know, how can I suddenly think of some strange words? ”

I tilted my head and thought for a moment, then said, "What's even more hateful is that we don't even have real names, it's all a bunch of code names, alas, it's a hellish world......"

"Uh......"

Looking at Mao Si's sluggish expression again, I couldn't help but touch my forehead, yes...... What exactly is the thing that I blurt out every time? Why can't I remember a single one?

"Brother, then you can take care of your injuries, I went out to play......"

Mao Si muttered, turned around and ran out.

I lay down in a small dark house for three days, and for three days, my mother brought food in on time, and the rest of the clan often came to greet me, but when they saw that my legs were not improving, they seemed to have lost hope and hope for me.

Everyone else in the clan has lost their sons, and now there are descendants of my father, if I am executed this time, only Mao Si will be left, and everyone takes special care of Mao Si, for fear that he will make any mistakes, and for me, the attitude of the past three days has become increasingly cold.

"My name is Gengziyi, I fight for the life and death of my family, I want to live, I want to defeat all opponents in the ring...... My name is Gengziyi, and I'm here for ......"

"Whew!"

Suddenly I opened my eyes, and in my sleep, a voice kept echoing in my head, stirring my mind into confusion, and I woke up with a full breath, gasping for air, I reached out to wipe the cold sweat from my forehead.

The sky is bright again, today is the morning of the fourth day, the past three days, I have not returned, today is the day I turn twenty-one years old, and it is also the time for me to make a choice between life and death, so outside the house, there are people in the tribe.

I climbed out of bed with difficulty, put on my shoes, and wrapped the wound on my leg a few more times in rags, so that the pain seemed to be reduced a little, and when I stood up, my brain was dizzy, but after stumbling, I stabilized my body, perhaps seeing me like this, the old people in the clan all shook their heads in disappointment and let out helpless sighs.

Obviously, they have lost all hope for my life and death today......

"Ziyi, a stranger said he wanted to see you!"

A middle-aged man who claimed to be my uncle came up to me and said cautiously.

"Who?"

I took a look, only to see a black-robed figure standing outside the courtyard, his head was also covered, and he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, so I walked out of the crowd and came to the courtyard, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?" Why do you want to see me? ”

The black-robed man didn't say anything, let alone look up at me more, but just stretched out his pale hand and handed me a small cloth bag, a palm-sized cloth bag, and put it on my hand, only to see a black and white Taiji diagram drawn on it...... Hey? Black and white Taiji diagram, what is it? I seem to recognize the pattern, but when I think about it, I don't remember it...... It's weird......