Walk alone in the abyss

Godoy Saka: "Hui, are you ready for a new life as an aristocrat? Hiss."

Yang Ming: "Of course, I've been preparing for this for several years. Hiss."

"Dai Li went shopping for groceries. Taking advantage of this time, I will teach you some basic etiquette of nobles. This is not a rigid teaching of those online videos. For real imperial nobles, when watching those online celebrity videos, just watch Like a clown. Hiss."

"However," Yang Ming stopped smoking the sweet, delicious and hot liquid food in the bowl, and frowned, "Is this how the nobles of the empire eat?"

"This is for concealment, do you understand concealment?"

Godoy Saka emphasized:

"Listen, my over-rich son, we are going to carry out our plans from now on, without telling anyone.

"I received your commission, this commission is very important to me, of course, if the family's reputation can not be destroyed in my hands, then try to pass it on as much as possible.

"You don't want to be sent to the noble court as a commoner, do you? They may sentence you to decades of imprisonment! We must be more cautious.

"This is the most hidden place, even if some secret service organization is spying on us with remote equipment, this dining table surrounded by a metal structure can block most of the signals.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. Hiss."

Yang Ming silently took out a badge from his coat pocket and pinned it on Viscount Saka's chest. Godoy was stunned for a moment, and then he saw himself and the young man in front of him being enveloped by a faint light at the same time.

"Things for business negotiations," Yang Ming said indifferently, "I have already prepared for it."

The two people who were squatting under the table calmly climbed out, and Qi Qi drank the nutritious porridge carefully prepared by Mrs. Delly.

Yang Ming has very little need for food, but he has already obtained the satisfaction brought by food within less than a whole day since he came here.

"It's so strange," Viscount Saka said, "You already have so much money, material things, and the respect of others—I mean your little secretary—why do you want to use such a useless reputation?"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "What am I missing now?"

"Nobility?"

"People's desires are very strange. The more they lack something, the more they want something," Yang Ming said slowly, "I want to have new pursuits in life."

"Okay, then I'll start teaching you some details."

Viscount Saka pointed to his head:

"First of all, you need to change your hairstyle, to a more aggressive one, so that people can feel your discomfort and crampedness to your new identity. You are acting too calmly now, and you don't look like someone who just came from a poor environment to become an aristocrat. Family lad.

"If your own acting skills are not up to standard, it will be a disaster for both of us."

"Understood, I'm looking for feelings."

Yang Ming thought about it carefully, and his eyes quickly changed, becoming eager and fully restrained, with a rare sense of maturity that was disguised.

"Yes, that's it, your acting skills are great."

"Skills necessary for business activities," Yang Ming quickly adjusted back.

Viscount Saka drank all the food in the bowl, and smacked his lips endlessly: "The greatest achievement in my life is to marry my wife. She is very good, isn't she?"

"A gentle and intellectual woman," Yang Ming responded warmly.

"Next, that's what I plan to do."

Viscount Saka said slowly:

"First of all, we have to get along like this for one to two months, fully deceiving others.

"We are going to break out some family conflicts. The arrival of an illegitimate child will definitely have a huge impact on the original family relationship. We will start to declare that you are my wife's distant nephew. I will take you to attend the Saka held twice a half month Star noble dinner, this is the process of letting the nobles on this planet know you.

"Don't be too hasty, we must deny this relationship first, and let those boring guys think about it.

"Based on what I know about them, if I openly say that you are my illegitimate child, then they will definitely suspect that I am taking money from you to resell the title.

"But if I try my best to deny that you are my illegitimate child, they will point at me behind my back, saying that I, a down-and-out viscount of a down-and-out family, can afford to raise another son.

"A little detour."

Yang Ming gave a thumbs up: "I completely agree."

"And I will wrong you later."

Viscount Saka smiled and said:

"Many nobles know my predicament, I will give you my most decent coat, and I will seriously recommend you in front of several uncles, and I want to arrange a decent job for you.

"There is a high probability that this job can be obtained, and my ancestors were brilliant.

"After the two gatherings, we will spread some rumors of family discord. I will find an opportunity to take you to the noble council on this planet... The chairman of the council is my uncle. Don't worry. , as long as we do it seamlessly, everything will go well."

Yang Ming nodded.

He could feel that the uncle with white sideburns in front of him really wanted to facilitate this transaction.

"I follow your arrangement in everything."

Viscount Saka smiled and went to the built-in refrigerator and took two bottles of beer.

"Go, I'll take you to a good place, this way."

A few minutes later.

The two appeared on the terrace of the manor villa, looking at the gloomy city ahead.

This is like a steel jungle, and there is not much light to be seen. At a glance, you can only see a few buildings with more than half of the windows lit up, and most of the rest of the buildings have only a few isolated lights.

Under the light red sky, densely packed tall buildings can be vaguely seen.

The flickering lights on the top of the tall building formed a red light curtain, making the already gloomy sky even less star-strewn.

The two satellites of this planet are small in size and far away, and only two inconspicuous dim stars can be seen, dim, just like the bodies of those high-rise buildings.

Viscount Saka introduced the history of the city and told the rise and fall of a family.

Yang Ming and Viscount Saka sat on the edge of the steps, their four legs dangling back and forth, and the two bottles of alcoholic beverages soon had only the bottom caps left, and they held them in their hands, as if no one bothered to go down and get another two bottles.

"This planet is called Saka because of the past?" Yang Ming asked curiously.

"This was the fiefdom of my ancestors," said Viscount Saka with a smile. "About two hundred years ago, it was the industrial base that ranked twenty-fifth in the industrial index of the empire. My great-grandfather was a local earl."

Yang Ming didn't intend to continue asking.

From the hereditary earl with the fiefdom to the desolate viscount's desolate manor, the gap between them is really too big.

But the viscount next to him started talking, sighed softly, and said slowly:

"It all started with my great-grandfather not reconciled to letting this planet go down.

"Actually, this planet is just an ordinary planet, otherwise it is unlikely to be designated as the territory of the earl. Although there are not many hereditary earls in the empire, there are still many powerful factions.

"In order to maintain the economic prosperity of this planet, for those beautiful data, and the flattery of others at the gathering of the great nobles every year, he desperately accelerated the development of the resources of this planet.

"However, due to the uninterrupted excavation in the past thousand years, the resources of this planet and several resource planets near this planet are rapidly approaching exhaustion, and the environment is gradually deteriorating irreversibly.

"Capital began to flee, and the shipyard planned to relocate. My great-grandfather desperately wanted to restore everything, to keep the planet prosperous, and bet everything in our family on economic transformation, but he worked hard for ten years. Years later, it is still devastated.

"The planet went bad almost overnight.

"High-quality assets are fleeing, talent is draining rapidly, and the value of fixed assets has plummeted. The value of this planet is only 4% or 5% of its peak value.

"The most ridiculous thing is that according to the noble laws of the empire, when we work hard to manage this planet, the empire will not increase your fiefdoms, nor will it increase your title, but when you do not manage well and cause public grievances to boil, the empire will Take back your fief and let your family title back.

"My grandfather is the worst, one of the few earls in the history of the empire who lost his title and fiefdom, he suffered countless stares and ridicule.

"In my generation, I've actually walked out of that shadow. It's really nothing, right? It's just a different life path."

Yang Ming sighed, "Let's talk about my younger siblings."

"One of them is eleven years old and the other is thirteen years old. They are rebellious ages," Viscount Saka shrugged, "I know that in their eyes, I am a useless noble father, but I have already given them my ability Give it the best."

Yang Ming asked: "Can nobles not engage in high-paying jobs?"

"Of course not," said Viscount Saka, "but the empire has developed to this day, and many customary rules have been formed. The aristocratic class and the commoner class are clearly separated, and as the empire continues to tighten the promotion channels for the nobles, the life of the common people It's also getting more stable."

The viscount was obviously a little helpless:

"My father ran a large business, but because of poor management, he fell into the trap of other nobles.

"I used to study hull design and shipbuilding technology hard, and wanted to be a senior engineer, but the unit I applied for didn't want to recruit a noble master who needed to be supported.

"I tried going to the bank to get a loan, but the bank happens to be a place that doesn't look at your noble title and connections, they only check the value of your assets, and then... huh.

"If it wasn't for me being able to pick up some outsourced design work through the Internet, and Delly also engaged in a clerical job incognito, my family would not be able to operate.

"Look, there are more than 20 rooms in this building. We only light up five rooms at most all year round. Fortunately, the noble boarding schools are free and only accept anonymous donations. Otherwise, my children may not be suitable. school learning knowledge.

"The best thing is that this manor is my private domain, and I don't need to pay property fees and land management fees.

"In the past twenty years, my family has been like a withered yellow leaf floating on the water. As long as it encounters a little extra weight, the fallen leaf will sink to the bottom."

"well……"

Yang Ming sighed softly: "Our empire is so powerful, and the aristocratic class of the empire is called the galaxy nobles, I didn't expect..."

Viscount Saka said with a smile: "Actually, many ancient families have disappeared, and now 6% of the common people in the empire have their ancestors who have obtained titles. According to the policy of the empire, if I give up the title of viscount, my family can get it." A large amount of comfort money, about three million imperial coins, is my last way out."

Outside the manor, Mrs. Dai Li was wearing a windbreaker, carrying two bags of rich ingredients, and walked towards the gate of the manor.

Viscount Saka quickly turned around and hid in the blind spot below.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

"She will misunderstand that I want to jump off the building," Viscount Saka muttered, "Okay, you come here too, and I will tell you about the noble party. It is said to be a noble party, but in fact it is our relatives, most of them are relatives. There are some barons, there are also two old viscounts who are highly respected, and occasionally there are a few nobles from other families, but most of them are here to show off their power."

Yang Ming blinked.

How can there be a feeling that some bloody plots are about to appear.

For example: ‘Hey, isn’t this Godoy, I haven’t seen you for a few years, why is it getting more and more annoying. '

Or: 'Godoy, your nephew looks really ordinary, this is a noble party, is he eligible to participate? '

etc.

If this is the only way for him to take a shortcut to get the title, Yang Ming will continue to hold his nose.

However, no one paid any attention to them.

...

Seven galactic days later.

For the first time, Viscount Saka took Yang Ming to a noble gathering.

Nothing happened for the first half of the reception.

Yang Ming even felt the care of several 130-40 year old grandparents, who gave him some commemorative gifts.

Other than that, Yang Ming and Godoy were sitting in the corner of the hotel lobby, eating a delicious buffet, watching a few proud nobles socializing everywhere.

Many young girls accompany the middle-aged uncle;

Many handsome guys will also look tenderly at those jeweled old treasures.

There is the corruption of the nobles here, as well as various rules of the social field. Yang Ming even saw the situation of exchanging female partners to dance together, and there was more than one case.

"Don't be discouraged," said Viscount Godoy Saka with a smile. "Although no one talked to us today, it may be because we don't dress well enough. When we make more preparations next time, you will definitely be able to integrate into this circle."

Yang Ming: I don't really want to hang out with these guys.

The main reason is...the quality of their female companions is not very high.

Yang Ming said softly: "They are discussing us."

"You should be more cramped, yes, a little more cramped."

Yang Ming's eyes began to wander around.

"Achieve this level today," Godoy Saka picked up the fruit brew in front of him, and sipped his mouth lightly, "When the nobles start to leave, we will follow and leave, maybe we can rub acquaintances car."

It was only then that Yang Ming remembered that they came here by the intercity express train.

Although 026 has been following nearby.

Um?

The tip of Yang Ming's nose moved slightly, and he suddenly smelled a little familiar smell.

Above the hall, on the left corridor on the second floor of the hotel, there is a subtle smell produced when a large amount of human blood is scattered.

"Uncle, let's leave first," Yang Ming said softly.

Godoy Saka said: "This is not good, we will leave after someone leaves."

"I'm a little sleepy," Yang Ming yawned.

He didn't want to get involved in weird things at this juncture, as that would only increase the risk of exposure for himself.

But Godoy was a little hesitant, and before he could nod his head, there was a piercing scream from above, followed by the sound of the glass bottle being shattered.

Well, I can't go anymore.