Not long after the two men finished their conversation, the women and children of the Lu family were brought to the platform by the official.
They were not covered in wounds like Lu Huaiyi and his son, but because of the sudden imprisonment, their mental state was just as bad.
Yu Zizhen noticed that all of them had their hair and clothes not in order. Most importantly, judging from the damaged state of their clothes, it was obvious that they were not in disarray because of torture.
A not-so-pleasant guess emerged in his mind, and Yu Zizhen's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent.
She said to herself in her heart that if things were as bad as she guessed, then she would definitely send those maggots in the pit back to where they belonged.
While she was gritting her teeth in her heart, the auction on the stage had officially begun.
A total of seven people from the Lu family were auctioned off, namely Lu Huaiyi's wife Pang, daughters-in-law Zheng and Liang, daughter Lu Mingxian, youngest son Lu Mingzhuo, and grandsons Lu Wenzhen and Lu Wenbo.
In addition to Yu Zizhen, there was a small group of people at the scene who were eager to buy these seven people. They were Lu Huaiyi's nephews Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingyuan, as well as the original Lu family servants: housekeeper Lu Fu, Pang's wet nurse Qin Ma, and three disabled Lu family guards Lu Tie, Lu Shan, and Lu Dazhuang.
Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingyuan are brothers. Their parents died early and their family property was seized by their uncles. When they were at their wits' end, they were taken back by General Lu who happened to be returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors and was raised in his own home as his own sons.
When the Lu family was in great danger, General Lu asked them to take their wives and children away. They sent their wives and children to Yue's family, while he himself began to run around for Lu Huaiyi's family at his own risk.
Although their efforts did not produce any results, they still did not give up and continued to make efforts.
Right now, the only thing they can do is to raise money to buy people.
The wife of Lu Fu, the housekeeper who worked with the two brothers, passed away, and his children were all married. Pang's wet nurse, Qin Ma, lost her husband early and had no children.
The three disabled guards of the Lu family, Lu Tie, Lu Shan and Lu Dazhuang, were originally servants of the Lu family. They practiced martial arts with General Lu since childhood, went to the battlefield with General Lu when they grew up, and were kept in the Lu family by General Lu as guards after being injured.
In the same situation as them were the brothers Lu Ping and Lu An, who were exiled with General Lu.
These five people were grateful for General Lu's kindness, so they left the elderly, the weak, women and children in their homes to their sons, and stayed behind to share the hardships with the Lu family.
In addition, Lu Mingzhe's long-time attendant Wu Shun, Lu Mingheng's long-time attendant Wu An, Lu Mingzhuo's servants Wu Bao and Liu Shun, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingyuan's respective attendants Lu Zhong and Lu Yong, they are all single, without relatives and no wives or children.
These people have no worries and are ready to risk their lives for the Lu family.
As for those who had relatives who needed to be taken care of, after the Lu family returned their deeds, they had already escaped and left with their families.
If this is what the Lu family wants, they don't want more people to be implicated by this sudden disaster.
Even for the group of people who insisted on staying, the Lu family had actually advised them to leave Beijing as soon as possible and stay away from the muddy water.
But these people felt that even if they were of no great use, they could still take care of Lu Huaiyi and his son who were in exile, and the women and children of the Lu family who were about to be sold by the government.
So, after Lu Huaiyi and his son took the brothers Lu Ping and Lu An away from Beijing, those who were responsible for staying behind to look after the women and children of the Lu family, after dividing the work among themselves, hurriedly gathered some money, preparing to buy as many women and children of the Lu family as possible as soon as the auction started.
With the cheating device of the system, Yu Zizhen had of course known about the existence of this group of people a long time ago, but considering that the Lu family would definitely secretly instruct their lackeys to jump out and oppose the Lu family, Yu Zizhen did not immediately contact the Lu family and express his position.
She had already made up her mind that she would act superior and willful, and no matter who it was, no one could compete with her for the person.
While Yu Zizhen stared at the bidders with a sharp gaze and silently emitted death beams at them, Yuheng had already started to bid in a serious manner.
She started making her bid when there were only two groups left to make an offer. This was also what Yu Zizhen taught her, because it would save as much talk as possible.
The group bidding against her was the Lu family's branch mentioned earlier, and the other group was a middle-aged steward and a group of servants surrounding him.
Yu Zizhen stared at them for a long time, but was unable to recall their faces from the corners of her memory. She didn't know whether the person behind the scenes had deliberately chosen unfamiliar faces to do this, or whether the other party's master was not of high status and was not able to bring people around in front of her.
But no matter which one it is, if you dare to compete with her for people, don't blame her for using shady tactics in secret. If she can't solve the problem, can't she solve the person who created the problem?
Waving Yaoguang to come closer to his ear, Yu Zizhen muttered a few words to her, then covered it with his sleeve and stuffed something into her hand.
Yaoguang nodded to show that she understood. Under the worried eyes of Feng Yuan and others, she stood up and staggered behind the middle-aged manager and the servants he brought with him.
The middle-aged manager and his group, who were bidding with their chins raised, did not notice Yaoguang, whose footsteps were as light as a cat. Naturally, they did not notice that when Yaoguang passed behind them, fine powder like smoke in her little hand floated towards their mouths and noses in the wind.
After completing the task, Yaoguang pretended to go to the toilet. When she came back, she gave Yu Zizhen a look that showed that she had completed the task and asked for praise.
Yu Zizhen touched her head, and then fed the antidote to the cute little Yaoguang as a candy ball.
At this time, the first wave of bidding had ended, and Yuheng, who was bidding on behalf of the Zhenbei Palace, finally bought Lu Huaiyi's grandson Lu Wenbo at a high price of 180 taels of silver.
The other bidders who were there mainly to watch and join in the fun were now looking at Yu Zizhen and the other three groups who had been insisting on bidding with a look of idiots in their eyes.
One hundred and eighty taels, that's one hundred and eighty taels. If it were according to the normal market conditions, this amount of money would be enough for them to buy ten legitimate teenagers. If they were to buy a three-headed little kid like Lu Wenbo, they would have to buy at least fifteen or sixteen.
The morale of the Lu family's side branches and servants is low at the moment. They don't have much money on hand, and most of it has been spent running around for the Lu family.
Lu Huaiyi and his two sons were exiled with injuries all over their bodies. The brothers Lu Ping and Lu An who were accompanying them had to spend some money to buy medicine for them.
As a result, the money they could take out became quite limited.
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