Chapter 56: The Truth
"This list is really fine, right? You didn't lie to me!"
"Big brother, you've asked it eight times! I'll say it again, it's true, there's no problem! If you don't believe it, you can just find someone to arrest and ask. Jing Hanqing seemed to be impatient with the question.
I have no choice but to accept this reality, but what is going on, I'm afraid I have to ask Shui Ningrou.
As a result of Wangcheng's selection, the four major families and the three university palaces are still the biggest winners, thirteen people from the Ai family, fourteen people from the Guo family, twelve people from the Jing family, twelve people from the Ye family, eight people each from the Shuiyun School Palace and the Glaze School Palace, and the Shenzhu School Palace has nine people with one more direct promotion quota.
The seven major forces occupy more than seventy percent of the quota in total, and such a monopoly also shows its strength and status in the royal city.
For a while, everyone was celebrating their achievements, but the excitement in the royal city did not subside.
After all, in one month, the selection of successors will begin.
At that time, there will not only be the hundred candidates from Wang Cheng, but also other candidates from the entire continent, and Zhong Qingyin, the queen of the Qingwei Continent, will be on the spot in person.
The end of the selection of the royal city is not the end of this matter, on the contrary, it is the gradual opening of the curtain of the selection of successors.
The major merchants and chambers of commerce in the royal city are all building momentum for this matter, and the lively atmosphere in the city is no weaker than before the selection of the royal city.
Among them, the most anticipated is the auction prepared by the Guest Chamber of Commerce.
The reason why the Kelai Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in the Qingwei Continent is not only that it has strong financial resources and has branches in almost every city in the mainland, but also that the force behind it is the Guo family, one of the four major families.
The Guo family made a fortune by engaging in commerce and trade, and Guo Suqing, the head of the Guo family, founded a large chamber of commerce such as the Kelai Chamber of Commerce early with a keen sense of smell, and carried it forward, established countless branches, and attracted other businessmen to imitate it.
It's a pity that the road to becoming a god is not so easy after all, even if the other three families also have a chamber of commerce, but in terms of influence, popularity and credibility, no one can compare with the Guo family's guest chamber of commerce.
Therefore, the auction held by the Kelai Chamber of Commerce for the selection of successors also began to be publicized long before the selection of Wangcheng.
The time of the auction was set after the selection of this royal city, and before the selection of the successor, in order to win the attention of everyone and attract enough guests.
And during this period, with the end of the selection of the royal city, the management of the royal city gate will no longer be the same as before, and people from other cities will compete to come to the royal city.
With the reputation of the Kelai Chamber of Commerce in the Qingwei Mainland, it will naturally be able to attract more customers.
On the one hand, this auction is to auction some rare treasures, and on the other hand, it is also to attract more popularity for the Chamber of Commerce through the selection of things.
For such a grand event, it is natural that all major forces will be invited. In addition to the four major families and the three university palaces, all of the people invited were well-known forces or families.
After all, the goods in this auction are not affordable by ordinary people, and if you don't have the capital, you can only join in the fun.
The auction time of the Kelai Chamber of Commerce was finalized, and in the Shuiyun Academy, this matter was also discussed.
And Jing Hanqing, who is a jack of all trades, will naturally inform him of this.
"Why bother, Senior Brother, the day after tomorrow is the auction of the Chamber of Commerce, I worked hard to get the qualifications, are you interested in joining in this excitement?"
Hearing Jing Hanqing's words, He Ku remembered that when he was in Anping City before, he received an invitation letter from the Chamber of Commerce, but he was just a black-robed old man who sold spiritual weapons, but not as He Ku.
He also had two Nirvana-level thorn vests engraved with spirit patterns in his hands, which would be not bad if they could fetch a good price at auction.
But in this way, he has to go to the auction as an old man in a black robe, so naturally he can't join in the fun.
"I'm not interested, I'm not going. ”
"No, big brother, what are you interested in?" Jing Hanqing asked helplessly.
He Ku replied casually: "I went to the auction and I didn't have the money to buy it, what should I do." ”
After hearing He Ku's words, Jing Hanqing felt that it seemed to be quite reasonable, but he was just envious of others.
Jing Hanqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Sure enough, Senior Brother is detached, it is no coincidence that he can do this step, his realm has reached the point where he is not moved by external objects, he is really a model for my generation." My vision is really good, I must have learned a lot of things with him, and it is not in vain that I have been wronged in this Shuiyun Academy Palace for so many years......"
He Ku naturally didn't know Jing Hanqing's rich and complex inner activities, and what he was planning in his heart was why there was still a place for him in the matter of the selection of the successor.
No matter how much you think about it, you have no clue, so you have to choose to ask Shui Ningrou yourself, what the hell is going on.
He Ku has been to the Shuiyun Academy once since the day he came to the Shuiyun Academy, and he has never been there, and he has followed the road in his memory for a long time, but he found that he had taken the wrong road.
Fortunately, I met a few disciples of the school palace, and only after asking did I know how to get to Shui Ningrou's residence.
But although those disciples pointed the way, they looked at He Zhu with meaningful eyes in their eyes, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
Seeing why he went away, a few people began to discuss: "Isn't Senior Brother He Ku Senior Sister Ning Jiao's sweetheart?
"You're stupid! don't they live together!"
"No, I heard that Senior Brother He Ku didn't show a good impression of Senior Sister Ning Jiao, doesn't he like women? He doesn't live with that Senior Brother Hanqing now, could it be ......?"
Naturally, I don't know why a few people are whispering, and at this time, Shui Ningjiao is also talking with Shui Ningrou about the matter of the direct promotion quota.
"Rou'er, you tell me, did you fill in my name for the direct promotion quota!" Shui Ningjiao's tone was quite stern, after all, she almost wasted a place that she had bought at a great price.
Shui Ningrou lowered her head and did not answer, looking a little nervous, after all, this matter was more complicated than Shui Ningjiao knew.
"Since the family has decided to choose you, that is, I believe that my strength can advance to the selection of successors, why do you want to do this, almost this place will be wasted! In that case, you will lose your chance!" Shui Ningjiao's tone was quite reproachful, but she was still for Shui Ningrou's opportunity.
Shui Ningrou was silent for a long time, and then said stubbornly: "I can't compare to my sister in anything, why does the family give me a quota, I know that it is my sister's request that will make the family change their mind." This is what should belong to my sister! I don't need my sister's charity!"
Her weak temperament said such tough words, which made Shui Ningjiao a little distracted for a while.
Since she was a child, Shui Ningjiao has wanted to shelter her sister from the wind and rain, but she also completely covers her light.
Their sisters are affectionate, but their status in the family is different.
Shui Ningjiao is a well-deserved pride of the Shui family in any aspect, and Shui Ningjiao is also quite good, but under the brilliance of Shui Ningjiao, there is no bright spot.
In addition, the two have different temperaments, and the low-key and silent water is like a flower bone sheltered by the water, and the wind and rain are resisted by the water.
And the family's evaluation of Shui Ningrou is becoming more and more unbearable, mostly with her incompetence to set off Shui Ningjiao's excellence.
In this way, Shui Ningrou's heart also has a different feeling, her existence is nothing more than the comparison of Shui Ningjiao, the more excellent Shui Ningjiao is, the more inferior her heart is.
Although Shui Ningjiao really wanted to protect her sister, she also invisibly became the perpetrator.
Only now did she realize that her desire to protect her sister and resist all her thoughts was completely self-righteous, and she didn't ask Shui Ningrou how she felt at all.
And this time, I didn't ask her opinion for the direct promotion quota, and it is always unacceptable to be ignored.
Shui Ningjiao was speechless for a while, and Shui Ningrou also felt that her words were too impulsive, which would hurt her sister's heart, and she didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment at the moment.
At this time, He Ku rushed to the courtyard of the two of them, touched the prohibition at the door of the courtyard, and Shui Ningrou hurriedly went to open the gate of the courtyard as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"Why bother, senior brother, please come in!" Seeing why He Ku was coming, Shui Ningrou blushed at first, but then guessed the purpose of his coming here, and her heart couldn't help but sink, as if she couldn't run away.
"What are you doing here?" Shui Ningjiao was not so polite when she saw why she was bitter, this guy was arrogant and smelly, and his pretended to be profound, which made people quite unhappy, and he didn't know how to make Shui Ningrou look like that.
"It turns out that Senior Sister Ning Jiao is also here, I came to talk to Senior Sister Ning Rou about something. "He bowed.
"Say something!" Shui Ningjiao said to herself, thinking that her sister's business was her business, and then she found that she seemed to ignore Shui Ningrou's attitude, and hurriedly handed Shui Ningrou an inquiring look.
When Shui Ningrou saw this scene, her heart warmed slightly, so she took over the words: "Why bother, senior brother, you can say it, it doesn't matter if my sister is here." ”
Looking at the second daughter with an unnatural expression, he didn't think much about it: "That's the case, I didn't intend to participate in the selection of this successor, so I returned the quota to Senior Sister Ning Rou, but why does this final result still have my name?"
Shui Ningjiao's eyes widened when she heard this, that is to say, Shui Ningrou actually had two places in her hands, and she actually didn't fill in any of them.
Seeing Shui Ningjiao and He Ku looking at her with suspicious eyes, it was tantamount to a public execution, and Shui Ningrou couldn't wait to bury her face in the twin peaks that were not proud on her chest.
"It's a long story......," Shui Ning's soft voice was like a mosquito fly.
"That's a long story short. Shui Ningjiao was anxious to know what the truth was.
Shui Ningrou knew that she couldn't hide from this matter, and said in a low voice: "My sister won the place of direct promotion for me at the family meeting, but I couldn't be happy, I wanted to fill in my sister's name directly, but under the ghost's mission, I filled in the name of Senior Brother He. ”
Why was he confused when he heard it: "Why did it get to me?"
Shui Ningrou continued: "Then I went to find Senior Brother He Ku, I wanted to tell him that I had already filled in his name, and wanted to ask him to fill in his place in his sister's name, but he actually handed over the place directly to me, and I filled in this place in my sister's name, and you all know the rest of the matter......"
Why bother: "Listen to you again, why do I think I'm more confused!"
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