Chapter 18: Jing Fang
Qin Xiaolian didn't seem to expect that someone would suddenly make such a request, especially if she was still an ordinary seat, so she replied a little impatiently: "What to test, isn't this a delay in hard work, if the son has the heart, then take the silver to take a picture of her, how you want to look at it when the time comes, how to take the test, it's not up to you..."
Hu Dashao seemed to recognize Baoyu, and echoed with a sneer: "That's it, Sister Qin, leave him alone, poor scholars love this set, there is a fart, let's start quickly..."
The eldest prince Yue on the other side was a little unhappy, and said lightly: "Sister Qin, I think this son's proposal is very good, and I don't want to test her articles in the world, just connect a poem and a poem for a pair, so that everyone can be convinced, for a while, the price will be more refreshing, why not do it?"
Qin Xiaolian looked at the eldest prince of Yue, and said with a smile: "Since the prince said so, I don't have any opinion, but it is really inconvenient for the red jade girl to talk to people in public, so it is better to let her write a few lines of poetry to prove that what I said is true..."
Baoyu believed that if this "Qin Hongyu" was really Xiangyun, she must have recognized her voice, so she said: "Okay, the girl can just write a few lines of poems that she has written before, we are just curious, and we have no intention of being embarrassed..."
So, Qin Xiaolian asked people to take the four treasures of the study, and also brought a painting case, that Qin Hongyu lifted the hijab slightly with her left hand, and then held a pen in her right hand, and wrote a piece of paper with a few brushes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Then, the little girl who was supporting Qin Hongyu picked it up and unfolded the words in front of her, only to see a few handsome lines written on it:
Like a dream
Is it embroidery velvet remnants? Roll up half a curtain of incense mist.
The slender hand came by itself, and the air made the cuckoo cry and the swallow jealous.
Don't let the spring light go!
The people present were amazed, some had good words, some had beautiful words, and even Hu Dashao opened his mouth wide, with an expression that he never expected.
When Baoyu saw this poem, her eyes turned red, and she said in a somewhat strange voice: "The red jade girl is really a good word, and if she is taught, although the girl can rest assured, I will definitely not 'let the spring light go'." ”
At this time, the big man who led the way in front of him suddenly struck the gong twice, put on a straight face, and said angrily: "Okay, everyone is quiet, the poetry test is over, it's time to get down to business..."
The crowd suddenly quieted down, and the big man continued: "Let me remind you, our 'Jingfang' conference is not a child's play, anyone who bids, if he wins, must pay off the silver taels in person, everyone weighs the point, don't mess around... Let me tell you, our store is open to the sky, no matter what kind of gentry young master you are, the son of a high-ranking official, if you break the rules, you will be severely punished. ”
After the big man finished speaking, he handed the gong to Qin Xiaolian, and then stood on the side of the wooden platform, and the little girl also went down to the other side of the wooden platform, leaving only Qin Xiaolian and Qin Hongyu standing in the center of the stage.
Qin Xiaolian picked up the gong mallet, "Huh...", and then said: "Everyone has seen our girl's talent, the 'Jingfang' conference has officially started now, such an excellent girl, don't be stingy with silver... To reiterate, the starting price is one hundred taels, and the price is increased by twenty taels each time the card is raised, and the higher one can be directly shouted out..."
As soon as the words fell, a young man sitting on the table of the Eight Immortals in front of him immediately raised the "admission card" in his hand, and Qin Xiaolian shouted: "This son gave one hundred taels of silver, and he made a good start, everyone continue..."
On a table of eight immortals in the middle, a middle-aged man in his forties raised his hand and held up a card, and said, "I will give one hundred and forty taels..."
Qin Xiaolian said with a smile: "Okay, very good, this master is really bold, the price will be doubled at once, everyone has to hurry, otherwise the red jade girl will belong to this old and strong big brother..."
Another young man at the table in the front row also raised a sign, but he didn't speak, which meant a price increase of twenty taels.
"Okay, one hundred and sixty taels..."Qin Xiaolian counted in her mouth, and at the same time looked at Hu Dashao and Yue Dagongzi on both sides, and laughed, "The people in the middle are so enthusiastic, but the prince and uncle in the elegant seats on both sides of you have not moved, could it be that you are the ones who came to see the excitement?"
When Hu Dashao heard this, he opened his mouth and said with a smile: "How can it, since Sister Qin has ordered the general, I will give two hundred taels..."
"Okay, it's still Hu Dashao's generous shots, and now the total price has doubled, but this is far worse than before, this is the best girl this year, not only looks like a fairy, but also has outstanding talent, everyone saw it just now, don't insult her..."
At this time, one of the two businessmen sitting next to Hu Dashao held up a sign and said to the other with a smile: "It is said that the iron brother is strong and strong, and today the younger brother is the east... Two hundred and forty taels..."
Hu Dashao glanced at the two of them, and then shouted: "Two hundred and sixty taels..."
With a hint of a joke on his face, the merchant shouted, "Three hundred taels..."
Hu Dashao slapped the table: "Grandma's, three hundred and forty taels..."
The merchant was about to raise his sign, but was stopped by the man next to him, and he laughed dryly, and the two continued to talk quietly.
Seeing this, Hu Dashao smiled proudly, and said to Qin Xiaolian: "Sister Qin, it's almost, you can beat the gong..."
Qin Xiaolian said with a smile: "Hu Dashao, what are you anxious about, you have to ask these masters from Jinling City, everyone has come all the way, and they haven't shouted a price yet, what a disappointment..."
Hu Dashao muttered: "What do you ask, a group of scholars, at first glance, they are here to see the excitement..."
Na Yue's eldest prince and a few of his friends were indeed watching the excitement with relish, and when they heard this, they chuckled and said, "I'll give Sister Qin a face, four hundred taels, and see if the eldest young master on the other side has a silver mine at home..."
When Hu Dashao heard this, he immediately sank his face, and said as soon as he raised his card: "Four hundred and twenty taels..."
Grand Prince Yue said, "Four hundred and sixty taels..."
Hu Dashao immediately followed: "Five hundred taels..."
Who knows, but the eldest prince Yue suddenly spread his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, Young Master Hu is really wealthy, I admit defeat..."
"You..." Hu Dashao was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and when he realized that he had been fooled, he suddenly stood up, looking like he wanted to rush over and beat people, but in the end he sat back silently.
"Brother Yue, you really know how to play, haha..."
But the eldest prince Yue said loudly: "If the brothers have silver, they can continue to shout... Especially the benevolent brother who took the poem just now, don't let the girl down..."
Obviously, Grand Prince Yue was deliberately reminding Baoyu, because he was bowing his head and silent at this time, as if he was stupid, Jiang Yuhan was also anxious, and was about to step forward to see what was going on.
Baoyu suddenly stood up and shouted, "Okay, I'll give you eight hundred taels..."
In fact, it was not that Baoyu was not active, but because he was totaling the total number of silver tickets with Jin Chu'er, because the silver tickets given by the eldest prince of Nayue ranged from ten taels to fifty taels in denominations, and it was inconvenient for him to count them outside, so he let Jin Chu'er get the number of pearl miles, and at this time he just counted clearly.
As soon as Baoyu's price came out, everyone present was dumbfounded, no one dared to shout the price anymore, including that Hu Dashao, who was also wilted, obviously this price had far exceeded his expectations.
Baoyu increased the auction price from Hu Dashao's "five hundred taels" to "eight hundred taels", which is exactly the number of all his current silver tickets, which is not that he is stupid, but he knows how to auction, because if he adds a little bit, it is easy to be unwilling for a while, and entangled, which is the last thing he wants to see.
Qin Xiaolian seemed to be a little incredulous, so she asked again: "This son, you really want to pay eight hundred taels..."
Baoyu nodded, then walked up to the stage, came to Qin Hongyu's side, and repeated: "That's right, I am willing to pay eight hundred taels of silver to photograph this girl..."
Everyone present was silent, stunned by this sudden black horse, only the girl under the hijab, her body twitched slightly.
Baoyu felt her familiar breath, her heart was full of tenderness, and there was a lot of sadness, this sister who lost her parents since she was a child, and was lonely, she didn't know how she ended up in this kind of place, with her character, she should have suffered a lot, but fortunately, she finally saved her.
That's right, since I saw that word just now, Baoyu has already determined that this "Qin Hongyu" should be "Shi Xiangyun" Undoubtedly, because that word is her old work "Liu Fu Ci", which is their small range of things, it is impossible for others to know, and his handwriting is very familiar to him.