It is said that Huai Zhen saw that all the spices to be used were destroyed, so he hurriedly came out and asked Ying Pei to come over, because he wrote a list and asked Ying Pei to go out to the spice shops to find it. Ying Pei saw that she was in such a hurry, and she didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly went.

After such a delay, it inevitably took a few more days of effort, and it was time for the charity sale.

In the middle of these days, because of the notice issued by the Ministry of Household sent to the states and counties, there are also more than a dozen rare and rare names listed, all of which are rare to see, and they are sponsored by the Ministry of Households, and the natural children are not bullied, so they are close to the capital, those rich and big families have heard the wind early, and for a while most of the inns in the capital are full, and there are many remote ones, after realizing it, but they are also busy sorting out their bags, catching up with Beijing, a long insight for opening their eyes, if they encounter their favorite things, they will naturally be included in the bag, and they are excellent heirlooms。

Because Huaizhen was also the person who took the lead in the uprising, he couldn't leave it alone, because he was afraid that the treasure would be lost, until the day of the charity sale, the head of the household sent someone to send it, and it was only after Huaizhen saw it that it was handed over to the household department for acceptance.

Fortunately, Princess Chengrong was there to help, and Li Xianshu Yingyu and others also came to take care of it, welcoming the people from various provinces, commanding the bottom cadres, etc., and did not dare to slack off a little.

Just because the things taken out by the heads of each house are not the same idle things, and the worst things are thousands of taels of silver, so that there can be no mistakes.

Originally, it was just a thought of Huaizhen alone, but now, it is known to the sky that it has caused a sensation.

And because the value of the city is very important, in addition to the household department, the first Ying Lanfeng can't get out because of Huaizhen, and the others ...... Because it is necessary to settle those wealthy businessmen and giants who came to the capital, with the ability of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, I am afraid that they will not be able to be thorough, so the Ministry of Rites also sent people to greet them, as for whether there is Tang Yi's approval behind his back, it is unknown.

Other...... The Criminal Department, the Military Department, and the Ministry of Officials are three departments, the first one, because of the recent mixing of people in the capital, dragons and snakes, the Criminal Department naturally did not dare to relax, and actually poured out of the nest, sent people to patrol everywhere, and also pretended to be a shrewd hand, came to the household department, and helped escort those treasures.

Second, because the Ministry of War recently begged for a lot of money and opened up a lot of armaments, and because of listening to the wind, he knew that Huaizhen was leading this "disaster relief bazaar" for the sake of the household.

At first, they were just little girls playing, but who knew that they gradually heard that all the prefectures in the capital were involved, and the amount of money and silver gradually increased to a staggering level, not to mention that the household department was serious about the sky...... Seeing it, it was a huge momentum.

Therefore, everyone in the military department was vigilant and paid attention, and sent officials to come over to help take care of them, which was nothing more than to have a good relationship with the people in the household department, and in the future, in order to better knock out some silver.

The Ministry of Independent Officials is quite idle, but the officials in the ministry also have their own treasures to participate in the charity sale, and there are also those who like other people's treasures to covet, so most of the people came to watch the excitement.

Therefore, this incident actually caused the six departments to be alarmed, and it became a grand event.

Let's say that on the first day of this disaster relief bazaar, it was really lively, and people from all over the world had already written their names in the household department in accordance with the notice, and pledged 1,000 taels of silver, and then they received the number plate and waited for today's action.

Originally, this place was intended to be in the household...... It's just that the office of the household department is located, and there are many people here, so it can't be displayed, and it can't be cheap.

A copy of the book was played, and after Zhao Yongmu looked at it, he smiled and said: "I can't imagine that there is such a good thing of loyalty to the country, and it is still done by Ying Aiqing's beloved daughter...... It's really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows, and the ladies who each contributed to sponsor the charity sale are also hearted, and after the charity sale, I have another reward. ”

More than half of the ministers participated, and they all rejoiced when they heard the words.

Zhao Yongmu praised a few words, and said: "Even so, I should also do my part, this place is just placed in the Kagura Department, the place is spacious, and then ask the Jin Imperial to go and take on the guard, be sure to be foolproof." ”

Because the place is located in the Imperial Kagura Department, only the royal family and civil and military officials can enter on weekdays, and it is not accessible to those merchants, and they are more and more excited when they hear the rumors, even if they are not willing to participate in the charity sale, but they have to get involved.

On this day, more than 500 people signed up to enter, and they received 500,000 yuan just by depositing gold and silver.

As for those officials or wealthy people who participated in the charity sale with their treasures, they did not have to pay silver taels, and they entered by permission.

In this way, the huge Kagura Department was suddenly full, crowded with people, although there were many people, but they were not messed up, led by the head of the Ministry of Rites, and they entered the treasure to see it, only to see that in the main hall, those rare treasures, one word was displayed, and each one had a letter on it, indicating which house came out, the name, the origin, the starting price and other news.

Next to each treasure, there are two gold guards in charge, and next to the wall of the main hall, there are also gold guards, solemn, as if they are in the palace.

Everyone has long been pressed by this momentum, dare not raise their voices, three or three twos to enjoy the curiosities, if you encounter a favorite thing, then stop and take a closer look, in the hand of the handwriting on the hook, in order to prepare for the candidate.

Some of the officials in Beijing saw what they had produced, and they felt that they were displayed with these many people, and they couldn't help nodding and smiling, and some of them knew each other and liked the treasure, so they commented and praised each other.

For a while, I said that your treasured calligraphy of Wang Xizhi is rare, and you said that my authentic handwriting of Wu Daozi is better...... They are all civil officials, quoting scriptures and classics, and often "looking up at the vastness of the universe and looking down on the prosperity of categories", or "bringing new ideas into the law, and placing wonderful reasons outside the boldness"...... Those rich people who don't know about it, just stick their heads out and stick their necks out to listen, but they have gained a lot of knowledge.

Among them, there is one person, but it is the former Jiangnan visitor who was in the bank of the Huanshui River for a while, named Mu Ningxuan, because he traveled with a few people, although he has seen countless curiosities, but he is not moved, only when he walks to see the flowers, until he walks to a place, he does not stop.

It turns out that this place, there is a gold hairpin, although it is also exquisite workmanship, incomparable, but at the moment there are too many treasures, dazzling, and many of them are ancient and have a very good history, so the things made of gold are inevitably ignored by everyone.

Mu Ningxuan looked at it for a moment, his eyes moved, and he saw the small sign marked next to him, and saw that it was written: The beauty of the Imperial Palace, Jin Hai, should be donated by the government.

Mu Ningxuan raised her eyebrows, with a slight smile on her lips, no wonder there were not many people watching here...... One is gold, and since it is an imperial thing, how can it be taken out and sold for charity? I am afraid that no one dares to buy it.

As soon as she thought of this, Mu Ningxuan looked at the word "Ying", and suddenly remembered the girl who was as quiet as a light cloud in the peach blossom forest on the bank of the Huanshui River...... Where would you have thought that it seemed to be weak, but it was the person who started the incident on this huge occasion, thinking that since she was the presiding person, naturally she would not have the same thing, and only this thing in the audience said "Yingfu", which must be owned by her.

And that girl would have this imperial thing, and she still has the courage and heart to take it out and sell it for charity...... It's really an unseemly one.

Mu Ningxuan's eyes looked at it, and he couldn't help but smile even more, at this moment, there was suddenly another person beside him.

Mu Ningxuan raised his eyes slightly, and his heart was slightly shocked, but he saw that the people around him were really golden and jade-like characters, and they also had a temperament, dignified and noble, and they were deep and noble...... He naturally recognized it, and he should give it up: "Tang Shangshu." ”

Tang Yizheng stared at the golden hairpin, only raised his eyes when he heard the words, turned his head unshockedly, and when he saw Mu Ningxuan, he also smiled slightly: "It turned out to be the shopkeeper Mu, has it always been good?"

Even though Mu Ningxuan was well-informed, he couldn't help but be shocked when he met his gaze, and he had some experience from the south to the north, so he also smiled and said: "Very good, thanks to the memory." ”

After a few words of greeting, Tang Yi glanced at the golden hairpin again, and said, "Shopkeeper Mu is also interested in this hairpin?"

Mu Ningxuan also looked at the hairpin, and thought: "It's exquisite, it's just a royal thing, how can it be taken out for charity sale?"

Tang Yi was silent for a while before he said, "Since it was openly donated, it is naturally approved by the emperor, and it will never happen." ”

Mu Ningxuan said "oh", and wanted to say it again, and suddenly thought in his heart: This Ying Mansion is, of course, Ying Huaizhen, this Ying Huaizhen...... But isn't it Tang Yi's wife? Isn't it long before the two of them are separated?

It's just because Tang Yi is such a high-powered, introverted and deep figure, and Ying Huaizhen seems to be very young, so although he knew about it, he didn't think about the two of them for a while.

Mu Ningxuan immediately kept silent, but Tang Yi looked away from the hairpin and looked away, because he said to Mu Ningxuan: "Mu shopkeeper, miss you." ”

Mu Ningxuan arched his hand and said, "Tang Shangshu, please." Tang Yi nodded lightly and left.

After watching it like this for a long time, the interested buyers all remembered what they wanted, and they all sat down, greeted each other, and exchanged ideas.

Suddenly, a net bell rang, and on the drum platform of the Kagura Department, a person walked out, tall and elegant, and his whole body was elegant and handsome, it was Guo Jianyi, the head of the household.

Guo Jianyi arrived on the stage, read a speech, and asked the general to take the treasures on display according to the sample, and start according to the starting price.

Mu Ningxuan also sat in the middle of the crowd, and did not make a sound, just watched everyone shoot, the previous Wang Xizhi's words, the price of 450,000 yuan was auctioned by a giant in Shanxi, and a Fushou bracelet was also auctioned at a price of 30,000 taels...... The people of the Household Department and the Rite Department next to them are recorded one by one.

On the first day of the charity sale, only half of the treasures had a buyer, but more than two million taels of silver had already been raised.

It was not yet dusk, and the city was already full of wind and rain outside.

In the house, she had already gotten the letter, Huaizhen heard it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, which was far beyond her expectations, but she didn't expect that only a little miss from herself at the beginning had become true, and it was so grand and grand.

Just because she looked at Guo Jianyi's haggard complexion, and heard Ying Lanfeng talk about all kinds of inappropriateness outside, she just hated herself for being a little woman, she was lonely, where could she help...... Who knew that the crooked one had really done a good thing that could help, so the whole person was dizzy, and swept away all the sorrow and depression in the plain day, and fell asleep at night when the favorite was over.

Suddenly, I thought again: "The Fushou bracelets have been sold for 30,000 taels, and grandma knows about it, and she still doesn't know how to recite the Buddha." I just don't know how geometry the hairpin will be...... Will anyone buy it? If no one buys it, wouldn't it be a bit of a mess?"

It turned out that because Huaizhen started to sell charity, Grandma Xu heard about it, so she took out the longevity bracelet that Huaizhen gave her in the past, and said: "We are from a poor family, and there is really no treasure, only this...... You got it in the past, your mother gave it to me, I don't leave it day and night, now that you have this thought, grandma no matter what, you have to add some dignity to my granddaughter, just take this out!"

Huaizhen and Li Xianshu didn't agree, after all, it was the old man's beloved thing, but Grandma Xu insisted on doing so, and only said: "Don't push it! So they did not dare to disobey, so they took it.

Huai Zhen thought about it, vaguely heard Xiao Jin'er muttering a few times, she was busy getting up to take care of it, and saw the child smacking her lips, but she fell asleep again.

In the dead of night at this moment, Huaizhen stared at Xiao Jin'er's face, and from his handsome eyebrows, he suddenly saw Tang Yi's shadow, because he remembered that day, the two of them looked at Xiao Jin'er and commented on who Xiao Jin'er looked like......

He chuckled and whispered in a gentle voice, vaguely still in his ears.

Suddenly, without warning, the great joy of Fang Cai was punctured by something sharp, and it never existed again.

Huaizhen clenched his chest and clothes, he couldn't breathe for a while, and it took a while to calm down again, but his eyes were already moist, and he took a few deep breaths, and drank to make himself not think about it anymore, and finally slowly suppressed the surging feelings again, so ...... Tossing and turning, it was almost dawn before finally falling asleep.

The next day, the number of people who went to the Kagura Department continued unabated, and because of the people they bought yesterday, they took back the treasures,—— and those who were low-key by nature treasured and hidden. Those who have an exposed temperament can't help but take them out for everyone to observe and evaluate, and sure enough, they are rare in the world.

Therefore, it became more and more famous, because it was a rare thing to think about, except for the rarity and rarity, and there was the imperial thing in it...... As a result, more and more people are coming naturally.

After everyone sat down, they saw another bronze Siyang Fangding, a Jiaowei qin that was more than 100 years old, a jade and jade Buddha, Wu Daozi's paintings, and the sword named Sword Longyuan that Mrs. Pingjing had used...... The prices are all above 300,000 yuan, which is naturally more sensational.

When the crowd was enthusiastic, someone came up with the gold hairpin of the palace beauty, but the starting price was 80,000 taels of silver.

It's just that this thing is a royal system, and it is not the kind of treasure that has lasted for thousands of years, so no one dared to make a move at the end.

The person who presided over the Ministry of Rites asked again, and after a long time, only one person raised his hand and added 10,000, but other than that, there was no sound, and everyone whispered.

Mu Ningxuan sat with her arms crossed, but there was a girl sitting opposite her in the peach blossom forest in front of her, she just lowered her eyes as if she was out of a trance, with such an apricot face and peach cheeks, starry eyes and cherry lips...... It is like the characters in the painting, although it is in front of you, but it is too clear and beautiful, it gives people the feeling of being far away in the sky, the spring breeze blows, and the peach petals fall from in front of her, as if the peach blossoms are affectionate, and the melancholy meaning of her eyebrows should be smoothed......

Mu Ningxuan said slowly: "One hundred thousand." ”

Suddenly, there was a gasp in the audience, and there was also a person in the hall next to him, who frowned when he heard the sound and walked out to look at each other.

The person who made the offer hesitated a little, turned his head, looked at the side hall, and after a while, he tried to raise his hand again......

Mu Ningxuan said lightly: "Three hundred thousand." ”

At this time, everyone in the field was already in an uproar, and they all looked at Mu Ningxuan, it didn't hurt that those guests from the south knew each other, and most of the guests from the north didn't know each other, because they asked about his identity.

Even the person who was in charge of the ceremony on the stage was a little stunned, Guo Jianyi looked at the field, and suddenly saw that the person who had originally quoted was looking at the side hall, Guo Jianyi turned his eyes, and saw the familiar shadow, standing there, twisting his eyebrows as if he was a little annoyed.

Guo Jianyi only glanced at it, his heart turned, and he suddenly understood, hurriedly took a step back, and called a person under his hand to come and gave a few words.

The man looked surprised, but he also hurried to receive the order.

At this moment, the person also quoted again, and sure enough, Mu Ningxuan added another 100,000, and suddenly, no one dared to speak out anymore, and the person next to the side hall had narrowed his eyes slightly.

Who knew that at this moment, someone said slowly: "400,000 ......"

The crows were silent, and at this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Mu Ningxuan's body, but they saw him and said lightly: "Eight hundred thousand." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "bang", and I don't know who couldn't sit on the chair and fell straight out! However, no one noticed, and everyone was stunned by the 800,000 light clouds.

The host of the ceremonial department was also dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time, and in the huge Kagura Hall, there was silence.

Only Guo Jianyi was standing beside him, but when he saw that the person in the side hall couldn't stand anymore, he flicked his sleeves and turned around.

Seeing this, Guo Jianyi raised his lips, showing a smile, but coughed lowly. When the host heard this, he woke up and hurriedly finalized it.

On this day, except for the half-human-high jade Buddha who was invited by a layman to pay a million dollars and contributed to the Wutaishan Temple, only this golden hairpin had the highest price.

Huai Zhen was in the Ying Mansion, silently thinking about who the hairpin would fall into, and how much it was worth, and the little guy in the mansion who was waiting outside the Kagura Department to inquire about the news listened, almost didn't believe it, and urged to ask a few times, before it was finally conclusive, when he ran to the mansion like crazy, he went inside and said.

When Huai Zhen heard this, he almost fainted, and hurriedly asked the little guy: "How much do you say?"

The little guy knelt on the ground, still excited at the moment, and said: "The little one is also afraid of making mistakes, so he asked someone to ask a few times, and then stopped a grandfather from the household department to ask, and it is indeed 800,000 taels of silver that is not wrong!"

Huaizhen couldn't make a sound, and he was shocked.

Ying Yu laughed beside him, and asked again, "Who is so generous?

The little guy said: "It's a guy surnamed Mu, I heard that it's a guest from Jiangnan......

Huai Zhenwu was dizzy, he didn't react, he was in a daze, but when he saw Princess Chengrong coming from outside, when he saw her, he smiled and said: "Okay, you should finally rest assured? ”

Huaizhen came back to his senses at this time, and Ying Yu was also busy asking: "What the princess said, but Uncle Mu?"

Princess Chengrong smiled and said, "Isn't that him? besides him, who else can spend money like this." ”

Ying Yu smiled: "I only know that Uncle Mu is amazing, but where did I think he was so rich?"

Princess Chengrong said: "He has five of the ten most famous weaving institutes in Jiangnan. ”

Ying Yu said: "This is strange, my father also has a good relationship with Uncle Mu, but I don't know as clearly as the princess." ”

Cheng Rong said: "It is precisely because I am not from Shun that I need to know the origin of these people in detail." ”

The two of them talked for a while, and seeing that Huaizhen was silent, Cheng Rong said: "The sum of today's and yesterday's silver is more than six million, I'm afraid it's enough for the household, Huaizhen, do you like it?"

Huai Zhenfang held his face and said in a low voice: "Where is a person who likes to be able to say, I only feel like I am in a dream now." ”

Ying Yu said: "This is simple, if I screw you, you will know if you are dreaming or not." As he spoke, he made a gesture to screw her, but Huaizhen hurriedly hid and said with a smile: "Good sister, don't make trouble." ”

Suddenly, Li Xianshu heard the news, and came from outside like crazy, because she saw Huaizhen so happy, so she said: "Sure enough, that hairpin was sold for 800,000 yuan? Oh, Amitabha...... Where the hell did you get that amazing hairpin?"

Huaizhen didn't say the origin of the hairpin in detail, because it was gold, Li Xianshu didn't ask much, just thought it was given by Mrs. Pingjing or Mrs. Tang, and was only surprised when she heard the price.

Huai Zhen smiled and said, "What is my mother asking? ”

Li Xianshu was surprised and laughed, beat her chest and said: "I just thought that your grandmother was enough to ruin the family and business, so I took out a longevity bracelet again...... gave up 30,000 taels of silver, but now I didn't expect that the most ruining family and business in the whole world is here!" He raised his hand and tapped Huaizhen's forehead.

Huaizhen took advantage of the situation to hug her arm, and said with a coquettish smile: "I helped my father and little cousin so much! ”

Li Xianshu saw that she reappeared as a little girl, she was not really blamed at first, but at this moment, she was even more pitiful and pitying, so she said: "What do you praise you?

The relatives gathered together, happy and happy, Li Xianshu left Princess Chengrong to eat, so it was noon, and suddenly the door came to report and said: "My lord and a gentleman surnamed Mu are back to the house." ”

When everyone heard this, they discussed it for a while, and they all knew that it was Mu Ningxuan, but they didn't care, Princess Duchengrong said: "I want to meet the shopkeeper Mu and ask him, how can he know the goods so well?"

Ying Yu said: "Uncle Mu has traveled south and north, and he has seen many rare treasures, so he naturally knows that this is good." Otherwise, in his eyes, why are so many treasures not allowed to be selected, but this is the only one?"

Huaizhen only likes it, so he listens to what they say, and he doesn't theorize.

At noon, Cheng Rong and Ying Yu returned home one after another.

Ying Lanfeng sent Mu Ningxuan, because there was something else in the ministry, he only came in and took a look, and when he saw Huaizhen's radiant face, he nodded and sighed: "Little girl, I've really done something for you." ”

Huai Zhen looked up and said, "Dad, is it really possible?"

Ying Lanfeng gently blew on the tip of her nose and said, "This is natural, so as long as there are no more natural disasters, it will be enough to support it for half a year...... You take care of yourself and wait, sooner or later he will come over to thank you. He hugged her with a smile and walked out again.

Although there are Ying Lanfeng's words, Huaizhen is only not down-to-earth in his heart, but he wants to listen to Guo Jianyi's own words to rest assured.

It's just that he hasn't had to come idle, and Huai Zhen also knows that he must be busy in the ministry, and the spices that should be worn these days are almost over, because he started to mix the mandala incense again.

Just because his mind was floating for a while, on this day, Huaizhen asked Li Xianshu to take care of Xiao Jin'er, changed his clothes, and went by car.

It turned out that Huai Zhen was grateful for the past few days to help Cheng Rong with all his might, and Cheng Rong had always invited her to come over, she was always idle, and today because she had no intention of making incense, she simply went to her house to visit.

Who knew that the carriage was halfway down, and suddenly the carriage gradually stopped, but I heard the little girl outside: "Girl, there is a person standing on the street in front of you, like Princess Chengrong." ”

Huaizhen was surprised, hurriedly lifted the curtain, raised his eyes to look out, and sure enough, he saw a figure standing in front of the restaurant in the middle of the street in front of him, still a beaded hat and satin robe, heroic and cool, it was Cheng Rong, Huaizhen was happy, and urged: "Go quickly." ”

When the little guy drove the car to the front, he greeted Cheng Rong, Huai Zhen slightly opened the curtain, and said with a smile: "Princess......"

As soon as Cheng Rong saw that it was her, his eyes lit up, and he wanted to come over, and suddenly from the restaurant behind her, there was also a person stepping out, still wearing a pearl-white silk robe, a wide-sleeved robe, and three strands of long hair, which looked like a fairy wind and bones, but it was Mu Ningxuan, who raised his eyes slightly, and unexpectedly looked at each other, Mu Ningxuan was slightly stunned, and smiled at Huaizhen gently.

Huaizhen didn't expect him to be here, he was slightly embarrassed, and he was about to put the curtain, but people were already smiling and greeting, and Huaizhen thought that he was "Uncle Shi", and he had the love of buying hairpins before, so he smiled, and only nodded to him, thinking that he was a gift in return.

At this time, Cheng Rong had already walked up to him, because he asked, "Why is Huaizhen here?"

Huai Zhen said in a low voice: "I was about to go to the princess's mansion, but the princess was here...... Since the princess has something to do, I'll visit another day. ”

Who knew that Mu Ningxuan was behind Cheng Rong, and because he heard it clearly, he smiled and said: "I have nothing to do today, I made an appointment with the princess to come here to eat and drink, since the girl has an appointment, you go by yourself, I will meet the princess another day." As he spoke, he raised his hands and saluted, smiled at Huaizhen again, and floated away with his entourage.