"Pause, Pause~"

Seeing that the bidding quickly rushed to two thousand yuan, Chen Xu was not calm, and raised his hand to stop the remaining five men in Chinese clothes who were still raising the price, "You guys are still more rational, the probability of this mussel has a pearl is not one in a hundred, and the probability of a pearl is not one in a hundred......

"Childe doesn't need to be persuaded by me, I'm just waiting to get a lottery and taint some of Childe's luck!" A middle-aged man in a thin and tall costume said with a smile.

"Exactly, Childe doesn't need to worry, if we don't have money, we won't compete like this!" The other man smiled similarly.

"But since this son is afraid that we will lose money, it is also a good intention, I can't wait for it, I will wait for the last big mussel to buy it with 5,000 yuan, and if there are pearls, they will be divided equally according to the value, if there are no pearls, it should be a successful end to this gambling clam show!" An old man with gray hair twisted his beard and said loudly.

"Anyang Gong said well, this gambling clam play has never existed in ancient times, today's son is the first to set a precedent, I am afraid that the latecomers will follow suit, for the future Zhenze shellfish pearl diving more fun, we are all jewelry businessmen, almost every year will come to Zhenze to collect Luo Qi pearls, with this kind of gambling clam play, I am afraid that Zhenze will be more lively in the future, and there will be more pearls out of the water, I also want to thank Gongzi for this innovative move, you say yes or no?" A good-looking man in his forties looked at the bidders as he spoke.

"That's great!"

"Since Duke Anyang and Brother Su both think so, there is no objection"

The other two also nodded.

Soon, the five merchants who participated in the auction quickly each took out a thousand-dollar redemption ticket and handed it to Chen Xu, Chen Xu shrugged his shoulders and took it and said with a smile, "Since you insist on this, you will not refuse, this big mussel, how about a certain person to help you open it personally?" ”

"Thank you, Childe!" The five of them bowed respectfully together.

At this time, Chen Xu's identity was almost undoubted.

And Chen Xu personally opened mussels for them, this honor is unique in the world, and if you miss this opportunity, you will never be able to meet it again in the future.

Chen Xu picked up the dagger placed on the rattan frame, wiped the blade with a broken rag, and then inserted the sharp blade into the tightly closed shell, and the mussel shell contracted under the severe pain, but Chen Xu pulled back and forth a few times, and the big mussel shell lost its strength and let go.

Under the staring gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, Chen Xu broke open the two carapaces with both hands, and instantly a blue-black brilliance emanated.

"Wow, the beads, what a big bead......"

At the moment when the light was lit up, the whole scene was in an uproar.

"It's a mother, it's a baby again~" The servant steward standing next to Chen Xu said excitedly Xianyang.

Chen Xu: ......

"Daddy, what a big pearl, Xi'er will help you take it out~"

Chen Xi broke free of Ying Shiyan's hand and pounced, reached out and dug out a blue-black pearl the size of a pigeon's egg in the shell, and as the pearl came out of the shell and was lifted up by the little girl, a blue halo like water rippled around in an instant, and it seemed to be submerged in the lake within a radius of a few zhang.

"This ...... How is this ...... How is that possible? ”

Qu Hai and the others, who accompanied Chen Xu and others to play, were dumbfounded.

And the two men in fancy clothes who sold the mussel shells to Chen Xu also had their mouths wide open, and their eyes bulged out.

As for the five jewel merchants who had pooled their money to buy clam shells, they were even more unbearable, their faces were dull as if they had lost their souls, their lips were shaking, and their heads were blank.

"Alas, such luck ......" At the end, several men who withdrew from the auction beat their chests and wanted to cry without tears.

"What the hell, what kind of shit luck is this!" After staying for a long time, Chen Xu muttered and took the big pearl from his daughter's hand.

The whole body is like a deep sapphire, but the pearl is round and flawless, and it exudes an extremely bewildering brilliance in the palm of the hand, as if the blue lake water wants to submerge people into it.

"It's so beautiful, I've never seen such a beautiful pearl!" Ying Shiyan's eyes were dull, and a pair of beautiful eyes stared directly at the big pearl.

"Blue pearl, the old man is still the first time to see, the earliest legend is still in the year when Wu Wangfu ascended the throne, Zhenze has a strange treasure in the world, I heard that the water is a blue pearl......"

An old man in the crowd was also staring at the pearl in Chen Xu's hand with his eyes, and his beard and eyebrows were trembling slightly while muttering to himself.

"Is this auspicious?" After the noisy and exclamating crowd slowly quieted down, a small voice suddenly sounded.

"Xiangrui...... Yes, yes, it is auspicious, the last time Xiangrui came out of the water was also such a glorious day, although today this is smaller, but it must also be the auspicious ...... descended by the lake god."

"Yes, I heard that this prince and his family have poured a lot of wine in the Water Temple, maybe the whole lake god has appeared!"

"Not necessarily, maybe it's our Gusu who is a great nobleman again?"

"Nobleman...... Where are the nobles? ”

"I heard that the Marquis of Qinghe is about to arrive in Wuzhong, half a month ago, someone brought news by boat from Jiangling, the Marquis of Qinghe has already inspected Jiangling, and according to the time, it may come to our Gusu in the near future......"

"Wow, it must be that the Marquis of Qinghe has come, and some people say that the young man Xu who came last time is the Marquis of Qinghe......"

"Shhh......h

"It's not a rumor, the super big lake mussel was fished up by Xu Gongzi and others from the middle of the lake......"

"Isn't it ......"

In the midst of the discussion, all the eyes of the crowd slowly focused on Chen Xu, and then looked at this young man wearing a brocade robe and a jade crown with a short black beard, and the light and breezy appearance seemed to look more and more like a person.

"Xu Gongzi~" Someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed.

There was a violent commotion in the crowd, and soon more people recognized the young man who sold mussels in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became, it was indeed Wu Zhong and Xiang five years ago after a wine fight, leaving only an auspicious legend of Xu Gongzi.

Although five years have passed, the former teenager has grown into a personable young man, and his height and appearance have indeed changed a little, but his momentum and demeanor are still the same, and even the light smile on his face is as familiar as before.

"Childe, you ...... Do you still recognize me? A middle-aged man in a fancy costume in the crowd squeezed over and threw his hand happily.

Chen Xu looked at this philistine-looking guy, searched hard in his mind, nodded with a smile, and said, "Your name is Wu Tong?" ”

"Exactly, the contemptible person is Wu Tong, thanks to Gongzi for remembering!" Wu Tong trembled lightly with excitement.

If there is anyone else who knows the auspicious water five years ago, it must be this Wu Tong in front of him, when Chen Xu and others moved the super mussel ashore, the first thing they saw was this perennial Wu Tong, a second-class dealer who bought pearls on the shore of Taihu Lake all year round.

And today I heard that someone by the lake spent a huge amount of money to buy lake mussels, Wu Tong naturally wanted to come to see what was going on, but after coming, the lake was lively and chaotic, plus Chen Xu and others had guards around them at any time, and irrelevant people couldn't get close, so Wu Tong didn't dare to get close and watch carefully, as for the other ordinary civilians who came to fish for shellfish, they didn't care about Chen Xu's identity, they only knew that it was a stupid dog with a group of beautiful wives and concubines to spend money here to have fun, and everyone was happy that the more people like this, the better. So they all rushed into the water to catch lake mussels, and naturally no one connected Chen Xu with Xu Gongzi, who came here to play five years ago.

Later, many wealthy gentry and celebrities near Wuzhong came one after another, and most of them were jewelry merchants who had been around Zhenze all the year round, so some people roughly guessed Chen Xu's identity, but they didn't know Qinghe Hou at all, so they could only get close to the set first and almost familiarize themselves.

"Childe, you ...... Are you really the Marquis of Qinghe? Wu Tong stammered and asked almost everyone's questions.

In hundreds of pairs of confused and expectant eyes, Chen Xu smiled and nodded: "Yes, it is Chen Xu, the Marquis of Qinghe!" ”

Qinghe Hou ...... It's really the Marquis of Qinghe......

After a dead silence, there was a sudden burst of cheers like a volcanic eruption, and many of them knelt down, especially the black and thin fishermen, who wept with joy and whimpered with excitement.

"I'm waiting to see the Marquis of Qinghe, and please forgive me for having no eyes!"

A group of businessmen and gentlemen, who had already roughly guessed Chen Xu's identity, all excitedly saluted Chen Xu.

"Everyone, this Hou only arrived in Wuzhong today, and he accompanied his family to the old land by the lake to revisit, but I didn't expect to be recognized by you, it seems that I can't hide it in the future, everyone get up!" Chen Xu smiled bitterly and waved his hand to let everyone get up.

"Hou Ye has arrived in Gusu, I will wait as a landlord to greet me, now it is noon, the sun is strong, and the lake mussels are all blooming, I don't know if Hou Ye has appreciated his face, let me wait to go east to Quyuan to drink and rest?" The gray-haired Anyang Gong said earnestly.

"Anyway, it's really a little tired, Ben Hou and his family stayed in the Five Lakes Park, so they didn't go anywhere else, Ben Hou went back to the hotel to wash up, and at the end of Shen Shi, everyone came to the hotel to get together and talk about wine!"

"Thank you, Master Hou!" A group of businessmen rejoiced.

"Well, this pearl is rare in the world, and your bet on the mussel today has risen several times, congratulations!" Chen Xu handed the blue pearl to An Yang Gong.

"How dare we ask for the treasures of the Hou Ye!" Duke An Yang and the remaining four businessmen hurriedly resigned.

"Haha, Ben Hou is rich and rivals the country, there are countless gold and silver treasures in the family, although this pearl is big and beautiful, but you also know that His Majesty the First Emperor has given Ben Hou the auspicious pearl that came out of the water five years ago, compared with Xiangrui, this pearl is also Erer, it is not a strange treasure, not to mention that this is what you wait to spend money to win, how can Ben Hou seize it, take it!" Chen Xu stuffed the pearl into the hand of Duke Anyang, turned around and left the lake beach with his wife, concubine, servants, Qu Hai and others, and went away in an instant.

"It turned out to be the Marquis of Qinghe, and it was the right time to come to Wuzhong this time!"

Looking at Chen Xu and others who were far away under the scorching sun, An Yang Gong and several other businessmen sighed in unison with reverence on their faces

"What about this pearl?" Someone asked in a low voice.

"The extremely rich lady in the middle should be the fifth princess, the old man sees that she loves this pearl very much, it seems that he has to find an opportunity to give it to the fifth princess!"

"I'm afraid this bead won't cost 100,000 yuan!"

"Hehe, 100,000 yuan, today Hou Ye spent nearly 40,000 yuan just for fun, there are still light money in the world like dung, not to mention that Hou Ye is a disciple of the immortal family, every time he appears in Wuzhong, there must be auspicious appearance, this is a blessing in heaven, I am afraid that I will also be covered with a lot of blessings...... By the way, where did you catch these mussels, how could there be four peerless pearls out of a hundred? ”

As a group of people spoke, they suddenly remembered this unbelievable question, and turned their heads to ask the two men in fancy clothes standing next to them.

The two of them also looked confused, and turned around together to point to the place where a large group of fishing boats were staying on the surface of the lake and said: "At the end of that lotus root, because the mussels in the silt are not easy to find, I hired two boats and a few fishermen to dive into the bottom of the lake at the edge of the silt and fish them out......"

"This shouldn't be, I have been buying jewelry around Zhenze for more than ten years, and I have never heard of such a strange news, are these pearls and mussels also living together?"

"Well, no matter what, we have to find out about this matter, and we will go to the Five Lakes Park to meet later, now that we have plenty of time, why don't you find the fishermen from Fangcai, and we will row a boat to have a look!"

"It's okay, so-and-so is thinking about it!" A man in fancy clothes nodded, led a group of people to the side of several fishing boats by the lake, discussed a few words with the two boatmen, and then threw a handful of copper coins in the cabin, and the boatmen and fishermen immediately shouted and swayed the oars to the place where the shellfish were fished.

But the men went as fast as they came, and they all came ashore with strange and depressed faces.

"I really didn't expect that place to be a steep lake ditch, it seems that the two of you are really lucky!" An Yang Gong and the others all shook their heads.

"How could it be our luck, it was obviously the luck of the Hou Ye and you, but four pearls were opened one after another, and the two of us only got more than 1,000 yuan, and we had to pay more than 200 yuan to the boatman and fishermen...... "The two men in Chinese clothes shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"That's it, don't say it, each takes what he needs, the purpose of the two is not here, why be frustrated, I'll wait for each to go back and prepare, Shen Shi went to Wuhu Park to visit Qinghe Hou, I'm afraid that once this gambling clam spreads, this Zhenze will be a lot more lively, and the chance of Meizhu in the future will be much greater, farewell!"

"Farewell!"

A group of people said goodbye and dispersed on the lake beach, but the lake beach was not quiet, because the news of the arrival of the Qinghe Marquis and the news of the four rare big pearls of the gambling mussels soon spread in Wuzhong, countless people and countless fishing boats flocked from all directions, and the lake was full of people fishing for mussels, and some of the big mussels that were fished up also began to gamble, according to the size of the five coins, ten coins or even twenty coins began to be auctioned.