After seeing all the exotic rumors along the way, I finally arrived at Xingli Auction House before the auction began. There is no doubt that this name was opened by the Han Chinese, but this method of auction was transmitted from the West at this time.

Li Wenyuan showed his waist card to the gatekeeper and walked into the auction house, a slightly gorgeously dressed person came over and said, "Are the brothers going to be a casual seat or a private room?" ”

Li Wenyuan said: "This is the first time for me to come, please tell me what is a loose seat and what is a private room?" ”

After hearing this, the man smiled and pointed to the wooden chair on the side and said, "Look, the wooden chairs next to each other under this table are scattered seats, and you can sit casually." Then he pointed to a few rooms upstairs with open windows and said, "There is a private room, and tea and fruit are served during the auction, and someone will shout for you." ”

Li Wenyuan smiled after hearing this: "What is the price of such a good private room?" ”

The man smiled and said, "If you come for the first time, you won't overcharge you, so you can give fifty taels." ”

Fifty taels were directly placed in the man's hand, and Li Wenyuan said, "Lead the way in front of the head." ”

If it had been placed in the past, how could he have spent so much money, but in Yongdeng County, the embezzlement proceeds of the county order were confiscated, and Li Wenyuan became rich overnight. Although they are all people's fat and people's ointment, who will account for the money they have embezzled? The money couldn't be returned, so Li Wenyuan didn't think much about it, he pocketed it all, and thought in his heart that if he couldn't fight it, he would just supply those people through other ways in the future.

The man accepted the money, and led Li Wenyuan to the second room, and handed over a number plate. The plate is engraved with seven characters, and the indentulation is filled with gold dust, which shines in the candlelight.

The man said: "This is a guest card, you can only pay 90% of the auction price with this card, and if it is consignment, you can get 50% of the commission." ”

Li Wenyuan played with the sign in his hand, and secretly praised a good thing in his heart, this wooden sign does not know what kind of wood is used, although it is in the desert, it is cold and extremely comfortable. I couldn't help asking, "Why is this license plate waiting for me?" ”

The man said, "All the guests who come to this private room can receive this number plate." ”

Li Wenyuan nodded, then sat down in the room, closed his eyes and recuperated to relieve the fatigue of the journey. After a while, the sun outside completely set, and the next person sent a charcoal brazier, Li Wenyuan knew that the temperature in the desert was very low at night, and secretly said that the people here were considerate of doing things.

At this time, the lights on the platform downstairs were bright, and the originally noisy scattered seats were quiet, and a beautiful woman walked up to the stage and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, our auction is about to start tonight." Some of you are here for the first time, and I will tell you again that our auction items are all sold on consignment, and there is no guarantee that they are really good, it all depends on your eyesight and courage. ”

The many businessmen called by the beautiful woman one by one are very useful, after all, the status of the merchant is very underground, and the clothes can only wear the most inconspicuous black clothes, where some people call themselves adults? At the moment, they were all a little fluttery, and a few people with poor concentration simply said directly: "Wen Niang, the defective products are all my poor eyesight, I won't complain about your line, let's start quickly." ”

The beautiful woman who was called the writer smiled and said: "Since you adults are anxious, I will no longer disturb your elegance, let's start directly with today's first lot, the snow lotus of the high mountains of the female country." ”

At this time, several people came up with a large box, and then opened the lock on it. As soon as the lid of the box was opened, a puff of white gas rushed out, and when the white gas dissipated, I looked again, and there were ice cubes inside, and a wooden box was held on top of the ice cubes. Wen Niang stretched out her jade hand and gently put the wooden box in her hand, opened the plug, and opened the lid of the box.

Suddenly, all eyes focused on the things in the box, and Li Wenyuan unconsciously cast his eyes on the wooden box. In the box is a bright plant, with water droplets hanging on the emerald green leaves, holding a ball of white petals, wrapped in purple stamens, which are very beautiful against the background of the candlelight.

After only showing it to her, Wen Niang closed the box and put it back in the box. said to the people around him: "Everyone, snow lotus is a good thing, it strengthens muscles and strengthens yang, invigorates menstruation and blood, warms menstruation and stasis, dissipates cold and dehumidification." It is especially suitable for adults who often go north to the Turks and south to Lingnan to do business. ”

Wen Niang looked around, and suddenly said in a very charming voice: "What's more, this physical fire can cure the physical weakness caused by excessive indulgence, and the inability to enjoy people with congenital deficiencies." Speaking of this, Wen Niang stopped, it seemed that she had been talking for a long time, her mouth was a little dry, she stretched out her little tongue and licked it on her lips, and the people in the audience who were teasing were dry before she said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the starting price is five hundred taels." ”

The scene suddenly boiled, and a group of people had already lost their minds in the atmosphere set off by Wen Niang, and climbed up the price of Snow Lotus, and finally sold it for four thousand taels.

Li Wenyuan looked funny in his heart, and was about to turn his head to complain to Zhang Juntai, but found that Zhang Juntai was also looking at the figure of Wenniang downstairs with straight eyes. Li Wenyuan stretched out his hand and pushed Zhang Juntai and said, "What you see, it's not yours if you look at it." It is not pure for such a woman to marry home. ”

Zhang Juntai was pushed by Li Wenyuan, and he also came back to his senses, knowing that he had been rude just now, so he blushed and bowed his head and was silent. Li Wenyuan said: "This Wen Niang also has some means, with a few words, it can make those ghostly businessmen lose their minds, and this auction house has really picked up a treasure." ”

After Wen Niang auctioned Snow Lotus, someone went to contact the buyer. Wen Niang said on the stage: "The snow lotus taken by the slave family doesn't seem to be in line with the taste of the adults upstairs, don't worry, the slave family will bring another thing." With that, Wen Niang clapped her hands behind her, and another person came, holding a wooden box in both hands, and handed it to her.

Wen Niang still gently opened the wooden box, and inside was a brocade silk wrapped in something. Qiu Niang carefully spread out the brocade silk again, revealing something inside, which caused everyone in the audience to gasp. Wrapped in the brocade was a piece of precious jade.

The Sui dynasty calendar was followed, and the people were not allowed to hide jade, nor were they allowed to buy or sell jade. Therefore, even if those businessmen have a lot of money, they are not allowed to inherit jade. But it is not allowed to be bought and sold, but it is not that he does not know jade, so as soon as this piece of jade came out, everyone was surprised. Li Wenyuan had some ideas, and when he heard Wen Niang's quotation for the first two, he called the attendant next to him and said, "Add a hundred taels." ”