At the beginning of the lanterns, Jinling City was already full of lights, Ji Ning came to Dengkou Street a long time ago, chartered a small table on the second floor of the auction of oracle bone inscriptions in Dengkou Street, sat down and waited for the start.

Ji Ning knew that the people who came that night must be very complicated, and it was very likely that the magnates in the capital would be involved, including Princess Wenren, the crown prince and the Five Princes, after all, it involved a sacrificial text that the emperor needed, and whoever found this sacrificial text would be a great achievement.

Such a sacrificial text is also unattainable for the powerful.

"The government has sent officers and soldiers to guard outside, and this situation is rare on Dengkou Street!" Tang Xie pointed to the street outside the small building, although the street outside was not very wide, it was obvious that there were many officers and soldiers maintaining order, and there were no people left in the small building near the auction site of the black market.

Han Yu said: "I see not only the people from the government, but also a lot of **** people, today I see those people on the road who are secret, there are as many as three or five hundred, I am afraid that there are all forces, now I am not afraid that someone will come to rob, I am afraid that it will become an infighting in the end, and then we will know where to withdraw from it is easier!" ”

Xie Tai asked, "According to this statement, shouldn't we come?" ”

Song Rui said: "Since they are all here, it doesn't matter, it's just to guard against those people who are not good for us, Yongning, your identity here is the most special, you are the body of Xie Yuan, and the literary name is also the highest, if there is anything in the future, simply use the literary name to protect yourself." I expect that neither the people in the government nor those forces in the rivers and lakes will dare to offend you! ”

Ji Ning smiled and didn't say anything, but at this time, there were many people downstairs.

Unlike the previous auctioneers, who were desperately trying to stick to the conspicuous position on the second floor, the people who came to compete for the auction this time were more willing to sit downstairs, which was also related to the characteristics of the item being auctioned, after all, it was the sacrificial text of the oracle bone inscription, which had never appeared in Jinling City before, and it belonged to the first auction of such an important thing in Jinling City.

There are more and more people coming, Ji Ning wants to find a figure he knows, but he can't find any of them, also because those buyers with heads and faces don't dare to show up rashly, so they can only send people out to buy, and these buyers act as big buyers behind the scenes.

"It's very strange, I don't know who can do the final identification in the end, this kind of oracle bone inscription, there are not many people who know it on the market, and the people in the black market themselves can't distinguish the authenticity, those famous Confucians will definitely not come to the black market to identify an article of unknown origin, this is obviously self-depreciation, who will the people in the black market invite?" Tang Xie asked.

"It depends!" Ji Ning's eyes swept downstairs, he was looking to see if Princess Wenren appeared, although he didn't find Princess Wenren, he still found a few suspicious people, these suspicious people seemed to be deliberately trying to hide their identities, and hid themselves very deep with a black cloak.

"Yongning, you have to be cautious!" Song Rui pointed to the people below, "These people, it seems that they are looking upstairs intentionally or unintentionally, but they seem to be paying attention to you, if they want to target you, then there will be trouble!" ”

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After waiting for half an hour, the people who are going to come are almost all here.

This is also the first time Ji Ning has participated in this kind of black market buying and selling activities, he is not very familiar with the process, he tries his best to be an ordinary bystander, even if the bidding below is powerful, he will not be very happy, according to the principle of black market trading, every commodity sold, basically more than fifty percent of the profits are obtained by the black market.

Ji Ning didn't find any familiar people among these people, he could only understand that the real buyers were staring not far away, and only those buyers who were not too important or self-righteous would appear, and they would also appear on the second floor.

Sure enough, except for a few people on the second floor who came to watch the ceremony, there were just some wealthy businessmen who looked very tyrant in their clothes, although they didn't know a word of the oracle bone inscription, and they couldn't even find anyone to come out to identify it, but they just wanted to find a way to prove their existence, that is, to take out enough silver to show off their might in front of people, so that others knew that they were nouveau riche, and they could take out tens of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

In this era, there is no social status if there is money, and the real social status can only be officials and scholars, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen belong to the group of people who are only higher than the status of the three religions and nine streams, but they have accumulated a lot of wealth by buying low and selling high, and they need an upward channel to turn the silver in their hands into social status, and today's auction of the oracle bone inscription just gave them such an opportunity.

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

When there was some noise inside and outside the small building, someone finally came out and said that it was the person sent by the black market to supervise and be in charge of the auction.

Many people are ready to move, and it is clear that among these people, there are also those with bad intentions, and maybe when the oracle bone sacrifice appears, someone will come out and snatch it.

"Who is this?" Ji Ning pretended not to understand and asked.

"Yongning, this is the person sent out by the black market to help with the auction, in the black market, this kind of person has a high status, is not young, and has deep qualifications, their biggest characteristic is that they have appeal, they will contact some people to buy before the auction, and those brokers and local people with financial resources and power are colluded, this kind of person is not easy to mess with!" Tang Xie explained.

The host continued: "The few black market things that will flow out today are ten sacrificial texts of the Great Seal, and two ordinary texts of the Great Seal, and the other ...... It is an oracle bone inscription article that has not yet been identified, if you are interested, you can prepare your own belongings, if you have not reported your financial resources in advance in the government or Dengkou Street, you are not eligible to compete! ”

Only then did Ji Ning understand that not everyone can auction on Dengkou Street, and the people who come to the auction must prove that they have this economic strength, and what they have to do is very simple, that is, to obtain a certain social status, or to pay a certain deposit, so that the people of Dengkou Street know your strength, and then they will be eligible for the auction, otherwise even if you speak, others will treat you as nonsense and will not pay attention to you.

When it comes to the "Oracle Bone Inscription", there are still many people present who feel strange in their hearts, after all, this is something that involves the struggle for fame and fortune of the powerful, and whoever falls into the hands may be rewarded by the emperor, which is the best opportunity to become famous for people who lack social status.

Maybe if you buy this sacrificial text, you can enter the court and become a court official in the future. It all depends on the mood of the emperor.