Chapter 43: At the Auction
At dusk the next day, as soon as the sun set, Yan Juhou took his younger brother Yan Chengyu to drive the carriage to the front of the Treasure Pavilion.
As soon as the two brothers got out of the car, a discordant voice came from behind them: "Yo! Isn't this the eldest son of Yan and the second son of Yan! Why do you have time to come here to see the excitement today? ”
Yan Chengyu looked back and found that it was Chen Shiru, the son of Chen Zhizhong, the secretary of the ministry, who greeted him and said exaggeratedly: "Oh, Mom! Didn't Mr. Chen study at the Royal Academy! You said you don't do your homework at home and run around, is that okay? ”
Chen Shiru: "My son likes to run around, what's the matter!" Bite me! ”
"Bite and bite! Who's afraid of whom! Yan Chengyu said, and really threw himself at him.
Yan Juhou held his forehead with his hand, and had a headache, since he saw Chen Shiru, he knew that the two of them were going to pinch up. It's no wonder that both of them have fathers who are big officials! On weekdays, there will naturally be some places where you don't like each other.
Yan Juhou pulled the two apart and persuaded: "Don't make trouble!" The two of you are not small, every time you meet, you pinch it, isn't it interesting! It's not too early now, and if you don't go in, there will be no place! ”
"Humph!" Chen Shiru straightened out his clothes, and said to Yan Chengyu with his nostrils: "Looking at your brother's face today, my son is not as knowledgeable as you, let's go in and compete again, don't you wilt!" ”
"Cut!" Yan Chengyu also returned him with one nostril facing the sky: "Who is afraid of whom!" When the time comes, don't cry when you go home empty-handed. ”
Yan Juhou dragged the two and shouted, "Okay! Get on board! ”
The three of them were about to go in, but an even more arrogant voice came from behind them, and it was a girl's voice.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't be an aunt and grandmother! I saw Bao Nimei holding a sword in one hand and Wei Pu dragging in the other, shouting and shuttling through the crowd.
Poor Wei Pu can only be dragged around like a puppet by Bao Nimei, but he is also wonderful, and in such a situation, he can still free one hand to hold a book to read. In other words, these two people with very different personalities can actually get together, and Zhao Zhen, a brick who prides himself on reading countless love theories and theories, also said that he couldn't understand it.
Bao Nimei's sprint was forced to stop because Yan Juhou and the three of them were in the way, and seeing the three of them blocking the front, he shouted very dissatisfiedly: "What do you see? I've never seen a beautiful woman! Don't get out of the way yet! ”
After she finished speaking, she pushed the stunned three people and went straight through. At the moment when Wei Pu was pulled away, he hurriedly apologized to the three of them: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She didn't ask her father for money, and she was having an awkward relationship! A few Haihan Haihan! ”
Huang Xingzheng stood at the door to greet the guests, of course, he also had the intention of intercepting people who were not qualified, after all, the Treasure Pavilion was so big, it was impossible to put everyone in it. Seeing Bao Nimei pouting and rushing over angrily, he didn't want to touch his head, so he hurriedly flashed to the side.
"What's the situation?" Yan Chengyu looked at the back of Bao Nimei and Wei Pu entering the house, and said in surprise: "Isn't Lord Bao known as selfless with two sleeves and an iron face?" Why is his girl still running here to join in the fun? ”
"You're stupid! Don't you know what this is called Treasure Pavilion? Although people are very aggressive, it is difficult for a girl to resist the temptation of jewelry! Chen Shiru did not miss any opportunity to hit him.
"You ......" Yan Chengyu rushed up again.
Yan Juhou grabbed his younger brother with one hand, dragged Chen Shiru with the other hand, came to Huang Xing's side, and said, "Hello Lord Huang!" ”
Huang Xing also arched his hand towards the three of them: "The three sons are here!" Welcome, welcome! The auction is about to start, so let's get inside! ”
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Soon after, when the appointed hour came, most of the officials and wealthy people in the capital had already arrived at the auction venue in person or sent their cronies. Huang Xing paced, and in the midst of everyone's noise, he stepped onto the stage and personally acted as the auctioneer of the auction.
Huang Xing arched his hand at everyone on the stage and said loudly: "I would like to thank you for coming to participate in this auction of my Treasure Pavilion in your busy schedule, I believe that the items in this auction will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!" There's not much nonsense in the next place, now let's go straight to the point, please take the number plate around you and prepare to bid. ”
After Huang Xing finished his polite words, he instructed the maid who had been arranged in advance to walk up with a tray covered with brocade cloth.
Huang Xing uncovered the brocade cloth, presented the things on it in front of everyone, pointed to it and said, "Everyone, please look! This is a huge pearl, this pearl is round, lustrous and transparent, if there is a treasure light, the texture is hard, it can be described as the best among pearls. Of course, I'm sure there may be a better pearl among you, but there's a story to tell. To tell you the truth, this pearl was commissioned by the Holy Lord to be auctioned by my Treasure Pavilion, so I made my own decision to rank it first in today's auction.
This is a long story, two years ago, the First Fleet of the Imperial Navy of the Great Song Dynasty was ordered to go south on a business trip, and encountered a lone cargo ship being chased by pirates off the coast of Zhuya. This pearl was a gift of thanks from the owner of the cargo ship after they rescued the cargo ship. And the reason why the saint took out this pearl for auction was not because he didn't care about the gratitude of an ordinary person. On the contrary, the saint felt that it was too wasteful to hide such a meaningful pearl in the palace compound, and only by letting it circulate in the world and using the money from its sale to help me more people in the Great Song Dynasty can it truly reflect its value.
All right! The auction is now officially opened, and the starting price of this pearl is 100 guan, and each price increase shall not be less than 10 guan...... Let's get ready to buy it! ”
"150 times!" As soon as Huang Xing's voice fell, a voice called out below, and suddenly the price was too high.
Huang Xing hurriedly glanced at the position of the holding sign and shouted: "The friend at table 10 bid 150 yuan, is there any higher?" ”
"200 times!"
Huang Xing: "A friend at table 37 bid 200 yuan, good!" This pearl is far-reaching and unique, and friends who want to bid can hurry up! Is there anything higher? ”
"220 times!"
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In a few moments, the first auction item was raised to the threshold of 990 yuan, which is more than several times the price for a pearl. But since this is the first blatant auction of things related to the emperor, it is still very attractive to everyone, especially for those rich people who have no money but no chance. For them, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to buy this pearl back for display or heirloom.
Huang Xing saw that the first thing was sold so outrageously, and he encouraged even harder, and sure enough, finally a photographer seemed to use all his strength to shout after touching the sweat on his forehead: "I'll make 1000!" ”
Huang Xing saw that the price was slowly climbing a step further, and shouted excitedly: "Very good!" This friend at table 10 has followed closely all the way, and now the price has been increased to 1,000 yuan, it seems that he is determined to win! Do you have any friends who want to compete? 1000 times a ...... 1000 times twice, this is the last chance! Still have friends who don't have a bid? ”
Huang Xing waited for a while, glanced at the audience, and never saw anyone holding a sign again, so he had to shout: "1000 times three times, deal!" Congratulations to the friends at table 10 for getting their favorites! ”
Subsequently, Huang Xing sent someone to deliver the pearl directly to the man, and arranged for the staff of the money bank to complete the transfer business on the spot.
After the handover, Huang Xing appeared on the stage again: "Congratulations again to this friend just now!" Let's auction off the second item! ”
After a while, he brought the maid to the auction and showed it: "Everyone, please look! This auction item is a necklace, don't underestimate this necklace, it is the current saint selected by the master of jewelry of our dynasty to create for the queen and the three noble concubines, originally according to the plan only four, but because of the surplus of materials, so there is this fifth. In other words, the other four are in the hands of the queen and the concubine, and in addition, there is only this one in my hand, and it is understandable to say that it is unique.
If you say this, you still don't think it's a big deal, and listen to it in detail. The story of the emperor and the queen must be familiar to all of you, and I don't want to say it in the following, since the emperor was crowned, he has always been fond of the queen, and has rejected the ministers' proposal to choose a concubine countless times, and has not accepted a concubine for several years. Later, because the queen knew that several noble concubines had always loved the saint, she persuaded her hard to fulfill the good story of this life. In order to express his love for them, the saint gave birth to this necklace. And the reason why the saint chose to put the extra one up for auction is to find a home for this love token, and secondly, to tell the world that he will never accept a concubine again in this life and this life!
Having said so much below, it is nothing more than to let everyone understand its preciousness, in addition to the meaning it contains, it is also a rare treasure in the world. Please see, this necklace consists of two parts: a chain and a pendant. Let's talk about the part of this chain first, maybe everyone is a little far away and can't see it clearly, so let me explain it to you. This chain looks like a gold thread, in fact, it is not as simple as everyone thinks, it is composed of ninety-nine small gold rings, and in each ring is inlaid with a different type of diamond-shaped gemstone, its size is even less than the size of a grain of rice, the difficulty of making is extremely high, to be able to make such a refined and dexterous craftsman, even in our skilled Song Dynasty must be rare.
But these are much inferior to this pendant, you don't look at the simple shape of this pendant, I tell you, the saint said that these two together are two 'hearts', which are made by imitating the characteristics of our people's hearts, meaning that the heart is imprinted and the meaning of eternal knots! Speaking of the Night Pearl, you must be no stranger to here, you also know that the Night Pearl is very hard, and it is difficult to use it to carve it, but the two 'hearts' of this necklace in my hand are carved from it, which means that love is stronger than gold!
I see a lot of handsome men and women here today, I don't know if you hear this sentence below, do you have an urge to buy it immediately and give it to your beloved? ”
"Yes, yes...... Let's start shooting! We can't wait! Many young men at the scene stretched out their necks and looked at them, perhaps they were fantasizing about holding this necklace to deal with the person they liked!
Huang Xing pressed his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, everyone! Before he finished speaking, the saint specially explained that in order to be able to find a worthy owner for this precious necklace, the saint can act as a witness for its final owner! What do you think? Isn't this news a surprise!
So, next, let's start auctioning this priceless 'love is stronger than gold' necklace, the starting price is none, and there is no limit to each price increase, let's start! (To be continued.) )