Zheng Boming and Zheng Da were busy looking for someone to investigate, but the person under investigation over there didn't expect things to turn out like this. In a small courtyard in Jiexiao Lane, on a small two-story building, Huang Ying'er was sitting in her bedroom with a sad brow, staring at the somewhat blurred image in the bronze mirror in a daze.

The little girl Huang Kite walked into her bedroom at this time, and saw her young lady sitting there with a sad face, not knowing what to think, so she put the fragrant tea in her hand on her table and quipped: "What is Miss thinking?" Could it be that because I didn't see Zhang Daochang at the exhibition today, I have unrequited love here? ”

Hearing the little girl say this, Huang Ying'er couldn't help but scold with a blushing face: "A mouthy little girl, there are no rules at all." I think I've ignored you in the past few days, and you're itchy again, so I don't want to teach you a lesson. As he spoke, he got up and raised his hand to hit the yellow kite. Huang Yuan'er saw that Miss was angry, so she quickly turned around and ran, still unconvinced, and said aggrievedly: "Miss is always like this." As soon as someone says that she will break her heart, she will put on the prestige of the young lady, and she will not be able to get better from her lovesickness, so she will be angry with my poor little girl. She said in her mouth, but her feet were not slow at all, Huang Ying'er's slap had not yet been slapped, she had already run out of the bedroom, flew downstairs, rushed out of the courtyard and disappeared into the crowd on the street.

Huang Ying'er, who was left behind, looked at the delicate and pretty back of the little girl in the crowd, although she hated it so much, she had to give up her plan to teach her a lesson. To be honest, although this little girl was just her maid when she was in Yangzhou Yingli Xuan, but now everyone depends on each other, she has long been treated as her sister, and the pain still can't hurt, so she is really willing to fight. It's just that this little girl is not very old, but she has a lot of eyes. In addition, after serving by her side for several years, he knows her mind well, and from time to time he will use these secret things to tease her, which makes her blush. In the end, I can only use the way of beating the little girl's ass to regain face and cover up my little thoughts.

Actually, it wasn't really a beating, but it didn't work hard at all to slap her ass twice to make a show. At first, it worked, and she was slapped a few times to get angry. Later, this little girl also learned well, and knew that she was not really fighting. So relying on his young age and flexible body, whenever he was about to be beaten, he hid in Tibet, and ran to the street when he couldn't hide. Anyway, it is impossible for her own lady to chase her down the street, and she will be able to escape those few slaps that will not hurt her at all. This trick still works today, helping her escape the "clutches" of Miss again victoriously.

Huang Ying'er saw that the little girl ran away, although she was unwilling, she was helpless. She knew that this little girl would not come back until she had dinner, and after closing the courtyard door, she secretly vowed to lock the door next time and teach her a lesson, and frowned again. At this time, the old family member Yang Yongzhong came out of the next room, and saw that his young lady was frowning, and the girl Liu happened to be absent, so he came over to comfort him.

After the two entered the living room on the first floor of Huang Ying'er and sat down, Yang Yongzhong sighed a little and said: "The county lord was still elated when he went out today, why is he so sad after coming back, if you have any troubles, you might as well say it and listen to it, and your subordinates can also refer to it for the county lord." ”

Although Huang Ying'er was a little ashamed to speak about her little daughter's thoughts, she thought that she should explain it to Uncle Yang, who was loyal to her, so that he could give him an idea, after all, this matter does not only involve the relationship between men and women. So with a red face, he told what happened to him in the past few days.

After listening to his young lady's words, Yang Yongzhong thought for a while. He didn't have any direct contact with the other party, mainly through the mouths of Huang Ying'er and Huang Kite. However, he felt that these people should not want to do anything bad to his own young lady, he had secretly observed these people when he was in the inn, and felt that several of them had martial arts, and they were definitely not under him. If you want to be unfavorable to your own young lady, you will act a long time ago, and you will not wait until today.

But now that his own young lady has something to do with Feiyantang, if Feiyantang's vigilance is aroused because of these strange people of unknown origin, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, for the sake of his own net worth and his own life, and also for the sake of the other party's net worth, he must make this matter clear. He pondered for a moment and comforted: "The county lord doesn't have to worry about this matter, his subordinates heard that there will be an auction tomorrow." The subordinates thought that since these people appeared at the exhibition, they must have something to do with the auction. Therefore, his subordinates planned to sign up for the auction as a wealthy businessman to find out the truth. It's just that I heard that if you want to participate in the auction, you need to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan, but I don't know that the county lord has so much cash in hand. ”

When Huang Ying'er heard this, she knew that there was only so much at present, and she could really get this thousand yuan now. When Huang's mother died, she left her a lot of money, and before leaving Jiangdu Mansion, she sold everything she could sell, and she was quite rich in hand. Although it can't be compared with those wealthy businessmen, she doesn't really want to participate in the auction, she just enters the scene to take a look, and the deposit will still be refunded. So she immediately went upstairs and took out a hundred taels of gold from the cabinet - it is impossible to have a thousand copper coins ready-made, and she has a hundred and ten taels in her house, and there is no place to put any more. These 100 taels of gold are worth 1,000 copper coins. Give the gold to Yang Yongzhong and tell him to hurry up and sign up - the registration will be closed before midnight tonight. Yang Yongzhong took the gold, did not delay for a moment, and took advantage of the fact that Liu Yunyan had not yet returned, and hurriedly went straight to the registration location set up in Fang Ji Jewelry Workshop.

Early in the morning of October 20 of the lunar calendar, the third floor of Tianfu Building, the largest restaurant in Liangxiang County, was full of people. More than 30 seats in the auction area were almost full, and wealthy businessmen from different regions and industries gathered together, and there were people who were familiar with each other and greeted each other. A middle-aged man sitting in the back corner didn't say a word, and no one accosted him. Although this person is also brightly dressed, the description is more vicissitudes, and the wrinkles on his face are like a knife and an axe. What was particularly unusual was that the sleeve of this person's left arm was empty and pinned to the belt, and an arm was missing. Fortunately, the people who participated in the auction were all masters who traveled from south to north, and they were no longer surprised by this kind of strange-looking person. Only Yang Xin and Qian Yuanshan, who were in charge of security at the staircase, and the two county officials who were sent by Hu Zhi County to assist them, because of their duties, they were concerned about him, and one of them, surnamed Yan, had been arranged to stare at this person during the auction to prevent accidents. ,

The one-armed man was naturally Yang Yongzhong, who was looking out for his young lady, and at this time all his attention was focused on the auction table and the curtain on the side, without realizing that he had become a prey in the eyes of others.

The preparation area behind the screen is also very lively, all the team members who came to the county seat, the Taoist priests accompanying the Yuxu Palace, the Zhong family father and son, Fang Yingyu and the boss of Fang are all waiting here to start the auction on time. A small cubicle was temporarily separated from the window, and Lu Yue and Wang Feng were guarding the radio station that had been moved here, and a long antenna outside the window stretched out to ensure that the communication signal with the Yuxu Palace was good. Fortunately, it is already winter, otherwise this antenna may become a lightning rod in the event of a thunderstorm in the summer.

At a square table near the cubicle, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, and Xu Shaoan, the three members of the committee who were present, sat together, looked at the watch in their hands from time to time, and saw that the hour hand pointed to nine o'clock, and the three of them looked at each other and nodded. Wang Kunjun stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, the time is up, you can start." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who had been prepared immediately took action and began to work according to the prior arrangement.

Fang Yingyu, as the nominal organizer, was the first to walk into the auction area. He raised his hand to signal the buyers in the auction area to calm down, then coughed lightly and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Ladies and gentlemen, Ying Yu below is the owner of Fang Kee Jewelry Workshop. As the host of this auction, I would like to thank you all for coming to the auction on behalf of the company. It is now announced that the auction of overseas glass treasures of Fang Kee Jewellery has officially begun. ”

Before he finished speaking, the huge riches in the auction area under the stage responded one after another, and the whole venue was extremely noisy for a while. Fang Yingyu took a lot of effort to calm everyone down. He calmed down and said loudly: "Now I have Zhao Dawei, the auctioneer of this auction." ”

Hearing his shout, Zhao Dawei lifted the curtain, walked into the auction area from the preparation area, and stood behind the auction table. The bidders in the audience had been told the auction rules before, and when they saw him on stage, they knew that this was the protagonist of today's auction, so everyone in the audience once again warmly welcomed. Although Zhao Dawei had never done this errand in his previous life, his psychological quality as a business manager of an investment company was still very good. And as the saying goes, "I've never eaten pork, I've never seen a pig run", in his previous life, he also saw how the auction was carried out through TV, newspapers, the Internet and other media, and it was not so dark that his eyes were dark. Moreover, Wang Kunjun also told him before, since this kind of activity has not been carried out in this era before, then as the first person to eat crabs, no one will question what you do, but will be used as a model by later generations to learn.

At this moment, he stood behind the auction table, had put aside all his concerns, raised the auction hammer on the table, knocked it, and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet, the auction will start now." The first lot is an overseas super boutique, a pair of colorless transparent goblet wine glasses. As he began to introduce the characteristics of the lot, the bidders in the audience fell silent. Everyone stared intently at the two boxes that were brought to the stage by Zeng Zhilin and Tang Chao.

The box was opened, and two pieces of delicately made, specially shaped, and crystal clear cups were presented in front of everyone. This is a pair of champagne glasses in that fine barware set, a kind of tall glass with an elongated body. No one has ever used these two "treasures" by the Chinese in this era, but this does not affect their praise and love for these two "treasures".

After introducing the characteristics of the lot, Zhao Dawei announced loudly: "The starting price of Lot 1 is 6,000 yuan, and the price increase gradient is 500 yuan, and the bidding will start now." After a short silence, in the left corner of the third row of the auction area, a slightly chubby middle-aged man dressed as an outsider raised the number plate in his hand and shouted: "Six thousand five hundred!" ”

When everyone in the auction area heard the voice, they all looked at the person, and just when everyone was wondering who this person was and whether they knew him, in the right corner of the second row of the auction area, another businessman who was relatively thin and much younger than the one just now also raised the number plate in his hand and shouted loudly: "Seven thousand guan!" ”

With his shout, many merchants in the auction area finally came to their senses, and the powerful people hurriedly raised the number plate and shouted their bids, for fear that they would miss out on rare treasures because of their slow hands.

In the midst of this up-and-down bidding, the price of Lot 1 has skyrocketed. At this time, standing behind the curtain connecting the auction area and the preparation area, Xu Shaoan, who was peeking at the corner of the curtain, showed a smile on his face, he put down the curtain, turned around and returned to his seat, took a sip of tea from the teacup, smiled and whispered to Wang Kunjun beside him: "This old Zhou usually only sees him buried in the pile of materials, constantly writing and drawing those firearm drawings, I really didn't expect that pretending to be a businessman at this time is really like that." That Sun Yangyang was originally a good soldier who was honest, and under the training of a group of 'profiteers' led by Manager You, he also showed the behavior of the businessmen vividly, which is really talented. ”

Wang Kunjun couldn't help nodding after hearing this, and said: "It seems that there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in our team, and we must pay more attention in the future, and we must fully stimulate everyone's potential, so that this trip is not in vain." ”

If the wealthy businessmen in the auction area heard the conversation between these two, they would definitely beat their chests and shout, "I have been waiting for the merchant for many years, and I think I have become a member of the profiteer, but today I found that the biggest profiteer is leading us into the trap, and we are still laughing and counting the money for him." It turned out that the two people who took the lead in shouting just now were all pretending to be through the crowd, one was Zhou Lei, Zhou Da Engineer of the science and technology group, and the other was Sergeant Sun Yangyang of the material group.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the auction and to ensure the maximization of the auction benefits, the committee decided to send two of its own people to the auction site to guide the real sellers to participate in the auction. The candidates were held by Zhou and Sun, who had basically never appeared in Liangxiang City, and the members of You Yuan and the business team conducted relevant "training" for them in advance in order to behave more realistically. Judging from the current situation, the performance of these two people is very successful, and under their leadership, the auction process is quite enthusiastic, and the price of Lot 1 has been called 20,000 yuan. This not only exceeded the team's expectations of 15,000 yuan, but also reached a high satisfaction value of 20,000 yuan. ,

Hearing that the glass was only worth 100 yuan in his previous life—it cost Wang Kunjun less than 300 yuan to buy a complete set, and now it has been raised to such a high price—20,000 yuan is estimated to be equivalent to nearly 20 million in his previous life, and all the traversers in the preparation area are almost crazy with joy. Of course, everyone is basically happy in their hearts, because there are still Zhong family, father and son, Boss Fang and others here, and acting too obviously will arouse their suspicions.

At this time, everyone was a little unable to sit still, Xu Shaoan relied on his identity as a member of the committee, no one was embarrassed to rob him, this guy once again occupied the position of the door curtain, opened a corner and looked out. As a result, before he could look twice, he was pushed aside by others. This guy just wanted to show off his majesty, but found that it was Zhang Weixin who squeezed him. He knew that he couldn't fight this university teacher, so although he had an opinion, he had to keep it in his stomach, and slandered this "unorderly" guy that he would definitely find a powerful wife in the future.

Just as he was passing through the crowd to watch the grand occasion of the auction, Yang Yongzhong, who was sitting in the back corner of the bidding area, also turned his attention from the auction table to them. Yang Yongzhong kept looking at the various people on the third floor from the beginning of the auction, intending to find out the people in the Jade Void Palace he knew. But because the traversers who appeared in the auction area and the bidding area at this time had never lived in the Yuelai Inn before, this old Yang Tou not only didn't find the Zhang Weixin that his young lady paid attention to, but also didn't even have a so-called Taoist priest who had a relationship.

Just when Yang Yongzhong was a little unsure whether his own lady was wrong, he suddenly found that a curtain behind the auction table had been lifted, and a somewhat familiar head appeared there, which seemed to be the Taoist priest named Xu Shao'an who had secretly observed in Yuelai Inn. Although Yang Yongzhong had not been in direct contact with the people in the Yuxu Palace, because everyone lived in the opposite door in the inn, after his own lady had contact with the other party, he had spent some time carefully observing everyone who entered and exited the opposite door, and he was very familiar with the appearance and characteristics of these people.

It's just that Xu Shao'an's first peek was relatively short, and the gap between the door curtains was not large, so Yang Yongzhong was not too sure. It wasn't until the auction price was called 20,000 yuan, Xu Shaoan and others excitedly lifted the curtain again, and several heads stuck out at the same time to peek, that Yang Yongzhong could finally be sure that the head he saw at the beginning was Xu Shaoan, this time not only did he really see him, but Zhang Weixin, the main owner, also appeared there clearly. And judging from the exposed part, he was sure that he was wearing casual clothes, and at this time he was looking at the so-called auctioneer who was actively guiding with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be very appreciative.

This situation made Yang Yongzhong's head full of question marks, and it was clear that Fang Ji Jewelry Workshop was selling treasures, but judging from the current situation, these so-called Taoist priests of the Jade Void Palace were the real backstage. In fact, it is possible to say that some Taoist priests have been cultivating for many years, and it is also possible to have some treasures in their hands, and it is reasonable to sell them in the name of pretending to be in the name of Fang Ji in order to cover people's eyes. It's just that this treasure is really rare to see, and the price of 20,000 guan is really sky-high, as an ordinary Taoist priest in a small Taoist temple, I don't know where they got it.

Thinking of this, Yang Yongzhong suddenly had an idea, these so-called Taoist priests will not be robbers who rob houses. They snatched it from merchants or large households, and then pretended to be Taoist priests to find Fang Ji to cooperate, and sold the dirty things through this legal means. However, when I think about it, it doesn't look like it, just look at the few officials who are responsible for maintaining order, and I know that they must have a good relationship with the magistrate. According to his own understanding, although Nahu Zhi County does not love the people like a son, it has spared no effort in cracking down on bandits. To say that he colluded with thieves is really hard to believe.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Yongzhong didn't come to a conclusion, and finally he decided not to think about it anymore, let the county lord do these brain-consuming things. I still only have eyes and ears, and tell her what I see and hear here, and as for how to judge, it is up to the county lord to decide.