Zhang Weixin and Zeng Zhilin came to the West City Gate, and after waiting for a while, they saw a team coming from afar on the official road outside the city, vaguely looking like a group of people dressed as Taoist priests. The two of them hurriedly walked out of the city gate, and after walking two or three hundred steps, they could already see that the one who was riding on the horse at the head was none other than Wang Feng, but this time he did not wear a Taoist robe, but dressed in civilian clothes -- this was the decision of the committee, and in order to facilitate their work, everyone who entered the city this time was dressed in civilian clothes. Wang Feng obviously saw them as well, beckoned to them happily, turned back and said something, and then the speed of the team's progress increased a lot, and soon they joined the two.

There are really a lot of people from Yuxu Palace this time, Zhang Weixin probably counted seventeen or eighteen, counting the six who are already in the city, a total of twenty-three or four came this time. If you add the Zhong family's father and son and their servants, there must be more than 30 people in the group. A group of people entered the west gate of Liangxiang City and startled the soldiers guarding the gate. Fortunately, Hu Zhixian had greeted the officers guarding the gate before, and after finding out that they were from Yuxu Palace, he entered the city smoothly.

This time, with a large number of people and some valuables, the committee had already decided to divide the troops into two routes after entering the city before they set out. All the way to see the excitement of the main to go to the Yuelai Inn to settle, all the way to the auction related matters directly to the third floor of the Tianfu Building, the next few days to eat and live there. So after entering the city, the team split in two. Liu Wendong took the visiting group, mainly members of the science and technology team and servants of the Zhong family, to the Yuelai Inn. Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin took the working group - mainly the members of the security team and the Zhong family and his son - to Tianfu Tower, and at the same time asked Zhong Shiwen to go to Fang Kee Jewelry Shop to invite Boss Fang.

A group of more than ten people arrived at Tianfu Building, and the guys at the door were secretly happy in their hearts, thinking that a good deal had come, so they hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, but after three or two sentences, they found that they were excited in vain. However, he didn't dare to slack off, knowing that this was the lord who had been on the third floor for a month, and he was here to find his owner, so he respectfully led the way in front and went straight to the third floor.

When he arrived at the staircase on the third floor, the guy stopped going up, pointed upstairs and said respectfully: "Our host is upstairs, just go up." The little one will not accompany the masters, and the owner has instructed that this floor cannot be climbed without his permission. Everyone was very satisfied when they heard it, and it seemed that Boss Chen still did what he agreed. After rewarding the guy, everyone climbed the stairs.

Boss Chen, who was guarding on the third floor, heard the sound, got up and hurriedly went to the staircase to check, and saw that it was his big customer, and said while walking down the stairs: "It turns out that Zhong Yuanwai and the Taoist leaders are here, and they are not far away." ”

Everyone exchanged a few words and came upstairs together. At this time, the entire floor has been renovated according to the original plan, and it looks like a bit of an auction site that everyone knows about the auction scene in the past life. Everyone browsed around, came to the preparation area, and each found a place to sit down. Boss Chen personally poured tea for everyone, and then arched his hand to Zhong Youpeng and asked: "The renovation and arrangement here are all carried out under the guidance of several Taoist masters of Yuxu Palace, and Zhong Yuanwai is still satisfied with this." ”

It turned out that Boss Chen and Zhong Yuanwai were old acquaintances, and after the team and Zhong Yuanwai decided to choose Tianfu Building as the auction location, Zhong Yuan also went out to meet and negotiated with Boss Chen to charter the third floor of Tianfu Building for a month. Moreover, Zhong Yuanwai also told him that Fang Ji was just a pretense, and the real seller was his friend, so this Boss Chen thought that Zhong Yuanwai was the decision-maker of this series of things, so he asked Zhong Yuanwai about his perception as soon as he came up.

Zhong Youpeng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Boss Chen misunderstood, Zhong is just a matchmaker, and the real hosts of this matter are my three friends." Saying that, he introduced Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan to Boss Chen, because in his eyes, these three people, plus Li Junwu, who stayed in Yuxu Palace, were the leaders of this group of "returnees".

When Chen Guangfu heard this, he hurriedly saluted the three of them, and said apologetically: "Forgive me for not being able to recognize the true God in my eyes." ”

The three of them got up and returned the salute, and even said that it was okay. Everyone chatted for a while, then they heard the sound of the stairs again, and after a while, the curtain was lifted, and Boss Fang Yingyu walked in under the leadership of Tang Chao, who was guarding the staircase. After everyone exchanged a few words, Fang Yingyu said with some hesitation: "Daoist Wang, Daochang Zhang, Daochang Xu, there is a reluctant request below, I wonder if the two Dao Chiefs can agree?" Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, and Xu Shaoan glanced at each other, nodded slightly to each other, and then said to Fang Yingyu: "I understand what Boss Fang means, and I have already brought all the treasures in the auction, so Boss Fang can take a look." ”

Fang Yingyu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, as a jewelry merchant, he was naturally very interested in all kinds of rare and exotic treasures. Although he had seen the cup as a sample before, he knew that the cup was just ordinary among the many treasures, and these Taoist priests had a glass bottle that was rare in the world - the boss used to call this thing Liuli, but later changed to glass under the correction of the traversal crowd - it was far more rare than that cup, so he wanted to see it quickly. Now that the other party has agreed, how can he be unhappy. Hurriedly thanked him: "Daoist Wang is really a cheerful person, Fang Mou can see such a treasure in advance, it is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Wang Kunjun said a few more polite words to him, and then asked You Yuan and Wang Feng to take out the things. Originally, Wuliangye wine and high-end glass wine ware had their own packaging, but because they were more modern, they were abandoned and not used. Another carpenter in the city made seven beautiful sandalwood boxes, and packaged six cups and a bottle of wine separately. At this time, Wang Feng took out six small wooden boxes from the baggage around him, opened them one by one, and placed six exquisite and delicate glasses on the table. Fang Yingyu hadn't reacted much because he had seen one of them before, but Chen Guangfu saw it for the first time, and his mouth suddenly opened wide in shock, and then he kept praising him.

Immediately after, You Yuan hugged a large wooden box containing the bottle of wine. Just in order not to arouse suspicion, the original product trademark and product introduction on the wine bottle were removed, and the red paper of this era was re-pasted, and only the word "elixir" was written.

As soon as this bottle of wine was taken out, Fang, Chen and even the Zhong family's father and son were stunned, such a crystal clear glass bottle and the pure and transparent liquor inside seemed to them to be absolutely worthy of being called "Qiong Jelly Jade Liquid". As a jeweler, Fang Yingyu had seen glassworks from overseas before, but neither the shape nor the transparency could compare with this one. He watched with wide eyes, and even reached out to touch the surface of the bottle to feel the smooth feeling. Later, he felt that it was not polite to do so, and hurriedly wiped his fingerprints on the bottle with his sleeve. At this time, except for the light in his eyes, Chen Guangfu had no other actions and words, and he had already entered a petrified state. ,

After a while, these people came to their senses and opened their eyes vigorously, with such a haode baby, this auction will definitely achieve a good result. Although the people are much more interested in the wine than in the bottle, they still have to express their gratitude for each other's good wishes. A group of people chatted for a while, seeing that it was already noon, Boss Chen was in a very good mood when he saw the baby, so he generously announced that he wanted to invite everyone here to have lunch, and the location was naturally in his restaurant. Naturally, everyone would not refuse Boss Chen's kindness, so a banquet was set up on the third floor, and everyone feasted. Of course, the work of serving the food is done by the upstairs and the guys downstairs, and the rule that non-participants cannot go up to the third floor before the end of the auction cannot be broken.

On the 19th day of October in the lunar calendar, the second floor of Tianfu Building was overcrowded. Two beautiful glasses are on display here, and although the ticket costs 100 yuan, there is still an endless stream of people who come to see them. This person has not been interrupted for a whole day, and the main business of Tianfulou catering cannot be carried out normally. However, Boss Chen was not in a hurry at all, the ticket money of 100 yuan per person had already made him earn much more than the main business.

To be honest, the vast majority of the people who came to see the exhibition were fresh and had a good time, which was mainly due to the publicity and hype of this matter in the early stage. Although Zhong Yuanwai is not good at this operation, the boss of that party is an expert, coupled with the strong help of the members of the business team in the crossing team, many modern hype methods have been applied to it, so that this auction has long been known in Liangxiang County and the surrounding areas. Many people who have some money to spare but cannot afford to participate in the auction - to participate in the auction have to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan - they are still more willing to pay 100 yuan to open their eyes. There are also some merchants, who are just passing through this place, although they have enough money at home, but they can't participate in the auction because they don't have enough money with them, so they spend this little money to see the real thing, and it is good to have a comparison when they encounter similar things in the future.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the exhibition and protect the safety of the exhibits, the seven members of the security team who entered the city were divided into two shifts, and three people in one shift took turns to perform security tasks. Xu Shao'an, the team leader, rotated from morning to night, guarding the exhibits on the second floor of Tianfu Building all day long. In addition to the people of the security team, Hu Zhixian also asked Hu Zhixian to send Zheng Zhutou with four officials through Zhong Yuan, who were also on duty in two shifts, mainly to maintain the order of the visit. In addition, the members of the Business and Trade Group and the Foreign Exchange Team are also on standby at Tin Fook Building to deal with related matters. It's just that they are basically on the third floor, only Liang Ziyue is on the second floor most of the time, mainly using his professional experience to observe visitors and see if there are any bad intentions.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, between the first, second and third floors of Tianfu Building, Liang Ziyue, who had turned up and down countless times, felt a little tired. He has been arranging here with the people of the security team since early in the morning before dawn, and they can be rotated every two hours, but he has to keep an eye on it from beginning to end like Xu Shaoan. Xu Shaoan just watched next to the exhibits, but he had to go back and forth on three floors, which was much harder than Camp Commander Xu. Look at the number of visitors at this time is a little less than in the morning, and I didn't find any major problems after going around for most of the day. Although a few small thieves were found, they were all small characters who stole the audience's money bags, in order not to cause panic among the audience, he did not arrest him, but just told Zheng Zhutou about the relevant situation, and he would deal with it. Zheng Zhutou naturally did not do anything at the exhibition site, but secretly sent the two officials who were not on duty to the outside of Tianfu Tower to solve the problem.

Liang Ziyue walked around the second floor again, and felt that the upper and lower eyelids began to fight, so he said to Xu Shao'an, turned around and was about to go up to the third floor, when the two young women who appeared at the staircase on the second floor attracted his attention. It's not that Officer Liang is lustful, with Hu Xueying by his side, he basically doesn't feel anything about other women, at least for the current stage. The reason why he paid attention to these two women was because he recognized one of them as the yellow girl he had seen at the Yuelai Inn. And the girl beside her was not the little girl named Kite at the beginning, but an adult girl who should be a few years older than Huang Ying'er.

If it was just a Huang Ying'er, Liang Ziyue wouldn't care very much, maybe he would come forward to say hello, or maybe he would go upstairs to make fun of Zhang Weixin. Now that an adult woman has appeared next to her, Liang Ziyue can't help but think more. He clearly remembered that when Huang Ying'er met with them, she said that her family originally lived in Yangzhou, and because her parents had died, she came to Youzhou to seek refuge with her relatives, but the relatives were gone. She sent her brother to Kaifeng to look for relatives, while she stayed here with her sister and uncle to wait for news. From beginning to end, she never said that she had other relatives here, and now that there was someone else around him, he couldn't help but have doubts. Of course, this woman may be a new friend she just met, or her relatives in Kaifeng may have come to look for her. It's just that until he figures it out, he still can't take it lightly. Thinking of this, he hurriedly ran upstairs, intending to talk to Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin about it.

Liang Ziyue ran upstairs, but Huang Ying'er, who had just gone up to the second floor, didn't notice him. Although she and her cousin Liu Yunyan didn't have enough money to participate in the auction, they still had the ability to spend a hundred dollars to see a new one. Besides, when she met that Zhang Daochang a few days ago, she had mentioned that she wanted to come to see the exhibition, and she came today in the hope that maybe she would have the opportunity to meet him. It's just that to his disappointment, from the moment she entered the door, she looked left and right for a long time, but she didn't find Zhang Weixin. Although he has been comforting himself in his heart, he is afraid that he will miss the time and that he will not be deliberately avoiding himself, but Guanbao's interest has faded a lot.

Just when she was in a lack of interest, she suddenly found that not far behind the long case where the exhibits were placed, there was a man about thirty years old sitting next to a square table, which turned out to be the same Xu Daochang she had met at the Yuelai Inn. It's just that now he is wearing a layman's samurai outfit, and he is not wearing a Taoist robe. Sitting opposite him was an errand officer from the county government, and the two seemed to be quite familiar with the situation, chatting with a smile while drinking tea.

Seeing this Huang Ying'er, I couldn't help but be a little puzzled, this Xu Daochang's dress and the treasure guard wearing a samurai uniform holding a sword and a sword by the side of the long case seem to be the same style, and it seems to be the same as them. And judging from the fact that he was sitting and laughing with the county officials, I am afraid that he is still a leader, which is really too far from his previous status as a Taoist priest. Aren't they Taoist priests? If they are not Taoist priests, then they are going to pretend to be Taoist priests? Originally, I was still wondering, how could Zhang Weixin, an ordinary Taoist priest, have such a high degree of poetic attainment, but now it seems that I am afraid that this person also has a background, and the Taoist priest is just used to hide people's identity. ,

If Huang Ying'er was just an ordinary woman, at most she would be angry that the other party didn't tell the truth, but she was not an ordinary woman now, but a lurker of Feiyan Hall here. The person next to her, Liu Yunyan, who claimed to be her cousin, was a senior member sent here by the Dingzhou branch of Feiyan Hall, mainly responsible for setting up Feiyan Tang's local intelligence network and liaison base, which could be regarded as Huang Ying'er's direct leader, and the identity of cousin was only used to hide from the outside world. Therefore, Huang Ying'er had to understand the people with whom she was interacting with her, or the people she planned to associate with, so as not to be suspected by Feiyantang and bring unnecessary trouble to herself and the other party - a matter of life and death. Thinking of this, Huang Ying'er couldn't help but stop, wanting to leave quickly before Xu Shaoan saw her. Liu Yunyan, who was following her, discovered her intentions, was very puzzled, and asked; "What's wrong with my sister, weishenme isn't going forward?"

When Huang Ying'er heard her ask, she naturally couldn't say what she had just thought, so she said in a hurry: "Sister, the smell here is a little cloudy, I feel a little headache, I don't want to watch it anymore, I want to go home to rest." ”

Although Liu Yunyan is a little strange, her cheap sister has been talking about coming to see the treasure for the past few days, and now she can see it for a hundred dollars, but she said that she was uncomfortable and didn't want to see it, but she didn't think too much about it. Hearing that she was uncomfortable, and seeing that her face was really not good, I turned around with her and went downstairs again.

Within two minutes of Huang and Liu going downstairs, Qian Yuanshan ran down from upstairs. He glanced through the crowd of visitors, and did not see the two women dressed as described by Liang Ziyue, and shook his head in confusion. From Liang Ziyue going upstairs to when he went downstairs, it only took two or three minutes to go up and down, and it was said that these two women should not have finished visiting and leaving so quickly. After all, although there are fewer people visiting than in the morning, there is still a queue for a while.

If you don't understand it, you still have to figure out the situation. He walked up to Xu Shao'an, who was still talking, and asked him if he had seen the yellow girl he had seen at the Yuelai Inn, but he received a negative answer. Xu Shaoan saw that he looked confused, so he asked jokingly: "What are you looking for her, could it be that your kid also has a crush on other girls?" ”

Qian Yuanshan didn't have time to joke with him, and as a former rival in love, he still had some estrangement in his heart about the "defeated" Xu battalion commander, so he didn't respond to Xu Shaoan's ridicule, but just said calmly: "Come upstairs, Lao Wang and Lao Zhang have something to discuss with you." ”

Xu Shaoan didn't pay much attention to his cold talk, and after saying hello to Zheng Zhutou, who was sitting opposite, he went upstairs with Qian Yuanshan.

went up to the third floor, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Liang Ziyue and others all greeted him. Zhang Weixin asked, "Company Commander Qian, what is the result?" ”。 Qian Yuanshan shook his head and said, "I didn't see the two women who looked like Liang Zi said, and Camp Chief Xu didn't see her either, she should have left." ”

Xu Shaoan was confused by Qian Yuanshan's question just now, and now he saw that several people upstairs were very concerned about this matter, and he was even more confused, he didn't understand how these people thought of that Huang girl so decently, could there be any reason why he didn't know about it. Fortunately, Zhang Weixin probably saw the puzzlement on Camp Commander Xu's face, he first asked everyone to sit down, and then said slowly: "Old Xu, this is the case. A few days ago, when I was going to welcome you into the city, I met that girl Huang Ying'er on the road. It's just that unlike the previous time, there is also an extra Miss Liu who claims to be her cousin by her side. On that day, she said that there was a treasure exhibition in Tin Fook Lou today, and suggested that I come and see it, but I didn't care about it at the time. This so-called treasure is our own, what is there to see. I just thought she was joking, and I just said it casually. ”

"Doesn't she have only one sister? When did you get another cousin? Xu Shaoan asked a little strangely, and at the same time there was suspicion in his heart.

"This is exactly what a few of us just suspected," Zhang Weixin continued, "According to what she said at the beginning, there are no other relatives in the family, why did a cousin appear at this time." It's just that I didn't notice this when I was with her a few days ago, and I just wanted to take you into the city as soon as possible, so that I could proceed to the next step, and I didn't ask her a word. ”

Xu Shaoan thought about it again and said, "However, when she said that she had sent someone to Kaifeng to find another relative, could this sister be that relative?" ”

Wang Kunjun shook his head when he heard this, and said: "It shouldn't be, if it's a relative of Kaifeng, how can you live here with her and not take her back to Kaifeng, it doesn't make sense." What I don't understand the most is that when she saw you dressed in casual clothes, she acted like she was nothing, and left without even saying hello to you, and she gave up watching the exhibition for this reason, otherwise you wouldn't have seen her. ”

Although Xu Shaoan also felt that this was not normal, but because of preconceived reasons, he still had a good impression of this Huang Ying'er, and he wanted to match her and Zhang Weixin together, so he suggested: "Let's not think about it here, this matter may not be as serious as everyone thinks." This new girl Liu is not necessarily a bad person, and it will be bad for us. I think it's better to find out through the locals, so I went downstairs to find Zheng Zhutou, pretending that Lao Zhang was interested in this little woman, and asked him Zheng Zhutou to help secretly investigate the origin of this woman. If the investigation is fine, then it is good, and if the investigation is wrong, we can be well prepared. ”

Everyone nodded yes when they heard it, only Zhang Weixin had some opinions on his so-called investigation excuse, but in the end, he had to obey the majority and be executed.

Xu Shaoan immediately went downstairs to find Zheng Zhutou, told him about the matter, and promised that there would be heavy thanks after the matter was completed. When Zheng Zhutou heard that Zhang Weixin had taken a fancy to someone, he wanted to know the details of the little girl, so he naturally agreed without a mouth, and patted his chest to ensure that he was wrapped up in himself. He also said that he didn't dare to accept this thank you, saying that if the two of them could really do good things in the future, it would be good to invite him Zheng Boming to have a drink on the wedding day. This guy is still an impatient, and after speaking, he doesn't care about maintaining order - mainly because there are subordinates doing it, and he doesn't need to go out to maintain it himself - he handed over to Xu Shaoan and went down to Tianfu Tower, and found a man who was not bad today to investigate.