On the third floor of Tianfu Building, people who have been busy for most of the day finally have a chance to rest. In addition to everyone who came to Liangxiang City from Yuxu Palace this time, Fang Yingyu, Chen Guangfu, Zhong family father and son, etc., were also there. While drinking tea, everyone chatted in groups about the morning auction.

The father and son of the Zhong family, who were at the table with several main figures such as Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan, also seemed very happy. After Zhong Youpeng said a few words of congratulations, Wang Kunjun asked a little uneasy: "According to Zhong Yuanwai, these two buyers will not have any problems in terms of payment, after all, the auction price of zuihou is quite high?" ”

Zhong Youpeng listened, waved his hand and said, "Brother Wang Xian doesn't have to worry about this. Boss Cui is also from a famous family, and he has been in business for many years, and the most important thing is a letter. If he breaks his promise this time and loses his integrity, the loss to his future business will be much more than these tens of thousands of dollars. He is such a shrewd person, he would not do such a small thing.

As for the Feng steward who stayed in the mansion, I wasn't very relieved at first. He definitely came to participate in the auction not for himself, but for Xiao Siwen to stay in Nanjing. Xiao Siwen doesn't have any great skills, he can only pamper himself and satisfy his selfish desires. However, because he is a prince and is good at currying favor with the emperor of Liao, he got this important position. If this time it was for his own reward, he should not have sent a house slave to participate in the auction, I am afraid that he would directly send someone to forcibly seize it. After all, he hadn't done this kind of thing before, in order to avenge his concubine, and at the same time to satisfy his greed, he once framed and framed the Fan Yang Lu family for the crime of rebellion out of nothing, and almost wiped out the Fan Yang Lu family, and robbed the other party of millions of family property. ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Youpeng's face was full of resentment, and after a while, he gradually calmed down and continued: "But if according to what you just said, this Steward Feng once said that he bought this thing for Xiao Siwen as a treasure for the Emperor of Liao, and for his favor. Then there is no need to worry about changing the hexagram or taking it by force. First, these 100,000 yuan is not a large amount for him Xiao Siwen, and secondly, as a tribute to the emperor, it is better to sell it for more than 100,000 yuan to show his sincerity than to rob it. As soon as the 'Sleeping King' Emperor was happy, he probably gave him a reward far more than he had spent. ”

Wang Kunjun and the others felt that it made a lot of sense when they heard it, but they didn't quite understand that Xiao Siwen was a little bit gritted their teeth when they mentioned it, and it was estimated that there was something wrong with it before. However, since the other party is reluctant to mention it, it is not easy for them to ask too much. Now they are most concerned about whether the auction money can be received on time, and Zhong Yuanwai's analysis can be regarded as a reassuring pill for everyone.

After taking a sip of tea, Wang Kunjun said: "If the auction money can be received on time within three days, there is still something I want to ask Zhong Yuanwai to help." ”

"Everyone is friends, and they will soon become in-laws, if Brother Wang Xian has anything to do with Zhong, just say it, you don't have to be polite."

When Wang Kunjun heard him say this, he was no longer polite, and said: "Since our brothers came to Middle-earth, thanks to the care of Zhong Yuan, they were able to live in the Yuxu Palace, and they became senior brothers with Yuxuzidao. To say that as senior brothers, there is nothing wrong with us living in the Jade Void Palace. However, although the Yuxu Palace is not a small place, considering that we will have to marry and have children in the future. Although our faction does not prohibit marriage, it is not convenient to live in the Taoist temple at that time. Therefore, after discussing with the brothers, once the auction money is in hand, he first plans to buy a piece of land near the Yuxu Palace. First, we will build a village courtyard as a shelter for our brothers. Second, the land rent can be collected through tenants to solve the problem of eating for everyone. However, we don't know anything about land trading, so we would like to ask Zhong Yuanwai to help us take care of this matter. Secondly, I also plan to buy and sell a few shops in Liangxiang City or other surrounding cities, make money through business, and make a better life. ”

Zhong Youpeng naturally has no objection to this, which is what he expected. With the shrewdness of these people, they will definitely make long-term plans for themselves. Besides, his daughter will marry that Wang Feng soon, and he doesn't want his daughter to live in the Taoist temple after getting married, and accompany the other party to sit and eat in the sky. He had also made up his mind before, and if the other party didn't put forward these ideas, he would also find a suitable opportunity to remind the other party. Now it seems that this kind of reminder is unnecessary, so he naturally agreed to Wang Kunjun's request, and patted his chest and promised that he would definitely complete this matter, which definitely satisfied Brother Wang Xian and all the brothers.

Then several people discussed how to transport so much money. After all, there were no paper money at this time, it was all real money or copper coins. In addition, not to mention banks, even the more popular silver numbers and money banks in the Ming and Qing dynasties did not exist. In the end, it was decided that Zhong Yuan would select a few trustworthy domestic servants, drive a sufficient number of carriages over, load them with gold and silver, and transport them all back to the Yuxu Palace after making the necessary disguises. Before there was no mansion of its own, the Jade Void Palace, protected by modern weapons, was probably the safest place to traverse.

After sitting for a while, the tea was enough, and seeing that it was not early, everyone left Tianfu Tower. Most of the crossers and the Zhong family's father and son returned to the inn, and Boss Fang replied to his Fang Ji. For the sake of safety, several auction items were given a "bright plank road, secretly crossing Chen Cang". The boxes containing the lots—just empty boxes—were carried by Boss Fang himself, and Tang Chao and Zeng Zhilin, who had crossed the security group, escorted them back to the jewelry shop with Fang Ji's own men. The glasswork was carried by the other traversers, escorted back to the inn by the rest of the security team.

Out of Tianfu Tower, the two groups of people acted separately, but fortunately, the journey went smoothly and they all arrived at their respective destinations safely. Although Fang Ji is an empty box over there, since it is a play, it must be done at home. When they arrived at Fang Ji's shop, Tang and Zeng still arranged for the men to be assigned and guarded decently, looking like they were facing a great enemy. On the side of Yuelai Inn, it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the remaining five people in the security team are also divided and cooperated, taking turns to guard on duty. Although the others are not on duty, they also maintain a certain degree of vigilance, and can respond in the shortest possible time if something happens.

In the room where Wang Kunjun, Wang Feng and Zhang Weixin lived, Wang Feng was not here because he was on duty, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin sat opposite each other, discussing how to make full use of the first pot of gold. This is also a kind of ventilation in advance, so that when the Committee and the plenary are discussed in the future, relevant proposals can be put forward more quickly. Not long after the two talked, Qian Yuanshan and Xu Shaoan knocked on the door and entered. The two men in the room beckoned them to sit down and poured them a cup of tea each. Xu and Qian obviously had something important to say, so they took the teacup and didn't drink it, but put it directly on the table, and then Xu Shaoan said to Wang and Zhang: "Lao Wang, Lao Zhang, I have something to tell you." ”,

Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin saw that they looked serious and knew that it was something important, Zhang Weixin asked, "What happened?" ”

Xu Shaoan pointed at Qian Yuanshan and said, "It's about that Huang Ying'er girl, this matter is handled by Yuanshan, let him talk about it." ”

When Wang and Zhang heard that it was about Huang Ying'er, they both felt a little confused, and they couldn't understand what this Huang girl would do to make Xu and Qian pay so much attention, so they both turned their heads to look at Qian Yuanshan, ready to listen to his explanation.

Qian Yuanshan organized his words slightly and said, "Things have to start from yesterday. When the exhibition was held yesterday, didn't Liang Zi say that he saw that Huang girl and another girl also came to see it, but when he looked for it again, he couldn't find it. Afterwards, we once entrusted Zheng Zhutou to check her origin. ”

"Now you have the results?" Zhang Weixin asked.

Qian Yuanshan nodded and said, "That's right." Just now, Zheng Zhutou sent a subordinate to report the situation they had found to Lao Xu and me. According to what they found, this Huang girl is not a local, but from Jiangdu Prefecture in the south, that is, the area of Yangzhou in our era. It is said that he is going to Youzhou Mansion to find relatives. But the relatives were no longer there, and the four of them stayed there. At the end of last month, I bought a house in the county town and plan to live there for a long time. And just two days after buying the house, a girl named Liu Yunyan came to the door as Huang Yinger's cousin and also stayed. ”

"These situations are basically the same as what we knew before, is there any other news?" Wang Kunjun asked.

"Yes," Qian Yuanshan replied affirmatively, "At today's auction, we found that a man participating in the auction was a little suspicious. Although he is dressed more brightly, his temperament does not look like a rich person. From his face, he looks like a servant, and in addition to missing a left arm. And judging from the auction process, he doesn't seem to pay attention to the auction content at all, but instead uses his attention to the entrance between the auction area and the preparation area. After a few of you show up there, he's staring at you almost intently. Because I thought it was abnormal, I asked an errand officer of the county government to keep an eye on him at all times.

After the auction was over, the one-armed man did not stop for a moment, but went downstairs and left, and the messenger changed into civilian clothes and followed him. According to the officer's return, the one-armed man left Tianfu Tower and walked all the way home. And the place where he lived, according to the address of the officer, was the same as Huang Ying'er's residence. I later checked with Zheng Zhutou, and it seems that one of Huang Ying'er's servants also has only one arm. In other words, the one-armed man here is Huang Ying'er's domestic servant. ”

After Qian Yuanshan's description, everyone present was a little surprised. From this, everyone can draw a conclusion - this Huang Ying'er girl seems to be sending someone to spy on and spy on her. Zhang Wei was even more afraid in his confidence, first, this Huang girl came to the door because she plagiarized the poems of celebrities, and the other party could really have nothing to do with the crossing - in fact, he can't be blamed for this, but he has to blame the big-mouthed Xu Shaoan. Second, because this Huang girl has a lot of similarities in appearance with his wife in her previous life, the difference is mainly that Huang Ying'er is younger and more beautiful. And this similarity makes him subconsciously, he has gradually begun to associate her with his wife in his previous life, and even has a slight affection for her. Fortunately, it is still only at the stage of having a good feeling, if you really invest in it, how to deal with it now? And it is precisely because of her good impression that she is no longer aware of some unreasonable things in her speech and behavior, or she doesn't want to care about it. Now he feels that this feeling is too dangerous, once this kind of good feeling develops into the love between men and women, and the other party really has any sinister purpose, then I am afraid that Zuihou will really succeed.

Seeing that Zhang Weixin's face was not very good-looking, Wang Kunjun understood what he was thinking, and he knew this iron buddy very well. Because this Huang girl has similarities with Zhang Weixin's wife in his previous life, he will naturally have a good impression of her subconsciously. It's just a little good, and it's not to the point where I'm really committed. Now that you have found something suspicious, you can pay more attention to it in the future. As the saying goes, "you can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people", as a traverser, you should be more careful when encountering things, which is why the team has formulated a relevant review system. So seeing Zhang Weixin's expression, Wang Kunjun patted him on the shoulder and explained: "Lao Zhang, don't worry about this matter. Now we just think that this Huang girl and the people around her are a little weird, but we don't find that they have any unfavorable intentions against us, don't think too much. If you go to her in the future, pay more attention to it, just be cautious. ”

"Yes, yes. Lao Wang is right. Xu Shaoan also comforted on the side, "If you want to say that I am actually the culprit in this matter, if I hadn't talked nonsense, I wouldn't have caused so much right and wrong." ”

Qian Yuanshan also followed a few words of persuasion, and several people enlightened him, and it took a while for Zhang Weixin to relax. He calmed down and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. ”

Hearing him say this, his face returned to normal, and several people present comforted him again, and when they saw that it was not early, they took him to dinner with him, so that he would not sit here and think more and more.

Two days later, Cui Dacai and the Feng Guan came to Fang Ji Jewelry Shop in advance, and according to the original agreement between the two parties, they handed over the relevant money to the nominal auctioneer Fang Yingyu. Boss Fang got in touch with the inn in time through Tang Chao and Zeng Zhilin, who had been waiting in his shop, and let the two buyers get the relevant lots immediately after checking the money.

Cui and Feng got what they wanted, so they naturally left happily. Boss Fang's side hurriedly invited Wang Kunjun and others in the inn to discuss with them how to transport the money away as soon as possible. After all, this amount of money is not a small amount, and once something goes wrong, he Yingyu can't afford to pay even if he smashes the pot and sells iron.

Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Xu Shao'an, and the relevant personnel of the security team and the business team soon arrived at Fang Ji. A group of people entered the warehouse specially prepared by Fang Ji, looking at the neatly stacked gold ingots, silver ingots and copper coins piled up like a hill on the ground, Rao is Wang Feng, who had seen bundles of banknotes in the past, couldn't help but gasp and secretly exclaimed: "Real money and silver are more attractive than those colorful banknotes, this shining golden light is really dazzling!" ”,

Boss Fang, who led the way, pointed to the gold and silver mountains on the ground and said, "What is stored here is all the proceeds of this auction, totaling 11,000 taels of gold, 55,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 copper coins. Previously, he had jointly inspected with Tang and Zeng, and in the past two days, Tang and Zeng had personally taken care of them, and no one else had contact with them. ”

After speaking, Fang Yingyu paused slightly, and after the people present sighed, he asked Wang Kunjun, who he considered to be the leader of this group of Taoist priests: "Wang Daochang, this is a lot of money, I don't know how Wang Daochang and others plan to transport it back to the Taoist Temple." ”

Wang Kunjun sighed for a while, heard Fang Yingyu's question, and replied: "Oh, Poor Dao has already discussed it with Zhong Yuanwai before. As soon as the auction money is settled, he will be notified. Zhong Yuanwai will send his confidants and family members to drive the car over to transport the gold and silver here. As for the 10,000 copper coins, except for the ones that should have been paid to Boss Fang and Boss Chen of Tianfulou according to the original agreement, there are still about 1,000 yuan left. Poor Dao and the others each brought one or two hundred dollars as pocket money, and the rest were temporarily stored in Boss Fang, and in the future, Poor Dao and the brothers would often come to the city, and it would be more convenient to take it directly from Boss Fang when the time came. As he spoke, he looked at the sky outside, "I guess the vehicle will arrive at noon." ”

Boss Fang Yingyu heard him say this, and he was relieved. If he puts so much money here for one more day, he will bear the heart for one more day, and it is better to transport it away as soon as possible. Although there are still about 1,000 guan left, it is not too big a number for him, and for the sake of the benefit fee of more than 5,000 guan, he will no longer force the other party to transport it all. Besides, after these Taoist priests have money, they will inevitably buy some luxury goods, if they often come to their own place in the future, see a few pieces of jade, and they can make a few sums of money, why not do it.

Coming out of the treasury, Wang Kunjun discussed with Zhang Weixin and Xu Shao'an, and decided to divide the troops into two ways. All the way, the material management team and the security team were the mainstay, staying in Fang Ji and waiting for the arrival of the Zhong family's money-carrying vehicle. The rest of the team members were escorted by Qian Yuanshan and Yang Xin, and they immediately set off to return to Yuxu Palace.

The rest of the matter went quite smoothly, Qian and Yang returned to the Yuxu Palace with the brigade first, and reported safety to the county through the radio after arriving. After receiving the report that everything was going well, the second group of people left Liangxiang County, and a group of more than ten carriages headed towards Yuxu Palace.

On the evening of the 23rd day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar, the convoy arrived safely at its destination, and the auction was finally a complete success. For this reason, there was a large feast in the Yuxu Palace, and everyone was elated, frequently raising their glasses and drinking, until midnight.