Manhattan's largest auction house, Bailey's Auctions, will auction the collection of 19th-century British nobleman Baron Thomas Erskine this evening.

It stands to reason that the auction of a little baron will not attract the attention of so many dignitaries, but this Baron Erskine is not ordinary, because he is the main person in charge of the "Rebirth Project" in the United States during World War II, the inventor of the "Super Soldier" serum, and the ancestor of Dr. Abraham Erskine!

Although Dr. Erskine was shot dead by Nazi spies on the day of Captain America's birth, and all his entourage and precious documents were permanently sealed as military secrets, the temptation of the "Super Soldier" serum was too great, and "Captain America" Steve Rogers immediately attracted the attention of the world's militaries since his resurrection. His individual combat capabilities have played a vital role in regional conflicts and skirmishes, and when combined with the high-tech weapons of the U.S. military, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Stark Industries, he is simply invincible. As the saying goes, it is easy to find a thousand troops, and it can be said that more than half of the countries in the world are trying to develop super potions of physical potential, if anyone can find even the slightest clue from Baron Erskine's collection...

Liu Zheng stayed in the reception for less than an hour, and he locked up a lot of ill-intentioned people. They were dressed in decent suits and seemed to be polite, and they gathered together to pretend to be familiar, but they stared at the collection in the glass display case with malicious intent, and the deliberately suppressed words were drowned out by the music of the drinking party, but could not escape his ears. Liu Zheng found that in addition to spies from various countries, there are also private masters hired by the super-rich, there are many such people in the United States, with unique skills, and some are even hidden superpowers, they have no moral concepts, they just take money to do things, if the money is enough, they dare to try the head of the President of the United States.

That's right, super serum can not only create super soldiers, but also immortals, and it is normal that they will be coveted by the rich.

Liu Zheng half-leaned on the side of the bar, holding half a glass of unfamous foreign wine in his hand, squinting his eyes slightly, as if he had indulged in the drunken gold fascination of high society. The reception he is now at is a feature of the Bailey auction, where bidders can come to taste the wines, admire the lots, and even negotiate a few deals before the actual auction begins. Of course, in order to ensure safety, the lots in the exhibition case at this time are all fakes made by master imitations, and anyone who can participate in it must also have an elite membership card, as for how to obtain this small black card, it depends on their own ability.

The eldest lady, Joy Meacham, was chatting with another woman dressed up in fancy clothes not far away, and looked at him a few times from time to time, Liu Zheng was too lazy to listen to what they said, but only a few words would still get into his ears, it was nothing more than a false compliment between some plastic sisters, and it was not nutritious. As the current president of the RAND Group, Joey is of course an elite member of Bailey's Auctions, not to mention that she and the young woman in front of her, Mika Prada, are college classmates. Mika's husband, the owner of the Bailey auction and recently running for Congress, is a powerful figure.

“... Joey, you seem to be more like yourself than you've ever been. ”

"Thanks, I'm trying to get something I was afraid of right now..."

"That's... Is Mr. Liu Zheng one of them? ”

"Liu Zheng? Oh, it's nothing for both of us, just no

It's just a matter of working together. ”

Liu Zheng vaguely heard the two of them talking about their names, so he pricked up his ears and listened. He has been in the United States for several months now, and he has made significant progress in his spoken and listening English, and he has basically no problem communicating with the locals. You must know that when he first came, it was really difficult to move without Luo Zhijian.

"Giggles... I thought you fell in love with the gentleness and delicacy of Asian men. ”

Joey snorted, but Liu Zheng was still keenly aware of the grievances and dissatisfaction in her tone, I'm afraid she was angry now why he was the one who accompanied her to the drinking party instead of Luo Zhijian!

"I think she's a little nervous, but I like it!"

"No, it's not enough to be nervous, I think it's super nervous."

"Uh-huh... You don't mind, do you? ”

"Haha, I don't mind, you go ahead. But I warn you, he's not just any man. ”

"No one can stop Miss Mika's charm."

Liu Zheng sighed deeply, they are all married and still so good at playing, they really deserve to be a girl in a sexually open country. But you don't mind Lao Tzu! If it weren't for the fact that he would have paid him money in order to help Peter protect him, he wouldn't have thought of suffering in such a noisy place.

The wine is still so bad, phew!

Liu Zheng didn't wait for Mika Prada to come over, so he walked away first, on the one hand, to stay away from the two gossip girls, and on the other hand, because he really had some interest in what the Qingyu Tiger was.

He walked around the exhibition hall, chatting and drinking and looking at the exhibits, there were quite a few people, and he didn't find where the display cabinet of Qingyuhu was for a while, but although he didn't find what he wanted, he unexpectedly met an old man.

The middle-aged woman, standing in front of a strange bowl-shaped exhibit, bowed her head slightly and carefully read the words on it. She wore a well-cut silver-white evening dress, showing her graceful and luxurious temperament, standing in the crowd as if standing out from the crowd. The woman seemed to notice the gaze that fell on her, and looked up at Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng couldn't, so he had to take the initiative to walk over to greet her, after all, they were elders, and they got along quite happily when they met for the first time.

"Hello Madame, we meet again." Liu Zheng knew she could speak Chinese.

"Luoyang." Although it was only a hurried meeting, the woman still accurately called out the name that Liu Zheng had told her at that time, "You can call me, Alexandra." ”

Liu Zheng hesitated and did not speak, which was contrary to his habit of salutation.

Alexandra smiled, "It's okay. We Americans don't pay attention to the respect of the young and the old, meeting is fate, and we can make friends. ”

Liu Zheng nodded, and he was no longer hypocritical.

After saying hello, the two of them chatted casually. Liu Zheng learned that Alexandra owned a large multinational trading company in Manhattan, and that she was a lover of historical artifacts and a regular visitor to Bailey's auctions.

"Erskine's collection is a treasure, varied in style, very valuable for historical and sociological research, and that friend of yours is very tasteful."

"Well, it's worth a lot of money.... Oh my god. ”

Liu Zheng looked down at the row of numbers below the bowl-shaped exhibits, and the starting price alone was nearly $80 million

, it's staggering.

"It's beautiful, isn't it? It's like Bronze Age technology, applied to a modern environment, classical and mysterious. Alexandra approached the display case again, her eyes looking at the bowl as if she had taken it for herself.

"You know, it's a fetish, like a Gabala bowl." Her tone softened, and it became like a whisper, "These people are stupid to want someone to fix it... They don't know that this is what it should be..."

Obviously in the middle of a noisy party, for some reason, Liu Zheng's body actually felt a little cold when she looked at Alexandra, all because the way she looked at this bowl now was like a hungry beast!

may have realized her gaffe and Liu Zheng's embarrassment, Alexandra straightened up, and her temperament became down-and-out again in an instant, which was really breathtaking.

"Do you know why there are so many Asian antiques in Baron Erskine's lots?"

Liu Zheng followed Alexandra's hand and looked around, it was really like this, there were several lots, and there was an obvious Chinese style.

"That's because the descendants of Baron Erskine have been to China, and they have taken a lot of good things from the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty." The woman's narration traveled through time and space, bringing Liu Zheng to that unbearable history, "That war happened in the Guangxu years..."

it!

Liu Zheng almost didn't hold back his scolding, he now knows where these collections came from! Although he is not a liberal arts student, he has a fairly good understanding of the history of the late Qing Dynasty. If you don't understand, it's a shame to have a real black history in China!

Just when he had nowhere to vent, the wireless earphones in his ears suddenly rang, and the male security guard's hurried voice came out.

"Alert, alert! Someone has broken into the storage warehouse, it's a female snitch, she's about to escape!! ”

Liu Zheng shouted: "Where is the green jade tiger? ”

"She stole it!"

Liu Zheng scolded, and before he had time to say goodbye to Alexandra, he separated the crowd and rushed out quickly, attracting many onlookers and discussions along the way. Fortunately, the on-site staff quickly maintained order, and the party was able to continue.

Alexandra watched Liu Zheng leave without saying a word, glanced back at the bowl in the collection cabinet, and suddenly walked in the direction of Joey Meacham and them, and took a cup of tequila from the waiter along the way.

Seeing the woman coming this way, Mika Prada excitedly greeted her, took her arm cordially, and greeted Joey, "Joey, come and meet our idol, this is Lady Alexandra!" ”

This is Alexandra! The president of the Midtown Circle Financial Center, a few years ago, he entered the Roxon Petroleum Group with a huge amount of money and became one of the major shareholders, triggering a major earthquake in the global energy industry.

Joey's heart was pounding, she had long wanted to meet this strong woman in the business world, but unfortunately she never had the opportunity.

Alexandra raised her glass and touched the little fan girl who was so excited that her eyes were shining with stars, touting the performance of the RAND Group, and then asked seemingly casually: "Luoyang is your friend?" ”

"What did you say?" At this time, Joey, who was already dazed, blinked, very confused, "Who is Luoyang?" ”

Alexandra's eyes immediately narrowed, her head held high, and an indescribable sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.