Chapter 108: Lighting the Sky Lantern
Boss Qian waved his hand, and everyone quieted down, only to hear him say again: "There are also rumors that Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, was very fond of He's bi, so he ordered skilled craftsmen to make a jade seal for the country. It has been passed down from generation to generation, symbolizing that he was the first emperor to unify Kyushu through the ages. ”
"Uncle Qian, this thing can't have anything to do with He's Bi, right?" Wang Gongzi asked pretending to be surprised.
"Humph!" Zhao Gongzi snorted coldly and laughed, "Brother Wang, you are really a shallow learner. I have long heard rumors that the old man Qin Shi Huang used a piece of scrap material from He's Bi to make a jade wrench, and he likes to carry it every day and never leaves it. It's just that Qin Shi Huang died on his fifth patrol trip, and the wrench disappeared, and some people say that it was buried with the First Emperor, but I didn't expect to see the light of day again today. ”
"Huh." Boss Qian nodded approvingly at Zhao Gongzi, carefully picked up the jade wrench on the table and said with a smile: "That's right, this is the legendary wrench." Moreover, there is also a folk saying that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, conquered Xianyang and set fire to the 200,000-square-meter Afang Palace, just because he wanted to find the whereabouts of this wrench. ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
"Uncle Qian, just tell me the starting price of this wrench, I am just going to choose a gift for my father, who will celebrate his birthday next month, and I look at the wrench." As he spoke, Wang Gongzi took out a large number of silver tickets and slapped them on the table.
"Oh, Wang Gongzi is really a big family, and he carries so many silver tickets when he goes out." "Who says it's not, the sons of the four wealthy merchants in Piaofeng City are all rich young masters." "Looks like he's bound to win."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Wang Gongzi stood up and arched his hand at the guest officers present, and said with a smile: "Xiaosheng is not talented, my father will celebrate his birthday next month, and I hope that all the elders, brothers, and sisters will cut their love." ”
Many people here have business dealings with Wang Gongzi's family, and seeing that he is so 'filial', they have expressed that they will give enough face and will not fight.
"Since it's Uncle Wang's birthday next month, I want this thing. When the time comes, it will be set on his birthday, and he will give it to Uncle Wang as a congratulatory gift! Zhao Gongzi's sudden sentence stunned everyone. It sounds good to be a congratulatory gift, if you can't get rid of it when the day comes, what can you do?
"Okay, since both nephews love this wrench so much, now the auction begins!" Boss Qian was overjoyed and shouted, "The former Qin Shi Huang has a wrench, the starting price is 50,000 taels of gold, and the price increase shall not be less than 500 taels of gold each time, and now the auction will start!" ”
"Hey, the starting price is 50,000 taels, or gold." "That's not a small amount." "It's better to sell all my possessions, than a wrench!" Many of the spectators have begun to shake their heads, and it is true that this price is not affordable for ordinary people.
Wang Gongzi, who was still shouting for his father's birthday gift just now, was obviously shocked when he heard this price, but he didn't dare to shout rashly at this time. You know, if he shouts the first and no one buys it, the ring will be smashed in his hand.
Zhao Gongzi, who was sitting with him looking at him, was not much better than him, and he was also sitting on pins and needles at this time. The ring that had been privately explained in advance was 30,000 taels of gold, but I didn't expect this Uncle Qian to increase to 50,000 taels of gold when he saw his wealth.
Seeing that no one was shouting the price, the scene was a little embarrassing for a while, and Boss Qian privately glanced at Zhao and Wang, the two sons and brothers he invited to sit in the town, but neither of them dared to shout rashly.
"Can you let me take another look?" Liu Peng got up and shouted in everyone's astonishment. The idiot and the little doctor also looked at him in surprise, and shouted in a low voice: "Peng Peng, you don't want to buy that jade wrench, right?" ”
He Shuai didn't make a sound, only smiled and nodded lightly. He knew that there were not many things that could be looked at by this cousin, and he believed in Liu Peng's vision more, if she wanted to buy it, it would definitely be worth it.
When Boss Qian heard the shout, he first raised his eyes and looked at it with joy, and then he was surprised, isn't that the current adjutant of the supervising army of Piaofeng City? Isn't he the city lord and general of Piaofeng City by his side? He'd seen them a few times.
"Boy, can you afford to buy it, just ignore and delay the work?" It's still the complaining big man at the table next to him before.
"Hehe, it's my business whether to buy it or not, what does it have to do with you?" Liu Peng said contemptuously, and shouted at the stands again, "What, isn't Boss Qian allowed to look twice when selling things?" ”
"Boy, you!" The big man was just about to have a seizure, but he didn't press it with the people at the same table, and the people who could stand up at this time were either rich or expensive.
"Yes, yes! Why don't you go and get it over and let the distant master appreciate his face. Boss Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted at the costume beauties on the side.
It was still the same beauty just now, she carefully picked up the jade wrench from the stands, held it in the palm of her hand and walked over to the table where He Shuai was sitting.
Liu Peng took the wrench and put it on the thumb of his right hand, looked at it again and again through the sunlight shining in from the window, shook his head and said casually to the beauty in ancient costume: "Girl, light this candle lamp, so that you can't see clearly." ”
"Huh? Lighting? The beauty in ancient costume covered her mouth with her hands in surprise and asked, "Childe, did you mean lighting the lamp?" ”
"yes, it's so dark in this room, how do you look at it?" Liu Peng took off the wrench and smiled.
The beauty in ancient costume glanced back at her shopkeeper Boss Qian, and made a gesture of lighting the lamp, and the latter let out a sigh and nodded secretly. Only then did the beauty in ancient costume dare to take out a fire fold from her sleeve, remove the paper cover of the candle lamp on the table, and light the candle.
When he was about to buckle the paper cover back, Liu Peng smiled: "It's buttoned, what else do I think." After that, he leaned closer to the candle and carefully observed the lines on the wrench.
"Oh my God, he actually lit a sky lantern!" "I'm going, I've really met a big customer today." "I've been playing around in this auction house for so many years, and it's the second time I've seen anyone dare to light a sky lantern." "Who's to say it's not, the last time I lit the sky lantern was five years ago."
Everyone in the lobby stood up and scrambled to look at the table where they were sitting. The big man who had laughed at Liu Peng twice before, but he couldn't stop shaking his head at this time.
He Shuai and the others naturally didn't know the meaning of lighting the sky lantern, so they just gathered around Liu Peng and whispered, "How is this ring?" ”
Liu Peng watched it for almost 10 minutes before he breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his eyes and smiled: "Is it a treasure?" Whether it was carved out of He's Bi, I don't dare to say. But if this object were put in our time, it would be worth at least that amount? He held out five fingers as he spoke.
"500,000?" The little doctor tentatively guessed, "That's my salary for many years, how many bags can I buy?" ”
The idiot came directly: "Peng Peng has watched it for so long, to say the least, there are 5 million, right?" ”
Liu Peng smiled and said, "The lowest, 50 million!" It's not difficult to fry hundreds of millions. ”
Seeing that someone was lighting a sky lantern, Wang Gongzi had a bottom in his heart, and shouted loudly: "60,000 taels, my father's life is greater than the sky!" ”
"70,000 taels!" Zhao Gongzi then shouted, "Little brothers, if you don't have money, let the baby out!" ”