Chapter VIII Auctions
After returning to the East Palace, he left the pearl necklace to Li Chengqian, and immediately returned to his room with the big jade plate and the golden horse.
Tired and sweaty, he clapped his hands with satisfaction and prepared to go out to go out with Li Chengqian, but as soon as he turned around, he found Rouge standing at the door with a new set of clothes in both hands, and was startled, "Rouge, when did you come, did you see anything just now?" โ
Rouge snorted angrily, "How can you hide things like this, there is a big bag bulging in the bed, and no one dares to move your things on the table with peace of mind." โ
Xiangxin scratched his head a little embarrassed, looked at Rouge's appearance and couldn't help but tease: "What do you know, this is all the bride price money for my daughter-in-law in the future, who will marry me after I don't work hard to make money, will you marry?" โ
Rouge's face turned red with a visible speed, "Don't talk nonsense here, hurry up and change your clothes, Your Highness is waiting for you!" โ
After finishing speaking, he put down his clothes and closed the door and went out, looking at the clothes on the table and comparing them with those he was wearing, and couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of the ancients, "Wear new clothes!" โ
Satisfiedxin put on new clothes, and walked to the main hall in high spirits, the princess and the prince who were laughing saw that Xiangxin was coming from a distance, and their eyes lit up, and their already delicate appearance added a lot of luxurious temperament, no matter how you look at it, they are all a handsome boy.
Before Li Chengqian could speak, the crown princess couldn't help but stand up and look in a circle, "Your Highness, look at the clothes I picked, it's suitable, it's really a person who relies on clothes, I didn't expect that I just changed my clothes, and my heart was like a different person." โ
Li Chengqian couldn't help but nodded, "It's really good, it's satisfying, I'll see a lot of people at today's auction, it's good for you to call yourself the distant cousin of the crown princess in the future, if someone asks you what your name is, you can say that your name is Su Chengxin." โ
Satisfied with the look of understanding, looking at the crown princess who couldn't help but admire and the rouge whose face became more and more ruddy, he said, "Fortunately, there is no too clear mirror in this Tang Dynasty, otherwise I should be fascinated by my appearance, since this body is so handsome, it is better to start the great cause of flirting with girls in the Tang Dynasty!" โ
Cheng thought all the way, imagining that he was surrounded by beautiful women, this one fed a grape, that one was jealous and came over to drink a glass of wine, and he kept smirking along the way.
Xiao Lizi looked unfamiliar with him on the side, and Brother Liang couldn't help but speed up the carriage and wanted to stay away from him.
Finally arrived at the place where the auction was held, and Xiangxin relieved himself and helped Li Chengqian get out of the carriage, "Xiangxin just go up with me, you two are waiting at the door." โ
Brother Liang and Xiao Lizi are both people who understand the rules, this auction is originally organized by the royal family and the feudal state, and it is full of acquaintances, so there is no need to worry about safety.
The guard at the door saw that Li Chengqian was coming, and hurriedly passed the word inside, and before Li Chengqian was satisfied with the two of them, someone had already come out to greet them.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are finally here, the auction has been going on for a while, but they are all gadgets that you should not look at." The shrill voice made it possible to conclude that he was a great eunuch.
Li Chengqian nodded and didn't speak, the big eunuch led the way in front of him, and Li Chengqian spoke, "This is Gonggong Chen, who is in charge of the auction market, this floor is the auction hall, and the second floor is a single room, so we are going to the single room on the second floor." โ
Cheng Xin silently followed behind the two of them and looked at Li Chengqian cautiously, mainly because he was afraid that he would suddenly fall. Seeing that Li Chengqian's pace was quite stable, he was satisfied, and he was relieved and looked around at the auction hall.
This auction house also does antique trading and buying and selling pawnshops on weekdays, but whenever there is a tribute market from a vassal country, this auction house will buy nearby shops in advance to give them a month off, and this month is dedicated to the mutual market.
Under the leadership of Gonggong Chen, no one interrogated all the way to a single room on the second floor, the windows of the single room were open, and it could be seen that the single rooms on the left and right were also full of people, and the closest was Changsun Chong and his party, who raised their hands when they saw Li Chengqian's arrival.
After Gonggong Chen led the two to the private room, "Your Highness, if you have any orders, shout at any time, and the servants will be waiting on the side." โ
Li Chengqian waved his hand, and Gonggong Chen didn't say anything more and withdrew.
Li Chengqian looked at the melon and fruit tea on the table, picked up the melon seeds and ate them, "The room on the left is the eldest grandson Chong, you should know, the black and shaped one next to him is Fang Xuanling's second son, Fang Yiai, and the one next to him is Du Ruhui's second son, Du He, these three people are my best friends, and they are called princelings in folk words." After saying that, he couldn't help but smile.
"The single room next to them, the two big bosses, are the two who are the happiest ones, the one on the left is Cheng Yanjin's second son, Cheng Chuliang, and the one on the right is Yu Chigong's eldest son, Yu Chi Baolin." Li Chengqian was obviously a little disdainful when he said about them.
"In the single room next to it, the man and the woman are all from Li Tao's family, the man's name is Li Siwen, and the woman's name is Li Yulong."
Li Chengqian introduced the big names in the single room one by one, and his brain was about to explode again, but fortunately, many names he knew before that as long as the names were matched with the faces, there was no need to force these names to be remembered.
Since Li Chengqian and Chengxin sat down in the private room, Xiangxin felt that everyone in the single room was watching him, but it was obvious that everyone was staring at the auctioneer in the hall on the first floor.
In a place similar to a stage in the hall on the first floor, the auctioneer is spitting vigorously, but what he sells is a landscape painting, saying that it is a masterpiece of which master, but it seems that these dignitaries and nobles in the single room on the second floor don't seem to be interested, and more of the feudal people sitting in rows on the first floor are more interested.
Li Chengqian picked up the three booklets next to the fruit bowl, "Satisfaction, look at these three booklets, these are three types of auction lists, the darkest color is the bronze level, which is now being sold, most of them are silk, calligraphy and painting, which are of interest to the people of the feudal country." This white is a silver-level auction list, and it is worth buying more things that we don't have that are transported from afar by the caravans of the feudal kingdoms. As for this gold-colored auction list, there are only three things in it, and they are the three most precious items after all the items participating in the auction have been identified, but I have seen the list before, and there is nothing I like, so you can see if there is anything you like. โ
Satisfied with a look of sudden realization, silently picked up the bronze auction list, looked at the text on it and said that it was still very difficult to recognize, but after more than ten days of study, it can be roughly recognized, "A pair of white jade lions, a pair of Hanyang wolf, a Huizhou inkstone, and even a set of four books and five classics." โ
Looking at the auctioneer's hand on the first floor, it was no longer the painting just now, it should be the penultimate auction item of the bronze level, and the giant peak saber brought by the feudal kingdom.
Satisfied, he silently put down the bronze-level auction list, and picked up the silver-level auction list on the side, "Two sweat-blooded BMWs, a broken jade pendant, can you still go to the silver level if you are disabled?" It's amazing, a fist-sized night pearl ยทยทยทยทยทยท" Xiangxin couldn't help but pout, it's all money, but he can't afford it.
Li Chengqian looked at his satisfactory appearance, "Which one is in the picture, brother can pay the bill and pick it at will." โ
Xiangxin shook his head, "It's nothing special, it's similar to those things in the palace, not to mention that if Your Highness buys a lot of things, you should be involved, I don't want you to be scolded because of me." โ
Li Chengqian put away the fan in his hand and knocked on his heart's head, "I think too much, this auction was originally prepared for us, do you see that King Wei and King Wu are shouting for the whole sweat and blood, just buy it if it's okay." โ
Looking at King Wei and King Wu, who were bargaining hard, and Cheng Chuliang, who was also involved in a kick from time to time, he suddenly felt that he had looked at him a lot less since he hit this silver level.
"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Wei for obtaining these two bloody horses." After King Wei's repeated bidding, the auctioneer saw that no one added the price, and after all, he still made a decision.
"Let's look at the next auction item, it is a broken jade pendant, this jade pendant should be a pair, but the seller only has this one, but after identification, we are sure that this is the Three Kingdoms period left down, if you get a pair of will be able to enter the gold auction list." After the auctioneer finished speaking, he motioned to the people below to get the jade pendant.
Hearing the auctioneer's words, he suddenly remembered that there was still a gold-level auction list that he hadn't read, so he hurriedly picked it up, "The last two auction items are nothing, but they are rare big gems and a thousand-year-old ginseng, and the first auction item actually says Zhuge Repeater." โ
Li Chengqian, who pushed him on the side, motioned for him to look at the auction list, but he didn't want Li Chengqian to stare at the auctioneer's eyes were already straight, and he didn't react to the push, so he also turned his head to look at the auction table, only looking at the semicircular jade pendant in the auctioneer's hand, which turned out to be a pair with his sister.
The two of them looked at each other and felt that this was unusual, and Li Chengqian hurriedly raised his hand, "I want this jade pendant." โ
The auctioneer was talking endlessly, and saw Li Chengqian raise his hand to signal that he was busy putting away the jade pendant and preparing to introduce the next lot, and the rich children on the side also refocused their eyes, but seeing Li Chengqian's face as usual, he didn't know what the situation was, only the eldest grandson Chong thoughtfully seemed to remember something.
After a while, Gonggong Chen took the jade pendant into the house, and took out his sister's jade pendant from his arms and compared it, the two jade pendants were perfectly combined, and Xiangxin couldn't help but shout: "Your Highness, this is a pair." โ
Li Chengqian was also a little excited, closed the window of the private room, and instructed Gonggong Chen: "Call me the seller of this jade pendant." โ
Gonggong Chen's face was embarrassed, "Your Highness, this is not in accordance with the rules." โ
Li Chengqian's face was ruthless, "You go and call someone to me, and if you dare to talk nonsense, I will ask you to clean the toilet tomorrow." โ
Gonggong Chen didn't dare to say more, and after muttering a few words to the people outside the house, he found a widow in the row of seats on the first floor and brought him up.
"Your Highness, this person is the seller of this jade pendant." After Chen Gonggong finished speaking, he withdrew.
The Japanese knelt on the ground and trembled, Li Chengqian snorted and said, "Where did you get this jade pendant?" โ
The Japanese slowly raised his head, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this jade pendant was bought from a begging person when I was passing through Ningbo. โ
Li Chengqian's fan was thrown on the head of the widow, "Tell the truth." โ
The Japanese man hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "I didn't lie to you, I really bought it from a begging person, and he said that he sold it to the pawnshop for too little money, so I gave him an extra ten taels of silver, and I bought it for twenty taels." โ
Li Chengqian's appearance at him should not be a lie, "What is the name of the person who sold your jade pendant, where does he live, and when did you buy it." โ
The Japanese knelt in the place and kowtowed frantically, "Your Highness's jade pendant was bought in Ningbo City three months ago, how do I know what it is called and where it lives, I really don't know." โ
Li Chengqian felt that he couldn't ask anything, so he waved his hand, "Okay, go out, don't say I'm bullying, I won't lose any money, what should I do." โ