Chapter 140: Yuelu Villa
"Oh, it's him!" Listening to Lin Qingchen's words, Yun Ruoyan couldn't help but look at this man carefully, and saw that he looked very delicate and gentle, and it was difficult to associate him with the image of a bad gambler he had learned before.
"Cha so-jae. Lin Qingchen called out to the man, Lily of the Valley's brother is a Xiucai, and everyone in the pharmacy calls him Che Xiucai.
The man looked up and saw a smile on Lin Qingchen's face, "Miss." ”
Lin Qingchen pulled Yun Ruoyan to the counter, Che Mingchen handed the bundled medicine bag in his hand to the patient, turned around and said a few words to the other medicine boy next to him, the medicine boy nodded to his place, and he walked out of the counter.
"Miss, you're here. Che Mingchen walked up to Lin Qingchen and Yun Ruoyan and said respectfully.
"Tell me about it. Lin Qingchen gestured to Che Mingchen and said, "This is my cousin Yun Ruoyan." ”
Che Mingchen was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted.
"I've heard my sister talk about the eldest lady in the morning, and I've always wanted to thank Da En personally. ”
Che Mingchen bowed deeply to Yun Ruoyan, if it weren't for Yun Ruoyan, he would probably have been crippled by the people in the gambling house, and his old father would have died of a serious illness.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Yun Ruoyan has the grace of reinvention for him.
"Thank you for the help of the eldest lady, otherwise I will still live in a situation where I am not a human or a ghost, and my father and sister will also be implicated. Che Mingchen's words were sincere and respectful.
"No need to be polite, your sister has helped me a lot. Yun Ruoyan just smiled faintly, "I really don't look like a novice just now when I saw you taking medicine." ”
"The eldest lady praised it falsely. ”
Che Mingchen still replied respectfully: "Che is not talented, he has read several medical books, and he is also quite familiar with medicinal materials. I haven't gained fame by studying for many years, but my memory is quite good. ”
Yun Ruoyan listened to him talking quite sourly, the whole thing was like a literati, and he couldn't help but think of him in the casino with such a sour look and people shouting at people to throw a sieve and play pai gow, and he felt funny.
After chatting a few words with Che Mingchen, Lin Qingchen took Yun Ruoyan and Yun Moxiao to the back hall.
The front hall is a place for ordinary people to see and grasp medicines, and the back hall stores some expensive elixirs and spiritual herbs, which are sold to some cultivators and alchemists.
Yun Ruoyan looked around and saw that there were several kinds of spirit herbs here in the list of medicinal materials that Chirp had listed for her, so she asked for some prices and prepared to buy them elsewhere.
The reason why Yun Ruoyan didn't take the medicine in Wanyaotang was because Lin Qingchen was too careful, and she wouldn't necessarily chase after her, but when she looked at Yun Ruoyan with her doubtful little eyes, Yun Ruoyan couldn't help but want to confide her true feelings to her.
So it's better not to bother with this.
"Qingchen. Yun Ruoyan said to Lin Qingchen: "When I was fine, I refined a few low-grade elixirs, I want to sell them, I don't know what the current market price is." ”
"Sister Ruoyan, are you short of money?"
"Ruoyan, are you short of money?"
Lin Qingchen and Yun Moxiao opened their mouths and asked almost at the same time, if they were not very short of money or specialized in the elixir business, no one would generally sell elixirs at will.
Forehead~
Very lacking!
"No, there is no shortage. Yun Ruoyan hurriedly waved her hand, "I just don't know the price of the elixir, so I'm curious, I want to see how much the elixir I have refined is worth." I also want to know the price of medium-grade and high-grade elixirs. ”
"Elixirs are generally priceless. Lin Qingchen said: "However, there is a place dedicated to selling some treasures with no price, where there are not only low-grade and medium-grade elixirs, but also high-grade elixirs. ”
"Where?" asked Yun Ruoyan, whose eyes flickered.
"Shikoku Auction House. Lin Qingchen replied: "It's at the foot of the Empty Shadow Mountain, I haven't been to my grandfather for a long time. ”
"I've heard of that place in the army, but I haven't had a chance to go there yet. Yun Moxiao said: "Why don't we go and have a look together." ”
It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, after Lin Qingchen arranged some things in the pharmacy, the three of them went to the auction house of the four countries.
There is a mountain villa at the foot of the empty mountain, called Yuelu Mountain Villa, and the Shikoku Auction House is located in this mountain villa.
When Ah Fu drove the carriage to the gate of Yuelu Villa, the sun had already set and night was falling.
At night, the Yuelu Mountain Villa is built on the mountain, it is very majestic and majestic, and the mountain villa is full of all kinds of magnificent carriages parked in front of it, which is a lively scene.
Lin Qingchen got out of the car and took Yun Ruoyan and Yun Moxiao into Yuelu Villa very familiarly.
A steward stepped forward to ask Yun Ruoyan what they were doing here, and Lin Qingchen gave the steward a jade plaque.
As soon as the steward saw this jade plaque, he immediately said hello to Miss Lin respectfully, and then led a few people along the road into the backyard.
"Where are they going to be taken?" Yun Ruoyan saw that some of the people who entered Yuelu Mountain Villa with them were being taken in different directions by different stewards, so he asked Lin Qingchen softly.
"In addition to the Shikoku Auction House, there are many other places in Yuelu Villa. Lin Qingchen replied as he walked: "The place they went to is not the Four Nations Auction House. ”
Although Yun Ruoyan has lived for two lives, she almost never stepped out of the door of the family in her previous life, and occasionally went to the Lin family before marrying Pei Ziao, and gradually cut off contact with Lin Yun's two families after getting married, and stayed at home in the courtyard of the Pei family.
Therefore, for the imperial city, Yun Ruoyan's unfamiliarity is no less than that of Yun Moxiao.
"I've heard from my colleagues in the army that there is a fighting arena in Yuelu Villa, but I don't know if it's true. Yun Moxiao also asked softly.
Yun Moxiao's colleague is a young general with a lot of status, according to him, the fighting arena is full of bloody battles between slaves and monsters, which is very brutal and bloody.
While satisfying the audience's need for visual stimulation, you can also gamble by placing bets, in short, it is a very crazy place.
Yun Moxiao really wanted to go in and have a look.
"I don't know. Lin Qingchen replied: "When my grandfather and I came here, we only entered the auction house, but I heard my grandfather say that there are many hidden places in Yuelu Villa that ordinary people can enter. ”
While they were talking, they were taken to a small building in the courtyard, which was the Shikoku Auction House.
When the three of them walked into the small building, they were greeted by a magnificent and brightly lit hall.
There was a high platform in the middle of the hall, and Lin Qingchen told the two that it was the auction table, and all the auction items would be displayed and auctioned at that high platform for a while.
The three of them stood at the entrance, and there were stairs on the left and right sides, which could lead to the private rooms on both floors, and it was roughly estimated that there were more than 20 private rooms on the upper and lower floors.
Yun Ruoyan looked around and saw that there were no curtains in the private rooms on the first and second floors, and there were curtains in the private rooms on the third floor to ensure privacy.
The private rooms on the second floor have the most people, there are some people on the first floor, but not many, and only two or three private rooms with curtains on the third floor have human figures, and the rest are empty.
The steward asked whether they were buying or auctioning, and Lin Qingchen replied that it was an auction.
The steward motioned to follow him, and the men continued to follow the steward down the stairs into the last room of the passage on the first floor.
Someone in the room is counting the items that will be auctioned off for a while.
When asked about the owner of the item, Yun Ruoyan asked Lin Qingchen to report the name of the Lin family.
Lin Qingchen had no objection, Yun Ruoyan learned for the first time that for the auction of the elixir, the name of the alchemist had added value.
It is also a low-grade elixir, and with the name of the Lin family, its starting price is more than twice as high as the same elixir of the nameless alchemist.
Yun Ruoyan has three Hun Tian Pills in his hands, two good products, and one excellent product. Because of the name of the Lin family, Yun Ruoyan took out the best Hun Tian Pill.
"A low-grade elixir Hun Tian Pill. A woman in charge of the drug inspection said: "Excellent product, the starting price is ten taels of gold." ”
The man in charge of recording put away Yun Ruoyan's two elixir boxes, and at the same time wrote a piece of paper and pushed it in front of Lin Qingchen.
Ten taels of gold!
Yun Ruoyan couldn't help but tremble in her heart, although her current monthly price had risen several times in a row, it was only ten taels of silver!
Such a low-grade elixir turned out to be a hundred times her monthly rule! No wonder it was said that alchemist was the most wealthy profession in the Shen Abyss Continent, and if she continued like this, she would no longer be afraid of running out of money.
The three of them looked at the paperwork and felt that there was no problem.
Lin Qingchen took out the jade plate that he showed to the steward at the beginning, and used the bottom of the jade plate to stamp a bright red seal on the document, and the seal was the words Lin Family Wanyaotang.
After a series of formalities, several people were told that the item would be the third item to be auctioned tonight.
After that, several people led the steward to a private room on the first floor.
"A few later, when everyone who has made an appointment arrives, the auction will start immediately. After the steward finished speaking, he left the private room.
The three of them sat in a private room and waited for the auction to begin.
"Qingchen, did you and your grandfather come here often?" Yun Ruoyan asked when she saw that Lin Qingchen was quite familiar with the process here.
"When I was seven or eight years old, my grandfather and I used to come here to auction off the family's elixir. ”
Lin Qingchen replied: "At that time, my grandfather had not given up looking for my parents and second uncle, and spent a lot of money to search for it on the Shenyuan Continent, but then he really couldn't see any hope and gave up. ”
At that time, Lin Zainan had already scattered more than half of his property, and the Lin family had already begun to decline.
Listening to Lin Qingchen's words, Yun Ruoyan and Yun Moxiao were both silent for a short time.
In the silence, Yun Ruoyan suddenly felt that there was a gaze looking at her, she subconsciously looked up to look for it, but she didn't find that gaze, but found a box on the third floor opposite, which was originally empty, and there was a figure at this time.
Immediately after that, many more people came, most of whom were sitting on the second floor, with few on the first floor and very few on the third floor.
Yun Ruoyan didn't know why, so she asked Lin Qingchen.
Lin Qingchen told her that the first floor was filled with auctioneers, the second floor was buyers, and the third floor was specially prepared for some special people on the Shenyuan Continent.
Whether they are buying or selling, they can sit in a private room on the third floor.
"Ding~"
At this time, on the high platform in the center of the hall, a handsome-looking blue-robed man rang the small bronze bell on the platform, the bronze bell was not large, but the sound was extremely clear, echoing throughout the hall.
"Everyone, be silent. The blue-robed man spoke, "Tonight's auction starts now." ”