Chapter 44: The Auction (2)
At that time, a gust of wind passed, and Yun Tianhong had already arrived in Nanling Mo's inner room. "Lord Wang." Nan Lingmo said helplessly, "Can you not give such a strong sweat medicine to the people in my yard in the future?" If this medicine continues, where can the people in my yard stand it? ”
"Okay, then I'll sprinkle less next time." Yun Tianhong said funny, "You asked Mu Yi to send me a letter saying that you have something important to discuss with me, could it be because you miss me?" ”
"Lord Wang!" Nanling Mo rolled her eyes helplessly. "Call me Jiyuan, Mo'er, call me Jiyuan," Yun Tianhong said softly, "This is the word that my mother gave me before she died." It's just a pity that she's ......"
Nanling Mo was stunned for a while, walked forward quickly, held Yun Tianhong's hand, and called softly: "Ji Yuan." Yun Tianhong asked, "Mo'er, you called me, but for tomorrow's auction?" ”
"Yes, this time, a total of three sets of twelve tea sets are here," Nan Lingmo said as she pushed Yun Tianhong to her small study, "I think tomorrow Yanyun, as the boss behind the scenes of Dusk Cangzhai, will push out these three sets of tea sets for sale." ”
"These tea sets are so exquisite!" Yun Tianhong sighed when he saw the three sets of tea sets to be auctioned, he picked up one of the tea sets and said, "Look at this color, I don't look like white porcelain!" ”
Nan Lingmo nodded and said, "Uncle Zhong said that this is a sweet white glaze. You look at the glaze color uniformly, not as translucent as white porcelain but more delicate than white porcelain, and there is a sense of heaviness, more charm than white porcelain. ”
Yun Tianhong nodded and said: "The few sets of large and small plum bottles you sold before were very popular, and even the second brother went to my house to take a fancy to a pair of them, and did everything possible to find out where to buy this white porcelain plum bottle, so I could only answer indiscriminately that it was a gift from a friend......
Nan Lingmo felt that Yun Tianhong's resentment couldn't even suppress the mask, and it was about to overflow, and she suddenly felt that Yun Tianhong at this time was not quite the same as the legend, and laughed out loud, "Okay, in order to thank the prince, no, Ji Yuan, for your kindness, I naturally left you a set of tea sets." ”
Nanling Mo said and took out another set of tea sets from the Bogu shelf, and said: "This set of sweet white glazed tea sets was drawn by me and designed by myself, but it is not twelve, but six, I don't know ......" Yun Tianhong snatched it and said with a smile: "I like it, I like it very much." ”
"It's not early, I'll go back, you rest early." Nan Lingmo nodded, and Yun Tianhong disappeared with the tea set in his arms.
Early in the morning of March 29, Nanling Mo went out under the pretext of choosing some jewelry. She still went to a ready-to-wear shop and entered through the front door, changed her clothes at the back door and came out, and walked to the back door of Huaqi Building.
"Miss," Uncle He led Nanling Mo to the secret room,
"Uncle He, is there anything special tonight?"
"There is a set of Seiko knives, which are said to be made of black iron." Uncle He said, "Miss, do you need it?" ”
Nan Lingmo didn't care about the set of Seiko knives that Uncle He said, and suddenly asked, "Is there anyone selling Hanze clover in the lot?" ”
Uncle He was stunned for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "No, but Miss, what do you need Hanze Clover for?" ”
Nanling Mo didn't answer this question, but just asked Uncle He to pay more attention and buy it if someone came to auction or pawn it.
"Uncle He, how is the training of the Evil Moon Pavilion?" Nan Lingmo suddenly changed the topic and asked.
"Eldest Lady, why don't you invite a few hall masters to come and ask?" Uncle He said, Dark Moon, Dark Wind, Dark Night, and another woman all appeared in front of Nanling Mo: "Subordinates see the Pavilion Master." ”
"Get up," Nan Lingmo said, "It's been nearly half a year now, how have you trained the people of the Four Palaces?" Who is this person? ”
"Master, this person is the person who trained people in the Snow Palace, this person is good at Gu poison, and the cultivation of Gu poison is above the subordinates, and the subordinates brought her here this time to ask the master to allow her to be the hall master of the Snow Palace."
"The subordinates have seen the master, if the master doesn't believe in the subordinates, you can accept this." The woman stretched out her hand and handed a box to Nanling Mo, "This is the Gu worm of the Soul Devouring Gu, the master can put the sub-Gu on the body of his subordinates, if the subordinates betray the master, as long as the master manipulates the mother Gu, the subordinates will festered all over their bodies and finally be devoured by the Gu worms and die." ”
"Sss Nan Lingmo replied: "Suspicious people don't need to be suspicious, I believe in you, what is your name?" ”
"My subordinates, please give my name to my master."
"The three hall masters of them are all secret word generations, so you can follow them, let's call them Dark Feather!"
"Subordinate Dark Feather thanked the master for his name." Darkfeather stood up.
After listening to their training, Nan Lingmo nodded and said, "Uncle He, since everything is ready, then we can open smoothly!" ”
"Listen to your master."
"In the past, we were in the business of killing intelligence, but in the past, we were still doing business as usual. After the accident in the Zhenguo Mansion, the 500,000 northern army was faced with a reorganization, and Xue Dian's dark feather singled out five to infiltrate the northern army in the name of military doctors; Three who are good at trauma and toxicology went to the Southern Frontier Army to sign up for my father's account as a military doctor and protect my father; Pick out two old and serious ones, and I will recommend you to enter the Tai Hospital, and I will let you achieve the position of the judge of the Tai Hospital within three years. The other five princely families who approached the north in the name of Jianghu traveling doctors had better be able to infiltrate Beirong. The remaining three of them stayed in Ji'an Pharmacy as a doctor, and two went to Jiangnan and three went to the west. ”
"Master, you want to establish a new intelligence network by practicing medicine?" Several people asked in unison.
"I just need a few eyes and ears at the moment, and the palace and the northern border are the most suitable for practicing medicine and business." Nan Lingmo said, "Before, the prince sent a message saying that the person who bought my life was the person from the Hades Pavilion, Dark Wind, I want your Wind Hall to swallow the Hades Pavilion in a month's time." Since it opened, it started with the Hades Pavilion. In the dark night, you need these people to go to these few houses to keep an eye on their news. Nanling Mo handed a note full of words to Dark Night, and continued: "Uncle He, you have to find a way to let these people enter these families in the name of Dark Stake. ”
"Yes, subordinates obey orders." After Nan Lingmo explained everything, he returned to Ji'an Hall through the back door.
Huaqi Lou took advantage of the ban on filial piety to redecorate and repair, the new Huaqi Lou is more gorgeous and extravagant, the tea cup is the best Ru kiln, the bowls and chopsticks are wrapped with gold edges, the tables and chairs are all a water of sour branch wood, the window screens and curtains in the private room are all the falling moon veils of a thousand gold, and a gold cave is alive.
The auction in the first quarter of Huaqilou is not for everyone to enter, and there must be a post. People who can come in get different colors of posts according to their financial resources, fifty tables in the hall on the first floor, a table of up to three people, each of them five hundred taels of silver, take an ordinary gilded plain post, the second floor of the floor of the number of elegant seats thirty, each elegant seat minimum consumption of three thousand taels of silver, take the purple bronzing water pattern post. The three-story Tianzi private room is the most expensive, a total of ten, and the minimum consumption of the private room is 8,000 taels of silver, and it is a black bronzing moire sticker. On the day when I learned that the auction of Huaqi Building was reopened, there was an endless stream of people who came to book seats, and within five days, the seats on the first and second floors were sold out, and there were only three vacant rooms left in the Tianzihao private room on the third floor.
Uncle He originally wanted to leave a private room with a heavenly name for Nanling Mo, but Nanling Mo refused, after all, she came out with her brother, she didn't want Nanling Xiao to see something, so she asked for a private seat with a local name.
At the time of the unitary, the quarterly auction of Huaqi Building is about to begin. This is also the first auction held half a year after the death of Empress Wushuang, and the scene is naturally extraordinary. The hall was full of people, and the private rooms on the second and third floors were also full. The guests on the second and third floors are distinguished and can bring an entourage, and the entourage in the hall on the first floor can only stand on both sides and watch, and are not allowed to sit in the hall.
Nanling Mo sat in the first room on the west side of the second floor, with a good view and a certain degree of obstruction, so that the people on the opposite side could not see the person's appearance clearly, and they could see the lot clearly.
At two o'clock, the auction officially began. A glamorous woman dressed in a red gauze rolling gold water skirt appeared in everyone's eyes, her eyes were like stars, her skin was like congealed cream, the mountain peaks were towering, the bee waist was thin and the buttocks were thin, and a cherry mouth was simply delicate. The gestures revealed a flattering energy, which made the men present salivate uncontrollably.
After the woman rang the golden bell, the lobby fell silent. She bowed first, and said delicately: "Ladies and gentlemen, Jin Niang is honored to be the host of this auction, and the auction conference will start now." The first lot: a multicolored glass mirror from Persia," she said, picking up the mirror from the brocade box and showing it to everyone on both sides. This mirror is quite small, with a gilt carved handle, the handle and back of the mirror are all inlaid with colorful glazed colored stones, and the mirror surface is different from the copper mirror commonly used, and the image reflected is exactly the same as the real thing. Even in the palace, there are not many such mirrors.
After Jin Niang showed the lot, she said: "The starting price of the Persian multicolored glass makeup mirror is three hundred taels, and the price increase is unlimited. ”
Soon, someone shouted: "Three hundred and fifty taels," "five hundred taels," "six hundred and fifty taels," ......
"One thousand taels." A coquettish cheer sounded, and the people in the hall were in an uproar, and they all looked towards the second floor, only to see one of the rooms on the east side of the place, and an attendant held a sign in front of the railing of the elegant seat.
"One thousand two times, one thousand two times, one thousand two three times." Jin Niang soon dropped the hammer, "The colorful glass portable makeup mirror was obtained by the ground number Songsan." "Soon someone matched the lot with the room number and made a record.
The second lot is "a concentric piece made of Kunlun blood jade." After Jin Niang briefly introduced the lot, she said: "The starting price is 1,000 taels." Soon someone auctioned it off for 3,000 taels.
3rd lot, 4th lot, 5th lot...... Each lot has its own unique characteristics, and they are quickly sold five or six times higher than the starting price.
Jin Niang smiled from ear to ear, after all, her commission was taken from the total price of these lots, and she wished that all the lots would be sold at a high price, so that she could get a good commission.
"The eleventh lot: a pair of chopsticks to dispel poison. This is the rhinoceros horn carved as the base, with white jade, silver, etc. ground into powder to make paint, a total of 7749 colors. In addition to being able to test the poison that silver chopsticks can't try, you can also test out the strange poison rumored on the rivers and lakes. As he spoke, he picked up a bowl of water and tested the poison with silver chopsticks and Wen Xi poison chopsticks, everyone saw that the silver chopsticks did not react, but the Wen Xi poison chopsticks were red, Jin Niang continued: "The poison in this bowl of water is the red face drunk that circulates on the rivers and lakes. Everyone gasped in unison, this red face drunk is one of the top ten strange poisons in the rivers and lakes, and soon there was a lot of discussion in the crowd.
Although most of the powerful families use silver chopsticks and jade pendants to test poison, this Wen Xi poison chopsticks can identify the strange poison of the rivers and lakes, and everyone can't sit still, and they are shocked by this chopsticks. Jin Niang just quoted the price of 5,000 taels, and soon some people kept increasing the price, after all, this is related to their own lives, and there are still many people who cherish their lives.
Nanling Mo watched them continue to bargain with gloomy interest, and Nanling Xiao chuckled dotingly: "With such good things, my sister doesn't have anything to look at?" Don't worry about not having enough silver, don't worry, the eldest brother has brought enough silver! Nan Lingmo said lightly: "People who use poison are very poisonous, and they can't be careful, how can a pair of chopsticks prevent it?" ”
"Twenty thousand taels!" "Twenty-five thousand taels" and "thirty-five thousand taels" The others were silent, only the two people in Tianzi were fighting with each other, and one of the voices seemed to be a little annoyed: "Fifty thousand taels!" There was no sound on the other side, and Jin Niang quickly made a final decision.
"I don't know who bought these chopsticks," Nanling Mo thought to herself, "There are so many rich people in this capital!" Since some people are willing to be wronged, the money sent to the door will not be earned in vain. After all, the auction house ends up taking a 30% commission on the price of the lot, and the higher the price, the happier she is.