Eighteen years of Changdeok. No one didn't expect that a great change was about to sweep through Qi Xuan and change the fate of countless people.

This year, there are three things that people on the streets and alleys talk about. First, Qi Xuan and its ally Nanchu became true 'brother states'. The two sides broke the stereotype and allowed people with lofty ideals from the other country to participate in the imperial examination in their own country, marry wives and live in peace.

In the second, the prince of Qi Xuanguo accepted the prime minister's concubine as a concubine.

Third, Xueyue, the guard of the king of Anbei, sacrificed his life to save the holy car, and the emperor rewarded him with a gold medal for avoiding death and the supreme privilege that only princes can embrace. Xue Yue could have enjoyed the glory and wealth, but she still stayed in the Anbei Palace, and continued to serve as the personal guard of the King of Anbei.

On July 12, the scorching sun was in the sky, flowing gold and stones.

As if suffocated, the cicadas lay motionless on their wrinkled branches and did not hiss. It wasn't until the sun waned that there was a clattering sound from the eaves of the branches, and occasionally one or two weak autumn cicadas fell to the ground.

At dusk, the dignitaries and dignitaries were all like beasts competing for their prey, rushing to the same place - the Moon Viewing Pavilion. Because the triennial sale of treasures from all over the world was held today in Jinhua Pavilion, the third floor of the Moon Pavilion. It is said that there are as many as 100 items participating in this auction, and all of them are of the highest quality, which is the only one in the world. This gimmick alone whetted everyone's appetite.

At the last quarter of an hour from the sale, Li Yihan and Xun Mei had just rushed out of the alleyway, but they collided with a drunkard on the main road.

After Xun Mei confirmed that Li Yihan was fine, she glared fiercely at the drunkard on the ground, and shouted in an unkind tone; "You hit the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, if you hurt her......"

"Xunmei!" Li Yihan snorted. She doesn't like Xun Mei's oppressive behavior with her identity.

Xun Mei knew her mistake, swallowed the second half of the sentence, and glared at the drunkard again.

The drunkard reached out and touched the painttube behind him, and suddenly he was half-awake and knelt on the ground searching for something.

"What are you looking for?" Li Yihan asked.

The drunkard was looking for something with all his heart, and he didn't pay attention to Li Yihan.

Xun Mei was dissatisfied, and pouted: "Miss, he hit you, do you still want to help him find something!" ”

"As far as the facts are concerned, it's not his fault, blame us for being careless. Find him! Li Yihan looked around and found a half-open canvas painting on one side of the wall. She walked over quickly, bent down to pick up the canvas, and by accident, the canvas opened. A tree of wonderful blooming spring flowers is impressive.

Li Yihan rubbed the edge of the cloth painting and said in surprise: "Hey, it's actually a double-sided painting of the Eastern Han." ”

As soon as Xun Mei heard that it was a double-sided painting, she tilted her head to see what was painted on the back, but the drunkard looked up and saw the open canvas, and jumped up from the ground in shock, snatched the canvas, and then stumbled in the direction of the Moon Pavilion.

From the moment Li Yihan opened the canvas, she strongly felt that someone across the street was staring at her. But when she looked up, the gaze that exuded a strong evil aura was inexplicably hidden.

It must be an illusion. Li Yihan comforted himself. She didn't believe that in this Jingying City, someone dared to fight her own idea. Because her father Li Tao is a popular person in front of today's saints, those who dare to touch her are tantamount to suicide.

Bell ......

Two crisp and pleasant ringtones came to my ears. This is the countdown to the start of the sale, and when the fifth bell rings, the Jinhua Court will be closed and no one will be allowed to enter.

Li Yihan shouted, pulled his legs and rushed to the Moon Viewing Pavilion, and finally stepped into the gate of Jinhua Pavilion at the same time as the fifth bell rang.

On the third floor of the Moon Viewing Pavilion, there are three rooms: Baibao Room, Jinhua Ting and Baiwei Xuan. The treasure room is a warehouse for storing auction items; Jinhuating is the auction and trading venue; Baiweixuan is a banquet for the Moon Pavilion to entertain the merchants who are sold at auction.

In order to better serve the children of the family participating in the auction, Zhuge Yun, the owner of the Moon Pavilion, deliberately transformed the Jinhua Courtyard on the third floor into a wraparound two-story building, and the upper floor was only for the royal family or high-ranking officials to view. In the middle of the downstairs there is a display table for displaying and explaining various auction treasures. There are tables and chairs in the front, left and right sides of the table, and the seats are arranged according to their status and family property.

Li Yihan still didn't have the privilege of using his identity and chose to sit in the ordinary area, but when Zhuge Yun heard that she was coming, he didn't dare to slack off, and deliberately arranged her in the first row in front of the display stand.

"Miss, there's someone upstairs watching you!" Xun Mei secretly glanced at the people upstairs and reported to Li Yihan in a low voice.

Li Yihan stared at Zhuge Yun, who was speaking on the display stage, and replied in a low voice: "You can't let them look at it in vain." You remember who looked at me, and I'll go to them and settle accounts with them later. ”

Probably Xun Mei didn't hear Li Yihan's joking tone, but she really read it silently: "He Gongzi of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, Wuhou and Xueyue, the guard of the palace......

Li Yihan glanced at the rich and noble children upstairs with his spare eyes, and sighed silently. Sometimes, she doesn't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for her father to be prime minister. My father benefited the people and worked hard for the court. Deeply loved by the people, the emperor is important. However, there are many people who are popular, and some people try in vain to take shortcuts through marriage with the Prime Minister's Mansion to obtain certain privileges.

Before the ceremony, many princes and nobles came to the door to propose marriage, but they were rejected by their parents. Now that they have done the courtesy, these people are ready to move again.

Li Yihan suddenly lamented the fate of his children born in a rich family. It is tragic that these people, although they seem to be glamorous, must be able to consolidate or enhance the power position of the family. This doomed them to be unable to marry a lover who was in love with each other. Li Yihan secretly decided: In the future, he will definitely control his own destiny. Not for fame and fortune, but for true love, and grow old with a lover who is happy with each other.

"White Jade Heart-Turning Lotus Vase, three hundred taels one time." Zhuge Yun glanced at the people present, and when he saw that no one had raised the price, he said, "Three hundred and two times, three hundred and two ......."

Li Yihan withdrew his thoughts, and shouted without thinking about it: "Five hundred taels!" ”

"Deal."

After several rounds of bidding, Li Yihan pocketed the four treasures of the white jade heart lotus seed bottle, the white jade auspicious Ruyi lid furnace, the double butterfly glazed bead hairpin, and the famous work "Snow Rhyme" of Linglu Gongzi with 2,000 taels of silver tickets.

Xun Mei looked at Li Yihan, whose eyes were shining, and reminded her in a low voice: "Miss, the silver ticket has run out." ”

Li Yihan picked up the teacup, took a sip of chrysanthemum iced tea, and asked without answering: "Do you have a belt card?" ”

Xun Mei took out the waist card of the Prime Minister's Mansion and handed it to Li Yihan, Li Yihan glanced at it and said; "That's not what I'm talking about!"

While the two were talking, several rare stones fell into his house.

"Lot 60 is a pair of gold-encrusted gourd bottles from the Tatars. It is said that this lot was once the object of Xiao Li Feidao and Li Xunhuan...... "With Zhuge Yun's introduction, a woman with outstanding demeanor walked to the front of the display table with a gold-inlaid gemstone gourd bottle, and then twisted the waist of the water snake and walked around the display table, which made the son-in-law on and off the stage feel itchy.

"The bottle is like a gourd, with a small mouth and a short neck. The bottle is crystal clear and set with an emerald. 1,000 taels of auctions, please ...... the price" Zhuge Yun waved his hand, and a young man in a green shirt held another gold-inlaid gem-inlaid gourd bottle and landed on the woman's side from the air.

"I'll give six thousand taels!" The scene was silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the master and servant of King Anbei on the second floor.

King Anbei silently turned the teacup in his hand.

The corners of Xue Yue's mouth, who was sitting in the second seat, rose, and she looked determined to win.

At this time, Li Yihan stretched his neck to observe the lot, and said to himself: "Senior brother will definitely like this pair of gold-inlaid gemstone gourd bottles, take a picture, and give him a birthday gift, and it is not in vain that he carries the black pot for me so many times." ”

Xun Mei took out a token engraved with the East Palace in her sleeve, and her face was hesitant: "Miss, the token given by the crown princess can't be used on credit, right?" ”

Xun Mei emphasized the three words of the crown princess, intending to remind Li Yihan to pay attention to proportion.

"This token is not worth much, and there are people who buy its master's account." Li Yihan snatched the waist card that Xun Mei was holding in his arms, and squeezed his eyes mischievously at Xun Meibai, "Borrow it first, and return it later!" ”

Xunmei's petite face was flushed red. She knew that the crown princess would not look for trouble, but the eldest lady was not necessarily.

After a moment of silence, Zhuge Yun asked in a loud voice: "Is there any master who wants to increase the price?" ”

"Eight thousand taels!"

"Nine thousand five hundred taels."

……

When the price was increased to 10,000 taels, Li Yihan held up the token: "16,000 taels!" ”

She didn't believe that anyone else dared to steal things from the people of the East Palace. The token is thrown, and no one really raises the price, and it exits by default. But King Anbei didn't give her this face.

"Thirty thousand taels!" When Xueyue called out 30,000 taels, she noticed the strangeness in King Anbei's eyebrows, and asked in a low voice, "Is the prince distressed?" ”

"How?" King Anbei had a cold face, and it was hard to believe that he was not distressed.

Xue Yue raised her eyebrows and chuckled, feeling the attack from Li Yihan's eyes.

After the auction was half-time, the top girl of the Moon Pavilion and others presented a light and cheerful dance for everyone, which attracted bursts of applause. At the same time, the servants served snacks such as fresh fruit snacks.

Take a short break and the auction will open again. However, Li Yihan never encountered anything he liked again. She sent Xunmei to retrieve a successful product in advance-Double Butterfly Glass Bead Hairpin, and prepared to leave later.

"The last lot - Donghan double-sided painting of Princess Wanbai. Since the fall of the Eastern Han Kingdom, no one in the world has been able to make a double-sided painting, so this is the only double-sided craft cloth painting in the world, and the collection value is extremely high. The back of the cloth painting is a spring flower, and the front is a portrait of Daxi Wanbai, the little princess of the Eastern Han Kingdom......"

"Boss Zhuge wasn't deceived. There is no Wanbai Princess in the Eastern Cold Kingdom. A certain boy on the second floor sneered.

"I take the head of Xiang Shang as a guarantee, there is indeed a princess Wanbai in the Eastern Han Kingdom. She travels all year round and never participates in national events, so few people know about it. In the year she was married, I entered the palace to paint for her. The drunkard who collided with Li Yihan on the street came out of the screen behind the display stand.

"Listen to you, she's still alive?" The little boy of Shangshu Mansion asked suspiciously.

When the drunkard is sober, he behaves very well, but it is difficult to hide his frustration. He waved his hand and said, "Who knows, it's just a woman, is it possible that you are still afraid of her revenge." ”

On the second floor, the sons of the princes and nobles sat up straight when they heard this, looking at the double-sided painting in Zhuge Yun's hand that had not yet been opened, but they were thinking about how to report the matter to invite credit.

Zhuge Yun immediately laughed and said: "This is just a painting, you just need to treat the person in the painting as an ordinary girl." ”

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Open it and take a look!" ”

Zhuge Yun slowly unfolded the scroll.

The drunkard's gaze inadvertently fell on Li Yihan, he rubbed his eyes, and said to himself: "It's too similar, it's too similar." ”

Xun Mei rolled her eyes at the drunkard.

Li Yi leaned lazily on the back of his chair and said while eating grapes: "They have finally found a new way to invite exercises...... This painting should be the most expensive of the lot. ”

Halfway through the exhibition. Suddenly, there was a commotion from Baibaofang next door, mixed with a sound of "catch the thief". Then, two shadows broke into the door, and Jinhuating was suddenly in chaos, and everyone ran out desperately.

Screams, cries for help, and the clash of swords came and went. Xun Mei was anxious to protect the master, and hurriedly pulled Li Yihan to run out.

Xue Yue stood up and stood in front of King Anbei, her hand pressed on the hilt of her sword, ready to draw her sword at any time. King Anbei leisurely picked up the teacup and took a sip of herbal tea, completely unconcerned about what was happening in the field.

The tactics of the two thieves worked together seamlessly, and they quickly broke the siege of everyone and snatched the lot.

"Hey, the hairpin has fallen!" Li Yihan broke free from Xunmei's hand and turned back to find Zhuchai. Xun Meier twisted her body and squeezed in, but was rushed out of the door by the crowd of people who were busy running for her life.

A thief saw Li Yihan alone, hesitated for a moment, and then changed direction and swept towards Li Yihan. Li Yihan clenched his fists and hesitated whether to make a move, when a handsome young man in Tsing Yi with a faint smell of wine swept in front of her like the wind.

"It's shameless for a man to bully a woman, let me tell you what a real man is!" The young man in Tsing Yi raised his head and took a sip of wine, then turned sideways and stuffed the wine jar into Li Yihan's arms, and said, "The girl will keep it for me first!" ”

Li Yihan's face was red and his heart was beating, and his heart was faintly moving.

The man in Tsing Yi maneuvered between the two thieves and drove them to a dead end again and again.

The tall thief nodded at another thief, who understood and fled with the stolen goods.

Li Yihan glanced around with the wine jar in his arms, and finally saw the lost pearl hairpin. After confirming that it was safe, she trotted over to pick up the hairpin. Who knew that a pair of moire boots landed impartially on the double-disc glass bead hairpin. With a click, Li Yihan seemed to hear the sound of his heartbreak.

Xue Yue took Li Yihan's bending down as a salute, and said with a smile: "I'm just a little guard in the palace, and I can't afford such a big gift from Miss Li." ”

Xueyue felt uneven under her feet, thinking that she had stepped on the crumbs of the peel, so she didn't look at it, so she raised her foot and kicked it. The pearl hairpin, which was already divided into two, was broken into thousands of pieces again.

Li Yihan's smile stiffened on his face, and he froze: "You ......"

The double-disc glass bead hairpin is the key thing that Li Yihan used to ease the relationship between his father and mother. Its shattering made Li Yihan have a bad premonition, and his heart became inexplicably flustered.

"Follow me, I'll send you away!" Xue Yue turned her back to Li Yihan and protected her behind her, not knowing her emotional changes.

Li Yihan gritted his teeth and kicked at Xueyue. Xue Yue noticed the movement behind her, and her body slightly avoided the kick. Li Yihan also fell to the ground due to the unstable center of gravity, and the wine jar shattered to the ground.

Xue Yue stopped her waist with one hand, looked at Li Yihan with squinting eyes, and said, "If you really like me, let's change places." ”

There was a loud bang, the tables and chairs exploded, and debris flew up. Li Yihan and Xue Yue turned their heads to look at the past at the same time. The tall thief fell to the ground, clutching his chest and groaning.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from far and near, and seven or eight officials poured into the house.

The thief glared at the servant resentfully, but did not resist, but raised his head to the sky, let out a wolf's howl, and then bit his tongue and killed himself.