After sitting for a while, the lights suddenly dimmed, and I quickly sat up and looked down, and the lights gathered on the platform in the middle of the hall, and I knew that the auction was about to begin.

At first, it was still a cliché opening line and stylized greetings. It's just that the person who speaks, but he looks a little extraordinary, full of energy, and his air is magnificent, although the vocabulary is not unconventional, but every three words or two can always immediately attract your attention.

This person's name is Wu Yun, and in his words, it is the cloudless Wu (Wu) cloud, not the dark (Wu) cloud.

After Wu Yun warmed up first, he announced that the auction would start immediately.

The first hot collection is a mutton fat jade bracelet from the Song Dynasty, with a starting price of 450,000 yuan. As the first piece of the auction, the group of people sitting in the VIP box had little interest.

But such a thing has become a good opportunity for people sitting on the first floor to show their self-worth, increase their sense of presence, and refresh their participation value.

"Four hundred and sixty thousand!"

"Four hundred and seventy thousand!"

"Four hundred seventy-five thousand!"

I looked at the collection introduction in the booklet and thought that this thing would look good if Kong Xue brought it, so I also wanted to try to take a picture of this bracelet and give it to her. And the money that Lantern Xiao called me last time still has more than 500,000 left. I don't want to keep this money anymore, I don't bother to have anything to do with the Lantern Festival, so I just spend it all here.

So I hesitated for a moment and shouted, "Five hundred thousand!" "But as soon as the words came out, I regretted it, and my heart said, Oh no! Exposed!

Sure enough, as soon as I finished speaking, the Lantern Festival, which was also on the second floor, heard my voice, and Huo Ran got up and followed the prestige.

I put my heart horizontally, forget it, see it when you see it! Doesn't matter! I sat in my seat and looked back in the direction of Lantern Xiao, and I saw that Lantern Xiao's face was full of surprise and apology, and raised his right hand and waved at me.

At this time, my heart was mixed, but I couldn't squeeze out any smile, just looked back at the Lantern Festival coldly. Seeing my reaction, Lantern Xiao's expression slowly became dim, and she sat down dejectedly.

Kong Xue next to her looked at Lantern Festival and then at me, but she didn't know what to say. I looked back, my heart churning.

At this time, the auction downstairs was still going on, probably not expecting that the VIP seats on the second floor would also come to grab the first hot collection, and everyone did not react for a while.

Until Wu Yun shouted: "500,000 for the first time!" ”

At this time, someone downstairs reacted, "Five hundred and one thousand!" ”

"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"

At this time, Nie Zhenyun, who was in the private room next to him, walked over, "I didn't expect my nephew to be interested in the gadgets downstairs?" ”

I quickly stood up and smiled, "I just feel fresh, patting and playing." ”

Nie Zhenyun laughed and said to the second uncle: "The second master doesn't want to help his nephew?" ”

Erhu waved his hand, "Young man, just let him play." ”

"You!" Zhuo Zhenyun turned his head to me and said, "It's okay, virtuous nephew, you can call it whatever you want, this gadget is a meeting gift for our uncle and nephew, I'll give it to you!" ”

I was a little surprised, these rich people are so big that they give away hundreds of thousands of dollars casually. I was flattered, and hurriedly excused myself, "Uncle Nie, I appreciate your kindness, but I still have a little rich money in my hand, so I want to go on my own journey, if the money is not enough, I will definitely trouble you again!" ”

Nie Zhenyun looked at me and nodded, "Okay!" Uncle Nie will give you the bottom! This bracelet must be yours. After speaking, Nie Zhenyun said hello to the second uncle and went back to his private room.

I asked the second uncle what it means to close the bottom, and the second uncle told me that this Rongchang auction house has been famous since the late Qing Dynasty, and many treasures are auctioned here. At that time, the princes and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, Beizi Baylor, were frequent visitors here. At that time, the so-called bottoming was a means for these people to pick up girls. They will bring the woman they like to participate in the auction, and if there is something in the collection that the woman likes, the woman will bid for it casually, whether it is auctioned or not, and finally they will buy it back at the highest price and give it to the woman.

And now this so-called bottom is divided into open and covert, and the dark collection refers to the agreement between the two parties, just like you and Lao Nie, you shoot it yourself first, if you can't shoot it, Lao Nie will give you the bottom. There is also a kind of open harvest. For example, if at this time, Lao Nie made it clear that he wanted to close the bottom, then no matter how high the transaction price of this bracelet was, Lao Nie would have to buy it at a price of more than ten percent.

I found a problem at once, so I asked the second uncle, "Second uncle, there is a loophole here, if someone shows the clear income, I will directly bid for one billion, then don't you directly call that person bankrupt!" ”

The second uncle smiled, "Do you think you can think of something that others can't think of?" For each collection, Rongchang Pavilion has its own estimated maximum transaction price, with the century-old reputation of Rongcheng Pavilion, this price is very accurate, if someone bids more than 50% of the estimated maximum transaction price, then the Ming Harvest will be invalidated, and the highest bidder will buy it. In this case, if someone maliciously makes a false report, it is shooting themselves in the foot. ”

I nodded, "I see!" ”

The second uncle looked at the hall below, "There are too many rules here, if you want to be opportunistic, you will die ugly!" ”

I was just about to say something, but the second uncle suddenly pointed below, "If you want to shoot, hurry up, or you won't have a chance!" ”

I just suddenly realized, oh no! Forget about the auction. At this time, the downstairs had already shouted: "Five hundred and forty thousand for the second time!" ”

I hurriedly shouted, "Five hundred and fifty thousand!" ”

The second uncle glanced at me with a smile, "Do you have an idea for taking this bracelet?" ”

I didn't answer, but looked in the direction of Kong Xue, who also looked at me at this time, her eyes were full of doubt, obviously she couldn't think of my intention to take this bracelet.

The second uncle said faintly: "You kid is really a girl, when to spend money on the second uncle, you are so generous!" ”

I glanced at the second uncle, "Second uncle, don't pretend to be poor, I didn't know before, but I know now, my money is not enough for you to stuff your teeth!" ”

The second uncle smiled and didn't speak.

In the end, I bought this bracelet for 550,000 yuan.

This cost me all my money, which means that the future lots will never have anything to do with me anymore. Actually, it doesn't matter, I really don't have much interest in those bottles and cans anyway.

However, the second uncle spent more than 2 million yuan to get a slightly flawed Ruyao azure three-legged pen wash, and I asked him why he spent so much money to buy such a defective product.

The second uncle smiled and said, "Sometimes things with flaws are more valuable than perfect!" ”

I shook my head, indicating that I didn't understand.

As the auction progressed, the most exciting moment finally arrived, and the final lot was the bronze statue of the horse-stepping snake.

Before the auction, an animation was shown on the hall's projection screen about the background and origin of the statue of the horse-stepping snake.

About 3,000 years ago, King Wu of Zhou once led his troops to the west, and encountered resistance from a group of unknown tribes in the desolate land of the west. But at that time, the army of King Wu had just experienced the war of war, and it was when the morale was high, and it didn't take long for the people of the tribe to be defeated, and the army of King Wu pursued the victory and pursued it into the desert area north of Urumqi today, that is, the second largest desert in our country - the Gurbantunggut Desert.

No one knows the final outcome of this war, only that in the end, King Wu of Zhou brought back something from the desert, and as for what this thing is, it is even more a mystery.

After King Wu of Zhou led his troops back, he specially ordered people to make only two statues of horses stepping on snakes, the horses on them represented the heroic warriors of the Great Zhou, and the snakes under the feet of the horses represented the enemies encountered this time.

Seeing this, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind, using a snake to represent the enemy? I always think this metaphor is a little strange, does it mean something?

But I didn't have time to think about it, but I saw that the video continued to tell that King Wu of Zhou's western expedition left very little historical data, which was very mysterious. Regarding the cause and result of this western expedition, in the end, only two sentences like verses were left, and no one in later generations could understand them, but they could only recognize the words "wrong emptiness", "turning into dust", "red sand", and "resurrection".

That's the end of the video, and everyone is talking about it. And I was particularly shocked in my heart at this time, those four simple words, like four cannonballs, bombarded my heart one by one.

These four words are simply an incisive summary of our experience in the ruins of Qilian Mountain and the ancient tombs on the island during this time. I looked at the second uncle. I saw that the second uncle's expression was also extremely gloomy and dignified.

I peeked at the people of the Tang family, and their expressions were similar. And Kong Xue covered her mouth lightly, tears flashed in her eyes, and her body trembled uncontrollably, although she did not participate in the island tomb, but I could also think of her thoughts, naturally it was about Uncle Kong.

I didn't see Yuan An and Wenmo, but I think if they saw this, they would also feel uneasy. It's like it's for those of us, is this auction prepared in advance?

At this time, I only heard Wu Yun on the first floor, and said: "It was a background introduction just now, and I think everyone must have been deeply touched. And since ancient times, it has been rumored that King Wu of Zhou discovered the Fountain of Life in the depths of the desert. The most important thing is that this fountain of life is not the kind that everyone understands, and it is definitely not the kind of spring water that can be immortal after drinking it in folklore. Speaking of this, Wu Yun's expression became much more serious, and he continued: "This spring water can allow the dead to cross time and space and return to the world from the spring!" ”

As soon as Wu Yun's voice fell, everyone present was in an uproar, and everyone had an expression of disbelief. I hurriedly turned my head to look at Kong Xue, only to see that her body was visibly stiff. I looked at the second uncle again, but the second uncle bowed his head and was silent.

Wu Yun, who was on the platform on the first floor, pointed to the collection of horse-stepping snakes beside him, "It is said that the information that records the location of the fountain of life is sealed in the statues of the two horse-stepping snakes. And at this time, one of them is in front of everyone. We are reluctant to smash it open to take a look, but everyone present, if you are lucky enough to take pictures, you may be able to find a clue to the fountain of life, so as to transcend life and death! ”