With the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, a wave of Western learning has gradually emerged in the past hundred years.

The so-called Western learning, in addition to learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, has also moved some Western habits to the East.

For example, auctions. The rules are simple, the price of the auctioned item is not fixed, and the final item is obtained by the highest bidder. There must be more than two buyers for competition to be possible. Therefore, "auction" is also called "bidding".

In fact, the Eastern Continent had similar behaviors in the past, but it was not systematic, and after the maritime merchants passed on this set of rules from the West, it immediately spread. The black market dominated by Qibaofang is especially fond of this kind of behavior, Qi Xuansu once participated in it as a Jianghu person, but because of the shyness in his pocket, nothing was photographed.

There is a saying that overkill must be overcorrected, when the Great Jin Dynasty felt the division of the feudal towns of the previous dynasty and the Great Qi, and always suppressed the generals throughout the dynasty. This dynasty felt that the civil party strife and eunuchs interfered in the politics of the previous dynasty, and they were also very concerned about the balance between civil and military, so that the civil officials would not suppress the military generals, and the military attachés could also go to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, and even directly deposed the 24 yamen of the inner court headed by the celebrant supervisor.

The same is true of Daomen, before Daomen, Confucianism occupies the orthodoxy of the world, Daomen feels that Confucianism is complacent, old-fashioned, and green and yellow in the later period of Confucianism, so it is very concerned about the promotion and appointment of young people and various innovations, so it is easy to accept new things, plus Daomen itself is the largest maritime merchant in the world, so this atmosphere of Western learning has also blown to the inside of Daomen.

There is also a bidding inside the Daomen, which is generally in charge of the city, mainly a variety of precious goods that are not in large quantities but are in great demand. Huashengtang and Tianjitang also occasionally hold bids, mainly to promote their own products, and even Beichentang and Tiangangtang have also held, Beichentang sells the property of various offenders, and Tiangangtang sells captured booty. However, Ziwei Hall and the Ancestral Sacrifice Hall never participated, after all, Ziwei Hall could not be allowed to sell the Tao Crown, nor could the Ancestral Hall sell benevolence, righteousness and morality.

This kind of bidding is mostly participated by high-grade Taoist priests, and some people from the imperial court and Confucianism can also be invited to participate.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao will jointly hold a bid in Shangqing Palace.

The specifications of this bid are much lower, the Heavenly Master will not attend, Zhang Jicheng and Qi Jiaozheng, the two real people who know the truth, will not attend, mainly to contact feelings, nominally, all the proceeds of the bid are used to compensate the spiritual officials who died in the war in the Western Regions, and it is an additional pension, that is, the pension stipulated by the Daomen will be distributed as usual, and it will be allocated by the Duzhi Hall, and this pension is an additional addition, almost the meaning of two pensions.

However, the corresponding threshold has also been lowered a lot, and Zhang Yuelu received an invitation.

In all fairness, with Zhang Yuelu's fame and status, it is a very reasonable thing to receive an invitation, and it is not normal to not receive an invitation, after all, in a sense, Zhang Yuelu is the best proof of friendship with Quanzhen Dao, obviously a child of the Zhang family, but he was promoted by the local teacher, the more such an occasion, the more Zhang Yuelu must come out and show a face, probably some mascot meaning.

In addition, Taiqiong, Zhang Yuqi, Zhang Yuyue, and Dong Baijing, who had just arrived at Yunjin Mountain, also received invitations.

Originally, Qi Xuansu felt that he was probably going to fall into some kind of embarrassing situation, and he was ready to face it, but to everyone's surprise, Qi Xuansu also received an invitation, which was not from Zhengyi, but from Quanzhen Dao, and it was said that a real person from Quanzhen Dao invited Qi Xuansu by name.

This made Taiqiong can't help but think deeply, does Qi Xuansu have anything to do with Qi Jiaozheng's Qi family? There are no stories that outsiders don't know, such as the bloodline left by the Qi family. She knew that Qi Jiaozheng had always made a good deal with Zhang Jicheng, although the Heavenly Master was the patriarch, but after all, he was still the deputy head of the sect, and he had a lot of affairs to deal with, and Zhang Jicheng was the actual head of the family.

For this reason, Taiqiong also deliberately used his connections to inquire, and found that this matter had nothing to do with Qi Jiaozheng, a real person who knew about it, and it was another true person who invited Qi Xuansu, who did not even serve in Shuzhou.

In addition, Taiqiong also heard a news that Qi Xuansu was injured by Chen Fuan, the chief military officer of Shuzhong, in the White Emperor City, but when Chen Fuan went out of the city the next day, he was intercepted on his way, and the two sides fought fiercely, and some people saw the wind and thunder with their own eyes, and in the end, Chen Fuan was seriously injured, and even broke an arm by someone and left in embarrassment.

Afterwards, neither the Shuzhou Provincial Government nor the Governor of Shuzhou made any moves, as if the incident had never happened.

This made Taiqiong more and more unable to see Qi Xuansu, who was obviously an ordinary young man from Vientiane Dao Palace, why did he suddenly have a background? Was it a coincidence? Or is it a real person who doesn't show up?

Although the mother and daughter are not in harmony, Taiqiong will never deny her daughter's intelligence, and this person can enter the eyes of her daughter, maybe her daughter has discovered some unknown insiders.

However, there is one thing that is wrong about Taiqiong, she made the mistake of living by herself, saying that Zhang Yuelu has not suffered, and that Zhang Yuelu is a scholar, but Zhang Yuelu always has an ideal romantic color, which is what Zhang Yuelu makes Qi Xuansu feel the most, but Taiqiong always uses her own utilitarian mind to speculate on Zhang Yuelu's various ideas, and naturally comes up with a different answer.

If you want to look at your family background, wouldn't Li Tianzhen be better? In terms of family background, how many people can compare to Li Tianzhen?

Qi Xuansu himself was also shocked, and he couldn't figure out which real person invited him, could it be Ji Daoren? Otherwise, it is the real person in charge of Tiangang Hall, and these two real people know the little person Qi Xuansu.

But even if it is these two real people, there is no reason to take the initiative to invite Qi Xuansu, if the two of them invited some people, and invited Qi Xuansu by the way, such as inviting all the deacons of the Shaking Light Division, Qi Xuansu is included in them, but it is also reasonable, but it is really unreasonable to invite Qi Xuansu by name.

In the end, Zhang Yuelu said in one sentence: "Wouldn't you know if you go and see, aren't they planning to meet you when they invite you?" ”

So Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu went to the Shangqing Palace.

This is also the first time that Qi Xuansu has seen the tip of the iceberg of the upper Daomen, because this matter is brought forward by the Shangqing Palace, and the specifications are not high compared to the night banquet on the eighth day of the lunar month, but the specifications are actually very high.

The main place for bidding was located in the auditorium of the Shangqing Palace.

The so-called auditorium is similar to the layout of the Golden Gate.

The layout of the Golden Gate is not complicated, it is far larger than the auditorium, and there is a Sumeru seat in the center, and there is only a simple rosewood seat with a single armrest, which is the position of the Great Palm.

Behind the seat is a huge three-legged covered copper incense burner, the lid of the stove is hollowed out according to the gossip image, and in the center of the north wall directly above the copper incense burner hangs a very plain white central hall, on which are written four big characters: "The world is peaceful".

The seat of the Great Palm Sect sits in the north and faces south, and there are twelve seats in each of the other east, south, and west directions, for a total of 36 seats, corresponding to 36 real people. And at the top of every twelve seats, there is a seat with better specifications, a total of three, corresponding to the three deputy head of the great real person. The rest of the seats of the Pingzhang Dazhen will be distributed on the left and right sides of the seat below the Sumeru seat of the Great Palm Sect in turn, and after the thirty-six seats, there are the seats of ordinary real people for observing the proceedings, about one hundred and eight, neatly arranged, and the spacing is far less loose than the thirty-six seats.

The auditorium was similar, except that the three separate deputy head sect masters were removed and replaced with a whole row of seats, which could accommodate twelve people, and the rest of the seats were not deliberately divided into three camps.

However, when Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu came over, the hour had not yet arrived, the door of the auditorium was closed, and those who arrived early were wandering in the hall outside the auditorium.

At Zhang Yuelu's request, both of them wore casual clothes, not Daomen's formal clothes, the reason is that Daomen's formal clothes are clearly hierarchical, Qi Xuansu, a seven-grade Taoist priest, is standing here, which will inevitably attract a lot of strange eyes, not standing out from the crowd, but chickens standing in a flock of cranes, Zhang Yuelu was afraid that Qi Xuansu would be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to accompany him in civilian clothes. Originally, at Zhang Yuelu's age, wearing the formal clothes of a four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist priest was an extremely face-revealing thing.

It is said that people rely on clothes, Zhang Yuelu is dressed in a white dress, her temperament is very different from usual, dignified and elegant, and she reveals a little gentleness, and she does not lose the heroism of a man on weekdays.

Qi Xuansu's clothes were purchased by Zhang Yuelu, wearing a moon-white robe, gold wire trim inlay, square head cloud shoes with black lines on a white background, inlaid jade belt, and wearing a white jade crown.

The two stand side by side, and they really have a bit of a talented woman and a perfect match.

Many people around also noticed the two, and most of them recognized Zhang Yuelu, the proud daughter of the sky, but they didn't recognize Qi Xuansu, and couldn't help but be extremely curious about this young man who had a close relationship with Zhang Yuelu, and guessed Qi Xuansu's identity.

Some people say that Qi Xuansu was born in the Yan family, and he had already made a marriage contract with Zhang Yuelu, and this time he came to prepare for the marriage.

Some people also say that Qi Xuansu is a young handsome man of the Qi family of the Quanzhen Dao, and this visit to the Dazhen Mansion with his elders is to add icing on the cake to the quasi-meeting alliance between Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao, and to bring a beautiful ending to the marriage between the two parties. After all, it has never been a secret that Qi Zhenren and Zhang Zhenren are friends.

The husband and wife of Taiqiong and Zhang Yuqi came a little later, and walked with Zhang Yuyue and his wife, but they didn't know that they thought they were a family of four, and Zhang Yuelu was the daughter of the Zhang family.