Chapter 32: Reversal of the Tide
The noise below grew louder and louder, and the person presiding over the venue was a man with a melon skin hat, his whole body was unusually white, even his eyebrows were white, and his body was thin, as thin as a piece of paper, but he spoke with a full sense of anger: "This is the last lot of today." ”
Yan Qing looked at the gentleness and asked, "Do you know who the seller is?" ”
Gently shook his head: "If the seller here doesn't want people to know, then no one can ask." ”
Zhao Ji opened his mouth and said: "If you want to see the seller, you can only take pictures of this thing." ”
This Jizo Bodhisattva, who does not protect wealth or marriage, should not be auctioned by anyone, but it is clear that in this extraordinary period, people only ask for life.
The melon skin hat began to speak: "Bosses, start shipping now, you can see it, if you can't shoot it, you won't go back." ”
The stage looked simple, but I didn't expect that there was a circle of slides around it, and the lot was displayed along the slide rails, and then the auction table made a "click" sound, like an elevator, slowly rising, and sending it one by one along the outer edge of the box corridor on the second floor.
No one picked it up and couldn't pick it up, just kept a distance outside an arm's length, just like that, I looked at it a few times, and in less than half a minute, I went to the next one, and soon arrived in front of Yan Qing, the distance was very close, and I could see it very clearly, the jade forging face, holding the orb in his left hand, and holding a tin staff in his right hand, sitting on the green lotus of a thousand leaves.
Yan Qing finally found out why he felt that this Buddha statue was weird, usually the Buddha statue was solemn, but the corners of this statue's mouth were still upturned, and his eyes were still unsmiling, which would give people a sense of smirk.
Yan Qing stretched out his hand and wanted to take it out and take a look, the melon skin hat under the audience looked at her, and something shot at her, Zhao Chuyun hurriedly pulled her back, and saw that the position where she originally stretched out her hand was hit by a dart.
If it weren't for a real dart, Yan Qing probably wouldn't know how his hand was wasted.
"Since he dares to show it to everyone, he is definitely not afraid of being robbed or stolen," Zhao Chuyun pinched her arm and pressed her back into her position, "Don't act rashly." ”
This place is full of weirdness, Zhao Chuyun pulled his chair up and blocked it in front of Yan Qing, the person below looked like a sick man, but it was definitely not that simple.
Soon the thing was taken away and put back in the center of the stage, and then, it was still the same guy, and suddenly he turned into a pleasant appearance, he took the gong and struck it around the field, and in an instant the whole field was silent, obviously, the auction officially began.
"One hundred thousand."
The first person made a bid.
Yan Qing doesn't quite understand the currency output here, but he has never eaten pork, and he has seen pigs run, and the Water Margin that he learned when he was a child, there is Liangshan Chaogai outwitting the Birth Gang, 100,000 copper coins, which is already a lot of money.
There was a burst of cheering laughter from the people below, and a bearded man slapped the table hard: "What kind of spring breeze hall do you have no money for?" I'll give 100,000, gold! ”
Yan Qing's eyes were about to pop out, and she patted Zhao Chuyun's arm uncertainly: "One hundred thousand what?" ”
Zhao Chuyun grabbed her hand and said, "You heard it right, 100,000 gold." ”
Yan Qing gasped, and she pinched her own person exaggeratedly: "Isn't it, it's such a big game?" ”
Gentle frowned and looked at Zhao Ji: "How?" ”
Zhao Ji sank his eyes: "Wait a little longer." ”
Another person asked: "110,000." ”
"One hundred and twenty thousand!"
"One hundred and twenty-eight thousand."
"One hundred and fifty thousand!"
Yan Qing's brain directly "buzzed": "Are these people afraid that they are crazy?" Spend so much money to buy a broken Buddha statue. ”
It's better to spend money to invest in her, this person is worth more than a statue.
Sighing gently: "Now, this Buddha statue is not just a Buddha statue for them. ”
"Do you know what the Buddha language of Jizo Bodhisattva is?"
Yan Qing didn't answer, and motioned for her to continue.
"Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha." The gentle eyes stared ahead for a moment, but they didn't seem to focus, "For them, the current Lin'an City is hell. ”
"When people fall into some irreversible situation, they will think that they should not go against the will of the gods, pray to the gods not to punish them, and worship all kinds of gods with sincerity, and they hope to resolve disasters and bless themselves and their families through worshipping the gods."
It's really not clear what "superstition" is, even in a modern society where science is highly developed and ever-changing, superstition is almost everywhere.
Probably because there are too many things that can't be solved in real life, people can only hope for the existence of the surreal.
These people not only know the stormy situation outside, but also know the worst possible outcome they may face, but they can do nothing about the current situation, they can only hope for these illusory existences.
This is normal, it is a person who will have a sense of avoidance.
But expecting a Buddha statue to save them is pure nonsense, and the seller of this Buddha statue may be taking advantage of the psychology of the general public to make huge profits.
Just thinking about it, the scene was quiet, as if the bidding had stopped, Yan Qing turned his head to look at Zhao Chuyun, picked up the tea and asked him what was the situation.
He said, "It's already 500,000 taels." ”
Yan Qing almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, but she didn't squirt out because she was actually prejudged by Zhao Chuyun, he slapped Yan Qing's mouth, and her slender fingers almost clasped her lower neck.
Yan Qing was choked with tears and snot, and Zhao Chuyun threw a handkerchief to her in disgust.
Zhao Ji had been paying attention to the movements on their side, and when he saw Zhao Chuyun coming over, he hooked his lips and smiled.
Zhao Chuyun glanced at him lightly, and his disdain was beyond words.
"Have you noticed the person on the other side?" Zhao Chuyun said to Yan Qing.
Yan Qing had been deserting just now, how could he notice so much: "What's wrong on the other side?" ”
"The other side has been raising prices." Zhao Ji took the lead.
Yan Qing took a closer look, the opposite side was quite mysterious, there was a screen standing in front of the railing, and when the price was called, a maid would come out and hold up a sign, this time without saying a word, the melon skin hat downstairs did not miss his message: "Who is the opposite side?" Got a clue? ”
"It seems that this man is bound to win."
Wen Wen couldn't sit still, got up and held up a sign: "Two hundred and fifty thousand." ”
She raised the card very fast, and she couldn't pull it clearly.
On the other side, another point was added, and seeing that Wen Rou was eager to try, Yan Qing persuaded: "It doesn't have to rely on this Buddha statue to solve the case, maybe we can find other ways." ”
There is no plot of the Spring Breeze Pawnshop in the original novel, Yan Qing remembers that the male and female protagonists seem to find clues in a broken temple on the outskirts of the city, is the Spring Breeze Pawnshop a side plot that she accidentally opened?
Zhao Chuyun suddenly raised his hand and said, "Five hundred thousand." ”
Fuck me! Yan Qing scolded his mother directly, no matter how good his family background is, he can't stand such a defeat! She grabbed Zhao Chuyun and whispered, "What are you doing?" ”
The corners of Zhao Chuyun's mouth hooked up a sneer: "Mudicate the water." ”
Yan Qing's heart jumped, and she suddenly realized what he was going to do, she squinted her eyes and smiled: "Bad or you are bad, but, can you let me come?" ”
Zhao Chuyun gave up his position to her very gentlemanly.
By now, there was no more bidding downstairs, so only Yan Qing and the opposite wing were left to confront each other.
Yan Qing was very comfortable and screaming, and there was a sense of arrogance of spending a lot of money.
Gently pulled Yan Qing and reminded in a low voice: "Don't increase the price indiscriminately." ”
Yan Qing raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Aren't you bound to get this Buddha statue?" ”
Gentle frowning: "Yes, but you also have to have some scruples." ”
Yan Qing didn't have the slightest concern here, but the opposite side was different, every time the melon skin hat was about to be finalized, the opposite side slowly raised a sign: "Sixty." ”
Seeing that the other side had entered the trap again, she smiled happily, and immediately raised her hand again and said, "One hundred!" ”
"Wait."
"Don't ...... yet"
Zhao Chuyun and Zhao Ji spoke out at the same time, but they still couldn't stop Yan Qing's behavior.
Gentle and direct, how can you shout like this!
There was a sigh from the bottom, since the establishment of the Spring Breeze Pawnshop, there has been no object that can be auctioned at this price, and I don't know if this person really likes it, or there is a suspicion of smashing the field, the guests downstairs are curious to look upstairs.
"What's wrong?" Yan Qing's heart tightened.
"It seems that this guest officer has a soft spot for this lot, so will it be as this guest wishes?" The melon skin hat looks like the old master of this auction, and at this time, he is still deliberately creating an atmosphere.
Zhao Ji stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Something is wrong." ”
While speaking, Zhao Chuyun had already waved his hand out, only to see a few sleeve eggs fly out, knocking down the screen that was blocking the outside.
"That's ...... Dummy! I saw a wooden figure placed on the Taishi's chair, and Yan Qing was shocked, "Where is the maid?" ”
"There!" Gently pointing to the right, she saw that the woman looked back, saw that she had been discovered, ran faster, and ran downstairs in a blink of an eye.
Yan Qing leaned on the railing: "Below, below, chase quickly!" ”
Just now I was complacent and led others into the trap, and the situation reversed in an instant, it turned out that they were the one who was deceived, what was that woman's intentions? In a hurry, Zhao Chuyun on the side grabbed Yan Qing's waist, and flew downstairs with her like lightning, exclaiming everywhere.
"Over there!" Yan Qing said that he was about to chase after him.
Seeing that people were leaving, the melon skin hat stretched out his hand to stop: "A few people, what do you mean?" ”
Zhao Ji and Wen Rou also jumped down, Wen Rou was shocked enough by Yan Qing's actions, she hurriedly stepped forward to grab Yan Qing, and reminded in a low voice: "Don't make trouble." ”
Don't cause trouble? Everyone is riding on her head and, can Yan Qing still hold back this breath? Impossible! She glanced at Zhao Chuyun, then casually picked up the cup on the table next to her and smashed it on the ground.
The attention of the melon skin hat was led away by Yan Qing, and Zhao Chuyun took the opportunity to turn over neatly, turned over to the periphery, and chased towards the woman.
The expected sound of breaking did not appear, because there was a thick carpet on the ground, which was more than a little embarrassing, Yan Qing instantly lost all momentum, and the guests around looked at them inexplicably.
But the melon hat already knew what they wanted to do, and he suddenly gave a shout, pointed at them, and the men on the side immediately looked at them, and rushed to the stage.
Yan Qing couldn't hold his face, picked up a stool and threw it at the comer, while shouting: "Eh, let's take a look, this Spring Breeze pawnshop is a place to cheat and trade, and the person who just called us is actually a piece of wood." ”
As soon as these words came out, the people who were hiding on the sidelines and watching the excitement instantly began to discuss.
Although Yan Qing has no fists and feet, he is better than being flexible and small, shuttling all over the lobby, walking guys all over the house.
The scene was directly chaotic.
Zhao Ji put the gentleness aside.
Seeing that Yan Qing was like a loach, Guapi personally went on the field to catch her, and after a while, he blocked Yan Qing, raised his hand and smashed it towards her front door.
Ning Pan kicked on the left waist of the melon skin hat, and Liu Yujin took the opportunity to pull Yan Qing behind him.
Yan Qing's heart palpitated, and his head almost bloomed: "Why are you here?" ”
Ning Pan and Liu Yujin didn't know where they came out of nowhere, blocking in front of Yan Qing.
"I saw you sneaky early in the morning, and you acted alone," Liu Yujin easily kicked over a guy who pounced, and replied, "I know it's no good, go back." ”
Liu Yujin thought she was in the way and pushed her back.
Yan Qing staggered a step, was supported by the person behind her, and seeing that it was gentle, she immediately said, "You go and get the Buddha statue." ”
"Are you crazy? If you offend the boss here, do you know what the consequences will be? "Gentleness is very disapproving.
Yan Qing saw their mother-in-law and mother-in-law's head was big: "They deceived first, I don't care who he is." ”