Yulong Xingkong led the way, Tang Jiusheng and the fat man rode a unicorn back to Huzhou Mansion together, and walked for two days in order to save horsepower. Yulong Xingkong took the two to their new residence in Huzhou. The new house is located in Huzhou City next to the stone bridge of two three-into quadrangle, are two-storey buildings, these two houses have good feng shui, there are willow trees planted in front of the door, it looks like a rich atmosphere.

These two mansions were purchased by Ximen Yushuang a few days ago for five hundred taels of silver from a squire surnamed Huang, of course, the county guard made a speech, so the Huang squire who sold the house was extremely happy, and the money naturally came from the bounty of the dart a few days before Tang Jiu's death.

At this time, Yin Sheng and Gao Chongyang, Sun Jiangdong and others lived in the courtyard in the west, Ximen Yushuang and Shui Ruyue lived in the courtyard in the east, and Ximen Yushuang also spent one hundred taels of silver to buy four little maids.

Sun Jiangdong named the two courtyard houses, the courtyard in the west and the courtyard in the east, which was called the East Courtyard. Sun Jiangdong looked triumphant: You must know that the enemy country has two kings in Daxia, called the king of the East Courtyard and the king of the West Courtyard.

Tang Jiusheng first went to the east courtyard to see his wife, and told Xuantian Jue that he had found a solution, the second daughter was very happy, Tang Jiusheng came to the courtyard in the west to see Yin Sheng and other brothers, Gao Chongyang, who was strong and muscular, came over with a smile and punched Tang Jiusheng, "Rub, you are so heavy and light on friends now, go home and go to find your daughter-in-law first!"

Tang Jiusheng deliberately made a sad expression, "This is the true biography from my Uncle Gao!" Gao Chongyang's father, Gao Zhongliang, was famous for his fear of guilt when he was a general of Huaiyuan in the capital, and when he wrote to the emperor to impeach Yang Jingzhong, he was scolded by his daughter-in-law after returning home, "An emperor with no power, what's the use of you even if you go to the book?

The pungent Aunt Gao, after scolding, a basin of foot washing water was splashed over, and then Gao Zhongliang obediently knelt at the door all night, the next day, under the holy decree, Gao Zhongliang was degraded to Jiangnan Province to be the commander of the fold Chong, on the way down to Jiangnan, he had to be careful with Mrs. Gao who was angry, and it was a joke among the court officials for a while.

Gao Chongyang was exposed by Tang Jiusheng, and his face was helpless, "Rub, I knew that you would get involved with my father and my mother, I'm afraid of you!

Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "It's not cured, but there is a turnaround, and the injury is no longer to be feared." In the living room, several brothers were talking, laughing, drinking tea, and sitting around the large round table in the living room of the main house.

Yin Sheng, who was dressed in a blue Confucian shirt, smiled brightly and shook the ivory folding fan, "The day after tomorrow is the five-year Huzhou auction, it is very rare, black and white gather in Huzhou, it is estimated that there are a lot of treasures, weapons, pills, secrets and other things for sale, as long as there is silver, you can buy a lot of good things, but some things can not be bought with silver, you can only barter." ”

The fat man spread his hands, "Brother Yin, we discussed this matter when we were resting on the road, and Old Tang said that you can borrow silver from the county guard and buy some necessary treasures, and the silver can be repaid in the future." ”

Yin Sheng shook his head, "Money is not a problem, the problem is that now there are a lot of people in the rivers and lakes from the south and north of the world in Huzhou Mansion, not only the inns and hotels are full, but even the Qinglou is overcrowded. If it weren't for Su Junshou coming out to say hello, these two houses would have to be bought by others at a high price. ”

Tang Jiusheng was a little surprised, the attraction of this auction was really beyond his expectations, "So which sect is the organizer of this auction?"

Sun Jiangdong said with a smile on the side: "In Jiannan Dao, apart from Lingxiao Pavilion, who can have such great strength? Could it be Zhu Dachang of the Black Tiger Gate? I think with the real strength of Zhu Dachang and the Black Tiger Gate, it is not worthy of lifting shoes for the Lingxiao Pavilion!"

Getting the expected answer, Tang Jiusheng nodded, Lingxiao Pavilion is the first major sect of Jiannan Dao, and it can also be squeezed into the top ten in the entire Great Shang Country, and the pavilion master Fan Conglong is a famous martial arts master in the world, nicknamed Jiannan Shenlong, ten years ago, it was a first-class martial arts realm, but for some reason it has not been ascended.

Lingxiao Pavilion has four elders, as well as four halls of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, which are in charge of the four disciples of Fan Conglong, among these people, the strong ones have the second-grade realm, and the weak ones also have the strength close to the third-grade realm. According to rumors, he also has some friendship with the government, so naturally he has hands and eyes.

Since Lingxiao Pavilion is the organizer, it is also easy to do, at least after the auction in Huzhou, no one dares to snatch the auction in the street, a few years ago I heard that Gao Youzhou held an auction, the auction ended not only an hour later, there were underworld people on the street to snatch the auction items, not only killed the buyer, but also killed several people who rushed to the scene to catch the news, and made a big fuss in the city.

At that time, the whole Gaoyou Prefecture was full of panic, and the local government could not come to the stage, and later Mai Bancheng, the palace master of Ziyun Palace, one of the ten major sects in the rivers and lakes, took action to solve the matter. With the experience of Takayushu, no matter which city holds a large-scale auction from then on, it is hosted by a first-class sect, with the assistance of the government, so that there is rarely chaos.

But recently, Zhu Tianba, Wan Deyan, Yue Lingbi, Qi Wangsong, these big and small devils have reappeared in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that this auction will not be so simple, and there will definitely be murder and overselling goods at that time. Tang Jiusheng wanted to wait for the auction to end, and then go to rescue Master Qiu Shanze, and by the way, settle the grudge with Qi Wangsong of the Divine Sword Gate.

After greeting Yin Sheng and the others, Tang Jiusheng rode alone to the Su family's mansion to ask Su Changlin to borrow silver to prepare for the auction. When I got to the main street, there were obviously many people in the city, including rough men with knives and guns, boys and brothers wearing fans in gorgeous clothes, and many white-clothed women with swords and fairy breath, as well as people from the Western Regions with strange costumes.

I heard the people on the street mention that now not only in the city, but also in the small towns outside the city, are full of out-of-town people. Tang Jiusheng looked around, and didn't see any acquaintances, but he unexpectedly saw the little beggar with ragged clothes and big eyes on the side of the street, the little beggar looked at Tang Jiusheng and smiled slightly, Tang Jiusheng also nodded at him and smiled.

As soon as a few people at the door of the Su family saw that Tang Shaoxia was coming, some people went over and took the horses and tied them, and some people flew in to report the news, the housekeeper Su Deha led the way in front of him, Tang Jiusheng followed him to the direction of the study, only to see that the flowers on the path were light and elegant, and the courtyard was simple, and Su Changlin had already greeted him with a smile on his face after not taking a few steps.

Su Changlin asked his subordinates to prepare wine and dinner quickly, and personally accompanied Tang Jiusheng to drink tea and chat in the study, and when he was talking and laughing, Tang Jiusheng saw a newly written four-character banner of "Suffering is a Blessing" hanging on the wall of the study, which was obviously written by Su Changlin himself.

Tang Jiusheng laughed and said, "Uncle Su is so Yaxing! Good calligraphy! He is worthy of being a famous talent in Jiannan Province!"

Uncle Su instead of the county guard made Su Changlin obviously stunned for a moment, but his eyes instantly became less respectful and more honest.

Su Changlin laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Nephew Tang Xian, this Uncle Su is very comfortable! However, you, the youngest person in Jiangnan Province, are you sure that Uncle Su is not scolding you, Uncle Su?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled sincerely, "Uncle Su's name as a talented man, who in the world doesn't know? Uncle Su was already a Jinshi more than ten years ago, and his little nephew was at best a small person in Jiangnan Province, how dare he criticize Master Jinshi?"

The most proud thing in this life is that Su Changlin, who was scratched by the itch, smiled even more happily when he was admitted to the Jinshi more than ten years ago, "You kid, you don't scold people with dirty words! What, did you get cured of Lumingshan this trip? I came to your Uncle Su here today for that auction, right?"

Tang Jiusheng nodded, "The illness is not tight, there is already a prescription, and it will be cured soon, the little nephew came to Uncle Su today, it is indeed for the auction, now there is not enough silver, and I have to ask my uncle to help raise 10,000 taels of silver, and after a few days, I will return it to my uncle with interest." ”

Su Changlin patted Tang Jiusheng on the shoulder, smiling kindly, "Virtuous nephew, it's just eighteen thousand taels of silver, and even the term "this is interested" is outside, right? By the way, you don't have a pass to the auction yet, do you?"

"Do you still need a pass for the auction?" Tang Jiusheng's curiosity suddenly rose.

Su Changlin took out two ebony signs from the bookshelf, handed them to Tang Jiusheng, and said proudly, "Of course, the auction is not something that anyone can enter if they want to, uncle knows that you definitely don't have a pass, no, I have already prepared two passes for you, both of which are from the top auction house." ”

Tang Jiusheng took the palm-sized ebony pass and asked with a puzzled expression, "Is there still a grade in the auction hall?"

Su Changlin said with a smile: "Otherwise, if you don't divide the level, if you want to auction the Minglong Sword in hand, will it bid at the same time as the ordinary sword? There will be three auction halls, an ordinary auction house, a high-level auction house, and a top-level auction house, according to the different levels of items to be auctioned, you can also go to the high-level and ordinary auction halls with the top-level pass, but generally no one is so boring." ”

Tang Jiusheng lowered his head and played with the ebony pass in his hand, one side was engraved with a dragon pattern, the word pass was in the middle, and the other side was painted with a pavilion-like pattern, frowning, Tang Jiusheng asked: "This is the painted Lingxiao Pavilion, how can I get this top-level pass?"

Su Changlin nodded, and said slowly: "This auction is presided over by the Lingxiao Pavilion, so the logo behind it is painted with the Lingxiao Pavilion, and with that Fan Conglong Fan Pavilion Master personally in charge, ordinary people from the rivers and lakes will not come to make trouble." ”

Su Changlin thought for a while, and added: "Like this top-level pass, either the top ten sects or people with enough prestige and qualifications can get it, or a small number of VIPs from the government can have it, and then there are top-level items to be auctioned to hold, and with a top-level pass, you can bring an additional person to enter." As for the intermediate pass, you can buy it for fifty taels of silver, but there is a limit to the number of passes. ”

Putting the pass in his arms, Tang Jiusheng smiled and said, "Then the little nephew is grateful to Uncle Su!Oh, by the way, Uncle Su, what happened a few days ago, you were discouraged, right?"

Su Changlin was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I was very angry at the time, the dignified county guard let people be humiliated on the street to the point of shame, how can I not be angry? Later, when I calmed down at night, I thought about it, it was already a blessing that the father and son were not hacked to death on the spot, no, I wrote the words 'suffering is a blessing' and hung there to remind myself." Besides, it's a good thing to have a strong friend now. ”

The two were chatting happily, and a new little maid walked in from outside the study, gave the two of them ten thousand blessings, and then said timidly: "Master, the banquet has been prepared, Madame invites the master and Tang Shaoxia to the table!"

Su Changlin stood up and stretched out his hand to Tang Jiusheng and made a gesture of invitation, Tang Jiusheng laughed and got up, Su Changlin said as he walked out: "I'm old, you rising stars will soon become the mainstream of big businessmen, ah, let's eat and talk for a while." ”

Tang Jiusheng replied heartily: "Okay! It just so happens that I still have some things to ask Uncle Su about the auction! But Uncle is really too modest, you are in the prime of life now!"