Chapter 20: The Auction
At dusk, a unique barbecue party was held in the City Lord's Mansion, and no outsiders were invited, only the City Lord's family and Yu Ding. Yu Ding took the initiative to take out the spirit beast meat and wanted to cook for everyone, obviously no one thought that the spirit beast meat could also be used as food. With curiosity, the city lord wanted to see what tricks Yu Ding could come up with.
In the courtyard, everyone was happy. Yu Ding is in charge of the barbecue, because there are seasonings and kitchen utensils, so this time the production is not only barbecue, but also stew, steaming and so on.
"Well, it's delicious, I can't imagine that your kid is so talented in cooking. The city lord couldn't help but praise again and again. "Don't say anything, you'll have to cook tomorrow's meal. ”
The city lord was suppressed by the amount of food swallowed, is this the amount of food that a little girl should have. Someone under his command reported that Yu Ding went to the Lonely Mountain Range, and when he reappeared, Tun Tun was by his side. The city lord is not easy to ask, but he also likes this cute little Lori in his heart.
As for Lu Ying, she hadn't worked since she was a child, let alone cooked, and she didn't bother Yu Ding, just stood beside him and cooked with him, silently handing over ingredients, serving dishes, etc.
Looking at the harmonious two, Lu Ying's mother was very pleased, and she was not willing to use politics to threaten her daughter's future, if her daughter decided that it was the best. "I think Yu Ding, this young man is very good, and he can cook, it doesn't matter if his identity is almost there, if both parties are interesting, old man, you can't be embarrassed for other people's young men." ”
The lord of the castle did not speak, eating the barbecue by himself, and no one knew what he thought.
Full of food and wine, everyone was amazed by Yu Ding's cooking skills, and the spirit animal meat as an ingredient was even more eye-catching. On the contrary, Yu Ding, who was the chef, ate the least, and after the banquet, Yu Ding sat alone in the corner of the courtyard.
Lu Ying watched it for a long time, plucked up her courage, stepped forward, and put the hot meal in front of Yu Ding.
"Didn't you eat well, I made it, taste it", Lu Ying looked at Yu Ding with anticipation, and almost fed him personally.
The pile of paste in front of him, the color scheme is also extremely weird, red and yellow, I can't tell what it's made of, "What is this", Yu Ding asked with a strange face.
It was not good to dampen Lu Ying's enthusiasm, Yu Ding scooped a spoonful with a spoon and stuffed it into his mouth.
This feeling, salty, salty, Yu Ding was a little sick to his stomach when he ate, "I said Miss, what is this?"
"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, how about it", Lu Ying didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, took the spoon, tasted it, spit out the rice in her mouth directly, and began to drink water.
Lu Ying snatched the food in Yu Ding's hand, her face was full of apologies, she just wanted to cook a meal for Yu Ding, but she didn't expect that she would make a mess of things.
Yu Ding smiled, didn't say anything, took Lu Ying's rice again, scooped a mouthful with a spoon and stuffed it into his mouth.
As if he was holding back something in his heart, the spoon in Yu Ding's hand was deformed, "Lu Ying, I see your kindness to me, but I...".
Lu Ying covered Yu Ding's mouth with her slender hand, otherwise Yu Ding continued, "I know I'm stupid like this, remember being in the Mercenary Guild, I found that I was obsessed with this man, in love with his every move, and in love with everything about him." I can feel the purpose of the suitors around me, but this person feels different to me. I imagined we could ride a horse in the sunset and wake up early in the morning with each other..."
The two men fell silent, neither of them knowing how to speak.
Suddenly, Lu Ying's silver bell-like smile sounded, "Fool, I lied to you, you still take it seriously." In the evening, you take you with you, and I will take you both to the auction house as guests."
Disappeared in Yu Ding's field of vision, Lu Ying couldn't hold it back, found the corner of the wall and squatted, leaving a big drop of hot tears, the first confession in her life ended without a problem, but her heart calmed down and let it be.
In the evening, Yu Ding and his entourage appeared at the door of the auction hall, and Lu Ying introduced, "This auction hall was jointly created by our City Lord's Mansion and the Mercenary Guild. ”
Due to the identity of the daughter of the City Lord's Mansion, there was no obstacle, and the three of them were taken into a box, and Lu Ying explained, "Due to the reason of swallowing, it is not suitable for us to sit in the ordinary area, otherwise you two will easily expose your identity target." ”
The No. 1 box where Yu Ding is located, people only know that it is Lu Ying inside, but there are a few people in it, who doesn't know, but it does not include the young master of the other boxes.
Under deliberate surveillance, when Yu Ding and his party walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, the spies began to operate.
Among them, there are those who really love Lu Ying, some who are greedy for Lu Ying's body, but there are also those who covet the position of the city lord, as the only daughter of the city lord, as long as Lu Ying's father dies, the entire mercenary city is at your fingertips.
The Dragon Ancestor of the No. 2 box, his grandfather is one of the few purple-level mercenaries in the city, and he founded a mercenary group called the Howling Dragon Society.
Under the iron and bloody wrist of the old man of the Long family, he has secured the position of the leading boss of the mercenary city in just a few years, but it is far from enough, when you stand at the peak of power, you can also find a higher peak. A scheming fox naturally uses the least amount of chips in exchange for the maximum benefit. Ancestor Long has been instilled with the idea of taking down Lu Ying since he was a child.
Fulong Kingdom, with the monotonous agricultural economy as the economic pillar of the country, so commerce is not circulating, Yu Ding naturally has never seen such a scene as an auction, and looks around with the same curiosity as Tuntun.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the auction, I'm Huang Sheng", an elegant man appeared on the stage.
"It turned out to be Uncle Sheng presiding over the auction, it seems that there will be good things in this auction", Lu Ying was also a little surprised. "Uncle Sheng is the second master of our City Lord's Mansion, and he is usually in charge of auctions, so he rarely appears in the City Lord's Mansion. ”
"Not much to say, the auction begins," presided over a lot of auctions, Huang Sheng naturally knows everyone's psychology, too cumbersome opening remarks will only make people disgusted, it is better to be simple and direct.
"The first collection comes from the weapons left over from ancient times", Huang Sheng opened the box carrying the weapon, and it was not as sharp as he imagined, but a rusty sword.
The people in the audience began to discuss, the scene was noisy, according to Huang Sheng's high-level auctioneer, the things that were taken out at the beginning would not be broken copper and iron.
Looking at the atmosphere created by this, Huang Sheng smiled without missing a trace, "If you don't dislike it, Huang will show you this weapon."
Huang Sheng took out the sword with both hands, concentrating on luck, sonorous, the rust of the sword body dispersed, and the whole body was crimson, emitting a fierce light,
The ancient weapons were terrifying, and the passion of the audience was ignited.