I had already resumed the punishment of 7788, and when I woke up early in the morning, I saw a familiar person, but it was not Qi Hong, who escorted Sui Gong back to Beijing with him a few days ago and was chased and killed by others.

Xing Ti looked at Qi Hong and frowned and said, "Did you sleep in the wine vat last night or what?"

Qi Hong lowered his head and grabbed his collar and sniffed the smell on his body, "I'm sorry Lord Xing, I drank too much yesterday, and I didn't have time to wash up today, so I sent you an invitation." ”

As he spoke, Qi Hong handed the prepared invitation to Xingti.

Xing Ti looked at it and said, "Jade... Stone.. Auction, it's good that I don't have anything to do these days, and when the time comes, I'll be lively. ”

Qi Hong hurriedly nodded and said: "Then there is a labor punishment adult, please say you, I will not be afraid of being scolded by the gang leader when I go back, then the punishment lord, you are busy first, I still have some invitations to be sent today." ”

Looking at Qi Hong, who was about to leave, Xing Ti hurriedly shouted, "You invited a lot of people this time?"

"That's not it, what kind of little marquis, Shangshu's son, squire's son...... There is a mess, and the rest of the boss is messy and let the small ones run away. Qi Hong muttered a lot, many torturers are no strangers, and they can be regarded as people with heads and faces in the circle of the capital.

Xing Ti said "oh" and said: "It's really a person with a head and a face, then you just go to the door to deliver invitations, but you won't lose the face of your helper." ”

Qi Hong smelled the smell of wine all over his body, and smiled awkwardly, "It shouldn't be a big problem." ”

Xing Ti shook his head and smiled: "You people in the rivers and lakes are really informal, let me tell you that these official children can all watch people inside the cracks, I don't need to tell you this, hurry up and rush down, my clothes just fit you well, I will let the subordinates get you a set." ”

"That's embarrassing. ”

"Okay, you're welcome. I'm an old acquaintance with your helper, and I've had a lifelong friendship with you, so let's go, don't delay sending invitations. ”

Then Xing Ti asked his subordinates to lead Qi Hong to bathe and change clothes.

As a result, I didn't expect that when I just went out the next day, Liu Ming's carriage was waiting at the door of Xing Ti's mansion, and Xing Ti got into the carriage at Liu Ming's invitation, obviously either Chen Bai had already arranged it, or Liu Ming also knew that he was going, so he came over and took it down.

Inside the Great Qian Palace.

The shadow handed over a copy of the whereabouts of Prince An Mo Canglan to Emperor Qian, Emperor Qiandi took a look, but he didn't expect that there were still many remnants of the rebellion that were not caught, and his own imperial uncle was also smart, and he didn't go to the country where he defected, but wanted to develop his own power in Shuzhou, and his ambition was not small.

Then Emperor Qian asked, "Have you found out who is behind the deal with Jiang Bang Chenbai?"

"It can basically be confirmed that the group of people who robbed the Sui Gong before are a group of people, and they are determined to be people from Nanshu, but who they are and the use of the money has not yet been investigated, and they are relatively hidden, leaving few traces. The shadow reported the existing news to Emperor Qian.

"Well...... Continue to check this, is there any news from Hanahime?"

"When our people chased to Shuzhou, they were lost, and in the middle, Hua Ji had contact with several Jianghu forces, as well as some Jianghu forces that his subordinates had contacted, and Ying Longwei was still investigating. ”

Emperor Qian thought about it, Shuzhou didn't have any power, and Mo Canglan had just arrived in Shuzhou, and the two definitely had no connection, at least not at present. The only connection is that Hua Ji jumped off the Falling Dragon Cliff not far from the junction of the southernmost part of Shu Prefecture and the Sword Pavilion when she was surrounded and suppressed by the rivers and lakes.

Emperor Qian remembered the situation in Xiguan again and said, "Xiaodong is fine." ”

"General Wei Shao was saved by General Ying, there is no danger to his life, although General Wei Shao was promoted to Liangyi Realm, but he still has to recuperate for a period of time, according to the time, he should be about to reach Xiguan. ”

Emperor Qian nodded, didn't ask anything else, and the shadow disappeared.

As time passed, a few days passed in a flash, and the jade auction of the Jiang Gang was also held as scheduled, and this day was not long after the light snow season, which happened to be November 30 in the year of the Gengzi Rat in the seventh year of Qinghe, the last day of the month.

The address of the jade auction is in Jiangzhou City, also known as Jiangcheng, and it has always been the helmsman of the Jiang Gang, which has long been deeply rooted here.

I saw that the entire underground casino should now be called the jade auction house, and now it has been changed to the style of the auction according to Chen Bai's requirements. I'm not afraid that the address will be leaked out this time, anyway, Chen Bai decided to stay here to do this serious business in the future, and go to Yamen to prepare a case another day, and the people invited this time are also counted as people with heads and faces in the capital and Jiangzhou.

To put it mildly, if you are unlucky, this underground casino has long been seized by the imperial court. However, needless to say, how can so many gray areas in the four countries be banned? In this case, it is better to let them exist within the rules.

I saw that the current auction hall is divided into three major parts, the first auction table needless to say; the second is that the seats where the guests sit rise in steps, but it is not an ordinary row type, but a small square table with tea, water, melon and fruit snacks distributed in a staircase; the third is the pavilion at the height of the second floor around the whole is changed to each individual private room, a total of eight rooms, divided into A, B, C, D, and Wu Ji Gengxin, which is the most noble, a symbol of identity and status.

In addition to a few vents, there are only two doors in the front and back of the auction hall. There are brothers from the Jiang Gang on all sides outside, and for this auction, Chen Bai also specially invited the worship hall and three Liangyi realm worshippers and guards, one in the venue to guard, and two outside the venue to take care of it.

And once the field is full or outdated, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and once the person in the field leaves halfway, no one is allowed to enter again.

After all, they are not ordinary people, these people are all shouting people in the court and the rivers and lakes, they are all out to spend money to play, Chen Bai in order to make money, naturally don't go wrong.

So Chen Bai also played a clever trick and called Liu Ming and Xing Ti over, first of all, Xing Ti made sure that there were not many small people in the rivers and lakes and those who didn't dare to make trouble, Liu Ming ensured that if there were any big people because of some suspicions in the auction, it would be easy to mediate, so as to avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, if you want to talk about these scenes, Liu Ming's net worth is nothing more than to come here to make a scene. and then give the dead sunspot a face, after all, he still has 200,000 principal and five dividends here, and it makes sense to worry more or less about snacks. Torture, it is not as much as Chen Bai thinks, the main thing is that Emperor Qiandi let him recuperate well these days, how can this person who wanders around every day stay, Qi Hong came as soon as he was invited.

The auction took place on time in the evening, and although the entire auction hall was underground, it was brightly lit, and the presence was basically empty.

Chen Bai, Liu Ming, Uncle Liu, Xing Ti, and Fei Xiong were in the B room, Chen Bai, Xing Ti, and Liu Ming sat in turn, and Uncle Liu and Fei Xiong sat in the back seats.

Hu Fei and Qi Hong were sent by Chen Bai to help.

But after a while, a gong and drum sounded, and the audience fell silent, only to see a woman with the beauty of a sinking fish and a wild goose, slender, gentle and lovely with a faint smile walked to the table of the auction table, and bowed to everyone present and the eight pavilions on the left and right, "The little woman Qin Xin is fortunate to be invited by the Chen gang leader to preside over this auction, thanks to your love, now I announce that the auction has officially begun." ”

Then a woman came up with a tray made of rosewood and placed it on the desk.

"The first auction item is the Canghaiyue Pearl from the Jade City of Jinzhou in Nanshu, because most of the jade this time is produced by the Jade City Jade Mine, so in order not to delay everyone's time, I will not repeat it later. As we all know, Canghaiyue Pearl is a variant of Lantian jade, the process requirements are not high, but it is extremely rare, and the basic production belongs to the Nanshu Palace and dignitaries, and the market outflow is very small. ”

After speaking, Qin Xin clapped his hands, only to see that the lights around him were extinguished instantly, and then looked at the desk of the auction table, the pearl of the moon emitted this soft halo, and if you looked carefully at the pearl, there seemed to be a cloud to float out, and the beauty of the mist was in full view.

Then the auction hall gradually lit up again, and I heard Qin Xin's gentle voice say: "The starting price is three thousand taels of silver, and the price increase shall not be less than five hundred taels each time." ”

"Three thousand five hundred taels. ”

"Four thousand taels. ”

......

Liu Ming said with a smile through the curtain: "This thing is still not comparable to the Night Pearl, but it is very rare, and there are several in my house." ”

Chen Bai rolled his eyes: "I've seen a dozen of them, I said Young Master Liu, you are really a full man and I don't know how hungry a man is hungry, who do you think can compare with you." ”

Chen Bai admitted that he had slipped his mouth, looking like he didn't know anything, Liu Ming turned his head and looked at Chen Bai with a smile and said, "Dead sunspot, you continue to pretend to me, when did you say that you left my house, I said that I always feel that something is missing at home." ”

"I said, Young Master Liu, don't wronged people without evidence. I have one in my own collection, and I specially took it out as a gimmick, and besides, I can't get some fresh gadgets to raise the interest of these people when I just opened the door. "He said no, but obviously Chen Bai didn't have much confidence to speak.

It was very timely for the torture to say: "President Liu, if we don't go down to inspect it, if it's right, I'll help you arrest someone." ”

Chen Bai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't, I can't admit it, I'll pay for the money later, okay." ”

Liu Ming laughed, and Xing Ti took a sip of tea and said, "Don't help you, I'm just scaring you, I can't control this theft, I have to let the Yamen of the Criminal Department come." ”

Chen Bai patted his head: "It's sloppy, it's sloppy." I said old punishment, I didn't confiscate the money and took you to the B room to eat and drink for nothing, and you will take revenge, not authentic. ”

At this time, the first piece of 'Pearl of the Sea and the Moon' was bought by a rich daughter who didn't know which one was at twice the reserve price of 6,000 taels.

Then the second one began, and the atmosphere in the venue gradually became hot......

"By the way, Dead Sunspot, who is in the A-shaped room?" Liu Ming suddenly remembered and asked.

Xing Ti also looked at Chen Bai with a curious face, when he came in, the first room had already been set, and the second room was arranged for Liu Ming, I don't know who has such a big face, and he has a bigger face than Liu Ming in Chen Bai's eyes.

Chen Bai said with a smile, and said in a low voice: "If you want to say that this Jiazi room is really a big person, do you see, the old man below, the great master of the Liangyi Realm in my family's worship hall." ”

"Don't sell it, say it quickly. Xing Ti urged from the side.

I saw that Chen Bai suddenly stopped talking, and sat down and said: "That's not possible, I can't leak the privacy of the guests, I can't afford to mess with others." ”

Liu Ming said angrily: "As far as what you say, do you believe it yourself, my 'Pearl of the Sea and the Moon' has been given to you, say it quickly." ”

Chen Bai suddenly smiled, "Obediently, Young Master Liu is generous." ”

Chen Bai was about to continue to talk nonsense, but was glared at by Liu Ming and Xing Ti before he whispered: "You can guess it yourself, in addition to liking to collect beautiful jade and strange stones, Lord Zhao Haiming and Zhao Shoufu, who else has such a big identity that can make me so polite." ”

Liu Ming and Xing Ti couldn't help but gasp, and Xing Ti couldn't help but say: "It's okay to help the Chen Gang Master, you can invite Zhao Shoufu, and the face will be twice as big as if it is passed out." ”

Chen Bai smiled bitterly and said, "Don't exalt me, old punishment, this must not be passed on." To tell you the truth, I didn't invite Zhao Shoufu, he himself received the news and wanted to come, so I can't help it. You see, you have to post a Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm to protect it over there. ”

Then Chen Bai looked at Qin Xin, who was presiding over the auction, and said: "But Qin Xin girl, I really wasted a lot of effort to invite it, this is really big to hear the top brand of the Jade Fang." ”

Xing Ti and Liu Ming looked at Chen Bai and smiled, understand, understand, how can a man not love beauty.

The goods in the auction hall have been sold at a high price for five or six pieces, so that Chen Bai has to sigh that the quality of this jade in Nanshu is really good, how good it would be to wrap up the jade city another day, but it is only limited to dreaming.

A woman was carrying an identical tray, but this time the tray was more precious, and at a glance you could see that it was made of the famous overseas rosewood, which is said to be only available on some overseas islands.

The tray is so precious, and the items on it are probably not mundane.

I saw that Qin Xin slowly opened a palm-sized box, and there was a pair of red satin on it from its external shape, which set the lion's head, deer antlers, tiger's eye, elk body, dragon scales, and oxtail in one, but it was not the Rui Beast Qilin, but it was extremely exquisite.

The ancients called the male unicorn, the female called the lin, the ancient books recorded: the unicorn, the benevolent beast also. Mu said Qi, Mu said Lin.

"This thing is a pair of jade unicorns, which is not an unusual thing in itself. But it is not an exaggeration to say that the jade quality and carving process of this unicorn are a must, this jade is transparent and milky white all over, without a trace of cracks and impurities, including the double horns of the unicorn. The most rare thing is that this pair of unicorns is carved from a single piece of jade, and its value is also very high. Moreover, this thing has been determined and confirmed to be something that has been circulated in the Nanshu Imperial Palace. It is said that it is particularly auspicious, and many nobles in Nanshu have worshipped, and some of the incense in their homes has also been continued, but it is unknown whether it is true or false. The starting price is 10,000 taels of silver, and the price increase is not less than 2,000 taels each time. ”

"Ten thousand twelve. ”

"Ten thousand sixteen. ”

"Twenty thousand. ”

Liu Ming and the three of them were a little surprised to hear this voice, and the sound of the price was coming from the private room of Lord Zhao Shoufu Zhao in the first-word room that had not moved, and it was obvious that Lord Shoufu asked his subordinates to shout to participate in the auction.

Chen Bai looked puzzled and said: "This pair of jade unicorns is indeed beautiful and valuable, but how can Lord Shoufu be interested, does he still want a son at such an age." ”

Xing Ti glared at Chen Bai, who was unabashed, but Chen Bai's faint sentence let Liu Ming know the reason, "It is said that Lord Shoufu has a son and two daughters under his knees, and the youngest daughter who is matched with Emperor Qiandi was married when Emperor Qiandi did not inherit the throne, and now she is the queen of the mother of a country. The youngest daughter is good at everything and is very liked by Emperor Qian, but her stomach has not been angry, and she can't conceive the dragon species, which makes Lord Shoufu very anxious. Although Emperor Qiandi already has an heir, after all, his daughter is the queen, and it is natural for him to continue the incense for the royal family, otherwise there will always be gossip. Don't talk about it in front of people, but it is indispensable to chew cheeks after people. I heard that I have tried a lot of methods in recent years, but it still has no effect. If it weren't for the deep relationship between Emperor Qiandi and the empress, coupled with the fact that the elders of the two dynasties were highly respected, they would have been abolished and concubines long ago. ”

Xing Ti also roughly knew the situation, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Lord Shoufu's generation has worked hard for the great cadres and has made remarkable achievements, but there are not many heirs, and now there is only one grandson and one granddaughter. If the queen can let Lord Shoufu hold a grandson a hundred years ago, I am afraid that she will be able to smile at Jiuquan, which can be regarded as worthy of the Mo family's kindness. ”

Come to think of it, Lord Shoufu was just a poor scholar on the outskirts of the capital when he was young, and his family was poor, and even poor rats didn't want to patronize it. I can only borrow books to read, and I don't even have the money to buy pen and ink, so I use it to buy books every time I save some money, and I don't take the next meal.

He barely made ends meet by writing letters and notes to his neighbors, and often doing dirty work such as doing some coolies and transporting swill. But in the end, it's okay, hard-working people, the sky is not worth it, was the first emperor when he went out of the palace to play when he was disguised and changed, the first emperor felt that such a student did not study seriously for the country, it was a loss for the imperial court, and he immediately had the heart of love.

So the first emperor ordered someone to help Zhao Haiming when he was young in the name of a local wealthy businessman to study, and sure enough, Zhao Haiming did not disappoint the first emperor, after Xiucai, Qiuqiu, and Chunqiu, and finally won the first place in the palace examination.

When Zhao Haiming saw that the first emperor was the person he knew in the countryside before, and then knew that it was all because His Majesty had done it for himself to study and study with peace of mind, he cried bitterly in the main hall, grabbed the ground with his head, and vowed to die for the great cadres.

Then Zhao Haiming was not arrogant because of his official position, not ashamed of his wealth, and was deeply trusted by the emperor, and finally had to occupy a high position and serve as the first assistant.

Even when the first emperor was dying, he also took care of Emperor Qian, so don't chill Zhao Shoufu's heart.

Even now, Emperor Qian still respects Zhao Shoufu, not only because Zhao Shoufu is a veteran of the two dynasties and his father-in-law, but also because of Zhao Shoufu's heart as a great cadre.