When Cen Qing was led into the separate VIP compartment on the third floor by the female receptionist, the group was also bustling along the stairs of the hall on the second floor to the auction on the third floor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lord Tiju, are you sure she'll come?" a black-clothed warrior asked Zhang Quan in front of him in a low voice.

"I've carefully studied her behavior along the way, this woman has always been there to make a splash wherever there's a scene, not to mention that she's not short of money. Zhang Quan was actually a little apprehensive, after all, there was bad news from the outpost this afternoon, the little girl who was walking with the woman was really a girl from the Lin'an Zhang Gongbu Mansion, and she had been taken to Yangjiazhuang by the Yang family's housewife.

What is slightly comforting is that I heard that the woman named Cen Qing did not accompany her, otherwise Zhang Quan asked himself if he really didn't have the courage to go to Yangjiazhuang to ask for someone.

After all, Mrs. Yang, whose surname is Zhang, was a character that everyone feared when she was a girl in Lin'an, relying on the fact that she was the granddaughter of Zhang Tianshi, that was a fierce person who even dared to catch and beat up the dragon grandson.

"But this wayward building in Yiyang is really dark, a bid ticket actually costs two hundred taels, and you must know that the Tingchao Pavilion in Lin'an is only one hundred taels. Zhang Quan felt distressed when he remembered the scene where everyone pooled money to buy a bidding ticket, "I don't know if this Yiyang people have a lot of money and stupid money or if they really have good goods." ”

"I think there's something good. The person who followed Zhang Quan was a clever person, and his eyes were good, and a bid ticket could bring at most one companion, so Zhang Quan brought him with him, "After all, some goods can't be seen in the capital, and places like the border city are chaotic, but it is a good place to sell stolen goods." ”

"These buildings are smoky and miasma, if someone above them hadn't held it down and didn't let it be checked, I would have pulled out the person behind it a long time ago. Zhang Quan gritted his teeth and said.

"Alas, why should you be angry, everyone knows that several big families in the capital have invested money in it, and even the imperial history has participated in it many times, don't the officials smile every time?"

"My lord, even if we find the murderer, what can we do?

"Catch a fart, this woman is probably really a monk, and at least she is also a monk in the foundation building period, even the innate martial artist is not necessarily her opponent, only the grandmaster can take her down, but you will find me a grandmaster?" Now Zhang Quan mentioned Cen Qing is stomach full of resentment, and was slapped in the face by the girl's amazing combat power next to the ancient temple, which made everyone in the arrest division who thought it was just an ordinary murderer a little gloomy. After losing his temper with his companion, Zhang Quan also felt a little embarrassed, and said vaguely, "Let's keep an eye on her first, and wait for the little heavenly master to come over." ”

In fact, the two of them came to the auction Taobao in the name of investigating the murderer.

As a new thing in the past few years, the auction has indeed set off a trend among the wealthy and greedy Song Dynasty, if you haven't visited the auction in Lin'an Tingchao Pavilion, you are embarrassed to tell people that you are a nobleman in the capital.

The Yiyang auction is much simpler and more direct than the auction in Lin'an, not so much elegant, more vulgar and exposed, but this may be the most suitable for the appetite of the people in the rivers and lakes.

Lord Tiju's mood was very bad, very bad, especially after a cold water dagger he had just taken a fancy was coaxed to a high price of two hundred and fifty taels, and he was going crazy.

At this time, the auction has just begun, and the cold water dagger, although it is made of refined steel, has been tempered in the cold pool for two years, but it is only a hundred taels at most in Kyoto, but in this city, the price has been more than doubled, and the person who bought the dagger is really proud to have picked up the treasure. Let Zhang Quan sneer at the soil bun and eat it.

Straight lady thief, she worked hard for the court, and her salary for a year was only one hundred and eighty taels, and the little red guy who bought the dagger was a thief at first glance, and he casually threw out two hundred and fifty taels without even frowning his eyebrows, is there any heavenly reason?

For a moment, he couldn't help but have the urge to arrest all the people in the hall and slaughter them one by one according to their crimes.

It's a pity that the impulse is just an impulse, and he can't really put it into practice, and by the time another poison avoidance bead that made his eyes hot was fried to four hundred taels, he was already numb. On the one hand, he was stunned by the financial resources of this group of Jianghu people, and on the other hand, he was frightened by their madness.

It's just a poison avoidance bead, it can only solve the miasma in the air, and it can't even cure the bite of a poisonous snake, is it worth buying it with four hundred taels?

You must know that a mere twenty taels is enough for the daily expenses of a moderate family for a year.

So when the calligraphy and painting of Yan Liben in the Tang Dynasty appeared, he had completely lost his interest in bidding, and the starting price of this calligraphy and painting was already one hundred taels, and according to the crazy bidding method of this group of people, how could it be fried to more than six hundred taels.

However, in fact, there was an embarrassing silence in the scene, and even the auctioneer was a little stunned, so he began to talk about the history and artistic value of this calligraphy and painting, and even the meaning of Yan Liben's three words was repeated by him several times, until finally someone lazily shouted a price in the auctioneer's almost begging eyes: "One hundred and fifty taels." ”

The auctioneer sighed, this painting appeared here is a complete accident, if it is taken to Lin'an, it can be sold for at least three hundred taels, but the owner of the gold is in urgent need of money, indicating that it must be auctioned tonight, if it is accidentally sold just now, he is really disgraced.

"Lift, lift. Seeing that Zhang Quan looked like he was wandering into the world, he stabbed him several times in a row, and seeing that the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer, he hurriedly raised Zhang Quan's right hand and shouted for him, "One hundred and ten taels." ”

The previous man glanced to this side, looked a little unconvinced, and shouted again: "One hundred and twenty taels." ”

"One hundred and twenty-five taels. Zhang Quan came back to his senses at this time, surprised and delighted, happy that such a famous painting was so expensive, and surprised that if it wasn't for the reminder just now, he almost missed this opportunity.

The man looked Zhang Quan up and down again, pursed his lips, and signaled that he would not participate in the auction again, but looked at Zhang Quan as if he was looking at an idiot.

Everyone is a man who plays with knives and guns, who likes to spend a lot of money to buy things that only big turbans like.

The man gave way, Zhang Quan's heart almost jumped out of his throat, seeing that things worth three or four hundred taels were about to become his own bag, he felt that the depression and unhappiness he had suffered before, and the loss of not even photographing a few favorite things had been thrown out of the clouds.

As soon as this thing is sold in Lin'an, excluding the money given by the brothers, it is equivalent to taking two or three years of salary for nothing.

Or send it to the hands of the boss who loves elegance, will your long-delayed career be loosened?

He was considering which plan was more suitable, when he suddenly heard a pleasant voice: "The distinguished guest between the first number of the characters bid one hundred and fifty taels." ”

"What?"

Zhang Quan could hardly believe his ears, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the person who spoke, only to see a good-looking female receptionist under the lamplight slowly putting down the sign in her hand, turning back and whispering something to the private room separated by the curtain.

"One hundred and fifty-five taels. Although it was painful to fly away thirty taels of silver in an instant, Zhang Quan still tried his best to capture this calligraphy and painting, which for him at this moment not only represents money, but also represents the future.

"Two hundred taels. The voice of the receptionist was a certain surprise, as if she was also incomprehensible to the people in the curtain who had added so much at once.

Zhang Quan's heart cooled down suddenly, he gathered all the money of his brothers, and it was only more than two hundred taels, even if he really won this painting, he was afraid that he would have to borrow money immediately to go back.

"Two hundred and ten taels. When he said this, he felt that his voice was a little fluttering, even if he didn't have much reverence for the gods and Buddhas, he was praying to the gods to make that person give up bidding with him.

"Two hundred and twenty taels. ”

The hostess's beautiful voice shattered his delusions, and the price was stuck on the bottom line of all the money he could spend, leaving him with no way out. He could only stare at the hostess with hatred, but what he saw was a pretty face that looked innocent and cute in front of everyone's eyes, and the damn bidder with him continued to hide behind the dense bamboo curtain, and not even a sound came out.

The man took away the opportunity he had dreamed of picking up leaks for two hundred and twenty taels, which made Zhang Quan feel as if he had really had a nightmare.

The nightmare continues.

As long as Zhang Quan participated in the auction, that person happened to quote a price a little more than two hundred taels, and so many times, even the most idiotic person knew that the person behind the bamboo curtain was dealing with himself.

But those people in the rivers and lakes also had fun, and saw that the person in the VIP seat and the person in the hall were mortal enemies, not only did they have no sympathy, but they gloated at Zhang Quan's finding out the details, so no matter what appeared later, they preemptively quoted a bidding price of two hundred and twenty taels, so that Zhang Quan completely lost the opportunity to bid.

"Who the hell are you?

Humiliated, Zhang Quan stood up angrily, pointed to the bamboo curtain and shouted questions.

"Bah-"

There was a mocking boo in the hall, and some people began to laugh in a low voice, and the companion pulled Zhang Quan's sleeve, which made Zhang Quan even more angry: "There is a kind of come out to meet you." ”

"This official, please don't interfere with the order of the auction. The auction was abruptly interrupted, and the auctioneer looked at Zhang Quan with an unkind face, with the support of the Yiyang guards, they were the head snakes of the land that no one was afraid of.

"I've heard that Wayward Lou is rich and willful......"

As soon as the bamboo curtain was lifted, Cen Qing walked out of it and looked at Zhang Quan, without a trace of mockery, but his words were full of mockery: "What's next?"

"No money, resign to fate!"

Dozens of people spoke in unison, and after a bang, the hall suddenly burst into laughter.

"It's you!"

Even if he turned to ashes, Zhang Quan remembered the two appearances of this woman, his teeth were gritted loudly, and from yesterday to today, this woman brought him two unbearable humiliations in succession.

"Is that him?"

In another private room, a woman's voice asked softly.

"It's me. Cen Qing looked at Zhang Quan calmly, his originally clear and pure eyes were smiling a little sly at the moment, "Why are you so angry? There is a saying in our hometown called ...... Well, I just think it's a bit appropriate and doesn't mean anything else...... It's like saying: Face is given by others, and face is thrown away by yourself - why do you say you have to chase after you?"