Chapter 260: Jade Buddha

Along the way, Zilong can be regarded as dazzled, on this temple fair, there is everything from food, use, to wear, decoration, etc.

Even Zilong saw several huge teeth, the size of a scimitar, and according to Yu Minghan, they were ivory from Siam in the south.

Zilong had never seen an elephant, but from Yu Minghan's mouth, he couldn't help but feel a little curious about Siam, a small southern country, and only felt that if he had the opportunity in the future, he could go and see it.

When he arrived at this tavern, Zilong was also a little tired, so Yu Minghan led Zilong to the second floor, found a location near the window, made a pot of ginger tea with Zilong, and waited for news while drinking!

Zilong looked at it for a while, and he was also a little tired, knowing that looking for Wan'er in this temple fair with only the two of himself was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, so it was better to be here, waiting for the news from the beggar gang disciples.

So the two of them looked out of the window on the second floor of this tavern, drinking tea, chatting, and watching all kinds of new things that were constantly being shouted and sold outside.

The two of them sat on the second floor for about an hour, and no news came.

Just as Zilong was thinking about moving and wanted to go out for a walk again, he saw a commotion from the street below, and the two of them followed the sound and saw a group of people hugging a stall shouting there.

The stall was quite different from the others, and it had set up a large platform on the street, on which a merchant in a fox fur was taking out rare goods to sell.

Moreover, his method of selling is unexpectedly different from that of other traders! While others clearly mark their prices, he bids the highest price.

Zilong originally thought that this man's business would not be very good! Unexpectedly, one of his BMW horses was brought to the stage, and many people who knew the goods were competing to bid.

In the end, this BMW was directly auctioned by a person who looked like a son-in-law at a high price of 500 taels! When Zilong saw this scene, he couldn't help but be secretly speechless, and he was also quite touched by the businessman's methods.

After looking at it for a while, I saw that the merchant had brought out another treasure, but it was a statue of Maitreya Buddha carved from a whole piece of white jade that was more than three feet high.

The merchant said loudly: "My jade Buddha statue, the price starts at five hundred taels, and each time the price increases, it must not be less than one hundred taels, and those who want it should bid as soon as possible!"

Originally, the onlookers were surprised when they saw this jade Buddha statue.

Everyone has seen the jade Buddha statue more or less, but such a three-foot-high, whole white jade carved Buddha statue is the first time everyone has seen it.

Originally, everyone was eager to try and want to take pictures of this Buddha statue! After all, this is Luoyang, and there are many people who believe in Buddhism! But when they heard the merchant's shout, many people retreated. After all, there are not many people who can take out five hundred taels casually.

"I'll pay six hundred taels!" Just when everyone thought that no one would bid for this jade Buddha statue, a man dressed in a wide range of clothes and jade belts said loudly.

This person is about forty years old, with high temples, and is obviously also a practitioner.

"Okay, there is a guest who has paid six hundred taels, is there anything higher than this guest? If not, I will sell this jade Buddha statue to all the guests!"

Although the merchant was quite confident in his jade Buddha statue, he also heard the discussion of the people around him, and it was nothing more than that the jade Buddha statue was not even worth five hundred taels, and said that he would not be able to sell it, so he was also quite worried.

The merchant was overjoyed that someone would make an offer so soon, but he thought that one or two more people would come and compete with this person so that he could raise the price for himself.

The person who first bid saw that the merchant was like this, and he didn't care at all, but just glanced around provocatively, quite expecting someone else to bid.

The people around him didn't have so much money to compete with this person, and secondly, they also saw that this person was either rich or noble, and they couldn't offend this person for this Buddha statue, so they were silent, and when they saw it, they all shrank their necks.

Just when this man was looking forward to it and felt that this Buddha statue was in his bag, he heard a strange voice sound: "My master paid a thousand taels to buy a Buddha statue!"

After hearing this sound, the people in this market were in an uproar, and when they looked at the sound, they saw that on the second floor of the teahouse opposite the Zilong Tavern, the window was also open, and a bearded man in a mink coat stuck out his head, obviously the one who had just shouted the price of this thousand taels was this bearded man.

When Zilong saw this person, his heart suddenly felt for no reason.

He went in and out of the loop this time, and he knew a lot about the northern nomads. The person who shouted the price on the other side, although he was wearing a Hanfu and the bun on his head was also Han.

But from his tone and face, Zilong faintly felt that this person was probably not from the Central Plains.

At that moment, Zilong subconsciously followed the open half of the window and looked into the teahouse. I saw the teahouse room, and there were two people sitting behind this person drinking tea.

One person is also like this person who shouts the price, mink Qiu is on his body, but he can't cover the grassland breath on his body, and the other person is quite strange, wearing a Confucian robe, looking like Si Swen on the side, but between the expectations, there is a faint trace of ruthlessness and cunning, obviously this person is not a good type.

After the person who shouted the price shouted, he seemed to be aware of it, and immediately raised his head to meet Zilong's puzzled eyes.

This person's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately covered up the half of the window, and then glared at Zilong viciously. Seeing this, Zilong smiled lightly and stopped looking over there.

Although the appearance of these three people is suspicious, Zilong is not from the Luoyang government, and there is no need to care about this idle matter, so he did not take it to heart.

When the man saw that Zilong was no longer looking, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted to the somewhat stunned merchant below: "Wuna merchant, why are you stunned? One thousand taels, do you sell it or not?"

"Sell, sell, I'll sell!" The merchant was still suppressed by the sky-high price of 1,000 taels, but when he heard this person's voice, he immediately jumped three feet high, picked up the jade Buddha statue, and prepared to send the jade Buddha statue to the teahouse with his own hands.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took two steps, he was grabbed by the person who had reacted at the beginning of the bidder, and said fiercely: "Boss, I took a fancy to this jade Buddha of yours first, and I have already made a bid, so why do you want to give it to others?"

The merchant only felt as if his wrist was caught by a pair of iron pliers, and he was in great pain, and immediately snorted and shouted: "Ouch, hey! This guest, my small stall, but I have already said that the one with the highest price will get it! This Buddha statue has now been bought by the official upstairs for a thousand taels, if you want it, you must pay a higher price to make it!"

"Huh?" The man couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and he added two more points of force to his hand, so that the merchant could barely hold the jade Buddha statue, and said, "You black-hearted profiteer! No matter how valuable this jade Buddha statue is, it can be worth a thousand taels? Lao Tzu will give you six hundred taels, which is to give you sweetness! If you know each other, you will give this jade Buddha statue to Lao Tzu first, and I will give you six hundred taels! Otherwise, hum!"

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"Hmph, do you give it!" This man is also a strongman, and the strength in his hand is getting bigger and bigger, and the other big hand like a fan is stretched out to the merchant, and he wants to buy and sell by force.

This is Luoyang City, not a small ravine, if you want to buy and sell by force, do you have to ask the government for permission?

Although the man heard the merchant shouting about the official errand, he did not let go at all, but sneered even more, and said: "Hmph! Official, Lao Tzu wants to see which one dares to care about my Zhang Cai's affairs today!"

This is the annual temple fair in Luoyang, and the government has already sent three classes of officials here for the order of this temple fair.

At this time, the merchant shouted, and he hadn't noticed the strange official here, but he reacted immediately.

"What are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing?" The most feared thing of this group of officials was that there would be chaos in the bazaar and cause trouble, so as soon as they heard that there was chaos here, a government officer about 30 years old immediately took three or five officials to push away the crowd and rush over.

Zhang Cai, who was holding the businessman, heard that the official was coming, but he didn't look at it, he grabbed the businessman and said coldly: "Do you really think that these little officials can manage Lao Tzu?"

"Hey, who are you, why are you holding on to this vendor?" The head catcher also has a strong eye, along the way, but also from the words of passers-by, roughly know the beginning and end of things here, seeing Zhang Cai is so strong, even his own yacha arrived, he did not let go of the vendors at all, he has also seen a little of the world, seeing this person's dress and demeanor, he knows that this person is not simple.

"Hmph, blind dog, can you ask Lao Tzu?" Zhang Cai ignored the headcatcher's questioning, just turned sideways, lifted the hem, and showed the ornament around his waist.

When the officials who came with them saw that this person was reckless in broad daylight, they dared to be so rude, and these officials were eager to behave in front of the headhunter, and they were all ready to rush forward and take down this madman.

But the head catcher is also a sharp-eyed person, all of a sudden he saw the ornament that Zhang Cai deliberately revealed, after seeing it, his face changed greatly, and when he saw that his subordinates were about to step forward to take someone, he couldn't help but be frightened, and shouted: "Hugh is rude, give me a retreat!"

These yamen were stunned, and looked back at the head catcher, with a puzzled face.

Even the surrounding people were also stunned, not knowing why this head catcher was like this.

The head catcher didn't care about the surrounding people, but just scolded his subordinates: "Don't you give me all the things that don't have long eyes!"

Those yacha finally reacted at this time, and they were afraid that things were not as simple as they and others thought, so they all obediently retreated behind the head catcher.