Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Secret Treasure of Glass
Jian Piaoyun played in Akagi, and two or three days passed by in a flash. Today is the annual auction meeting of the Qinling Wanlihua Chamber of Commerce Branch - "Baihuatang".
Baihuatang Restaurant is really big, and the auction venue specially arranged by the restaurant can accommodate hundreds of people! In addition to dignitaries and nobles, those who can enter the venue are people with heads, faces and identities in the Jianghu martial arts.
Jian Piaoyun took out the gold-edged flower invitation and handed it to the doorman at the venue, and the doorman handed over a piece of long-shaped mahogany chips that exuded fragrance, and the three big characters on the mahogany chips were made of gold water: "Lu Lu Lu", representing No. 666.
When others saw this situation, they couldn't help but praise from the bottom of their hearts: "Even the brand is mahogany with gold, which is worthy of the Wanli Flower Chamber of Commerce!"
The venue was crowded with people, and there were many acquaintances who were particularly happy to see each other, and there were also enemies who were very red-eyed...... However, this is the territory of Wanlihua, everyone knows the proportions, and the grievances of the rivers and lakes can only be put aside.
In the venue, there were people from the internal department asking around, and one of them was a young man in gray who grabbed a strong man in a white robe and said: "Hey, this guest officer! Look, the ordinary seats are almost full, and they are even more noisy.
The white-robed strong man asked, "Elegant room?"
"Yes, the private room, it's quiet, heaven and earth Xuanhuang, A, B, C, D, there are eight grades!"
The white-robed strong man pretended to be generous and asked, "A first-class private room, how many silver taels?"
The man smiled and said, "The first-class private room is cheap, only ten taels ......of silver!
The doorman didn't speak, but only heard the white-robed strong man roar: "What? A first-class private room costs ten taels of silver? Isn't it a hundred taels of silver in a private room that day? Are you robbing money?" After speaking, the white-robed strong man shook his long sleeves and walked away with a cold snort.
The man was sprayed with saliva, but he was not angry, wiped his face with his sleeve, and continued to ask the next guest, smiling and greeting. As a result, this little brother still ran into walls everywhere, and no one asked for his private room, although he still had a smile on his face, it was not difficult to see that he was mostly smiling.
The young man sat aside, took out the kettle and drank a few sips, when he suddenly heard someone call him: "Little brother, come here!" He looked at the handsome young man with long flowing hair and a little sand between his eyebrows, and suddenly came to his senses! He regained his smile, greeted him, and replied, "Guest officer, what are your orders?"
"Little brother, how much does the Tianzi room cost?" Jian Piaoyun asked.
When this person heard this, he was a little disappointed, thinking that the guest was just asking about the price, but he still smiled and said: "Tianzi room, close to the front row of the auction venue, can allow you to observe the auction items up close, as well as the side dishes specially cooked for you by Chef Chicheng Jia, and there are special maids to serve before and after, there are only ten Tianzi private rooms in the whole venue, as long as one hundred and ninety-nine taels of silver, you are satisfied!"
"Alright, take me there!"
"Well, you're busy...... When the young man heard this, he felt that something was wrong, and he didn't react for a while. Wide-eyed, asked, "What did you say?"
"Take me there, I want a private room. For the rest, reward!" Jian Piaoyun said, and then took out two hundred taels of silver tickets and stuffed them into the hands of the doorman.
The young man picked up the silver ticket and looked at it repeatedly, it was really two hundred taels of silver tickets, and they were also printed with the fresh exclusive seal of the Wanlihua Chamber of Commerce and the official seal of the Wu Dynasty, which could not be faked! The young man was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and led Jian Piaoyun to the second floor, but it provoked others to point fingers and secretly scolded Jian Piaoyun for being a loser.
As soon as I went up to the second floor, the noise downstairs suddenly became much quieter! At the door of the private room, two beautiful maids dressed in pink clothes had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw the doorman leading the sword Piaoyun over, they hurriedly bowed down and said: "Tao'er (Liu'er) has seen Gongzi, please go inside Gongzi!"
The decoration in the private room is good, it is indeed shining, and the bonsai bridge in front of the table is also chic.
The young man was about to leave, when he suddenly heard the guest ask, "Little brother, what's your name?"
"The guest officer is polite, the little one is called Zhao Qing, but it is a small trotting hall in the Baihua Hall, and the guest officer will call me Xiao Zhao!" Zhao Qing replied with a smile, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he retreated.
Jian Piaoyun looked around on the second floor, and did not find Song Cong'an's figure, but saw an acquaintance elder, sitting downstairs with his eyes closed. Jian Piaoyun said to the maid standing aside: "Liu'er, did you see the white-bearded old man below? Yes, yes, yes, it is the old man with the sword, go and invite him to come up." ”
The maid Liu Er answered yes and went downstairs. After a while, he brought the old man who was pointed out by Jian Piaoyun.
"Huh, it's Piaoyun's nephew!Xiaoyun, why are you here?"
"Elder Lu is, how can he appear here?" It turns out that this old man is the Great Elder of the Lingyun Sword Sect - Lu Qingping!
Lu Qingping glanced at the two maids, who exited the door and closed the door. Only then did he say, "Naturally, I came for the secret treasure!"
"Secret treasure, what secret treasure?" Jian Piaoyun wondered.
"Don't you know, Master Xiaoyun, then why did you appear here? I don't know that there is no invitation to the secret treasure, how did you get in?" Lu Qingping asked strangely.
"Well, this invitation was given to me by a friend, my nephew and nephew came this time, I don't know what secret treasures are, but I came to join in the fun, not like Elder Lu, who has something important to do...... Elder, what kind of treasure is it, even our Lingyun Sword Sect is also moved?"
Elder Lu shook his head and said, "Don't talk about our Lingyun Sword Sect, do you know that even the monks of Yuanjue Temple, who are not greedy and desireless, have brought a lot of incense money for this secret treasure competition, and they say that they are fighting for the secret treasure, just to save the world, what a joke!"
Jian Piaoyun was embarrassed in his heart, what kind of treasure is this, which provoked the monks in the temple to also be moved?
"Then, Elder Lu, how many taels of silver did you bring with you on this trip?"
Elder Lu sighed and said, "Recently, the sect's finances have been tight, and we only brought 100,000 taels. ”
"What?
"One hundred thousand taels of gold, Nuo, are all here, exchanged for the silver tickets of the Wanli Flower Chamber of Commerce, one ten thousand, a total of ten. ”
"Yellow, gold......" Jian Piaoyun's face changed when he heard this, and he was a little dumbfounded. One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one hundred thousand taels of gold is equivalent to more than one million taels of silver! This time it was not in vain, but there was a good show to watch! Jian Piaoyun thought so in his heart.
Lu Qingping sighed and whispered: "Alas-100,000 taels is not much, the old man has made a little inquiry at the bottom, and our 100,000 taels of gold is just a drop in the bucket among everyone...... The secret treasure of this auction is just a first-class glazed pendant that is hard to find, but it is rumored that this glazed pendant hides a treasure map left over from the previous dynasty, which has attracted countless people from the rivers and lakes to compete for it!"
Jian Piaoyun asked in surprise: "Just for the sake of a rumor in the rivers and lakes, and use a million silver taels to bet on this Liuli Pei of Laoshizi?"
"The treasure of the previous dynasty is ethereal, but, Xiaoyun, the old man asks you, if you are right? How can the treasure of the former dynasty be rewarded with a mere million silver? Not to mention the thousands of dollars in the treasure, if the treasure is out of some lost mastery and mental methods in the Jianghu martial arts, these alone can make the entire Jianghu martial arts set off a bloody storm, why not gamble?"
"According to Elder Lu, why didn't that Wanli Flower hide this treasure by himself, but instead reveal it and auction it?" Jian Piaoyun asked suspiciously.
"That's where the cunning of Wanlihua comes in. If he could solve the mystery of the secret treasure, he would have taken the treasure long ago and enjoyed it, and he would have waited for us outsiders? It was precisely because he had no idea where to start that he auctioned it, which could not only sell it for countless silver taels, but also give away this hot potato, so why didn't he do it?" Lu Qingping replied.
Jian Piaoyun nodded in understanding, and then asked: "However, since even the behemoth of the Wanli Flower Chamber of Commerce can't understand the mysteries in the secret treasure, even if we fight, we must have no way to start, right?"
Lu Qingping listened, turned his head and glanced at the door, his expression was mysterious, and he said to Jian Piaoyun with his ear: "The third elder is in charge of things outside the door, just a few days ago, he learned an important clue about this secret treasure!"
"Oh, really, but what's the clue?"
"A mediocre cross sentence: If you solve the glass treasure, you must first get the sun and moon mirror!"
"Sun and Moon Mirror?" Jian Piaoyun listened and wrote it down in his heart. There is such a huge treasure hidden in this secret treasure, and it would be a lie to say that you don't want it! Jian Piaoyun asked, "How many forces are there who know this clue?"
Elder Lu Qingping stretched out five fingers.
Jian Piaoyun said excitedly: "There are only five forces?
When Lu Qingping heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said: "It's fifty, but the forces that can compete with our Lingyun Sword Sect, the old man estimates that there are not more than ten!"
"It's so good, this glass pendant, let's fight!"
But Lu Qingping said regretfully: "I also want to, but we only have 100,000 gold, what can we rob with others?"
Jian Piaoyun looked at the disturbing crowd downstairs, and said with a wicked smile: "I don't believe it, this secret treasure that even a pure-hearted monk has to compete for can pass this auction and fall into the hands of others safely?"
"Nephew, what do you mean...... Isn't it?"
"That's right! In this auction meeting, as long as we keep an eye on who this secret treasure falls into, someone will stand up for us! When the time comes, those people in the rivers and lakes will flock to it, and it will be up to them to see who can be more forbearing, whose means are more ruthless, and who will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Speaking of this, a black light flashed in Jian Piaoyun's eyes, and even Elder Lu Qingping failed to notice it.
At this time, the downstairs auction venue was already overcrowded, and there were even a few private rooms left on the second floor. Perhaps most of the people present are famous martial arts masters, but almost most of them can't afford to buy any of the items in the auction conference, but they can't extinguish their enthusiasm at the moment, which is enough to see the charm of this auction conference!
At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from the front of the stage downstairs: "Friends from the rivers and lakes of China, Gui'an! Today, June 16, my Wanlihua Branch-Baihuatang Auction Conference is about to start, so, I thank you for your support to the auction conference, in order to express my heart, the wine on your table is invited by me Tang Qingsong! Come on, let's toast and drink together!" As soon as the words fell, Tang Qingsong raised the ceramic wine glass and dried the spirits in the glass.