Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 49 Auction

In the huge main cabin of the boat, there are all kinds of snacks, water and wine, peanuts and melon seeds, seasonal fruits and vegetables, the eldest lady of the Li family and Mrs. Dou are sitting on the head, and behind them are the accompanying maids and the long-lived maids Tweety and Xiaoqing.

The two were specially escorted to participate in the Hungry Ghost Festival auction this time, and they brought the most important lot at this meeting.

Sitting on both sides of the lower head are various officials and family members of famous families in Chang'an. These puppets move around on weekdays, but they are so assembled.

It is not so much because of the sacrifice of the Zhongyuan Festival, but rather thanks to this mysterious lot.

It is said that this thing has infinite uses for women, but no one has seen it.

However, Dou's relatives in Chang'an described it as having a charming fragrance and it lasted for a long time, but it just stuck to the body, and my husband was full of praise after smelling it.

There is another person who looked at himself differently that night...

When everyone heard it, it was not bad, could it be a high-grade aphrodisiac, but it was heard that the prince had met some Western Region monks before.

But the effect is not so strong.Today, I heard that Mrs. Dou will exhibit this item at the auction, so everyone signed up enthusiastically.

Everyone gathered, but Mrs. Dou was not in a hurry to start, and said a few words first.

Then there was the sound of drums and music, and a woman in white jumped out from the rear warehouse, her body bowed into a crescent shape in the air.

"It's everyone, Gongsun!" Someone exclaimed.

This Gongsun family is the best at dancing, and she is the head of the No. [-] dance studio in the capital.

Usually, there are occasional performances at the celebrations of princes and nobles, and most of them are the lead dancers of Qi Wu. It has been a long time since one person danced alone.

I saw her sleeves fluttering, drawing phantom shadows all over the sky, her three or four zhang sleeves swayed to the music like a flying dragon soaring into the sky, or like a white python lying on the ground, her slender waist was grasped tightly, the white gauze could not cover her round buttocks, flesh-colored Obscene pants looming.

The ladies present all stared straight at the scene, and all made the sound of swallowing saliva.

Those little ladies who hadn't been through the door couldn't bear it, they all blushed and secretly covered their eyes.

Even Tweety, who has seen the rehearsal, couldn't help blushing and spat: "Fairy!"

It was discussed earlier that one dance would be exchanged for ten drops of perfume, who would have thought that she would wear so little?

Fortunately, when the music ended, Gongsun and everyone retreated gracefully.

The crowd applauded enthusiastically, and some even took out silver coins to offer a reward, but when they were stared at by others, they immediately realized that this was not watching a show, so they could only take it back in resentment.But he slapped his hands even red with even more force.

As soon as Gongsun and everyone left, the servants of the Li family came in with several sandalwood boxes, and stood in a row according to the numbers on the boxes, in an orderly manner.

Mrs. Dou sat at the head and smiled and nodded to everyone: "Sisters, ladies and gentlemen of each family, my husband Li Yuan took office in Longzhou a while ago, but he was out of luck and encountered a rare locust plague in ten years. He couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so he dissipated all his wealth, sold all the valuables in the house, and exchanged some rice, flour, oil and grain to help the people. Now there is still a camp at the foot of Longshan Mountain, which specially takes in the homeless refugees.

Recently, before our family moved back to Chang'an, we were packing up the goods at home, and found that there were still some things, so we took them out to make everyone laugh.Our Li family doesn't take any of this money, it's all handed over to the officials and sent to the Longshan camp to help the victims there, which can be regarded as accumulating some blessings for everyone. "

As soon as the sisters finished speaking, the following sisters started laughing, and a man wearing gold belt and silver, with big arms and round waist called out: "Mrs. Guo Gong, you can start quickly. I have enough silver tickets today. Your Li family is willing to be a great philanthropist." , I am happy to see it succeed, and I am willing to help you!"

The women in the cabin all booed one after another, Dou's family laughed: "Then thank you sisters in advance, as I said before, whoever gets these things today, others don't have to bear grudges, even those who are destined will get it." In short, we will still be sisters from now on. It’s getting late now, and this is the beginning.”

She turned her head to signal to Tweety, Tweety waved, and immediately a servant from the Li family came over with a box, put it on the small table in front of everyone and opened the lid.

Everyone stretched their heads to look in. It was a fresh Ganoderma lucidum, the size of a palm, tied with a red string and placed in a box with a yellow cloth backing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you may have heard that in order to save the common people, Sun Simiao, the genius doctor Sun, went to Longshan Mountain to gather medicine, prepare immortal prescriptions, and save the world. This old man personally picked this plant from the cliff of Longshan Mountain. Thousands of People have searched all over the mountains and plains, but only found this one plant. Sun Xianren said that this plant has a lifespan of more than 50 years, and after taking it, it can strengthen the foundation and nourish the vitality and prolong life. This is evidenced by Sun Xianren's handwriting and seal."

Tweety said as she took out an envelope from her small notebook, opened it and took out a blank sheet of paper with Sun Simiao's autograph and seal on it.

Tweety took the autograph and showed it to everyone for a week, then put away the letter and said loudly: "Now the auction starts, one 50-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, the starting price is 300 taels, each increase is 100 taels, everyone please."

Sun Simiao's name is basically equivalent to "immortal" in this era.

Basically, no one would doubt what he said. If he said it was a good thing, it would most likely be a good thing.

But 300 taels is not a small amount, and the ladies present still choose to wait and see.

So at the beginning, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one bid.

After a while, a woman finally spoke up: "My husband is already old, and his body is getting worse day by day. This kind of elixir for bringing the dead back to life is rare and hard to come by. Now that you have encountered it, of course you can't miss it." , I bid 300 taels."

Everyone followed the reputation, and it turned out that it was Mrs. Yu who lived in the room of cousin Li Yuan. She was close to Dou, so she sat in the front seat. The first bid was both a real need and a way to help the scene.

"Madam Yu bid 300 taels, is there anyone else who wants to bid?" Cui'er raised a finger and looked at the crowd.

"500 taels!" Someone shouted.She is the eldest wife of the county magistrate.

"I pay 800 taels!" A young woman at the bottom shouted, this person is young and beautiful, but her husband is in the prime of life, but there are many wives and concubines in the family, and she is the youngest. But if one day my husband dies, I will instantly become the target of everyone's suppression.

So my husband's body is my own glory and wealth, and I have spent many days of savings for this concubine.

"Twice once for 800, twice twice for 800, two or three times for 800, congratulations, little lady, this Ganoderma lucidum is yours now."

Under the envious eyes of everyone, the concubine took the box excitedly, hugged it tightly in her arms, and sat back in her seat.

Some people are praising her husband for being so lucky to have such a virtuous wife, while some are sighing and secretly scolding themselves for being indecisive.

Seeing that the atmosphere was still hot, Tweety said, "Let's show the second lot: Agarwood."

Another box was brought up, and the servant cut a short section from the box, and lit it on a copper plate. Curly green smoke rose, and the cabin was full of fragrance. The degree of the aroma can be imagined.

The scene became noisy for a while, this is the first of the four famous incenses, agarwood.

The ancients loved incense, not only because its smell can calm the mind and cultivate the sentiment, but also because after the chaos of the Five Dynasties, most people in the northern region have Hu people's genes, and they like to eat beef and mutton. The body has a bad smell, which can be covered up with incense.

Therefore, the sachet is the most favorite decoration for the northern women to give away and wear.

With such a large piece of agarwood, who can resist the temptation?
"This agarwood was won by my master after a bet with a Hu merchant. It didn't cost a penny, but for the sake of thousands of hungry people in the camp, this place will not be polite. The low price is 1000 taels. Please bid."

"I offer a thousand!"

(End of this chapter)