I really don't want to be a traitor

Chapter 263
A turtle slave held a scroll in his hand and quickly ran to Xue Susu and whispered.

All the guests saw that everyone on the stage was obviously stunned for a moment, but they quickly regained their composure.

"Next, there is a temporarily added charity item."

Xue Susu took the scroll from the turtle slave's hand, smiled, and slowly unfolded it.

The masterpiece that Fan Li gave to Gui Nu appeared in front of all the guests at the Yanbo Painting Boat.

"This chapter is called Tao Te Ching."

"Tao can be Tao, it is very Tao; name can be named, it is very named. Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, name, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is always no desire to see its beauty, and there is always desire to see its beauty. The two are the same. It comes out with different names, the same name is Xuan, and Xuan is Xuan again, the door of all mysteries..."

Tao Te Ching in five thousand words.

The whole article is written in thin gold style.

The scroll unfolded, and a vision suddenly appeared!
Outside the Yanbo Painting Boat, auspicious clouds gathered in the sky, stretching like the sea.

Inside the boat, the fragrance is fragrant and the auspicious atmosphere is everywhere.

There is a moral golden light for no reason, falling on the scroll paper in Xue Susu's hand!

The guests exclaimed!

"Sage makes a statement?"

"Education merit?"

"Tao Te Ching? Good article, good principles, good writing!"

“This article can be passed down from generation to generation!”

"This article can cure the world!"

“This article can save the world!!!”

In the private room, Fan Li was also a little stunned.

what's the situation?
I can just bring out a piece of work that I usually practice calligraphy on, and still be able to induce visions of heaven and earth?
It’s just the Tao Te Ching. Do they need to react so strongly?

Could it be that... there is no Tao Te Ching in this world?

Fan Li realized with embarrassment that he seemed to be too high-profile. If he had known this, he might as well have written a temporary "Three Character Classic" to fool him.

Xue Susu was obviously shocked too!

She couldn't help but cast her gaze in the direction of Fan Li's private room, but fortunately, the guests in the audience were aroused and urged her to explain the origin of this treasure.

"This……"

Xue Susu took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

"This charity item is provided by Fan's Trading Company."

"The Great Chu Jin Gong Calligraphy, "Tao Te Ching"."

All the guests were in an uproar!
"What? Such a valuable treasure belongs to an enemy country?"

"Great Chu Jin Gong? Isn't that a famous traitor?"

"How could a traitor write such an article?"

"Could it be a hermit Confucian cultivator ghostwriting it?"

"I have never seen such a font, but I feel it has the aura of the [-] Supreme Emperor!"

"A minister's calligraphy? I don't believe it. This is clearly the emperor's calligraphy!"

As a last resort, Xue Susu called a turtle slave and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing everyone Xue's words, Gui Nu quickly ran to the private room where Fan Li was.

By going back and forth like this, I was actually quietly asking about the 'details' of the Tao Te Ching.

"Everyone."

Xue Susu felt confident and continued to introduce.

"The Tao Te Ching is the work of Fan Li, Duke of Jin Dynasty."

"The font used is called Thin Gold Style, and it is Fan Li's original work."

In the private room, Fan Li scratched the tip of his nose in embarrassment.

Pretending to claim the original rights of Tao Te Ching and Shou Jin Ti is really forced by the situation.

The atmosphere was so heightened that he had to "mythologize" his own image a little to ensure a good price for it.

In addition, causing a sensation would also help him make friends with the powerful people of the Ming Dynasty as Fan Zhe.

really!

When the guests heard that Fan Li had such talent, they were so shocked that they didn't know what to do.

Articles from heaven and earth!

Supreme font!

This is simply a treasure of Confucianism and Taoism. If you meditate on it day and night, you will definitely benefit a lot!
Regardless of whether it was done by an important official of an enemy country, the treasure itself is innocent!

"Starting price..." Xue Susu was calculating in her mind, deciding what starting price would be appropriate.

The starting price of the calligraphy work of Yan Song, the first assistant, is 1000 taels.

The starting price of the calligraphy work of Xu Jie, the second assistant, is 800 taels.

The calligraphy treasure of Jin Gong of the Great Chu, of this quality, is obviously inappropriate if it is too low, and if the price is too high, it is afraid of refuting the reputation of the first, second, and second assistants.

"I'll pay 1 taels!"

Suddenly, someone spoke first.The first bid starts from [-]! ?
But Xue Susu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the person bidding.

The quoter was Xu Fan, the son of Xu Jie, the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

"Ha ha."

"It's only 1 taels. Want to buy such treasures?"

Yan Shifan sneered from the private room.

"I'll pay 100 taels!"

All the guests were shocked!

The son of the first assistant and the second assistant, with just two quotes, the price of this "Tao Te Ching" soared to 100 million! ?
The guests present were either rich or noble, and more than half of them had official status.

How sensitive are they to the situation in Ming Dynasty?
He immediately realized that his emperor believed in Taoism and Xuanxuan. If he dedicated this "Tao Te Ching" to Emperor Jiajing... how could he not achieve great success? !

"I, I will pay 150 million taels!"

In the VIP seats in the lobby, someone increased the price.

This was the first time that a guest other than Xu Fan dared to raise the price with Yan Shifan.

"Um?!"

Yan Shifan obviously didn't expect it, and he suddenly became angry.

But he looked down from the window and found that the guests of the Chu family were descendants of one of the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty. Although the hereditary title was idle, in terms of title alone, it was still more noble than the chief minister Yan Song.

"Humph!"

Yan Shifan was helpless and continued to quote in a depressed manner.

"I'll pay 200 million!"

"I'll pay 210 million!"

"220 million!"

"230 million!"

Raise the price!

Someone keeps raising the price!

Chief Assistant Yan Song's face is very important, and Yan Shifan is not easy to offend.

But in the face of this Daoxuan article that could definitely please Emperor Jiajing and invite him to receive holy favors, everything was no longer a concern.

at last!

As prices continued to rise, silver became unsuitable as a unit of currency.

"I will produce one hundred thousand high-quality spiritual stones!"

"I'll give you 30 top-grade spiritual stones!"

"50!"

"..."

The fierce bidding finally settled on a terrifying price of 200 million high-grade spiritual stones, plus ten pieces of prefecture-level ninth-grade spiritual treasures.

It’s not that the guests have limited financial resources and can’t bring out the heaven-level spiritual treasures to continue bidding.

There are also famous families who have hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Ming Dynasty and have one or two heaven-level spiritual treasures hidden in their homes.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing was a famously mean and ungrateful king.

Even if you really please him, the grace you can get is limited.

This emperor is indeed very much like his ancestors.

The same power is equal to stinginess.

"make a deal!"

"Thank you Mr. Yan for your generosity and support for the widow of my fallen soldier in the North."

In the end, Fan Li's Tao Te Ching was bought by Yan Shifan.

In this way, it is natural that Fan Li and Yan Shifan will be related at tonight's charity bazaar.

really!

After a while, someone knocked on the door of Fan Liya's room.

The charity bazaar is still going on, and the next auction is a painting of "The Map of Rivers and Mountains of the Ming Dynasty" by Chen Deyan, the top scholar in the Jin Dynasty.

With the pearls and jade from the first three calligraphy works in front, the starting price for the top-ranked masterpiece is only one hundred silver lines.

But this is no longer Fan Li's concern.

"Boss Fan, please, my master is waiting for you inside."

Fan Li, led by Yan's servants, opened the door and entered Yan Shifan's private room.

As soon as he entered, he saw a man in luxurious clothes with a face as sharp as an eagle.

"Hurrah!"

"It's you, kid, who caused me to spend so much money!"

　I just said I wanted to update earlier, but I accidentally slept all day again, ugh...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)