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Chapter 516
The first auction item was an inkstone, which was originally in the private collection of a wealthy merchant in Liangzhou. Its original owner was Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The prince was killed in Yunzhou, so the inkstone fell into the hands of a soldier who chased him down. Although the soldier didn't know the goods, he also knew that this thing should be very valuable if carried by a prince, so he secretly contacted a black merchant and the two sides negotiated. There was no agreement, the black merchant became greedy after seeing the inkstone, and changed his job to a robber on the spot, wanting to kill people and loot the goods, but he didn't expect Xiaobing's hidden identity to be a second-rank berserker. Surrounded by a group of thugs, he fought a bloody road, but he was seriously injured because of this, and was rescued by the monks of Lingguang Temple. It was given to Lingguang Temple and drifted away. The inkstone was eventually collected by the presiding officer and placed in the meditation room. I heard that the abbots of the past dynasties chanted scriptures and chanted Buddha. It is said that it has been contaminated with a trace of Buddha nature. With compassion in his heart, the abbot took out the inkstone and exchanged it with a grain merchant for [-] catties of grain to help the victims. This matter has become a good story among the people.

This blue-and-white purple inkstone is not only a famous product in itself, but also has a story on it. Generally speaking, it is still very valuable for collection. The starting price is 3 taels of silver, and there are many people who are interested.

These days, the four treasures of the study are not only liked by literati and poets. Rich people will collect some of them no matter whether they are good or not. Everyone who arrives will praise you for your style. As for the inkstone, the style is even higher. When you put it on the desk, the color will change drastically after seeing the goods. This pretense can be said to be hidden.

Of course, there are also some Confucian merchants among merchants nowadays, such as Mr. Liu, who really likes this purple inkstone. Few people regretted that Mr. Liu only opened his mouth after giving up, and he was not procrastinating, it was a thunderous blow.

"Eighty thousand."

As soon as the price was announced, all the people in the audience were silent. Although all the people sitting here were rich people, but a one-time increase of 1 taels of silver, most people did not have the courage to ask themselves, not that 8 taels of silver bought this Tai Ziyan is not worth it, but the key is that people have shown such an aura that they must win, which makes many people lose the courage to fight against it.

However, just when everyone thought that the inkstone belonged to Mr. Liu, a voice suddenly said, "One hundred thousand."

Everyone sitting there gasped, and turned their heads to look at the young man on Song Qinghe's left.

Realizing that he had become the focal point of the audience, the boy grinned. The woman who looked like a concubine beside him put the freshly peeled grapes in her mouth and fed them to him mouth to mouth. At the same time, the boy was still on the woman's chest. He rubbed it hard twice, as if he didn't care about other people's eyes.

"Hou Xiaofei, the third son of the Hou family." Qi Guanyan patiently popularized science for someone, "The Hou family is in the tea business and is the number one tea merchant in Dayan. The sixth prince, although he is only a side concubine, the Hou family is considered to be half of the royal family. Hou Xiaofei's mother came to power after the death of her original spouse, and Hou Xiaofei was born in her 40s. The three sons are very doting, so it indirectly contributed to his current domineering and supercilious character."

"No, I have reservations about this. His appearance as the second generation ancestor is probably just a disguise, and this bid should be ordered by Song Qinghe."

"So that's how it is." Qi Guanyan suddenly realized that the Qingzhou side was obviously overwhelmed by Mr. Liu's aura just now. Song Qinghe, as the leader of the Qingzhou side, naturally couldn't just sit idly by. Given Mr. Liu's identity and status, since he showed interest in the inkstone, If Song Qinghe followed up with the bid, it would be too disrespectful to Mr. Liu, and the smell of gunpowder would be too strong, but Hou Xiaofei would not have this problem, he is a famous second-generation ancestor, no matter how outrageous he made At most, everyone just laughed it off and didn't think too much about it.

After eating two grapes, Hou Xiaofei smiled and said, "Master Liu, please let me go, my old man's [-]th birthday will be two months away, and I'm worried that I won't be able to find a birthday gift, so I will lend you this inkstone." Emergency, if it’s not possible, you can ask him for it after I give it to the old man, as long as you ask, the old man will give it no matter how distressed he is.”

Qi Guanyan was surprised, "This kid is indeed very powerful, he is not as stupefied as the rumors said, a few simple words not only restored the momentum of Qingzhou, but also eased the atmosphere on the field even with the fight. Although everyone knows that the birthday is just an excuse, but once the words are spoken, Mr. Liu is too embarrassed to increase the price, otherwise he will be bullying the younger generation."

Sure enough, Mrs. Liu nodded at Hou Xiaofei and said nothing more. The person in charge of the auction shouted twice to confirm that no one raised the price, and this top-quality purple inkstone finally fell into Hou Xiaofei's hands.

In the first round of confrontation, Qingzhou and Liangzhou were evenly divided. The first auction item in the opening auction was sold at a high price of 10 taels of silver, and the atmosphere was heated up. A good price was auctioned one after another. For ordinary people, Otaku and Fatty Qi are already rich, but they can only be regarded as ordinary people among rich people. Neither of them have any idea about the auction items on stage. , Gather together to eat and drink, pouring free juice and wine into the stomach.

After a while, Fatty Qi's bladder couldn't hold it any longer. He declared that the battle was critical, got up staggeringly, and said to the otaku, "I'll go to the latrine to put some water."

"Yeah." As expected of a martial arts practitioner, Zhang Dabao's physique is really different from ordinary people. As the saying goes, life is good if the kidneys are not deficient. The eels were fighting fiercely.

Not long after Qi Guanyan left, a maid brought the ninth auction item to the stage.

The auctioneer said humanely, "The auction item I'm bringing to you below is a veritable treasure of genius. This piece of white jade was born in the belly of a toad and was discovered by a herb picker. It may save your life, the base price is 5000 taels of silver, and you are welcome to quote."

(End of this chapter)