Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

When Wang Yueban saw Chen Yan, she immediately tugged at Wu Xie's arm and whispered, "Tianzhen, look at the other side."

opposite?

Wu Xie looked across and saw not only Chen Yan, but also Xie Yuchen, who was anxiously trying to get him to get up.

But while Wu Xie was still in a daze, the curtains were drawn one by one, and the huge chandelier in the middle was turned on in an instant, plunging all the surrounding private rooms into darkness.

Seeing that Wu Xie still wouldn't get up, Chen Yan said with amusement, "Ninth Brother, let's make a bet. Guess how much money Wu Xie can raise in the sky lantern?"

Old Nine sat on the sofa in the back, casually looking at the booklet and saying, "There's a guy downstairs who sells broken beads, called Liuli Sun. He doesn't get along with Wu Sansheng, so he'll definitely raise the price."

"It's impossible for Wu Xie to buy the Ghost Seal; he doesn't have the money, so he can only resort to robbery."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan turned around and glanced at him: "Was that on purpose?"

Lao Jiu looked up at Chen Yan: "I don't like people who have no manners."

"What you're saying..."

Chen Yan turned to look down at the crowd: "You talk as if we're people who have rules."

Old Nine fell silent, lowering his eyes to continue reading the booklet. Chen Yan, holding a piece of agarwood in his hand, glanced at Wu Xie opposite him, and rested his chin on his hand with interest: "I bet he can't escape."

Old Nine said irritably, "You're cheating."

Without answering Lao Jiu's question, Chen Yan glanced at the third floor.

Third floor.

After hearing what Tingnu said, Yin Nanfeng frowned and said, "Sheng Sheng Man, have someone guard the door. I want to see if the Nine Gates promised back then that they would not harm my New Moon Hotel in the slightest."

"If Wu Xie dares to smash up my New Moon Hotel today, I'll bring my men to the Wu family's door tomorrow to demand payment!"

Sheng Sheng Man never expected Wu Xie to be so bold, and even more unexpectedly, the guy Chen Yan brought dared to say it even though he knew they had good hearing.

It's obvious they deliberately wanted them to teach Wu Xie a lesson.

If Lao Jiu knew what Sheng Sheng Man was thinking, he would only say: "You're overthinking it. Although I deliberately exposed Wu Xie and the others' escape route, I'm not interested in whether you teach him a lesson or not. I'd rather see how much trouble Wu Xie can cause."

really.

Looking at Huo Xiangu's expression, Wu Xie suddenly felt something was off.

Before Wu Xie could figure out what was going on, he heard a woman in a cheongsam downstairs shout, "Please be quiet, everyone. Our auction is about to begin."

At this moment, Wu Xie keenly noticed that everyone else had received a bell from Ting Nu, but he alone hadn't.

Wu Xie didn't understand what was going on for a moment, so he simply stopped thinking about it and looked around. He then saw Xie Yuchen gesturing something to him from the opposite side.

But Wu Xie didn't understand it.

Just then, Huo Xiangu turned to the woman behind her and said, "I haven't dared to sit in this chair for many years. Today I'm going to open my eyes to it."

He turned to look at Wu Xie, a half-smile on his face, and said, "I just don't know if the young master of the Wu family will light this sky lantern or not. I don't want him to ruin the entire Wu family."

Light sky lanterns.

The words "lighting a sky lantern" were like a thunderbolt, instantly making Wu Xie's head spin.

Even though Wu Xie doesn't attend auctions often, he still knows that there's a term used at auctions called "lighting the sky lantern."

This one lamp alone wouldn't be enough to buy the entire Wushanju estate.

Wu Xie instinctively gripped the armrests of the chair with both hands. Huo Xiangu suddenly said with interest, "What's wrong? Young Master Wu, are you getting restless?"

Wang Yueban, still unaware of the situation, grabbed Wu Xie's shoulder and whispered, "Tianzhen, what's going on? What does this mean?"

Wu Xie's forehead was already beaded with cold sweat: "Fatty, 'lighting the sky lantern' is a slang term used in auctions. If someone lights the sky lantern, no matter what's being auctioned or how much the final bid goes, I'll automatically raise the bid."

"It's like I'm determined to have this."

As Wu Xie said this, his voice began to weaken.

Light a sky lantern; just one lantern could burn down the entire Wu family home.

I wish he hadn't sat down so carelessly.

But now that he's up? Wu Xie looked at Huo Xiangu's mocking gaze and didn't know what to do.

Are we just going to back down like this? What about Yangshi Lei?

Just as Wu Xie was hesitating, the auction began.

The servant downstairs, holding a stick with a lamp hanging from it, raised it high and hung it on the outer wall on Wu Xie's side.

It was a small lantern, not very bright. Upon seeing it, Chen Yan suddenly asked, "Ninth Brother, do you think Boss Yin will sell this lantern?"

"You can ask if you want."

Lao Jiu picked up a pastry, got up and came to Chen Yan's side. He took a bite of the pastry, looked at Wu Xie, who was clearly panicked and knew something was wrong, and calmly said, "You know there's a problem but you still don't get up. How interesting."

Chen Yan smiled but didn't speak. Old Nine suddenly became interested: "Do you think if I were to have a lantern contest with Wu Xie, would Fifth Master Dog be so angry he'd come back to life?"

Chen Yan turned his head and picked up his teacup: "Dog Fifth Master's ashes won't regenerate automatically, so it seems unlikely."

"That's a pity."

Old Nine was chewing on a snack when he suddenly noticed Zhang Qiling staring at him. He looked up and met Zhang Qiling's deep eyes. Old Nine smiled slightly and said softly, "Anyway, Wu Xie can't afford it, so what's wrong with me playing with the lanterns?"

Zhang Qiling frowned slightly, then quickly looked away.

Seeing that Zhang Qiling had looked away, Lao Jiu laughed: "This Zhang Qiling is quite interesting."

Chen Yan turned to look at Lao Jiu: "You really want to have a lantern contest?"

Old Nine shook his head: "That thing isn't worth my time to fight with a lamp."

"oh."

Chen Yan looked away, watching the scene begin, and said, "I thought you were getting interested."

Old Nine didn't answer; he just stood beside him, looking down.

Old Nine is rich, very rich.

When asked specifically how much money Lao Jiu had, Chen Yan replied: "I don't know."

Anyway, after Lao Jiu followed him, he took care of all his needs, from food and drink to toileting. Lao Jiu only liked tea; he didn't care about anything else, whether he had it or not was fine.

Therefore, Lao Jiu rarely had the opportunity to spend money on his own, and Chen Yan would give Lao Jiu and Meng Hu a share of the profits every year.

To this day, Chen Yan has absolutely no idea how much wealth Lao Jiu has.

However, Chen Yan probably had a pretty good idea of ​​Lao Jiu's situation.

If we're really talking about what Lao Jiu wants today, everyone here combined probably doesn't have as much wealth as Lao Jiu has.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan gave Lao Jiu a resentful look, which made Lao Jiu look suspicious: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to see you."