Chapter 542: Holy Palace Secret Room

You shouldn't waste money like this, Xia Fan smacked his lips. What does ninety thousand taels of silver mean? It's almost equal to the financial expenditure of Jinxia City before he took over.

No matter how expensive the tuition of Salerni College is, it is a total of six years' expenditure, and it is not required to be paid in one lump sum. And this person threw away almost six times the tuition in gold coins just to bid for a piece of art. How rich must he be to dare to squander like this?

Olina also saw such a scene for the first time.

She suddenly realized that the gods were not as fair and selfless as they were praised.

Some people are still struggling on the survival line, while others can spend a lot of money because of their feelings.

"Really? Who is that guy?"

"It's hard to say, but his accent doesn't sound like someone from the capital."

"Azier is going to fall flat on his face now."

"Is this a fall? Almost 20,000 gold coins, it's okay to take a step back."

The noisy discussion was extremely harsh to Azier. He turned abruptly to the notary who had checked the smiling man before, his eyes full of murderous intent, and the threat was self-evident.

Due to his face, he couldn't say "apply for notarization" anyway.

This move violated the auction rules, but the notary didn't want to offend Azier, who had a bad reputation, so he could only shake his head helplessly - although he didn't say a word, his expression had proved that the other party was fully capable of paying this amazing amount.

"17,200 gold kern, once!"

"Twice!"

"Third time, deal!" The host swung the gavel in his hand.

This time, Azier looked gloomy and didn't raise the card again.

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After waiting for the servants to leave, Li jumped down from the roof beam and landed in front of a door at the end of the corridor.

This place is located on the east side of the third floor of the Holy Palace. The location is not very hidden, but the security is obviously much tighter. There is not only a movable iron door at the entrance of the stairs from the second floor to the third floor, but also guards of the Holy Palace standing guard. This can be regarded as a disguised verification of the speculation that there are better rooms in the villa than the upper room-at least there will be no one with a gun stationed around the upper room.

The residual smell left in Xia Fan's hand is also the most obvious here.

"It seems that this is the guy's permanent room."

Li looked around and jumped onto the corridor window sill lightly.

She had no intention of prying the door.

The fox form is not suitable for using tools, and there is no need to walk through a special passage for people.

After pushing open the unlocked window, she landed directly on the eaves of the second floor outside, and then used the decorations and protrusions on the wall to crawl all the way to the top of the roof.

This move also scared away several birds resting on the roof.

Li quickly found the chimney that led directly to the house. It was summer now, and the fireplace had been emptied long ago. She entered the house through the flue with almost no effort.

Because it was night, the house was really dark. Although Li had night vision, she could only vaguely see the outline of the furniture without the light of the stars.

So the first thing she had to do was to light a fire.

Fortunately, there were candles and fire starters, and it was not difficult to ignite the tinder with her forelimbs and teeth.

With the light of the fire, she could finally see the whole picture of the house. The house was also gorgeously decorated, and the golden light was shining everywhere. Apart from the common exquisite furniture, the complete head-bear skin under the big bed alone could tell the general tone of the whole house.

Among these furnishings, the most eye-catching one was the glass cabinet that occupied most of the wall.

Not only is the glass itself pure and transparent, but the various objects placed inside are also very distinctive, such as a weathered wrist that is as dry as firewood, a human skull inlaid with huge gems, a broken golden crown, etc. Considering that this is only an exclusive residence provided by the Holy Palace, and the things placed here are only temporary storage, the number of collections in Azier's home may be quite astonishing.

It seems that Lathein's information is correct. Li thought that this person does have a strong desire to collect unusual and rare things.

If it was a thief who sneaked into the house, this trip would definitely be a full load, but what Li needed was clues-in addition to various collections, she did not find more things related to Azier himself.

Could it be that the other party just regarded this place as a place to rest and relax?

After searching around the room, Li's eyes were suddenly attracted by a ceramic bottle on the desk.

From the style, it has nothing to do with art, and from the function, it seems to be just an ordinary pen holder, but this inconspicuous bottle has a very strong smell. Not only did Azier often "play" with it, but others also touched it frequently.

If the bottle was just an ordinary object, Azier, who was used to seeing rare treasures, shouldn't have taken such good care of it.

Li gently jumped onto the table and pushed the porcelain bottle, but the latter didn't move at all.

She immediately had a clue in her mind.

After wrapping her tail around the bottle, she gradually exerted her strength to rotate it, and soon there was a crisp sound under the table.

Then the wall with the glass cabinet suddenly opened to both sides, revealing a secret door that was just big enough for one person to pass through!

I knew this room wouldn't be that simple. Li grinned and rushed into the secret room like a ghost.

This compartment is only ten feet square, and there is nothing inside except a desk, a bronze mirror and a skylight. What puzzled Li was that in such a relatively closed space, the bronze mirror hanging above the table was half a person's height, and the frame was also quite exquisite. If it appeared in the lobby of the Holy Palace or the auction hall, Li would not find it strange at all. However, it looked very strange in this small room with obviously insufficient lighting.

The Holy Palace has such a secret room. It can't be for the residents to make up and dress up, right?

Li cautiously did not get close to the mirror, but kept a certain distance from it, buried his head in the desk and searched.

He found three or four envelopes, but unfortunately they were empty and the letters were not preserved.

There were also several books in the drawer, but they all recorded the results of Azier's auction, including the time, cost and destination of the auction. Li flipped through the collection and found that a small part of it seemed to be given as a gift to the nobles in the city. Based on these lists, it might be possible to further narrow down the search scope, but it would take a lot of energy to investigate further.

When she was about to put the book back into the drawer, a shiny object suddenly fell out.

Li couldn't help but exclaimed and leaned over to straighten the fallen object.

It was a half-wood and half-metal emblem, with metal only on one side, and an exquisite pattern engraved on it. At first glance, its main body looked like a stone tower, with a huge eye on the top, the sun, moon and stars on the left and right, and a standard hexagram on the back.

What emblem is this? Li looked at it carefully for a while and memorized the pattern in his mind - if he showed it to Olina, he might find something.

But at this moment, she heard footsteps outside the door.