Chapter 51 Auction
The auction of the secret box was arranged in the Babaolou, the largest restaurant in Shanyang Prefecture. This Babaolou was also owned by the Tao family, the largest family in Shanyang Prefecture.
With the influence of the Zhang family, they can be ranked high in Shanyang Mansion, but in the entire Linzhong County, they are only middle and low. There are many people who come here to participate in the auction, even the masters of the fifth level of control.
Chu Xiu followed the members of the Zhang family to take their seats. A short, fat and handsome man with a perpetual smile on his face came to the stage, cupped his hands and said to the surroundings, "Tao Wang, the chief steward of the Tao family, this year's secretary The box auction is hosted by my Tao family, thank you for your kindness.
The auction of the secret box in Linzhong County has been going on for more than ten years, so I won't talk nonsense, the rules are still the same as in previous years.
The origin of the secret box is absolutely authentic, without the slightest falsehood. At the same time, the identity of the seller will also be hidden. After the auction is over, the buyer pays on the same day, and the seller can also collect the money on the same day.
In addition, everyone is from the martial arts forces of my Linzhong County. In order not to hurt the peace of both parties, in this secret box auction, each family bids up to ten times. If there is still competition after ten times, the auction will be temporarily closed. Discuss the ownership of this secret box on your own, if you have something to say, don't hurt your friendship.
Well, I won't talk too much nonsense, my name is Tao Wang, and I wish you a lot of luck today, and the secret boxes that are opened have good things. "
Hearing Tao Wang briefly explain the rules of the auction, Chu Xiu secretly thought it was dangerous. Fortunately, he had thought a little more in advance and found the Zhang family as a shield, otherwise he might have been in some trouble this time.
The auction of the secret box in Linzhong County was clearly prepared for themselves. Although outsiders can participate, it is obviously inconvenient.
There are only ten bids at most, and the fear is that the two forces will become enmity because of one auction.
After ten times, everyone secretly negotiated a compromise and discussed the ownership of the secret box, and everyone was happy to make a concession.
But if Chu Xiu came to participate in the auction by himself, if someone robbed him, after ten bids, the other party would see whether Chu Xiu was a stranger or alone, then maybe they would make some kind of decision to rob him by force. But it's all possible.
At this time, Tao Wang on the stage waved his hand, and someone immediately brought up a secret box made of white jade. Tao Wang pointed to the secret box and said, "This secret box was produced in Nanman. Excavated from Zongmen.
Although the name of the sect is unknown, the scale is not small. Judging from the material of the secret box, it should be used to hold pills and unrefined elixir.
Of course, it may be empty, or the elixirs and elixirs in it have decayed due to material problems. Please be careful, and the asking price is 15,000, and the price will be increased by no less than 1,000 each time. "
As soon as the words fell, a group of people began to bid, and after a few times, it had already doubled.
The price of a secret box that is confirmed to contain pills is generally not too high, because there are too many uncertainties.
Some elixirs can be immortal and maintain their potency after being refined, but some elixirs have a limited number of years. Maybe after you open the secret box, although it is not empty, it is a pile of medicinal slime without any medicinal power up.
Zhang Songling asked in a low voice: "Is Mr. Lin interested in this thing?"
Chu Xiu shook his head. Regarding the situation of this auction, he only knew that there were a few good things mentioned in the plot. As for whether there were any other treasures that could be called treasures, he really didn’t know, so Chu Xiu would not strike until he saw his target.
Zhang Songling saw that Chu Xiu was not interested, so he bid twice, wanting to buy this secret box.
For a small family like the Zhang family, the odds of getting a skill from the extravagant secret box are a bit low, and the price of the secret box of the skill is at least ten times that of the pill, so the Zhang family can't afford to gamble.
So every year the Zhang family spends more than 100,000 taels of silver to take pictures of some secret boxes of pills. Although most of them are empty, there are always one or two good things that will appear when you are lucky. The item can be paid back.
At the auction, several secret boxes were sold one after another, but Chu Xiu did not participate. Until then, Tao Wang asked someone to take out a palm-sized, blood-red secret box with strange patterns on it and said: "This one The origin of the secret box is somewhat interesting.
Decades ago in Dongqi, there was an ancient sect of demonism that was inherited. One of the seven sects and eight sects wanted it, and Sword King City, one of the five major sword sects, also sent experts to snatch it.
The battle between the two sides was a bit fierce, and even directly destroyed the ancient ruins, and some small sects and casual warriors around took advantage of it and got a lot of secret boxes.
So over the years, a lot of secret boxes produced by the Demonic Dao Sect have been leaked out one after another, and some good things have been released among them. The skills practiced by the Demonic Dao Sect should be related to blood and belong to the ultimate One of the demons, so everyone be careful to shoot.
Moreover, the secret boxes that have leaked out over the years are both real and fake. Some people directly pretend to be some garbage secret boxes of unknown origin, which has also deceived many people.
Right now, this secret box has been judged by us to be 70% genuine and 30% fake. It is impossible to tell whether it is a skill, a elixir or other treasures. Please be cautious, the base price is 200,000 yuan, and each bid is 10,000 yuan . "
After listening to this introduction, there were really not many people present bidding, especially those big forces, none of them participated in the bidding.
It's not because they think the secret box is fake, but because they are concerned about their reputation and are not very interested in magic things.
Those who came to participate in this secret box auction were all the orthodox sects of Linzhong County. It is easy to criticize the secret box produced by the magic way, but if it is a martial art, even if it is powerful, they can only practice it secretly .
And if it is a pill, it is also tasteless to a large extent.
Because most of the pills produced by the magic way are not suitable for warriors of righteous origin like them, and some even cause backlash.
Chu Xiu narrowed his eyes at this time, and said to Zhang Songling in a low voice: "Patriarch Zhang, help me take a picture of this secret box!"
Zhang Songling nodded, and directly raised the placard and said, "250,000!"
Everyone present saw that the Zhang family was interested, and at that time, many people gave up directly.
It's not that they are afraid of the Zhang family, but it's not worth bidding for such a risky thing.
But at this moment, there was a bald man who had been bidding with Zhang Songling. Both parties had already competed for a price of 400,000 yuan, directly reaching the peak of ten biddings.
The bald man stared at Zhang Songling and snorted coldly: "Patriarch Zhang, my Black Tiger Gang is so far away from your Shanyang Mansion, so I didn't offend you, do you mean to grab this thing from me?"
Others in the righteous way fear that the secret box is something of the devil way and don't want to take pictures, but this strong man is a reckless gangster, so he has no such scruples.
Zhang Songling cupped her hands and said with a wry smile: "Master Cao, I didn't mean that, I really want this secret box too.
Everyone in my family knows that the second boy is really incompetent, incomparable with his elder brother.
My Zhang family's family-inherited exercises focus on accumulation, and it's too slow for him to practice, so I want to try my luck to see if I can develop a magic technique. After all, the magic technique focuses on quick success. I don't ask how stable his foundation is, I just ask that his realm can be faster. "
Zhang Songling's excuse is quite reasonable. The leader Cao of the Black Tiger Gang thought about it for a while and said, "Since you want to help your son, I, Lao Cao, will not make things difficult for you. For one hundred thousand taels of silver, I will withdraw voluntarily."
This kind of thing is very common in auctions. If one party regresses, the other party will naturally have to pay some price.
In all fairness, one hundred thousand taels of silver was a bit much, but anyway, Chu Xiu wanted the secret box, and the silver was also his. Naturally, Zhang Songling didn't feel bad, and directly agreed, and the secret box was successfully photographed by Zhang Songling.
Chu Xiu frowned. The cost of this secret box was a bit beyond his imagination. It took half a million yuan to photograph it, which almost used up all the money he got from the Chu family.
But fortunately, he cooperated with the Zhang family this time. Otherwise, if he came alone, then the leader of the Black Tiger Gang, Cao Gang, might not give him this face. up.
Chu Xiu did not participate in the next auction either. Anyway, in the original plot, the most valuable items in this auction have already been in his hands. Although there are still a few good things, Chu Xiu didn't care.
After the auction was over, Zhang Songling took the money that Chu Xiu gave him, and after handing over the money, he said to Chu Xiu: "Mr. Lin, please wait patiently. After the seller has received the money and confirmed it, the secret box will be delivered tonight. From the Zhang family."
Chu Xiu said: "Well, I will come to the Zhang family to get the secret box at night, and I will give the subsequent purple gold to you, Master Zhang."
Leaving the auction, Zhang Songling returned directly to the Zhang family, and at this time Han Wei who had been away from Shanyang Mansion for several days also just came back, and he approached Zhang Songling and said in a low voice, "Patriarch, I sent the news from Fengmanlou. If you get it back, there is really a problem with Lin Ye's identity!"