After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1448 Strange Competitor

The soul-catching mirror in He Lingchuan's arms chuckled twice: "Is he talking about himself? But there are so many people here tonight, your house is really eye-catching."

The Youhu Jingshe auction has only been up for two days, and there isn’t even enough time to warm up, but it’s already packed with guests tonight.

I can only say that the items He Lingchuan brought out were a bit tough.

Everyone's curiosity was piqued, and they wanted to see who would be the first to live in the royal territory.

Chibao was as lively as a vegetable market tonight, and the sale began amid the hustle and bustle.

Just as Fan Shuang expected, the other items in this small auction were of little value. They were either sold in a few transactions or failed to sell. There were so many spectators, but only a few raised their bids.

But He Lingchuan raised his hand several times and bought a shop, as well as a dozen pieces of jewelry and several small magical instruments that were sold together.

This shop was auctioned by Tonglinji ten days ago. It has a good location, at the corner of the back street of Tonglinji. At that time, He Lingchuan, the big money sponsor, had not come to the door to bring business. Seeing that he could not pay the wages for the next month and had no money to turn over the business, Gulin sold the shop to raise some money.

He Lingchuan also bought his first private shop in Tianshui City.

As for the jewelry and magic tools, they are all from "Qian Donglai", a famous foundry. Its status in Tianshui City is like Songyang Prefecture in Yuandu (in the past), and it is particularly good at formation tools and talismans. The ones sent for auction are of excellent quality but the prices are obviously too high. I don't know how much the original owner spent on them. After several failed auctions, the price was only reduced by 10%.

He Lingchuan took the magic weapon in his hand and looked at it for a few more seconds, his heart moved slightly. I heard that Yaojun has two strengths, one is the warhorse, and the other is the formation weapon. This is worth studying.

As the sale went on, some people couldn't wait any longer and turned around and left - they came to watch the fun, and if it wasn't fun, they left.

Chibao also knew that everyone's patience was limited, so half an hour after the opening, he finally brought out the finale of the night -

The first lakeside residence in Youhu Villa!
Here it comes, it’s finally here, everyone cheer up.

The ace auctioneer of Chibao also took the stage. He first hung up a beautiful map to show everyone the exact location of Youhu Villa, and then exaggerated the information that everyone already knew. The core of his speech was nothing more than the following sentence:
“Enjoy the royal garden and face the lakeside scenery!”

He Lingchuan thought that the performance was pretty good.

Many people in Tianshui City had been to Youhu Lake and knew that it was the royal territory, so they did not find its introduction exaggerated.

"If you live here, you can look across the water at Youhu Cottage! It's just a few feet away, just a few feet away!" The auctioneer threw out this key point, which Yang Shan had repeatedly explained in advance: "The bidding starts from 500 taels!"

The scene was quiet.

This sale was initiated by Yuwen Xu, who had been watching the fun with his arms folded, but when he heard the auctioneer's words, he suddenly put down his hands and looked thoughtful.

He knew that the words "facing the cottage across the water at Youhu Lake" could not have been proposed by the auctioneer himself.

It is emphasized and full of profound meaning.

"Five hundred taels!"

The auctioneer called out again.

The spectators looked at each other, but no one held up a sign.

The highlight is here. Everyone knows that it is impossible to sell it at the reserve price, so they are not in a hurry to buy it.

"What's going on?" Fan Shuang muttered, more anxious than He Lingchuan, "No one is holding up a sign?"

Yuwenxu was still thinking, and he raised his hand and pressed it down, not knowing whether to tell him to be patient or to keep quiet. Many people at the scene were like him, with a thoughtful look on their faces.

The auctioneer called out a second time.

According to the rules of Chibao, if you call it five times, the auction will fail.

Fan Shuang couldn't sit still any longer: "Let me throw out some ideas to stimulate discussion."

Then he raised the wooden sign in his hand: "Me."

No matter what, I have to support Brother He! He still has five hundred taels.

The auctioneer immediately said, "Five hundred taels, someone has made a bid!"

"Five hundred taels for the first time..."

If you don’t bid, it will be sold to Fan Shuang.

His feint of offering five hundred taels actually worked, and people started to make bids.

six hundred.

It jumped directly to one thousand.

Then it was thirteen thousand, seventeen thousand, two thousand...two thousand five hundred!

Yuwen Xu nodded secretly. He had originally expected the upper limit to be two thousand silver coins. It seemed that he had underestimated the enthusiasm of the nobles in Tianshui City.

No common people would bid for this house, everyone came to see the officials and nobles show off their skills.

In a blink of an eye, it was four thousand taels.

From here on up, the number of bidders begins to decrease and the bidding speed slows down.

By the time the price reached five thousand taels, there were only seven people left competing.

Seven thousand taels for four people.

Eight thousand taels for three people.

The whole hall was filled with a buzz of discussion, and the audience were all surprised:
Is it really worth spending eight thousand taels of silver for a little "exclusive enjoyment"?
No matter how beautiful the scenery of Youhu Lake is or how special its significance is, it is just a suburban house. With that money, you can buy a nice house with a large courtyard in Tianshui City.

When the bid reached 12,000 taels, there were still two people left.

Yuwen Xu, who had been eager to try a competition of this level, gave up, and Fan Shuang subconsciously clenched his fists.

He Lingchuan took a sip of warm tea, looking very calm.

The first house was auctioned just for the sake of advertising. Ten thousand taels was not too low, no matter how much the house was sold for, his goal had been achieved.

The price slowly went up to 15,000. Just then, someone in the front row of the hall suddenly said, "20,000."

There was a loud bang at the scene; someone broke in!

And with five thousand taels, he is very wealthy.

This man had a thin face and splayed eyebrows, and seemed to be unhappy at any time. He was not far from Yuwen Mei, so Yuwen Xu could only lower his voice and say to He Lingchuan: "That is the second son of the Qing Palace, Zhang Shan."

Fan Shuang was surprised and asked, "A royal family is also participating in the auction?"

The reason why Youhu Jingshe attracts attention is that the royal family has never allowed others to build buildings in Youhu, and only He Lingchuan can make an exception to this rule.

Needless to say, those who wanted to buy the temple were all officials or wealthy businessmen, who were not originally qualified to live in Youhu.

Why is the second young master of Prince Qing's Mansion joining in the fun at this time?
He Lingchuan said, "Great."

Precisely because there was no need for Prince Qing's Palace to take action, its participation in the competition made everyone feel suspicious, thinking that they had missed something hidden.

Is this the player deliberately arranged by King Yao?

He Lingchuan's heart moved slightly, and he asked Yuwen Xu: "Has Prince Qing's Mansion had any trouble recently?"

He remembered that General Chongwu said that the team from Prince Qing's Palace suffered a theft in Zhuowei, but they left without getting anything back, and they left in a hurry.

Yuwen Xu whispered in his ear, "I heard a story, but it's not guaranteed, just listen to it. It seems that the Qingyang Regent collected some evidence from Prince Qing's mansion some time ago, and even the Lord knew about it, but it was not made public in the end."