Qilin Jue [Tomb Raiders Notes]

In the dimly lit hall, the auction proceeded in an orderly manner, or so it seemed.

Abandoning the few people observing the situation here, Xie Yuchen avoided everyone's sight, walked around the front hall and entered the back hall.

Opening the back door, Xie Yuchen looked around and walked out after seeing that there was no one around.

"Master Hua!"

The man standing outside the door saw Xie Yuchen and bowed to greet him.

Xie Yuchen's expression turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Has anyone arrived yet?"

"Already on the way, there are at least 10 minutes left."

Taking a deep breath, Xie Yuchen suppressed the gloomy emotions in his heart, turned around and walked back, "Tell them to hurry up and contact me immediately when they arrive."

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In the background of the auction house, buyers are handing over procedures with each other.Most of the people here left after taking pictures and bought what they wanted, and a small number of people who wanted to continue watching stayed.

A middle-aged man dressed in Chinese clothes walked down from the second floor, leaning on a mahogany cane with his slightly old but strong hands, walking steadily, his sharp eyes revealing the clarity of the world.

Asking the subordinates beside him to take the things in the hands of the backstage staff, the middle-aged man looked carefully as if confirming with his own eyes, then turned and left.

As soon as he reached the stairs, he was stopped by two bodyguards. One of them gave a common salute, but said respectfully but forcefully: "Master, please meet upstairs."

The middle-aged man looked at them silently, his eyes calm as usual, and then said: "Lead the way."

Passing through one box after another, he finally stopped outside the last door. The bodyguard opened the door, made a gesture of invitation, and then stood guard outside the door.

The faint light illuminated the small private room, and there were several bodyguards standing inside, only a man who couldn't see clearly was sitting in the main seat.

"Don't come here without any problems, Hall Master Wang." Seeing the person coming, the man greeted him, and then waved his hands to make the subordinates around him retreat.

Hearing the other party's voice, the middle-aged man known as Hall Master Wang was stunned for a moment, his surprised expression disappeared in a flash and then he regained his composure, then he walked into the private room slowly, and said with a "hum", "Who am I?" .”

"Sit down," the man beckoned, with a hint of a smile in his tone, "You don't have to be so polite to catch up with old friends."

"Really, I don't remember when I became old friends with you," Hall Master Wang sat opposite the man, with his hands folded on the wooden crutches, "I haven't seen you for many years, I'm afraid you forgot the reason why you left in the first place." gone."

The smile on the man's mouth froze for a moment, but he didn't show anything, "Hehe, of course I won't forget, but the situation at the time forced me to do so. I went into exile overseas. In the past, the grievances and grievances are all over, and now we each go our own way, why bother so much, it is not an exaggeration to say that we are old friends?"

"Oh? You can see it openly." Hall Master Wang replied with a half-hearted smile, pulling the corners of his mouth.

The man raised his eyebrows and sighed, "There's nothing you can't see or see. Okay, let's not talk about the past when we finally get together."

Hall Master Wang acted as if he heard some joke, "Don't talk about the past? You asked me to come here just for a simple gathering? I'm afraid you have to mention the past."

The man smiled, poured two cups of tea, handed one to the other person, then picked up the other and took a sip slowly, "You have to say polite words, wise people speak directly."

"Then let's talk about it, don't make detours." Hallmaster Wang cast his eyes on the auction hall below.

"Hehe, Hall Master Wang seems to be still obsessed with that matter," the man stopped talking nonsense, "Since you're here today, you must have found something?"

Hall Master Wang withdrew his gaze and stared at the other party closely, but the other party had been drinking tea leisurely, "I'm just chatting with you", and couldn't help but coldly said: "Yes and what not, what, you have been overseas for the past few years Still not stopping?"

"It's nothing, but 600 million." The man raised his eyebrows and looked straight at the other party. "You are really willing to spend this money."

Hall Master Wang flashed a lot of guesses in his mind, and finally said coldly: "What does it have to do with you!" There was a hint of temptation in his tone.

The man smiled and said, "Of course it's related. It's not that the item came from me. As the original owner of the item, I'm just curious about your purpose for buying this item."

Hall Master Wang was shocked in his heart, his eyes widened, "You said, that is what you auctioned?!"

"Yes." The man smiled, his eyes finally became serious, and he said slowly: "You should know why I have this thing, then, you also know my purpose, but after so many years, I have no clue .Now that you bought it, I suppose you found something, about that?"

Hall Master Wang regained his emotions and looked at the man with complicated eyes. After listening to his question, he seemed to understand something. He smiled sarcastically and said, "Why, there are other things you don't understand? I don't know what happened back then Who left with things and was forced to go into exile overseas by the situation? That’s just what ignorant people who don’t know the truth think, you just want to monopolize everything and escape overseas!”

"But our goals are the same, aren't we?" The man put down his cup and leaned back on the chair back. "When we left the organization, didn't we all figure out everything by ourselves?"

"It's not bad, but since you've come this far, it's because you have no clue, right?" Hall Master Wang relaxed, playing with his teacup, "So, do you want to say that you have repented? information?"

"You bought that thing, at least it shows that you should have some clues," the man said, "I mean, how about our cooperation?"

"Cooperation?" Hall Master Wang laughed and said sarcastically, "You're not joking, are you talking about cooperation with me now?"

"I know what happened back then made me lose trust, but now that everything is in your hands, I am no longer a threat," the man said, "Besides, I don't need to ask what you found, but I said You will definitely not suffer from the cooperation, I will provide all resources, and I have developed a lot of influence overseas these years, but the last 'that' is our common, how about it?"

"Hmph." Hall Master Wang looked at the man jokingly, not caring what he said.

As if expecting such a reaction from him, the man waved his hand, and the subordinates behind him handed over a document form, the man took it and put it in front of Hall Master Wang.

Picking up the file, Hall Master Wang looked at him blankly, then flipped through the file casually, at first he was just casually, but then his eyes gradually became serious, and there was a hint of surprise at the back of the flip.

"Understood," the man said when he saw that he had almost read, "I didn't gain nothing. I sorted these out from the news from all over the inland, no matter the specific location or the information of those people. Whereabouts, including that ancient painting."

Hall Master Wang fell silent, looked at the man, as if considering the authenticity of his words, and after a moment of silence, looked at the other party and said: "Let's not talk about cooperation, have you figured out the situation? Do you know what is involved in this matter?" Who are the people involved? Do you know who the final opponent is? Are you sure you can beat them?"

"You mean...the Zhang family?" The man paused, "They are indeed a big obstacle, after all, that is what they have been guarding. I have met them many times overseas, and I have to say that they Their forces are distributed both at home and abroad, and it is indeed not easy to break through them."

"Since that's the case, why did you go back to the interior to investigate?" Hallmaster Wang asked.

"This is what I said about the necessity of cooperation," the man said, "The things you and I have in our hands can only go further if they are connected together. Besides..."

Before the man finished speaking, the door of the private room was suddenly knocked open from the outside, and the gatekeeper had already fallen to the ground. A dozen men in black came in and stood on both sides with guns in their hands.

"I don't think you need to cooperate anymore." The person who said this came in slowly, and a dozen of his subordinates stood on either side of him, with shadows covering his face, only the corners of his mouth were exposed.

Hall Master Wang and the man had already stood up from their seats when the door was knocked open, and his subordinates took out the guns to protect them in front of them.

"Who are you?!" Hallmaster Wang asked in a panic after going through the scene anyway.

"There's no need to tell you, but," said the man, slowly walking out of the shadows, "it's okay to tell. Speaking of which, that thing was still left out of my hand."

"...It's you?!" The man was a little puzzled when he saw the man's appearance, then he remembered something and looked at him in surprise.

"It seems that you know me?" Qi Yu walked in with his arms crossed and smiled.

"Hmph, I have a relationship with Wu Sansheng, so I naturally know the nephew who is with him." The man said coldly.

Qi Yu frowned, and after a little confusion, he realized that he was not wearing a mask at the moment, and the other party took him for Wu Xie.

"Whatever you think," Qi Yu said, "I'm just here to take back the lost things, and learn something by the way."

"What do you mean?" Hall Master Wang clenched the crutch in his hand, and his subordinates immediately pointed their guns at Qi Yu, and the opponent's subordinates also reacted immediately.

"Don't be impulsive, Junjie knows the current affairs," Qi Yu said with a smile, waving his hand to make the men beside him put down their guns, "I hope you can understand the current situation."

Hall Master Wang stared at Qi Yu with a gloomy expression, and said coldly after a while: "What are you doing here?"

Qi Yu raised his eyebrows and approached, said: "The seal you bought for 600 million yuan, how did you get it?"

Hall Master Wang frowned, recalled it in his mind, was shocked, then turned his head and looked at the man on the side, seeing the man was as shocked as himself, looked at Qi Yu, and said for a long time: "You, that is..."

Qi Yu glanced at the two of them, and said indifferently: "The initial contact with the Xie family, including the Xie family's secret operations 20 years ago, finally ended all the efforts of the Xie family's organization."

"So you are the leader of that organization!" The man exclaimed in surprise, "Why did you oppose us in the first place?"

After a moment of silence, Qi Yu slowly said: "There has always been a mysterious organization investigating the Zhang family, and it has been involved frequently in recent years, and I have been investigating them."

"Why are you doing this? The two sides should have nothing to do with each other, right?" the man frowned.

"No comment." Qi Yu glanced at the two of them, "However, since you left that organization 20 years ago, you should have taken away a lot of secrets, and then you accidentally got what I took away from Xie's house, namely That Zunxi, and then the two of you broke up and acted separately, and you," Qi Yu looked at the man, "fleeing overseas with your things, and your whereabouts have been uncertain for so many years, and now you come back, because you have nowhere to go, so you thought of doing this Bar?"

The man looked at the person behind Qi Yu, and clenched his hands secretly, "What do you want to know?"

"It's not tiring to talk to smart people." Qi Yu smiled, "You used to be members of that organization, so you should know why that organization has been investigating the Zhang family, and I found out that Xie's actions at that time were related to that incident. There is a lot of connection between them, including the connection between them, that seal and that ancient painting." After speaking, Qi Yu looked at the two of them, "Okay, tell me everything you know."

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