When everyone heard this voice, there was an uproar, and they all looked up upstairs.

Someone can bid 5000 taels today, which is already a big deal that has never been seen before. How can someone really add more, and even one more is 1000 taels?

Everyone couldn't help but want to see who is this big spender. Xu Cong'an, who was already complacent in the crowd, turned ugly and turned around to look up.

However, he saw that the room was located in a very high position. Although there were large and exquisite windows, he could only vaguely see two figures sitting there, but he couldn't see their real faces.

The more invisible, the more mysterious and unattainable this person will appear.

Everyone started talking.

And at this moment, the bustard on the stage exclaimed excitedly: "It's Mr. Yan! Mr. Yan offered 6000 taels, but is there any guest officer who wants to add more?"

Everyone noticed that the bustard's voice and attitude were different.

Although she said she was smiling just now, but at this moment there was already a flattery on her face, she took two steps forward and looked straight upstairs.

One can tell at a glance that the person sitting upstairs is a big man.

Xu Cong'an watched for a long time, but he didn't see who was sitting upstairs.At this moment, he heard two people beside him discussing in low voices.

"Mr. Yan? Could it be the one in the porcelain business in the city?"

"That's right! Besides him, who else in Jinling City can have such a big hand?"

The person next to him said yes.

"That's natural. I heard that Mr. Yan is able to do such a big business because he has contacts with the officials in Chang'an! If you can know the adults in Chang'an, then you can have as much money as you want? "

The other person nodded vigorously upon hearing this.

Hearing this, an evil fire sprang up from Xu Cong'an's head.

Who was the person sitting on top of him? It turned out to be a merchant who fired kilns and sold porcelain?How dare a lowly businessman dare to rob him?

What else did you say "the adults who know Chang'an"?Which of the broken officials in Chang'an city can be as big as his grandfather?Don't talk about Mr. Yan upstairs, if you really go to Chang'an, let alone him, even the backer behind him will kneel down and kowtow to himself.

Hearing this, Xu Cong'an became angry, and he only thought in his heart that he couldn't let this poor merchant gain the upper hand, and he couldn't control how much money he had in his pocket.

What's more, he didn't notice that the two men who seemed to be chatting next to him exchanged glances calmly after seeing his reaction.

"Six thousand, 200 taels!" Xu Cong'an raised his sign and said.

There was another uproar in the building.Looking at this posture, the two upstairs and downstairs are going to argue again.

The old bustard hurriedly said: "Young Master Xu bid [-]..."

"Seven thousand." Before she finished speaking, the sign upstairs lit up again.

The voice was not too loud, but as soon as it came out, the four seats immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and stopped talking for a while.

This... this master has such a big hand?

And Jun Huailang upstairs also looked at Xue Yan in surprise.

I saw Xue Yan staring at the audience, with a lazy smile in his amber eyes, as if he was playing with a dying prey.

Jun Huailang naturally knew that Xue Yan would not go to Zhen and Xu Cong'an to snatch the woman, but just now when Xue Yan raised his placard to bid, he still couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

A little stuck, and a little irritable.

He has always been calm, and this kind of emotion is especially difficult to see in him.

But at this moment in the audience, everyone's eyes fell on Xu Cong'an calmly.

Xu Cong'an came this time to bring Yu Jing home.In Jinling City, he always had good food and fun, and knew everything. He was there when Yujing first appeared.

Such a beauty, as long as he Xu Cong'an is around, how can it be possible for others to be cheap?

Therefore, each time he increased the price by 200 taels, it was actually an increase of 2000 taels.

From his point of view, this is not a small sum, but the person upstairs does not seem to treat money as an object at all, he cherishes words like gold, and directly adds integers up as if he finds it troublesome.

This comparison is immediately obvious, even if the two are bidding against each other at this time, Xu Con'an still looks like a dwarf, and he is more petty.

"...200 taels!" Xu Cong'an raised his sign again, his voice trembling already.

"Eight thousand." After he finished speaking, the person upstairs had already raised his sign.

Xu Cong'an heard the discussion of several people around him again.

"...As expected of Mr. Yan!"

"That's right, coming here today, and being able to see Mr. Yan's bidding scene, is already a worthwhile trip!"

Xu Cong'an has been admired by many stars since he was a child. His family has a high position and authority, and he has almost never been in the palace. The "broken merchant" upstairs is the first one who can make him suffer this kind of inferiority.

Young Master Xu could bear the first time, but he couldn't bear the second time.

"...9000 taels!" Not to be outdone, he gritted his teeth and held up a placard.

If it was said that just now, he was still asking for the price for the Yujing girl on the stage, but now, it is all for overpowering the person upstairs.

"Ten thousand." Mr. Yan upstairs raised his sign again.

Xu Cong'an gritted his teeth.

"Twelve thousand taels!" He raised his card.

All he can think about now is how to overwhelm the merchant, so that others' praise for him will be transferred to himself.

Because I am the grandson of the right prime minister of the current dynasty, and the porcelain seller upstairs is just a businessman who has been hired by Beijing officials and made a lot of bad money.

Why did he show off his might in front of him?

But he didn't know that in the eyes of everyone around him, his eyes were already red, and he looked a bit crazy.

This time, there was an inaudible low laugh from upstairs.

"Young Master Yan" did not bid any more.

The bustard repeated three times in front of the stage, and finally dropped the hammer, saying that it was Yujing girl's first night, and delivered it to Mr. Xu at a price of 1 taels.

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Everyone dispersed, and the bedroom on the roof of Qingyuefang was completely quiet.

The old bustard was sitting in front of the table, slowly shaking the fan in his hand, looking at Xu Cong'an in front of him with a half-smile.

"Master Xu, you still need 300 taels of silver from my slave." She said. "You ordered the price yourself, so you can't go back on your word now."

There was a large pile of bank notes in front of her, worth one hundred and eleven thousand and seven hundred taels of silver.

This is the money that Guo Rongwen gave him, brought by himself, and left over, but it is still not enough.

If it is placed in Chang'an, a mere 9000 taels of silver is nothing to him at all.But he didn't expect that today, he would spend on such a small amount of money.

He was quite embarrassed and did not speak for a long time.

The old bustard looked at him, and after a while, she laughed coquettishly.

Holding the fan in one hand, she counted out 1 taels from the pile of banknotes lightly, and she pushed the fan forward lightly for the rest of the pile, and the banknotes were scattered on the table.

"Inu's opinion, let's forget it." The old bustard laughed. "Miss Yujing is already waiting in the room, the beautiful day is beautiful, the young master should not delay in front of the slave."

What she meant was to prevent Xu Cong'an from redeeming Yu Jing's body.

Just now Xu Cong'an was still hesitating, but now hearing the contemptuous and smiling tone of the old bustard, he couldn't help but think of the nodding and flattering look of the bustard just now when he was facing the window of "Mr. Yan".

Xu Cong'an couldn't swallow this breath.

He had no other choice, and hurriedly said: "Can you give me a little more time? My family sends me tens of thousands of taels of silver every month, and it will arrive immediately next month. As soon as the money arrives, I will make it up for you immediately. "

When he said tens of thousands of taels, he was bragging.

Although the Xu family said that they were not short of money, they also knew that he was fond of spending time and drinking.Now that he is alone and unwilling to go home, his father cut down a lot of his food and clothing expenses, so as to force him back to Chang'an by this method.

But his mother didn't want him to suffer, so she often used her dowry to make up for it in the envelope.

But even so, Xu Cong'an only received two to three thousand taels of silver every month.

Two 3000 taels of snowflake silver is indeed enough for him to enjoy himself here and have a good time, but it is not enough for him to buy back a brothel girl at such a sky-high price.

But it doesn't matter, isn't there Guo Rongwen here?

That man was a dog raised by his father and grandfather, and he was very obedient.Whatever he said, that person dared not do nothing.A while ago, I asked him to get 8 taels of silver, and he said he got it.

Now that Jinling City has been hit by a disaster, a lot of money has been taken out.That official is in charge of money, the money is passed through his hands, and he can casually get a few thousand taels out of it for emergency use, so what's the problem?

Therefore, when Xu Cong'an said this sentence, he was very confident.

When the old bustard heard this, she looked at him with a half-smile, stopped the fan in her hand, and then burst out laughing.

"What did the young master say? Is it possible that the slave family does not want to open the door to do business? Miss Yujing is the heart of the slave family. If she can really find a lover for her, the slave family will suffer a bit, and it is not impossible."

As she spoke, she tapped on the table, and a maid brought a pen and paper.

"Either way. The Qiannu family accepted it, and the girl Yujing gave it to the young master. But the price was paid by the young master, and there is no reason to bargain at this time. The young master can just make a written statement for the slave family, as long as it can be sold within three months." If you pay back the money, the account will be written off, and the slave family doesn't even want a penny of interest." She said.

Xu Cong'an didn't care about the interest, he only knew that the old woman let go and let him take her away on credit.

Xu Cong'an fully agreed, and immediately made a note with the old bustard and signed it.

The old bustard took the paperwork, read it up and down, dried it slowly, and then smiled and asked the maid on the side to fetch Yujing's contract of prostitution, and asked her to lead Xu Cong'an out to get Yujing.

The old bustard watched him leave, and when the door was hastily closed by Xu Cong'an, she smiled softly.

Another maid hurriedly brought the box and asked the bustard to put the note in it.

"Mom can be considered to have done this." The maid said. "That nobleman, and the subordinates sent by that nobleman, are all scary, and the servants are worried all day long!"

Xu Cong'an signed in a hurry and didn't notice that the handwriting was extremely clear, where and for what price he bought the oiran in a certain year, month and day, how much he paid, and how much he owed, it was all clear.

The IOU didn't need to be so detailed, but once he signed the IOU, he completely confirmed what happened today.If anything happens in the future, just take out this IOU, it will be the most powerful evidence.

The old bustard carefully put the paper in and said with a smile, "Yes, it's finally done."

As she said that, she counted out another part from the bank notes, and put the rest in the box.

"Mom, are you...?" The servant girl was puzzled. "Didn't the nobleman say that all he needs is the certificate, and the rest of the money will belong to you, mother?"

The madam glanced at her.

"How much Yujing can earn, don't you know?" she asked.

Although Yujing is beautiful in appearance, she doesn't really have any talents.For brothel girls in the south of the Yangtze River, appearance alone is not enough. If you want to be an oiran, a high-class maid, you must have piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing and poetry.

If the nobleman hadn't come early to pick Yujing out, and spent more than a month asking a musician to teach her a Drum Dance, Yujing would never have been sold at such a high price.

If there is no such noble person, even if Yujing spends his time in their building, he will not be able to earn 1 taels of silver.At that time, her appearance will no longer be there, and she will be able to find an ordinary businessman to marry.

How could she earn so much money, and how could Yujing be bought by a fool at a young age, and live the days of rich clothes and fine food?

The old bustard took 3 taels, and sealed the rest in a box.

"Jinling has suffered a catastrophe, so there are many places to spend money." She slowly closed the box and said. "I shouldn't have taken this extra silver. It's useless in my hands, but if it's in the hands of that nobleman, it can save lives."

As she spoke, she slowly shook her fan and looked up out of the window.

In the darkness of night, Chunshui Lane is decorated with lights and festoons, making it a luxurious place.There are zithers and pipas, and the extravagant Jiangnan ditty, mixed with the intoxicating fragrance of powder and wine, lingering in the night.

Under the lights, merchants and dignitaries came and went in an endless stream.

The bustard smiled lightly.

"Take it as my lowly life, and accumulate virtue for myself."

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