Chapter Eight Auction Four
No matter how much I think about it at this time, it is useless. After all, I don’t know where my grandfather’s two comrades have moved to. If I want to find the descendants of these two people, it is just like looking for a needle in a haystack for me.
I put the fragments and the translation back in the drawer, threw my head up on the bed and fell asleep. In my sleep, I always felt as if something was missing suddenly in my heart, but what exactly was missing could not be expressed in words.
To clarify
Although the night was long, time passed very quickly when people were sleeping. It was the next day in a blink of an eye. As soon as I opened my eyelids, a ray of sunlight shone through the window into my eyes. I closed my eyes for a while.
He gently rubbed his sore eyelids with both hands, and then sat up.
According to Ali, the date of the auction happened to be today. I put the beads I brought out from Chuanxue's tomb into my pocket. After all, I was able to test the beads that were auctioned this time.
Whether it is the same as the bead in my hand can only be judged by resonance.
After cleaning up, I walked to my room to look for Da Zhuang. As soon as I walked into the room, I realized that this guy woke up earlier than me and was sitting on the bed smoking a cigarette.
"Da Zhuang, you're good, you're still smoking in my room. Come down quickly and don't make my room smell like cigarettes." I walked to the bed and said
Seeing me coming in, Da Zhuang quickly got out of bed, "Hey, Comrade Xiao Ke, you're awake. Look, I just woke up and almost forgot, you don't smoke. Well, it's not enough if I don't smoke in this room."
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Before I could say anything, Da Zhuang said again, "By the way, I drank a little too much yesterday. Did that boy Ali say there was some kind of auction going on today?"
After hearing Da Zhuang's words, I thought to myself, this guy even knew that he drank too much yesterday and was relatively sober.
"It's good if you can remember. There is an auction today, and it's almost time." I looked back at the clock on the wall. It was already past 11 noon. According to what Ali said yesterday, it is estimated that this time
It's almost time to come pick us up after the incident.
Before I could think about it, I heard a knock on the door. It seemed that this boy Ali had already arrived.
I was about to go out and open the door, but I saw Da Zhuang walking out faster than me. I heard Da Zhuang turn around and say something that made me almost vomit blood, "Comrade Xiao Ke, just stay there, your legs and feet are too weak now."
I guess a bad old man can walk faster than you."
After a while, Ali walked in. Seeing Ali walk in, I smiled and said, "You just woke up too?"
At this time, I could clearly see that Ali's face was a little pale. You could see the dark circles around his eyes, and he didn't seem to have slept well.
Ali smiled bitterly, "I woke up at around seven o'clock in the morning. This auction was held on my handicap. I was busy from morning until around ten o'clock, and then I found time to pick you up. Let's wait a moment.
Besides, go first, otherwise the auction will start soon."
Later, Dazhuang and I followed Ali to his ticket. The ticket Ali accepted was not far from my home, so it was easy to drive there. We had just started the ignition and the oil in the car had not yet heated up.
, so we didn’t drive, so we just walked, and within ten minutes we arrived at the handicap Ali accepted.
As soon as I got to his offer, I realized why Ali was so happy after accepting it. It turned out that the offer he accepted belonged to a business district, snack bar, hotel, etc. Compared with other offers, it was much more expensive.
, it seems that you can have a lot of funds just by collecting protection fees and the like, not to mention other sources of money. No wonder this guy is so happy.
Seeing the bustling surroundings, Da Zhuang patted Ali on the shoulder, "Hey, I didn't expect you to be so big now. If you don't wait until I finish everything, Zhuang, I can get along with you. I can be a bodyguard or something."
That's fine. From now on, I'll yell at you Liye Liye, if nothing happens, just give me some money."
Hearing Da Zhuang's words, I angrily cursed "Nonsense," while Ali curled his lips helplessly.
After that, we turned a few more corners and entered a medium-sized store. At this time, there were not many or few people here. Most of them were eating at the table. Originally, I thought it was being held here.
Auction, but it looks like this is just a place to eat, there is no decoration at all like Ali said.
Before I could ask Ali if this was where he was, Ali took Da Zhuang and I and made another right turn upstairs without stopping. As soon as we got to the second floor, the environment was different from the one downstairs.
There were not many people. They were basically people wearing black material that should be suit materials. They all stood very upright.
As soon as these people saw Ali, they all nodded and called Ali Brother, I have never seen the underworld, and this is the first time I have seen this scene. I am afraid that the underworld is nothing more than this. It looks like Ah
Ali is doing quite well now. In the past, few people would have cared about Ali.
After passing a few more rooms, a young man in a black suit pushed open a door with a relatively large door. Ali took Da Zhuang and me in. When we entered, I felt flattered.
I originally thought that the scene behind this door would be very small, but as soon as I entered, I discovered that there is a whole other world inside. It seems that the room can accommodate seventy or eighty people, and the seats in the room are arranged very neatly.
, the decoration is also very grand. To make the auction of antiques so grand, it seems that it must have been negotiated with the local officials.
Ali asked Dazhuang and I to find a seat and sit down first. Before leaving, he told us to be careful. After all, this auction is different from the usual regular auctions. This auction is composed of local gangsters or other chaotic forces.
Yes, so most of the people here are rolling on the tip of a knife to survive. If a word or an action is not done well, I'm afraid they will get into trouble.
After telling Da Zhuang and me, Ali, as the boss of this handicap, walked to the front seat and chatted with a few middle-aged men in suits with somewhat ferocious faces. It seemed that those people were the same as Ali.
A powerful boss, otherwise it would be impossible for Ali to chat with a few nameless gangsters based on his personality.
After a while, the auction started, and the lights in the entire room dimmed, with only a few neon lights flashing, illuminating the entire room.
The person who presided over the auction was a middle-aged man. This host looked like a veteran at first sight. He boasted about every antiquities. He also controlled the atmosphere of the whole scene, but I was not interested at all in the antiquities he boasted about.
, only Da Zhuang, the guy who saw him introducing the antiquities, kept telling me that this one was pretty good, that one was pretty good, and he wanted to buy whatever he saw.
For these antiquities, what interests me the most is the bead Ali mentioned. If that bead really has any connection with the bead in my hand, I will definitely buy it too.
This auction was extremely popular. The first few antiques were all bought at appropriate prices. The prices were not high. It seemed that someone deliberately lowered the price and bought them.
I stared at the black box next to the middle-aged man's arm on the auction stage. This was the last antique in this auction. It should contain the bead Ali mentioned. The box hadn't been opened yet. My
My heart was pounding, and my breathing seemed extremely laborious.
I saw the host said a lot of boastful words, "This is a luminous pearl. It was discovered by a brave expedition team during the expedition. This luminous pearl was identified as the Warring States Period. I think everyone should know the distance between the Warring States Period and the Warring States Period."
What a rich history now.”
Listening to what the host said, I sneered in my heart. There is really no limit to the flattery. Although he said that it was discovered by the expedition team during the expedition, I am afraid that the truth was discovered by a group of tomb robbers.
Words are considered banned now. Although the officials have been bribed, such words cannot be spoken, otherwise the officials will definitely 'clean them up.'
The host opened the black box, and suddenly a faint green light burst out. At this moment, my heart was in my throat. Although the beads found in Chuan Xue's tomb were carried in my arms, I
I can still clearly feel that the beads in my arms have changed obviously the moment the host opened the box. It seems that the beads in the box must be the same kind as the beads on me.
I must buy this bead, I thought to myself
Chapter completed!