211 The Crazy Lingjiang County!
As for the Twin Extreme sect and the county governor’s mansion, they were all scheming. It would be even more wishful thinking to work together.
“It’s all bad news.” Qin Huai couldn’t help but sigh.
The arrest warrant on the city gate regarding the remaining members of the Hu family had not been removed until now. Song Ya was determined to exterminate the Hu family, and he was also remembered for what happened to Wu Zian.
If he revealed any flaws, he would be devoured by the surrounding wolves.
“Are you familiar with the auction houses in the city?” Qin Huai asked.
He had earned quite a lot of money from killing people and robbing treasures these few months. In addition, he did not lose any of the things he brought with him when he was in Pingnan City. In total, he had a total of 100,000 taels of silver.
Nine dragon points were used in the Nine Dragons sect, so he couldn’t spend the money at all.
In the past, because his strength was not high, he did not dare to easily leave the Nine Dragons sect for fear of being plotted against by the county governor’s mansion. Therefore, he had always carried this huge sum of money.
Now that he had broken through the ninth refinement, he had also perfected the white dragon force. He already had a certain amount of self-protection power, so it was time for him to go out and see the world.
Qin Huai still needed three months to enter the bone pattern realm. During this period of time, he had to think of a way to increase his combat strength.
“Of course I am.” Li Buhu didn’t even think about it. “There are many auction houses in Lingjiang, but there are two that are good enough for your current level. One of them is called the Ling Manor Auction House. You should know from the name that it’s owned by the county governor.
“The other is the Fengxing Auction House under the name of the Fengxing Chamber of Commerce. The Fengxing Chamber of Commerce was a well-known large chamber of commerce in the entire state city. Even the county governor’s mansion wouldn’t dare to offend them.” Li Buhu said excitedly. “Moreover, the quality of the auction items is extremely high. Every once in a while, they will send extremely valuable auction items from all over the state city…”
“Then let’s go to the Fengxing Auction House to take a look.” After Qin Huai finished speaking, he picked up a pen and wrote a reply to Li Shaoxiang.
He talked about Second Uncle Li Zewu’s side and the Zhang family’s reaction to Zhang Dagen’s matter. Then, he stood up and followed Li Buhu out of the Nine Dragons sect.
As soon as Qin Huai stepped out of the door, he realized that there were still some spies following him closely. It was unknown if they were from the county governor’s mansion or the Zhang family, or perhaps both.
Qin Huai didn’t mind, though. He was already used to this.
The Fengxing Auction House was located on the most prosperous Wanli Street in Lingjiang, which was full of people and fireworks.
Rich young masters dressed in gold and silver could be seen everywhere, as well as young ladies dressed in expensive rouge and makeup. If one only looked at these people, the Great You was like a paradise on earth, a unique and prosperous scene.
However, Qin Huai could also see that in the gaps between the luxurious pavilions, children and women in ragged clothes were hiding in the narrow alley. They held a broken bowl in their hands and looked at the noisy street outside the shadows that the sun could shine on. They were silent and did not cry.
“Grandpa is in a good mood today! This is your reward!” Qin Huai laughed heartily and threw a handful of silver shards into the dark world.
They were not much, maybe only a few dozen taels, divided among ten or twenty people. However, it was definitely enough for those people to live frugally for a month.
If he gave them more, they would probably not be able to survive his turn.
“Grandpa is in a good mood today! This is your reward!” Li Buhu did the same thing and threw the silver to the other side.
The people around them glanced at him, but they only took a glance and continued with their own business. No one would care about those people and things that had nothing to do with them in the shadows.
The Fengxing Auction House was extremely large. It looked like a coliseum and was a hollow square-shaped building. Qin Huai had seen it before during the trip to the Hook in September, but he hadn’t taken a closer look.
The auction house was three stories tall and was completely snow-white in color. It was like a huge jade mountain standing on Wanli Street.
The walls were spotless, pure and shiny. Just the cost of keeping this pavilion clean and tidy every day was probably not a small amount.
Qin Huai already had a rough idea of the Fengxing Auction House’s strength. As expected of a well-known Chamber of Commerce in the state capital. This was indeed extraordinary.
“Master Hu is here. It’s still the same seat, B-number 3. Please come in!” A respectful and clean-looking waiter dressed in a white jade robe welcomed the two thousand men in.
The auction house was filled with individual private rooms. Three sides were blocked by walls, and there was also a white curtain facing the auction stage.
Qin Huai looked at the passersby. Some of them were dressed decently and had smiles on their faces. There were also people wearing black clothes, and their faces could not be seen.
As if noticing Qin Huai’s doubtful gaze, the waiter immediately explained, “Our Fengxing Auction House has always paid attention to the privacy of our guests. We never inquire about our guests’ identities. As long as we can pay and deliver the goods when we make the deal, it’s fine.
“After all, the items auctioned by our Fengxing Auction House are not ordinary. There was no money to buy items that would make people jealous, but there were many fanatics who had the guts to snatch them. So, we’re all thinking about the safety of our customers and our employers.”
“You’re quite thoughtful.” Qin Huai nodded.
He followed Li Buhu into Room 3. Before he even sat down, he heard people around him calling out bids. It was obvious that the auction had already started for some time.
“One bottle of tiger power pills. One pill can make your golden spear not fall, two pills can make you return to your youth, and three pills can make demons howl! A bottle of seven pills, the starting price is 1,000 taels, and each increase must not be lower than 100 taels…”
“1,200!”
“1,300!”
“1,500…”