While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the door.
Just as the big man at the door was about to stop them, Su Lijin raised her eyebrows and handed over the tickets.
The big man looked at her, then immediately bowed respectfully and made a gesture of invitation.
After finally entering the door, Su Lijin's heart relaxed for only a moment.
Entering the auction venue, she looked around nervously, and her eyes suddenly stopped at a half-open box.
“The Mongols are there.”
Su Lijin whispered.
Xiao Shengxing took a look, nodded, and took her to another box.
The auction had been going on for a while, and at this moment, a gold item was being auctioned.
There was a dragon pattern engraved on the gold object, and it was obvious that it came from the palace.
Looking at everyone bidding enthusiastically, Su Lijin was surprised.
Unexpectedly, things in the palace were also auctioned off by these people.
She turned her head to the side. Xiao Shengxing beside her didn't say anything. He lowered his head and took a sip of tea. His expression could not be seen clearly.
Su Lijin discovered that there was no movement from the Mongolian side, and they seemed not very interested in these things.
Just as she was wondering, a sheepskin scroll was brought out from the field, on which seemed to be an ancient Mongolian totem.
The Mongolian immediately became excited: "I'll give you one thousand taels!"
She narrowed her eyes slightly, it seems that this is the thing.
Su Lijin quickly gave Xiao Shengxing a look, and Xiao Shengxing raised his hand: "Two thousand taels!"
As soon as the amount was announced, there was a gasp from the audience.
One thousand taels was already a high price, but they didn't expect that someone would directly double the price and not give others a chance to bid.
Just as Xiao Shengxing finished bidding and no one else bid, and the totem was about to belong to him, a voice suddenly came from his deputy.
"Sir, I am the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. This totem is a favorite of my friend. Why don't you give him a favor and give it to him?"
"Zhang Wenfeng? He is with the Mongols?" Su Lijin was shocked.
She didn't expect that Zhang Wenfeng would reveal his identity just to fight for that totem.
Xiao Shengxing's dark eyes darkened slightly, and he raised his hand and said, "I will pay three thousand taels. Please wrap up the totem and bring it to me now."
"What? He actually added another thousand taels and directly asked for three thousand taels?!"
Everyone in the field looked towards the box in shock.
Su Lijin curled her lips and looked at Xiao Shengxing, thinking that it was a wise move to bring him along this time. Xiao Shengxing's generosity was truly unmatched.
Zhang Wenfeng was humiliated and his expression turned extremely ugly: "Go and check the background of the people over there."
It was the first time he encountered someone who knew his identity and was so ignorant.
He wanted to see who was against him!
The servant disappeared into the box, and after a moment, he came back and said something with his head down.
Hearing this, Zhang Wenfeng's eyes widened: "What did you say? You haven't found out his identity?"
After Xiao Shengxing paid the three thousand taels of silver, the totem roll was quickly wrapped and delivered to them.
Su Lijin opened the package and slowly unfolded the totem while holding her breath.
The parchment scroll was covered with dense patterns, just as described, and there were some strange totems painted on it.
Those totems were painted on sheepskin with a substance as bright red as blood, appearing to have some inexplicable weirdness.
Su Lijin looked at it and felt uncomfortable in her heart, as if the meaning of this totem was not good.
"Shiqi, what do you think the totem above means?" Xiao Shengxing looked at it intently for a while, and when he saw Su Lijin frowning and seemed to understand something, he asked.
Her eyes carefully swept across the totem scroll, and Su Lijin pursed her lips for a long time.
While studying the totem, she was mobilizing her memory, trying to analyze something.
In her previous life, she had spent a long time in Mongolia and was familiar with some of the customs and beliefs there.
She always felt that this thing seemed to be related to the gods believed in by the Mongolians.
"I always feel that this thing seems to be the god of Mongolian belief..." Su Lijin pointed at the totem.
"The God they believe in?" Xiao Shengxing looked over.
Su Lijin nodded slowly, her eyes always fixed on the totem scroll, but her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
The more she read, the more uncomfortable she felt.
Judging from the stories in the totem paintings, the methods used to worship and sacrifice gods are extremely bloody and cruel.
They actually used living people and animals for sacrifice, which was extremely cruel.
She had reason to suspect that the red paint was real blood.
"What did you find out?" Xiao Shengxing took in her expression and intuitively felt that she must have figured out the story told in the totem, so he couldn't help but ask.
Su Lijin suddenly looked up at Xiao Shengxing, who was looking at her. After a pause, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the things painted on it are a bit cruel."
She did not translate the above content, and did not want to describe the uncomfortable sacrificial method in detail.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Shengxing noticed that she looked unwell and patted her shoulder with concern.
Putting the totem scroll away, Su Lijin frowned and said, "I'm fine, but this thing is extremely evil. It's better not to keep it. Burn it."
Hearing this, Xiao Shengxing nodded, raised his hand and asked someone to bring a brazier, and threw the totem scroll into it without hesitation.
The flames engulfed the totem scroll, and soon it was burned to ashes.
It wasn't until the thing turned to ash that Su Lijin finally realized what was happening and looked up. She said blankly, "Your Majesty, you just burned something worth three thousand taels?"
Xiao Shengxing didn't even blink just now!
"You say it's not good, so what's the harm in burning it?" Xiao Shengxing's black eyes moved slightly, and his tone was calm, as if that thing was not bought for three thousand taels, but for three cents.
Inexplicably, Su Lijin suddenly felt that these words carried an indescribable doting touch.
Su Lijin swallowed, and suddenly she was a little afraid to look him in the eye, so she quickly turned around.
When the two returned to the palace, it was already very late.
Su Lijin quietly returned to the bedroom and lay down on the bed exhausted.
"Xianxian, please drain the water from the basin."
She gave a sleepy order, tilted her head, and fell into a deep sleep.
She fell asleep too quickly and too deeply and didn't notice at all. After Xianxian picked up the water in the basin, her eyes were fixed on her on the bed, and something flashed in her eyes.
…
In the prison, Zhao Heng hurriedly opened the cell door.
The prison, which is usually filled with shouting, is eerily quiet today.
He felt vaguely uneasy and couldn't help but go to the cell to check.
The prison door creaked in the silence and was pushed open by Zhao Heng.
After seeing the situation inside, Zhao Heng's face suddenly changed: "What's going on!"
Blood was splattered everywhere in the prison. Several Mongols who were originally imprisoned there were all killed by a single knife and fell in a pool of blood.
He checked the breathing of those people and found that they were all dead!
"Who did it?" Zhao Heng frowned. This prison was heavily guarded, yet someone was able to break in safely, commit crimes, and escape unscathed. How daring!
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