"Mermaid silk remains watertight, as light as a feather, as thin as flowing smoke, and as colorful as clouds. If made into clothing, it would surely make one as beautiful as a painting. The piece of mermaid silk I hold was obtained by a bounty hunter at the auction by diving underwater and exchanging it with a mermaid. It was a truly hard-earned acquisition. The starting price is one hundred gold. If you'd like some, please start bidding."
An auction was being held on the third floor of the Peony, and these words came from the auctioneer.
Xue Huan and Mo Qian sat in a private room with the best view.
"Does Concubine Xue like this shark silk?" Mo Qian asked, as if he was ready to spend a fortune to buy it for her if she said she liked it.
It was obvious that he had not given up the idea of getting involved in the fan business, so he wanted to win her heart with the treasure.
Xue Huan: "Are there really mermaids in this world?"
She naturally knew that mermaids really existed, and that the boss Shen Yuan in the Soul Realm was a real mermaid, but that was in another world.
Aren't mermaids just legendary creatures in the Water Spirit Realm? They've only been heard of, but no one has ever seen one.
Mo Qian smiled mysteriously, "You'll be able to see it with your own eyes later."
Did you see it with your own eyes? Did the auction house even bring mermaids here?
As the auction came to an end, Xue Huan's guess was confirmed.
A mermaid was brought up as the finale item.
The mermaid is not very old, and looks only about eleven or twelve years old. She is so delicate and beautiful that it is difficult to tell whether she is male or female. Or perhaps, mermaids of this age have not yet developed a gender differentiation.
Its wet, seaweed-like black hair draped across its chest and shoulders, its skin as white and delicate as a snow-white pearl soaked in water, its eyes a pale golden color, and so was its tail. However, its tail, which should have been beautiful, had many scales missing, making it appear rather hideous and frightening.
It curled up in the corner of the cage, staring at everyone in the field with hatred.
Xue Huan's heart ached.
When the bidding began, she was the first to bid: "One hundred thousand taels."
Everyone who was originally eager to try it out felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over their heads.
One hundred thousand taels! What a huge sum! I'm so scared!
For a moment, no one else dared to bid.
This is exactly the effect Xue Huan wants.
Auctioneer: "Is there anyone who can offer a higher price? ... One hundred thousand taels once, one hundred thousand taels twice, one hundred thousand taels——"
Before he could utter the word "three times," a voice suddenly rang out, "One hundred thousand and one taels."
It was an unfamiliar male voice.
She only added one tael to the 100,000 taels, which was obviously a deliberate attempt to go against Xue Huan. The other party saw that she was determined to get the mermaid, and expected that she would continue to bid higher, and was not afraid that the mermaid would fall into her hands.
It's purely disgusting.
Xue Huan frowned slightly. Just as the man had expected, he continued to raise the price, "One hundred and fifty thousand taels."
The male voice continued to raise the price: "One hundred and fifty thousand and one taels."
It is obvious that they are determined to carry on with this disgusting thing.
Mo Qian called his attendant and said, "Let's go and see who bids."
The entire third floor of the Peony has been rented out by the Bai's Auction House for tonight's auction. In order to allow guests to bid with confidence and without having to worry about being targeted, the information of the guests at the auction is strictly confidential. Only the auction house knows who is sitting in which private room.
This is also the reason why the man dared to compete with Xue Huan in this way. Just based on the voice, could Xue Huan find the man and take revenge?
Although everyone's voice is unique, it can be disguised.
Trying to find someone by relying on a voice is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
As for starting with the auction house? That's even more impossible. If the auction house leaked the customer's information, wouldn't it be a disgrace to their reputation? Who would dare to bid confidently at the Bai's Auction House in the future?
However, as the owner of the Peony, Mo Qian actually possesses some unknown means.
For example, eavesdropping holes and surveillance holes are hidden in hidden places in the private rooms, so that intelligence can be obtained without anyone knowing.
These methods are very shady and cannot be known to others.
Now Mo Qian used it in front of Xue Huan, on the one hand to show her his skills, and on the other hand to show her his sincerity.
The subtext of this action is, look, I'm willing to expose myself for you, aren't you moved at all?
Soon, the attendant came back and was about to approach Mo Qian to reply, but he raised his hand to stop him, "It's okay, just say it, Concubine Xue is not an outsider."
The attendant said, "The people sitting in that box are Gu Shishi and her servants, and the one bidding for it is one of her guards."
Gu Shishi? Xue Huan understood. No wonder.
She hated me for having cheated her, so now she wanted to get back at me.
Unfortunately, will she give her a chance?
It just so happened that the guard made a bid of one hundred and eighty thousand and one taels. In the private room, Gu Shishi waited for "Mo Xuefei" to continue to raise the price. At the same time, she made up her mind that the bidding was almost over at this round and it was time to quit while she was ahead. Otherwise, if "Mo Xuefei" gave up raising the price, wouldn't the mermaid end up in her hands?
Although she was also quite interested in the mermaid, she was not so crazy as to spend 180,000 taels of silver to buy it. Besides, even if she wanted to buy it, she couldn't because she didn't have that much money.
Unfortunately, although Gu Shishi had a good plan, things did not go as she expected, because Xue Huan did not make another bid.
The auctioneer waited for a moment, and seeing that she had no intention of bidding, he said, "One hundred and one taels once, one hundred and one taels twice, one hundred and one taels three times. Congratulations to the guest in Room 5 for successfully bidding on this mermaid!"
Gu Shishi in private room number five, however, was not happy at all. Instead, she felt dizzy and almost fainted.
She didn't really want to buy the mermaid! What should she do now?
One hundred and eighty thousand and one taels! If her father knew she had squandered so much money in one night, he might even disown her as his daughter and kick her out of the house, severing all ties with her!
But if you don't pay the money, Bai's Auction House will never give up.
Gu Shishi was filled with panic and resentment. Wasn't Mo Xuefei determined to get that mermaid? Why did she give up after just three rounds of bidding?
Damn it! Why did she give up?! Why did she give up?
It caused her to be in such a desperate situation now!
Gu Shishi was so anxious that she was running around in circles, but she could only come up with a solution that was not a solution - sneaking away!
As long as she sneaks away and denies that it wasn't her who took the photo of the mermaid - wait, it wasn't her, it was the guard who took the photo, so he should be the one to pay!
Thinking of this, Gu Shishi gave the guard a meaningful look and instructed, "Stay here and guard well. I'll be back soon."
Then he left with his maid.
Be careful to avoid people along the way.
The guard was very uneasy. He knew what the young lady was planning from the beginning. Although he felt it was inappropriate, as a servant, he had no choice but to do as she said.
Now what he worried about has happened. The young lady wanted to trick Miss Mo, but ended up tricking herself instead.
He knew that the young lady could not come up with that much money at all, and the master was definitely not a loving father who would come up with such a large sum of money to help his daughter. The young lady herself knew this.
Now the lady has left by herself, but left him in the private room. Could it be that she wants him to take the blame?
But the reason he bid was entirely in accordance with her instructions!
The guard became more and more panicked and felt that he could not stay any longer. Otherwise, how would he deal with it when the people from the auction house came to collect the debt?
He opened the door, but bumped into someone head-on, and his heart skipped a beat.
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