"One thousand taels!"
The bidding has begun.
Those people were filled with passion and resentment, and their eyes revealed a determination to win over Xie Yin.
"Five thousand five hundred taels!"
"Two thousand taels!"
The bids kept rising, and the madam standing behind was grinning from ear to ear, her satisfied gaze sweeping over Xie Yin.
Looks like this guy we "caught" is pretty good; we'll make a killing off him!
Although Xie Yin was too weak to move, his hearing was perfectly fine. Listening to these noises, his heart sank to the bottom of the sea.
A deep sense of malevolence spread from his heart to his limbs and took control of his brain.
One day, when he gains power, he will surely kill everyone here!
"Three thousand taels!"
Five thousand taels!
The bidding process is ongoing.
Xi Xingxue watched from the sidelines, because there were just too many people who wanted to "sell" Xie Yin. If he spoke up now, he would simply be joining them in shouting.
"Ten thousand taels!"
Suddenly, a voice doubled the five thousand taels.
Everyone looked in shock toward the source of the sound.
Currently, the highest-selling item is still the exotic-looking boy who appeared first, which sold for five thousand taels.
The others are at most two or three thousand taels.
This arrogant woman, who called herself Miss Qiao, actually offered ten thousand taels of silver.
"Miss Qiao, with your status, how dare you do this? Aren't you afraid of the consequences?"
One person complained.
Miss Qiao ignored her, saying, "What's it to you?"
If she doesn't do this, does she have to obey her father and marry someone she doesn't love?
She refused; she wanted to pursue the person she liked.
Although Xie Yin and the down-on-his-luck prince look somewhat alike, Miss Qiao doesn't care. After all, that prince is with the Imperial Advisor, so they are definitely not the same person.
She wants him.
Xi Xingxue was numb.
Why doesn't Miss Qiao want to leave the world anymore?
Someone immediately asked, "Miss Qiao, are you not going to leave this world?"
Miss Qiao had seen Li Chen's portrait and couldn't forget him, which was why she came here, but she hadn't even seen Li Chen in person yet.
Seeing Xie Yin at that moment, she finally understood what true love was.
"I want him, and I advise you not to try and take him from me."
After Miss Qiao finished speaking, the entire room fell silent for a moment.
Madam: "Ten thousand taels per time."
"Ten thousand taels twice."
"Two or three thousand..."
"One hundred thousand taels." Xi Xingxue deliberately forced out a voice that was neither male nor female.
The air fell silent instantly, so quiet that even breathing stopped.
Then, the person with the shortest reaction time reacted first and let out a scream.
"Did I hear that right? One hundred thousand taels!! Young lady, you're going to go bankrupt!"
Miss Qiao also looked at Xi Xingxue in shock. Her mother had given her many shops, and the money she had saved over the years was probably only two hundred thousand taels at most, but she still needed to get an advance from her mother.
But if she actually did that, her mother would definitely blame her.
Xi Xingxue nodded: "I'm sure, 100,000 taels."
Anyway, he won't actually pay.
Of course, no one knew that beneath his confident tone, he was actually plotting something, leaving them all utterly astonished.
Even Xie Yin, amidst the clamor of the crowd, couldn't help but raise his head with difficulty and glance at Xi Xingxue.
Then I saw a woman wearing a straw hat, her face covered.
who is she?
Xie Yin suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
The madam was overjoyed and started shouting again, "Ten thousand taels a time!"
"Ten thousand taels twice!"
Before the words "ten thousand taels" could even be uttered three times, Miss Qiao declared, "Fifty-five thousand taels!"
She gritted her teeth.
It should be possible to overdraft 50,000 taels from my mother!
Perhaps it was the desire to conquer, or perhaps it was because she liked Xie Yin too much, but Miss Qiao wanted to outdo Xi Xingxue.
Xi Xingxue glanced at Miss Qiao silently for a moment, then seemed to understand something, and a playful smile appeared on her lips.
Two hundred thousand taels.
Miss Qiao's face turned pale instantly, and she looked at Xi Xingxue with resentment.
The entire third floor erupted in an uproar. Everyone looked at Xi Xingxue as if he were crazy, while also feeling envious and jealous of his wealth.
Xi Xingxue remained calm and composed, her mind as steady as an old dog.
He wanted to test where this Miss Qiao's bottom line was.
Miss Qiao took a deep breath. She couldn't see Xi Xingxue's expression through the bamboo hat, but she felt that he was provoking her. She then looked at Xie Yin's face on the stage.
Finally, I made up my mind.
Two hundred thousand and one thousand taels.
Each word seemed to burst from her throat, her nails digging deep into her palms, her knuckles making a cracking sound.
Looking at her pale, trembling lips, which had lost some color, Xi Xingxue estimated that she was almost recovered.
But that's not enough.
"Alright then, please go ahead, Miss."
He put on an act of reluctance to part with it.
Miss Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if she had been rescued from drowning. She leaned back in her chair, breathing rapidly.
"Hmph, don't go back on your word."
......
Meanwhile, three streets away from Yalou
"Young General Ye, that thief is just ahead!"
A peasant woman, supporting her back and panting, told Ye Chenxing.
"good."
Ye Chenxing nodded, then transformed into a shooting star and sped away into the distance, his subordinates unable to catch up with him.
After Ye Chenxing returned to the capital, he couldn't just sit around doing nothing. The emperor knew what he wanted to do but couldn't get rid of him, so he gave him some tasks to do.
Ye Chenxing went out today to capture a prisoner who had escaped from prison ten days ago and had not yet been caught.
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