C729 The Treasure Hunt
C729 The Treasure Hunt
Nangong Xin was slightly stunned and said, "Mr. Su, what's wrong?"
When Nangong Xin spoke, even Shangguan Jie and Situ Zhong's gazes were drawn over.
"What is this?" Su Ming pointed at the rusted sword and asked.
Hearing this, Nangong Xin picked up the small booklet on the table and flipped through it.
This small booklet was for every auctioneer to observe, and it recorded all the items in this auction.
But after looking through it for a long time, Nangong Xin still couldn't find any information on this rusted sword.
"The booklet doesn't record anything, it should be a temporary item." Nangong Xin slowly said, "What, Mr. Su is interested in this thing?"
Su Ming nodded and said, "This thing is not bad."
Nangong Xin and the other two were stunned when they heard this. It was clearly just a rusted sword that could not be any more ordinary. They did not know why Su Ming said it was not bad.
"Since Mr. Su is interested, we'll bid later. Usually, not many people are interested in this kind of temporary auction item. It's very easy to get it." Nangong Xin said slowly.
At this moment, the masked woman started to introduce the rusted sword to the crowd.
"Everyone, this sword is one of the special items for this auction. This sword was unearthed in an unknown tomb, and the sword's body casually experienced a thousand years of decay and rust. However, the ruby on it still has a considerable value. After all, it is an ancient item. Take it. Go home. Zhong The mansion was definitely a good choice. This sword was worth five hundred taels of silver. Each increment must be at least 100 taels of silver."
After saying that, the crowd began to laugh.
"It's this rusted sword again. It has been auctioned several times, but no one has bid for it."
"Nonsense, the only thing that can be seen on this sword is that red stone. However, according to the current market price of the red stone, three hundred silver taels of such a large ruby is enough. The starting price of this rusted sword is five hundred silver. Only an idiot would buy it? "
"Brother, you might not know, but these five hundred taels of silver have already been reduced by three times. Previously, this rusted sword was sold for one thousand taels of silver. It was estimated that it would not be sold again this time. This rusted sword will be sold by the auction house. "
"... " ..."
The crowd began to discuss among themselves, but none of them had the intention to give a single word.
From their point of view, only a spendthrift would pay for such a lousy sword.
However, at that moment, in another room on the second floor, when they heard the name of the sword, they became fanatical.
In Jiang Qing's room, the eyes of Scholar Spiritual Cloud, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly lit up.
"This is the sword!" After looking at the rusted sword, Scholar Ling Yun said with a trembling voice, "General Jiang, no matter what, please take this sword for me. I will reward you handsomely!"
Jiang Qing was slightly startled. His purpose for coming here was to get an auction item for this old Daoist, but he didn't expect that the auction item would be this rusted sword.
However, since the old Taoist said so, Jiang Qing directly said, "One thousand taels!"
This sound clearly echoed in the ears of the people downstairs.
"No way, someone really bought this lousy sword!"
"Furthermore, he even sold it for a thousand taels. This person must have money to burn!"
"... " ... "
All of a sudden, the crowd started discussing amongst themselves. Even the masked woman had a strange expression on her face. She had never thought that someone would actually buy this sword.
At this moment, Su Ming, who was upstairs, had a serious expression on his face. Before Nangong Xin could speak, he spoke first, "Two thousand taels!"
As soon as he said this, the entire venue erupted into an uproar.
"No way, it's already very rare for someone to bid for this broken sword. Why is there someone else bidding for it?!"
And Su Ming's bid was obviously something that Jiang Qing on the opposite side hadn't expected.
Due to the location, he was unable to see what the person who bid against him looked like. It was just that he felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, but he could not remember who it was.
However, Su Ming and the others had already deduced Jiang Qing's identity from the voice!
"Three thousand taels!" Jiang Qing said straightforwardly.
But before he could finish his words, Su Ming said, "Four thousand taels!"
The crowd downstairs was completely stunned at this moment. They did not understand why this ordinary rusted sword had caused the fight between the two distinguished guests upstairs!
At this moment, Jiang Qing's brows were tightly knitted.
He stood up decisively and said loudly, "Friend opposite me, this sword is very important to me. Can you give me some face and give this sword to me? I will definitely reward you handsomely!"
When he said this, the people downstairs instantly burst into an uproar.
They could not be more familiar with the name Jiang Qing. They all knew the name of the South Huai Nation's Vehicle General.
Since Jiang Qing had already identified his identity, with Jiang Qing's identity, who would give face to the number one person in South Huai Nation's military for a rusted sword?
However, such a person just happened to appear.
Su Ming continued to speak coldly, "Five thousand taels!"
One should know that Jiang Qing had yet to bid. Su Ming's bid of five thousand taels had already expressed his attitude.
Jiang Qing was completely enraged at this moment.
At this moment, the problem was no longer about the argument of the rusted sword. The other party's words had gotten Jiang Qing's face involved.
"Which friend is the other party? Can you show yourself?!" Jiang Qing said coldly.
Jiang Qing replied with a sneer, "General Che Qi has a bad memory. I just met him at the door. Can't you even hear his voice now?"
At this moment, Jiang Qing finally understood the identity of the other party, and also understood why the other party had challenged him.
"It's you, kid!" Jiang Qing said coldly, "Good, very good. I'll pay 8000 taels!"
Su Ming continued calmly, "Nine thousand taels!"
Jiang Qing's expression changed, and just as he was about to continue bidding, Nangong Xin's voice suddenly rang out.
"Cavalry General really has a lot of financial resources. As expected, being in charge of the army is really different. He only took out 8000 silver taels! My salary for the next year is only so-so!"
When these words came out, Jiang Qing's expression changed, and he instantly calmed down.
When Spiritual Cloud Recluse saw that Jiang Qing had given up on bidding, he immediately became anxious and said, "General Jiang, why aren't you bidding? You can't give up on this sword!"
However, he didn't understand why Jiang Qing was in such a difficult situation.
Nangong Xin's words were clearly warning him. Although he said that he was an extremely important official, he was still paid by the imperial court.
This did not mean that he could not take out more than a thousand taels of silver. If he really made a bid, even if it was a hundred thousand taels of silver, he, Jiang Qing, would not frown.
However, those were all properties that could not be exposed. If the other party was someone else, it would be fine. However, the other party was Nangong Xin. If he continued to raise the price like this... In the future, Nangong Xin would definitely participate in the Imperial Court. At that time, it would be quite troublesome.
"Scholar Linyun, I can't continue to increase the price." Jiang Qing coldly said, "But don't worry, I will definitely get this sword for you."
Without Jiang Qing's bid, the owner of this rusted sword would be very obvious.
After the masked woman confirmed it three times, Su Ming finally took the sword with 9000 silver.