Chapter 269： The Millennium Ginseng Contest (seventh more)

Hearing the knock on the door, Lin Qingsong walked over to open the door.

After seeing the person coming, Lin Qingsong called out, "Boss Zhou!"

Zhou Xingfa didn't know any of their information, he nodded, indicating the answer, and then asked with some doubts, "Who are you?"

At the door, he couldn't see anything in the room, so he didn't know Lin Qingsong's identity.

Lin Qingsong immediately shook his hand and said, "I'm the guard of my master! Boss Zhou, are you okay? Or, the money hasn't been paid yet?"

The transactions here are paid in one hand and delivered in one hand.

The people have already arrived in their hands, and the money must have already arrived in the hands of the auctioneer.

However, Zhou Xingfa shook his head and said, "This guest officer, you have been worrying too much, this is not the case here."

He stretched out his head to see what was inside, but was blocked by Lin Qingsong and saw nothing.

He immediately said helplessly, "Can you tell me, that I am visiting Zhou Feng?"

At this moment, Lin Yuelan said lightly, "Guard Song, let Boss Zhou come in!"

Hearing a somewhat immature voice, Zhou Xingfa was slightly puzzled, but he suppressed his curiosity and said to the person in the door, "This guest officer, Zhou Xingfa came to visit specially, please allow me!"

Lin Yuelan said lightly, "Boss Zhou, why are you being so polite? Please come in!"

When Zhou Fangfeng walked into the room, he was a little startled when he saw the people inside.

He pointed at Lin Yuelan incoherently and said, "You... you are the owner of Box No. 9?"

Lin Yuelan nodded and replied, "Yes, Boss Zhou. I don't know what to do?"

Lin Yuelan knew exactly the purpose of Boss Zhou's trip.

But she didn't pick it out.

It's just that Zhou Xingfa was shocked when he saw another girl in the room who was already dressed. He pointed directly at her, looked at the people around him, and stammered, "She...she...she is..."

Lin Yuelan said with a smile, "Boss Zhou, she's Anu! She just bought it at your meeting place."

Although Zhou Xingfa felt a little unbelievable, the person who bought this slave girl was actually a girl.

However, after all, Zhou Xingfa was a person who did big business before, and he had dealt with people, from the royal family, the dignitaries, to the common people and beggars.

Therefore, he quickly calmed down, and then, she thought of the purpose of her coming here.

He said to Lin Yuelan, "This little guest officer is really disturbing."

But let him say that the third prince wanted her to transfer someone, he couldn't open his mouth, because it was really too shameless.

However, he just followed orders.

He bowed his hands and said the truth, "Guests in Box No. 1, let me ask if I can transfer this female slave, and he will pay according to the price!" It is entirely his own words.

If the third prince can really pay according to the price, then he is likely to continue to bid.

However, he did not.

Zhou Xingfa said that, in fact, he was also beating drums in his heart.

Because he wasn't sure whether the guests in Box No. 9 would understand what he meant.

After Lin Yuelan listened, the corners of her mouth rose, and she said with some interest, "Oh, Boss Zhou, the third prince in the No. 1 box really said that, can you transfer it at a price? Boss Zhou, I'm young, what a big boss of yours said. If so, I'll take it seriously as a kid!"

Zhou Xingfa immediately smiled a little embarrassedly, "This... this... guest..." For a long time, he couldn't give Lin Yuelan an accurate answer.

At this moment, he is really unsure. This guest who is still a child, what does he do when he buys such a beautiful and unusual girl?

Could it be that she bought it as a gift?

Or, just such a child, bought a slave to play with?

Or is it that he came to oppose the three princes on purpose?

In a word, Zhou Xingfa was constantly muttering in his heart.

The guests on both sides can't offend at will, but compared to an unknown child, the third prince is even more difficult to offend.

Therefore, if he really wanted to offend one party, he would rather offend the guests in Box No. 9.

After making up his mind, Zhou Xingfa said the truth, "This guest officer, who is the person in Box No. 1, you know I know everyone, he is the third prince of our Longyan Kingdom. Now the third prince has taken a fancy to this. A female slave, I hope that this guest will reluctantly give up his love and return him to the Third Highness!"

"Return it?" Lin Yuelan listened, and said mockingly, "Boss Zhou, this person, this girl obviously bought it for 100,000 taels of silver, how could it be returned in the mouth of Boss Zhou? No, what Boss Zhou means, the girl bought by this girl for 100,000 taels of silver will be given to His Royal Highness the Third Prince for free, does that mean?"

Zhou Xingfa was a little embarrassed by what Lin Yuelan said, but at this moment, he could only endure the embarrassment, lowered his body, and said, "This guest, since you understand what you mean, why say it?"

Lin Yuelan shook her head with a chuckle, and asked, "Boss Zhou, I just have a question that I don't understand a little bit, please ask Boss Zhou to explain to this girl!"

Zhou Xingfa said, "This guest please speak!"

Lin Yuelan said, "Boss Zhou, since you want this girl to spend the 100,000 taels of silver in vain, and then give her to the Third Highness for free, it's not too bad. But,"

Lin Yuelan's words changed, and her tone immediately became a little sharp, "This girl doesn't want to spend this money in vain, so ah, Boss Zhou, don't you see that your auction house has collected my money, you immediately put this money away Return them all, how about I send them over?"

When Anu listened to Lin Yuelan's last words, his heart suddenly became tense, his eyes flashed with disappointment, and once again despair, even a little overwhelmed.

She didn't understand a little. The person who had just said that he wanted to give her freedom, why did he want to transfer her to another person in a blink of an eye?

Perhaps feeling the unease and despair in Anu's heart, Lin Yuelan secretly gave her a wink to make her feel at ease.

Anu received Lin Yuelan's eyes and the meaning conveyed.

Although she still didn't understand what Lin Yuelan did, her intuition told her that as long as she believed in the person in front of her, it would be fine.

When Zhou Xingfa heard Lin Yuelan's words, the expression on his face immediately froze, and then he said a little embarrassedly, "This guest official, as the saying goes, the money and the goods are gone. Since the auction house has already delivered the goods, if the money is refunded... ...it's a little bit difficult."

"But Boss Zhou, it's not what you said just now, do you want me to give someone to His Highness the Third Prince for free? In this case, the loss of this girl is of course to find Boss Zhou, don't you think? Boss Zhou , you don't want to do a loss-making business, and this girl doesn't even want to do a loss-making business."

Anyway, what Lin Yuelan meant was that she could give it away, and the auction house had to return 100,000 taels of silver.

Zhou Xingfa had nothing to say when he was refuted by Lin Yuelan.

A transaction of 100,000 taels is a big deal for him.

He bought this slave girl from a foreigner, and it cost him fifty taels.

Fifty taels turned into 100,000 taels as soon as they changed hands, basically the pure profit of his auction house.

Even he had never thought that the transaction volume of this female slave had reached such a high level.

In his estimation, the slave girl could sell for 10,000 taels at most.

But I don't know if he is lucky or not, this transaction is big or big, but...

Now if he really wants him to return the 100,000 taels of silver, it hurts his flesh.

Looking at Zhou Xingfa's expression of some difficult choices, Lin Yuelan looked downstairs again. After a short rest, the auction of thousand-year-old ginseng will officially start.

Lin Yuelan said, "Boss Zhou, I'm not in a hurry. It's you, come and find me in this box whenever you think about it. However, this time, of course, is after the Millennium Ginseng auction."

Zhou Xingfa really didn't know what to do for a while, since Lin Yuelan had given him the steps to go down, he just followed it.

Zhou Xingfa bowed his hands and said, "Okay, this guest, come back after the auction."

After Zhou Xingfa left, Lin Yuelan's eyes turned cold, frowned slightly, and asked, "Guardian Song, is this Zhou Xingfa really grandfather's good friend? Zhou Xingfa looks like a mercenary businessman at first glance. He is really sincere in making friends with grandpa. Is it?"

Before, I heard from Lin Xuming's report that the western courtyard where Grandpa was resting in Zhou Mansion, except for the two or three servant girls who served him, had no guards to keep him safe. Later, after Lin Xuming and Lin Xuxing dealt with the people sent by Yuwen Feiye, Only six guards appeared in this courtyard.

The purpose of Zhou Xingfa's move is very simple. He wants his grandfather's enemy to come to the door, and then another accidental death or something, then the thousand-year-old ginseng that he handed over becomes completely his, and the value is at least thirty What a couple.

A life is exchanged for 300,000 taels, a multi-value transaction.

Later, it was because of his conscience that he couldn't live with it, and with the persuasion of the housekeeper, he sent six guards as if to make up for it.

This is the first time that Lin Yuelan has let Zhou Xingfa go.

After all, in the end, Zhou Xingfa's conscience found that he did not destroy his own conscience.

The second time the Third Prince went to the Zhou Mansion, he asked for this thousand-year-old ginseng.

The reason why Grandpa was reluctant to speak, said that it was given to the third prince for Zhou Xingfa.

The purpose of his taking out the thousand-year-old ginseng was to save Zhou Xingfa's Guangjuyuan's business. If the thousand-year-old ginseng was given to the third prince, he would have lost his trust in his old friend.

Therefore, Grandpa would rather offend the Third Highness than forget that he was helping an old friend.

But how did Zhou Xingfa do it?

When His Royal Highness the Third Prince threatened Grandpa, he stayed silent, scared and nervous at the same time.

Perhaps if it wasn't for Lin Xuxing's actions, grandpa might have been taken away by the third prince under an excuse.

In fact, as long as he opened his mouth and persuaded him to send this ginseng out, his grandfather would definitely listen.

However, he didn't. His purpose was to rely on this millennium to turn his life around, and he didn't want to offend the third prince, so he simply let his grandfather face it alone.

Now, he neither wanted to offend the powerful third prince nor lost the 100,000 taels of silver that came for nothing, so he hit her head.

Really good calculus.

It's just a pity that she, Lin Yuelan, has never been a fearful master.

Hearing Lin Yuelan's question, Lin Qingsong answered very seriously, "Returning to the master, people's hearts themselves are changeable! Besides, this businessman is mainly interested in interests. The old master and him were only friends 20 years ago. Twenty years ago, I have never been in contact with each other, so it is understandable that I don’t understand!”

This means that Lin Deshan doesn't know that Zhou Xingfa has completely become a mercenary businessman.

Lin Yuelan listened, thought for a while, and said, "Forget it. Grandpa just wanted to take out the ginseng and pay back the life-saving grace of Zhou Xingfa twenty years ago. We don't need to intervene."

"Yes, Master!" The other two responded.

At this moment, Anu asked with some indignation in his heart, "Is it true that you just said that you would give me to that **** third prince?"

Seeing the angry Anu, Lin Yuelan raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course...it's fake."

Hearing that Lin Yuelan said it was fake, Anu and the other two couldn't turn their heads.

"What do you mean by that?" Anu asked suspiciously.

Lin Yuelan smiled and did not answer directly, but gestured with her eyes.

Anu looked at Lin Yuelan's expression, wrinkled her bright and high brows, followed Lin Yuelan's eyes, and then looked at the slave contract in her hand.

She was still looking at this contract over and over with some unknown.

Finally, when she saw that she was holding the contract's hand, her frowning brows immediately loosened, her eyes lit up immediately, and then she exclaimed with a wide-eyed smile, "Anu understands!"

She understood, Lin Xujie and Lin Qingsong looked at each other, still confused.

However, Lin Yuelan and Anu did not explain to them.

Lin Yuelan looked at the thousand-year-old ginseng. From the initial bid of 30,000 taels, it has now reached 130,000 taels. Moreover, looking at the situation, it is getting higher and higher. These three princes want to get this thousand-year-old ginseng at the lowest price. I am afraid the wish will be in vain.

Because, from the several faceless boxes on the second floor, people always come out from time to time to ask the third prince for a price.

Box 1

Yuwen Feiye turned blue with anger as he watched the rising bids.

He said angrily, "Who is this person who opposes Ben Gong? To let Ben Gong know, they must be cut with a thousand swords!"

"The partition wall has ears, Your Highness calm down!" The three aides persuaded again.

Yuwen Feiye became more and more irritable when he heard their voices.

He roared, "Relieve your anger, stop your anger, how do you ask Ben Gong to relieve your anger?"

Immediately, his eyes shot sharply at the staff of the horse who had come up with the idea before.

He asked loudly, "Martin, didn't you say that as long as you are at the auction, as long as Ben Gong has registered for the number, no one will dare to compete with Ben Gong for this treasure? Now, look, come with Ben Gong. There are not one or two people who have robbed this thousand-year-old ginseng, but several. What do you ask Ben Gong to do now?"

A female slave was snatched away, and there was a surge of anger in her heart, and all of it was vented on the three staff members at once.

The three staff did not and did not expect such a situation to occur.

In their minds, Qingfeng City was not the capital after all. The big and small officials here, as well as those literati and nobles, must sell the face of the third prince, not to mention those businessmen with low status but the smell of copper.

However, things went beyond their expectations.

When the reserve price of 30,000 taels of thousand-year-old ginseng came out, their box made an early bid.

Isn't it obvious what that means?

Of course, this means to tell everyone in this game that the three princes are determined to win this thousand-year-old ginseng.

But these people are ignorant.

Then there was 50,000 out of Box No. 6.

Then, the No. 2 box is 80,000.

Number six: 100,000

Number 12: 120,000

Yuwen Feiye Box No. 1, gritted his teeth: 130,000

I thought I could get the baby at the lowest price of 30,000 taels, but now the competition is 130,000 taels.

Look at the momentum of the bidding, this price will just keep getting higher and higher, I am afraid that 300,000 yuan still doesn't know if it can be taken down.

Yuwen Feiye roared at his subordinates, "Go and find Zhou Xingfa again."

When his subordinates were about to go out, he said again, "Also, let Zhou Xingfa call Lin Deshan to Ben Gong."

Since a fair bid is no longer possible, he can only ask Lin Deshan to take the initiative to hand it over.

As long as the seller is open to the public and he sells the thousand-year-old ginseng to him, then the price of the thousand-year-old ginseng will be useless.

The subordinates responded immediately and went out.

The bidding for millennium ginseng is continuing.

Zhou Xingfa was sitting in the place where he usually rested at the moment, thinking with a frown.

It's totally impossible for that Box No. 9 to give away for free.

Now it is extremely difficult for him to spit out the money he has put into his pocket.

However, Box No. 9 doesn't seem to be afraid of offending the third prince. However, he and Guangjuyuan Auction House must not offend the third prince.

In fact, the idea of ​​Box No. 9 is the best idea for now, but it hurts.

Just when he was indecisive, the door was knocked again.

"Who?"

Someone to answer.

"The Third Highness has an order, ordering you and Lin Deshan to hurry to the No. 1 box!"

Zhou Xingfa's face sank, and his expression had a faint anger. This anger was of course directed at the third prince Yuwen Feiye.

At this moment, he and Lin Deshan were called to Box No. 1, what else could be wrong?

It is nothing more than forcing Lin Deshan to sell the baby to him again.

However, Zhou Xingfa's eyes lit up when he heard the higher and higher bidding outside, and when he saw the fiery eyes of those nobles outside.

Yes, his goal this time has been achieved.

He couldn't get the ginseng for thousands of years, and he had to auction it anyway. As for who he didn't auction it for, even if the treasure was sold at a high price, he was just taking a commission.

It doesn't matter if he draws more and draws less, anyway, the reputation of restoring Guangjuyuan has been reached.

Therefore, it is really not worthwhile to offend the powerful third prince for a thousand-year-old ginseng that is not his own.

Zhou Xingfa, who had figured out the joints, was very relaxed and went to Box 5 to find Lin Deshan.

His idea is very simple, that is, let Lin Deshan donate the thousand-year-old ginseng.