Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 13 Green Lake Auction House

As we approached the huge black building, the details of the auction house became clear.

The big words "Green Lake Auction House" in the middle of the building complement the unfamiliar patterns on the wall.

Jiang Xuan tilted his head to a slightly exaggerated angle before he roughly concluded that the huge building was about ten feet high.

The main body of the auction house is a huge pavilion-like building. Although it is a mysterious black in color, it looks fresh and elegant because it is located on the shore of a green lake.

This auction venue is located in the north, but there is no bleak atmosphere in the cold weather. Instead, there is the hustle and bustle of people coming and going.

All these things demonstrate the extraordinary strength of the owner of this auction house.

The entrance to the auction house was guarded by a dozen guards in bamboo-green robes, each holding a weapon in their hands and their eyes full of vigilance.

In the middle of the entrance, a middle-aged man in a camel-colored cloth robe was checking the jade token of the visitor.

In Yingzhou City, there is no auction house of this scale, only some small auction houses, and most of the items auctioned are not rare.

Yingzhou also once had some relatively large auction houses, but because Qizhou borders Yingzhou, the newly emerged large auction houses in Yingzhou would often soon lose business to the Green Lake Auction House, and they would all close down.

Over time, no one in Yingzhou dared to open such a large auction house.

Therefore, it can be said that the business of Green Lake Auction House has extended to Yingzhou.

Walking among the crowd coming to the auction, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but think of the Gao family that Xu An mentioned.

Just looking at the scale of the Green Lake Auction House, it is not difficult to imagine the strength of its owner - the Gao family of Qizhou.

As a large family in a medium-sized state, the three major families of the Chamber of Commerce in Yingzhou, even the Xu family, probably cannot be compared with the Gao family in Qizhou.

A cool breeze blew, and Jiang Xuan couldn't help but tighten his ink-colored cloak.

This ink-black cloak not only concealed Jiang Xuan's figure very well, but also made Jiang Xuan look mysterious and kept away from strangers.

"Have you heard? Qiu Sen is here too. I wonder which mercenary group is in trouble this time."

"Qiu Sen? Is he the vice-captain of the Wolf Mercenary Group? I heard that every time the Wolf Mercenary Group plunders treasure, Vice-captain Qiu Sen will come forward and sell the item at the auction house."

"Yeah, I guess the Wolf Mercenaries have pulled off another big deal this time."

"Is it related to the out-of-state pharmacist incident these days?"

"How to say?"

"There were rumors a while ago that a large mercenary group from another state would be escorting a pharmacist through Qizhou in the next few days. Today, I heard that the pharmacist has disappeared, and the large mercenary group responsible for escorting him has already left Qizhou. Just imagine, a pharmacist who needs a large mercenary group to escort him must be carrying a lot of goodies!"

Jiang Xuan followed the crowd towards the entrance of the auction house, and some of the conversations in the crowd naturally reached his ears.

It seems that many influential people from the surrounding area came to today's auction.

In this way, although we don’t know what specific items will be auctioned today, there will definitely be valuable treasures. Perhaps the muscle-strengthening powder that Xu An needs is among them.

Arriving at the entrance of the auction house, Jiang Xuan took out a jade token from his arms and handed it to the middle-aged man in the camel-colored robe.

"Sir, please come this way." The middle-aged man took the jade token and looked at it, then handed it back to Jiang Xuan with both hands, and led the way for Jiang Xuan with a very respectful attitude.

Jiang Xuan was somewhat flattered to receive such treatment at such a large auction, and he couldn't help but wonder who the owner of the jade token, Xu An, was. It wasn't surprising, however; from Xu An's subtle aura of nobility, it wasn't hard to guess his privileged family background. Jiang Xuan sighed inwardly: As a wealthy young man, even more extravagant than Xing Yue, it's normal for him to be a little willful.

Under the guidance of the middle-aged man, Jiang Xuan slowly walked into the inner court of the Green Lake Auction House. The first thing that caught his eye was the black staircases that resembled coiled dragons on both sides of the central axis of the hall.

The Green Lake Auction House has a very large interior space. Jiang Xuan looked at the stairs from afar and saw that there were guards on each floor, and the number of guards increased with the number of floors.

Strangely, there were no guards or staircase entrances on the top floor.

The center of the auction house is a spacious hall, and around the hall are several private rooms of various sizes distributed on each floor.

Even though he was the eldest son of the Jiang family, one of the three major families of the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Xuan was still briefly stunned when he saw the magnificent Green Lake Auction House hall for the first time.

However, he quickly adjusted his state and continued to walk slowly forward under the guidance of the middle-aged man.

Under the guidance of the middle-aged man, Jiang Xuan entered a long and narrow corridor.

Although the corridor was not spacious, it was brightly lit inside and the exquisite murals in the corridor could be clearly seen.

After passing through the corridor, the two entered an inner room, which was also brightly lit like the corridor just now.

The middle-aged man who led the way opened the French windows on the outside one by one, and the scene outside the windows came into view. It was the auction hall just now.

"Sir, there are still 155,000 taels in your jade token. I wish you can win the treasure you like." The middle-aged man bowed and then left the private room.

"One hundred and fifty-five thousand taels!" Jiang Xuan, who was already seated in the private room, almost jumped up on the spot to verify with the middle-aged man, but he quickly controlled his emotions and nodded calmly.

Xu An actually handed over 155,000 taels of silver to a stranger he met by chance. He was either crazy or very wealthy. In Jiang Xuan's opinion, Xu An was probably the latter.

Sitting on the soft seat in the private room, Jiang Xuan glanced around the room.

The private room was not very big. There was a coffee table with various tea sets of different sizes on it. White steam was wafting out of the spout of a green carved teapot, filling the entire room with the refreshing aroma of tea.

Looking out from the private room, Jiang Xuan discovered that this private room was actually on the top floor, and there were people sitting in the other private rooms as well.

Thinking of the name of Qiu Sen, the deputy leader of the Wolf Mercenary Group, which he had heard outside the venue, he decided to find the private room where Qiu Sen was.

Although the faces of most of the people in the private rooms could not be seen clearly, after looking around, Jiang Xuan did not find anyone who could be described as "evil wolf", so he had to give up.

Jiang Xuan noticed a man in his thirties with a scholarly demeanor who was sitting in the room opposite him on the same floor.

The man did not hide his face, but showed his true appearance openly.

Upon closer inspection, his temperament was somewhat similar to Wei Li, whom he had fought before.

When the man saw Jiang Xuan looking at him, he smiled and nodded slightly to Jiang Xuan.

As a result, Jiang Xuan felt a little embarrassed, and he put on a temporary smile and nodded to the other party.

About a cup of tea later, a clear bell rang in the hall, which was pleasant and penetrating.

After the bell rang, an exquisitely carved door opened on the second-floor landing. A young woman with curvaceous features, wearing a mask and an indigo dress, stepped out. Her voice was as sweet as the bell itself: "Everyone, please excuse my wait. Welcome to the Green Lake Auction House. The auction begins now!"

(End of this chapter)