Two days later, Ye Feihong informed Lu Xunhuan that the captain invited him to attend an auction in Zhongzhou City.

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Is there something important to auction?"

Ye Feihong shook her head: "I don't know what the captain means. You can go and see her first."

Lu Xun Huan asked again, "Is she willing to meet me?"

Ye Feihong still shook her head: "How would I know? She asked you to go to Tianxing Auction House after dark, box number three."

Lu Xunhuan asked again: "Aren't you going?"

Ye Feihong said, "She asked you to go, and there might be something she didn't want me to hear, so she specifically told you to go and not allow me to go."

She handed him the auction house's special guest token: "Here."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay."

At dusk, Lu Xunhuan changed into a decent casual outfit and put tens of thousands of taels of silver in his arms.

After all, you are going to an auction, so if there is something you need to buy, you have to be able to pay for it.

After packing up, he went out and headed straight for the Tianxing Auction House.

There are only two auction houses in Zhongzhou City, and Tianxing is the larger one.

Auctions usually take place every ten days, but Lu Xunhuan had never paid attention to them before.

After walking across half of the city, he arrived at the magnificent gate of the Tianxing Auction House.

There are two guards on duty at the door.

He walked over, took out the special guest token and handed it to one of them.

The guard took the badge and saluted, "Captain, please come in."

Lu Xun Huan took a step forward, then stopped and asked, "Does anyone know I'm here?"

The guard replied, "The identity of the guests is a secret. If you hadn't come, we wouldn't have known you were coming. If you don't want to be known, go in quickly."

Lu Xunhuan asked again, "Are all the guests here?"

The guard replied, "There's still an hour before the auction begins. Only one customer has entered, Captain. You're the second one."

Lu Xunhuan said, "I understand," and entered the Tianxing Auction House.

After entering, there were marble stairs leading upwards. He walked up the stairs slowly, step by step.

When he finished walking up the stairs, a beautiful woman appeared upstairs.

The beautiful woman saw him and quickly came over with a smile. She asked softly, "Dear guest, would you like a private room or a table?"

Lu Xunhuan replied, "Box number three."

The beautiful lady nodded and said, "Dear guest, please follow me."

Led by the beauty, Lu Xunhuan came to the door of box number three.

The beautiful woman bowed and said, "Please come in, my dear guest. I'll take my leave."

After the beauty left, Lu Xunhuan gently pushed open the heavy door.

The moment the door opened, he smelled the faint fragrance of a woman.

However, the woman sitting in the box was wearing a loose black robe and a black hood on her head, leaving only two eye holes exposed.

Lu Xunhuan walked in, closed the door, and sat down next to the woman.

He asked, "I heard the auction won't start for another hour. Why are we here so early?"

The helmsman asked in return, "Do you want to be seen?"

Lu Xunhuan asked again: "Is there a secret operation?"

The helmsman said, "There are five private rooms in the Tianxing Auction House. The private rooms are higher than the open seats. Box 3 is in the middle, slightly further back than the other rooms. From here, we can see the whole situation and observe others, but it's difficult for others to observe us."

Lu Xun Huan touched his chin and said, "Sure enough, it was already arranged."

The helmsman added, "Among the items being auctioned today, there's an ordinary dragon bone. I'm putting it up for auction."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "The royal family is extremely sensitive about dragon bones. Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"

The helmsman turned and looked at him.

Lu Xunhuan saw her eyes through the two holes in her hood.

Under the long eyelashes, the eyes are full of waves, like autumn water.

The skin around the eyes is white, smooth, delicate and tender.

Such beautiful eyes are only worthy of a peerless beauty.

The moving curves behind the screen appeared in his mind again.

He suddenly felt thirsty.

The helmsman reached out and pulled a rope beside him.

The part of the hand exposed from the sleeve is as smooth as jade, and the fingers are long and slender.

A word popped up in Lu Xunhuan's mind: icy skin and jade bones.

After a while, there was a gentle knock on the door, and the woman's voice could be heard faintly: "Dear guest, what can I do for you?"

The captain said to Lu Xunhuan, "Go tell her to serve the best tea."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Are you thirsty?"

The helmsman looked at the auction table and the seats below: "You are thirsty."

Lu Xun Huan laughed dumbly, stood up and opened the door: "The best tea."

The woman bowed and turned away.

After a while, the woman came back, holding a beautiful jade plate, on which were a jade pot with a dragon carving on it and two white jade cups.

Lu Xunhuan took it and locked the heavy door again, then took the tea and placed it on the coffee table in front of the two of them.

He picked up the jade pot and poured two cups of amber tea. He picked it up and sniffed it. The rich fragrance of the tea went straight into his heart and made him feel refreshed.

He praised: "Good tea."

The helmsman said, "The auction house has a rule that sellers don't need to register their identities, they just need to bring the items. Only buyers need to register."

Lu Xun Huan took a sip of tea and said, "So, even if we alert the royal family and send people to investigate, we still don't know who took out the dragon bone. But, what is your purpose?"

The helmsman said, "That's why I invited you here. When the auction begins, you can observe carefully."

Lu Xunhuan gestured, "Have some tea too."

He had a plan in mind. He wanted to see the woman's face. Even if he couldn't see it completely, he could at least see her chin and lips, and even a little bit of her neck.

The helmsman said, "I'm not thirsty yet. I'll drink later."

Lu Xun Huan took another sip of tea and said, "You know me very well, but I don't even know your last name except that you are the captain."

The helmsman said, "I don't have a name."

Lu Xun Huan put down his teacup and said, "Everyone has a name. How about I give you a nickname? This nickname will only be known to the two of us. Maybe it will be useful in the future."

The helmsman did not comment, but just said "hmm".

Lu Xun Huan thought for a moment and said, "In ancient times, there was the Goddess of Luo River, with bright eyes and a gentle gaze, white teeth, graceful as a startled swan, and elegant as a swimming dragon. She was like a light cloud covering the moon, and drifting like snowflakes blown by the wind..."

The helmsman turned around again, a look of slight surprise in his eyes: "You actually have such good literary talent?"

Lu Xunhuan smiled and said, "I just memorized a few lines from ancient literature."

The helmsman asked, "Which ancient person?"

Lu Xunhuan touched his forehead and said, "You don't recognize me."

How could the ancient people of the previous world know about this world, which is nowhere to be found?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the captain didn't bother to ask. She turned around and said, "Okay, I won't ask anymore."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I'll give you a nickname, Yao Xue, which means the fairyland of Yao Chi, with drifting snow..."

The helmsman suddenly shuddered: "What?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "You're drifting like snow in the wind. Why are you reacting so strongly? Could it be that your name is really Yao Xue?"

The captain picked up the jade cup and wanted to drink tea, but then he put it down again, thinking that he would have to lift his hood to drink tea. "No, get another one."

Lu Xunhuan thought to himself, could it be that her real name is really Yaoxue, and he hit the mark by accident?

He stroked his chin and thought for a moment: "Since you don't like it, how about calling it Jinghong?"

The captain was silent for a moment after hearing this: "I don't know what it means. You are such a grown-up, but you act like a child."

Lu Xunhuan smiled and said, "I am a captain and the head of the sect, and you actually called me a child?"

The helmsman said, "You are younger than me, you are just a child."

Lu Xun Huan looked at her and said, "I'll call you Sister Jing Hong from now on, okay?"

The helmsman seemed lost in thought and did not answer him. It was unclear whether he allowed it or not.

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