Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Before he finished speaking, there were already gasps in the room.

The auctioneer slammed his gavel hard, and the gilded base made a clear sound. "The starting price is fifty thousand taels of silver! Everyone, please bid..."

The wealthy businessman in the front row, wearing brocade robes, was the first to raise his ivory plaque. His voice was filled with undeniable dominance: "Sixty thousand taels!"

The carved window of the elegant room on the second floor suddenly opened, and a hand wearing a jade ring threw out a gold leaf: "Eighty thousand taels! I want her to come into the mansion as a concubine!"

Then Huo Qing's voice came: "One hundred and twenty thousand taels..."

Shen Tao sneered and said, "This Huo Qing is really bold. He actually spent 120,000 taels to buy such a woman. He's not afraid of my sister getting angry."

Bai Wanwan sighed. Shen Mingyue obviously looked down on Huo Qing, and Huo Qing looked down on Shen Mingyue's behavior even more.

Ever since she found out that Shen Mingyue had several fair-skinned and handsome men in her mansion and was hanging out with them all day long, she didn't even look at herself.

After this matter got out, the neighbors kept gossiping about him, pointing fingers at him behind his back and saying that he was a cuckolded and cowardly man.

Huo Qing couldn't swallow this humiliation, so he gritted his teeth and decided to find a few concubines.

He wondered, why was Shen Mingyue the only one who could be hugged by women?

After all, he is a well-known person and he wants to let others see that he is not someone who can be bullied.

In the midst of the excitement, a shout suddenly broke out from the crowd: "18 taels! 18 taels of silver!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present gasped.

You know, a girl who could be sold for 10 taels of silver on a normal day was already considered a sky-high price, and 18 taels was simply unheard of. Everyone present was so shocked that they were speechless.

In the crowd, Shen Tao pulled Bai Wanwan and muttered:

"Isn't that Marquis Ding'an? What's going on with those two little girls beside him?

He looks familiar, like a student from the academy."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a girl standing next to Marquis Anding. It was Lin Zaozao, and on the other side was Su Niantang.

Bai Wanwan frowned, and the Seventeenth Prince frowned and said, "Why would the Marquis of Ding'an pay such a high price for such a woman?"

Bai Wanwan also felt strange and saw Lin Zaozao whispering something in Ding'an Hou's ear.

Ding'an Hou nodded, and Shen Tao also said: "Ding'an Hou's wife is a she-devil. It is impossible for him to have a concubine. There must be something wrong with him buying a woman."

"Anyone else make an offer?" the auctioneer shouted, "One hundred and eighty thousand taels once, one hundred and eighty thousand taels twice..."

"Two hundred thousand taels..." Bai Wanwan directly offered a price of two hundred thousand taels.

Shen Tao and the Seventeenth Prince looked at her with a strange expression.

Shen Tao frowned and couldn't help but speak:

"You spent so much money to buy a woman, what on earth do you want?

She's not some lady from a wealthy family!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Seventeenth Prince came over and stared at Bai Wanwan, shaking his head: "That's right! Do you know why those men bought this woman back?"

Bai Wanwan shook her head and said, "I don't know, and I don't want to know. I don't know what they want to do, but I'm determined to have this woman."

This woman must be extraordinary. As expected, Marquis Anding frowned and raised the sign directly: "21 taels..."

Bai Wanwan raised her bid without hesitation, 25 taels.

Inside the auction house, the auctioneer's hand gripping the gavel trembled slightly. "This is the first auction of this session! How could a woman be able to fetch such a high price of 250,000 taels?"

The woman saluted everyone present with a clear attitude, her skirt sweeping across the ground as she walked upstairs with light steps.

After a while, she arrived at the private room where Bai Wanwan was.

When Bai Wanwan looked up, the woman in front of her was so beautiful that she couldn't take her eyes off.

She looked different from the locals, with an exotic style, and the clothes she wore were much bolder than those of ordinary women.

The woman walked up to Bai Wanwan with a sincere look in her eyes: "Thank you for saving my life, young master. From now on, my life is yours. I will do anything you ask me to do.

As they were talking, a faint fragrance wafted over. It was not like the smell of ordinary rouge and powder. It was not sweet or fragrant, but it was particularly tempting to the nose. One could not help but want to take a few more breaths.

This strange fragrance lingered in the private room, and Zhiwei murmured quietly: "I have never smelled such a special fragrance. The girl really has a strange fragrance."

The woman smiled and said, "My nickname is Yao Niang. My lady, you can give me a new name."

Bai Wanwan circled around her and said, "This medicinal fragrance is acquired, not innate to you."

The medicine lady's face froze and she said, "Young lady, you're right. This medicinal fragrance is definitely not natural..."

"Well... okay, come back with me later! Sit down and rest for now." Bai Wanwan didn't ask any more questions.

As soon as the second item was brought up, it attracted the attention of the entire audience.

It was a jade hairpin from the Zhiqian Dynasty. It was crystal white all over, as if carved from a whole piece of mutton-fat jade, and it exuded a warm luster.

Bai Wanwan had absolutely no interest in this item, and the jade hairpin was sold for 20,000 taels of silver.

As soon as the jade hairpin from the previous dynasty was taken away, the attendant brought up a black wooden box.

The copper sheets covering the four corners of the box were rusted and blackened, and the paint on it was peeling off in pieces.

There are cracks everywhere, and at first glance it looks like an old thing that no one wants.

But the auctioneer raised his voice and said:

"Don't underestimate this broken box! Three hundred years ago, when the Nanzhao Kingdom was about to fall, the last female monarch hid all of their Nanzhao Kingdom's secrets in this box.

I heard that if you collect all twelve jade tablets, you can command the mysterious armies of the twelve southwestern villages and find countless gold, silver and treasures!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience immediately erupted in excitement.

Some people stood up to get a better look, while others whispered that this must be a scam.

Bai Wanwan was fiddling with the jade pendant around her waist with her head down. These were just for listening and not to be taken seriously.

The medicine lady next to him suddenly came closer and said, "Young Master, we have to buy this box."

Bai Wanwan frowned and looked at her and said, "What's the point of buying this broken box?"

Medicine Lady looked at her and said:

"There is a jade pendant here. If you can collect all twelve jade pendants, you will not only be able to command the twelve southwestern villages, but also become the legitimate heir to the secret treasure of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

Legend has it that the jade pendant is engraved with twelve different poisonous insect totems, but it looks like just an ordinary jade pendant.

But once the twelve pieces are gathered and immersed in the Nanzhao Holy Spring on a full-moon night, a map drawn by the Gu worm's mucus will emerge from the surface of the jade pendant."

She looked at Bai Wanwan seriously and said:

“That map contains the entrance to the most secret underground palace of the Nanzhao Kingdom, which contains mountains of gold and silver.

There are also military talismans that can command the Gu villages all over the world, and... forbidden Gu magic books that can bring people back to life.

Young Master, you can think about it carefully."