zero o'clock

【meeting in the dark】

The hall gradually quieted down after a chaotic commotion, because too few people could hear the source of the ringtone, so now everyone finally noticed another thing after pressing the timeline to grab the auction item, that is Mr. Agui's delay The ownership of the auction item was not announced, and hundreds of eyes gathered on the auction stage at once.

There was a thin layer of sweat on Agui's broad forehead, and the fingers that clenched the folding fan felt tighter and tighter. Asking who the buyer is on the spot is obviously out of standard, but if you don't ask yourself, you really didn't hear the last bell. Sitting behind the bay window on the second floor...

——Or why don’t you just forget about him?Anyway, pressing the line to grab goods in the auction house is also a despicable behavior. The reason why other buyers here reacted greatly is because the price of this mermaid has indeed skyrocketed, and on the other hand, they are also anxious to see that insincere bastard. What is the origin of the lamb?Not to mention, it just happens to be able to follow the rules and avoid this embarrassing juncture, not to mention that the VIPs of the ghost car must be treated preferentially.

Thinking about it this way, Agui's hanging heart finally fell back to his stomach.

Just follow the rules, and not let the entire Mei family compound fall down because of his personal mistakes.

"Cough!" Agui cleared his throat, and his usual kind smile resumed. He raised his two stubby arms and pressed them down, and said, "Don't be impatient, gentlemen. Please take your seat for now. Listen to Agui talk about this matter."

Hearing this, most of the buyers pulled up the curtains and returned to their seats, and a few who were not in a good position simply stood in the aisle smoking and waited for something to say.

Seeing that the place was much cleaner, Agui opened his folding fan again, and said slowly: "Everyone in the antique circle knows that the act of grabbing goods has always been a disgraceful act, especially those who press the timeline. Most of you here are We are regular customers of the Mei Family Courtyard, we have always adhered to the rule of visiting friends, and we will not lose anyone's face."

"Ah Gui, I don't want to call names here. The buyer of this baby shark from the South China Sea has been determined, and it will belong to the guests in the VIP room No. [-]. There are still six items that have not been put on the stage. Everyone is the number one person in Beijing. I hope that everyone can bid according to the rules, and there will be no more acts of grabbing goods."

These remarks are well-founded, and the key point is that they mentioned issues related to status. There are very few rich people who don't care about this stuff, let alone in front of many people with the same financial resources.Moreover, Mr. Agui is giving enough face in the open, but there is also a little threatening warning in the dark. The Mei family compound dares to operate a black market auction in the boundary of Beijing city, which must not be easy in itself!

Agui wandered around with a smile on his face, very satisfied with the reaction on the scene, then clapped his hands leisurely, motioning for the buddy to come up and clean up the glass sink.

At the booth in the corner, Li Huan could hear that the chaos was calming down, but considering the identity of the visitor, he still didn't dare to take it lightly.

——After all, what does the rules of this world have to do with demons?

He quickly took off the obstructing suit jacket and threw it aside, loosened the cuffs of his shirt, then quietly drew out the Tang knife, hid it vertically by his side, pulled up the curtain and stood beside Xing Yi, and said in a low voice: How about it?"

Xing Yi stared at the auctioneer on the stage, expressionlessly said: "He wants to avoid trouble."

Li Huan could not help tightening his eyebrows slightly when he heard that there was something in these words, Xing Yi raised the corner of his mouth soundlessly, turned his face to meet him, and said, "It's a pity that things don't avoid him."

As if responding to his judgment, the voice fell silent, and the beaded curtain of the seventh window on the second floor slammed open, and then a figure jumped out of the window. It landed firmly on the auction stage.

Hearing the movement, Agui was about to turn around, only to hear a puff from one side of his ear, and warm liquid splashed out from the other side, and the cold military dagger directly penetrated the man's fat neck.

This knife was stabbed very skillfully, and did not hurt the vocal part of the human body. The sharp blade was close to the carotid artery, as if it had completely penetrated through the fat, and the dagger itself did not open a blood groove, even if the artery was injured , as long as it is pulled out, it will not cause the horror effect of plasma splashing.The man's movements were crisp and quick, and the speed was so fast that the pain burst seemed so slow.

Agui screamed out in pain, his face was covered with cold sweat, but his body stood as firm as Mount Tai.

The bright light from the overhead light poured down, completely hiding the light blue lead wires that were densely wrapped around his body at this time.

The crowd let out an exclamation, and the hostesses and the waiters were all shocked on the spot, but the security personnel in the audience reacted quickly, drawing their guns and pointing at the uninvited guests on the auction stage.

It was a woman in a dark green hunting suit with a waist-length ponytail. Judging from her appearance, she should be under thirty.The woman is tall and tall, half a head taller than the auctioneer in front of her. The legs covered by the leather pants are straight and long, and the contours of the muscles can be vaguely distinguished. It can be seen that she has a strong physique that can only be cultivated through long-term training. It will definitely not lose to most of the men present.

Xing Yi narrowed his eyes, quietly watching the female demon subduing master on the auction stage.

Li Huan typed the keyboard blindly with his fingers, sent a "come" in WeChat, and then asked with his mouth: "Know?"

Xing Yi shook his head, expressing that he had never seen it before.

From then on, the two stopped communicating and stood in the corner to watch the changes.

"Don't move, or I will kill everyone." The woman's voice was not loud, and her voice was extremely cold, echoing quietly in the quiet auction hall at this moment.

Agui's whole body trembled violently, his legs felt weak, but he was restrained by the lead wire and couldn't fall down at all.The woman manipulated the lead wire to guide him to turn around, slightly twisted the palm holding the military dagger, and forced him to look directly at the bay window on the second floor—the beaded curtain at window No. [-] was still shaking slightly, and Agui finally knew that Where did the last bell come from!

The woman said: "Let me ask for our master, why can't that shark be counted on us?"

Agui's face was pale, and he subconsciously made a swallowing movement, and two drops of blood dripped from the incision with his fat body shaking, and he said in a trembling voice: "Miss, calm down, there is indeed such an unwritten rule in this auction, otherwise If we all wait for the last moment to sell, the price of those treasures will be much lower, and this business will be messed up."

"For money?" The woman lowered her brows and pondered for a moment, then said, "We must have that shark, so you can make a price."

Agui said, "I'm an auctioneer. I'm not familiar with what you're asking me to do. You have to...negotiate with another buyer."

The woman raised her eyebrows and said coldly: "We never discuss with 'people'." She emphasized the word "people", then raised her head and ordered, "Come here, pick up the goods."

As soon as she finished speaking, the beaded chain dangled again, and two men in the same attire jumped out of the window to the auction stage. One of them stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the woman, saying: "Sister, The master has an order, so the merman just deal with it directly, and don't take it back."

Wang Wanru nodded, and raised her chin at the two of them: "You two do it."

"Also," the man said again, "he wants to see the demon invited by Nightmare."

"Understood." After finishing speaking, the two went straight to the glass sink, and Wang Wanru looked at Agui who was restrained again, and said, "You just said that the buyer who photographed the merman was the person in Room No. [-]? But we It has been checked, and there is no one there, where are they? My master wants to meet."

Agui said: "Where—" He raised an arm and pointed to the temporarily added booth in the corner.

Wang Wanru turned her head to look, her almond eyes narrowed slightly, her eyesight was better than ordinary people, and she could easily see the booth behind the gauze curtain.

"No one." She twisted her wrist, causing the dagger to cut horizontally again, and Agui screamed in pain. Wang Wanru got tired of hearing it, and moved her other hand around to pinch the other's cheek to death, saying every word. He threatened, "Is it because our attitude is too mild that you don't realize the consequences of talking nonsense?"

At the same time as they were speaking, the other two had already come to the glass tank. Feeling the danger, the little shark huddled in the corner on the other side in fear. There was only one opening at the top of this tank, and it was difficult for ordinary people to climb up without the help of an escalator. Since the order is execution, there is no need to pay attention to the method of taking it out.

The two looked at each other, one of them backed away tacitly to get away, the other reached into the inner pocket of the hunting jacket, held the puppet scroll and was about to take it out, when the bent arm moved slightly, the whole person froze instantly.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his strange expression, his companion asked quickly.

The man maintained the weird movement of lowering his head to pick up something, and his voice revealed a hint of disbelief: "I... can't move."

His voice fell, and the sound of swooshing suddenly sounded, followed by a few slaps of glass bursting, and the lighting on the top was completely destroyed by the lead wires shot from nowhere. The moment the hall fell into darkness, people finally saw clearly what was floating at this moment. Thousands of thin lines glowing with pale blue fluorescence in midair.

The magnificent scene like a star trail fell into the depths of the pupils. After a short period of shock, people felt uncontrollable fear. Screaming and footsteps erupted from all directions. The frightened crowd left their seats and ran out in a panic. The entire hall There was a mess all of a sudden.

Realizing something was wrong, Wang Wanru drew out her dagger, pushed Agui aside, turned around and said sharply, "Who is it?!"

In the darkness, the sharp blade of Tang Dao quietly rested on the side of the woman's neck, slightly cut open the skin, the blood flowed down, and the fishy and sweet breath full of spiritual power escaped. Wang Wanru didn't even notice that someone was approaching, and she was shocked immediately. ——Even if she was held hostage at such a close distance, she still didn't notice even the slightest breath.

Being able to restrain the aura to such a degree is indeed worthy of being a monster invited by Nightmare Demon, and it really is not a low-level monster.

The woman calmed down quickly, and moved her five fingers hanging by her side slightly. She was about to condense the lead when she heard a gentle voice chuckling in her ear: "Miss, I advise you not to try to sneak attack me, because I really know that thing in your hand too well."

Wang Wanru was stunned for a moment, neither stopped nor took the risk to continue, but maintained that guarded posture, squinted at the dark place behind her coldly, and said, "Are you the demon invited by Nightmare?"

"No, I don't have that status yet." Li Huan said, "Speaking of which, why does your master insist on making things difficult for us?"

Wang Wanru snorted, and said coldly: "Nightmare that stinky bitch dares to have relationships with other monsters, even humans, behind our master's back. This is a family matter, and we can't ignore it. As the same kind, you should understand."

Li Huan said: "Understanding is understanding, but what about the robbery?"

"There are so many mermaids in the South China Sea?" Wang Wanru said disdainfully, "What our master wants to target is the ghost car, which has nothing to do with you. If you know where he is, you might as well tell me, and then everyone will go their own way. Today Tonight we will settle our own affairs in this Mei family compound."

Li Huan smiled: "But our master has his eyes on the one in the sink, and you seem to want to deal with him?"

Wang Wanru said: "You guys are here to buy ghost cars. You don't know the inside story of this mortal auction. It is absolutely impossible to have a real demon as an auction item here. The shark inside is definitely a half-demon artificially fused. The timbre is deceptive, and you can't cry into tears. It's a complete ornamental product, and it's useless to buy it."

"I said it," Li Huan repeated in a good-tempered manner, "Our director has his eyes on the one in the sink. We have nothing to do with your housework tonight, but if you want to touch him, you can't ignore it."

To Wang Wanru's ears, the man's tone was still gentle and smiling, but he could still vaguely taste such a malicious and cunning taste.

Just as the two were talking, the cluster of spiritual leads not far away suddenly tightened, and the man who intended to summon the puppet to smash the water tank was thrown into the back corner of the hall, and hit the wall with a bang, the whole People passed out.

Wang Wanru was shocked immediately, and shouted sharply: "Tell that person to stop! Our master doesn't want to deal with you, don't be so ignorant!"

"That's really unlucky." Li Huan said in a playful voice, and pressed the Tang knife in his hand again, "We happen to want to have a deal with your master tonight."

"Overestimating one's abilities!" Wang Wanru said angrily, "Do you know who our master is? How dare you speak wild words here?!"

Hearing this, the person behind him just laughed out loud.Wang Wanru was even more angry, and just about to speak, she heard that guy say in a very frivolous tone: "Your master, isn't he Qingluan Fengchi, one of the ancient five evils?"

Wang Wanru's eyes widened suddenly: "Who are you?!"

"Oh—that's not right! He can't be called Feng Chi, so what should he say?" Li Huan thought for a while, "It should be the same as the merman in the sink, but made of Qingluan's two strands of soul. The half-human, half-demon thing that comes out is not the mortal that you despise in essence?"

"Shut up!" Wang Wanru said angrily, "You are not allowed to belittle him like this!"

Li Huan sneered and raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "You woman is a mortal, and you are just a person with spiritual power. You don't even have a demon soul in your body, and you want to draw a line from humans? This is true. Speak wild words!"

At this moment, there was another crackling sound of the beaded curtain shaking in the darkness.

Li Huan was slightly taken aback, his sensitive five senses instantly dispersed, he could feel someone landed lightly not far behind him, and there was an inaudible rubbing sound, like the hem of a cloak or cloak brushing. The sound of the ground.

The man didn't make a move, but walked towards this side at a leisurely pace, then walked straight past Li Huan, and probably stopped in front of the water tank where the little mermaid was imprisoned.

"I remembered, this little guy seems to have flowed out from the Demon Subduing Masters Association."

It was a gentle and delicate male voice, whose age could not be discerned, but Li Huan could clearly feel the trembling of the woman under his restraint when the voice sounded.

"Do you remember, like?"

Wang Wanru said: "The master is talking about the surviving child who was brought back to the association years ago?"

"Exactly." The man said, "I was still thinking that there could be that nameless monster in Beijing who knew my name, Feng Chi, and dared to mock me openly. Now that I think about it, it is me. That virtuous brother has such qualifications."

"You mean Nine Tails?!" Wang Wanru was startled, subconsciously looking sideways behind her.

"He's not," Feng Chi said, "That little guy doesn't have any smell on him, and he knows it's not Xuan Chi and Bai Ze, so he's only the third soul of the deity left. Unexpectedly, there will be unexpected gains tonight. It’s really worthwhile.”

——inued