Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 197 Auction

"Is there any copper informant in this auction?" In a room with the curtains drawn on the third floor of the hotel where the auction is located, a middle-aged man with brown hair asked the blond man looking at the computer screen.

"There should be, because we released the news before, so those guys will definitely send someone to check, but we don't know which guy is who." Said the young man who was watching the guests through the computer.

"But I analyzed five suspicious people." The young man clicked a few times with the mouse, and then pointed to the five photos that were just called up on the screen. "Because they are all newcomers to this auction."

"Which of these people do you think is more suspicious?" The middle-aged man looked at the five photos on the screen and asked, and if Liang En was here, he would find a photo of himself in it.

"These two people." The young man pointed to an Arab and a black man in the five photos and said. "Because the background information of these two people is somewhat vague, there is some room for manipulation."

"What about this guy?" The middle-aged man asked while pointing his hand at Liang En's photo. "Why do you judge him to be less suspicious than the previous two?"

"Because this person is a scholar who suddenly became famous recently. He not only deciphered the ancient Egyptian script, but also recently discovered the Vikings' American colony of Vinland and found out the secret of Greek fire." The young man pointed at Liang En's face on the screen. The photo speaks.

"In today's auction, there are several objects from ancient Egypt and ancient Viking civilization, so it is very normal for a scholar like him who mainly studies this area to be attracted."

"More importantly, the thing we used as bait this time is not the object of the other party's research. If he is really an informant, he can just help us lure that traitor out."

"You're right. Sometimes an unqualified informant can help us much more than a qualified informant, so I really hope this person is Copper's informant."

The middle-aged man pointed to Liang En's photo and said.Liang En, who had already entered the lobby, of course didn't know that a conversation about himself was going on upstairs. He was busy looking through the list of items that the waiter had just sent to him at this moment.

Back then, in order to avoid embarrassing those down-and-out nobles, the auction would only send out a specific list of items when all the guests entered the auction site.

Before that, guests would only get a list that roughly described the types of auction items, and would not know the details of those auction items.

Although the sources of goods for this auction have become diverse now, the problems of the past no longer exist.However, this habit has been passed down to this day as the tradition of the current auction, and has become a feature of the auction.

In fact, quite a few guests now come to participate in the auction just because of this vague list of items, because it can reflect the long history and unique style of the auction.

"This auction looks like something." Flipping through the beautifully printed auction brochure in his hand, Liang En revealed a look of surprise, because he found that there were several auction items that looked very good.

For example, there are several very well-preserved papyrus scrolls. Although the scrolls in the photos only reveal a little text, through this text, he realized that what was recorded on these scrolls was the most famous "Papyrus of Ancient Egypt". Book of the Dead.

For many ordinary people, the deepest impression about the ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead" may be that a shirtless, not-looking big man is holding a book made of gold or black stone to read. The picture of the curse.

But in fact, the real "Book of the Dead" is just a common funeral article in ancient Egypt, which will be carved on the wall, coffin board or papyrus.

The content inside will not summon terrible sandstorms or resurrect those mummies like in the movie, but will record things about the afterlife world, and allow the souls of the dead to reach the paradise of the underworld smoothly.

In addition to the ancient Egyptian papyrus, other auction items also look very good, such as a set of Renaissance armor, an ornate musket or a Roman era glass.

What Liang En was looking for this time was among the pile of auction items. Soon, he turned to the end of the list and found his target.

This thing is a belt prayer book from the Tudor period in England. The whole book looks only the size of a palm, but the cover of the book is made of gold and inlaid with various gemstones, and the scriptures are shown in relief. story.

"It seems that this should belong to some great nobleman or royal family." Liang En shook his head lightly, "However, you have to look at the real thing to be sure. You can't tell the real thing just by looking at the photos. .”

After everyone was seated, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo came to the stage to greet the guests present, and then announced the start of the auction.

Because there was nothing Liang En wanted to buy among the items at the beginning, so he just took the opportunity to observe the characteristics of this auction.

Compared with those outside auctions, the process of this kind of private auction seems to be more neat and tidy. For example, the host of the auction will not use some words to stimulate everyone's desire to buy like the outside auctions.

For this reason, it was soon the turn of the "Book of the Dead" auction. At this time, Liang En immediately grabbed the sign in his hand and was ready to bid at any time.

According to Huaxia, there is naturally no possibility of missing something that is open to the public, so after the starting price of 7500 euros was quoted, the overall price immediately rose rapidly.

Fortunately, although this item is relatively rare, it is not an orphan after all, and it is also considered a relatively unpopular collection, so in the end Liang En bought this volume of "Book of the Dead" at a price of 12000 euros.

For him, this 100% "Book of the Dead" dug out of the grave is not for collection, but is intended to be sold to the New York real estate agent, Mr. Bruce.

Because this Mr. Bruce needs such an ancient Egyptian cultural relic to be donated to the Egyptian government, so as to pave the way for his future investment in Egypt.

In fact, at the auction in Canada a few months ago, he planned to buy an ancient Egyptian painted coffin, so he specially asked Liang En to help him check the quality of the things. As a result, during the official auction, Liang En found that the coffin was fake.

In this way, Mr. Bruce naturally didn't buy the fake coffin.However, after the auction ended, he always hoped that Liang En could help him find a good ancient Egyptian cultural relic.

"This time I can earn around 6000 Euros." Liang En thought after buying the "Book of the Dead", "But the most important thing is to gain a favor."

"Especially considering that after applying for an archaeological permit related to the Sinai Peninsula this time, Mr. Bruce, who is developing real estate in Egypt, may come in handy at that time."

So during the break after the one-hour auction, Liang En immediately called to inform Mr. Bruce of the news.

But the fact was just as he had imagined before, Mr. Bruce was not only willing to pay 18000 Euros to buy the "Book of the Dead", but also made it clear on the phone that he owed him a favor.

(End of this chapter)