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"My lord, where are you going next?"

Shi Liang looked at the shops on both sides of the street, and asked Chu Ci aloud.

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, then said, "Is there anything unique about Cross Street?"

Shi Liang scratched his head and murmured, "Is there anything special about Cross Street?"

"Except for the different style and environment, the rest is that the things sold are very expensive!"

"Oh, right!"

Shi Liang clapped his palms suddenly, as if he remembered something.

"My lord, there is a very special place in this cross street!"

There was a look of interest in Chu Ci's eyes, and he asked aloud, "Where is it?"

Shi Liang walked up to Chu Ci and said in a low voice, "The underground auction house is located in the north area of ​​Shizijie!"

Chu Ci was startled when he heard the words, and then said with a smile, "Although the underground auction site is somewhat unique, there is no need to say it is so mysterious, right?"

Shi Liang shook his head and said in a low voice, "My lord, I heard that there is a slave auction in this underground auction!"

"what?!"

When Chu Ci heard the words, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "The empire expressly stipulates that any form of slave auction is prohibited!"

"How dare Xiancheng defy the laws of the empire?"

"Could it be that King Xian wants to rebel!"

Shi Liang's face turned pale, and he was so frightened by Chu Ci that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"My lord, listen to me."

"Actually, this is not a slave auction, but an alternative way of employment."

"It's just that the people hired are the survivors of the Xianzhu Kingdom, so we jokingly call it the slave auction."

Shi Liang looked at Chu Ci tremblingly, and said tentatively, "My lord, I was the one who said something wrong just now, please don't blame me."

Shi Liang was completely terrified by Chu Ci's sudden display of power just now.

After listening to Shi Liang's explanation, Chu Ci patted Shi Liang on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, I don't mean to blame you."

Only then did Shi Liang heave a sigh of relief, and said in a pretendingly relaxed tone, "Master, you really surprised me."

Chu Ci waved his hand and said, "Tell me about this underground auction carefully."

Shi Liangliang nodded, "My lord, let's talk as we walk?"

Shi Liang introduced Chu Ci to the underground auction house in North District while taking Chu Ci with him.

In addition to auctioning some rare and antiques, the underground auction house also has one of the most special auctions, which is to offer the employment rights of the survivors of the Zhu Kingdom!

The rich and wealthy businessmen can offer their own price, or the monthly salary of members, or invisible benefits.

Using this as a bargaining chip, they competed and auctioned off the employment rights of the survivors of the Zhu Kingdom, and hired them as servants at home.

Moreover, the more distinguished the survivors of the Xianzhu Kingdom, the more intense the competition.

There was once a wealthy merchant who offered a monthly payment of 50 taels of silver and hired a noble from the original Zhu country.

Chu Ci frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many people of the Zhu Kingdom are there?"

Shi Liang shook his head slightly, "Not much."

"The adherents of the Xianzhu Kingdom who appeared in the underground auction are basically nobles or people of high status."

"These people have lost their homes and have nowhere to go, but they are unwilling to put down their bodies and work hard to support themselves. They can only come to the underground auction house and let those rich and wealthy merchants bid and compete."

As they spoke, everyone came to a typical Xianzhu-style building.

Shi Liang pointed to the building in front of him and said aloud, "My lord, this should be here."

Chu Ci nodded, and took the lead in walking over.

"Go, go in and have a look."

Chapter 417 Underground Auction

Wanbaozhai.

Chuci and his party stood in front of this shop full of Xianzhu country style.

"Let's go."

Chu Ci greeted and walked in first.

The shop is small in size, and golden nanmu shelves are erected on the surrounding walls.

There are all kinds of rare and antique items on the wooden shelves.

At first glance, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it looks very bluffing.

There was only one clerk and one shopkeeper in the room.

The buddy was a lean boy with quick hands and feet.

Wiping the dust in the room carefully with a towel.

The shopkeeper is a short, fat middle-aged man, wearing a red mandarin jacket, lying on a wicker chair.

He shakes a folding fan in one hand, and a pair of agate stone balls in the other.

The skinny guy saw Chuci and the others walking into the shop, and hurriedly greeted the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, someone is here!"

The shopkeeper is closing his eyes at the moment.

Hearing the man's greeting, he slightly raised his eyelids.

Seeing Chu Ci and the others, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he stood up from the wicker chair.

"What do the guest officers want to see?"

The shopkeeper walked up to Chu Ci and the others with square steps.

Chu Ci looked around, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Shi Liang took a step forward, folded his hands and said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, we are going to participate in the underground auction!"

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and looked Chu Ci and the others up and down.

"Ha ha···"

The shopkeeper chuckled, "This shop is a shop that sells rare and antiques, not an underground auction!"

"what?"

A look of surprise appeared on Shi Liang's face.

"There is no underground auction here?"

"But I heard people say that this is the shop."

The shopkeeper shook his head and said with a smile, "Little brother, could it be that you heard it wrong?"

"This···"

Shi Liang scratched his head, turned to Chu Ci and said, "My lord, it's possible that I made a mistake."

"sorry!"

Shi Liang bowed towards Chu Ci, and said apologetically, "How about I take you to other shops?"

Chu Ci waved his hand and said softly, "No need!"

"The entrance to the underground auction is here."

Shi Liang was taken aback, "But the shopkeeper said..."

Chu Ci reached out to stop Shi Liang.

Looking at the shopkeeper, Chu Ci said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, we are sincerely here to participate in the auction, you won't really let us pass through the door, will you?"

The shopkeeper's expression froze, and he unnaturally shook the folding fan in his hand.

"Young master, I don't understand what you mean."

"Don't admit it yet?"

Chu Ci chuckled, pointed to the wall on the right side of the shop and said, "Behind the nanmu shelf is the entrance to the underground auction, right?"

"As for the mechanism to open the entrance..."

Chu Ci took a focused look at the rare and antiques placed on the wooden shelf, and said, "It should be the colorful glass bottle in the third row from the left and the fifth row, right?"

As soon as Chu Ci finished speaking, the shopkeeper froze in place.

"how do you know?!"

The shopkeeper subconsciously opened his mouth, and then reacted.

Looking at Chu Ci, a strange look appeared in the shopkeeper's eyes, he folded his folding fan and cupped his hands and said, "Master, you can see clearly, I admire you!"

"Yes, behind that wooden frame is the entrance to the underground auction."

"only···"

The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "I can't let you in yet!"

Before Chuci could answer, Shi Liang said first, "Why?"

"Since you can enter the underground auction here, why don't you let us in?"

Shi Liang was deceived by the shopkeeper, so that he lost face in front of Chu Ci, so Shi Liang felt a little unhappy.

"Ha ha···"

The shopkeeper waved a folding fan in his hand and said with an agate stone ball, "Because you need a referrer to enter the underground auction!"

Looking at Chu Ci and the others, the shopkeeper said with a smile, "If I'm guessing right, this is the first time for you to come to Xiancheng Cross Street, right?"

Stretching out his hand and tapping Shi Liang, the shopkeeper continued, "Although this little brother is also from Xiancheng, he only hears about the underground auction on Cross Street and has only a half-knowledge."

"So I don't know anything about the referrer."

"Without a referrer, it's hard for me to put a few people in. This is the rule of the underground auction!"

Chu Ci nodded knowingly.

"So it is."

"Then how do you get a referral?"

The shopkeeper waved the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "That depends on the young master's ability!"

While speaking, two figures stepped into the shop.

"I'll be their referrer!"

A lazy voice sounded.

Chu Ci heard the sound and looked at it, his expression was startled.

The person who came was Mrs. Dutong who had met at the rouge gouache shop, and the little girl who was adopted by her from the survivors of the Xianzhu Kingdom.

When the store manager saw the person coming, he quickly walked up to him.

"I met Mrs. Dutong! I met Miss Sun!"

Mrs. Dutong nodded reservedly, but the little girl didn't respond at all.

The shopkeeper didn't take it seriously, and asked with a smile on his face, "Madam is here to participate in the underground auction?"

"You came at the right time, please come in quickly!"

The shopkeeper reached out his hand to signal that he wanted to lead the mother and daughter to the entrance.

Madam Mei stopped in her tracks, looked at Chu Ci and the others and said, "You also want to participate in the underground auction?"

Madam Mei glanced at Chu Ci and the others.

Chu Ci observed that her eyes lingered on Shi Liang for a moment, and at the same time, her hand holding the little girl tightened slightly.