Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Chapter 94 It's all about cooperation, no matter who you're with.

"Our first item for auction today is a blue and white porcelain cup with children playing, with a starting price of 700,000! Each bid must be at least 50,000! Bidding will begin in one minute!"

A woman in a black cheongsam with her hair up, her makeup exquisite, stood in front of the auction stage, holding a small wooden mallet. Her eyes swept around, and her clear, cold voice announced the first item to be auctioned.

After Qin Henian called the waiter to turn on the lights upstairs, all subsequent issues were handled by Zararossi and the staff of the Crescent Hotel.

He himself, along with Wu Xie and the others, stood at the window looking down at people from various industries.

"Seven hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Eight hundred and fifty thousand!"

"One million two hundred and fifty thousand!"

"......"

As the sounds from downstairs were heard, a man in Qin Henian's private room was holding an exquisite mahogany dragon-head hook with a beautiful and delicate lantern hanging from it, looking out the window at the hook.

Bang!

Holding the lantern on the mahogany dragon-head hook, they gradually approached the hook, and with a clang, the bright lantern was firmly hung on the hook.

"There's a light hanging above that private room upstairs! Quick, look over there!"

At this moment, a sharp-eyed customer downstairs noticed that a light was hanging outside a private room on the left side of the upstairs room. He excitedly patted the person next to him, making a loud noise that could be heard by people nearby.

"where?"

"Point me out a brother!"

"..."

Downstairs, there was a lot of noise and commotion. Upstairs, in the Huo family's private room, Huo Xiangu, the head of the Huo family, who was sitting closest to the window, was staring intently at the window opposite, her face full of displeasure.

"How could it be them...?"

The words she was muttering to herself were twitching at the corners of her mouth. Huo Xiangu looked at Wu Xie sitting opposite her, and her brows furrowed deeply as she looked at his face.

"Xiuxiu! Have them hang a light outside our private room too, one more than the one across the street!"

With a hoarse voice, Huo Xiangu instructed her granddaughter who was following her. Regardless of her dislike for the Wu family or the things she had to bid for today, the Huo family could not be inferior to others, especially since those people were the juniors of the people she disliked.

"Grandma! Those are sky lanterns from the Crescent Moon Hotel. Do we really want to light them?"

Huo Xiuxiu hesitated for a moment.

"Why not order? With the Huo family's current wealth, we can afford this little bit of money."

Huo Xiangu's face remained expressionless as she looked towards the opposite room. She didn't believe that the Wu family's boy could outdo her.

Upstairs, another private room had lanterns hung outside, and they were even brightly lit, causing a stir among the other private rooms and the regular and casual patrons downstairs...

"Tsk tsk tsk... He Nian, look, they have more lanterns hanging over there than we do!"

At this moment, Hei Xiazi, who was sitting next to Qin Henian upstairs, looked like he was watching a good show, clicking his tongue in amazement, his eyes behind his sunglasses full of interest.

Without realizing it, Hei Xiazi's hand landed on Qin Henian's shoulder, and he leaned closer to him. Hei Xiazi's lips curled up, seemingly very satisfied to be so close to his darling.

Zhang Qilin sat on Qin Henian's other side, his eyes fixed on the groping hand on Qin Henian's shoulder. He was torn between slapping the hand away, but what if he made a big move and accidentally hurt Henian...?

No one knew the inner turmoil of Zhang Qilin; only those with poor eyesight would occasionally glance at that pesky black claw.

"Rosie, don't let the other side outdo us. Once we buy the goods, we'll have the initiative in our hands."

Qin Henian listened to Hei Xiazi's words, looked up at Zhala Rossi, and gave the order directly.

"Yes!"

Zararossi received instructions from his prince, then looked at the waiter beside him, and approached him to start a conversation.

blah blah blah!

Just as the sounds of bidding and discussion rose and fell downstairs, Qin Henian's private room door opened.

Xie Yuchen approached the private room, glanced around, and then looked at Wu Xie sitting by the window, with Fatty Wang chatting with someone beside him.

Three other people were seated in front of the mahogany round table. Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qilin sandwiched Qin Henian in the middle, and the atmosphere between the other two seemed a little awkward, except for Qin Henian.

"He Nian! Are you lighting the lanterns to film the grand finale at the Crescent Moon Hotel?"

When Xie Yuchen's gentle and warm voice rang out, Qin Henian turned his head and saw the other person's face, nodding with a smile.

"Yes!"

While the two were talking, Xie Yuchen also found a seat and sat down.

"The second lot is a porcelain vase with floral, bird, and butterfly motifs. This lot..."

"Start filming..."

The auctioneer continued downstairs, while upstairs, two lamps would occasionally be hung from the window frames of the two private boxes. The people downstairs were also watching the spectacle, and gradually, a noisy commotion began to rise in the Crescent Hotel...

Inside the Huo family's private room, Huo Xiangu looked at the opposite private room that was opposing her, her face filled with a cold and murderous aura, her hand dangling on the armrest of the chair, her fingertips digging into it tightly.

"The final item, the highlight of this auction, is the 'Ghost Seal'!"

"Everyone who has come to this auction today must have already learned about the products being auctioned, as our staff have already introduced them to you. The starting price for the Ghost Seal is 1000 million, and each bid must be at least 50 higher!"

The female auctioneer standing on the auction stage downstairs introduced the plate covered with a black cloth that the waiter had just brought up with a smile, and raised her small gavel with a smile as she looked around!

Upstairs in Qin Henian's private room, Zara Rossi stood side by side with Fatty Wang, while a waitress stood on the other side, calling out prices for the room. The group discussed amongst themselves, muttering amongst themselves...

Qin Henian was bored at the table. He felt that modern auctions were not as popular as the private auctions held by ministers in ancient times. They were not fun at all.

"Little Qilin, after we win the Ghost Seal, those Huo family members will definitely cause us trouble. According to the rumors in the underworld, the Ghost Seal is the most valuable and important item at today's auction."

"The Huo family must have come here for this purpose. In addition, they also want to buy the Yangshi Lei from Wu Xie, which means that they at least have something like that. Wu Xie said that the Yangshi Lei drawing is of an underground house, and Qiu Dekao is guarding it in Banna. We all know what Qiu Dekao wants most."

"In addition to the strangeness of that village and the information Wu Xie obtained, it is certain that there is a tomb under Banna."

Qin Henian snapped his fingers, and a golden-red light enveloped all the waiters in the private room, blocking out Qin Henian's words. The servants of the New Moon Hotel were no longer effective at this moment.

Apart from the waiters, everyone else was one of their own and was not excluded. Everyone heard Qin Henian's series of analyses.

"Zhang Family Ancient Building!"

Without thinking, Zhang Qilin blurted out four words upon hearing Qin Henian's words.

Then Zhang Qilin frowned, as if some image had entered his mind. In an instant, the aura around Zhang Qilin turned cold, but when he turned his gaze to Qin Henian beside him, the coldness disappeared.

"According to He Nian, Grandma Huo and Qiu Dekao want to enter the Zhang Family Ancient Building in Banna, and Gui Xi is also related to the Zhang Family Ancient Building."

Upon hearing Qin Henian's analysis, Wu Xie's thoughts instantly connected, linking everything together.

"That's what I meant!"

"However, given the Huo family's attitude towards you just now, I think we can choose to act on our own after we get the Ghost Seal. But we only have a fragmented Yangshi Lei in our hands. However, the fact that Qiu Dekao and the Huo family were able to get involved shows that they also have Yangshi Lei like you, Wu Xie."

"Given the attitudes of both sides, we can choose to cooperate with one side! After all, what difference does it make who we cooperate with? There will always be sacrifices when going into tombs, and our advantage is that our people have high combat strength, right?"

Qin Henian analyzed rationally.