Chapter 31: Dancing Girl Sleeves
When the flowers bloom, we each show one branch.
Just when Shisheng and the other two went to the backyard to put mice on, Liu Bolun was having a lot of chats with the merchants at the same table. He relied on his boldness and never frightened, so he acted very naturally.
Liu Bolun gave them the impression that a rich and slutty young man, and there was another such person on the same table.
The man called himself "Mr. Bao," about the same age as Liu Bolun, but his clothes were luxuriously dressed and his words were even more arrogant than Liu Bolun. He would be rewarded for anyone who greeted him when he came in. After taking the seat, he smiled and looked like a prodigal son.
People who can appear here are either rich or noble, so naturally no one dares to underestimate them.
In Liu Bolun and Chen Tunan's opinion, such gatherings are really not very nutritious. To put it bluntly, these people are just a group of local rich people. What they can say on the table is nothing but bragging and showing off how rich they are.
A fat and big-eared merchant pulled a ring from his hand and said to everyone: "Everyone, I'm very lucky these days. I've bought such an object. Today I will take it out and everyone will help me identify it to see if it's worth my five hundred horses."
The ring is full of green and illuminated with a faint green light. You can tell it is worth a lot at first glance. It is said that this is a thing in the palace of the previous dynasty. Everyone in the same table admires it. Mr. Bao blinked and said, "How much money can you be worth?"
"I heard from the guy that you have any better than this?" The rich businessman snorted, "Take it out and let our men open their eyes?"
Liu Bolun looked at the naughty green with interest, and saw that Mr. Bao took something out of his sleeve and placed it on the table for everyone to see. Everyone looked up and breathed secretly. This thing was a bird cage the size of a palm, which was extremely delicately made of golden silk, and was inlaid with various gems. The most amazing thing was that there was a jasper carved parrot inside the bird cage. The jasper pattern just embellished the pattern of the bird feathers. The jade parrot inside made a sound!
This is really an unprecedented treasure. The wealthy businessmen kept admiring, but Mr. Bao said disapprovingly: "What's this? It's just a Persian in the Western Regions. Who would like to take it?"
Everyone couldn't believe their ears, thinking where did this rich young man come from? He was so arrogant that he could be the son of the royal family?
There are so many things for rich people. Liu Bolun thought to himself while drinking.
However, at this moment, the servant of Qian’s mansion came in and told him: Mr. Qian was here.
So everyone stood up to greet him. Although Liu Bolun and Chen Tunan's nose were not as sensitive as Shisheng, they did notice something strange on him. So Chen Tunan nodded to Shisheng and signaled him to accompany Xiaobai to the backyard to put mice.
Aside from the three of them, let’s talk about the “Ma Shang Qian” Qian. Chen Tunan met him two years ago. At that time, he had only one sentence for the wealthy businessman: he was extremely cunning.
Legend has it that this person has a very accurate vision and will do whatever he wants. It is precisely because of this that he has changed from an unknown little boss to a wealthy businessman who is as rich as a country in the twenty years of the chaotic times.
Everyone gathered here today for him. After he walked to the chairman, he picked up his wine glass and said some polite words to announce the start of the banquet.
Everything went normal after that. After eating and drinking for a while, Boss Qian put down his chopsticks and raised his glass and said, "Everyone gathers here today. If there is no singing and dancing to cheer up, wouldn't it be boring?"
Everyone echoed, and they had previously received rumors that the best dancer, Hong Niang, will come to entertain today. According to legend, the Hong Niang is both good at singing and dancing, and her appearance is even more beautiful. Among the wealthy businessmen, there are lustful people who can't wait to see her beautiful face.
So after Boss Qian signaled that the singing and dancing could begin, the wealthy businessmen all shouted, and then the sound of silk and bamboo suddenly started. Several beautiful dancers on the stage at the end of the hall danced with the music. After they danced for half the song, the music gradually lowered. At this moment, a thin red curtain was pulled down from the stage, and the song became faster and faster. The dancers danced faster and faster with the music. At this moment, several red lights suddenly appeared after the curtain, and a graceful figure of a woman appeared behind the cloth.
Everyone in the hall applauded!
But under the reflection of the light, the woman's figure began to dance. Even through the gauze-like curtain, it made everyone fascinated. Her graceful figure was like a fairy's figure, and her long sleeves swayed with the music. Even Liu Bolun was a little stunned.
This Hongniang is indeed well-known. Before she showed up, her dreamy feeling shocked everyone, making the eyes of these businessmen and nobles unable to live without her.
After a dance, the Red Lady gave a slight salute behind the curtain, and then thunderous applause came from the hall.
At this moment, Boss Qian stood up, bowed to everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone, Qian's business in recent years has been thanks to everyone's care. Today, the bosses gathered here again. Qian had no way to entertain him. He specially invited the Hongniang to dance. The entertainment prepared for everyone during the meal will begin immediately."
"Here's here." Liu Bolun was excited to see the fat businessman beside him rubbing his hands. It turned out that during the Macheng celebration every year, wealthy businessmen gathered, and there would be a fun program during the meal. This is also a good opportunity for many businessmen to show their financial strength.
The boss Qian raised his glass and said, "Qian is not talented, and he has bought the dancer Hong Madam. Now I offer her to you. Since most of you are horse merchants, today's bargaining chips are horses. If any boss has more horses, he can spend the night with Hong Madam. Then the beauty will drink and have fun together. Wouldn't it be wonderful?"
After hearing him say this, everyone was shocked. Who is this popular lady? He is the most popular actress today. How many kings have appeared before, but they have never sold their skills but never sold themselves. Now that Ma Shang money can actually buy her, how much money does it cost to do it?
While surprised, the wealthy businessmen also became crazy. The rich people's daily life had already been numb. Now they saw that the world's number one beauty had the opportunity to spend a night with them, so why would they hesitate? The bidding sounds in the hall were heard one after another, and the bidding instantly reached two thousand horses.
What is the concept of two thousand horses? It is possible to arm a force in this world. This shows the weight of the wealthy businessmen in the house in this world at this time.
But Liu Bolun found that most of the number of horses bidding were raised by one person.
This person is Mr. Bao who was sitting with him.
Others usually raise prices ten and twenty, but only he opens his mouth and has more than two hundred. The bidding speed is very fast. After 1,500, most of the wealthy businessmen raised their hands. Liu Bolun is interesting to watch. He has been traveling in the world for a long time, and he has seen many bidding tricks like this on the black market.
He understood that there were only three types of people bidding for, one was the person who simply wanted the auction item, one just wanted to show off his wealth, and the other was the one who was in a naughty head and a hot-headed person.
Of course, in addition to this, there is a kind of person who is responsible for hyping up the atmosphere and raising prices that sellers arranged in advance among the crowd.
However, there should be no such person in this kind of situation. The young master named Bao should be just simply rich.
Liu Bolun found it interesting, so he mixed a few words at 1,500. Sure enough, as soon as he made a bid, the young master instantly added 200 more.
After two thousand horses, only two people were left in the hall to bid, one was this young master, and the other was sitting on a table on the right hand side. The man was raising his legs and half a weird tattoo was exposed on his neck.
At that time, the entire hall was quiet, and the audience's eyes were on these two people. Strangely, there were very few businessmen who knew these two people. You must know that there were no troublemakers here. Who could afford to be the local emperor Ma Shangqian?
So everyone guessed the identities of the two. Who are they? How could they be so rich?
Just as people speculated, the Hongmao's worth of the night had exceeded 3,000 horses, which was equivalent to the number of horses that would be lost in a siege battle. Everyone was amazed and couldn't help but sigh that it seemed that the Hongmao was really "beautiful to the whole country".
The young master Bao seemed to be annoyed, and he raised his hand and shouted loudly: "It's really troublesome. I'll just send 4,000 horses. Don't argue with me, okay?"
Four thousand horses? Everyone couldn't believe their ears, but before they could scream, the tattooed man laughed loudly and said, "I'll pay ten thousand horses!"
This time, no one exclaimed, they were just looking at the middle-aged man with a vulgar appearance.
Just ask, even horse merchants cannot easily mobilize ten thousand horses. There are only a handful of people in the world who can have such financial resources, and this man is obviously making trouble.
If you dare to make trouble on Ma Shang Qian territory, is this person tired of living?
Boss Qian also stood up and said coldly to the man: "Boss, please ask me if you are the first name of Zun, what advice can I give you if you come here uninvited today?"
Obviously, Ma Shangqian had just investigated the background of this person, and what was surprising was that this person was not in the invitation, which means that he was an uninvited person!
I would like to ask how he came in when the Qian Mansion is strictly investigated?
But these seem to be not important to Boss Qian. When he was speaking, he saw ten martial arts servants who had already come to the man, and the man leaned against the chair for a long time and said indifferently: "Boss Qian, I naturally cannot afford to offend you. But this time I came here by the orders of the old man Kuteng, the master of the family, to discuss a deal with you. I wonder if you are rewarded or not."
Old Man Liu Bolun and Chen Tunan immediately frowned. They naturally heard of the name of this old demon. They were one of the few old demons in the world. But this man usually acted in the dark. Does he want to get a share of the pie in this troubled world now?
And Ma Shangqian sneered and said, "I'm afraid Qian will not obey his fate."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ten servants had already shown their weapons and chopped them towards the monster. The monster smiled slightly, jumped up with his feet, and landed on the table in the exclamation of the crowd.
At this moment, dozens of figures rushed in from outside the door, all of which were monster hunters hired by Ma Shangqian.
The whole situation changed dramatically. Many people didn't even react, and the battle had begun. But the weird man was not afraid. He lifted his robe and gave birth to a baby's head on his thin left chest. The baby had a nose and eyes and suddenly opened his mouth and screamed, and he vomited a stream of yellow smoke while crying!
It was so evil spell, Liu Bolun glanced at Chen Tunan, and the two of them were wondering whether to take action now.
The yellow smoke quickly condensed, and several ape-like monsters appeared from the smoke. The monsters fell into the crowd and began to bite them. Then everyone screamed, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
At this moment, a monkey demon rushed towards Ma Shangqian. Ma Shangqian did not move because the servants around him were all top-notch masters. Sure enough, just as the monkey pounced on him, they were cut into two sections by a demon hunter who used a knife in front of him.
The monster hunters who rushed into the house each had unique skills. In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the monkey demon in groups to kill him. All this happened between the six and seven breaths.
When the yellow smoke disappeared, the strange man disappeared, and Chen Tunan whispered: "It's broken!"
Liu Bolun suddenly came to his senses and saw that there was no sign of the Red Lady on the stage. At this moment, he heard the laughter of the strange man on the house: "Mr. Qian, I advise you to be more aware of your appearance. If you want to have a peace talk, please condescend to Beishan to talk. You should know what we want and our means!"
The voice gradually drifted away. Liu Bolun was about to get up to chase him, but was stopped by Chen Tunan. Chen Tunan whispered to him: "Hanshan and Shisheng have gone, there is something strange here. Let's stay and check it."
Liu Bolun looked back and saw that the three people disappeared. At this moment, Mr. Bao, who was in the same room, shouted loudly: "Hey! Why are you taking her away? Return the woman to me!"
While speaking, he also left the seat and ran out. At this time, the people in the hall were still in shock. None of them figured out what was going on here just now.
Liu Bolun understood. He looked at the calm-looking Master Qian and thought to himself that since even the old monsters who had been hiding on the mountain have come out, it is not difficult to see from Ma Shangqian's performance that this is not the first time he has come into contact with them.
And where did the demonic aura on him come from? It seems that this matter is getting more and more interesting.
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