Chapter 199 Three Hundred and Ten Thousand

The moment she saw Li Minghuang, Zhang Yuyue's face turned pale.

Regardless of whether Zhang Yuyue was jealous of her, the sisterly feelings of many years made Zhang Yuelu hold her hand as a comfort.

Zhang Yuyue's lips trembled slightly, and she wanted to say something, but couldn't open her mouth.

Qi Xuansu looked at Li Minghuang.

Li Minghuang happened to look in this direction, and their eyes just collided.

To be fair, Qi Xuansu and Li Minghuang had no grudges and had never met before, and Zhang Yuyue was not his wife, so the collision of their eyes did not spark any sparks, but just nodded from a distance.

As for why Li Minghuang paid attention to Qi Xuansu instead of Zhang Yuelu, the reason was very simple. Li Minghuang and Zhang Yuelu were colleagues, and they had been in contact for a long time in Tiangang Hall. They were already very familiar with each other, so there was no need to pay too much attention. On the contrary, Qi Xuansu, a rising star who suddenly appeared, was more unfamiliar and more worthy of attention.

Qi Xuansu retracted his gaze and said nothing.

Li Minghuang's appearance is quite good, otherwise he would not have been favored by Zhang Yuyue, and even became a stepping stone for him to advance. He is not the kind of jade-faced scholar who needs to be carefully carved, but he is rough and unruly. Even if he is unkempt, he will only give people a sense of vicissitudes, not a sense of slovenliness. In terms of age, he is much older than Qi Xuansu, and even a few years older than Qi Jianyuan. It is the golden age of a man. He has lost his youthfulness and is left with only maturity, but he does not look old.

However, the most noticeable thing is Li Minghuang's temperament.

He is sharp.

Although Li Minghuang is not as good as Zhang Yuelu, the deputy hall master who is less than 40 years old also means a bright future.

If you are not energetic, you are not a young man, and if you are not satisfied, you are not successful.

If you are satisfied, you will naturally not hide your edge.

Qi Xuansu does not have such a sharp edge, or sometimes there is, but it will not last forever. Because of the influence of Qi Niang, Qi Xuansu always has a bit of humor in him, and the two temperaments are unlikely to exist at the same time.

Li Minghuang and Qi Xuansu both came from a poor family and relied on women to rise to power.

The difference is that Qi Xuansu relied on his mother, so he didn't have to sacrifice his looks. He just had to listen to his mother and be a filial and obedient child. As for Zhang Yuelu, although she was indeed born in a high family, she couldn't be considered a helper to Qi Xuansu. After all, before the Zhang family compromised, Zhang Yuelu was still busy with her own affairs.

Li Minghuang didn't have such luck. He could only take another path. Those famous ladies were regarded by him as different springboards to help him rise step by step. Zhang Yuyue was one of his stepping stones.

If Zhang Yuyue had Zhang Yuelu's ability, Li Minghuang wouldn't mind stopping there and marrying Zhang Yuyue. Unfortunately, Zhang Yuyue didn't have such ability, so Li Minghuang abandoned Zhang Yuyue.

Zhang Yuyue was also devastated.

Zhang Yuelu was very hostile to Li Minghuang because of Zhang Yuyue. This troubled Li Minghuang. Although he was ranked higher than Zhang Yuelu in the Tiangang Hall, Zhang Yuelu was a junior hall master and had two former hall masters to back her up. Even the chief and second-in-command had to give her some respect. Li Minghuang could not confront Zhang Yuelu head-on.

However, Li Minghuang was not easy to deal with. He boarded the Li family's big ship and was adopted as an adopted son. Although his adoptive father was only of the Tian generation, he had a high status in the Li family and great power. He could even speak in front of the national master. Because the Li family adopted sons and sons-in-law and valued sons-in-law, the Li family's generations were confused and often did not match their ages. Some of them were only of the Tian generation and had white hair, while some of the Chang generation were still young.

Not long ago, under the introduction of his adoptive father, Li Minghuang met the national master. Although the national master only talked to him for a short time, the attitude shown by the national master made Li Minghuang very excited.

Neither Li Changge nor Li Tianzhen were adopted sons. Now the Li family still lacks a leader who is an adopted son. It can be said that he is a benchmark or a flag. In short, he needs such a person, and Li Minghuang is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

This makes Li Minghuang very ambitious, and he feels that he is as powerful as a tiger.

Many years later, he may become one of the decision-makers of the Taoist sect and call the wind and rain.

After Li Changsheng and Li Minghuang arrived, they exchanged greetings with Zhang Jucheng and Zhang Wuliang. As Zhang Yuyue's father, Zhang Jucheng behaved and acted as usual when facing Li Minghuang, and people could not see any abnormality. It can be seen that he has a lot of skills in cultivating qi.

When these bigwigs took their seats, the bidding officially began.

Qi Xuansu was just watching the fun. Zhang Yuelu and Tan Taiqiong put aside their prejudices and comforted Zhang Yuyue together. Instead, the legitimate husband Dong Baijing was pushed aside by Tan Taiqiong. It can be seen that it is not easy to be a son-in-law of the Zhang family.

Zhang Juping spent 5,000 Taiping coins to buy an authentic painting by Qinghe Jushi. Zhang Juqi was not very conspicuous, but he also took out 3,000 Taiping coins to buy a blood scripture left by a Taoist priest of the Great Jin Dynasty. Its symbolic significance is very important. Zhang Jiuli spent 18,000 Taiping coins to buy a fan with treasure appearance. For Zhang Jiuli, the chief deputy master of Wuzhou Daofu, the treasure itself is not very meaningful, but this fan was carried by Lin Lingsu, the national teacher of the Great Jin Dynasty, and there is Lin Lingsu's inscription, which is of extraordinary significance.

Qi Xuansu could only sigh at the heritage of the big family, especially the father-in-law, who has a lot of private money. It's not that Qi Xuansu looked down on his father-in-law, but he didn't look like he could control the family finances.

He was different. Zhang Yuelu never used economic means to control him. They were relatively equal and respected each other.

Only Qi Niang would firmly control Qi Xuansu's economic lifeline.

Because a compromise was reached, Zhang Wuliang, who represented the main branch of the Zhang family, gave Zhang Yuelu face and spent 20,000 Taiping coins to buy the treasure donated in the name of Zhang Yuelu.

Soon, it was Qi Xuansu's turn to buy "Female Sword Fairy".

The auctioneer said loudly: "As we all know, "Female Sword Fairy" is the representative work of Madam Xuansheng. Since its publication, it has been published by Qingping Bookstore. In more than 200 years, more than one million copies have been issued. However, this "Female Sword Fairy" is a limited edition collector's edition, with an estimated value of about 300 Taiping coins, donated by Qi Deputy Hall Master Xuansu."

As the voice fell, a low laugh sounded in the auditorium.

300 Taiping coins?

Isn't this too stingy? Sending away beggars?

Still want to marry the daughter of the Zhang family?

A son-in-law is a son-in-law, and he can't accomplish anything big.

The atmosphere was awkward.

Zhang Jucheng had a good impression of Qi Xuansu. In order to resolve this embarrassment, he symbolically quoted a price: "Three thousand Taiping money."

In a blink of an eye, it increased tenfold.

This made the laughter stop.

The attitude of the little people is nothing, the attitude of the big people is the key.

Many people were influenced by Zhang Jucheng, and they also understood Zhang Jucheng's intentions, and began to quote.

In any case, Qi Xuansu represented Quanzhen Dao. You can give Qi Xuansu face or not, but you must give Quanzhen Dao face.

Soon, the price climbed to six thousand Taiping money, which is twenty times the value of this "Female Sword Fairy" itself, and it is almost the limit.

Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Zhang Yuelu, who no longer comforted Zhang Yuyue, suddenly quoted: "Ten thousand Taiping money."

The whole room was in an uproar.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu.

Zhang Yuelu was calm.

Ten thousand Taiping money is not a big sum for the people present, but using ten thousand Taiping money to buy a treasure is one thing, and using ten thousand Taiping money to buy a copy of "Female Sword Fairy" is another thing.

The latter is simply throwing money away.

You have to know that this is a charity sale. No matter how much money is sold, it will not reach Qi Xuansu's hands, but will be used to support the war in Fenglinzhou, so there is no such thing as transferring money from one hand to the other.

Qi Xuansu was also surprised and hurriedly asked in a voice transmission: "Where did you get so many Taiping money?"

Zhang Yuelu replied: "The Heavenly Master gave it to me in advance. He said that Taiping money cannot be brought into the world and cannot be taken away from the world. It's better to donate it. He is a person who is about to ascend to heaven. It's useless for him to have this reputation, so he gave this reputation to me."

Qi Xuansu understood that Zhang Yuelu was offering flowers to Buddha.

At this time, someone praised: "Vice-Hall Master Zhang is of high moral character."

Zhang Yuelu first sold the donated treasure for 20,000 Taiping coins, and now he took out another 10,000 Taiping coins to bid for a worthless copy of "Female Sword Fairy", which is 30,000 Taiping coins in total. The key is that "Female Sword Fairy" is not as valuable as other items, and it almost doesn't make back the money.

This is real money, so it is naturally high moral character.

But to be honest, the money was all paid by the Heavenly Master, and it was really the Heavenly Master who gave Zhang Yuelu his reputation.

Zhang Yuelu did not take credit for it, but he did not go against the Heavenly Master's kindness and explain anything.

Naturally, no one laughed at Qi Xuansu anymore. After all, not everyone can sell a thing worth 300 Taiping coins at a high price of 10,000 Taiping coins, and they can't help but accept it. Some people also think that this was something Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had discussed long ago.

At the same time, some people like Yan Mingchen were also disheartened. Zhang Yuelu supported Qi Xuansu so much, and the affection between them could not be justified by a good relationship. From this, it seems that the relationship between the two is almost settled. Looking at Zhang Jucheng's attitude, the Zhang family also agreed.

Li Minghuang looked at Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu deeply, wondering what they were thinking.

The finale was still the Zhu fruit, which was not expensive, but there were few ways to get it. It was basically the Zhang family's annual auction, which sold for a high price of 9,000 Taiping coins and was won by Li Minghuang. The main item was a "Five Qi True Pill", which sold for a high price of 24,000 Taiping coins and was won by Li Changsheng.

When calculating the donation amount in the end, it is not about how much money was spent on the auction, but how much Taiping coins the donated items can be sold for.

The "Five Qi True Pill" and the Red Fruit were donated in the name of Tianshi, and Lin Lingsu's folding fan was donated in the name of Zhang Jucheng. Therefore, Tianshi topped the list with 33,000 Taiping coins, followed by Zhang Yuelu with 20,000 Taiping coins, then Zhang Jucheng with 18,000 Taiping coins, and Qi Xuansu ranked fourth with 10,000 Taiping coins, which prevented many people who wanted to laugh at Qi Xuansu from laughing.