Your Majesty, Madam, she is not a human being

Chapter 26 Stones and Beads

"Don't worry, you can pay it back even if you don't want to." Ling Gang waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile.

Huo Qingluan raised an eyebrow, looked at him, and said nothing.

At this time, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, followed by a voice: "Miss Huo, my subordinate has sent something here on the order of the master."

"Come in!" Huo Qingluan greeted outside the door.

The person outside opened the door and came in, walking straight towards the table.When he got closer, Huo Qingluan saw clearly who was coming.This person looks similar to Ling Gang, but is much younger, about fourteen or fifteen years old.She glanced at the visitor and saw that he was holding a box, so she asked, "What's in here?"

"This is what the master asked his subordinates to bring you." The visitor said and handed the box to Huo Qingluan.

Huo Qingluan took it and opened it gently.There was only a dark stone inside, and nothing else.

When he saw the stone, Huo Qingluan was stunned for a moment, then took it out of the box and looked at it carefully.

She remembered that she had seen a similar black stone before, but it was somewhat different from the one in front of her.This stone is oval in shape, black and translucent, with a faint flicker of light, just like the stars in the night sky, beautiful and dazzling.However, its texture is not jade, but more like stone.

She stretched out her hand and gently touched the stone. The cold and smooth touch made her frown.The temperature of this stone is much lower than that of ordinary stones, and its surface is uneven, as if it has been scratched by something.

"What is this?" Huo Qingluan asked.

"I don't know. But...according to the master, he got this by chance. He didn't find out the secret, but he felt that it was a treasure. Therefore, he told his subordinates to give it to Miss Huo. I hope You like it." The young man answered respectfully and stood aside quietly with his head bowed.

Huo Qingluan stared at the stone in his hand in silence.After a moment, she closed the lid, raised her eyes to look at the young man, and slowly opened her lips: "Thank you, Master, for me."

"Yes, I'll take my leave then." After saying that, the young man bowed and exited the room, followed by Ling Gang.

Huo Qingluan took the stone out of the box, put it into his brocade bag, and tied it up.Then he stood up and said to Xiao Wu beside him: "Okay, let's see what your auction house has."

Xiao Wu responded, took out a booklet from his arms, and began to introduce it to Huo Qingluan: "Girl, our auction is held every half month for three days. The items in each auction are They are different and have different values.”

Hearing what Xiao Wu said, Huo Qingluan nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Today is the second day." As he said that, Xiao Wu turned to the first page of the booklet, pointed to the painting on it and said: "This is the auction item, girl, you can take a look first. If you want to buy anything or need anything , just ask me."

Huo Qingluan nodded, took the thing in Xiao Wu's hand and looked at it slowly.She read it very carefully, and by the time she finished it, she had a rough idea.

Xiaowu waited for a long time before she spoke, and asked tentatively: "Girl, is there anything you want to buy?"

"Yes." Huo Qingluan nodded slightly, pointed at a black bead marked on the booklet, and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Wu: "Go and see its current price."

"Yes, please wait a moment, girl." After saying that, Xiao Wu turned and left.

Huo Qingluan withdrew his gaze and sat on the chair to wait.

After a while, Xiao Wuhui, who had just left, came back, "Girl, the current price is 1000 taels of silver. Is there anything else you want? If not, we can start bidding now."

Hearing this, Huo Qingluan had the urge to hold his forehead.I only got a total of 500 taels from Ling Gang, and the bidding for this thing reached 1000 taels. Do you plan to let yourself bid for other things?

"I want to take a look, is it okay?" If it was really that thing, I would have to take pictures of everything I said.At worst, ask Song Jiyang to borrow some more.As the saying goes, if you have a lot of debt, you won't have to worry about it.Although this was a despicable thing to do, there was nothing she could do about it.

"Of course." With that said, Xiao Wu turned around and led the way.

Huo Qingluan followed.The Backyard Auction is divided into several floors, each with different layouts and amenities.Arriving at a room on the bottom floor, Xiao Wu pushed the door in and said to a middle-aged man inside: "Mr. Wang, someone wants to see Lot [-], please show me the way."

The middle-aged man nodded, stood up and walked out.

Seeing this, Huo Qingluan followed suit.

The two passed through several rows of wooden display cabinets and came to a corner and stopped.Huo Qingluan raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that the place was filled with all kinds of strange objects, including stones, beads, broken strings... It looked like a pile of debris.

The middle-aged man pointed to a place and said, "This is Lot No. [-], please take a look at it."

Huo Qingluan looked carefully and saw that the black beads were as black as ink, with a faint dark red luster around them, which looked a bit strange.

Indeed it is!

His own broken soul bead.

Although it has no practical effect, being embedded in a weapon can make the original simple weapon much sharper, and it can also make the weapon withstand its own strength.

It's just... how did it end up here?

After thinking about it, the middle-aged man reminded: "Girl, please choose whether you want to auction it or not."

Huo Qingluan was startled for a moment, raised his eyes to look at the other party, and said softly: "Please help me bid one thousand, five hundred taels."

The middle-aged man nodded, raised his hand and knocked on the wall, and a thumping sound was heard immediately.

Then, a man who looked like a young boy walked in, bowed and said, "Mr. Wang."

"Someone has already bid 500 taels for lot No. [-]. Please put the price up!"

"Yes." With that said, the boy retreated.

Not long after, there was a burst of quotations in the hall on the first floor.

Soon, the bidding for lot No. [-] ended.

There was no danger, Huo Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief.Just like this, I can't buy anything else.

Huo Qingluan went to the counter to check out, but was told that she didn't need to pay as someone had already bought it for her.She knew who it was without even asking.

Taking the black beads handed over from the auction house, Huo Qingluan returned to the front yard and went up to the second floor.Probably because Ling Gang and the others had greeted each other, Huo Qingluan was not stopped again this time.

There were still two guards guarding the door. When they saw her, they both clasped their fists and raised their hands, "Miss Huo, please come inside."

"Thank you." Huo Qingluan smiled politely and walked in with Xiao Cui.It was still a familiar room, but there was one more person in it.

"You are quite leisurely. Are you still drinking tea here?" Huo Qingluan raised his eyebrows and asked when he saw Song Jiyang.

Song Jiyang was leaning on the soft couch by the window, raising the corners of his mouth with a scornful expression, and said with a smile: "I don't drink tea, how can I drink?"

Huo Qingluan rolled her eyes at him, ignored him, walked over and sat down.She took out one thousand, five hundred taels of silver from her arms and pushed it in front of her, and said to Ling Gang who was standing aside: "Here, your money. If you don't use it, I'll give it back to you."

(End of this chapter)