Ling Xuan took the initiative to clean up and walked out of Lingyun Pavilion first. He found that the three of us were still in the same place without moving, so he turned around and greeted us.

"Let's go, why are you standing there? If you don't go, I will go by myself. There are not many opportunities to see the world. Don't regret it if you miss it."

The remaining three people looked at me and I looked at you, and found that they really couldn't understand this group of abnormal people, and they didn't know what was in their heads.

I think there is really nothing to do. Chunting hasn't come back yet and there is no clue about ancient paintings. It's better to go with Ling Xuan to get close to the light water to see if there are any unexpected gains.

I thought Ruoshui was a secret organization that had existed for thousands of years in secret. I thought their base camp should be located in a place with few people, but I didn’t expect that Ling Xuan would take us to the city center after a while. The crowds were crowded and it was very lively.

"Ling Xuan, are you going to take us shopping?"

Xue Nan is a woman after all. If we hadn't been dragging her, she would have been in the specialty store and bought a lot of specials.

"What street do you take you around? I don't want to hook you up!"

Ling Xuan looked at Xue Nan with disdain, and continued to say after we stopped Xue Nan who wanted to take action.

"Do you know what it means to hide in the city? Everyone thinks that such a secret organization must hide secretly if you want to survive, but they do the opposite and place the base camp in this downtown."

After saying that, Ling Xuan stopped and saw what he meant, we should have arrived. We looked up and saw that we were standing in front of a shop.

Although it is in the downtown area, the buildings in front of you are not stained with a trace of fireworks. The overall atmosphere is full of antique atmosphere. From a distance, it seems out of place with the surrounding buildings, and it seems to be in harmony with the well and water.

Such a contradictory view made me unable to help but become curious about this place. After looking closely, the big words on the plaque shine brightly in the sun.

Shangshanxuan.

"I once said that the best is Ruoshui, Ruoshui, and weak water. They are really not afraid that others will guess the relationship between the two."

I couldn't help laughing. Shang Shanxuan was almost telling others clearly, come here, this is Ruoshui's nest, come and find me.

"Who knows, in my opinion, the person who is in charge here is either a very smart genius or a very stupid fool."

Ling Xuan also smiled, shrugged, and said nothing.

It seems that the so-called Shangshanxuan is doing well, and there are always people coming and going to the door, so I can't help looking at Ling Xuan curiously.

"Are you secret organizations like you so idle? Have you still time to manage secular industries?"

Ling Xuan looked at me angrily, but still explained helplessly.

"How is this possible? It's just like the ancient martial arts. There are inner disciples and outer disciples. You have different levels and come into contact with different things. Not everyone has secret techniques. How can this kind of organizational force that has been passed down for thousands of years have no secular industries? No matter how powerful you are, you can't sleep in the open."

"Sites like this are run by ordinary people and are considered as subordinate departments of the organization. Except for managers, employees themselves do not know what this place represents, and they only know how to do their own business."

This makes sense, otherwise, if I think about Chunting and Ling Xuan in my mind, running around and doing business, I feel that my worldview has been severely hit.

Ignoring my imagination beside me, Ling Xuan strode into Shangshanxuan and went up the second floor with a familiarity. We followed him and looked around, looking like we had never seen the world before.

The second floor is a hall, and it seems that there are some important activities. All the successful people sitting in suits and ties, including many rich people who have seen on TV before. I secretly pulled the corner of Ling Xuan's clothes and asked in a low voice.

"What is the origin of this Shangshanxuan? Why are so many rich people here?"

Ling Xuan shrugged and explained to me.

"It's also fate. I like antiques and I got a Lingyun Pavilion in bored. Shangshanxuan is a fellow traveler, but the owner of Lingyun Pavilion is a masterpiece, and the auction here is used to deceive those nouveau riche who don't know the goods."

I suddenly realized that no wonder there are so many celebrities and rich people here. It turns out that the second floor here is an auction.

I found an empty seat behind Ling Xuan and sat down. I asked him what he was going to do, but he smiled and said nothing, telling me that I could not ruin my business and make plans after the auction.

Actually, I don’t like crowded places very much. I always feel that I don’t have the freedom to be alone and be restrained everywhere. What’s more, the people sitting around me are rich people who spend money like natives who are stupid and rich. To put it bluntly, few of them really like antiques. They all want to buy them and show off their financial resources, or put them in the study to pretend to improve their taste. Thinking about these treasures in their hands, it’s really a pity to be a waste of resources.

"The first auction item is washed with Ming blue and white five blessings and nine dragon pens, starting at 3,000 yuan, each time an additional price of 500 yuan."

"The second auction item is a Qing bronze gilded vajra hand statue, starting at 10,000 yuan, and each time it is increased by 1,000 yuan."

"The third auction item is the Song Shoushan stone micro-carved seal of the dragon pattern. The starting price is 20,000 yuan, and the price is 2,000 yuan each time.

......

I sat here bored for a long time, and I saw that the items here were not very good, and they were not as valuable as those placed casually in the corner of Lingyun Pavilion.

But I am still quite conscientious. It is all real and there are no fakes. However, although the things are real, they do not have much value. They are all items with inflated prices. Seeing the crowds competing for auctions, it turns out that the auction is to bully the nouveau riche who bully people stupid and have a lot of money.

"The ninth auction item, Tang Yan Lide's "Picture of Princess Wencheng's Surrender", starts at 50,000 yuan, each time it increases by 10,000 yuan."

As the words of the auction host, I, who was originally drowsy, suddenly woke up and looked at the newly exhibited lots carefully, muttering to myself.

"I haven't been in vain yet. I didn't expect that I could see the authentic works of Yan Lide here."

Shen Lang sat beside me, drowsy as I was. He heard my own words and asked me in a daze.

"Brother Chuan, is this kind of virtue very famous?"

I looked at his half-sleeping look and said unhappy.

"A ordinary person, he designed the Zhaoling Mausoleum that buried Emperor Taizong. Do you think he is famous?"

Shen Lang smiled, not knowing whether it was simple or ignorant.

"It seems the same to me. I don't know him or he doesn't know me. You said that the Zhaoling he designed is a tomb built, why is it still painting? It's not a professional."

I patiently explained to Shen Lang why I was so interested in Yan Lide's original works.

"Yan Lide was an architect and painter in the Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Wude to Zhenguan, he was ordered to build the Gaozu Mountain Mausoleum, supervise the construction of the two palaces of Cuiwei Yuhua, and build Zhaoling. He was finally appointed as the Minister of Works. This person made some achievements in craftsmanship and painting. He was in charge of designing the costumes used by the emperor and empress, and his paintings were known for his figures, trees, stones, and animals."

"According to what you said, he should be very famous, why haven't I heard of him?"

Xue Nan asked curiously when she heard my conversation with Shen Lang.

"Because he has a very famous younger brother, all his popularity was covered up by his younger brother, so he did not have a reputation."

I paused and said the second half of the sentence I had thought about for a long time.
Chapter completed!