C25 (1/2)

A cold smile rose on Bai Zheng's face. It was obvious who it was for. It was just that Bai Di was only sixteen years old, and had made her ten years younger.

”One thousand taels!” A well-maintained lady on the second floor raised her number plate.

Seeing the intense auction from the very beginning, Bai Zheng could not help but sigh. There were really a lot of rich people at the Great Zhou, she hoped that she could be one of them in the future.

”What happened to Miss Bai?”

Seeing her sigh, Feng Jingyi asked with concern.

”I just suddenly thought of the people who had been displaced in the disaster area of South Town. I feel sad for them.” Bai Zheng replied with a sigh.

Feng Jingyi's eyes flashed, and after a long while, he said: ”Miss Bai is kind.”

While she was speaking, Auctioneer raised the gavel in her hand and shouted: ”3000 taels going twice, 3000 taels going thrice, deal!”

When Auctioneer's voice fell, a pretty lady quickly walked over, took the wooden box containing the Face Setting Bead and walked towards the rich merchant who was offering a price of three thousand silver and sat on the second floor of the private room.

”Congratulations to Boss Li for obtaining the Face Setting Bead!” The Auctioneer announced loudly, ”Next is our second item.”

After the girl took away the Face Setting Pearl, the black stone platform descended. Following the Auctioneer's voice, it slowly rose up once again.

This time, on the stone platform, there was an object covered by a red velvet cloth.

Everyone sat up straight. The feeling of strangeness towards this treasure instantly replaced the feeling of loss they felt when they didn't get the Bead.

Auctioneer looked around, seeing that everyone's gaze was fixated on the red cloth, she lifted up the red cloth with both hands, revealing the treasure inside.

Bai Zheng looked carefully and realized that it was a zither.

The zither was entirely made of dark red cedar wood. The lower part of the zither was flat and had phoenix-like bone ornaments. The upper part was curved and protruded. There were carvings of clouds and birds.

”This is the Phoenix's zither of the previous Saint of the dynasty, Xu Dynasty. I believe that everyone should be familiar with the Phoenix's zither.”

BOOM!

As soon as Auctioneer's words fell, all the distinguished guests in the auction hall burst into an uproar, completely disregarding their manners. Some people even jumped up in excitement.

Bai Zheng could clearly see that even his father Bai Yinan's beard was trembling from excitement.

”Phoenix Zither!” ”This is the most caressing zither of the Xu Dynasty …” Feng Jingyi muttered, with an excitement that could not be hidden.

Bai Zheng asked curiously: ”Why is this guqin so popular? ”Is it ancient, or is it made of superior material?”

”Neither.” Feng Jingyi shook his head: ”Because it is a guqin that is caressed by Xu Chao.”

Bai Zheng pursed her lips, it was actually because of the effect of idol.

”The second auction of Treasure-collecting Tower will start now, Phoenix Zither!” Auctioneer waved her hand.

”Five hundred liang!” Immediately, a voice rang out.

”Eight hundred liang!”

”One thousand taels!”

This time, the shouting was clearly more intense than when he had decided on the Face Pearl.

Bai Zheng squinted her eyes, this meant that in Great Zhou, there were still a lot of scholars, and there were even more wealthy scholars. Then her paper making technique would have a bright future.

Thinking about it here, her mood became better, and her eyes started to wander around the entire Treasure-collecting Tower auction one by one, suddenly stopping at the room that had not made a sound since the beginning of the auction.

Dingyuan? In Bai Zheng's mind, the half of her face that had just appeared was pale white, but she found it difficult to conceal her magnificent appearance.