Chapter 244

After the seventh page, there was another curtain break.

Zhu Yuyan and Su Chunjun were once again invited out by the waiter.

After coming out, Zhu Yuyan looked at her watch, it was already one in the morning.

“There are still three more pages.” She said.

Before they came out, the auction list was once again returned to them, and the corn had arrived, and the waiter brought the key to the wharf warehouse and a deposit slip, against which the goods were apparently to be taken.

But that was at a wharf under the joint jurisdiction of the Japanese and the Kempeitai.

It seems that without some skill, even if you shoot it, you can’t take it with you.

Zhu Er Miss gave both the key and the deposit slip to Mr. Su after a glance.

Mr. Su Chunjun took a look at it and put it in his pocket, “Don’t worry, I’ll do this tomorrow.”

The night is long and dreamy.

Spending only 20,000 dollars to auction off the grain was already a pleasant surprise, but never stumbling upon the second batch of grain, which called Second Miss Zhu, who had been looking forward to auctioning off more grain, a little disappointed.

When it was hard to return to the auction hall, she couldn’t wait for the auction to start again.

The last three pages of the auction were still in four figures, but Ms. Zhu guessed that no one in this hall really thought it was worth that price.

The eighth page was still a land deed, but instead of a factory, it was a house in the Concession, and it was in both the British and French Concessions.

Because they are in the Concession, the deeds are also in a foreign language.

The most interesting thing is that the French Concession deeds and house deeds are in French, which is normal. And the land and house deeds of the British Concession were written in French in addition to one in English.

Zhu Yuyan really felt ridiculous when she saw this. She knew that there was a time when England used French as the official language, and that the British royals and aristocrats spoke French and not English, but she didn’t think that they were still like this now.

Su Chunjun saw that she was very happy to see this, so he also accompanied her, he said with a smile, “Even now, the British people think that French is a bit more noble.”

Zhu Yuyan’s English is very good, the French language is now degraded only “hello” this kind of beginner’s language, the most memorized French poems can still remember a few, she put the land deed above the French as a refresher to read once even though.

Su Chunjun shot a villa in the French Concession, and another villa in the British Concession, which looks like the same action as Zhu Yuyan’s shot of corn and cloth.

He did not bid too high price, the result is that in the end really the French Concession house shot down.

…… It looks like the lots here are actually not very good at finding buyers, and the bank is really in a hurry to sell the lots.

After pages eight and nine were shot, there was another curtain break.

This time the interval was too short.

Zhu Yuyan didn’t want to go for another walk, so she found a place to stand and chat with Su Chunjun, waiting for the waiter to invite them in again.

She covered her mouth with a fan to yawn, thinking that the fans of foreign ladies could be really good things to use.

“Great, finally almost done shooting.” She looked at her watch and figured it should be over by three. “What’s on page ten? Guess?” She felt that the stuff on the tenth page was definitely the best.

Su Chunjun smiled and shook his head, “Can’t guess.”

He had squatted until now just to see what treasure was on this tenth page.

Just like the menu of a western restaurant, the last page has the least amount of stuff.

The last page of the auction list was also like this, there were only six items, the price tag was still four digits, and even a little lower than the previous one, from the third page onwards it was eight thousand, nine thousand, and on the tenth page, it was surprisingly the number 1,456, and each of the following ones were also like this with whole numbers and zeros.

This number obviously has another meaning.

Ms. Zhu waited expectantly.

The first lot was soon delivered by the food cart as usual, and the same waiter lifted the lid, removed the box inside, and placed it in front of them to open.

Zhu Yuyan reached out to see it.

It was a badge.

A double-headed eagle badge.

The style of a shield.

Zhu Yuyan blinked.

After being taught by Teacher Su and Professor Dai, she certainly recognized this thing.

But it was a bit strange for this thing to appear here.

…… It couldn’t be what she thought it was, could it?

She turned her head to look at Su Chunjun.

Oh, he was also a bit surprised.

Looks like she wasn’t mistaken.

Su Chunjun was more or less surprised, but he acted very ordinary, he also picked up and looked at it and put it back, letting the waiter take it back.

Zhu Yuyan also came close to take a good look, after all, this thing is not that common.

Only when the waiter pushed the food cart away and walked towards the next table, she couldn’t wait to whisper to Su Chunjun.

“The Sir Medal?” She whispered, “What do they mean? This can’t possibly be selling just one medallion, can it?” A medallion was at most a souvenir, and a souvenir couldn’t possibly be worth anything.

Su Chunjun nodded at her.

Zhu Yuyan gently drew back a breath of cold air.

HSBC was implying that they could help a certain person obtain a British knighthood.

Was this possible?

A yellow man? Obtaining an official knighthood from the King of England?

…… She thought about the current international situation and felt that this was impossible.

So that meant that HSBC was able to help obtain an identity that could be faked as real?

Or that the identity was real, and HSBC could give that identity to a person to help him in other countries-such as a British colony?

Zhu Yuyan thought about it, and felt that taking the identity to a British colony to cheat people might be the most feasible.

Thinking like this, there was a bit of careful movement.

Get one for Shi Wuwei or Dai Yucan?

But she thought about it again, with these two people s ability to improvise …… or forget about it.

Although she knew it was not feasible, she still could not help but be moved.

She believed that this was also the most heartwarming lot in this hall right now, because she heard many whispers, and it was evident that there wasn’t a single person who wasn’t moved after seeing this lot and comprehending the meaning behind it.

Su Chunjun was satisfied.

It was enough for him to bring this news back.

Zhu Yuyan died herself and asked him, “Do you want to shoot one?”

Su Chunjun: “What would I shoot it for?”

Zhu Yuyan: “Give it as a gift. Mayor Feng is sure to be impressed.”

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “You’re right.”

Since you are right, it is natural to shoot it. Although he missed it, it didn’t matter, how could there be only one of this kind of good thing?

The second lot was also a double-headed eagle badge.

Su Chunjun measured the amount of money in the money box guarded by Driver Chen and wrote a number.

Zhu Yuyan reached out to see that he had written six zeros.

One hundred thousand.

Isn …… t that a bit low?

She had spent twenty thousand dollars to shoot the corn, how could she only offer one hundred thousand dollars for such an expensive jazz badge? Can that be photographed?

Of course, it’s not that a hundred thousand dollars is a small amount, not small. But this badge isn’t just a knighthood, it’s a chance to buy a life, and with that life bought you can become a British nobleman – just don’t go to England to woo people locally and you can bluff your way out of it, go to India for example, and you should be able to bluff your way out of it for the rest of your life.

Everyone will bid like crazy.

Obviously, HSBC is all about raking in the cash.

With so many auction items just now, the one they ultimately wanted to cash in on was the lot on this last page.

She guessed that Su Chunjun couldn’t be auctioned at this price.

The third, fourth, and fifth, were all double-headed eagle badges.

And the atmosphere of the auction did become anxious.

The hall that had been silent a moment ago, now even if it was dark, one could hear people finally talking, anxious, angry, sad, unwilling, couldn’t hear what they were saying, but could feel their mood.

Mr. Su also “borrowed” money from Miss Zhu, and finally wrote a few tens of thousands of dollars more.

But it can be imagined that he still had no chance to get the badge.

The sixth item was finally not a badge.

As the last treasure, its description is very simple: Book.

The auction price was also very little, 1000 dollars.

It was as if at the end of the auction, this item was not worth anything, just a small closing.

Zhu Yuyan had a premonition before seeing the lot, and when the waiter brought it out, she wasn’t surprised at all, but didn’t dare to underestimate it.

“Sure enough ……” she said as she touched the dark brown sheepskin surface.

It was a Bible.

The word Book, in many cases, meant the Bible.

But this lot was certainly not auctioning off a Bible.

From the insignia just now you can derive what its real lot is.

It is the identity of the priesthood.

If there was any status that could be more awesome than a British knighthood, it would be that of an acolyte.

However, Zhu Yuyan, who had been tantalized by the double-headed eagle badge just now, calmly put the bible back, she was not interested at all.

Even more so, she was even calmer than just now.

Su Chunjun was also not interested.

The food cart with the bible was pushed away and never came back. The waiter then came to lead them out, and this time the waiter led them directly downstairs.

On the first floor, Su Chunjun called in Xiao Chen, the driver of the car, and asked him to carry the money box. Xiao Chen carried the money box in from the car, paid for it, and took away the deed to the lease and the key to the room.

Zhu Yuyan also took money out of the vanity case and paid for the corn.

Finally the two got in the car, Driver Xiao Chen put the money box on the passenger seat, started the car and asked, “Mr. Su, where are we going?”

Su Chunjun rubbed his forehead and said, “Back to Zhu Jia Lou.”

Zhu Yuyan looked at her watch, it was already three o’clock.

She let out a big yawn and almost collapsed in her seat.

So tired.

She stretched, took off her shoes and stepped on the carpet with her bare feet, sighing comfortably.

Su Chunjun smiled and said, ”Tired? Go back in a while and have a good rest, we’ll send you back tomorrow when you wake up from your nap.”

Xiao Chen smiled in front and asked, “Mr. Su, what are all the goodies? Isn’t there a lot of gold, silver and jewelry? I’ve been waiting in the car anxiously, I really want to go up and take a look.”

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “There’s not much gold, silver and jewelry, it’s other valuable things.”

Xiaochen: “Is there anything more valuable than gold, silver and jewelry?”

Su Chunjun: “Yes, there are many. House deeds, land deeds, lives.”

Xiao Chen glanced at him from the rearview mirror and didn’t dare to speak again.

Zhu Yuyan looked at Su Chunjun and felt that he wasn’t too happy, pulled him and said, “I think they are cheating.”

Su Chunjun grabbed her hand and held it, “How are they cheating?”

Zhu Yuyan said, “I didn’t understand when they auctioned off the badges in the front, nor did I understand them. But selling bibles in the back is a lie, I heard Sister Shi tell me that the Vatican won’t have any yellow priests at all.”

When Shi Jingyi was practicing, a foreign priest had been writing letters to guide her, and during that time had told her how fortunate she was that because of God’s mercy, he had purposely allowed yellow people to become nuns as well, and this was just enacted, and she would be the fifteenth nun in China, and before that, no one would have believed that there were any other races but white people who could be subjected to this grace at all.

Shi Jingyi then asked, “Then can a Chinese person become a priest?

The foreign priest then said cryptically that he did not think that Chinese men could hear the voice of God now.

Zhu Yuyan: “Nowadays, when there is money to buy a life, and when there is a chance to escape, most of them are the men in the family, right?” Regardless of whether it’s a knighthood or a priesthood, generally come to think of it, it’s all about men buying men’s use. She didn’t understand about the knighthood, but this Acolyte would really be a pitfall. Even if a Chinese man did buy a priest’s identity, he would be torn apart as soon as he stepped off the boat, no matter which country he traveled to.

There are no yellow priests at all now.

All priests, nuns, have certificates from the Vatican.

Let’s not even consider such things as having gone to a seminary or not, just a wrong race can expose you immediately!

But, changing to a woman pretending to be a nun would definitely be a safe way to pass?

Zhu Yuyan sighed, ”It’s not possible either. In order to become a nun, you don’t just have to practice for ten years like Sister Shi, but you also have to be able to use Latin and familiarize yourself with the Bible.”

You say you’re a nun? Then have a Bible passage in Latin.

It’s useless to know English, French, German or Russian, it’s Latin they want you to know. It’s no use knowing the Bible backwards and forwards. Ever been to seminary? Who was your teacher?

Shi Jingyi was in school at that time, and she was smart, although no one in school knew Latin, but there was Prof. Dai, and with that foreign priest’s remote instruction, she gnawed down the Latin language on her own in ten years with the help of Prof. Dai.

Who can learn Latin in a short period of time when you temporarily have to run for your life? It’s not easy to find such a genius, is it? Not to mention the fact that I don’t know if I can count a handful of people who know Latin in the country now.

Zhu Yuyan said, “The last Bible seller is a pit, a big pit, a sinkhole, a giant pit. I guess the front is probably a pit too.”

She didn’t understand the British nobility and British knighthood before she felt heartened. But she knew about the nuns through Shi Jingyi, and in turn was able to tell that even if HSBC was selling a real ordination, no one could play an ordination so easily.

So the British knighthood one, it was probably impossible to realize.