As Richard was thinking about it, he heard the price quoted by the people around him to the girl on the stage, which had risen to 4,300 gold coins. Gradually, the voices became rarer.
After all, there are relatively few people who have money but nowhere to spend it. Even wizards and wizard apprentices have a lot of money to spend. In other places, more than four thousand gold coins can already buy a group of well-trained young girls. Here, only one young girl is sold, either because she really likes it, or because she is passionate.
So when the price reached 4,900 gold coins, the quotation sound completely disappeared.
After confirming several times, the host announced loudly: "Congratulations to auctioneer No. 19! This auction item is yours!"
After finishing speaking, the host looked at the winner of the auction item with a smile on his face: "By the way, Mr. Auctioneer No. 19, since this auction item is quite special, you don't have to wait until the end of the auction. It can be delivered to you now. You See...how does it go?"
It stands to reason that most people simply cannot refuse such a temptation, but who knows that auctioneer No. 19 did not appreciate it and made the host hot-faced but cold-hearted.
"No need!" Auctioneer No. 19 said, his voice old and hoarse, sounding like an old man in his seventies or eighties. Of course, there was a high chance that he was pretending.
After a pause, Auctioneer No. 19 said to the host: "I like everything to be done according to the rules, so I just deal with it how I want. I don't want to be a special one.
This girl, you send her backstage now. Then I got her dressed, packed her daily necessities, and left with me after the auction.
After all, I spent 4,500 gold coins, but I didn’t want to lead her out naked—my things never like to be appreciated by others, do you understand? "
The host's expression froze, but the customer is God. Even if the auction house he worked for was irregular, he would not dare to turn his face directly. He forced a smile and said: "I understand, I will handle it well."
"However, I would also like to remind our guests that according to our rules, we will not be responsible for leaving here. If something unexpected happens along the way..."
"It's all my responsibility! I know that!" Auctioneer No. 19 said angrily, "This is not the first time for me, so you don't need to talk nonsense! If you don't have anything else to do, just move on to the next item quickly. Well, I don’t have so much time to waste with you.”
"Uh, yes." The host was stunned and flinched under the strong aura of auctioneer No. 19. He waved the girl away with a dark face, and then asked someone to bring new auction items.
"Okay, the next auction item is a color painting!" The host took a deep breath, calmed down, smiled again, and pointed to the wooden table as he spoke.
I saw that on the wooden table on one side, the staff of the auction house had placed an elegant square metal frame, which looked very simple, and inside the frame was a colorful painting.
The content of the painting is very weird and horrifying, with various demons, skeletons, and flames, like an imaginary hell.
The host introduced: "As you can see, this is a painting about hell. The painter is from Lisbon Island and his name is Shustner. He died not long ago. So... you can collect it with confidence, and the value will definitely increase." "
"Of course, even if the painter dies and has the potential for appreciation, everyone must feel that this painting is of little use." The host looked at the people who had mediocre reactions and said slowly, "But what I want to tell you is that although The painting is ordinary, but the dye used in the painting is extraordinary. Have you seen this red color? Do you think it has a special luster? Then let me tell you now, it was painted with half the heart of a king. "
"Huh?" Everyone in the audience made surprised sounds, and their curiosity was aroused.
Seeing the change in the atmosphere, the host seized the opportunity and spoke quickly: "The owner of this king's heart is called Dieter Khufu Regedev, and his son is Amon Khufu Regedev. , both of whom were once kings of Puegypt on the island of Lisbon off the east coast.
The Kingdom of Egypt was originally a small kingdom, but after Amon Khufu Regedev took over, it expanded rapidly, expanding its territory several times, and even tried to become a wizarding country. According to speculation, there should be some wizard force behind Amon.
But the good times didn't last long. Just last year, other wizard forces who couldn't stand it took action and killed King Amon neatly. It is said that the king was directly frozen into an ice sculpture.
Afterwards, the entire Kingdom of Egypt was in chaos, political forces were reshuffled, and the royal family was almost uprooted. The tomb of Amon's father, the former king Dieter Khufu Regidev, was unfortunately ransacked in the process. As a result, things were lost among the people.
In the Kingdom of Pu Egypt, there is a special custom, that is, when someone dies, the internal organs from the body will be taken out, the blood in the body will be squeezed out, and after carefully applying sesame oil, the shroud will be wrapped, the clothes will be put on and sealed. It is placed in a three-layer coffin of lead coffin, stone coffin and wooden coffin, so that the body can be preserved for hundreds of years without decaying.
The removed internal organs are soaked in spirits, added with cinnamon, spices, and medicinal herbs, sealed in clay pots, and placed together with the coffin.
Over time, the internal organs sealed in the clay pot will melt and turn into a special clear oil that floats on the upper layer of the liquid in the clay pot. Our painting was painted with clear oil in a clay pot with a heart. Half of the clear oil was used, so it can also be said that half of the heart was used. "
The host took a deep breath, looked at the people in the audience and said, "So, this is really a very special painting. I think the starting price of one thousand gold coins is not excessive. What do you think?"
No one answered. Every auctioneer lost interest after listening to the story with a curious mind. After all, no one likes things made from dead human organs, unless they have a special hobby.
Richard in the corner looked at the paintings on the stage and said to himself: "Is it a corpse painting?"
He had heard of this kind of painting on Earth:
After the French Revolution, the tombs of kings were robbed, the coffins were opened, and as many as thirteen ossuaries containing the hearts of kings and queens were lost among the people.
It is said that these thirteen hearts later fell into the hands of two painters - Martin DeLolin and Saint-Martin.
Among them, Martin DeLolin received eleven hearts. Because of his diligent painting, he used them all. He painted "In the Kitchen" and other famous paintings, which were later bought and collected by the French king who did not know it and was very fond of art.
Saint Martin only got two hearts, and because he had no inspiration, he only used half of them. Later, he saw that he couldn't use them anymore, so he simply returned the half-remaining "Louis XIV" and the complete "Louis XIII" to the royal family.
The royal king at that time was Louis XVIII. Louis XVIII was overjoyed when he got the heart of his ancestor. After rewarding Saint Martin, he enshrined the heart of his ancestor in the church. Then he returned to the palace and happily admired the colorful painting "In the Kitchen" - well, he had no idea that the French King was also him.
Richard's eyes flashed and he touched his chin. We have heard about corpse oil paintings on Earth, but we didn’t expect to see something similar here, and it was still related to the Kingdom of Pu Egypt that we had visited before.
But even so, he has no interest in this kind of painting, except...
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