"Others have also tracked here, should we lure them away?"
The madman added.
Juliet's brows moved slightly, and then she said in a deep voice: "What a group of unlucky guys, they finally had the opportunity to pick up the slack. Let's not touch them, Li Mo must have other back-ups."
Li Mo walked into the second antique store. He only looked around and left calmly. Then he entered the third one, again without any movement, as if he was very casual.
Not far behind, a man and a woman who looked like a couple were laughing and chatting quietly, while looking at Li Mo's back in front of them from time to time.
Li Mo turned left and entered another aisle. The two people hurriedly followed, but after turning the corner, Li Mo was nowhere to be seen. They quickly used headsets to contact the others. A group of strangers searched separately in the antique market but never saw Li Mo again. They even went to the security room to mobilize market surveillance. However, they were surprised to find that in addition to Li Mo's figure at the entrance, there was no trace of Li Mo after he entered the market. Every route he took perfectly avoided the monitoring range that could still work normally.
In other words, Li Mo completely disappeared after entering the antique market. This made a group of top official experts who tracked him look at each other, not knowing what to do next.
"Miss, Mr. Li has disappeared."
In an inconspicuous corner, the madman reported in a low voice.
"Have all those people evacuated?"
"They are all waiting outside. They probably judged that Mr. Li is still somewhere in the antique market. They don't know how he used to avoid all surveillance."
"I'll try to contact him."
Juliet took out her mobile phone and dialed a number, but she was informed that the other party's phone was turned off.
"The leak-picking plan failed, so we went out to find a place to sit."
"OK."
After everyone temporarily left the antique market, Li Mo walked out of a small antique shop. He put two porcelains on the counter table in his hands, and then said to the boss: "These two porcelains are for export." Porcelain has a certain history, but because it was fired in private kilns during the Qing Dynasty, its market value is not high. If you are willing, I will buy these two porcelains for 10,000 euros. This price is very real, and you don’t How much will you lose?"
The boss is quite young, only in his twenties. I heard from him that this shop was opened by his grandfather. Today, my grandfather is not here due to something, so he will open the shop for the whole day. Regarding these two porcelains from China, he also heard from his grandfather that although they were antiques, their market value was average, about 10,000 euros, so the price offered by the young Chinese man in front of him was really reasonable.
So this transaction went very smoothly.
"Sir, do you want to look at the other antiques in the store?"
Li Mo carried the two packed porcelains, looked around again, smiled, shook his head and said goodbye to him. Next, I visited a few more shops, but found nothing, and I felt a little disappointed.
Alfie Antique Market is the most famous one in the Eagle Country, but the harvest is not as many as the treasures found a few years ago. The bloodstone at the beginning was a treasure, but I didn’t have time to get it, so I hope it’s still there. As for the two pieces of folk kiln porcelain from the mid-Qing Dynasty, they were useless to him. The main reason why he bought them was to avoid being followed. He deliberately spent more than half an hour selecting them in the inner room.
When I was about to try my luck elsewhere, I heard the sound of a microphone coming from the front, which meant that the weekly boutique auction was about to begin, and interested people were asked to gather in the middle hall as soon as possible.
Since it is a high-quality product, there must be professionals who have appraised each auction item. Out of curiosity, Li Mo walked towards the middle hall. Many tourists and even store owners gathered along the way.
A stage is set up in the middle hall, and various old objects are placed behind the stage.
Dozens of people had gathered in front of the stage, and people kept coming around. Li Mo blended into the crowd, lowered his hat and waited for the so-called auction.
Soon, the passionate tone of the auctioneer on the stage sounded, and it really seemed like that.
"Today's first fine antique is an antique pistol from the mid-19th century. The overall maintenance is very good. The starting price is one thousand euros, and the bidding will be increased by fifty euros each time. The bidding will begin below."
An exquisite antique pistol was projected on the large screen in the background of the stage. Li Mo was still interested in such antiques, but he would definitely not participate in the bidding. He would just follow and learn about the history and culture of Eagle Country.
There were many people interested at the scene, and the bidding price kept advancing. When the bidding reached 3,000 euros, not many people raised their hands, and the bidding speed also slowed down. After more than ten rounds of bidding, it was finally bought by a man in his fifties for 4,350 euros.
It only costs 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in Chinese currency. The market price of this antique gun is average. No wonder some people like this kind of auction. Those auctions that cost hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or over one million euros are not affordable, so an auction of several thousand euros can greatly satisfy your vanity.
The next five auction items were all jewelry, and the highest price was just over 6,000 euros. Whenever someone bids, Li Mo also claps and applauds with the crowd around him, and twice he even joins in cheering with everyone.
"The next thing to be auctioned is a mechanical safe that is about 150 years old. The manufacturer and specific time are still on it. However, because this safe is too old and the mechanism inside is old, it can no longer be opened. The reason why it is put up for auction is like opening a blind box. No one knows whether there are other collections in this ancient mechanical safe, and even if there is, no one knows how much it is worth. It may be empty, so the next Everyone should consider their bidding carefully, and I hope the person who finally takes the photo will have a huge harvest."
In order to cooperate with the auction, four men carried the mechanical safe up together, and there were clear photos on the screen. Li Mo looked around and saw that the 150-year-old mechanical safe was really ugly. There were three roulette wheels about ten centimeters in diameter outside. As for the way to use it, it must be based on the set mechanism, and the roulette wheels are rotated in order. Once If the order is wrong, or the roulette wheel is not rotated accurately, the safe will naturally not be opened.
Because mechanical safes are heavy, it's hard to tell if there's something inside. But this was not a problem for Li Mo. With a sweep of his strange eyes, his gaze suddenly penetrated the iron shell at close range. The layers of mechanisms inside were indeed complex, with various gears that interacted with each other, and were very precise.
The clairvoyant gaze then penetrated, and everything in the safe was immediately clear, and then two gray halos were seen transmitted through, turning into countless apertures layered on top of each other.
There are actually hidden treasures in the mechanical safe. One is in the shape of a crown, and the other is in the shape of a necklace. Judging from the aperture that evolved, those two hidden treasures are of extraordinary value, even more than the Queen Victoria bracelet that I found earlier. Be precious.
This auction is interesting.
"The starting price of the mechanical safe is 500 euros, and the price increases by 50 euros each time. Who wants 500 euros?"
The auctioneer shouted excitedly, but the crowd below fell silent. No one was interested. But the auctioneer still asked passionately for the second time. Just when the auction was about to pass, Li Mo raised his right hand.
"This gentleman bids 500 euros. Is there anyone who wants to bid again? Everyone is here to gamble on their luck and try to get the most luck with the least amount of money."
The auctioneer was shouting hard, but unfortunately, except for the freak Li Mo, no one else was interested in the old, heavy and ugly mechanical safe at all.
After asking three times in a row, the auctioneer finally announced unwillingly: "This gentleman has successfully bid for 500 euros. Please go to the backstage to register and pay."
People around him all looked towards Li Mo, and there was some sparse applause, but more of it was laughter. Maybe they were all laughing at Li Mo in their hearts.
They were laughing, and Li Mo was laughing in his heart, and he was laughing even happier.
(End of chapter)
