Chapter 287: Convincing
"Who has seen this totem?"
Ethan returned the totem skin to Luther.
Luther pondered for a moment and said, "I wanted to auction this totem, so many people at the auction have seen it."
Ethan frowned and asked, "Do you know the person you bumped into?"
Luther shook his head, "No, I haven't seen him."
Luther said that this totem skin was exploded from a white rhinoceros.
It is very rare, on the one hand.
There is another very important reason.
White rhinoceros is a rare beast.
But it is not unfamiliar to the people of Zion City.
Because the hidden profession mastered by the 'Roberts' family among the Rosemary nobles is the 'White Rhinoceros Knight'.
So when Luther showed it to others, some people would naturally think of the 'Roberts' family.
It would naturally arouse the covetousness of others.
"Could it be that the auction house did it on purpose?"
Luther shook his head.
"It should be too late. After all, the people who saw the totem at that time did not leave, and they did not know about it in advance."
Ethan was confused now.
Is it really a coincidence?
"Except for the people in the auction house, has anyone else seen it?"
"Well, no one else has seen it. After I entered the city, I went directly to the auction house after completing the task."
If that's the case, the auction house should not have known about it in advance.
"No, there should be another person who has seen this totem."
Luther suddenly thought of something and suddenly said in surprise.
Ethan's face lit up: "Who is it?"
"It's Miss Lacey, the task handover of the bounty society."
"She is a very good person and often helps me deal with the spoils obtained in the task."
"It should have nothing to do with her."
When Luther talked about 'Lacey', his face turned slightly red.
The troubles of a teenager.
"Which bounty society are you talking about?"
"It's the 'Hello Bounty Society' next door."
"Hehe."
Ethan chuckled.
Sure enough, there is no such coincidence in the world.
Luther was obviously tricked.
"Let's go, take me to see your manager."
The two guards outside the toilet looked Ethan up and down, their eyes full of suspicion.
This guy doesn't look rich.
But in the end, he led the group into the back of the auction house.
In a gorgeously decorated room.
Ethan saw a bald man wearing crystal glasses.
He was about fifty years old, and his eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, exuding a kind of profiteer temperament from the inside out.
"What? Is the ransom ready?"
The bald man didn't even raise his head, and his small eyes glanced at the people in front of him through the gap of the crystal glasses.
"I want to ask, how much is the broken crystal vase worth?"
As soon as Ethan finished speaking, the other party couldn't help himself.
"Oh, that antique crystal vase, it was originally commissioned by a customer to auction it."
"After our professional appraisal, the vase was used by the wife of the first prime minister of the Federation, so the price is..."
"512MB!"
After saying that, he added confidently.
"This is still the internal price of the auction house. If it is auctioned, it will be so expensive."
Ethan laughed dumbly.
He thought that this guy was ugly, but he thought it was beautiful.
A broken crystal vase costs 512MB.
Why don't you go and grab it?
But Ethan didn't show it, but laughed out loud.
Hearing Ethan's laughter, the bald manager was a little unhappy.
"Huh, why do you think it's funny?"
Ethan waved his hand.
"The wife of the first prime minister of the alliance?"
"Yes, the certificate, photo, and appraisal report are all here. Look at the mark on the bottom of the vase, the capital letters 'DL', which are the initials of the first prime minister's wife Dai Lin.
And the crystal used for the vase is very pure, it is indeed a top-grade work of art.
Our auction house is honest and fair!"
After saying that, he took out a package.
The broken crystal vase should be inside.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, it's written in black and white."
The bald manager pointed his finger at the appraisal certificate with some anger.
But he said in his heart: I can't let these guys have an easy time no matter what.
"512MB, not a single Belo can be less!"
"Humph!"
After hearing this, Ethan asked disdainfully: "Sir, since you are so sure that this vase once belonged to the wife of the first prime minister of the federation, then you must know the life story of Mrs. Dai Lin."
The bald man frowned slightly. Did the boy in front of him see something?
He looked at Ethan suspiciously, but did not respond.
Because he knew that the vase was not Mrs. Dai Lin's relic.
It was just a new thing they had made in advance.
The purpose was just as Ethan had guessed before, their target was the "white rhino totem hide" in Luther's hand.
"Dalin Bellamy, born in the Bellamy family, one of the rosemary nobles, is said to have been born on the sea, yearning for freedom, smart and capable, and she likes to ride on a boat."
"History records that this magical lady has a very sensitive sense of smell and can smell very faint smells in the sea breeze."
"How could such a person with a sensitive sense of smell be interested in flowers?
Nothing masks other scents like floral scents. "
The bald man's eyes widened. To be honest, he was not very familiar with the history of more than a thousand years ago.
"This is just the first suspicion."
"Secondly, when the alliance was first established, its territory was very small. Only the city of Zion had been cleared."
"And such a large piece of crystal should be mined from a special crystal mine. The largest crystal veins in the Federation are all in the westernmost part of the Alliance territory.
It was impossible for Zion City at that time to have such a large crystal mine.
What's more, Mrs. Dai Lin was only forty-six years old when she died. When she died, the Federation only had two cities, Zion City and Triumph City.
Behemoth City and Titan City were opened up twenty years after her death.
This process has continued for more than three hundred years.
It was only more than three hundred years ago that rich crystal mineral resources were discovered in these two places.
"
"That's the second reason I question it."
"Absurd! Slander!"
"You have to believe in professionalism. Our auction house is staffed by experienced historians and mystics. They are very sure that this vase is indeed Lady Darling's vase."
The bald man felt a little guilty after being told by Ethan. His eyes wandered from side to side, and he took off his crystal glasses and placed them on the table.
He still shouted angrily: "You little brat, how can an occultist be wrong?"
"Hahaha, as expected, I guess you guys will default on your debt."
"Actually, there is a third reason."
"You know, the language that was used at the founding of the Federation over a thousand years ago?"
"ah?"
The bald man was obviously taken aback.
"It's Dudin!"
“This is evident from the masts on the ark.”
"Humans at that time spoke Tudin."
"The federal lingua franca only appeared fifty years later, and then slowly replaced the Dudin language originally used."
"And the first letter of the word 'Dai Lin' in Dudin is not 'DL' at all!"
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