Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 587 - 390: Not Playing by the Rules, So What?

Chapter 587: Chapter 390: Not Playing by the Rules, So What?

The farmhouse was quite small, with only a row of five single-story houses, in addition to the trees and a small vegetable field.

The houses were made of rough, crude logs, giving them a simple and primitive feel.

"These items for the auction are in the living room of the single-story house." Kenton Nelson introduced Sean Knight while walking and answered Andrew Petrov’s questions in Russian at the same time.

Andrew then looked at Sean, his eyes filled with complexity and ambiguity.

Sean didn’t mind. At the moment, they were heading towards the farmhouse with Andrew leading the way, chatting with Kenton from time to time.

Sean was on Kenton’s right side, with Lincoln Harrington on Sean’s right side.

Sean casually reached for his waist and suddenly had a Glock pistol in his hand, which he handed to Lincoln.

Lincoln took the gun without a sound and tucked it into his waist.

Then he went to the left and tapped on Douglas Cooper. Douglas immediately went to Lincoln’s position, and Sean handed him another gun.

This series of actions took place while Andrew and Kenton were chatting, without raising any suspicion.

While handing the guns, Sean looked at the windows of the wooden cabin in front of him, making sure no one was watching from inside.

Once they entered the single-story house following Andrew, Sean roughly understood why there was no one watching from inside.

There was a faint but noticeable musty smell inside the house, indicating it had not been occupied for a long time. Such a house would easily decay.

Fortunately, someone had cleaned it recently, so the smell was quite faint.

The living room at the entrance was not very big, containing a table and some chairs. However, Andrew didn’t let them stay there, instead leading them directly to the adjacent room.

The adjacent room was twice the size of the living room, and a long table was placed inside at the moment.

On the long table were more than a dozen items that Sean had seen in the mobile phone video.

National treasure level items!

There were two burly Russian men standing on both sides of the long table, their hands crossed on their lower abdomen, with guns at their waists, looking quite intimidating.

At this time, in addition to those two bodyguards, there were six other people in the room.

Another Russian stood in the innermost corner against the wall, his hands crossed, not making a sound. Sean guessed he must be Andrew’s confidant, right?

Then on this side of the long table, there were four chairs arranged in a semicircle.

In addition to Sean’s group of four, there were five more people in the room.

These five people were divided into two groups, speaking in different languages.

As soon as he heard the voices, Sean determined that there were three Japanese and two Koreans.

Adding Sean, a Chinese person, all three East Asian countries were represented.

Sean quickly activated his Sky Eye and saw that one Japanese and one Korean were carrying guns.

They must be bodyguards, right?

When they saw Andrew leading Sean in, the few people first looked alert, and then their expressions clearly revealed hostility.

Obviously, everyone was well aware that entering this room only meant one thing - competitors.

Andrew went to the other side of the table, and Kenton whispered to Sean:

"Mr. Knight, there are only these people. The auction is about to start, and my Jade Ruyi..."

"I’ll help you get it," Sean said. "I’ll lend you the difference in the money."

"That’s great! Thank you, Mr. Knight!" Kenton gratefully said.

Sean was now sure that the items on the long wooden table were indeed genuine.

Especially the golden crown on the right side that looked like something an upstart would wear - it was definitely a crown worn by a Ming Dynasty emperor!

There was only one other in the world, which was inside China.

A national treasure!

However, this national treasure was apparently not well preserved, with stains and dents resulting from collisions, making it look not in the best condition.

But that was not a problem!

Items used by Emperor Yongle would surely attract experts willing to repair them for free once they were back in China!

With that thought, Sean’s heart was filled with excitement!

Then, he heard an English voice:

"All right, friends, please sit down for the auction. We’ll go over the rules." It was the man who had been standing silently to the north.

Andrew stood by his side, smiling at everyone.

Apparently, this should be the auctioneer that Andrew had found.

"My name is Mikhainov, and I’ll be hosting today’s auction. The rules are simple - the highest bidder wins.

However, we do not want any deliberate price increases. If you bid on something but cannot pay, it will be considered malicious interference with the auction. I think my friend Andrew will be unhappy. And when he’s unhappy, his two brothers will get angry..."

Mikhainov glanced at the two armed Russian men on both sides, gesturing to everyone.

Sean and the others nodded in response.

"So, please listen carefully during the auction. We will be using US dollars as the unit. Although this damn country is very domineering, their money is still very good...

Enough talking, let’s move on to the first item, a beautiful porcelain piece from ancient China - said to be Yuan Blue and White..."

This was a Yuan Blue and White prunus vase. Mikhainov took the vase and showed the bottom mark to everyone.

"Chenghua years of the Ming Dynasty?" Sean looked at the bottom mark and nodded slightly.

The most famous from the Chenghua period is the chicken cup, but the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan and Ming dynasties is still well-known. This one is a genuine piece from the official kiln.