Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

But Su Rui was not convinced. In his opinion, Lin Ran clearly heard what they said and deliberately came to the same conclusion to please Tang Lanxuan.

He also regretted that he should not have rushed to report the results and should have allowed the young man to make a fool of himself for a while.

I didn't expect Lin Ran to be so shameless. He said the shape of the vessel was wrong, and Lin Ran followed up by saying that it was the wrong shape. He was clearly copying it. Other treasure appraisal experts would choose to avoid the same parts when conducting "consultations", but Lin Ran did not. Not taboo at all.

In fact, in Lin Ran's opinion, the flaws in the two fake cultural relics just now were so obvious that there was no need to verify the materials and textures to see that they were fakes.

Su Rui was a bit young and energetic. Seeing that the results given by Lin Ran were similar, he said to Tang Lanxuan: "Director, his appraisal results will not be too different from Mr. Qin's. Please sign."

Tang Lanxuan smiled and said: "Xiao Su, you have good abilities, but sometimes you need to be patient and listen to others."

He smiled with squinted eyes, looking kind and speaking softly.

But Su Rui blushed and lowered his head: "Yes, curator."

Guan Yun, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, yawned when he saw the situation in front of him. Although he didn't understand, he felt that Lin Ran's final identification result should be similar to that of the two researchers.

At this moment, Lin Ran's attention focused on the brick-like object.

"Teacher, this should be the real thing!" Lin Ran said happily.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes were focused on Brick.

Although Su Rui blushed a little, seeing that Lin Ran thought the brick was genuine, he just restrained his tone slightly and said, "You mean that silver ingot? The quality is indeed sufficient, but it is obviously made according to the Ming Dynasty silver ingot. As a result, even the government No name either.”

Lin Ran put on gloves and picked up the silver ingot.

As Su Rui said, the quality of the silver ingot is relatively high, and the surface looks like a "silver brick" made directly from silver ore melted and placed in a mold.

But in ancient times, silver ingots of this size were impossible to appear, and no department would cast silver into bricks. It was not beautiful and wasted material.

Lin Ran lifted it up and felt the quality.

More than two kilograms.

Even if it is not a cultural relic, so much silver is still very valuable.

But the cultural relics are imitated. It is absolutely impossible to waste so much and use a large amount of silver to make an item that does not exist in history.

It is even more unrealistic to say that it is a handicraft. Handicrafts are mass-produced products. How can they be made of silver? How much does it cost?

But Lin Ran just weighed it and felt confident.

He rubbed his hand back and forth on the brick surface, making Su Rui shake his head: "Don't do this, it will leave marks."

Lin Ran put down the silver brick and raised his hand.

Su Rui said angrily: "I know what you want to say. This so-called silver brick is just coated with silver powder on the surface and contains stone inside."

"Indeed." Lin Ran said: "Researcher Su is indeed a professional. By weighing it, you can guess that there is no silver inside."

"Of course." Su Rui didn't expect Lin Ran to praise him, and replied proudly: "The silverware I have come into contact with is nine hundred, not to mention one thousand."

"It's just that it's not stone inside." Lin Ran said.

"What?" Su Rui wanted to show some kindness, but swallowed it back.

Lin Ran actually questioned his judgment.

"Teacher, do you believe me?" Lin Ran ignored the hysterical Su Rui and looked at Tang Lanxuan.

"Of course." Tang Lanxuan smiled, "Any questions?"

"Okay..." Lin Ran walked to the tool table and found a hammer from it.

Then walk back to the long table with the hammer in hand.

Not to mention Su Rui, Cai Yang quickly stopped him: "Master Lin, please don't act like this!"

"Let him do it." Tang Lanxuan originally planned to see Lin Ran's skills. He had asked himself just now, so he called Cai Yang back.

Cai Yang scratched his head: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you smash it once or twice, but...it will leave traces. I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to Captain Li."

Without anyone stopping him, Lin Ran placed the silver brick on the ground.

Then, he raised the hammer head and hit it hard.

Cai Yang couldn't help but cover his eyes, and Su Rui's eyes widened.

With a hammer blow, the silver brick actually dented a bit.

But Lin Ran felt a little dull and raised the hammer again.

Another hammer hit.

There was a crash.

I saw that the silver brick actually shattered, and inside the silver powder, it turned out that it was not a stone, but...

plaster!

The plaster was cracked all over the floor. Lin Ran put down the hammer and dug into the plaster powder.

Finally, among everyone's surprised eyes, he took out a piece of...

Gold ingot!

"This is the item they want to hide!" Lin Ran smiled knowingly.

Who would deliberately make so many fakes that are easily exposed? Even if they go to Panjiayuan to sell fakes, there is no need to go to such trouble.

"Gold...gold ingots?" Su Rui and Cai Yang blurted out.

Exactly, and more than one piece.

Lin Ran took a look at the crumbs. When he weighed the quality just now, he felt that the quality was a little uneven.

He handed the gold ingot to Tang Lanxuan, and then went to search for it in the powder.

Another identical gold ingot was found.

The two gold ingots were well preserved and looked as clean as ever, obviously pure gold.

"Teacher, do you know what era this gold ingot is from?" Lin Ran asked with a smile.

Tang Lanxuan weighed it and found that both gold ingots weighed about 400 grams each and were plump in shape. After cleaning the gypsum on the surface, the pure gold had a warm and pure tone.

One of the gold ingots has several large characters engraved on the back.

——Made by the Ministry of Household Affairs in October of the 36th year of Jiajing.

"It's a gold ingot from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty." Tang Lanxuan replied, his voice even a little excited.

In the Ming Dynasty, no matter what occupation you were engaged in, you had to pay taxes.

The Ministry of Revenue is the department responsible for collecting taxes from all over the world. Silver ingots are mainly used by the people. Members of the royal family use gold ingots cast by the Ministry of Revenue.

These two are exactly the gold ingots cast by the Jiajing household department in the Ming Dynasty!

"Teacher, you really have a sharp eye for pearls." Lin Ran clasped his fists and said, "Actually, Mr. Qin is right. The six cultural relics on the table are all fakes. But the gold ingots in the silver bricks are their main goal."

Lin Ran said this, not only helping Tang Lanxuan solve the problem, but also giving Mr. Qin face.

Su Rui's hands were trembling a little, but he didn't expect that he guessed wrong.

However, he also admired Lin Ran.

He dared to directly use the hammer. He would never be able to show this kind of courage.

Cai Yang reacted faster and said: "Director, this is incredible. The gold ingots from the Jiajing period should cost [-] to [-] at the current market price."

"Yes." Tang Lanxuan nodded, "Cai Yang, call Bureau Li now and ask them to take these cultural relics back. Su Rui, fill out the report."

Su Rui thought she heard wrongly, but Lin Ran walked past him, but patted his shoulder gently, and then left like nothing happened.

According to the museum's work process, whoever writes the report is the performance of the person.

They still take care of themselves.

Su Rui took a deep breath and said, "Director, Mr. Lin, I will definitely complete the task!"