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

Lin Ran and Yang Jianlong were led to the door of his house.

After ringing the doorbell and waiting for a moment, the door opened.

A polite man stood at the door.

It was the steward invited by Yang Guozhi. After seeing Yang Guozhi, he bowed slightly and called "Master" respectfully.

Yang Guozhi is recognized as one of the most successful businessmen in this city in Qi Province. He built a luxurious villa in the scenic spot.

It can be seen that he is a person who enjoys life.

Inside the villa, not only is the decoration style unique, but his collection is also unique.

In the luxurious living room, except for the TV, the other furniture is made of mahogany.

It has an obvious Ming and Qing style. There are a large number of antique ornaments placed on the mahogany shelves, which are worth a lot of money at a glance.

When Lin Ran and Yang Jianlong entered the living room of his house, they couldn't help but be amazed by the furnishings in the living room.

Yang Guozhi called them to sit down and said with a smile: "You can spend the night at my house today. There are many rooms in my house. Now let Uncle Lei clean up the guest room for you."

Originally Lin Ran wanted to refuse, but it was getting late and it was too late to return to the capital today, so he agreed to him.

Yang Guozhi did not invite them to visit his home. Instead, he cut the watermelon and received them in the living room.

After a while, the housekeeper came up with two servants and three cultural relics.

"Just put it on the table." Yang Guozhi said in a low voice.

Then he said to Lin Ran and Lin with a smile: "Come on, master treasure appraiser, let's go take a look."

Lin Ran nodded and followed him to the table.

Lin Ran and Yang Jianlong were very interested when they saw the three cultural relics placed on the table.

Especially Yang Jianlong, looking at the cultural relics on the table, he almost drooled.

He kept smacking it in his mouth: "Brother, you are really developed."

Every cultural relic feels particularly pure.

Lin Ran was even more surprised by its source and production method.

"My old friend gave these to me, and I asked Mr. Lin to help me palm them."

"I'll try my best." Lin Ran nodded, and then observed the first cultural relic on the right.

The first cultural relic is a jade statue carved from white marble.

It is about 30 centimeters in height and depicts the image of an Arhat in Buddhist culture. However, compared with other Arhats, his face is not so ferocious. Instead, he wears a dark green cassock and has a solemn expression.

Lin Ran first squatted down and observed the Jade Arhat in front of him from all angles.

Compare it with the details of the Jade Arhat in your mind, and carefully observe it for a long time.

Then he took out the magnifying glass from his pocket and stared at Arhat's clothes.

Then he asked: "Mr. Yang, do you have a strong flashlight at home?"

As a jewelry merchant, Yang Guozhi will of course prepare a strong flashlight at home, which is indispensable for identifying jade and jade.

After handing the flashlight to Lin Ran, Lin Ran pointed it at various parts of the Arhat so that the light could fully illuminate it.

Under the illumination of a strong flashlight, look at every angle again to examine the workmanship on it.

Whether it’s the depth of the carving or imperfections in the materials, everything is flawless.

The identification details had been completed, but what Lin Ran didn't expect was that he had no information about the cultural relic in his mind.

"It looks like a Buddha statue from the Han Dynasty." Lin Ran said with a serious expression.

When Yang Guozhi heard Lin Ran's words, his expression suddenly became excited.

"Really?"

"The craftsmanship and jade quality are indeed similar to the Buddhist statues of the Han Dynasty." Lin Ran replied quickly.

"Can you give me a detailed introduction?" Yang Guozhi continued to ask.

Lin Ran hesitated for a moment. He was actually not sure whether it was the one in his impression. After all, he had never seen the real thing.

And the time and place didn’t match up, but maybe it was the butterfly effect that made everything change.

But since Yang Guozhi wanted to hear it, Lin Ran began to talk about his understanding of this cultural relic.

As far as he knew, this white marble Buddha statue was found in a group of ancient tombs in Shaanxi.

According to the investigation of the archaeological team, this is a tomb group belonging to the Western Han Dynasty.

Among the unearthed cultural relics, there are a large number of jade carvings, all of which are extremely fine. They are obviously the masterpieces of the craftsmen at that time, which shows that people in the Western Han Dynasty loved jade.

Buddhist culture was also introduced to the Central Plains at this time, and the image of Arhat statues was subsequently created locally.

This statue of an Arhat is lifelike and dignified. It is obviously one of the Buddhist treasures of the Western Han Dynasty.

According to orthodox history, Buddhism was introduced to China in the late Western Han Dynasty and is one of the three major religions in the world.

At that time, there was no such systematic research, and the main teachings were the four truths, dependent origination, five aggregates, impermanence, and non-self.

Before the rise of Mahayana Buddhism.

After listening to Lin Ran's explanation, Yang Guozhi thought for a moment.

"If it is a cultural relic from the Western Han Dynasty, it should be very valuable, right?"

What Lin Ran saw was that this Buddha statue had extremely high historical and cultural research value, but what Yang Guozhi saw was the price.

"Can I ask how much this cultural relic could be sold for if placed in an antique shop?" Yang Guozhi asked impatiently.

Lin Ran shook his head helplessly and said, "The value of this Arhat statue is really difficult to determine, but if it is authentic, it is a witness to the history and culture of the Han Dynasty in China. Its value will undoubtedly be very high."

He's really not good at estimating.

But after hearing this, Yang Guozhi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled on his face.

"As expected of the treasure appraisal expert in the capital, the appraisal is really professional." Yang Guozhi said, and then ordered the servant to leave the Buddha statue and put it in the safe and lock it.

Naturally, he had to take good care of such a precious cultural relic.

It's not time to make a move yet, you can wait for the price and let the news out first.

Yang Guozhi was thinking in his mind.

Lin Ran smiled bitterly. He understood Yang Guozhi's behavior, but he just felt a little regretful.

It would be great if a cultural relic of this level could be taken down.

However, if we want to conduct research on Chinese culture in the future, Yang Guozhi will probably have to spit it out.

Seeing Yang Guozhi put the relevant documents and Buddha statues into the safe, Lin Ran could only wish him good luck.

After a while, Lin Ran said: "The price of the white jade Buddha statue is indeed very high, but I just noticed a small mark on it."

His expression became serious, "I think this may affect the valuation of cultural relics."

"What's so urgent?" Yang Guozhi didn't understand. He didn't say anything when the Buddha statue was still on the table, but only told him now that it was put up. Was he deliberately looking for trouble?

"I saw a mark on the Buddha statue's clothes. It was not a crease of time, but it looked like it had been drawn with a fragile metal such as a pen.

Lin Ran was confused for a while because of this flaw.

However, he did not think that this meant that the white jade Buddha statue was fake, but that it seemed that Yang Guozhi had accidentally carved it on during transportation.