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

When he arrived at the store, the internal structure was exactly the same as other antique stores, and Lin Ran found it very friendly.

I saw the big shopkeeper wearing a pair of glasses and appraising items.

It seemed that a business had just been concluded and the customer left with satisfaction.

The big shopkeeper stood up and saw that Yan Hong was coming, so he immediately came over to greet him.

"Boss, you are here."

boss?

Lin Ran was still wondering what the relationship between this man and the store was. He seemed to be familiar to him.

It turned out to be the owner of this store.

"Uncle Gan, bring those things to the conference room. I want to show them to others."

When the boss tells something to be done, all the subordinates have to do is do it.

However, for some reason, the big shopkeeper looked extremely surprised. He glanced at Lin Ran behind him and felt that he looked familiar.

Yan Hong said: "Don't keep staring at others, they will get nervous. Let me introduce you to Mr. Chen Xing, the winner of last night's treasure appraisal."

"Sure enough, it's him." The shopkeeper smiled as if he guessed the lottery number correctly, "If it's him, maybe he has a chance to understand. I'll do it now."

Lin Ran felt that they were really good at making things mysterious.

I just looked at a few things and made them look like family heirlooms.

He followed Yan Hong to the office. As soon as he sat down, several clerks brought the items up.

There are four antiques displayed on the desk at this time.

Lin Ran immediately corrected his attitude, concentrated, and carefully observed the antiques in front of him.

I was confused and thought it was some rare treasure.

There are four antiques on the table, two pieces of porcelain, one piece of bronze and one piece of jade.

Just when Lin Ran stepped forward to check, the other guys retreated voluntarily.

Five minutes later, Lin Ran had a general understanding of all the cultural relics. He turned to look at Yan Hong and asked, "These cultural relics are indeed interesting. I wonder where Mr. Yan got them?"

Yan Hong nodded in approval.

The other people also realized something and voluntarily left the office.

Only two people were left.

"Mr. Chen, have you figured out what these four cultural relics are?" Yan Hong smiled meaningfully and looked directly at Lin Ran.

"To be honest, I can't tell." Lin Ran's answer surprised Yan Hong, but Lin Ran definitely didn't look like he didn't understand it just now.

Lin Ran was telling the truth, because in his impression, there was no specific information about these four cultural relics.

Perhaps it was exiled overseas and taken by private collectors as their own.

Or perhaps these cultural relics did not appear in his time at all, so that he could not name them at all.

But he just didn't know the scientific name, but it didn't affect his identification results.

"These four cultural relics should be townhouses made of different materials corresponding to the four sacred beasts." Lin Ran looked at the four cultural relics. Although the materials were different, without exception, they were all made from the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the appearance is extremely unified, but there is a vague feeling that a part is missing, causing the four cultural relics to look lacking in integrity.

"Are they different toys placed on the same shelf?" Lin Ran said his identification results.

Yan Hong was expressionless at first, and then clapped.

"clap clap"

"Mr. Chen is really amazing. No wonder he is appreciated by Mr. Zhu." Yan Hong said happily, "But you guessed something wrong."

"Guessed wrong?" Lin Ran frowned. He didn't guess, but inferred based on the material and appearance. Guessing always gave him the feeling of relying on luck.

"But it's amazing that you can see this step." Yan Hong walked up to him, pointed at the cultural relics above and introduced them to him one by one, "This is the Suzaku black bowl, this is the Qinglong copper pot, this is the Xuanwu paperweight, And the Huanglong cup..."

"Huanglong...?"

The other cultural relics are easy to understand, but Lin Ran did not recognize that the figure in the last cup was a yellow dragon.

Just based on the outline, I guess it is the white tiger corresponding to the four holy beasts.

Unexpectedly, the cultural relics corresponded to the Five Sacred Beasts!

In fact, the correct names of the Five Sacred Beasts are the Five Spiritual Beasts. It is recorded in "Huainanzi" that ancient Chinese mythology called the East Green Dragon, the West White Tiger, the South Suzaku, and the North Xuanwu. The center one is the Yellow Dragon. The spirit beasts have the functions of dispelling evil and avoiding evil. The divine power to prevent disasters and pray for blessings.

Suzaku actually corresponds to black, not the fire phoenix that people take for granted.

"Brother Chen is already very good at guessing this far." Yan Hong looked very calm and said: "They are indeed five pieces, but the missing piece is in the hands of Mr. Zhu Yawen."

Lin Ran was already stunned by him and asked, "What's going on? Did someone specially customize it?"

He couldn't help but think of the "Secret Records of Treasure Appraisal" and specially marked Volume Three.

Does it mean they are five senior brothers?

Yan Hong said, put the cultural relics back into the box, then asked the waiter to move him away, and motioned for Lin Ran to sit down.

"I'm going to tell you about the origins of these cultural relics now." Yan Hong's expression became very serious after the clerk closed the door. "What I told you today must not be known to outsiders."

"Okay." Lin Ran nodded.

Yan Hongcai started to talk about the origin of the cultural relics.

It turns out that these five items are the works forged by Zhu Xu, the ancestor of treasure appraising.

Hearing this sentence, Lin Ran was shocked, "Is he a master treasure appraiser or a craftsman?"

"Yes, but Master Zhu Xu only has these five works and a treasure appraisal book."

"The Heavenly Book of Treasure Appraisal? Isn't it the Secret Record of Treasure Appraisal?"

"The Secret Record of Treasure Appraisal is just a skill he passed on to different disciples. All he has learned throughout his life is actually in the Treasure Appraisal Book. As you can imagine, a treasure appraiser has everything from treasure appraisal to Feng Shui, mechanisms, and even craftsmen. Isn’t it possible?”

Lin Ran thought about it carefully.

Although he met most of the conditions, had his own handicraft shop, and often went to the tomb with Liu Jingfeng and his group, and was helped by craftsmen such as Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao, he could not do everything by himself.

Being able to possess these technologies at the same time can only be called a genius.

No wonder Hong Kong City calls him the Patriarch of Treasure Appraisal.

"His five disciples each have a secret record of treasure appraisal, but as long as they collect five secret records and possess five rare artifacts at the same time, they can get a huge treasure." Yan Hong started to get excited as he spoke.

...

Before, Lin Ran must have felt that he was listening to a book from heaven, because he believed that antiques were essentially just items used by ancient people and did not have special metaphysical abilities.

But after going to the tomb a few times before and encountering all kinds of strange things inside the tomb, he suddenly figured out something.

In ancient times, there were some skills that people today cannot understand.

You must know that Lin Ran's erudition and talents mainly rely on the Internet. He has to absorb a lot of knowledge from the Internet every day, and is well-informed. In addition, with the convenience of practice in the later period, he has developed this ability.