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

It was almost time, and Lin Ran returned to the parking lot.

But he didn't expect Ma Zhen to be waiting here.

When Ma Zhen saw Lin Ran coming back with a pot, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Is this the treasure you chose?" Ma Zhen looked at it with a half-smile. He thought Lin Ran had brought something back.

No matter from a distance or up close, it looks like just a broken pot, with even heavy oil stains on it. Can this thing be used as a treasure?

Ma Zhen then shook his head, looking a little disappointed. He didn't expect that he would still compete like a layman.

Lin Ran didn't take it seriously. He glanced at Ma Zhen's empty hands, as if he was worried about being seen through by him and had already put the cultural relics into the car.

Ma Zhengang was treasure hunting on the street and found a good treasure indeed. After seeing Lin Ran's iron pot, he felt that he was sure to win.

However, both of them are competitors. Even if one of them says that his treasure is valuable, the other will definitely not agree.

Due to the requirements of the competition, they need to find an intermediary to authenticate the cultural relics in their hands.

Lin Ran was not familiar with the masters in Hong Kong City, the only one he knew was Zhu Yawen.

Judging from Ma Zhen's appearance, he probably wouldn't go back with him to see Zhu Yawen.

"Mr. Ma, we still need to identify whether it is a treasure. Do you have any experts you can trust in this area? Let's go and take a look together?"

Ma Zhen glanced at the time and thought it was still early, it might still be too late.

He took out his mobile phone and dialed someone unknown, but his attitude seemed somewhat respectful.

"Okay, curator, I'll come with him now, but you have to pay attention to confidentiality, I don't want to..." Ma Zhen was talking, and he just saw Lin Ran staring at him, so he lowered his voice.

After the phone call, I put down the mobile phone calmly.

"I will take you to the Hong Kong City Museum to meet someone now." Ma Zhen nodded to Lin Ran and motioned for him to get in the car.

Today's port city has two large museums.

One is the Royal Harbor Museum, and the other is the City Museum.

The City Museum was originally called the Hong Kong City Museum. However, under British management, they requested to change the name, but the entire museum went on strike to oppose it, so it was retained.

The Governor of Hong Kong established another museum near the original site and named it the Royal Museum to match the name of the British royal family.

Then, the city museum's funding was restricted, resulting in the city museum not having large cultural relics for many years, and being ridiculed by citizens as a dilapidated museum.

Although the city museum was in ruins, Lin Ran felt that they were trustworthy.

At least in terms of patriotism, there is no doubt about their character.

But I am also curious, how could Ma Zhen be connected with the people at the City Museum?Don't they know this guy is famous for stealing?

They came to the city museum, but did not take the main entrance.

Arriving at the back door, a man with a straight body, who looked to be about 50 years old, but had a full head of white hair, stood at the door.

"Director Dong, long time no see." Ma Zhen greeted him, and then introduced to Lin Ran: "This is Director Dong of the Hong Kong City Museum. This..."

Ma Zhen thought for a while and introduced: "Director Dong, this is the winner of the last issue of "Treasure Appraisal Winner", Mr. Chen Xing."

Unexpectedly, Ma Zhen would hide his true identity.

Director Dong was startled by Chen Xing's name.

"Are you Chen Xing? Your performance on the show is really admirable." Director Dong came up to shake hands with Lin Ran, and he was flattered by the enthusiasm.

"Actually, it's just average." Lin Ran said modestly. In fact, in his opinion, if Zhu Yawen hadn't deliberately misled the players with his two sentences, most people would actually be able to identify the two gold seals as genuine. I don't know why they were so excited.

After shaking hands, Director Dong looked at Lin Ran with excitement: "I don't know if you are coming today, Mr. Chen Xing, why are you here?"

"He and I are competing. We have agreed that the loser will donate the cultural relics to the museum." Ma Zhen said calmly, "Since it is a competition, there must be a referee. I think you are the most suitable, Lao Dong, so come here Looking for you."

"It's rare that Mr. Ma values ​​me so highly, so I'll make a fool of myself." Director Dong smiled from ear to ear. He heard that there were also donations of cultural relics. Most of the new cultural relics in their museum were donated voluntarily by patriots. The funds given to them would be good if they can buy two porcelains every year.

Almost all the staff in the museum have left, leaving only some senior employees.

In fact, the number of visitors in the museum is so small that wages have not been paid for several months, and the guides have to clean the museum themselves.

Temporary difficulties can be overcome, but in the long run, disbandment will be a matter of time.

Lin Ran was a little speechless. When did he agree to donate the cultural relics to the museum.

But then I thought about it, he wouldn't lose anyway, so it didn't matter.

The two of them followed Director Dong with their respective cultural relics, walked through the dilapidated steps, and arrived at his office.

It was taken out almost at the same time.

Director Dong suddenly froze on the spot, his eyes widening.

The first thing he saw was the bronze gun that Ma Zhen brought, packed in a box. Lin Ran thought it was some strange thing.

This bronze Ge Yuan is twenty centimeters long and has an inner beard of eight centimeters.

After handing the copper Ge and the box to Director Dong, Ma Zhen didn't notice anyone else and began to introduce it.

"The interior of this Ge has been covered with patina. It is shaped like a sickle. It has three piercings in the middle and one piercing in the middle. The rear part is concave. It is a typical style of bronze Ge in the late Warring States Period. The only regret is that the internal inscription has been worn away. , the identity of the user cannot be inferred, but it does not appear to be a bronze weapon used by ordinary soldiers."

During the Warring States Period, Ge was the standard equipment of soldiers and was usually used for hooking.

In order to make the weapons light and save resources, the body of the weapon is often made of hardwood, but the head of the weapon is always made of copper. The inscriptions on the bronze vessels usually have something like the English letter z, which is actually the hieroglyph for "ge".

Each part of Getou has a proper name.

For example, the blade part is called "Yuan", and the part that turns down at the end of the "Yuan" is called "Hu".

In the early Warring States period, Ge was used for fighting.

But in the later period, Ge has become a symbol of war. There are countless idioms about war, such as waiting for help, turning sides, etc., indicating that its decoration has gone beyond the pure purpose of war. Therefore, in the middle and later stages, some special meanings will also be made. Ge, is considered to be a work of art used to enhance warriors.

Director Dong picked up the bronze gun and looked at it for a few times, then said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Ma, actually I'm not good at bronze. Do you mind if I call an expert to take a look?"

He went on to explain: "Professor Li is an expert in the identification of bronzes in Hong Kong City. He graduated from Hong Kong City University and studied the study of bronzes. It is perfect for him to evaluate."