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

Lin Ran nodded, but found this sentence strange, so he asked, "Can we still take cultural relics from the police force?"

He is only a member of the Special Investigation Bureau, and his administrative power is under the police force.

"To be precise, the police asked him to assist in the investigation." Tang Lanxuan explained the whole story.

Just a week ago, Xicheng was checking for suspicious vehicles and saw a truck without a license plate.

They stopped the car and looked into the bed of the truck, which contained some construction materials.

However, a box of items was found among the building materials.

The police thought it was a cultural relic, driving without a license, and disguised as a truck transporting construction materials, but it was heading towards the dock.

So they suspected cultural relics smuggling, so they took the car owner back to the bureau for investigation.

However, the truck driver insisted that the box was not a cultural relic, but an antique handicraft.

Due to the rise of Shengshi crafts, antique handicrafts are also suddenly popular in the market. The truck driver insists that they are souvenirs for his wife and children when he goes home.

There were no professional appraisers in the police force, so they thought of the Special Investigation Bureau, which they had cooperated with before.

They handed the items to Li Xiaohai, but because they were investigating the treasure hunt, they were short of manpower. After weighing the pros and cons, they took the box of goods to the Palace Museum and asked Tang Lanxuan to arrange for someone to help identify it.

Tang Lanxuan handed over the preliminary identification task to Mr. Qin, and the two people in front of him were researchers under Mr. Qin.

"Hello, my name is Cai Yang." The honest researcher smiled and extended his hand to express friendship. After shaking hands with Lin Ran, he said, "Actually, Mr. Qin just left. He just looked at these objects and thought they were more likely to be fakes." , we were preparing to write the identification materials and hand them over to the curator, and you guys came over. It’s really great, you can come and take a look together.”

Mr. Qin thinks this batch of goods is fake?

When Lin Ran used Wense at the door just now, he felt that these goods were very old and could never be imitations.

But he would not deny it directly, otherwise it would be too disrespectful to Mr. Qin.

He nodded naturally: "Well, Mr. Qin said it is a fake, and it is unlikely to be genuine. However, I still want to authenticate it. It's embarrassing."

Another researcher clasped his hands on his chest and came to Lin Ran's side, but his expression was not friendly.

Lin Ran didn't find such people annoying. People like him were usually more sincere and had a strong sense of territory. They didn't mean to target Lin Ran.

He didn't have time to care what others thought. Since it was a task given to the National Palace Museum by the Special Investigation Bureau, he just had to authenticate it.

It was a long wooden table with six antiques on it.

Three pieces of porcelain, an incense burner, and two square pieces, about the size of bricks.

Just when Lin Ran was about to start the appraisal, another researcher spoke up: "Director, Mr. Qin said that these are imitations."

They obviously wanted to take credit and let the curator know that they were not wasting their time.

The curator chuckled and said, "Really? These objects look quite old, but I didn't expect them to be fakes."

"There are some obvious signs of ageing," the researcher explained.

He picked up a green plum vase and showed Tang Lanxuan the four words "Made in the Qianlong Year" at the bottom.

"We have checked the historical data and found that the plum-patterned vases during the Qianlong period were all top-opening. There are no plum-patterned vases with this configuration. It is simply a mistake by the forger Zhang Guan and Li Dai."

He pointed to another incense burner and said: "The structure of the copper burner is very Han Dynasty style, but the old-fashioned technique is too old-fashioned, and the green embroidery is directly gilded."

The researcher didn't care that Lin Ran was still doing the appraisal and directly reported his appraisal results to Tang Lanxuan.

In fact, he was particularly dissatisfied with Lin Ran. He had worked hard in the museum for so many years, but the director did not promote him.

The boy named Lin Ran in front of him brought a counterfeit dealer to the museum last year and suddenly became Tang Lanxuan's closed disciple. It was impossible for him not to be jealous.

Tang Lanxuan also saw that he was deliberately trying to trip up Lin Ran, and just smiled: "Okay, Su Rui, you did a good job, but we should wait for Lin Ran's identification results to come out before we discuss it."

Su Rui originally wanted to show off his strength, but after hearing what Tang Lanxuan said, he had no choice but to frown and choose to shut up.

Lin Ran didn't seem to hear what they said, but instead examined the cultural relics on the table one by one.

Lin Ran looked around and returned to his previous position.

Picking up the porcelain that Su Rui had put down, Su Rui originally wanted him to pay attention and not damage things, but he saw that Lin Ran was wearing gloves and his movements were calm and appeared to be very skillful.

Even though Su Rui is proud of his talent, he is also an insider in the industry, and he deeply understands that antique appraisal is actually a technical job.

If you want to know whether a treasure appraiser is professional or not, you can tell from his "picking" movements.

For example, when handling porcelain, the pinching position of the fingers is very demanding.

Not only must the porcelain be pinched so as not to affect the parts to be identified, but the porcelain must also be gently held with the palm of the hand. The technique is extremely particular.

Just by looking at Lin Ran's actions, Su Rui understood that the person in front of him was indeed very professional, so he chose to shut up.

Tang Lanxuan saw Su Rui hesitate to speak, glanced at Lin Ran again, and touched his chin with relief.

For someone as arrogant as Su Rui to agree, Lin Ran is indeed very professional.

Lin Ran didn't pay attention to the actions of others, but looked back and forth at the bottle.

Said: "The plum pattern vase from the Qing Dynasty has no problem with the material, but the shape of the vessel is wrong. It is a fake."

Su Rui breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was answering the top student's answer, and felt relieved when he heard that his answer was the same as his own.

Putting down the plum vase, Lin Ran focused on the incense burner.

This was a bronze incense burner. Lin Ran did not hold it up, but squatted down and looked at the incense burner from left to right.

"The bronze incense burner of the Han Dynasty has the same shape, with a rough surface and patina..."

Su Ruixin raised her voice and was about to taunt.

But I heard Lin Ran continue: "However, there are obvious traces of artificial forgery in the paste. The soaking time is not long, so this is also a fake."

Lin Ran was a little confused. Did he see it wrong just now?

No, he clearly felt that the six cultural relics on the table must be genuine.

He believed in the ability of the secret technique of treasure appraisal. He had not read the other volumes and did not understand it, but he had personal experience with the content of treasure appraisal in the third volume.

Su Rui breathed a sigh of relief again, but his tone was aggravated: "We have all identified it just now, you should have heard it. Just take a look at the next few items, Mr. Qin, we won't make any mistakes."

Tang Lanxuan nodded slightly, took the report from Su Rui, and marked the word "fake" on the back of the plum vase and bronze incense burner.

Both experts Qin Lao and Lin Ran identified him as a fake, and he didn't even need to verify it.