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

Lin Ran recalled the relevant historical background in his mind.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Buddhist culture prevailed.

It was also the period in history second only to the Tang Dynasty in the promotion of Buddhist culture, with pagodas and statues built everywhere.

Moreover, the Buddhist statues in the Northern Wei Dynasty all have one characteristic.

His appearance is graceful and luxurious, which is very different from the simple Buddhist culture in people's impression.

Precisely because of their generous efforts, the Buddhist statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty were often generous.

The Buddha statue in front of you looks majestic, but it also reveals a graceful temperament, and you can see a little restraint.

Therefore, Lin Ran concluded that the Double-faced Buddha was influenced by the Buddhist culture of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the specific year should be later.

As soon as Lin Ran finished speaking, Sun Xingming smiled and said: "Little friend Lin, can you conclude that the gilt double-faced Buddha is not an item from the Northern Wei Dynasty just based on your lack of temperament? In our auction house, what matters is evidence, not subjective assumptions. .”

There was something ridiculous about his words.

It's not like Lin Ran is here to do the appraisal himself, he still needs to provide substantive evidence.

However, it wasn't like Lin Ran couldn't get it out.

He put on a smile and said, "Mr. Sun, if your next behavior is a little abrupt, please forgive me."

"Oh?" Sun Xingming seemed to have heard this sentence for the first time. He laughed dryly and asked: "Little friend Lin, don't you want to smash the gilded Buddha statue?"

"Of course not." Lin Ran walked to the gilded Buddha statue, squatted down, and rubbed his gloves back and forth on the lotus of the Buddha statue.

Seeing Lin Ran's disrespectful behavior, the bodyguard became furious and strode forward to pull Lin Ran away.

But his behavior was stopped by Sun Xingming and he glared at him.

The bodyguard suddenly retreated as if he had not seen Lin Ran's actions.

Lin Ran didn't notice all this. He was looking at the top of the Buddha statue's head intently, his fingers still rubbing back and forth.

His expression of concentration was as if he and the gilded Buddha statue were the only ones left in the world.

Sun Xingming looked at Lin Ran with interest.

"Do you have an answer?" Sun Xingming asked anxiously when he saw Lin Ran, who had been standing still, suddenly showed a smile.

Lin Ran looked up at Sun Xingming with clear eyes and nodded.

He didn't say anything, but stepped aside and showed the Buddha statue in front of Sun Xingming.

Just now he polished off the gilding layer on the head of the gilt double-faced Buddha. Instead of painting flowers, a line of words was revealed.

There is an inscription engraved on the lotus: "On the 23rd of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Hongwu, I fulfilled my wish in the market and made a statue."

Judging from the content of the inscription, the purpose of casting this Buddha statue was actually to fulfill a wish.

The reign name of Hongwu has been revealed, so there is no need to say more. The year when the Buddha statue was carved is self-evident.

Red copper was already a commonly used material in the Ming Dynasty and was not difficult to obtain.

Sun Xingming was overjoyed and asked: "How do you know there are words on the lotus?"

"Buddha statues generally have inscriptions. When I squatted down to inspect them just now, I felt something protruding. I touched it and it turned out that there were indeed inscriptions."

"Not bad." Sun Xingming nodded, showing a sincere smile.

"You guys go down." Sun Xingming asked his men to push the Buddha statue down together.

Judging from his expression, he should be quite satisfied with his appraisal results.

In fact, this is not the first time Lin Ran has seen the double-faced Medicine Buddha. In later generations, a listed company spent tens of millions to build a 20-meter-high gilded Medicine Buddha statue, and it was built in the center of its company building. .

But even though Medicine Buddha is rumored to be very effective, it still prevents them from closing down.

Soon, they were involved in the whirlpool of public opinion because of suspected fraud, and disappeared in less than three years.

I wonder if seeing the gilt Buddha statue here today means that this auction house will not be able to hold on for long.

Lin Ran took a deep breath, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Sun, are you satisfied with my appraisal results?"

Seeing Lin Ran's performance, Sun Xingming also burst out laughing.

At this time, a chill came from the small door behind Sun Xingming.

The next moment, Ma Zhen's figure appeared in the office.

"Long time no see, Lin Ran." Ma Zhen's eyes were bright, which surprised Lin Ran.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Ran couldn't describe his feelings. He finally got rid of this thief king, but he didn't expect him to appear in the capital.

What is his purpose here?

"Boss, I have done what I promised you. He is indeed capable, and he relies on his true skills." Sun Xingming's attitude was extremely respectful.

Lin Ran was confused.

"Be true to your word. Since he wants to know about Gray, go and deal with it." Ma Zhen raised his hand, and Sun Xingming immediately left the office.

In an instant, only Lin Ran and Ma Zhen were left inside.

Ma Zhen sat down unceremoniously in Sun Xingming's seat and smiled at Lin Ran: "I'm tired of standing. Sit down and listen to a story."

Lin Ran was a little unbelievable. Since Ma Zhen is a big boss in the treasure appraisal industry, how could he lose to him in the last bronze competition?

No matter how bad his vision is, he still can't see Xi Jiapan, right?

Could it be that he had given in to him on purpose before?

"Don't think nonsense." Ma Zhen obviously guessed what Lin Ran was thinking and said with a smile, "I am serious about dueling with others and I have never let anyone off the hook."

Lin Ran sat at the desk in his office and asked cautiously: "Why are you coming to the mainland again? Are you here to steal my books again?"

You can't defeat him in Hong Kong City, but it's different in the mainland.

"No need, I think you are the best heir to that book." Ma Zhen said, "I just want to tell you a story today."

"Tell me." Lin Ran also wanted to know what happened all the way from Hong Kong City to find him.

"After Zhu Xu founded the Qilin Society, he successively established two types of disciples, the inner sect and the outer sect. The outer sect is responsible for doing chores and helping Zhu Xu run the shop, and the inner sect is his closed disciples, with a total of six people."

"Six people?" Lin Ran asked in surprise, "But Zhu Yawen told me there were only five people."

"There are only five official disciples, but Zhu Xu doesn't only have five skills. His sixth skill is the art of disguise." As he spoke, Ma Zhen tore off his face, revealing the face of a man with a mustache underneath. .

It was the mustache that brought them to the underground auction house!

"It's you!" Lin Ran recognized him at a glance, but the next second, Ma Zhen covered his face with his hands and returned to his original appearance.

Which one is his true face?Lin Ran was a little confused.

Ma Zhen smiled and said: "Actually, let alone you, even I don't know which one is my true face."

"I came to the mainland to help you. The other disciples of the Qilin Society already know that you are in the mainland. They will try their best to take the strange book away from you. Do you know that the third volume is the most critical one? Book."