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

Seeing Lin Ran opening the medicine jar, Zhang Zhenqiang couldn't help but frown.

"Don't touch other people's things!"

He said in a low tone, and then took back the small can from Lin Ran's hand.

Lin Ran wasn't angry at all and handed it back to him calmly.

Zhang Zhenqiang was about five years older than him, but Lin Ran noticed that his hands were particularly rough and he did not look like an adopted son of a wealthy family.

The second cultural relic is placed in a wooden box.

Zheng Xueming took the box and waited until Zhang Zhenqiang nodded before opening the box.

This is an ordinary sandalwood box with a light fragrance inside.

Generally speaking, the things placed in the sandalwood box are extremely precious cultural relics.

Zheng Xueming was very curious and opened the box carefully.

There was also a piece of red cloth inside the box. After opening it, a small and exquisite seal was revealed.

Zheng Xueming thought it was ordinary at first, but after picking it up and taking a look, his expression changed drastically.

"Dragon Jade Seal!" He took a breath of air, "Brother Zhang, where did you get it?"

As soon as Zheng Xueming's words came out, everyone in the room fell silent.

The dragon-patterned jade seal was second only to the jade seal in the Southern Song Dynasty and was the jade seal of the prince.

In ancient times, a jade seal represented the identity of the owner. Any document stamped with a jade seal meant that it was recognized by the owner.

This is the jade seal of the prince, which in ancient times was equivalent to the authority second only to the emperor!It has extremely high collection value.

Zheng Xueming looked over and over, feeling a little heavy.

At this time, Lin Ran noticed that Zhang Fengyu and Zhang Zhenqiang secretly looked at each other, with a relaxed expression on Zhang Fengyu's face.

Is it because it’s authenticated?Lin Ran felt a little strange from the moment he walked in.

Zheng Xueming did not notice it, but kept praising: "What a rare treasure, Brother Zhang, you have picked up a big treasure."

"Do you mean this is genuine?" Zhang Fengyu asked.

"Of course, Brother Zhang, your collection is really eye-opening to me. It is worthy of being the No. 1 jewelry in Yun Province. You can even get this kind of seal!"

Zheng Xueming introduced the origin of the dragon seal.

"The seal of the Southern Song Dynasty prince is really incredible!"

After he finished speaking he sighed.

Zhang Fengyu said politely: "Brother Zheng, thank you very much. I wonder how you evaluate this jade seal?"

Zhang Zhenqiang still had a calm expression, as if he didn't care about money at all. When he heard that this seal could be sold for at least [-] yuan at auction, he was not moved at all.

At this time, Lin Ran also became interested in the jade seal and asked, "Mr. Zhang, can you show me the jade seal?"

"You? Little kid, don't make trouble." Zhang Zhenqiang said angrily.

"Ah Qiang, don't be like this." Zhang Fengyu stopped Zhang Zhenqiang and then introduced, "This is Mr. Lin, the master of appraisal in the capital. At the same time, he is also the boss of Shengshi Craftsmanship."

After hearing the name "Shengshi Craftsmanship", Zhang Zhenqiang's expression finally changed.

Then, with an impatient look, he handed the jade seal and box to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran picked up the jade seal and looked at it. Song Dynasty jade was particularly fond of carving dragon patterns, because the Song Dynasty was an era where the art of calligraphy and painting was quite advanced.

Even the Qing Dynasty, which is known as the peak of art, could not compare with the Song Dynasty in the level of calligraphy and painting.

The production techniques of the Song Dynasty have been lost. The Song Dynasty was a society that respected principles.

Therefore, the carved patterns often contain some meanings.

The dragon patterns of the Song Dynasty can actually be traced back to the Liangzhu Culture of the Neolithic Period.

It has some distinctive characteristics. The dragon's head is flat and wide, its eyes are elongated, its mouth corners are larger, its upper lip is high, thin and long.

The dragon-patterned jade seal in his hand is indeed somewhat similar to the dragon-patterned jade carving collected in the museum. Compared with the rough craftsmanship of the liar he saw at Chen Cheng's house earlier, it is as good as heaven and earth.

The jade was real jade, and the dragon pattern was not wrong, but Lin Ran always felt that something was wrong!

The last time I had this feeling was when I saw Wei Chengbin in Panjiayuan!

Seeing Lin Ran looking at it for a long time, Zhang Fengyu asked with a smile: "Master Lin, are you dumbfounded?"

Zheng Xueming felt that Lin Ran's expression seemed to indicate the problem.

This was the second time Zheng Xueming watched Lin Ran appraising treasures at close range. He smiled and watched quietly from the side.

Lin Ran touched it back and forth with his hand, feeling the touch. He suddenly remembered something.

"Mr. Zhang, do you have any other jade seals in your home?" Lin Ran asked, "A little bigger than this one, but not too big."

Since the other party is a jewelry tycoon, he should have a lot of jade seals.

Zhang Fengyu was a little confused by this question: "Yes, yes, what's wrong?"

"Can you lend it to me?" Lin Ran smiled.

Zhang Fengyu glanced at Zheng Xueming. After the two made eye contact, Zhang Fengyu stood up, left the living room, and soon came back with another red box.

There is another jade seal placed inside. This jade seal is a cultural relic from the late Qing Dynasty.

Lin Ran picked up the jade seal, held it in his hand, and smiled.

There is indeed a problem!

Then he asked Zhang Fengyu to borrow a scale and put the two jade seals on it at the same time.

The two sides of the scale are floating up and down alternately. After all, the quality of the scales in this era is not very good, and it takes a long time to stabilize.

When it finally stabilized, the smaller dragon-pattern jade seal turned out to be about 2 grams heavier than the late Qing jade seal.

Since the jade seals are relatively heavy, they cannot feel them by touch.

And because Lin Ran was often in contact with cultural relics, he could feel the slight difference in quality.

He showed the scale to the three of them. They were all a little confused and didn't know what was going on.

Lin Ran explained: "The production level of jade seals is also increasing day by day. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the level of literature and art was very high, but the level of craftsmanship was very low, and there would be bubbles inside the seals."

"With the progress of the times, the production of jade seals has become more and more precise, and there are fewer and fewer bubbles inside. Therefore, the farther back the jade seal is, the greater the overall density is, which reflects that the quality will be slightly higher than the latter. .”

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the times, he could not use a spectrometer for detection.

With professional machines, you can tell the production dynasty just by looking at the density of bubbles inside.

"What do you mean? This dragon jade seal is fake?" Zhang Fengyu was a little surprised.

"Yes, but the only difference between being able to achieve this level and the real thing is the age." Lin Ran smiled.

"Old Zheng, what do you think?" Zhang Fengyu seemed to be undecided.

Zheng Xueming was straightforward and said: "Brother Lin can identify products that even museum researchers cannot see through."

"Sure enough, you have good eyesight. No wonder you can see the Imperial Green Stone." Zhang Fengyu clicked his tongue in surprise.

Zhang Zhenqiang's expression also changed, but he looked down on happiness and sadness. What is certain is that he became interested in Lin Ran!