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

In the conference room, as Batur entered, the busy people inside all raised their heads.

"Let me introduce to you. This is the director of the Palace Museum. His name is Lin Ran."

After listening to his introduction, there was sparse applause in the room.

"What about the other one?" A middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and a cigarette in his mouth who looked a little sloppy coughed and looked at Xu Yi.

For some reason, he looked at Lin Ran and Xu Yi warily.

"This is a Khitan historian, his name is..." Batur suddenly couldn't remember Xu Yi's name, and turned to Lin Ran for help.

Lin Ran had seen workplaces like appraisal meetings countless times.

He smiled and said: "He is not a Khitan historian, but... a descendant of the Khitan."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of everyone in the room changed slightly, including the middle-aged man just now.

After that, he stood up, his legs and feet seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and he limped to them.

Hearing a "bang" sound, he suddenly closed the door.

"You have to close the door when you enter the treasure appraisal room." The middle-aged man said in a threatening tone, "You really don't understand the rules."

"Of course I know this." Lin Ran smiled, "But it doesn't make sense for you to smoke a cigarette in the treasure appraisal room, right?"

"What do you mean?" The middle-aged man squinted his eyes and took down the cigarette without lighting it. The cigarette holder was covered with teeth marks, and then he put it back on his mouth. "I have some cigarette holders, but I won't smoke here. .”

After saying that, he turned around and returned to his seat.

Batur was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "Okay, now that everyone is here, today's treasure appraisal meeting will officially begin."

He pointed out the seats to Lin Ran and Xu Yi, and then they sat down.

Lin Ran looked at the middle-aged man and thought, this guy is a troublesome person.

However, they didn't come here to cause trouble, they were just here for appraisal, so they seemed calm.

The so-called treasure appraisal meeting is actually similar to the appraisal in the auction house, except that the treasure has to pass through everyone's hands and everyone evaluates it together.

If someone doesn’t understand, you can skip it.

By gathering the appraisal power of everyone, we can avoid oversight to the greatest extent, and at the same time, we can also exchange experiences.

"Actually, after the cultural relics were brought back yesterday, most of the identification work has been completed. There are only a small number of cultural relics, and it is difficult to determine the material and value. Today, we have gathered everyone together to study together." Batur stood up and said.

Afterwards, he talked a lot.

Lin Ran could already hear calluses growing on his ears. Only if there were more senior leaders present would he need to show off.

Looking at the people in the room, most of them are researchers with heavy hair, and they obviously have a certain status.

Could it be... Lin Ran squinted at the lame middle-aged man just now. Could it be that he is the big leader?

Otherwise, why would he hold a cigarette in his mouth on such a serious occasion? Even if he didn't smoke, it would be very disrespectful of etiquette.

After they took their seats, a staff member brought the collection collected yesterday into the room.

This is a red stone with an iron ring threaded through it.

When the researchers saw this stone, they all praised it.

The middle-aged man took the lead and tasted it for a while, then said: "This should be the ruby ​​recorded in the literature. Judging from the shape, it should be held in the hand."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Lin Ran and asked, "Did you take this thing out of the coffin?"

The so-called hand holding means that when ancient people were buried, in order to maintain the balance of the body, they placed high-quality objects in the palm of their hands to keep them hanging naturally.

They are generally made of jade and are not used by living people. Like the seven-hole plug and the golden jade garment, they are only used during burials and are deeply loved by collectors.

He can see the effect at a glance, which means he does have certain strength!

However, his words were full of ridicule towards them, thinking that they were just grave robbers.

"What if it's not?" Lin Ran smiled slightly, "This thing is actually a burial object in the main tomb."

"Don't think I don't know, there's another one you secretly hide and prepare to sell." The middle-aged man said ruthlessly.

This sentence actually caused dissatisfaction among other researchers in the library.

"Yes, the hand grips should be matching, why is there only one?"

"Little brother, don't hide it, we will buy it at the market price."

"The cultural value is much higher than the market value. Brother, don't be confused."

They were all led by the middle-aged man, and they felt that it was Lin Ran who hid it.

Xu Yi couldn't help but blush when faced with this situation.

When the ancient tomb was excavated, he was not at the scene and did not know where to start.

The middle-aged man crossed his legs proudly and looked at Lin Ran with a half-smile to see how he would explain.

"In my opinion, the ancient ruby ​​in your hand is indeed valuable. My estimate is seven hundred yuan. If brother thinks the price is right, please hand over the other one."

"No." Lin Ran refused decisively and said with a smile, "May I ask your name, sir?"

"You don't need to know my name." The middle-aged man's face turned cold. "Let's talk about the ugly things first. I don't believe that there are only so many cultural relics in the tomb of King Liao. Have you stolen all the gold, silver and jewelry inside?"

Putting this kind of issue on the table goes against the original intention of the appraisal meeting.

Batur blushed and said: "Mr. Altaïr, this is an appraisal meeting, not an interrogation meeting. Let's continue the appraisal topic."

"Isn't this an appraisal? There's only one hand to hold it, so it's useless to appraise it." Altaïr's face was full of displeasure.

The others lowered their heads for fear of being involved in the war.

Lin Ran was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "Mr. Altaïr? Your vision is indeed unique. Unfortunately, you are only half correct."

Before he finished speaking, the venue that was still whispering just now fell silent instantly.

The corners of the middle-aged man's face twitched: "You actually said that I only identified half of it? Yes, you only have one hand to hold it, so of course you can only identify half of it."

"Really?" Lin Ran stood up, and the staff quickly handed the cultural relics into his hands.

Everyone's eyes stopped on him, wanting to see what this young man wanted to say.

He dared to collide with Altaïr on the top of Chifeng Mountain. It was like a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.

Lin Ran naturally didn't know who Altaïr was. He only glanced at the cultural relics and said, "Actually, I already know what this is in the tomb. I'll tell you the answer directly."

"That's such a strong tone. If you can't answer or copy my answer, don't blame me for being rude." Altaïr felt provoked and there was murderous intent in his eyes.

Lin Ran ignored his threat, but looked around and said, "This is indeed a handhold."

Everyone looked at each other, what on earth did he want to do?