Du Ruo and Yuan Tingchuan put down their things and walked forward. There were a lot more things in the antique market than before, and they were almost piled up like mountains. There were also more and more fakes. At least among the few people Du Ruo saw, nine of them were holding fakes. Even if there were authentic items occasionally, they were worthless items, and the two of them naturally looked down on them.
The couple had no choice but to call it a day. Du Ruo treated Mr. Yuan to a bowl of knife-cut noodles at the small noodle shop at the door. Yuan Tingchuan smiled when paying the bill.
"The richer you get, the more stingy you become. You treated me to a meal, and this is all I get?"
"Then what do you want to eat? Don't you have everything at home?"
Mr. Du feels that eating this is more sincere and down-to-earth.
Half a month later, Du Ruo and Ling Yun stood in the banquet hall of the Ling family mansion in the United States. Looking at the dazzling array of bronze wares in front of them, Ling Yun had a cold face and a hint of coldness at the corners of his mouth.
Du Ruo looked at them one by one from the left. Wow, they were all national treasures. What was surprising was that they were all in pairs. There were round tripods with three legs and two ears, and there were also square tripods with four legs.
Du Ruo looked at the square tripod in front of him. The animal face pattern on it was mainly single-line. The wall of the tripod was thinner than that of the later period. It was engraved with sacrificial inscriptions and was priceless.
What’s important is that this pair of tripods with animal face patterns are exactly the same, just like a pair of twin brothers. It is impossible to tell the elder brother from the younger brother.
No one knew what Ling Feng was up to. The two of them looked at each other with a serious look in their eyes.
If possible, no one would want such a national treasure to be lost outside, but the thing belongs to Ling Feng, and I wonder what he is going to do with it?
Ling Feng walked into the venue surrounded by a group of bodyguards. It was the first time Du Ruo saw him.
He is about 70% similar to Ling Yun, with arrogance and contempt in his eyes.
He greeted the familiar guests and walked straight to Ling Yun.
"You two have been looking for me. I know you want what I have. The old man once said that one day he would make all the fakes in my possession disappear from the world. Now, more than 20 years have passed, and he still can't do anything to me. He can only stand there and watch helplessly."
He couldn't help laughing when he said this.
"I called you here today to give you a chance. Do you see those ten pairs of bronze artifacts in front of me? One of these pairs is the original, and the other is made by me."
Ling Yun gritted his teeth and listened quietly. He had already guessed what was going on.
"As long as you can pick out the bronze artifacts I made, I will retire from this business today. Furthermore, you can take all the bronze artifacts in my name."
Ling Yun looked into his eyes and asked through gritted teeth: "Are you serious?"
"Of course, I've already signed the documents. You can take a look at them first."
Ling Yun took the document from Ling Feng and looked through it carefully. He nodded and said, "What are the conditions?"
Ling Feng smiled: "If you can't recognize it, the Ling family can no longer do antique business from now on."
"Do you want to return to the Hong Kong antiques circle?"
"That's none of your business."
Du Ruo stepped forward and said, "Mr. Ling, do you mind if I take a look?"
"Whatever, anyone can watch it."
There was absolute arrogance in Ling Feng's tone.
Ling Yun looked at Du Ruo meaningfully, and Du Ruo nodded slightly.
Ling Yun walked solemnly to the side of the bronze ware, took out a small box of tools from his arms, and looked very serious.
He knew that conventional methods would not be able to detect these things, but he still planned to give it a try.
Burning, pricking with needles, observing the shape, checking the color, the more Ling Yun looked, the heavier his heart became, there was not even the slightest flaw.
Ling Yun straightened up and made a decision with gritted teeth.
He handed the sign in his hand to Du Ruo and signaled her with his eyes to give it to her.
When Du Ruo was checking the bronze artifacts one by one, he already had the answer in his mind. Seeing this, he did not refuse. He picked up the number plate and quickly walked from the beginning to the end, and with a few snaps, he stuck it on the bronze tripod.
When the two turned around to look at Ling Feng, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak. After a long while, he exclaimed: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could you recognize him?"
If you only recognize one or two items, it may be a coincidence. But it is absolutely impossible to recognize each item so clearly and accurately without any guesswork.
As soon as everyone saw Ling Feng's face, they knew he had lost and there was an uproar.
"Who is this? I've been wronged by Ling Feng more than once. How could you recognize him so easily?"
"You guessed it?"
"Who could possibly guess everything right? He must be an expert."
Ling Feng rushed to Du Ruo and grabbed her arm tightly.
"You didn't even lift the lid, how could you tell it was fake? Did someone tell you? Tell me!"
Ling Yun stood in front of Du Ruo and pushed his father forward.
"I'm willing to accept the loss. Do you want to deny your loss?"
Ling Feng was already a little crazy. He had been making counterfeits all his life and put all his life's efforts into it, but in the end it became a joke. He desperately pounced on Du Ruo, and the three of them entangled with each other and fell on the bronze ware behind them.
When Du Ruo fell, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her hand, and blood dripped onto the bronze tripod. Ling Yun went forward to pull her up, and his hand was also pricked. Suddenly, both of them heard a chant in their minds, and they fainted one after another.
When Du Ruo woke up, she saw Yuan Tingchuan sitting at the head of her bed. She turned her head to look out the window and heard Yuan Tingchuan's cold voice.
"No need to look. We're still in the US. What's going on? There's this rumor going around that a bronze tripod disappeared from your hands. How is that possible? What's going on?"
Du Ruo touched her nose guiltily. She had already remembered that the reason why she and Ling Yun could start over again was probably because of the tripod. As for why exactly it was, she didn't know.
"If you ask me, I don't know. If I knew, I would definitely tell you, but I still need to study this matter slowly."
As for whether I can figure it out in this lifetime, that's hard to say.
Yuan Tingchuan said with a cold face, "I have contacted Mr. Charles, and he has agreed to exchange the Yaobian Tianmu Lamp with me, but the prerequisite is that you tell him the information of Mr. John."
Du Ruo was overjoyed: "Is it enough to just tell him the information?"
Yuan Tingchuan nodded, but what he didn't say was that he used a precious heirloom of the Yuan family in exchange.
Du Ruo had already guessed it. She smiled and threw herself into Yuan Tingchuan's arms. If she could do it all over again, her greatest happiness, besides working hard to make her son live a long and happy life, was meeting this man.
Holding Yuan Tingchuan's cheek, Du Ruo smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, I have a secret. I will tell you after a while."
I love you very much. Since the first time we met on the podium in the previous life, I have felt a sense of connection with you. I am grateful to meet you in this life.
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