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Chapter 313: Nearly a hundred cultural relics?frenzied!
The next day, Lin Ran came to West Village as promised.
Xicun is the farthest village from the Third Ring Road of Beijing. Yang Jianlong drove to the nearby village and did not let him go into the village.
"Just send it here." Lin Ran chose to get off the car a few hundred meters away from the village entrance.
"Godfather, I'll go with you." Yang Jianlong was worried about Lin Ran's safety and did not dare to let him go alone.
"It doesn't matter." Lin Ran shook his head. Yang Jianlong was not as professional as him and could easily be exposed.
The Northern faction is ruthless, and usually commits crimes based on rumors, and is not afraid of local snakes at all.
From the burial methods in previous lives, we know that they have a large amount of explosives in their hands, and it is best to describe them as extremely vicious.
After numerous warnings, Yang Jianlong reluctantly left.
Lin Ran walked to the chapel.
From a distance, I could hear hymns singing from inside, which was very inconsistent with the rustic atmosphere of the black bricks and red walls.
Lin Ran silently walked into the auditorium and saw Warner wearing a priest's uniform standing on the stage, with several children surrounding him singing hymns.
Warner noticed Lin Ran's entry, and his expression changed slightly, but he continued to sing.
Ten minutes later, Warner took out a cross and a Bible and chanted: "May the Lord bless you, Amen."
After the blessing ceremony, he came to sit next to Lin Ran and asked with a smile: "Mr. Lin, do you believe in God?"
"No, I'm an atheist, thank you." Lin Ran didn't want to be dragged into the church by him, and as far as he understood, since the emergence of China's new law, public preaching is illegal.
He also silently wrote this down, and after he had defrauded them of their money, he would definitely find a way to expel Huanaer from China's territory!
So, he pretended to be anxious and asked: "Mr. Warner, I'm more concerned about how to make money. Time is precious. Let's get straight to the point."
Warner laughed loudly: "Yes, I appreciate Mr. Lin's character. Come with me."
The villagers looked at Lin Ran with doubtful expressions. He was not from the village. If he came to the village for sightseeing privately, he would be kicked out by the patrol team of their village.
However, this morning the patrol team was praying in the chapel, and the other party was a friend of Vanall, so naturally they could not be driven away.
Warner took Lin Ran to a warehouse.
What they harvested from the tomb robbery last week was actually about a hundred cultural relics!
Now he didn't completely trust Lin Ran, so he asked the tomb robbers to bring out three cultural relics and asked Lin Ran to help identify them.
If Lin Ran wanted to call the police, they would refuse to admit it.
Lin Ran was also paying attention to the roads in the village, and he couldn't help but sigh. It had only been 72 years since the West Village Tomb was discovered in 8. Wanner had been lurking in the village for many years and had a very high reputation in the village.
Even if you choose to call the police, you may be protected.
He couldn't help but pay attention to the path he took, so that if he encountered danger, he could retrace his steps and escape.
Fortunately, Warner had no such thoughts. He took Lin Ran to the warehouse, which was dark inside.
It wasn't until he pressed the switch on the wall that a dim light appeared.
Two people were smoking cigarettes inside, and they were startled when the lights suddenly turned on.
They looked at Lin Ran next to Huaner with vigilance.
Warner smiled and explained: "Don't be nervous, this is Mr. Lin, the appraiser I invited."
These two people were obviously not locals, and they had never heard of Lin Ran's name.
But with Warner's assurance, the hostility in their eyes lessened.
They were all wearing shabby Chinese tunic suits, and one of them had a long scar on his face.
He should be the boss of the northern tomb robbing team mentioned by Liu Jingfeng!
The scarred man asked his men to place the three treasures on the wooden table. Warner began to explain: "Mr. Lin, we collected these three cultural relics from the market a few days ago. Is it convenient for you to help us take a look?"
The so-called cultural relics were obviously stolen from the tomb.
Lin Ran didn't expose it and came directly to the table.
There are many types of cultural relics unearthed in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, including jade and bone artifacts. Of course, the most well-known ones are bronze artifacts.
In the late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, copper-making technology reached its peak and was widely used in military affairs, daily life, and burials.
Placed in front of Lin Ran were two pieces of bronze and one piece of pottery.
Scar Man looked at Lin Ran fiercely and quietly came behind them to prevent Lin Ran from escaping.
Lin Ran picked up a strange-shaped bronze object. From the outside, it was about twenty centimeters long. It looked like a pistol, but the tip looked more like a dagger.
"This is the head of a bronze halberd." Lin Ran replied, "It's just that the head has been weathered, so it looks a little strange."
Now we can no longer see the halberd weapon, but in the feudal era, this was the king of long soldiers on the battlefield.
"Although this is an extremely ordinary bronze halberd, from the patina and patina on the surface, it should be a cultural relic of the Zhou Dynasty."
Lin Ran guessed that these should be the weapons and artifacts excavated from the West Village Tomb.
But he didn't want to tell the other party specific information, leaving it in suspense so that the civet cat could be replaced by the prince later.
Obviously, they were already aware of this matter, and they were not surprised by Lin Ran's level.
The other bronze vessel is rather special. From the outside, it looks like a human figure.
However, he was like a criminal on trial, kneeling on the ground with his hands raised above his head.
The decoration on his head looks like a crown, but it is extremely long compared to his body, at least fifteen centimeters.
This was a cultural relic that he had never seen before, but he couldn't understand its usefulness.
"This is a bronze kneeling figure. It should be a cultural relic from the Shang Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It is the same as the halberd head just now." Lin Ran said.
"What do you mean?" The scarred man came closer in confusion. He couldn't see that this figure had anything to do with the halberd head just now.
He thought it was an ancient device used to light candles.
"In ancient times, halberds were to be taken back to the military camp and were not allowed to be carried by soldiers. The end of the halberd usually had a flat-bottomed metal sleeve. Since it was a burial object, it was made very special because it was not intended to be used again." Lin Ran explained .
It turns out that this bronze statue is actually a tool for making the halberd stand.
They did see the rusty halberd body nearby before, but they threw it aside as waste without taking it out.
Lin Ran's explanation made Warner very satisfied. Compared with the two tomb robbers in front of him, Lin Ran looked much more professional!
None of them could guess the specific function of the bronze statue at the time, but Scar Man swore that it was a lamp holder used to hold candles in ancient times.
"If it is a lamp holder, there will be needles inside to fix the bottom of the candle. At the same time, the copper handle will not be [-] centimeters. How can there be such a long candle?"