Chapter 243: Identification of high imitation antiques
"Ling Yi." Qu Ran suddenly shouted.
Ling Yi thought he had found something good and asked him to go over and see it. But when he went over and saw that there was a stone slab in front of Qu Ran, which was black and black, and he couldn't see what it was.
"Look, does this look like Wu Zetian's wordless monument?" Qu Ran said with a smile.
"Don't talk nonsense, Wu Zetian's wordless monument is not this color, and the monument is still here." Ling Yi shook his head and sighed.
Speaking of Wu Zetian, I believe everyone knows that he was the only queen in ancient history of China. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, he was called the "Two Saints" together with Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty died, Wu Zetian changed the Tang Dynasty to the Great Zhou Dynasty and established himself as emperor.
Later, after Wu Zetian died of illness, he was buried with Emperor Gaozong of Tang in Qianling Mausoleum. On the east side of the tomb was this "wordless stele". The stele was carved from a huge whole stone, with eight tangled dragon heads carved on the head of the stele, decorated with sky clouds and dragon patterns.
Naturally, Ling Yi also knew about these, but there was no conclusion in history about why the "wordless stele" had no words.
But in general, there are five statements to explain the "wordless stele". One statement is that Wu Zetian thought that she had great merits and could not be expressed in words; the other statement is that Wu Zetian realized that she was guilty in her later years, so she did not engrave words on the stone tablet; the third statement is that Emperor Zhongzong of Tang did not know whether to write "Last Emperor" or "Empress Dowager" for Wu Zetian's title. In addition, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang held a grudge against his mother Wu Zetian, so he deliberately erected the wordless stele to relieve the hatred in his heart.
The fourth statement is that Wu Zetian has the wisdom of self-knowing that the comments about him must be both positive and negative, and he cannot give him a conclusion, so let him leave it to his later generations for comments. The fifth statement is that Wu Zetian has always believed in Buddhism, which is also widely known to the world. In his later years, he realized that everything is empty, so he did not engrave words on the monument.
However, these statements are also speculations by later generations. This stele without words has been an unsolved mystery for many years, and it also contains some mysterious and strange things.
Although Ling Yi has not had a deep understanding of the "wordless stele", he also knows that the area in front of him has nothing to do with Wu Zetian's "wordless stele".
Ling Yi glanced at the other side, and he signaled Qu Ran to the lesser sound.
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There is also an old-fashioned and serious and stubborn Mr. Li there. He can't tolerate any jokes or jokes as long as they are related to antiques.
"The identification has been completed." Old Li stood up straight, took off his white gloves and said.
The expression on Mr. Li's face was even more gloomy than when he came in, and Ling Yi had an answer in his heart. Obviously, these two things were indeed fake, and they should indeed be made by the fake king.
"Old Li, is that?" Ling Yi couldn't help but confirm again.
"Yeah, it's indeed." Old Li replied, shook his head after saying that.
The manager was unclear, so he looked at the two of them and asked directly: "I don't know what do you think of these two...fakes?"
His master was curious about why Ling Yi was so sure that it was a fake, and he asked to bring experts to verify it personally.
"In the past few years, many high-quality antiques appeared in our mainland China. They were all made by one person and had a wide range of spans. Whether it was ceramics or bronzes, whether it was hairpins brought by the old lady or the token of the king, as long as it could be imitated, there were fakes."
Mr. Li said without any concealment that he could find out this experience even if he didn't say what he wanted to ask about. Moreover, the owner behind these collections was obviously very interested in these things, otherwise it would be impossible for them to come and see them again.
"Did it come from the hands of a man named 'king'?" asked the manager.
"Yeah." Old Li nodded. He and Ling Yi were not surprised that the owners of these collections knew about the information about the fake king, because since he asked Ling Yi and the others to come, he must have been confident.
"That's right. Our master said that if these two things were also from that person, let them give him a clear answer." The manager said with a smile.
"Oh, what does it mean?" Ling Yi said curiously.
"Don't you know yet? There were also a large number of fakes in our Fusang Islands half a year ago. If it weren't for the genuine products, they were basically in the hands of major families, and no one could tell which one was real or which one was fake. Now several major families are pursuing this person with all their might. As long as there are clues about the fake king, they are willing to pay a lot of money as long as they can find this person."
Ling Yi looked at Mr. Li, and Mr. Li continued: "The seal on this painting, under the projection, you can see from the profile on the back that it is a vague character "king". As for this bronze tripod, pressing the clay seal from the foot of the base to cover it on the paper, it is the abbreviation of the character "king."
He told all the appraisal results, and Mr. Li didn't want to stay here anymore. He wanted to contact several old friends in mainland China immediately and inform them that there were traces of fake kings in the Fusang Islands.
Their previous guess was correct. The fake king deliberately exposed his foot and let people know his traces. Recently, he also learned high imitation techniques from other continents in the world. Now his strength is still more powerful than before.
Even a top appraisal expert like Mr. Li checked it out for two or three hours before finding the "clues" left by the counterfeit king.
It is conceivable that such a fake will definitely make almost all treasure appraisal experts directly attack the eye.
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After seeing off Mr. Li, Ling Yi and Qu Ran went to the underground market of Yingjing City, Fusang Island again.
There, there is any information they want to find, as long as they have money.
They also found out a lot of information about the owners who provided these fakes as they wished, and learned that the other party was an old man who made his fortune by repairing cultural relics, and now there is a store on Red Mansion Street.
Since he had found out the location, Ling Yi bought a few interesting little things by the way and went back with Qu Ran.
Xuan Tuoqing told Ling Yi that he had copied the text on the copy of the brocade and gave it to someone who could trust to translate it, so that he could have time to contact Ling Yan. He had hooked up with local Tushima in the Bacheng Province, and it seemed that he had something to tell him.
Ling Yi responded and then checked the funds transferred.
Yes, this money is enough for him to buy a street in the Fuso Islands.
They contacted the captain of the ship again and asked them to be prepared at any time. Ling Yi was still ready to return to the South China Province by sea.
The most important thing is that the threat posed by Miao Buxing and Huang Maosheng's joint operations has not been resolved yet. Perhaps these two major forces are currently spying on them around. As long as they make a little move, they will inevitably affect these people.
Ling Yi didn't want to have someone take a "catch a turtle in a jar" as soon as he returned to Hanjiang City, and caught him off guard. His idea was to sneak back to Hanjiang City secretly and kill his opponent and shoot him back.
By the way, someone handed over some of Huang Maosheng's collected "evidences" directly to the Executive Yuan of the South China Provincial Administration. He didn't believe it. Without Huang Maosheng's helper, Miao could still walk.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Sun Puozi for these evidences. I really didn't expect that this person would still have a hand.
Chapter completed!