"The stone was hollowed out, and then something was hidden in it and then completely sealed."

At this time, Wang Guan analyzed: "But because the craftsmanship of the things is not good and it has been placed in the collection room of the great nobles, it is not valued at all, so I always thought that no one could find the flaws."

"More importantly, the means of hiding are also very clever." Qian Lao commented: "If it weren't for the long baptism of the long years, the stone coagulation powder had changed and began to show a grainy feeling, I wouldn't have easily discovered flaws."

"but……"

At this moment, Mr. Qian was surprised and said, "The thing has not been opened yet, why are you sure there are rare treasures inside? Maybe it's just ordinary gold and silver dollars."

"Intuition." Wang Guan said without hesitation: "When I discovered the flaws in something, I suddenly had a strong premonition that something must have been hidden in it. It was this feeling that made me unable to hold back, and I myself also

I didn't want to stay abroad for too long, so I ran back."

"I'm impulsive." Old Qian shook his head slightly, but he didn't mean to blame him. Instead, he asked Wang Guan to use tools and prepare to pry the bottom plate of the thing open to see what objects were hidden in it.

Wang Guan thought about it and went straight to get an electric drill. The main reason is that the stone is relatively hard, so it is definitely not possible to smash it. It is difficult to control the angle of cutting, so just drill it directly.

After fixing the things, Wang Guan began to drill holes at the corners. During the rotation, dust flew up and the effect was very significant. After a moment, the covered base concrete particles naturally shattered. I know it was

At the critical moment, he did not dare to be careless and became more careful in cleaning up the broken particles.

Soon, Wang Guan saw something wrapped in coarse cloth. Moreover, since the thing was sealed, the fiber tissue of the coarse cloth had not yet decayed and was still a bit tough. Wang Guan pulled it down and the coarse cloth was not broken.

, instead pulled out the things bit by bit.

"Old Qian, look."

Although he knew it, Wang Guan also showed a happy smile on his face when he actually took out the thing, and then he quickly handed over the thing over for Mr. Qian to appreciate it himself.

"Just do it yourself..."

That's it. Mr. Qian took the thing over, then calmed down a little, and calmed down his palms and peeled off the coarse cloth. After peeling two or three layers, the hidden objects finally came out and were completely presented to the two of them.

"Huh!"

After seeing it, Mr. Qian was very surprised. He saw that the thing was a cup, a Western-style cup with a round mouth. The abdomen of the cup is relatively deep and long, and the feet of the cup are also very high, which is obviously different from that of Chinese cups.

Of course, the shape of the cup is not mentioned, but mainly the material of the cup. Mr. Qian reached out and touched it slightly, feeling that the material of the cup was not clay, not porcelain, nor metal, but stone. However, the amount of the stone cup was not as large as he imagined

The heaviness in the middle. On the contrary, there is a bit light feeling.

In addition, when he started to touch it, Mr. Qian felt that the stone cup was very delicate and had no roughness at all. Instead, it was full of a warm touch like beautiful jade, which made him feel very surprised and unexpected.

"Old Qian. What do you think of this cup?"

At the same time, Wang Guan asked: "It feels like it is the cherry of the church."

The Holy Communion is an important ritual for Christians. The Bible records that Jesus had joined the Passover supper with the twelve disciples on the night of his crucifixion. Therefore, the Holy Communion is to remember the death of the Lord Jesus and to share the bread and bread liquor.

The bread and grape juice symbolize the body of the Lord and the blood of the Lord. Eating this bread and drinking this cup means that you can divide the body of the Lord and blood and get all his benefits in grace.

Anyway, it is a religious ceremony. Wang Guan once saw it and felt that the Communion Cup was very similar to this stone cup.

“Communion… Cup.”

At the right time, Mr. Qian frowned slightly, unconsciously pondering, and his palms were also playing with the cup unconsciously. After a while, he seemed to have discovered some clues. He paused his hand that was originally touching the cup, and then turned the bottom of the cup over.

"Huh!"

After taking a look, Old Qian was stunned and shocked. After reacting, his eyes were a little confused again, as if he had encountered something unexplainable, which made him a little unbelievable.

"Old Qian, did you find anything?" Wang Guan quickly asked.

"...Quick." After Mr. Qian was stunned for a moment, his finger brushed over the bottom of the cup and signaled urgently: "Wang Guan, call quickly and let Yi Zhi come over. By the way, remember to let him call Director Shang Jiang…”

"……good."

Wang Guan blinked and immediately turned around and called. Director Jiang also knew him, and he was another deputy director of the Forbidden City, who specialized in studying Western cultural relics. It is appropriate to call people over now.

After a while, the phone was connected. Wang Guan was about to speak, and Mr. Qian couldn't wait. He reached out and grabbed the microphone directly, and said in a somewhat anxious voice: "Yizhi, I have one here... I don't know what to say, anyway Very precious things. If you have time, ask Director Jiang to come and help me take a look."

"A precious thing?" Mr. Zhou said in surprise: "When I was drinking tea yesterday, why didn't I hear you tell me about this?"

"It wasn't yesterday, it was brought by Wang Guan today." Mr. Qian explained.

"Wait, I'll arrive soon..."

In an instant, Mr. Zhou hung up the phone decisively, and his tone seemed to be about to come.

"Wang Guan, it seems that your reputation is good."

At this time, Mr. Qian calmed down a little and was in the mood to make a joke.

"Old Qian, you are trying to praise me." Wang Guan quickly shook his head and changed the topic: "Old Qian, you can tell me now. What is the mystery of this cup that actually makes you so excited."

"I'm pretending to be garlic again, didn't you remind me?" As he spoke, Mr. Qian was unstable again, and his voice trembled slightly: "This is a holy... a meal cup."

When Wang Guan heard this, he was speechless. Mr. Qian was clearly fooling himself. Of course, he was also a little excited from this meaning. After all, Mr. Qian seemed to agree with his judgment quite a bit.

The two seemed to be playing a puzzle, a puzzle that everyone knew very well but was difficult to tell. It was not about making a mystery, but before they were fully confident. Both of them were not sure.

Just as the two were studying things, Mr. Zhou also rushed to the scene with Director Jiang.

As soon as he walked into the hall, Mr. Zhou stretched out his hand without hesitation: "Lingxi, where is the thing? Come and take it and take a look."

"Old Qian!"

In contrast, Director Jiang is more humble. He is only in his early fifties and has only been promoted to the position of deputy director in the past two years. He dare not take a stand in front of the old seniors.

"Sit down and talk, have a cup of tea first..."

The man came. Mr. Qian was not anxious and greeted him with a smile.

"Drink tea later. Is this the thing?" Old Zhou's eyes were still relatively sharp. As soon as he sat down, he immediately found something on the table. At first glance, he frowned: "A cup?"

"What's wrong with the cup? Can't the cup be a treasure?" Qian said with a smile: "I remember not long ago, you wanted to grab the Holy Teapot Cup back for research."

"What do you mean..." Old Zhou's eyes flashed: "This thing belongs to a treasure of the first level of the Holy Teapot Cup?"

"I didn't say it, just a metaphor. Whether it is specific depends on your judgment." Old Qian smiled and said, "I'm old and my eyes are not working well, so I can't help but have some..."

"Stop." Mr. Zhou said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, your eyes are not good, and there is probably no discerning person in the world. Now I come to us, and I definitely don't ask us to help you. But I plan to use us as a foil."

While speaking, Mr. Zhou also picked up the cup with a slight feeling, and said a little confused: "Stone cup? The shape is not very common in China. It should be a Western style..."

"It's a bit like a cup for a church dinner." Director Jiang said next to him. He is worthy of being an expert and scholar who specializes in Western cultural relics. After taking a look, he came to the same conclusion as Wang Guan.

"Um."

Mr. Zhou nodded, continued to study, and even reached out to touch the cup slightly. He suddenly became even more strange: "This material is a bit strange, it's called a stone. It's not heavy, it seems to have been washed away by water for thousands of years.

It is like pebbles, very smooth and delicate, and even has a bit of jade texture. But I can be very sure that things are not jade..."

"It's not jade in the first place." Mr. Qian nodded and reminded: "It's not only because of the materials that are strange, but you might as well look at the bottom of the cup foot. Maybe there's any surprises."

"surprise?"

Old Zhou was stunned and quickly flipped the cup and looked at it. He looked at it intently. His eyes were a little confused. Then he seemed to remember something. His pupils suddenly contracted, his expression was shocked, and he said in confusion: "This is it."

…”

“…How is that possible.”

At the same time, seeing Mr. Zhou's performance of losing his composure, Director Jiang was also quite curious and couldn't help but look closer. When he saw the cup-footing situation clearly, he was also dumbfounded and amazed in disbelief.

Under the foot of the cup, there was a letter inscription. Wang Guan couldn't see what the letter was, but Mr. Qian and others seemed to be very clear, especially Director Jiang, who shook his head and his eyes were full of attention after seeing the inscription.

The look of doubt.

“…It seems to be a copy.”

After a while, Director Jiang reacted and said in a pretty affirmative manner: "That's right, it should be a copy."

"Imitation?" Qian Lao was thinking, nodded slightly, "It's not that there is no possibility. After all, the origin of things is too big, so it's not surprising that imitation products appear."

"impossible."

At the right time, Mr. Zhou rejected: "Think about it, with the arbitrary and self-righteous style of the Western Church, how could it be allowed to exist in imitations? Whoever dares to imitate such things is probably heresy, and the ending will definitely be miserable."

"Something makes sense." Qian Lao nodded in agreement and then signaled: "That's why he hides things, and it hides them very deeply, making it difficult to detect."

"If things are precious, they will be hidden. If they are ordinary things, just smash them directly, why hide them?" Mr. Zhou disagreed and said: "This is not in line with human nature..." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!