The boiling tour hall did not gradually quiet down until midnight. Everyone is an expert in the field of cultural relics, because they can't help but be excited when they see the legendary cultural relics. But in the end, it calmed down.

After all, the identification of cultural relics is a science, and among the experts who do science, there are few fanatical believers. The kneeling men stood up one after another, remembering their work. Although it is desirable that both artifacts are genuine, in the spirit of science, rigorous appraisal is necessary to reach a final conclusion.

Moreover, the relationship between the jade seal of the country and the ark of the Ten Commandments is very important, and their work must not be sloppy.

As for the appraisal work, you can't open the display case right away. For this kind of treasure, any man-made injury is an unforgivable crime. A programme of work must be finalized in advance.

More than 100 experts were divided into two working groups, the Jade Seal Group and the Ark Group, and discussed noisily for a night. No one felt tired, even an old man like Cao Jianzhen was in high spirits and his face was red.

It will be a lifelong honor for these cultural relics experts to be able to participate in this level of appraisal work, and they will go down in history, and everyone will be immersed in the solemnity of making history.

Among them, the identification of the jade seal of the country is relatively simple, and Cao Jianzhen drew up an overall plan. They decided not to open the cabinet for the time being, but to verify the authenticity of the custody documents provided by Liji.

These documents record the flow of the jade seal from the Jingkang disaster to the Jin army, all the way to the circulation, all kinds of different eras, different styles of documents have a weight of almost 1,000 pages.

Cao Jianzhen carefully read the photos of these documents, and based on his experience, he preliminarily judged that they were all genuine. Judging from the age of the paper, the style of handwriting, and the various seals, if it is a forgery, then the process is huge and it can be said that the history is reconstructed.

However, for the sake of safety, it is also necessary to compare the records of these documents with historical data.

In archaeological research, it is emphasized that "isolated evidence cannot be established", that is, if the events recorded in these documents cannot be found from official historical sources, then even if there is no problem with these documents themselves, they cannot be used as a basis for facts.

For example, there is a passage in the document mentioning that in the last years of the Jin Dynasty, the general Sticky Han had a descendant who moved to Central Asia to escape the war, and the jade seal of the country was in their hands at that time.

Cao Jianzhen had to find evidence that in that era, there was indeed evidence that the descendants of the Muhan had migrated to Central Asia. Or at least find evidence of a large-scale migration of Jin nobles to Central Asia. Most of these evidences are scattered in the vast historical materials such as local chronicles. If you can't find it, then the whereabouts of the jade seal of the country in the past 50 years will be doubtful. If the evidence cannot be connected, the authenticity cannot be conclusively proved.

If the entire process of circulation for more than 1,000 years can be corroborated, then the authenticity of the custodial documents can be confirmed. In the next step, Cao Jianzhen will organize the opening of the cabinet, conduct a very small amount of sampling of the characteristic position of the jade seal, and do the dating of carbon-14. If the appraisal results confirm that the jade material is from the Warring States period and the seal is engraved from the Qin Dynasty, it can be confirmed that this is the heirloom jade seal recorded in history.

As for the Ark of the Ten Commandments, the general identification process is the same. But there's something very special about this artifact. That is the interior of the Ark of the Covenant, and it contains more precious items than the Ark of the Covenant itself.

They are two tablets of amber that Jehovah made into a contract with mankind, a staff of life, and a pot of mana. Archaeologists would love to open the cabinet now to see if these three things really exist.

If there's nothing in there, then everyone is very, very disappointed.

In fact, the most important thing is to confirm that the slate of the contract is not there, and it is theoretically a miracle that the handwriting on it was left by Jehovah himself.

The other two are dwarfed, the Staff of Life is said to be a cane with new leaves, and if there is, after three thousand years, let alone new leaves, the wood has almost rotted. The people present were all serious scholars, and no one expected a piece of dead wood to actually resurrect the dead.

As for the pot of gold, it doesn't matter even more. It is said that there is a bottle of Manna inside, and the devil knows what Manna is, maybe Manna is air.

In the side hall, Ligi has prepared a well-equipped laboratory for the experts, which can be operated at a dust-free level. But the question is, who will open the Ark of the Covenant.

The ark has not been opened since Moses was commissioned to make the Ark of the Covenant and put the three holy objects in place. And around the point of "not being able to open", a large number of terrible legends have been left in the Old Testament.

Someone accidentally touched the ark of the covenant with his hand, and was immediately killed by the thunder of heaven. Someone sent a large army to snatch the Ark of the Covenant, but the earth shook, and a large number of meteors fell from the sky, killing all the army.

Half of the more than 100 antiquities experts were believers, and although they were eager to see what was in the chest, they did not even dare to connect to the Ark of the Covenant because of their faith.

Most of the rest are experts from the East, and we are not a belief system, but the East also has the idea of respecting ghosts and gods and staying away. The experts of the East were distraught by their counterparts in the West. So much so that after arguing for several hours, no one dared to make a move.

In the end, Shan Rong couldn't stand it, he rolled up his sleeves and gritted his teeth: "I'll open it!"

Cao Jianzhen grabbed him: "Lao Shan, you want to be clear." If this old man gets angry, you can't bear it. ”

Shan Rong took a deep breath and looked firm: "It's okay, I'm a party member, I should be fine!"

Well, that's true. Colleagues praised the old mountain for its high wind and bright festival, and then hurriedly stood away to make room for him.

Yamaei put on protective clothing and special gloves to prepare for everything. At this time, the precision display cabinet has been opened by the ship's staff, the dust-free system is activated, and there is a slight sound of ionization in the air.

Lao Shan carefully observed the appearance of the Ark through protective goggles, and soon found the gap in the cabinet door from the intricate surface of the gold ornamentation. He reached out and tried to pull the door open.

At that moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the lightning rod of the cruise ship. Because of an unknown malfunction, it seems that the lightning rod is not working.

With a bang, a powerful electric current passed through the entire hull. The lighting circuit of the cruise ship was instantly overloaded, and a large number of air switches burst crackling.

The cabin was plunged into darkness.

Of course, the Queen is a very luxurious cruise ship, and naturally there are alternate lines. The electric turbine in the bilge switched lines after three seconds, and the cabin was bright again.

However, when the lights came on, Cao Jianzhen found that everyone present was so frightened that everyone was kneeling on the ground, including those who were not religious.

The worst was Yamaei, who collapsed to the ground, his eyes straight, trembling and unable to speak.

Cao Jianzhen thought to himself, the authenticity of this ark of the covenant seems to be ...... The jury has already been reached.

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A few weeks later, an auction announcement drew global cynicism.

A mysterious seller decides to auction off the heirloom jade seal and the Ark of the Ten Commandments. It was two weeks later on a luxury cruise ship named the Queen of the Adriatic Sea anchored in the high seas of the South Pacific.

There was a lot of laughter on social media and they asked. What kind of sensationalist guy dares to open an auction so grandly when he finds such a good thing from a stall.

The jade seal of the country, the Ark of the Ten Commandments, or two auctions at a time?

While media editors are still organizing rhetoric, preparing to write an article against this sensationalism. On the other side of the globe, another press conference was held.

Led by Cao Jianzhen, a leading expert in the appraisal industry, more than a dozen other heavyweight cultural relics scholars from all over the world jointly held this press conference in Buenos Aires.

At the press conference, Cao Jianzhen read out the appraisal report signed by 122 top cultural relics experts.

The report confirms that the two artifacts that began to be auctioned two weeks later aboard the Queen of the Adriatic Sea have a clear provenance, detailed records and irrefutable authenticity. The heirloom jade seal and the Ten Commandments covenant cabinet that will be auctioned are indeed genuine, and all the appraisers guarantee them with their personality and industry reputation.

After the press conference, Cao Jianzhen immediately left the venue, and he Shanrong flew to the Amazon jungle on a private plane and disappeared. That's why they chose a chaotic place like Buenos Aires for this launch.

The two of them, and even the many experts involved in the identification, knew very well that the world would soon be in chaos. At this point, it's wise to stay out of the limelight for the time being.

Their hunch was not wrong.

Four hours after the press conference, Jewish religious organizations were the first to come forward and declare that there was no doubt that the Ark of the Covenant belonged to them, the descendants of King David. There can be no doubt that Moses, the maker of the ark of the covenant, was Jewish. At the end of the statement, the Jewish religious organization urged the organizers of the auction to return the Ark of the Covenant as soon as possible.

There was no response, but two hours later, the Vatican issued a papal edict denouncing the heresy of Jewish religious organizations.

The edict says: As we all know, the Ten Commandments are a contract signed between God and all believers, and their attribution must belong to all believers. Three thousand years ago, King David was only temporarily responsible for protecting the Ark of the Covenant, but it is clear that his descendants failed in their duties and caused the Ark to disappear for thousands of years.

The Pope asked rhetorically whether this kind of disgrace to the glory of the Lord will be repeated?

For the time being, it would be better for the Ark of the Covenant to be kept by the Vatican for the time being. As we all know, the Holy See has stood for thousands of years, and St. Paul's Cathedral is the only place to worship the Ark of the Covenant.

The Jewish religious organizations immediately retorted and almost teared their faces and asked: "I have disgraced the Lord? Excuse me, where is the crucifix in your religion's custody, and where are the remains of the saints that your religion defends?"

The bigwigs on both sides were about to openly tear apart, and at this time, the Orthodox Holy See, which had never had a sense of existence, issued a statement.

The Patriarch declared: According to the minutes of the 1721st discussion of the Synthesis of World Religions of Nicaea convened by Emperor Constantine the Great in 325 AD, the presiding officer Eusebius confirmed that if the Ark of the Covenant reappeared on earth before the Day of Judgment, its custodian would be vested in the Holy See and not with the Holy See in Greece.

As the world knows, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the legal system of the Holy See was inherited by the Orthodox Church. As the orthodox Catholic Church, the custody of the Ark of the Covenant should belong to the Orthodox Church.

It's okay that Maozi didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, he immediately caused public anger.

In less than an hour, the Holy See and the Jewish See jointly opened fire on the Orthodox Holy See: Orthodoxy?

Twelve hours after Cao Jianzhen held a press conference, the entire Semitic Three Sects were already in a mess. Although everyone has been safe and quiet in recent years, in the past few thousand years, the blood debts have been clearly recorded in the history books.

The religious controversy soon spread to the secular world, and many dignitaries made speeches openly claiming the ownership of the Ark of the Covenant on behalf of the state. All the major countries of the West, according to their different beliefs, are divided into three camps, and they are tense in international public opinion.