Zhuo Feng and Chen Xiaoyan hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

While he was talking to a few old gentlemen, another car drove by, and Consul Cao got out of the car.

Consul Cao didn't know these elderly people, but he realized that these people must be well-known figures who have retired in China with his ability to recognize people and colors in the officialdom for many years, and he saw that they were more familiar with Zhuo Feng and Chen Xiaoyan, so he stepped forward and asked: "These old men should not be domestic cultural relics experts invited by the embassy, right?"

The three old men laughed and looked at each other silently.

Zhuo Feng stepped forward and said: "Although these three old men are not invited cultural relics experts, they are more professional and have a broader knowledge than those invited cultural relics experts. ”

He introduced the three old men one by one, and at the same time introduced Consul Cao to the three old men.

"This is the former president of the China Cultural Relics Association, Wu Lao. This is the former vice president of the ** Family Association of our province, Zhu Lao. This is the former bronze consultant expert of the National Chamber of Commerce for Cultural Relics and Artworks, Ding Lao.

"The three are all respected old-timers in the Chinese cultural relics industry, and they are the best friends of Chen Xiaoyan's grandfather.

"This is Consul Cao, the consul of my country's consulate in the capital of country S. ”

Zhuo Feng introduced the three old men and Consul Cao one by one, and then looked at Chen Xiaoyan, who smiled slightly.

"Thank you to the three grandfathers for their tireless efforts to fly to country S and be a key witness to those suspected Chinese lost cultural relics. ”

Chen Xiaoyan stepped forward and saluted.

"The eldest granddaughter is polite, how can we not serve what your grandfather has explained? If your grandfather is in good health, I am afraid that he will arrive one step ahead of him. Ha ha. ”

Wu Lao stepped forward and grabbed Chen Xiaoyan's hand, patted the back of his hand, and said with a smile.

"Since the three are old-timers in cultural relics, please go up with me, the cultural relics experts we invited are also about to arrive. We can take a look at the artifact before we decide. ”

Consul Cao stepped forward.

Everyone nodded in agreement with Consul Cao's arrangement.

Everyone returned to the **international** organization, and after Consul Cao expressed his intentions, a relevant person in charge came to them.

"I am one of the people in charge of this operation, my name is Maung Gi. ”

The man said in English.

Manager Lei was busy translating to everyone and said that this is Chief Ji, who should be called Wu Ji, according to customs.

Chen Xiaoyan was still a little puzzled when she first heard this name, why didn't there be such a name, it turned out that one was a humble title and the other was an honorific title.

"Hello, Chief Wu Ji. ”

Wu Lao stepped forward to greet him: "We came this time to see the bronze sword first, and the real identification will not continue until the domestic cultural relics experts bring the relevant procedures." ”

This time, Manager Lei was not needed, Chen Xiaoyan translated it directly, and she spoke fluent American English.

Chief Wu Ji smiled at the girl, and led everyone to a separate room, which was full of the auction relics that had been seized this time.

After one of the officers opened the key to the large room, and the other opened the key to the room, the two went in and took out the evidence bag containing the bronze sword, and locked the door to the inner room.

The bronze sword evidence bag was placed on the evidence table in the room, and the two police officers withdrew and stood on either side of the door.

Chief Wu Ji put on his gloves and took the bronze sword out of the evidence bag and placed it on the table beside him.

"Three old-timers, this is the bronze sword worn by the soldiers unearthed from the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Shaanxi, China. ”

After Consul Cao also put on a pair of gloves, he pointed to the bronze sword and said to the three.

When Zhuo Feng heard this, he frowned, but immediately returned to normal.

Wu Lao Ding ** Lao also stepped forward and put on white gloves and carefully inspected this bronze.

"This bronze sword should be a bronze sword that was just forged during the development of the Shang Dynasty. ”

Ding Lao looked at it for a while and said.

Everyone looked at Ding Lao, expecting him to continue.

"You take a look at the sword stem, and the sword body, and you find that it's a whole. This bronze sword has a short body, shaped like a willow leaf, and is relatively rough in its making, without a sword grid and a sword head, just a self-defense weapon for ordinary soldiers.

"The forging technique of this bronze sword is not very skillful, and the metal ratio is obviously unbalanced, which leads to the majority of patina, which has lost its former glory, but its historical significance is huge, and it is an indispensable historical evidence.

This shows that the development of the initial scale of the bronze sword in the Shang Dynasty is not as mature as in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and this sword also happens to fill the gap in the history of the development of the bronze sword, from rough to perfect, can be presented to the world one by one. ”

Ding Lao continued to explain to everyone.

"This bronze sword may really be a cultural relic unearthed from the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Shaanxi, but there are very few cultural relics of this same period, what is the reason for this?"

After Ding Lao looked at the meeting carefully, he remembered Consul Cao's opening introduction, and he also showed doubts about this bronze sword.

Zhuo Feng could understand Ding Lao's doubts, and when he used that special ability to examine the picture of this bronze sword, the same information also said that the treasure house did not match the cultural relics of the same period, and it was no longer questionable that it was a stealing excavation.

"This bronze sword must have been excavated by tomb robbers. There may have been some other artifacts unearthed, but the only one on the market is this bronze sword for the time being. ”

Zhuo Feng stepped forward and said, observing everyone's faces as he spoke.

"Little Brother Zhuo Feng, how can you be so sure that this bronze sword was stolen and dug up?"

Wu Lao stepped forward and asked.

"Elder Wu, Elder Ding, let me ask you one thing, if this treasure has been weighed by heavy objects for more than 2,000 years for a long time, and now it has to be taken out, but it can't move the heavy pressure on it, what will happen if you forcibly take it out?"

Zhuo Feng pointed to the mutilated part of the sword body and asked the second elder.

The second elder carefully inspected the mutilation of the sword body again under the finger pointing of Zhuo Feng, and sure enough, he saw that the mutilated scar was new, with obvious fracture marks, and the fracture was obviously lower than the sword body, with a depression, not the erosion marks of two thousand years ago.

"Earlier, in 1993, when the archaeologists excavated and cleaned the No. 2 terracotta warriors and horses burial pit in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, there was a bronze ancient sword that was bent at a 45-degree angle by the weight of the sword.

"The bronze sword was forged 800 years earlier than the bronze sword during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, and the forging technology of the bronze sword was also earth-shaking and exquisite, so it is not excluded that there will be such a magical situation.

"Combined with your hint and this new fracture, it still needs more evidence to be convincing. To convince everyone, we have to rely on scientific evidence. ”

Ding Lao said.

Zhuo Feng seemed to know that Ding Lao would say this early on, so he pointed his finger at the place where the mutilated part of the bronze sword was two centimeters down, and said with a faint red spot: "This is the best and most direct evidence: bloodstains. ”

Ding Lao hurriedly took out a magnifying glass and looked at the red spot pointed out by Zhuo Feng, and sure enough, under the expansion of the magnifying glass several times, the red spot became visible.

"Today's bloodstain detection technology is so developed, when the domestic cultural relics experts arrive, they will be able to know what the red spot is after they use the most advanced and scientific testing instruments to check, what do you think?"

This information was all obtained by examining this ancient sword with that special ability after he came in, otherwise he would not have known that there were still traces of the tomb robber's blood on this sword.

After Zhuo Feng finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Cao Ling, "Consul Cao, what do you think of my analysis? Is this bronze ancient sword stolen and dug up from the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Shaanxi, China?"

Consul Cao was shocked, and he didn't expect Zhuo Feng to suddenly ask himself this.

"Didn't I tell the three old-timers when I entered the door that this bronze sword was worn by the generals unearthed from the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Shaanxi, China. I don't know if this sword was stolen or not? Isn't that what you got last night?"

Consul Cao asked rhetorically.

Zhuo Feng just smiled and didn't answer Consul Cao's question.

Consul Cao is not an expert in cultural relics, so isn't it in vain that you asked him?"

Chen Xiaoyan bumped Zhuo Feng's arm.

"Well, well, maybe it really has to wait until the domestic cultural relics experts come to the meeting and use the advanced instruments to know the results. ”

Zhuo Feng saw Consul Cao's embarrassed face, so he set up steps for him.

"Yes, yes, the experts are here, and they will know as soon as they are tested. Consul Cao agreed.

Hurriedly turned to the three old men and said: "A few old-timers just got off the plane, and they may have to go back to jet lag, and they may not have eaten this lunch, let's go down and eat some together, and wait for domestic experts to agree." ”

"When you say that, we're really still a little hungry, and we only had a snack on the plane. We're arguing here now, and we're not going to do much of it. Let's go down and eat first. ”

As he spoke, Wu Lao beckoned everyone to go out.

Because before coming in to check the bronze sword, Consul Cao made it clear to the international ** party that he was only going to take a look at the bronze ancient sword first.

Now that everyone was going down to eat, Chief Wu Ji asked people to rewrap it and put it back in the evidence bag and put it back in its place.

Consul Cao tried his best to invite Chief Wu Ji to go down to dinner together, but Chief Wu Ji excused himself from the fact that you are all from the same country and are good at communicating, so it is a little embarrassing to go by yourself, so change the time.

After Consul Cao and the others left the evidence room, Chief Wu Ji sent two more police officers to be on duty in front of the evidence room.

Downstairs, Consul Cao is the consul of the consulate in the capital, this land is within the jurisdiction, and he knows the environment here.

"Just come out for a light meal, and if you have something to do later, you won't use such a high-end hotel, right?"

Wu Lao spoke first.

"This is not high-end, not high-end, it is difficult for your three predecessors to lie down in this S country, don't let me do my best landlord's friendship, turn back to my **, I have no place to put my face." You keep talking, don't you?"

Consul Cao said humbly and invited everyone to take a seat very kindly.

Everyone couldn't shirk Consul Cao's enthusiasm, so they took their seats one after another.

I don't know if the owner of this restaurant knows Consul Cao, or if this Consul Cao often visits this restaurant, every time a dish is served, the hotel lobby manager personally brings it in, and then explains it to everyone, fluent English, and then Chen Xiaoyan is going to translate again.

The dishes arranged by Consul Cao were very rich, but everyone ate very restrainedly, because there were still things to deal with, and everyone was not in the mood to eat and drink, so there were a lot of dishes left on the table.

Zhuo Feng pulled the corner of Chen Xiaoyan's clothes and pointed to the dishes on the table.

Chen Xiaoyan got up and went outside, and after a while, she turned back with the lobby manager, with a few more packing boxes in her hands.

The lobby manager smiled and gave Chen Xiaoyan a thumbs up.

After the dishes were packed in the box, they were stacked neatly, and Chen Xiaoyan was about to step forward to screw it, when Zhuo Feng held down her hand and motioned for him to screw it.

At this time, Hanwa took a step forward and twisted it, and smiled, "Brother Xiaofeng, I'll twist it." ”

"It's rare for you to go abroad once, so you don't have to pack it, I can still squeeze out a few times from my salary for such a meal. ”

Consul Cao stepped forward.

"Hehe, Consul Cao, thank you, you don't know, we are used to advocating the CD-ROM action in schools. As soon as I saw so many unfinished dishes, I couldn't help it. I'm sorry to make you laugh. ”

Zhuo Feng apologized one after another.

This move made Consul Cao embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know what to say.