Chapter 36: Clearing Suspicion
What puzzled Zhao Tianming was that since it was a fake and had only been produced in the past few years, what else was it going to run?
The female police officer Liang Yin glanced at him with disdain: "Fake? Do you know how long we have been staring at this case? It can't be a fake, an object that has just been unearthed." ”
The other party is a group of very rampant cultural relics thieves, in just two years, more than a dozen ancient tombs have been excavated, including the tombs of emperors, and the cultural relics involved are worth more than one billion.
In order to crack down on this gang, the cultural relics department has been cooperating with the police for two or three months. This time, the cross-provincial action, I finally touched the vine, and I just touched the melon.
The two said as they got out of the car, and the police asked the driver for contact information, so they enlarged the passenger car.
This is the first time Zhao Tianming has taken a police car in his life, and he still feels a little excited in his heart, and he can't say why.
"Beauty, I think you've been tricked. That bronze lamp is really a fake, not some newly unearthed artifact. Zhao Tianming reminded.
"Shut up, go back to the bureau and interrogate you again. ”
Zhao Tianming shrugged his shoulders, anyway, I reminded everything I should have reminded. He suspected that this transaction might be that the other party used his identity as a tomb robber to deliberately use shoddy goods to fool buyers.
Even if you catch you, there is still a reason not to go to jail. After all, it is not a crime to sell fake cultural relics. There are so many high-quality imitations, and there aren't many of them in that antique shop? Don't you catch them all?
The police were very face-saving, did not handcuff Zhao Tianming, returned to the bureau, and even sat in the office and drank water. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Tianming did not blow up.
Those few cultural relics were immediately appraised by experts from the cultural relics department.
Soon, the expert's face was hard to look at. The few artifacts I got back were all fakes, and although they were a bit realistic, they couldn't be fake.
"How's it going?" asked the leader of the task force.
Hong Jianzhen shook his head and said: "These are all fakes, let your people not catch that person first, and put a long line of fishing." This time, it should be that they want to make a lot of money with shoddy. ”
Yes?
Female police officer Liang Yin was taken aback, because someone had told him this answer earlier.
Wan Qingguo, the leader of the action group, frowned and said in a tangled manner: "But it's already startled." ”
If you let that person go, I don't know how long that guy will have to hide before he comes out again. In that case, it would be better to catch him directly, at least to dig out some useful information from his mouth, right?
"That guy guessed right. Liang Yin muttered.
Although the voice was small, everyone around heard it and immediately all turned their heads to look at her.
"Who guessed right?" Wan Qingguo immediately asked.
"The guy we brought back from the car was sitting next to the man. When we got in the car to check, the guy didn't reveal in time that the bag belonged to a fugitive, so I took him back to record a confession, and he is still in the office. That guy told me before we got out of the car, this is a fake, I thought he was talking nonsense!" Liang Yin said in detail.
"Oh, let's go look at the man, and we'll see it's a fake. Either that person has a strong ability to appreciate treasures, or that guy is also suspicious!" Wang Qingguo said with a move in his heart.
When they saw Zhao Tianming, they found that it was a young man who was too young to speak, and he was even more suspicious.
Hong Jianzhen spoke first: "This gentleman's surname, how can you tell that the bronze lamp is a fake?"
"Zhao Tianming, it is not difficult to identify the authenticity of bronzes. You can judge the approximate age by looking at the shape, material, and ornamentation. As soon as you look at the shape of this lamp, you know that it is a typical Western Han style. However, the traces of counterfeiting are also a bit obvious, mainly due to the lack of detailed internal processing. The most terrible thing is the base, and the traces of the fire are still there. Zhao Tianming then put forward several obvious loopholes.
Hong Jianzhen nodded slightly after hearing this, and motioned for Zhao Tianming to continue.
"What else?" Seeing that Zhao Tianming didn't say anything more, Wang Qingguo asked.
Zhao Tianming wondered: "What else? These are enough to show that it is a fake, okay? And you may not understand what I said." ”
"Why don't you understand? Do you know who this Mr. Hong is standing in front of you? He is a treasure appreciation expert of the Ministry of Cultural Relics, what people would not understand?" Liang Yinmei glared at Zhao Tianming.
"Since it's an expert, why can't you see that it's a fake?" Zhao Tianming asked strangely.
Everyone was dumbfounded, please! When did we say it wasn't a fake? Now it's time to see how much you know about it, whether it has anything to do with this case.
"You go on, I'll refer to it. Hong Jianzhen said with a smile and did not specifically explain.
"Okay, then I'll say a few more words. The smell and sound of the bronze lamp are also not right, and it does not meet the standards of the newly unearthed at all. Zhao Tianming said.
He told everyone that because the bronzes have been buried in the soil for thousands of years, there is a smell of earth, and the smell of the newly unearthed bronze soil is even stronger. The bronze ware that has been deeply corroded underground has been mineralized, so the pronunciation is mostly turbid.
Of course, the bronzes buried in the extremely dry and pure soil have a good percussion sound, but after all, there are not many. When the bronze lamp fell out, the sound was crisp.
"After the Song Dynasty, the counterfeit ware is mostly brass, has not been oxidized or the oxidation time is short, struck by hand, the sound is slender, crisp, and there is no earthy fragrance, but there is a smell of sweat, this is due to the counterfeiters use more chemicals, such as salt sand and other fake ground or fake rust, although after many years of burial, there is still a sour smell. Zhao Tianming explained.
Hong Jianzhen found that this young man was really not simple, and he had a thorough understanding of bronzes.
After half a salary, he shook his head at Wan Qingguo: "This gentleman should not be suspicious, he really sees the problem." By the way, which senior did you study with?"
The second half of the sentence is to ask Zhao Tianming.
At this moment, Zhao Tianming realized that these people were testing his ability just now, suspecting that he was an accomplice.
"I didn't study with anyone, but the old Qi in the provincial city, and the seventh master took care of me. This time, I followed Liu Lao to Qingyuan to participate in the Strange Stone Exhibition, who knew that this kind of thing would happen. Zhao Tianming explained that he had to pick himself up, and it would not be fun to leave a criminal record.
Hong Jianzhen suddenly realized that he knew Qi Lao and Liu Qi in the provincial capital, and he was his predecessor.
However, listening to this guy's tone, he is still self-taught, so he is a little surprised, can he learn this level?
"No wonder! Okay, since Qi Lao and they have all pointed you out, it basically means that there is no problem. We handled this matter a little recklessly. Hong Jianzhen said.
After Wan Qingguo heard this, he also apologized for their action group.