Before the small box was opened, Xu Ran could feel a strong energy fluctuation overflowing from the box.

Different from the star core meteorites found in the past, the energy fluctuations of the things in this box have increased, and they are very large, stronger than any star core meteorites that Xu Ran has sensed in the past.

However, the small box looks like it is only the size of a book, and the thickness is only about 50 centimeters, so it should not store too large star core meteorites.

With a kind of anticipation, Xu Ran watched Le Hui slowly open the small box.

When the small box was opened, it was revealed that there was a compass-shaped object inside.

In fact, it was not a compass, but a kind of tape measure used by the ancients for surveying and mapping.

What is more striking is that the center of the outer disc shell that uses rosewood as a tape measure is engraved with a fist-sized gossip pattern.

In each corresponding position on the Bagua pattern, there is an inlaid stone about the size of a little thumb, with a round shape as if it was naturally formed, composed of purple-red, royal blue, dark black, and red yellow.

Those eight stones are the star core meteorite.

Xu Ran put on rubber gloves, picked up the tape measure and observed it, and then grabbed the knot of the pickup truck and slowly pulled it.

When the tape measure was pulled out in half, it was seen that the tape measure was made of the skin of some kind of creature that had been kneaded in an unknown number of processes.

The ticks used in his corners are all sewn with gold wire, and they are so precise that they are graded down to the last millimeter.

The counting of those scale marks to each full ten scales seems to be baked with a mixture of powder containing a certain amount of energy, etc., and it is incomparably bright red and clear.

There is no doubt that from Xu Ran's eyes, this is undoubtedly a priceless treasure, but I don't know where he comes from.

After putting the tape measure aside, Xu Ran saw that there was still a metal caliper at the bottom of the small box.

This metal caliper is in the shape of a right-angled triangle as a whole, all cast with copper, especially the rounding parts of the scale marks, are inlaid with a stone the size of a fingernail, which is also a star core meteorite, which looks round and shiny, without polished edges and corners.

I just don't know how the ancients made the stone so small, you must know that the hardness of the stone may not be able to melt even if it is placed in a high temperature of several thousand degrees.

"Where did you get this thing, do you know the allusion?"

After Xu Ran put the caliper down, he asked Le Hui.

Le Hui said: "This thing was commissioned by one of our senior members to be auctioned at the auction house where we opened, according to the rules, it must be appraised by experts first, and then make a price appraisal before it will be auctioned......

"Originally, we planned to ask Professor Song to come over for identification, but at that time, Professor Song went to the capital on a business trip to participate in an archaeological exchange meeting, so we asked Master Lian to help.

At that time, after Master Lian came over, he only glanced at the tape measure, indicating that he wanted to buy it at a high price, boss, how much did Master Lian bid at that time?"

Xu Ran said: "If his bid is less than 60 million, it is estimated that the seller will not agree!"

"That's right!"

Le Hui said: "At that time, Master Lian bid 80 million, and said that this thing is called Bagua Zhang Tianqi, which was obtained by Huangshi Gong of Western Chu in an ancient ruin, and then passed on to Zhang Liang, who once used this thing to peek into the mystery of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, and used this ruler to locate a thousand mountains, and surveyed and mapped Feng Shui presided over the construction of the Overlord Mausoleum.

However, these are legends about Zhang Liang, and there is no information recorded, since Zhang Liang, this thing has not been traced, until the Song Dynasty, the legend has held this thing from the hands of the half-immortal Chen Tuan, and then disappeared.

Until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the gossip zhang ruler fell into the hands of Liu Ji to be regarded as a wild history recorded a paragraph, saying that Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to unify the country and establish the Ming Dynasty, and used this thing to assist in the construction of the emperor's mausoleum, but the project was only half completed, Liu Ji died, and the gossip zhang Tianqi was not obtained by Liu Ji's descendants, but was stolen by thieves and flowed into the people without a trace......"

After listening to these allusions, Xu Ran said: "Now this thing has reappeared, and it is one of our senior members who has been entrusted to auction, but who is the person who entrusted it?"

Le Hui looked a little strange, and said, "That member is reluctant to tell the other party's name and details, but he has also revealed a little news.

It is the only lineage of an ancient family that has been passed down to this day, but it is a sloppy son who does not learn and does not know how to do it.

It is said that this gossip ruler was stolen from the secret room of the family and was about to be sold in Hong Kong City, and was almost sold by someone for 40 million Hong Kong dollars, but after our member learned the news, he told him that if we put it up for auction, our side is full of rich masters, and at least it can be auctioned for a sky-high price of 20 million US dollars, so the loser entrusted him to send it to us......"

After understanding these inside information, Xu Ran said: "Then now that this ruler has been in our hands, how did you arrange it?"

Le Hui said: "At the special request of the entrusted person, we signed a confidentiality contract with the senior member, guaranteeing that there will be no public auction, and the news will not be leaked to the outside world, but the internal channels of the senior member will digest ......."

Hearing this, Xu Ran said: "I want this thing, I personally contributed 20 million US dollars, and this caliper should also be a good thing with an extraordinary origin, a total of 25 million US dollars, you can help me deal with the tail of the hand!"

Le Hui said: "Boss, the caliper was signed by Master Lian, and he thinks that it is very likely to be a heritage relic cast by the ancestor Chongzhi of the Jin Dynasty mathematics, which is also entrusted by one of our senior members for auction."

However, the other party requires that the auction reserve price shall not be less than 50 million, and the sooner it is put on the auction, the better, and it is acceptable for us to increase the commission to 8%, and the boss is estimated to be ......unable to get 5 million US dollars."

It turned out that the caliper and the gossip ruler were not a client.

Xu Ran thought for a while and said, "Have you released the news from our internal channels?"

"Not yet!"

Le Hui said: "If the boss wants to collect these two things privately, as long as the bid is right, I can tell the other party that it is auctioned out through our internal channels, and the consignor only recognizes the money, so it doesn't matter who the thing is sold to, that is, they want to inquire, because the matter is confidential, and there is no chance!"

Xu Ran thought for a while and said: "Then let's do it, the two things are a total of 30 million US dollars, I will transfer it from my private account abroad to the company's financial account, and the company will deduct the same handling fee, and then you will settle with them."

Since they are in such a hurry to make a move, then for the sake of long nights and dreams, you will get this done tomorrow morning!"

"No problem at all!"

Xu Ran's efficiency is also fast, and he directly transferred the money to the account of the antique company by logging into his account abroad.

In this way, those two things became Xu Ran's private collection.