After drinking red wine for a while, Zheng Xudong said: "I have a few things to trouble you next, who recognizes it, come and help me see what this is?"

So saying, he took out the ring and five gold coins he had obtained from the bottom of the Baltic Sea and put them in front of the experts, and before everyone could see it, the Italian expert Serge Ferrard grabbed the ring in his hand, took out a small magnifying glass from his pocket and looked at it carefully, and the others had to take one gold coin in their hands and look at it.

"Oh mio Dio!, Oh Madonna!" Ferrard stood up with an excited expression and asked President Ou Zhaolun, "Mr. President, which side is the West?"

Ou Zhaolun didn't understand what he meant, but he still pointed to the wall to his right with his hand. I saw Fellard kneeling down against the west wall with tears streaming down his face, and there were Ma Weidu and Song Yikuan in his position to the west, and the two of them quickly stood up when they saw this posture, understanding that this is a very noble religious ceremony, and it is definitely not appropriate for them to sit in the direction of other people's kneeling, so they stood up and sat down on the chair behind Ferrard.

Ferrard's actions confused everyone, but it doesn't look like a show for parent-child children, it depends on how he "performs" next.

I saw that after Fillard knelt down, he first kissed the ring with his mouth, and then raised the ring over the collar with both hands, and his body turned down, and his head "clanged" on the ground, and then he got up and knocked again, muttering a language that only he could understand. After kowtowing three times and standing up, everyone saw that his forehead was already bloody, and they could hear that the few knocks just now were really hard, and no one dared to say a joke at this time, if he said a joke, which religious nerve touched him, what should he do if he "went crazy", everyone quietly watched him perform this ceremony.

AT THIS TIME, THE SECRETARY JANE HANDED A PACK OF TISSUES TO FERARD, WHO HAD ALREADY SAT DOWN, AND ASKED HIM TO WIPE IT, "THANK YOU!" HE SAID TO THE SECRETARY.

"Tell me, Mr. Ferrard, it seems that you can tell where it came from. Zheng Xudong said.

"Well, let me tell you where this ring came from. He wiped the blood from his forehead with a tissue and continued: "In short, this is a fisherman's ring. ”

After hearing the words "OH MY GOD!" in the room, everyone in the room, except Zheng Xudong, said exclamations such as "OH MY GOD!" in their own language.

As soon as Ferrard saw that Zheng Xudong didn't understand, he said to him: "To put it simply, the Ring of the Fisherman can also be called "The Ring of St. Peter". The right to wear the ring can only be reserved for the Pope, and it has become the symbol of the highest authority of the Catholic Church. The fisherman's ordination is a signetring that was used until 1842 to seal official documents signed by the Pope. Each Pope will cast a new Rings out of gold. In addition to the replaced design, the Latin name of the reigning Pope is also inscribed. At the coronation or inauguration of the Pope, the DeanoftheCollege of Cardinals places the ring on the middle finger of the new pope's right hand. When the Pope dies, the ordination is ceremoniously crushed by the CamerlengooftheHoly Roman Church in the presence of other cardinals, in order to prevent it from being used to seal forged documents during the interregnum or absence. Speaking of this, Ferrard picked up the red wine in front of him with a trembling hand with an excited heart, and took a sip carefully, "The pattern on the fisherman's ring was designed by the Pope himself later, and the original ring must use the pattern of a fisherman fishing, because the fisherman here is the Pope, which was formulated by Jesus Christ." Look at the pattern on the face of the ring. ”

At this time, the others looked at the ring, and sure enough, it was a fisherman sitting on a boat carrying a fishing net, and a fish could be seen jumping up from the net.

After passing around and looking around, the ring returned to Ferrard's hand.

"Then how do you know which pope wore the ring?" asked Zheng Xudong.

"That's exactly what I'm going to say next, in order to distinguish which pope's ring is, the church will engrave the name of the pope on the periphery of the ring, you see the ring is engraved with Ioannes I, which is what Pope John I meant, this text is Latin, and it can only be Latin, if it is something else, it is false. Ferrard explained.

"Mr. Ferrard, I seem to have heard you say that every Pope's ring will be taken upon the Pope's death... Ah, yes, it's called ceremonial crushing, but this ring is intact!" asked Zheng Xudong. In fact, it was not only him, but everyone in the room wanted to know the answer to this question, and they all looked at the Italian expert Ferrard.

"You're right, except for this ring, all the fishermen's rings were ceremoniously crushed and then kept in the Vatican's secret archives, and almost no one knew that such a ring had ever been left outside, and someone had used a fake ring to blackmail the Vatican, all of which were humanely destroyed. Everyone heard a hint of coolness from this sentence, "The Vatican does not admit that the Ring of Power is missing, but they have been secretly searching for this lost Ring of Power for a thousand years. I didn't expect to be found by you. Your luck is coming, the Vatican will come to you, what you want, you can think of now. Of course, I strongly advise you not to auction it, otherwise you will attract Catholics all over the world, and you think about it, you dare to auction the holy relics of the Pope. I don't want to live anymore. The Vatican has what you want, and as long as you bring it up, they will give it. With that, Ferrard leaned back in his chair.

Everyone looked at Zheng Xudong with envy, but Zheng Xudong drank red wine and said nonchalantly: "Mr. Ferrard, you haven't said why this pope's power ring is out of exile, and the story of the five gold coins?"

Sitting up straight, Ferrard said, "It's a long story, and I don't think the Vatican wants to spread the word too widely, so I'll be brief, this John I reigned from August 13, 523 to May 18, 526 AD. He reigned for less than three years, but he was imprisoned for three years by Theodoric, the Ristrogothic king of the Arian sect, and eventually died in prison, and his body was transported to the city of Rome and buried in St. Peter's Basilica. The five gold coins should be engraved with the portrait of Pope John I looking out through the iron bars in prison on one side, and the fisherman's precept on the other, see if it is. ”

Everyone had just looked at the five gold coins, so they all nodded.

It was made for him by the Ostrogothic king Theodoric alone in order to humiliate him, and then thrown into a cell with him until death. ”

For a while, the entire conference room was so quiet that he could even hear a needle drop, and Fellard personally handed the fisherman's ring and five gold coins to Zheng Xudong's hand, and said, "Keep it, child, your opportunity has come." ”

At this time, Ou Zhaolun stood up first, and then Kuhn, the president of Sotheby's, and the other experts in the room stood up and raised their glasses to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, child, as far as I know, the Vatican is very generous with their benefactors. Ou Zhaolun said.

"Yes, this opportunity can change your life. Kuhn said.

"Boy, you sent it. Don't forget your brother when the time comes. Ma Weidu said with a smile.

"Don't lose it, just keep a normal heart. Old man Song Yikuan said.

Several other people also congratulated, only the smile on the face of Makoto Inoue was a little weird, Zheng Xudong thought to himself, "Whoever wants to rob it, who will die!"

At this time, there are still three oil paintings and the Code of Hammurabi that have not been identified, and there are two oil paintings that Zheng Xudong knows, he decided that there were too many surprises today, and if he didn't take it out, he took out the one called "Savior" that he bought at the airport and let them take a look at it, and then the code was appraised and it was over, and today's surprise of the day caught up with the surprise of his life.

He took the painting he had bought at the airport in New York out of the tube from the box and spread it flat on the table in the conference room.

"This is an oil painting I bought in the United States, and any of you who know how to authenticate oil paintings can help me see it. Zheng Xudong said.

Hearing Zheng Xudong say that it was an oil painting, the American expert Scadario, the French expert Le Lusch, and the Italian expert Ferrard all stood up and looked at the oil painting on the table carefully.

Inoue Makoto was obviously not very good at oil painting, so he sat there concentrating on drinking red wine, and was staring at the sword of Shuzhumaru Hengji. And Ma Weidu and Old Man Song sat there chatting quietly.

"GOD FORGIVE ME!" Skadario said.

"Mr. Scardario, do you know this painting?" asked Zheng Xudong.

Scardario saw that Leluch and Ferrard next to him did not say anything, so he said a little complacently: "Mr. Zheng, if I am not mistaken, this is a painting that has disappeared for nearly four hundred years, the full name of which is the oil painting of "The Savior of the World", which was created by the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci in 1506 at the commission of King Louis XII of France. The work was then in the collection of King Charles I of England, and after it was passed to Charles II, the painting disappeared. It was not until 1958 that it was discovered in the belongings of the British 19th-century collector Sir Francis Cook. ”

Hearing him say this, Le Lochu of France also said: "Yes, I remember, when this picture came out, it was valued at more than $200 million at that time. If it were to be auctioned today, oh my God, it would have become a Guinness World Record on the art market. With that, he began to look at the painting carefully.

At this time, Ferrard also said: "I remember that there was a time when there was a debate about whether this was created by Leonardo da Vinci or his students, and then it was unanimously agreed that it was created by Leonardo da Vinci himself. You see, this painting is mainly a pious image of Jesus praying for the blessing of the world, making a gesture of blessing with his right hand and holding an object that resembles a crystal ball in his left hand, gazing calmly at the world. ”

"Mr. Zheng, are you going to put everything out of auction today?" asked Kuhn, president of Sotheby's auction house in Greater China, who was sitting next to President Ou Zhaolun.

Hearing Kuhn's words, everyone looked nervously at the young man in front of them, not knowing what he meant.