Mr. Chen patted his son-in-law on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter, everyone makes mistakes sometimes."
When he comforted him like this, Qian Sihai could only laugh and said: "Is there any misunderstanding? I was only looking at the authenticity before, and I really didn't notice that the bottles were glued together."
"Father-in-law, I don't think the boss knows about it either. After all, there are rules in this industry. He shouldn't be so bold as to knowingly use broken porcelain bottles to cheat money, right?"
Qian Sihai also spoke for the antique stall owner, but some people thought he was stupid.
Being deceived and still helping count money, this professor is too naive and has never experienced the beatings from society.
"Do you really think so?" Chen Songling looked at his son-in-law with an imperceptible scrutiny in his eyes.
Qian Sihai's pressure doubled when he was asked. His eyes flashed and he didn't speak again.
At this time, if you talk too much, you will be wrong.
Mr. Cao's side, the boiling water has already reacted.
"This blue and white porcelain vase should have been repaired using ancient techniques. Nowadays, most of the porcelain repairs use ab glue and some chemicals, and the repair technology is becoming more and more advanced. However, repairing using ancient methods is very rare."
"The ancient repair method can cover up the cracks to the greatest extent. But it also has a disadvantage. When it is put in boiling water, the original shape will be revealed."
Mr. Cao took the broken porcelain pieces out of the water and pointed them at them with a magnifying glass.
He greeted Manshu: "Little girl, come and see."
Manshu leaned over and used Mr. Cao's magnifying glass to find some white floc floating on the cracks of the porcelain fragments.
This should be due to the change of some binding substance when it encounters boiling water.
"Thanks to your sharp eyes, you discovered the old and new problems in the fracture. Otherwise, we would not have been able to tell that this blue and white porcelain vase was originally broken, but was repaired and used to deceive others."
"Moreover, I see that this crack has been repaired more than once. Some of the cracks in the fragments are old and new. Obviously, you are not the first person to be deceived."
Mr. Cao is an authority in antique appraisal. If he can make such a conjecture, it proves that this blue and white porcelain vase is indeed of "extraordinary origin."
The way he looked at Manshu was for the gentleness and tolerance of the younger generation, but when he looked at the antique stall owner again, there was a stern look in his eyes.
"Tell me, what happened?"
The owner of the antique stall was so impressed by Mr. Cao that his legs went weak.
He defended with fear: "Mr. Cao, you won't doubt me, right? I just set up a street stall, who did I offend? You can't sentence me to death just because of this little girl's one-sided words."
"Isn't this conclusive evidence?" Mr. Cao wanted to throw pieces of porcelain in his face.
This boss obviously has a problem, but he still refuses to admit it.
"What, the evidence is conclusive. As you just heard, the professor in the History Department of University C didn't even notice that this blue and white porcelain vase has been restored. How could I know?"
"If I had such good eyesight, would I still set up a street stall here? The shop at home is several hundred square meters!"
What he said is not unreasonable.
"Where did you collect that thing?" Mr. Cao would never tolerate such deceptive behavior. "As long as you can lead the police comrades to find the person who sold it to you, you may have a chance to prove your innocence."
He suspected that there was a chain of interests behind this. Blue and white porcelain was so uncommon.
Taking advantage of collectors' love for it, you can definitely deceive many people.
This question of Mr. Cao is also what Tong Yan wants to ask.
He also contacted the Cultural Investigation Team, which was mainly responsible for the antiques.
The cultural investigation team asked Tong Yan to take the person back first and jointly investigate the case.