Chapter 1171: Chapter 1170: Members of the Yan Family Appear (Part 4)

“…”

A collective gasp rang out from the crowd again, and upon hearing these words, Ye Ning roughly understood what was happening.

So, these people were pretending to appraise artifacts, but were actually here to cause trouble, offering a false promise to pay ten times the compensation?

Heh, with just these three items, if this person named Yan really misidentified them, he’d lose everything, not even his pants would be left.

Ye Ning finally got interested, so she squeezed her way in, found a position closer to the front, and began watching the show.

What she saw was those people unwrapping the items and saying those words, while the man in a traditional Chinese outfit sitting across from them asked his assistant to bring over the two items. It truly surprised Ye Ning that he could even recognize them.

“This is a Shang Dynasty bronze cauldron. Bronze was not very common during the Shang Dynasty, and your cauldron, with 5 ding, was something only vassals could use at the time. Am I right?”

“…”

The person offering the treasure was stunned for a long time before nodding blankly, and then retreated in disgrace.

Seeing this, the audience burst into thunderous applause…

“The owner of this Huaman Building is really impressive, recognizing even such things.”

“Of course, you have to consider who he is. He was once a disciple of the Yan Family. How could he not be impressive?”

“Exactly!”

With this artifact authenticated, many people in the hall began to look at the middle-aged man in traditional attire with admiration, their gazes becoming noticeably fervent.

Ye Ning was also somewhat surprised. She thought that if he were a fraud, those skills were fake. She didn’t expect this person to have some real ability, able to recognize such complex items.

So she remained silent and continued to watch.

At this moment, with the Shang Dynasty cauldron authenticated on the peachwood table, a vase was also brought over, and to Ye Ning’s surprise again, the vase was easily identified by him as well.

Until the man in the center, who had seemed a bit off to begin with, presented his item, and amidst the concentrated attention, she saw that the previously assured middle-aged man hesitated.

“Mr. Yan, what’s wrong? Is there a problem with this item?”

“No, Mr. Du, don’t worry, I’m examining it,” he responded quickly when prompted, trying to reassure.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Du remained silent, but a trace of mocking laughter flickered at the corner of his lips.

Ye Ning observed all of this without intervening. She was actually quite curious to see how skilled this Yan impostor truly was, and what Mr. Du’s intentions were.

However, to the crowd’s disappointment, this appraisal took over ten minutes, yet the middle-aged man seated there still couldn’t provide an answer, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The surrounding crowd began to murmur, focusing on the man and the item in his hands, starting to doubt whether he could identify it or not.

Ye Ning noticed this as well, especially when his expression shifted slightly. She realized that this person was finally about to meet his downfall. After pretending under the Yan Family’s name for so many years, his reign was finally about to end.