In a short time, Xiao Ran had looked at several antique chairs and gave the valuation of these classic Ming-style furniture.
These antique furniture are valuable, and the cheapest ones are around $500,000.
Then, he came to the mahogany cabinet placed on the wall and began to look at the antique furniture.
While viewing, he was also making comments.
"This is a mahogany cabinet from the mid-Qing Dynasty. The wood used is Siamese rosewood, but the production process is imitation of Ming-style furniture."
"And the level of imitation craftsmanship is very high. There are basically no flaws. Most people would think this is a piece of Ming-style furniture."
"Among these antique furniture, this mid-Qing Dynasty mahogany cabinet has the lowest value, but it is more than 150,000 US dollars. It is worth collecting..."
While introducing the mahogany cabinet, he also kept looking at every part of the cabinet.
When he opened the cabinet door and looked inside the cabinet, he suddenly paused.
The next moment, he reached out and touched the largest partition in the middle of the cabinet a few times.
Then he tapped the partition lightly with his knuckles and listened to the sound.
Then he touched another partition next to him and knocked on that partition as well.
After completing these actions, he fell silent and fell into thinking.
Seeing this scene, Yi Lian, Fang Yufei and the others immediately understood.
Xiao Ran must have discovered something, that's why he behaved like this.
They have seen behaviors like this too many times and are all too familiar with them.
Pierre and Caroline, who were also at the scene, reacted a beat slower.
Just when they were still a little confused, Elaine asked happily:
"My dear, does this mahogany cabinet have a secret? Is there something hidden inside this partition?"
Following her question, Pierre and Caroline finally reacted.
The next moment, everyone looked at Xiao Ran and the partition in the cabinet, and everyone's eyes lit up.
Xiao Ran, who woke up, first looked at Elaine, and then said jokingly:
"We really have a clear division of labor. I will look for all kinds of hidden treasures, and you will be responsible for observing me to judge whether I have discovered anything. In the end, we will all reach the same destination by different paths."
"Hahaha"
Everyone laughed and nodded.
"You're right, my dear. Judging from your performance just now, I know that you must have discovered something."
Elaine said with a smile and nod.
After joking for a while, Xiao Ran got back to the topic.
"Yes, there is something fishy about this partition in this mahogany cabinet. There may be an unknown secret hidden inside."
"This partition is a little thicker than the other partitions, and the sound it makes is different, like the sound of two boards coming together."
"As long as two boards are stuck together, no matter how tightly they are stuck together, as long as they are not glued together, there will be a hollow sound."
As he spoke, he tapped the partition with his knuckles again, and then tapped several other partitions to let everyone listen.
At first, no one heard any difference.
After listening to it several times in succession, everyone could hear the subtle differences.
"That's right, honey, the sound from this partition is a bit muffled, but the sound from the other partitions is crisper."
"It's just that this difference is so subtle that you can't even hear it once or twice. It's hard to find."
Elaine said excitedly.
The rest of the people also heard the difference and nodded in agreement.
The next moment, Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"The reason why this difference is very subtle is because the person who hid the secret is very skilled. He fit the upper and lower boards of this partition very tightly, leaving almost no gaps."
"Because of this, the sounds emitted by this partition are highly similar to those of other partitions, and the secret hidden in this partition has never been discovered."
"Next, I'm going to take off this partition and open it to see what secrets are hidden in this partition. Maybe it's a big surprise."
Hearing this, Elaine and the others suddenly became more excited.
"Look at the thickness of this partition. If there is something hidden in the middle, it must be a paper item, or a sheepskin map or something like that!"
"It seems that we are about to discover another treasure. I am very looking forward to seeing what this treasure is."
Elaine and Fang Yufei were talking happily, both extremely excited.
Compared with them, Pierre and Caroline were more shocked!
real or fake? Another treasure was discovered!
Sean's luck is so incredible. He can find treasures like this. It's incredible!
Or did he already know what treasure was hidden in this mahogany cabinet, but he just didn't tell anyone?
That's why he asked his employees to go to the Red Mansion to buy all the antique furniture and transport it here.
When he was free, he came over to take away the treasure hidden in this mahogany cabinet.
From the time I bought these antique furniture until I discovered this secret, it was just this guy acting!
If that's the case, Sean is so scary!
His careful thoughts and thorough planning are really creepy!
Thinking of this, Pierre and Caroline immediately looked at each other, and both saw a bit of horror in each other's eyes.
Just when they were secretly horrified, Xiao Ran suddenly interrupted their thoughts.
"Pierre, do you have the corresponding tools here? I'm going to remove this partition to see what secrets are hidden inside."
Following his words, Pierre just came back to his senses.
He paused for a moment, then nodded and said:
"I have tools, please wait a moment while I go to the storage room to get them."
After saying that, he turned around and left, going to the storage room to get tools.
After a while, he came in carrying two tool boxes, one large and one small, and placed them in front of the mahogany cabinet.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran opened the tool box, picked out two handy tools, and immediately began to disassemble the mid-Qing Dynasty mahogany cabinet.
Although this is a pretty good piece of antique furniture, it has a certain market value and collection value.
But he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately started to take action after confirming the plan.
In fact, he did not cause any damage to the antique furniture during the process.
After about fifteen minutes, he had successfully removed the partition that concealed the secret.
This partition is about 60 centimeters wide and just over 50 centimeters long. The wood grain is quite beautiful.
When Xiao Ran removed the partition and took it out of the cabinet, everyone saw it at a glance.
This red rosewood partition does have two layers, with the upper and lower layers tightly fitting together.
Between the upper and lower boards, a very clever mortise and tenon structure is used to snap the two boards together.
There is a tight fit between the two boards, and nothing else can be seen.
But whether it is the same internally is unknown.
The moment the partition was taken out, Elaine and the others immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"Wow! This partition is indeed made up of two wooden boards. I wonder what is hidden inside?"
"This kind of mortise and tenon joint structure is so amazing. It looks like two boards are connected together with a zipper. No nails or glue is used, but the bite is so tight. It's incredible."
While everyone was marveling, Xiao Ran was observing the mahogany partition.
He turned the partition over and over several times, looking for a way to separate the upper and lower boards.
After a moment, he suddenly turned the partition over.
Then press the edge of the partition with your hands and try to push the upper board.
As he moved, the upper board slowly slid forward and gradually separated from the lower board.
The next moment, a piece of slightly yellowed rice paper suddenly appeared and was attached to the lower partition.
To be more precise, it is stuck between two layers of red rosewood boards.
The moment he saw this piece of rice paper, Xiao Ran's eyes immediately flashed with joy.
