"Boss Li, is Boss Qin telling the truth?"
"My heavens, the Li family is finished!"
"Haha, hahahaha!" Qin Yuliang heard the voices of the crowd and laughed again, as if he could already see the wonderful scene of Li Yang suffering and the Li family being completely annihilated.
However, Li Yang was not flustered at all. Instead, he said with a smile, "Boss Qin, you say this is a replica, but what evidence do you have?"
"You can't just say it is what it is, can you?"
"Hmph, still not admitting it?" Qin Yuliang sneered and pointed to the bottom of the jade lock, "Someone carved a line of text here using micro-carving technology, clearly stating that it was made in Jiangcheng in 2020."
"Does anyone have a magnifying glass? Come and take a look."
"I do, let me see."
"I brought a magnifying glass too."
"My phone has a 500x magnification function, let me see too."
Immediately, many people crowded over, wanting to see clearly.
Qin Yuliang handed the jade lock to them, "Look."
"Oh, it's really there." Those who crowded over took a closer look and really saw the micro-carved text. "2020, Yu Luban made it in Jiangcheng."
"It's Yu Luban, one of the top masters of antique replication among the three great replicators."
"Yes, it's him. I heard he replicated a Song Dynasty Ru ware lotus tea cup a thousand years ago, which even fooled President Feng of our Jade Appraisal Association, causing a big boss to lose over thirty million. I heard President Feng was held accountable later, his leg was broken once, and he still has trouble walking."
"If it's this person, then it's really possible to replicate something like this."
"Hmph, now that it's come to this, do you know you were wrong, kid?" Qin Yuliang sneered coldly, staring at Li Yang.
Li Yang remained completely unfazed and even smiled more happily. "Why the rush, Boss Qin? The micro-carved text is in a very ordinary regular script. It only says that it was replicated by Yu Luban, but it's not impossible for there to be a fake here."
"What do you mean, kid?" Qin Yuliang suddenly felt a sense of unease and narrowed his eyes.
Li Yang smiled and said, "My meaning is very simple. Please wet it with some water, and then look carefully. Underneath these micro-carved small characters, are there any other characters?"
"Ah, there are words behind the words?" Everyone was greatly surprised.
It was rumored that before papermaking technology spread from the East to the West, Western texts were mainly recorded on specially treated parchment, which was convenient for writing on the skin surface. However, because the specially treated parchment was extremely expensive, people in later generations would scrape off the text on the parchment from the previous era, whose content was not good or worth passing down, and then rewrite on it.
Although the rewritten words were clear, the previously scraped-off text would also leave some traces. If certain special solutions were applied, they could even make the previous text reappear.
But the idea of words beneath words on jade was truly inconceivable.
Qin Yuliang said coldly, "Nonsense, it's simply ridiculous! Li Yang, I think you're deliberately quibbling!"
"Whether it's quibbling or not, let's wait for the results," Li Yang said with a calm smile.
The calmer he was, the more flustered Qin Yuliang became.
Even if this item was genuine, it absolutely could not be worth a hundred million. But he had spent a hundred million to buy it. If it was genuine, not only would he suffer a huge loss, but he would also become a laughingstock for everyone!
He immediately said angrily, "You're still quibbling! If you don't compensate me, I won't be polite."
"That's right, Boss Li, we can't stand by and watch you lose so badly." Several burly men from outside walked in, staring coldly at Li Yang.
These guys were different from the previous ones; they had been bought off by Qin Yuliang.
Originally, they were supposed to come out and deliver a devastating blow to Li Yang when Qin Yuliang had pushed him into a corner. Unexpectedly, with the current turn of events, they had no choice but to step out immediately and threaten Li Yang.
Li Yang said with a chuckle, "The item is fine, and you want to resort to force."
"Qin Yuliang, your little skill is too laughable, isn't it?"
"How dare you mock Boss Qin, you kid really don't know what pain is!" A burly man immediately stepped forward and punched towards Li Yang's nose.
Qin Yuliang's eyes were cold. Beat him to death. The outcome cannot be reversed!
But before he could even blink, he saw the burly man cry out in pain and kneel on the ground.
Li Yang kicked him in the forehead and said with a smile, "With such amateur skills, it's best not to come out and embarrass yourself."
"Get lost immediately!"
"Crack!"
With just one kick, his entire nose was broken, and blood gushed out.
The other burly men were immediately startled and retreated.
Qin Yuliang said angrily, "You kid sold fake goods, and you dare to be so arrogant. You guys, what are you doing?"
He turned his head and saw that the hired burly men were fleeing in a hurry, making his face turn ashen.
The man lying on the ground clutched his nose and wailed, "Boss Qin, you didn't say he was so good at fighting when you hired us."
"I'm injured, you have to pay me medical expenses."
"Get lost!" Qin Yuliang roared and kicked him away. Useless trash.
He looked up and saw everyone present staring at him.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?"
"Boss Qin, were these people hired by you?"
"That's too shameless!"
"Shut up, everyone!"
Qin Yuliang gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, there's a problem with the item, Li Yang, you have to compensate me."
"Is that so?" Li Yang smiled and looked at the crowd who were examining the jade lock, "Did you find it?"
"We saw it."
Someone with sharp eyes shouted, "Below the line of text by Yu Luban, there is indeed another line of text. I'll read it out: Made by Liu Sandao of the Jade Workshop in the Capital in the third year of Daoguang of the Great Qing Dynasty!"
"This is an item from the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty."
"Boss Qin, Boss Li is indeed selling an antique, not a replica."
"Impossible, this is impossible!" Qin Yuliang's face changed drastically. He snatched the jade lock and looked at it with wide eyes. He indeed saw the line of text.
With a "wow," he didn't say a single word, directly spat out a mouthful of blood, staggered, and fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Oh no, you spat blood on my face!"
"Damn, there's blood on me too."
"Stop complaining, hurry and call an ambulance. Otherwise, if he dies, we might get into trouble too." Some people were scared pale, while others, in their urgency, calmed down and called an ambulance to rescue him.
Li Yang said, "Dong Erduo, call an ambulance."