The treasure appraiser's words were powerful and each word rang into the ears of Chu Shengfeng and his wife.

How much? Seventy thousand pounds?!

The couple was so shocked that their eyes went dark and they almost fainted on the spot.

"Impossible... How is this possible?" Chu Shengfeng muttered to himself.

Fortunately, another expert soon gave a more authoritative rebuttal: "This thing is worth 70,000 pounds? Old Li, are you really blind after you turned 60? You can't even make a mistake like this?"

In an instant, Chu Shengfeng and his wife felt like they were alive again.

It turns out that I was wrong!

——That is to say, how could a replica be worth so much money?

It was so scary. I thought Mo Li was going to get rich again!

……

Just as Chu Shengfeng and his wife were sincerely thankful that it was just a false alarm and were about to start mocking Mo Li, the expert who was going to speak later walked straight up to Mo Li and reported to her:

"Miss Mo, please don't listen to Old Li's nonsense. This Western clock is definitely worth more than 70,000 pounds... Judging from the copper seal engraved inside it, I suspect it is very likely an imperial item used by the Qing Dynasty royal family more than 200 years ago. Moreover, whether it is analyzed from the style or the year, it is very consistent with the characteristics of tribute presented to the royal family at that time."

As we all know, since the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, the royal family has had a special liking for Western clocks, and almost every royal and noble home has several of them.

The old expert named Li who had made a mistake just now also came over to prove that what the man said was true: "That's right. At present, we can only be sure that this Western clock is definitely a treasure made in the Victorian era, and it is worth at least more than 70,000 pounds. However, its specific origins can only be determined after we take it back for further research and analysis. If it can be proved that it is indeed a royal item, then the value will at least increase by dozens of times."

Mo Li didn't look surprised at all. After all, the golden nanmu bed was the bed of an emperor hundreds of years ago. To her, it was not surprising that this Western clock also came from the royal family.

She nodded in understanding: "Okay, then I'll trouble you seniors."

……

Chu Shengfeng and his wife fell into complete madness once again.

Dozens of times... wouldn't that be worth millions of pounds? !

"How is this possible?" Chu Shengfeng was completely confused. He couldn't help but point at the treasure appraisers and curse: "Are you guys real experts? You must be trying to cheat people! I asked someone to take a look at it before, and it's obviously a worthless fake!"

These people are all leading figures in the treasure appraisal industry. How could Chu Shengfeng, an outsider who has nothing to do with them, have the right to question them?

However, these experts were not angry. Instead, they asked him in a very good-tempered manner: "Really? I wonder which expert you invited before? Is he more authoritative than us?"

Chu Shengfeng was vague and couldn't refute a single word.

It is possible that these treasure appraisal experts might make a mistake once or twice, but with so many senior experts gathered together, the possibility of making a mistake is extremely small.

But no matter what, Chu Shengfeng and his wife could not accept this result - they had lived in this villa for more than ten or twenty years, and it was not until the day they were about to move out that they discovered that the priceless treasure was hidden right under their noses.

Who can bear this?

……

But the question is, why did the antique expert they found earlier say that this was a fake?

They then recalled that the so-called antique expert had mentioned it before - "Ah, although this Western clock is not valuable, but considering its novel style, I am still willing to spend a few hundred dollars to buy it and put it in my home as an ornamental toy."

Having said that, the other party was planning to accept the Western clock without any hesitation, and asked Chu Shengfeng to directly deduct the money from the appraisal fee.

But how could Chu Shengfeng agree? He thought this thing was a treasure, at least worth tens of thousands of dollars? But it turned out to be worth only this little money, and he was very angry at the time.

The two parties had originally agreed on a thousand yuan appraisal fee, but with this calculation, not only did he have to spend a meal, but he also had to pay several hundred yuan for this broken thing?

So, Chu Shengfeng, who had no idea how to write the words "spirit of contract", turned his back on the man and kicked him out of the house with a random excuse.

In the end, he didn't get the appraisal fee from the antique expert or the clock. He was so angry that he stood in front of the villa gate and cursed him, and threatened: "Sooner or later, I will let you know how to write the word 'regret'!"

Chu Shengfeng didn't take it seriously at the time, but he didn't expect that this boomerang would still pierce him after so many years.

——Now that I think about it, they must have encountered a dishonest businessman at that time!

After all, the so-called antique expert was actually an antique dealer whom Jiang Wanqiu met at the poker table. He was definitely a veteran. He probably realized that this Western clock was worth a lot of money. He also knew that Chu Shengfeng was a real layman, so he had evil intentions and tried to deceive them and get this treasure for a few hundred dollars.

It was a pity that he failed and encountered a bastard like Chu Shengfeng who refused to pay his debts. So the man was so angry that he never mentioned the true value of the Western clock again, and Chu Shengfeng and his wife were deceived for so many years.

If they had known at that time that this Western clock was so valuable, they would definitely have hired someone to appraise all the items in the attic. They might have become rich by now. Why would they end up in debt?

……

As expected, apart from the Western clock, most of the other items in the attic are very valuable antiques. Some of the calligraphy works are so rare that they can be placed directly in local museums as treasures.

Fortunately, although this attic is dark and without sunlight, the air is relatively dry because it is located on the top floor. So even though it has been idle for so many years and no one has taken care of it, it has been covered with a thick layer of dust and its original appearance cannot be seen, but most of it is still well preserved and has suffered almost no damage.

Experts simply cleaned them up a bit and easily restored the antiques to their original appearance.

Chu Shengfeng and his wife watched helplessly as the inconspicuous broken table that they had almost thrown away was actually identified by experts as being made entirely of Hainan Huanghuali wood that is 100 years old. Nowadays, it is hard to find a real old Huanghuali wood. Not to mention that the whole table is worth a fortune, even if you just remove a leg and make a few ornaments and bracelets, you can easily sell it for millions.

After these two people knew about it, they made sharp explosions.

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