Chapter 231
“Haha!”
Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh at his words, following two steps forward to look at Professor Hao and said.
“It’s not incorrect, it’s downright wrong!”
“Eh? Kid, I’m warning you, don’t think that just because you’re young, you can’t stop talking, if you keep talking nonsense, I can sue you!”
Professor Hao’s face was gloomy, this kid said in public that he was so wrong, this is simply challenging his authority, how could he tolerate this?
“O? Then I’d like to ask, what did I say about my mouth?”
Lin Ran looked at Professor Hao and asked rhetorically.
“Shameless, then I would also like to ask you a question in return, where did I go wrong with what I said!”
Professor Hao said in a cold voice with a smug look on his face.
“You don’t even know where you are wrong? My goodness!”
Lin Ran looked at Professor Hao in astonishment, the look was as if the latter had really said something wrong.
Even the many experts and scholars who were at the side couldn’t help but rush to lower their heads at this moment, carefully recalling what Professor Hao had just said, and whether or not they had really made a mistake somewhere.
“Cut the crap! If you have the ability, say it, don’t pretend to be a fool here!”
Professor Hao shouted coldly, at this moment he saw the situation in his eyes and knew that he couldn’t drag on, continuing to drag on would probably make these experts and scholars question him.
“Want to know so much? Fine, then I’ll tell you!”
Lin Ran smiled lightly, then asked rhetorically.
“Who told you that only the coffin can determine the identity of the tomb owner now?”
“You! What do you mean ….”
Professor Hao’s face changed as he followed.
“There is no documentation of the burial goods in the ancient tomb, not even an epitaph, could there be anything else that is documented?”
“Who told you there wasn’t?”
Lin Ran followed back.
Professor Hao frowned at this, and his gaze turned a little sharper as he looked at Lin Ran and spoke in a cold voice.
“Kid, talking nonsense is responsible!”
“You’ve already said it once, aren’t you tired of it?”
Lin Ran impatiently gave him a blank look.
“Fine! Fine! Then I’ll open my eyes today, if you have the guts to tell me what else is in this tomb that contains information about the tomb’s owner!”
Professor Hao’s face was icy cold as he stared at Lin Ran with a deadly stare.
Lin Ran, however, looked at him as if nothing had happened, and then walked towards the wordless stone tablet at the side.
Seeing this scene, Professor Hao’s heart was relieved, as he had expected this guy to say something, but it turned out to be the wordless stone tablet.
He and a group of experts and scholars had studied that tablet for several days, but had not been able to find anything of value on it.
The only thing that could be said to be of value were the dents on it that resembled writing, but these dents were so badly damaged that it was a fool’s errand to try to find clues from it.
Professor Hao looked at Lin Ran indifferently with a cold smile tackling the corners of his mouth, not stopping him and watching him walk up to the wordless stone tablet.
“This is the thing!”
Sure enough, Lin Ran didn’t let him down and pointed to the wordless stone tablet on the side and said.
“Haha!”
Professor Hao couldn’t hold back any longer and directly let out a loud laugh, pointing at Lin Ran and saying.
“Little yellow-haired boy, you’re really stupid!”
“This wordless stone tablet, which I and the others have studied for days, has no writing on it at all, and you’re actually saying that it’s a clue, do you really think that I and the others are easy to fool!”
With that, Professor Hao’s face sank and he turned to the expert in charge of this place at the side and scolded.
“As you can see, don’t you still drive this brat who is full of talk out!”
“This ….”
The person in charge had some difficulties, Song Yujiang was still standing aside and didn’t even say anything, where was his turn to speak here.
And most importantly, just now Professor Hao had inadvertently offended Song Yujiang, at this time still standing with him, I’m afraid it would not be good for him either.
“You!”
When Professor Hao saw this, he was about to explode, but Lin Ran waved his hand to stop him, while laughing.
“Professor Hao, what’s your hurry? Is it because you’re afraid that I’ll speak up and brush you off?”
“You… What are you talking about, there’s no way this thing can have a clue, don’t talk out of your ass here!”
Professor Hao said in a bit of a panic, and his face became a bit cloudy, he was really a bit afraid that Lin Ran would really find something on this.
“There can’t be any clues, why are you nervous?”
Lin Ran asked with a smile.
“Who… Who’s nervous!”
Professor Hao hastily denied it.
However, Wang Yifeng, who had been holding his breath for a long time, came up at the right time and raised his hand to wipe a handful of paper on Professor Hao’s forehead, and the tissue was instantly wet.
“He said he wasn’t nervous, but if he waits a bit longer, I’m afraid Professor Hao’s clothes will be soaked through!”
On the side, a group of expert professors who were watching the fun couldn’t help but pinch their sweat, fortunately they hadn’t offended the two Lin Ran, otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to stand just being messed with by these two guys like this.
“Cut the crap!”
Professor Hao pushed Wang Yifeng away, he too could not stand this kind of psychological pressure somewhat, and pointed at Lin Ran and scolded him.
“If you have a solution, then say it quickly, or else I’ll be really rude!”
Said Professor Hao, taking out his mobile phone and making a gesture to call.
“Fine! Since you are in such a hurry, Professor Hao, I will tell you!”
Saying that, Lin Ran directly strided over to the stone tablet, and then pointed at the very obvious dents on top of the stone tablet and said.
“These dents are, in fact, writing, if we can restore it, won’t we have the information about the owner of this tomb?”
“BullSh*t!”
Professor Hao sneered at once.
“We have studied these dents before, they are not any writing at all, the marks on them are uneven and there is no trace at all, how can we spell out the writing, it’s just a fool’s dream!”
“Who told you there was no trace?”
Lin Ran looked at Professor Hao, his voice bland.
“You!”
Professor Hao was stunned at his words, and even the group of experts and scholars who were quietly being a crowd of eaters at the side were all a little confused at this point.
They had been researching for days and hadn’t been able to find traces to look for, while Lin Ran had only just arrived and hadn’t even carefully examined the stone tablet before saying this, which simply made them somewhat groundless.
“Wait a moment, if you say there are traces to be found, are there traces to be found, who can’t bluff, I even said I could guess the identity of the tomb owner correctly!”
Professor Hao sneered, he wouldn’t believe Lin Ran until he told him the final method.
“You really don’t see the coffin, if my brother Lin Ran says there are signs to follow, then there are definitely signs to find!”
Wang Yifeng said discontentedly next to him again.
“What’s the matter with you? If he says there’s a trace, then say it!
Professor Hao said in a cold voice.
Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh at this, and looked at Professor Hao and said word for word.
“If I said there are traces, naturally there are really traces!”
Saying that, Lin Ran came to the stone tablet, before pointing at it and saying.
“Although this stone tablet is badly damaged, the good thing is that most of the areas with dents are still preserved, and the reason why you guys think it’s not writing is precisely because there is a lot of erosion behind the dents!”
Saying this, Lin Ran pointed to the dents on the stone tablet and said.
“And I! There’s a way to tell whether these dents were carved out or eroded at a later stage, so I can tell whether there’s writing on it or not, and exactly what kind of writing it is!”
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“And! You say you can and you can? If you have the guts, you can recover it now!”
Professor Hao said in a cold voice, he had been a professor for so many years, what kind of people had he not seen, he had seen not a thousand but eight hundred students like Lin Ran who talked big, he had long been used to it.
“That’s right! Little friend Lin Ran, if you really have such skills, please exercise them right away, they are of great significance to the discovery of this ancient tomb!”
“Yes, yes! Little friend Lin Ran, please help!”
Compared to Professor Hao, the attitude of the other experts and scholars was obviously much better.
“Lin Ran, do you really have a solution?”
Even Song Yujiang couldn’t help but come over, he was originally looking for Lin Ran to come over today just for this matter, if Lin Ran could recover the writing on this stone tablet, it would be of great help to the entire archaeological community.
“There is a way, but we still have to wait for the results to be tested before we can draw any conclusions!”
Lin Ran laughed, he didn’t say anything too dead, otherwise it wouldn’t be good to let Song Yujiang down then.
“Good! Good! If there’s a way, then let’s get started!”
Song Yujiang hurriedly urged.
On the other side, Professor Hao’s face was gloomy and he scolded.
“Wait! This tablet is a cultural relic, you’re going to fix it with just a few words, who will be responsible if it’s broken!”
If Lin Ran really restored the writing on the tablet, he would lose face, but most importantly, his reputation, which he had built up over the years, would be ruined.
“Broken? Old man, I think you just don’t dare!”
Wang Yifeng was not a frugal person, and at this moment he jumped out and pointed at Professor Hao’s nose, mockingly saying.
“Are you afraid?”
“I …. What do I have to be afraid of!”
Professor Hao said with a flustered look.
“Why are you nervous if you’re not afraid!”
Wang Yifeng pursued, and when he saw that Professor Hao was stammering and couldn’t say anything, he sneered.
“I think you’re just afraid that my brother Lin Ran will be able to recover the writing on it, so that you won’t be able to hang your name on your professorship! Isn’t that right!”
“Right …… What right! I am dedicated to the archaeological community, how can I be such a superficial person as you!”
Professor Hao’s old face was red, but his mouth was full of righteousness.
“For the sake of the archaeological community? For the sake of the archaeological community, then you should let my brother recover!”
Wang Yifeng was full of disdain, pointing at the stone stele on the side and saying.
“How rotten has this thing become? If it wasn’t for us two brothers, maybe this thing would still be rotting in the tomb, and now you’re telling me that you’re afraid my brother will break it? Don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”
“You!”
Professor Hao was so angry that his old face turned red, but he couldn’t find a word to refute, and turned to the person in charge at the side.
“I think …. can try!”
Seeing Professor Hao looking over, the person in charge lowered his head and stammered.
“You!”
Professor Hao was simply infuriated this time, even the person in charge had said so, what else could he say.
“Fine! Good! Then you can let him try! But let me say it up front, except that any problems have nothing to do with me!”
With that, Professor Hao flung his hand and was about to leave, when Wang Yifeng saw this, he hurriedly stopped him.
“Don’t! Why are you leaving now, you’re not waiting for the results?”
“I am ashamed to be in the company of you!”
Professor Hao snorted coldly.
Wang Yifeng laughed as if he didn’t hear him.
“Don’t, didn’t you just vow to wait for a while? The results will be out soon, whether my brother is good or not.
“You!”
He found that although Lin Ran was difficult to deal with, he at least had a face, but this Wang Yifeng was like a piece of dog’s skin, he couldn’t even get rid of it.
“Good! I want to see how this brother of yours can be repaired today!”
Professor Hao also became angry and pulled a chair over and sat directly on it, looking at Lin Ran without saying a word.
Seeing this, Lin Ran didn’t bother to say anything and went straight to the stone tablet and touched it with his hand.
This action was nothing, but Lin Ran paused for ten minutes with this touch, as if he was feeling something different about the tablet.
“Kid! Don’t waste time if you can’t find it, I don’t have time to spend time with you here!”
Professor Hao said impatiently, Lin Ran’s delay in moving made his tense heart loosen up.
“Are you in a hurry?”
Lin Ran turned to look at Professor Hao and said blandly.
“It also takes time to differentiate the formation of the dents, so if you’re impatient or afraid of being hit in the face later, just leave!”
“You!”
Professor Hao was so angry that his face turned blue, and he was ready to just leave, but once Lin Ran said this, if he really left, wouldn’t he really become afraid of being punched in the face in the eyes of some people.
“Hurry up if you’ve got the guts, grind it out!”
Professor Hao said discontentedly, and then stopped talking.
Lin Ran once again turned around and loved to look at the stone tablet, this time he didn’t linger and stretched out two fingers and put them directly into the dent.
Inside the dent was soil that hadn’t been cleaned up in time. Since they didn’t know whether it was writing or wind erosion, the people from the heritage bureau didn’t dare to move it yet.
Lin Ran placed his finger inside the dent and moved it, following the traces of the dent a little bit, plucking out the soil inside.
As he moved his finger, a dent began to appear, and soon the character “王” appeared, and strangely enough, this prince was actually the current simplified character.
“This is the character “王”!”
Seeing this character, a kind of experts and scholars were stunned, they did not expect that Lin Ran could actually recover a character.
“What bullSh*t character for “Wang”, you guys believe this too!”
Professor Hao on the side couldn’t help but stand up and scolded.
“Old weed, what do you want again!”
Wang Yifei looked at him and said angrily, seeing that he was about to recover the words that followed, this old man unexpectedly jumped out and interrupted now.
“Professor? You have something to say?”
The person in charge asked in surprise, interrupting Lin Ran now made them a bit anxious as well.
“Stupid!”
Professor Hao looked at the group of experts and scholars and said in a cold voice.
“Have you all got water in your heads? This is a stone tablet unearthed in an ancient tomb, how could it have the current simplified characters of the King! This is clearly drawn by this kid on purpose!”
With that, Professor Hao came over to the stele and pointed to the extensions around the word “Wang” on it and said.
“These places also have dents, but this kid didn’t even draw them, isn’t it obvious that he’s lying to you!”
“You’re all so excited, it’s a disgrace!”
Professor Hao’s words made the crowd’s faces red, but when they thought about it carefully, it was really like that.
After all, the appearance of modern characters on a stone tablet in an ancient tomb was indeed a bit too far-fetched.
“Lin Ran!”
Wang Yifeng couldn’t help but feel worried at this point, and looked towards Lin Ran to ask hurriedly.
Lin Ran waved his hand, then looked at Professor Hao and the other experts and scholars, and asked with a smile.
“I would like to ask a question, “Wang!” Is there a traditional Chinese character for this word? If there is, please kindly tell me how to write it!”