C227 His Face Turned Pale with Fright

The seal bore the resemblance of a piece by the renowned painter Zhang Duan, but Chiang Jin, having picked up a smattering of knowledge from his grandfather in his youth, could discern the finer details that marked it as a counterfeit, hardly worth a few coins.

Yet, there it was, a forgery on display in the very room where experts appraised the value of items—a lapse in judgment