Chapter 710: Guilty Conscience

Su Chen smiled faintly: "I have to say that you and your accomplices are very smart. The two medicinal herbs, Dilin Ginseng and Hongshe Ginseng, are very similar in appearance. If the spiritual energy in them dries up, only empty shells will remain. It is even more difficult for ordinary people to judge the difference between the two medicinal herbs from the appearance."

Jiang Laosan said coldly: "What nonsense, it is a lie to confuse the public! If you have evidence, just show it. If you don't have evidence, quickly hand over a thousand attributeless spirit stones."

As he said this, Jiang Laosan stared at Su Chen with a sneer in his eyes, as if he was sure that Su Chen would definitely not be able to produce evidence.

Su Chen said leisurely: "I just said that the appearance of the ground forest ginseng and the red snake ginseng is indeed very similar. If the spiritual energy of the medicinal materials is dried up, it is impossible to judge from the strength of the spiritual energy emitted by the medicinal materials, then there is almost no other way to distinguish the two medicinal materials."

"In other words, the ground forest ginseng with dried spiritual energy and the red snake ginseng with dried spiritual energy are almost exactly the same, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish."

Speaking of this, Su Chen's tone suddenly changed, "However, few people know that the appearance of these two medicinal materials is actually different."

"The difference lies in the roots. The number of roots of red snake ginseng is usually odd, such as three, five, seven... and the number of roots of ground forest ginseng is usually even, such as four or six." Su Chen said slowly.

When Su Chen's voice fell, Jiang Laosan's face couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise, and then was quickly suppressed by Jiang Laosan.

Obviously, Jiang Laosan had never heard of the method of distinction mentioned by Su Chen.

At that moment, Jiang Laosan's eyes fell on the batch of medicinal herbs in the box, and he began to count the roots of the medicinal herbs involuntarily.

One, two, three...

"Puff"

At this moment, a crisp child's laughter suddenly rang out in the entire restaurant hall.

The person who laughed was Xiao Ling'er. She covered her mouth and laughed while saying, "Big brother, I didn't expect you to tell jokes seriously. It's so funny."

Jiang Laosan looked up in astonishment and saw Su Chen's playful eyes.

"Boy, are you kidding me?"

Jiang Laosan finally reacted.

He was actually deceived by a young boy!

Su Chen smiled faintly: "That's right, there is no rule for odd and even numbers at all, I made it up."

"However, after you heard what I said just now, your first reaction was to count the roots of the medicinal herbs in the box. If you were not guilty, why did you count them?"

Su Chen asked slowly.

At this time, the other people present also came to their senses. It turned out that Su Chen was lying to Jiang Laosan.

Jiang Laosan's face changed, and he was a little angry. He stood there, wishing he could slap himself in the face a few times. Why did he count the roots of those medicinal herbs just now?

But at this time, it was too late to regret, and the whispers around him had already sounded.

"Jiang Laosan was indeed counting the roots of those herbs just now. Is he really guilty?"

"Yes, if the herbs in the box were really red snake ginseng, he would not have needed to count the number of roots. Unless he knew that the herbs in the box were not red snake ginseng at all, he would count them because he was guilty."

The discussion among the crowd put Jiang Laosan in an extremely unfavorable position in public opinion.

Jiang Laosan naturally refused to admit that he was tricked by Su Chen. He sneered and said, "It's just nonsense. Besides, even if there are Dilin ginseng in this box, it was fresh when it was handed over to you, but now it is dried up. Didn't you do something about it?"

Su Chen said calmly, "I heard that there is a kind of vitality potion that can temporarily keep the appearance of the medicinal materials that are about to dry up and expire fresh, but it is only the appearance. In fact, the spiritual energy inside has already dissipated. Moreover, this potion can only last for seven days. At most, the medicinal materials will completely turn into a dried appearance in seven days."

"Jiang Laosan, if I ask someone to test the content of the vitality potion in this box of medicinal materials now, will I be surprised to find that there is a large amount of vitality potion left in this box of medicinal materials?"

Su Chen asked this question calmly, which made everyone present gasp immediately.

"Could it be that the herbs in this box are about to dry up and expire? Jiang Laosan used a special potion to make the herbs look fresh, but in fact, the inside of the herbs has already decayed."

"In this way, even if the Red Rainbow Mercenary Group has not touched the herbs, the herbs will automatically dry up when the seven days are up."

"If that's the case, Jiang Laosan also lied that this batch of herbs is red snake ginseng and asked the Red Rainbow Mercenary Group for a sky-high price in compensation. It's really a lion's mouth."

The discussion of the crowd put Jiang Laosan in an unfavorable position of public opinion again.

"This Jiang Laosan is not a good person at ordinary times, so it's not surprising that he would do this."

"Yes, if it weren't for this young man's keen observation, Jiang Laosan might have succeeded."

"Is there anyone who knows about the vitality potion? Come and identify it. Just check the herbs in this box.