Chapter 97 Liar
A swindler has recently come to town, selling some kind of magic pill that is said to cure all diseases.
Most people didn't take it seriously after hearing it, and some people with nothing better to do even went to watch the fun, treating this scammer as a joke.
Liu Hehua also asked Lu Xing to go to the town to watch the excitement. Last time, Lu Xing directly called the police about the old liar, so she couldn't even watch the fight.
This time there was a new scammer, and Liu Hehua was a little curious about how he cheated people.
When they arrived at the town, they found that there were already quite a few people gathered there to watch the fun.
The old liar standing inside still looked like an immortal in such a crowded crowd. He stroked his beard and muttered incomprehensible words. At first glance, he looked quite intimidating.
Someone nearby started to jeer, "Hey, old man, what are you selling? Why are you just mumbling silently? Why don't you say it out loud so we can hear it?"
The con man waved his hand pretentiously, "I only sell to those who are destined to buy me something."
He looked around and felt that there were already quite a few people watching the fun, so he glanced to the east.
Soon a child with a pale face ran over, shouting, "Help! Help!"
This immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Seeing the child suddenly appear, everyone was unconcerned and simply wanted to save him. Someone picked him up and tried to rush him to the clinic, while a group of people nearby tried to find the child's parents.
"Whose child is this? Why is his face so pale? Did he eat something he shouldn't have?"
"Please make way, please make way. Let's find someone to take the child to the clinic first."
The liar and the child looked at each other. They had cheated so many villages before, but this was the first time they had failed in this situation. Now they could only continue to act.
"No hurry, let me try."
He pushed through the crowd and stuffed a pale yellow pill into the child's mouth. "This is the Pill for Eliminating All Diseases. All diseases will be cured after taking it."
The person holding the child didn't stop him, so the child swallowed the pill. Before he could finish his words of scolding the liar, the child in his arms jumped down by himself.
His pale face had now regained color. The child jumped twice on the spot, indicating that he had regained his vitality. "Thank you for the medicine, Master. I'll go back and get the money."
The liar pretended to refuse, "Hey, we are destined to be together, this medicine is free."
After the child thanked the liar, he disappeared into the crowd.
But after the two people acted out that act, everyone watching believed that the liar had some skills. Moreover, once he said it was free, even those who didn't believe it wanted to ask for a pill to try, since it was free anyway.
"Master, this medicine is really free? Can I have two more pills?"
"Master, my hand has been hurting lately. Can this pill cure the pain?"
"Master, besides treating illnesses, can you do anything else?"
A group of people gathered around the swindler, asking about the efficacy of the pills. According to the swindler, the pills can cure all diseases, and those who are not destined to be with him can only pay for it, but if it doesn't work, he won't charge.
This medicine costs five yuan a pill.
Liu Hehua, who was standing by, watched a group of people scrambling to buy pills and felt a little worried. After all, it was something they were eating. What if there was a problem?
"Lu Xing, is the child okay? Can he take the medicine the liar gave him?"
Lu Xing also asked the system this question.
[They're edible. Scans show the pills are made of flour and water. As for the medicinal taste, they probably added some cough syrup.]
[Furthermore, the scan results showed that the child was not sick at all. The paleness on his face was due to the white powder, and the rosy complexion was due to him holding his breath. It is reasonable to speculate that the two of them are in cahoots.]
[And the little pills they're selling now have two formulas, one of which contains a laxative.]
Scammers will prescribe different medicines. If it hurts somewhere, they will mix cough syrup in it. If it hurts someone, they will mix laxative in it.
Because the dosage is so small, these drugs are ineffective and at best act as a placebo. Most people won't get their money back unless they develop a serious illness.
It is these people's money that the scammers make money from.
After Lu Xing told Liu Hehua, she immediately understood the scammer's tricks.
Originally, the body pain could not be cured in a short time, and it was impossible to tell whether this useless medicine was effective or not.
If you happen to feel that your symptoms have eased, others will simply think that the effect is too weak, so you can't feel it.
If someone really wants to get their money back, the scammer can even falsely accuse them of being impious and that’s why it doesn’t work.
After all, they are balls made of flour, so you will make a profit no matter how you sell them.
After figuring this out, Liu Hehua thought about the child who suddenly appeared and felt that there were flaws everywhere.
I thought this swindler would only stay in town for two or three days and then leave, but I didn't expect that the medicine he sold actually cured a person's constipation.
After this incident, those who felt that it was ineffective began to doubt whether they were not devout enough, and the reputation of the liar became more and more famous.
The swindler who had sold the amulet to Wu the Hunter was unhappy and decided to challenge him to a duel.
Drawing on the experience of the unlucky scammer who was caught before, this time the two men chose a village as the location for their fight.
Liu Hehua pulled Lu Xing to watch the fun.
When they arrived, they saw another scammer pick up a piece of talisman paper on the table and draw something on it with his hands.
Then, in full view of everyone, blood marks appeared on the talisman, and people around exclaimed in surprise.
He was full of confidence and felt that he must have given the other party a warning.
Unexpectedly, the liar directly picked up the talisman and proved that the bloodstains on it were all special paint.
Another liar demonstrated the Five Ghosts Moving Technique. Five small paper figures on the table suddenly moved and slowly walked over carrying a piece of paper money.
This trick was also exposed. The so-called moving paper figures were all controlled by the man secretly using strings underground.
The battle ended with the other person's deception being exposed.
The reputation of this liar also increased a little because of the fight, and more and more people came to him to buy pills.
The little boy who used to cooperate with him suddenly transformed himself from a sick little kid into a little apprentice adopted by the master, and followed the master everywhere and was praised.
When Lu Xing saw the face of his young apprentice, he felt that the liar was very bold and was not afraid of being exposed.
Of course the scammers are bold and arrogant.
Lu Xing and the others called the police when they saw the scammer selling pills, but so many days have passed and there is still no progress.
It’s not because the scammers didn’t do anything bad, but because everyone who bought the medicine kept their mouths shut and said they bought it voluntarily.
There was not enough evidence, so they couldn't arrest anyone.
Then Liu Hehua helped the police come up with an unconventional idea.
Since the victims kept their mouths shut because they believed in the scammer's abilities, as long as someone could expose the scammer, these victims would not be fooled again.
As for the person to expose the liar, who else could be more suitable than Lu Xing?
So after a long time, Lu Xing was going to fight with others again.
This time they didn't meet in the village, but directly next to the police station. When the scammer loses, he can just send the person to the police station without having to make another trip.
I don't know where the liar got the confidence from, but he actually agreed to this.
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