Lao Dingtou's sense of smell is far inferior to Qian Yang's, getting older is one thing, and the gap in cultivation is the fundamental reason. However, when he sniffed Qian Yang's finger with all his might, he did faintly smell a strange smell that was not pleasant.

"You shouldn't be picking something with this finger, are you?" Old Dingtou's first reaction made people want to beat him for no reason.

Qian Yang suddenly stopped: "Why don't you smell your own?"

Lao Ding took his crumpled hands under his nose and sucked hard a few times, and then moved his nose to the index finger of his right hand with a puzzled face.

"It really doesn't smell like earth!" the old man was a little confused.

Qian Yang suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth: "Could it be that stone?"

After flipping through his memory slightly, Qian Yang easily determined that during the day today, he had used this finger to rub a certain stone in Duobao's booth, and he learned this action from Lao Dingtou. Before that, Lao Dingtou had also rubbed a stone, using the finger under his nose now!

The expression on Lao Dingtou's face slowly changed from doubt to consternation, and then from astonishment to sudden realization, and then let out a long laugh that shook the sky:

"Hahaha! Hahaha! I said that there must be flaws in the counterfeiting! How could they make the Cangcang Stone look like a lot of precious stones without leaving the slightest trace! Hahaha!"

Qian Yang also laughed from the bottom of his heart, but then he deliberately put on a nasty expression that didn't matter to himself and said, "It's boring! I'm going to sleep!"

"Sleep, sleep!hahaha!" Old Dingtou's laughter couldn't be stopped, and he waved his hand to send Qian Yang away, and he kept smirking at the ceiling.

Back in his room, Qian Yang lay on the bed, turned his face to the ceiling, and showed a smirk similar to that of Lao Dingtou.

What does it smell like? ammonia, ammonia, nitrogen fertilizer, or nitric acid?

Whatever he is! A fake is a fake after all!

According to the obscure introduction in the book, the conventional method of falsifying the outer skin of the rough stone is to soak the rough stone with strong acid or strong alkali, and then bury the stone in the soil for a period of time.

Of course, if you want to make the stone look a specific way, you need to follow a strict ratio when configuring the soaking solution, and even the place and time of burial will have special requirements.

But in any case, if it is a fraud, then there must be traces to follow. The strange smell that remained on those stones had clearly revealed their true nature.

Well, now there is a way to spot fakes, and if Lao Ding Tou is really as strong as he imagined, then there should be a good chance of winning this battle for the chief, right?

And then, Qian Yang has already begun to look forward to the future: if Lao Dingtou really becomes the chief, it can be regarded as a lifelong dream. But what about me? Where should I stop next? Nanyang? Or ......

INSOMNIA.

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Early the next morning, Qian Yang cleaned himself up with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and when he opened the door, he saw the old man standing in the yard with his body bowed.

"Let's go?" Qian Yang raised his hand to say hello.

Who knew that the old Ding Tou rubbed his cloudy eyes, and said weakly: "Come, carry me away!"

Qian Yang rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "This is the game, still pretending?"

"Can't be careless, can't be careless. Old Ding Tou whispered in Qian Yang's ear.

"Cowardice!" Qian Yang couldn't, so he had to hold Lao Ding's head to the public as before

Go to the main venue.

As you saw yesterday, the outer ring of the main venue is the booth of the new venue, the inner ring is the booth of the old venue, and the center of the inner ring is the venue reserved for the exchange meeting.

Entering the main venue, Qian Yang found that the business at the venue today was still hot, don't look at the last day of the public market, but people's desire to buy seems to have not been fully released, and there are still a large number of gamblers in front of the booths.

Qian Yang and the others didn't have time to watch the excitement today, so they found a gap between the two booths and were about to pass through the inner ring of the venue, but when they both saw the crowd inside the venue, they were stopped by a guard in a black robe.

"Inside is the venue of the stone master exchange meeting, and the two of them stopped. The guard's face was grim, but his tone was soft.

Qian Yang took out the sign he gave when he signed up, handed it to the guard, and said, "I'm here to attend the exchange meeting." ”

The guard glanced at the sign, then bowed his head in greeting, and then turned his gaze to the old dingtou.

Lao Dingtou hesitated for a moment, and said, "This is my apprentice, I came with him, can I go in?"

The guard shook his head: "No signs, no entry." ”

"My apprentice is timid, if I don't accompany him, he may be afraid!"

Qian Yang hesitated, gritted his teeth and pretended to be timid, and pulled the cuffs of Lao Ding's head.

The guard shook his head: "If you want to participate in the meeting, you must pay the conference fee in exchange for a pass, otherwise you will not be able to enter." ”

Lao Ding's face was embarrassed: "The conference fee costs 100,000 spirit stones, can you be accommodating?"

The guard shook his head firmly: "Can't be accommodating!"

Lao Ding Tou looked at Qian Yang with a painful expression, looked at Qian Yang lovingly, and raised his hand as if he was about to touch the spirit stone in his arms, but he hesitated for a long time and failed to make a decision.

Qian Yang's heart blossomed: I didn't see it before! This old man is clearly at the level of an actor!

The negotiation on their side had already attracted the attention of some people in the venue, and Qian Yang could clearly see that a middle-aged monk sitting on a limited number of chairs had already gotten up and walked over here.

Qian Yang secretly glanced at the old man, meaning that the drama was enough, and there should be no extraneous branches.

Who knew that after Lao Ding raised his eyes and saw the man, he pretended not to see it, but he acted even harder, only to see him lower his voice and say to the guard: "Why don't I give out some spirit stones in private, and Daoist friends let me in?"

The guard almost couldn't hold back his laughter: "Daoist friend be cautious!"

"You said that I didn't participate in the competition, but it cost 100,000 spirit stones, which is also ......" Lao Dingtou was too addicted to playing, and the middle-aged monk over there had already walked quickly to the side.

"Senior brother?" the middle-aged monk looked directly at the old man, but the expression on his face was a little struggling.

Lao Ding turned his head suspiciously, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he saw the person clearly, he was suddenly shocked!

"Good show!" Qian Yang couldn't help but applaud secretly.

Lao Dingtou's voice trembled a little: "Senior brother...... No, no, Master Deng!"

Master Deng! Qian Yang was shocked! It turned out that he was Master Deng, but ...... Lao Dingtou is his senior brother?

Qian Yang's thoughts were rolling, and soon Master Deng in front of him merged with an impression in his mind.

It's a badass!

Qian Yang has already defined this kind middle-aged man in his heart.

When Lao Dingtou participated in the competition 20 years ago, he encountered a suspected fraudulent stone, which was a fraud pit

Who will his people be?

It's very simple, whoever benefits the most from the elimination of the old Ding head will be the most suspicious!

There is no doubt that the biggest suspect is naturally the winner of that competition, Master Deng, who is now the chief of the Duobao Mine!

If it is a bit far-fetched to conclude that Master Deng is a villain based on this alone, then after this Master Deng became the chief of the Duobao Field, a market of fake stones flowed out of the Duobao Field, which can almost confirm the identity of this Master Deng as a counterfeiter.

Lao Ding has been pretending to be crazy and stupid for so many days, he is the one who has to be guarded against, right?

Qian Yang was in a daze, and the guard had already quickly whispered the situation to Master Deng.

The old Ding Tou was still shy in the performance bag, but Master Deng opened his mouth to the guard: "The money for the conference fee is mine, you go and help my senior brother get a sign." ”

The guard nodded hurriedly, how could he have thought that this cowering old man would be Master Deng's senior brother!

Unexpectedly, the old Ding Tou grabbed the guard's arm, turned his head and said to Master Deng in a low tone: "I don't dare to use the master's spirit stone, I have money, but I just think it's not cost-effective to pay the money and not participate in the competition." Since I can't be accommodating, I just pay the money. ”

"Senior brother, you ......" Master Deng stopped when he wanted to speak.

Lao Ding Tou had already taken out a bag of spirit stones and handed it to the guard, saying, "I have to trouble Daoist friends to help me change a brand." ”

The guard took the spirit stone and asked Master Deng with his eyes, and when he saw Master Deng hesitantly nodding, he hurriedly ran away.

Master Deng didn't speak, just stared at Lao Ding's head with a complicated expression.

The old man kept his head down, his toes grinding on the ground, and he tried his best to show his helplessness.

The sign was brought quickly, and Lao Ding took the sign and pulled Qian Yang to the venue.

Master Deng seemed to be about to speak: "Senior brother......"

Unexpectedly, the old Ding Tou suddenly interrupted him: "By the way, master, I can participate in the competition with this brand, right?" Although I can't see with my eyes, the money has been paid, and I can't waste it!"

"That's natural!" Master Deng was stunned, and then nodded hurriedly.

"That's good, that's good!" Lao Dingtou smiled sadly, trembling and walked into the venue with Qian Yang's support.

There is still a period of time before the exchange meeting begins, but there are already three or four hundred people standing in the center of the venue, Qian Yang originally planned to pull Lao Dingtou to the side and find a place with few people to wait, who would think that Lao Dingtou suddenly shook all over, Qian Yang looked back, and it turned out that a big hand slapped on the old man's shoulder.

"Lao Ding!" The deep voice shook Qian Yang's body numb, and it also attracted the eyes of the whole room to move to this side, followed by a burst of heads.

"Old Meng?" Lao Dingtou turned around, and instantly excited looked on his cheeks.

This person is Lao Meng, who went to visit Lao Dingtou a month ago, and Lao Dingtou was not there that time, he said that he would come back in the afternoon, but he disappeared as soon as he went, and he did not appear at the venue of the exchange meeting until today.

"I've seen Uncle Meng. "Qian Yang has always been a good boy with good manners.

Lao Meng nodded, and patted Qian Yang's shoulder with his big thick hand, and Qian Yang's teeth grinned in pain.

"Where have you died all these days?" the old man gestured and raised his eyes.

Lao Meng slapped Lao Ding again: "It's me who should ask where you died all these years!"

Qian Yang on the side felt a pain for the old man's head, and said that he didn't find it last time, how could this old man be willing to do it!

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