And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 138

Soon, not long after, Mao returned on Tuesday.

This time he was accompanied by a man wearing a brown silk cotton coat. He was about 30 years old, with a short black beard around his lips that was neatly groomed, and his hands were behind his back. He didn't look very powerful, but A middle-aged man who can put on airs.

Wherever the other party went, the vendors selling livestock on both sides of the road would go up and greet each other with a flattering tone.

"Cough cough!"

When the other party walked up to Chen Yuan and Fang Jinxin, he didn't speak, but coughed.

At this moment, Zhou Zhou Mao, who was standing behind the other party, looked at Chen Yuan with an attentive smile and said:
"Master Daoist, you are not a native of our country, and you don't know the identity of the person in front of you. Let me introduce you. This is Chief Jiang Chu, who was appointed by the imperial court to manage the market in Shuangliu Town."

In Chen Yuan's understanding, the so-called "Chu Chang" should not be an official.

It is similar to a small official of the market administrator before crossing.

The reason why these livestock traders at the cattle and horse fair in Shuangliu Town nodded and bowed when this Jiang Chuchang just arrived, and tried his best to please him, was not to please Jiang Chuchang himself.

And the one who pleases is Jiang Chuchang, who has the power in his hands.

"Mr. Jiang Chu is very fair, so how about letting Mr. Jiang weigh the gold for you?"

Mao then said again on Tuesday.

As soon as Mao's words fell on Tuesday, Jiang Chuchang took out a small scale for weighing gold and silver from behind.

Although gold and silver are scarcer than Chongbao Tongbao, they are not as convenient to trade as Chongbao Tongbao. Therefore, [-]% of the currency used by common people for transactions is Chongbao Tongbao, which is commonly known as big and small.

If you want to exchange gold and silver for big and small, or use gold and silver for direct trading, you need to use this small scale to weigh in advance.

This Tuesday Mao said that Mr. Jiang Chu was very fair in doing things. Chen Yuan didn't know if he was fair or not, but from the mouths of the few vendors just now, he could know that this Jiang Chu was cheated by Mao on Tuesday at the market. The backer of abduction.

Chen Yuan didn't know whether the two had already discussed and treated themselves as fish on the chopping board.

However, Chen Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to teach them a lesson, so he nodded and said, "Yes."

While speaking, Chen Yuan handed a few golden grains of sand in his hand to Jiang Chuchang in front of him.

After Jiang Chuchang took it over, he first inspected it decently to make sure that the gold that Chen Yuan gave was fine and of good quality.

Only then did he nod to Zhou Mao next to him and said, "It's real gold."

Mao Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday. Although Chen Yuan took out the gold, he had to go through an inspection to know if it was real gold.

If not, if they were deceived by this Taoist priest with fake gold, they would really be blinded by wild geese hunting all day long, and they would lose all face in the market in Shuangliu Town, and be laughed at secretly by others Big teeth.

Mao said to Chen Yuan on Tuesday: "Master Daoist, what you gave is real gold, we can weigh it now."

Chen Yuan nodded calmly and said, "Let's weigh it!"

Seeing that Chen Yuan agreed to weigh, Jiang Chuchang put the gold and silver in his hand in the small pan of the small scale in the other hand, and then turned the weight to start weighing.

While Jiang Chuchang was weighing, at the cattle and horse market in the entire Shuangliu Town Market, many traders and people who bought and sold livestock gathered together, formed a circle around the place, and looked inside on tiptoe.

The reason why the crowd gathered here was because everyone heard that rare gold appeared in the cattle and horse market.

Moreover, it was a young Taoist priest who took out the gold, and used it to buy the sick donkey in Zhou Mao's hands, so everyone ran over to watch the excitement.

Especially those traders who just told Chen Yuan the truth stood in the crowd with puzzled eyes.

They had clearly told Chen Yuan just now that Zhou Mao's cheap donkey had a big hole hidden in it.

How could this young Taoist priest still be fooled?
Not only that, but the other party even took out real gold to buy the sick donkey who was about to die after drinking the "death-killing soup".

Just now they were worried that after a few of them told the young Taoist priest the truth, the young Taoist priest would come to trouble Tuesday Mao and harm them.

Now it seems that this young Taoist priest is simply a stupid Taoist priest.

They were worried for nothing before.

"A total of eight coins of gold, exchanged according to the official ratio announced by the imperial court, is exactly worth eight coins."

After the weighing, Jiang Chuchang, the little official in charge of the market, raised his head and said to Chen Yuan.

As soon as Jiang Chuchang's words came out, the traders and common people who were watching the livestock trade around him showed no expression on the surface, but in fact their hearts exploded.

Because just by looking at it, the few gold grains that Jiang Chuchang threw into the small plate just now were more than eight renminbi gold.

Moreover, although the official announcement of the ratio of gold to silver is one to ten, and the ratio of silver to big coins is one to consistent money, this is only an official announcement.

In many private banks, the ratio of gold to silver is at least one tael of gold to 14 taels of silver.

To exchange silver for big coins, one tael of silver is exchanged for 1000 two hundred big coins. The specific exchange ratio varies from place to place.

This Jiang Chuchang directly used the official exchange ratio to count eight qian gold as eight guanqian, not to mention that the other party didn't weigh it too much, so he was slaughtering this handsome young Taoist priest with a dusty temperament as a fat sheep from other places!
"can."

Chen Yuan pretended to think for a moment, then agreed.

While speaking, he looked at the donkey that was tied beside him, and his eyes were full of excitement.

Just now he felt that the donkey's calm gaze looked more like the indifference of dying.

Hearing Chen Yuan's words, the onlookers and common people did not dare to speak out to remind them, for fear of ruining the good deeds of Jiang Chuchang and Tuesday Mao, and being retaliated by these two people afterwards.

But the eyes looking at Chen Yuan were full of pity.

This young Taoist priest was handsome in appearance, with a dusty temperament, and had a good appearance, but he was just an idiot who was easy to be fooled by others.

"Since the Taoist priest agrees, then it's a deal. I've brought the documents for buying and selling this donkey. You just need to post it and the donkey will belong to you, Taoist priest."

Seeing Chen Yuan's agreement, Jiang Chuchang and Zhou Tui Mao looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. Tue Mao took out a document and a box of cinnabar that had been drawn up in advance, and put them in front of Chen Yuan's eyes and said.

They thought they would have to spend a lot of time to convince this young Taoist priest with no social experience, but who knew that the other party would be so easily fooled.

The vendors and common people who were watching around couldn't help shaking their heads secretly.

These are the usual tricks of Mao and Jiang Chuchang on Tuesday. Once signed and pledged, it is equivalent to even the government admitting the deal.

At that time, if Chen Yuan wanted to regret it, it would be too late.

Even if the lawsuit goes to the Yamen, it will only be the young Taoist priest who will be sentenced to lose, not Jiang Chuchang and Tuesday Mao.

With everyone's regretful expressions, Chen Yuan dipped some cinnabar with his right index finger in the cinnabar box that Mao opened on Tuesday, and drew a mark on the document.

In Dayong, in addition to cattle, pigs and sheep, because the price is relatively low, there is no need to sign documents for transactions. Donkeys, mules, and horses are all extremely valuable livestock, so paperwork and deeds are required.

Once the calligraphy and painting are written down, neither the buyer nor the seller can go back on their word.

"Okay, this deal is officially concluded. This donkey belongs to you, Taoist priest, and this gold is also mine."

Seeing Chen Yuan press his fingerprints, Zhou Mao's heart was finally relieved.

Once the document was signed and pledged, even if the young Taoist later repented and took the lawsuit to the county government, they could not do anything to them at all, and would only be beaten by the county magistrate and thrown out of the county government.

If you don't know what is good or bad to keep pestering, I am afraid that you will inevitably be imprisoned.

"That's right, the gold belongs to you, the donkey belongs to the poor."

Chen Yuan nodded and nodded.

When Mao Yao couldn't wait to take the gold from Jiang Chuchang's weighing pan on Tuesday, he was stopped by Chen Yuan.

"Wait a minute, now that the transaction has been concluded, Pindao still has some doubts in his heart, can you clear up the doubts?"

Chen Yuan asked Tuesday Mao in front of him.

Relying on his temper on Tuesday, Mao smiled politely and said, "Master Taoist, you ask..."

Chen Yuan said sternly: "As far as I know, your Excellency, together with Chief Jiang Chu, often sells livestock that have drank the folk prescription "Death Soup" to ordinary people at a low price. Is it true that the livestock will die violently in two days to harm the common people?"

On Tuesday, Mao Wenyan froze there for a while, and he felt for a while that his old man had been picked out and put in front of a large crowd to be watched by everyone.

On Tuesday, Mao Xinzhong's thoughts changed sharply. He didn't know where Chen Yuan got the news.

What's more, Chen Yuan clearly knew the truth of the matter, so why did he still fall for this trick?
In any case, since the gold is already in their hands, it is simply impossible for them to spit it out again.

"The Taoist priest was joking. I don't know where the Taoist priest heard the news. This is definitely a rumor."

On Tuesday Mao smiled, and he denied it without hesitation.

"Could it be that Taoist wants to break the contract?"

Jiang Chuchang was by the side, trying to present himself as a court official.

"That's right, Daoist, I have to remind you that we have already signed the document. If you want to break the contract, you will have to sue. You will not be able to leave this Yanggu County by then."

On Tuesday, Mao changed into a villainous face, and his attitude before and after the transaction was very different. He warned and threatened Chen Yuan.

"Master Dao, we are also doing it for your own good. You have to think about it clearly. If you want to break the contract, besides suing a lawsuit, you will inevitably be beaten and put in prison."

Jiang Chuchang cooperated with Zhou Mao on the side, playing the red-faced role next to him, as if he was thinking of Chen Yuan.

Seeing their gestures, Chen Yuan just smiled slightly.

Then he untied the reins of the gray donkey that was tied to the wooden stake beside him and said: "Pin Dao doesn't want to regret it, just don't regret it later."

The vendors and common people watching around saw that Chen Yuan wanted to leave, and they took the initiative to make way for him.

And Chen Yuan also led the donkey outside from the road that the traders and the people gave way to, just when everyone thought that Chen Yuan had suffered from being dumb.

Chen Yuan stopped suddenly, took out a yellow talisman in his hand, turned around and said to the donkey behind him, "Come on, open your mouth obediently, this talisman can cure your illness."

To the surprise of the vendors and common people present, the donkey actually understood what the Taoist said, and obediently opened its mouth, revealing two rows of big teeth.

The talisman paper in the Taoist's hand ignited spontaneously without fire, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a wisp of green light, condensed on the Taoist's fingertips, and was thrown into the donkey's mouth by the Taoist.

The donkey swallowed the green awn in one gulp, and the green awn was like the blue waves in the lake, starting from the donkey's mouth and rippling across the donkey's whole body.

Outsiders can't know how the donkey feels at this time, but the donkey himself can clearly feel that he was already terminally ill, and after drinking the "death-killing soup", his body with only a few days left to live, unexpectedly regained his vitality at this time vitality and life.

Although he has not fully recovered to a state of complete health, the donkey can feel that after the Taoist priest used up the spell on himself, he can live for another three to five years at least.

"This is a sickness retreat talisman. If you use two more on you, you will be cured."

Chen Yuan smiled and said to the donkey.

Knowing that it was Chen Yuan who saved his life, the donkey suddenly looked like a human being, with tears in his eyes.

"In the future, it will be up to you to travel for the poor."

Chen Yuan said to the donkey.

The donkey couldn't speak, so it could only nod its head continuously. If it wasn't led by Chen Yuan, it would have bowed down in front of Chen Yuan, thanking Chen Yuan.

After being consumed with the "death-killing soup", it was ashamed and determined to die. Unexpectedly, it was rescued by a Taoist priest in this market.

Chen Yuan's kindness to it can be called reinvention.

"In that case, let's go."

Chen Yuan turned over, stepped onto the donkey's back, patted the donkey's back lightly, and the donkey took small steps and walked outside the cattle and horse market.

"I would like to give you a word of advice. There is no such thing as good or bad, but people call for themselves. When people do good, even if the blessings have not yet arrived, the misfortunes are far away. When people do evil, even though the misfortunes have not yet come, the blessings are far away."

Chen Yuan turned his back to Tuesday Mao and Jiang Chu and said.

As the figure of Chen Yuan riding a donkey faded away, the people and vendors who were stunned by the scene just now came to their senses.

"immortal!"

"This Taoist priest turned out to be a god."

"It turns out that we have blind eyes and don't know the face of immortals."

Seeing the back of Chen Yuan leaving, the people and traders exclaimed.

On Tuesday, Mao and Jiang Chuchang looked at the back of Chen Yuan leaving, and their hearts were full of apprehension for a moment. They didn't expect that they would accidentally offend a fairy.

But when they thought of the gold in their hands, their hearts settled down.

If they were given another chance to start over, even if they knew the identity of the Taoist priest, they would still kill the Taoist priest again.

Besides, don't they all say that gods are benevolent?

He definitely wouldn't care about mortals like them.

On Tuesday, when Mao thought of Chen Yuan leaving, he used a charm to cure the sick donkey, and his heart ached.

Calculated in this way, the Taoist priest bought himself a donkey with more than one tael of gold, which can be said to be just the right price.

But for a person like him, the right price meant that he didn't make much money, which made his life worse than death.

Seeing Chen Yuan leave, Fang Jinxin also turned around and disappeared into the crowd, following the direction Chen Yuan left to catch up with.

……

On the official road to Jianghuai City, people come and go.

A Taoist priest riding a donkey and a swordsman walking on the road were not very conspicuous.

"Master Daoist, you know the magic of turning stone into gold, why did you take advantage of those two greedy villains and petty officials? I'm afraid there is something hidden in it that I don't know about?"

Fang Jinxin walked on his legs, followed by Chen Yuan who was riding a donkey, he asked Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan glanced at it with a smile, and after he left, Fang Jinxin who followed him said:
"The gold of the poor is not easy to get. They have cheated so many people's money, and they should learn some lessons."

(End of this chapter)