I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

The stone actually glows!

Although the light is very dim and not there in some places, it is indeed shining!

Aunt Fu's sleepiness disappeared instantly. She got up and looked around the stone. The more she looked at it, the happier she became.

"Master, this stone will shine!"

Fu Qingshi said proudly: "Yes, it will shine!"

"When I came back last night, I met an old man. He said that his ancestors were all from Chen County. The jade mountain surrounded by the imperial court is right next to their village, and they have a small road to get in."

"Now the government not only doesn't let people quarry in the mountains, but also doesn't let people sell stones in jade shops. If they see them, they will arrest them and interrogate them, so they don't dare to sell them openly."

"We thought it wouldn't cost any money to take a look, so we went."

Second Aunt Fu asked, "Have you all gone?"

Fu Qingshi shook his head, "Brother Qingqi and I each picked a piece."

At this point, he became proud again, "Brother Qingqi is not as efficient at work as I am, so he doesn't have enough money, so he can only choose the smaller one, which is not as big as mine. Hahaha, those people are also stupid, like this We also put out all the good stuff for sale, but only two of the stones in the pile could shine, and we picked them all away.”

"They must have never read Wen Yu's storybook!"

Second Aunt Fu suddenly realized, "Yes, Wen Yu's storybook said that when Li Lei saw the big stone for the first time, it was glowing, and no one who had the chance could see it."

She hurriedly walked to the box, found out the two Liuzhou tabloids she had bought for ten cents, and handed them to Fu Qingshi, "Master, take a look. Did they say they will glow?"

Fu Qingshi looked at it again and nodded to confirm, "Yes, it will shine!"

"So there is jade in the glowing stone. If our stone shines, there must be jade in it. I will borrow a chisel from someone tomorrow and chip away at this stone. Then we will be rich!"

Aunt Fu also nodded excitedly, "Yes, I'm getting rich!"

After saying this, Fu Qingshi yawned, "Let me take a rest first. After I bought this stone last night, I was afraid that someone would find it and take it away, so I wrapped it in a quilt and hugged it tightly. Until now, I have been Never slept a wink.”

"You clean up, don't tell dad yet."

Aunt Fu sighed and was about to pick up the quilt that Fu Qingshi had thrown down so that she could wash it in the river tomorrow. But when she walked to the quilt, she was stunned.

"Dang, the boss..."

Aunt Fu was frightened and said tremblingly: "How can this quilt, this shabby quilt also shine?! Master, come and take a look, the quilt will also shine!"

"What kind of quilt is not quilted?"

Fu Qingshi, who had just laid down, couldn't open his eyes and looked casually in the direction of the sound.

Then the next moment, his expression froze.

Because the quilt is really glowing!

And it's not that the whole quilt is glowing, but dots and only a few places are glowing. It's as if someone sprinkled something that glows on it and it emits light.

Realizing this, Fu Qingshi rushed to the quilt on the ground.

"How is that possible!"

"This is a quilt I took from home, how could it be glowing?!"

"I don't believe it, I..."

Before he finished speaking, his hand that touched the quilt seemed to be stuck to something. He raised it and saw that this time it was his hand that was glowing. No, it's not the hand that's glowing, but a piece of something stuck to the hand that's glowing!

Very faint, but there was light.

Especially now in the middle of the night, this light is extremely obvious.

This scene was just like the night a day ago, when he and Fu Qingqi were led to a dark room through twists and turns, where they saw two luminous stones.

Scammed!

After realizing this, Fu Qingshi's feet softened and he said sternly: "Quick, bring the lamp! No, no, no, light the torch, light the torch candle, look at the stones, look at the stones!"

On this day, Fu Wenyu went to bed very early.

But when he was sleeping deeply, two shrill screams suddenly sounded not far away, followed by curses and cries, and a dull sound of "dong dong dong", which made him wake up from his sleep. Awakened with a start.

What happened?

Why does it seem like it happened next door?

After realizing this, Fu Wenyu immediately sat up, got dressed and walked out.

In the courtyard, Zhou and Fu Rong also got up.

Mrs. Zhou frowned, "It seems to be your second aunt's voice, and your second uncle. I'm afraid he's back from Chen County."

Fu Rong also rubbed her eyes and nodded, "It's the second aunt."

Fu Wenyu also noticed it, and he faintly heard the voices of Fu Dashi and Chunhua, so he said: "Mom, you and your sister should stay at home. It's so late. I'll go over and take a look."

"If you need any help, I'll come back and call you."

After thinking about it, Mrs. Zhou thought it would be okay and said, "Then go and take a look. If something happens to your grandfather and Chunhua, you can come and call us. But if it is just your second uncle and second aunt who are quarreling, you should ignore it."

"It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs."

Fu Wenyu responded and hurried out.

The newly built house of the Fu family is not far from the old house. Fu Wenyu walked out of the door and walked a few steps to get there. In addition to their two families, there are several other families around. There were noises coming from those families, and they were obviously woken up. Several people also came out to look around with clothes on like Fu Wenyu.

"What happened?"

"It seems to be the Qingshi family, crying so loudly."

"... quarreled?"

Fu Wenyu did not talk to them, but walked to the door of the old house and knocked on the door, "Grandfather, Grandfather, are you there?"

Not long after, amid the crying of Aunt Fu and the cursing of Fu Qingshi, Fu Dashi's dull voice came out, "It's Wenyu, Chunhua go open the door for Wenyu."

The door was quickly opened, revealing Chunhua's frightened face with tears.

"Brother Wenyu."

"My, my father was deceived..."

Fu Qingshi was deceived?

But he should have just come back. In the afternoon, he met Fu Dashi by chance, and heard him worryingly say that he didn't know when Fu Qingshi would come back and whether he could catch up with the spring plowing.

Could he have been cheated in Chen County?

Fu Wenyu's mind was full of thoughts, but it didn't prevent him from saying to Chunhua: "Chunhua, go find Rong'er, my mother is still at home. Let us adults deal with your father's fraud."

Chunhua hesitated, "But, but..."

Fu Wenyu pushed her, "Go, my grandfather and I are here."

Based on what he heard standing at the door now, there were curses and crying, occasionally mixed with Fu Dashi's scolding, and Fu Qingshi's anger, wanting to find someone to fight with... Obviously, such an environment is not suitable for a twelve-year-old girl.

Chunhua gritted her teeth, wiped her tears, and obediently went to Fu's house.

Fu Wenyu saw her raise her hand to knock on the door, and then walked in.

"Grandfather, what happened?"

Fu Dashi saw him coming in and sighed, "Your second uncle was cheated. He spent five taels of silver to buy a big stone in Chen County and took great pains to carry it back, but the stone was fake."

How can a stone be fake?

Fu Wenyu looked at the ground and saw a black stone that was broken into two halves next to a burning torch. I don't know if it is black or because of the environment, but it is green in the black. And I don't know if it is his illusion, this stone seems to glow, but it is very weak.

At this time, Fu Qingshi, who was squatting with his head in his arms, and Aunt Fu, who was crying and wailing, also noticed Fu Wenyu's arrival.

Fu Qingshi looked over with a very complicated expression, as if he was seen by his enemy in a miserable state. He was ashamed and angry, and his face was very ugly. Aunt Fu's eyes lit up, as if she saw a life-saving straw, and she stood up and rushed over.

"Wenyu——"

"Wenyu, tell me, tell me if there is jade in the glowing stone, is there jade, there must be jade, right?!"

Fu Wenyu dodged sideways, and then asked in surprise: "Who said there is jade in the glowing stone?"

Aunt Fu grabbed his sleeve eagerly, "You, you said it!"

"That, that storybook, tabloid, yes, yes, it's the storybook in the tabloid. Didn't you write it on it, that Li Lei saw a glowing stone after waking up."

"After cutting it open, it was found that it was all jade!"

Fu Wenyu: "......?"

He found it a little difficult to understand, so he asked carefully.

After a while, he finally understood the cause and effect of the matter through the intermittent narration of Fu Qingshi and Aunt Fu. He was at a loss for words.

Just because the storybook said that Li Lei cut out jade from the glowing stone, Fu Qingshi emptied his wallet and bought it without thinking after seeing a glowing stone, and even carried it all the way back.

But Li Lei had the chance given by the immortal.

Did Fu Qingshi have it?

So Fu Wenyu said seriously: "Second Aunt, the storybooks are all fake."

"And in the storybooks, only Li Lei can see the light on the stone. No one else, whether it is the old housekeeper, his servant Jixiang, or his father, Mr. Li, can see it."

"But the stone bought by Second Uncle, not only he saw the light, Second Aunt, you also saw it. And grandfather, and I all saw it. So many people saw it, so is the person who sold the stone blind and can't see it?"

"You have already smashed the stone, so did you see the jade?"

If you didn't see the jade, it would be obvious that you were cheated.

Second Aunt Fu's expression froze, and suddenly she howled, "God damn it, five taels of silver, my five taels of silver——"

Because she thought about the poor family and the rich road, she gave the head of the family two taels of silver before leaving. And the head of the family suffered so much in Chen County, and the whole person was dark and thin, and he finally saved up five taels. But now the five taels of silver are gone, all gone. When she thought of this, her heart was broken.

Fu Qingshi stood up suddenly and gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go and argue with them!"

"Come back!" Fu Dashi shouted, his face livid, "You still want to argue with them?!"

"As soon as you leave, those scammers will definitely run away. Who can you argue with? And even if you find them, what's the use? Chen County is their territory. You'll be buried in the mountains as soon as you get there!"

"Don't go. Don't come back after you leave this door!"

Fu Qingshi's eyes were red.

Seeing such a scene, Fu Wenyu walked over silently, then picked up the torch and looked down at the stone that Fu Qingshi had carried back all the way.

It is completely dark, but there are some mottled spots on the surface. Judging from the marks, it must have been hit with something just now. Around these wounds and other parts of the stone, there are things that fluoresce in the dark. The reason why it was said to be sticky was because he scraped hard with his nails, and a layer of fine black powder fell off.

Fu Wenyu: "..."

A stained stone!

It's this black material on the surface that makes the stone look like it's glowing.

He didn't dare to taste it, so he picked up the black substance on his hand and smelled it, and then he smelled a faint smell of grass or herbs. And when he crushed it with his hands, he found that while the black substance was sticky, it still had a granular texture like fine sand. When he put his hand in the dark and looked carefully, he found that it was actually the 'fine sand' that was glowing.

Based on the knowledge from his previous life, he felt that this layer was probably made by crushing something similar to fluorescent stone, and then mixing it with some herbs, glue, etc. and pasted it on the stone.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have stayed in the quilt for a while, been rubbed repeatedly and got stained on the quilt, so Aunt Fu would have discovered the clues. And judging from the gap that was broken in half, this stone is just a common pebble, nothing special.

After realizing this, Fu Wenyu stood up.

"Grandpa, second uncle, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

"Didn't Second Uncle just say that Uncle Qingqi also bought stones? Let's ask again after daybreak to see if anyone who came back this time besides them was deceived."

"Then decide what to do."

After returning, Fu Rong and Chunhua were already asleep.

Mrs. Zhou was waiting in the room wearing thick clothes, holding a cup of steaming tea in her hand. After Fu Wenyu entered the door, he sat down opposite her and briefly explained the matter.

Zhou was surprised: "Your second uncle is so stupid?"

Fu Wenyu smiled bitterly, "Yes, this is just a very simple trick. The second uncle is really too eager to make a fortune. Although the money he earned in Chen County this time was more than what he earned before working in the city, he still Not satisfied.”

Zhou sneered and shook his head, "It's really greedy." Regardless of the previous separation of the family or this incident, Fu Qingshi still couldn't change his nature.

"Yes, it's all caused by greed."

Fu Wenyu also sighed with emotion, and then said: "Mom, when I came back just now, I thought about it carefully and thought that I might have to go to Chen County to report this matter, or at least report it to the official."

He was worried that his mother would not understand well, thinking that he did not want to avoid it after suffering a loss, but also wanted to help the second family and his family, so he explained in detail: "After Chen County discovered Yushan this time, the local government responded quickly. They first surrounded Yushan to prevent people from entering it." In and out, we hired people to quarry the stones and ordered not to sell the stones privately. Although quarrying is very hard, there are still many people who are willing to pay a high salary of 50 yuan a day. "

"But in this case, I am afraid that after the quarried jade is sold, most of the money will have to be used to pay the quarry workers. I am afraid that the amount that can be held in the hands of the government is not as much as imagined."

Fu Wenyu smiled and did not hide his thoughts in front of his mother, "If my second uncle and the others were deceived by other scams, then I would ignore it. But they were deceived by the glowing stone. I am worried that if this scam is not exposed, , I’m afraid more people will be deceived later.”

Zhou nodded slowly, "That's the truth."

Fu Wenyu said: "So I thought that the magistrate of Chen County is a capable person. If we tell him about this matter, we should be able to prevent the matter from expanding and prevent more people from being deceived. Lest they cheat and deceive the people." The big thing happened, but it affected me. After all, the people who can be fooled by the "glowing stone is jade" trick must have read or listened to my words."

Privately, he didn't want to take care of his second wife. After all, he was only defrauded of five taels, and they would be able to recover this amount of money by the end of the year. It can't be said to be a strain on one's muscles and bones, just take it as a lesson.

But it happened to be a ‘glowing stone’.

In other words, they are deceiving their own readers!

That's what he cares about.

After hearing her son's explanation, Mrs. Zhou frowned, "There are many people who have been deceived, and they can't find anyone. I'm afraid someone will really complain about you."

Zhou's expression became serious, "Wen Yu, don't worry, you have a mother at home. But you don't want to go alone. I think Wen Shu and Wen He are good children. You can ask them to go with you." "

Of course, Fu Wenyu would not be stupid enough to go alone. He nodded and said, "Mom, I understand. Let's wait until tomorrow to see how many people have been deceived, and then let the clan leader make arrangements."

In this era, when traveling far away, you need to see a road guide. The road guide is similar to the letter of introduction in a certain period of time in later generations. If there is no road guide, you will be judged as a refugee by the government. Refugees are not stable and are prone to trouble, and many of them have murder cases in their hands. Therefore, they are often arrested by the government as soon as they show up, and the consequences are not good. Of course, if you have already obtained a meritorious status, you don't need a guide. People with a meritorious status can go anywhere.

In the second half of the night, Fu Wenyu didn't sleep well because he was thinking about how to deal with this matter.

To make matters worse, at dawn, the village remembered two more cries of grief and indignation. One sounded farther away, while the other sounded closer.

It looks like two more people have discovered they've been scammed.