#人世之故事#@人世的故事文/Title: Little Donkey During the Qing Dynasty, there was a squire in Qinghe County, whose surname was Ji Chengde. His family made a living on rice for generations, accumulated a lot of wealth, and was regarded as a local wealthy family. One day, Ji Chengde, who had

During the Qing Dynasty, there was a squire in Qinghe County, whose surname was Ji and whose name was Chengde. His family had made a living from rice for generations and accumulated a lot of wealth, so he could be regarded as a local wealthy family.

One day, Ji Chengde, who had nothing to do, came to Juxian Tower alone and chose a private room. A squirrel fish , a pot of fine wine, pouring and drinking by yourself, coupled with the beautiful scenery outside the window, it is so pleasant.

A greeting interrupted Ji Chengde's rare leisure time. He turned around and saw that the person who was bowing to him was Jiang Fu. Ji Chengde, who was a little angry at first, immediately changed his face to a smile.

Jiang Fu, a person from the capital, arrived in the county more than a year ago with the newly appointed Magistrate Zhang. He said that he took a fancy to Qinghe County's convenient water and land transportation and planned to do some business in Qinghe County.

said he was doing something to make a living, but almost a year later, Jiang Fu was not seen doing anything. He just wandered around the county and visited mountains and rivers all day long. However, judging from the way he usually wears fine clothes, eats, drinks and has fun, and carries horses and sedans, he should be a master who is not short of money.

Moreover, Jiang Fu often visited the county government office. There were rumors that he was a distant cousin of the new county magistrate. Ji Chengde recognized this, because he had seen it with his own eyes more than once. The county magistrate personally sent Jiang Fu out of the county government office, and he was not treated like a squire like him.

Jiang Fu, who had said hello, was not polite and sat down opposite Ji Chengde. He greeted the waiter and asked for more wine and food. Ji Chengde reacted and said that he had not taken good care of him. The meal was his own and immediately ordered the waiter. Serve the best wine and the best food.

The dishes were all put together, and the two of them pushed cups and changed cups. From rice to business, from business to walking horses, and from walking horses to money houses, as the saying goes, when you meet a close friend, a thousand cups of wine will cost less., today, Ji Chengde is considered a Found a soulmate.

Just when Ji Chengde was bragging endlessly about how he solved the thieves who robbed the road when he was young. Jiang Fu, whose face was flushed, suddenly made a silent gesture towards Ji Chengde.

Ji Chengde looked at Jiang Fu with some confusion, and saw that Jiang Fu's eyes were slightly closed, and his rosacea-like nose was twitching constantly, as if he was sensing some special smell.

As his nose twitched, Jiang Fu slowly stood up, closed his eyes, and walked around the private room, as if looking for the source of the smell.

After a cup of tea, Jiang Fu stopped behind Ji Chengde and asked Ji Chengde if he had anything with him that could emit a special fragrance.

Ji Chengde was surprised by Jiang Fu's sensitive sense of smell. He did wear a personal sachet on his body.

As for the origin of this sachet, it is a bit ridiculous to say that Ji Chengde, a wealthy man, actually accepted a gift from a beggar.

There was a beggar in the county. He came to the county three years ago. No one knew his name. He just used to tell stories about the Three Kingdoms under the Drum Tower in his spare time. He also compared himself to Zhou Yu. Everyone in the county called him Its Beggar Week.

Over the years, beggar Zhou has often received favors from Ji Chengde. During the New Year and holidays, Ji Chengde would reward some lucky money at the beginning and end of the year. Every time he begged for a reward, beggar Zhou always said that he would repay Master Ji.

Ji Chengde didn't take it seriously. In other words, what could such a poor beggar do to repay him?

Last year The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival , Beggar Zhou pulled Ji Chengde to a remote alley, just when Ji Chengde thought that Beggar Zhou was here again to ask for rewards.

Beggar Zhou pretended to be mysterious and took out a dirty small cloth bag from his clothes. After opening it carefully, a gray-black waxy object appeared in front of his eyes.

I have a lot of good stuff. I just want to honor you. I won’t say enough.

On the way back, Ji Chengde played with the gray-black waxy substance in his hand. He thought about the beggar Zhou's serious face and said something that was not enough, so he couldn't help but shook his head. What good thing could this be?

However, when this thing was placed under the nose, it did have a faint fragrance, and Ji Chengde really liked this fragrance that penetrated the heart and brain. At that moment, he arranged for the embroiderer to make a sachet and wear it close to his body.

Since Jiang Fu had smelled the smell, Ji Chengde did not hide it. He took out the sachet and handed it to Jiang Fu. He said mockingly, "Brother Jiang, don't be ridiculous. This thing was given by a beggar." , Brother, I also found the aroma refreshing and refreshing, so I stayed with it.

When he heard that this thing was a gift from a beggar, an imperceptible smile flashed across Jiang Fu's face, and he immediately asked to see the beggar.

Ji Chengde has been in the business world for many years, and among other things, he is very good at observing words and expressions. From the flash of light in Jiang Fu's eyes just now when he saw the gray-black waxy substance in the sachet, Ji Chengde could tell that he was unaware of this. The famous little black waxy substance is not simple.

As a veteran of shopping malls for many years, Ji Chengde always adheres to maximizing interests. His first reaction is not to let Jiang Fu and beggar Zhou meet.

At present, Jiang Fu was sent away on the grounds that Beggar Zhou was not in the county recently. However, he still promised that whenever he saw Beggar Zhou, he would definitely bring him to meet Jiang Fu.

Jiang Fu seemed a little disappointed when he heard that he could not see Beggar Zhou for the time being, and Ji Chengde's mind was filled with the gray-black waxy substance. For a moment, the wine party, which was originally a lively conversation, suddenly became a bit boring. The two of them ate and drank with their heads down and ended the wine party hastily.

After returning home, Ji Chengde couldn't wait to ask the housekeeper to prepare wine and food, and sent someone to invite the beggar Zhou to his house.

Facing the table of delicacies in front of him, Beggar Zhou insisted that once I am a beggar, others will have nothing to gain from it, so I will just eat all the food.

Looking at the beggar Zhou who was full of wine and food, he burped and inhaled a glass of wine with a satisfied look on his face.

Ji Chengde sat down next to the beggar Zhou with a smile on his face, and began to inquire about the origin of the gray-black waxy substance.

Beggar Zhou became interested after hearing this. He took another sip of wine, smacked his teeth and told the whole story of the thing without reservation.

Three years ago, Beggar Zhou fled from other places and came to Qinghe County. He felt that the people here were simple and philanthropic, and it was a good place, so he made up his mind to live here.

For beggars, for food, clothing, housing and transportation, the first two depend on everyone, and the latter two can only rely on themselves. It is easy to live in, but a little more difficult to live in.

Today under the roof of the master's house, tomorrow in the melon shed of the west's house, it is not a long-term solution. No one is willing to let a beggar live for a long time.

Later, Beggar Zhou found a place to live on Wulong Mountain on the outskirts of Qinghe County. The place was a dilapidated temple that looked a bit old.

The locals also know that there is a ruined temple there, but they are reluctant to go there because no one knows what kind of gods the temple worships.

It is said that there was still a scene there. Ten years ago, there was a group of boatmen, about ten people. In order to save some money, he settled in the ruined temple.

Not even a year later, on a heavy rainy night, with a thunderous thunder, the ruined temple collapsed. Three days later, the boss of the boat gang found the ruined temple, and people learned that those ten people had disappeared mysteriously on that rainy night.

In the entire ruined temple, not to mention the human figure, not even a trace of someone's life was left behind. The dozen or so boatmen seemed to have disappeared from the world.

This incident alarmed the prefect at that time, but the officials came and went several times, but they couldn't explain the reason, so in the end it was settled.

Rumor has it that this ruined temple was once dedicated to an evil god, and that day the evil god took over those boatmen.

Speaking of this, the beggar Zhou Buwang asked Ji Chengde if he believed in the legend of this evil god, and expressed his firm disbelief.

What Beggar Zhou said made Ji Chengde angry and funny. Whether this evil god is not an evil god has nothing to do with me. Besides, there really must be an evil god. You, Beggar Zhou, have lived there for three years and I haven’t seen you lose your roots. hair.

At the moment, Ji Chengde wanted to bring the topic of Beggar Zhou to the main topic, but Beggar Zhou didn't seem to understand what he meant.With a mysterious smile on

's face, he grabbed the wine bottle and took a sip. He leaned into Ji Chengde's ear and asked softly, "Do you know what those dozen boatmen do?"

Isn’t this nonsense? He was already said to be a boatman, what could he be? What does this have to do with what I asked!

As a beggar, of course he has some ability to observe people's behavior. Seeing that Ji Chengde, a man who lives and feeds people, has a look of warmth and anger on his face, he stopped beating around the bush.

shook his head and made a digging motion towards Ji Chengde.

Are those ten boatmen farming? No, this has nothing to do with what I asked!

Seeing beggar Zhou looking at him with a smile, a thought flashed through Ji Chengde's mind, ruined temple, boatman, farming, that's not right!

Tufuzi!

Those boatmen are not boatmen, they are local masters!

It turns out that just six months ago, Qinghe County encountered a rare heavy rain in ten years. During the heavy rain, the foundation of the ruined temple that had collapsed sank.

That night, beggar Zhou escaped from danger because he was drunk and slept under the roof of Li Wu's house. After the rain, the beggar Zhou returned to the dilapidated temple to pack his things. He discovered a bottomless hole in the backyard of the dilapidated temple.

Beggar Zhou, who was thinking about getting some windfall, lit the torch and went down to the entrance of the cave. Inside the cave was a tomb.

The coffins pushed aside casually and the scattered excavation tools in the tomb made Ji Chengde believe what Beggar Zhou said.

At this moment, Beggar Zhou pointed out the location where he got the gray-black waxy object, which was in the northeast corner of the tomb. It seems that those ignorant locals left the lump of wax here.

That night, Ji Chengde, who returned home from the ruined temple, stared at the gray-black waxy substance in front of him that cost ten taels of silver and weighed almost twenty kilograms. He was so excited that he didn't sleep a wink all night.

Before dawn the next day, he sent his servants out to invite experts from all walks of life to help find out what the gray-black waxy thing in their hands was.

Half a month passed in a flash, and there were many merchants and scholars coming in and out, but they just couldn't figure out what the gray-black waxy thing lying on the ground in front of them exuded a faint fragrance was. Ji Chengde's mood gradually fell to the bottom.

Ji Chengde, who has been in business for many years, knows very well that shopping malls are like battlefields. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Only by knowing the value of the things in your hand can you have the capital to bargain with Jiang Fu.

But now he couldn't even touch the door of this thing. In desperation, Ji Chengde wrapped the gray-black waxy thing in a red cloth, held it in his arms and went out, running to Jiang Fu's mansion. .

The moment the announcement wrapped in black wax was opened, Ji Chengde clearly saw a glint of excitement flashing through Jiang Fu's eyes.

Ji Chengde, who was confident in his mind, began to ask about the origin of the comparison objects. Jiang Fu did not hide it and told the origins of the comparison objects one by one.

This gray-black waxy substance is an extremely rare spice in the Western Regions. Because it is rare and is a product of the Western Regions, very few people in the Central Plains know about it.

This thing also has a special purpose. After a hundred years, people can use this thing to mix some special medicinal materials to ensure that the body will not rot for thousands of years.

After saying that, Jiang Fu directly stated that he was willing to pay one thousand taels of silver to receive this thing. Twelve taels of silver had increased a hundred times in a short period of time. Normally, Ji Chengde would have made the decision long ago.

But today, Ji Chengde saw a desire in Jiang Fu's excited eyes when he saw this thing. At the moment, adhering to the attitude that bargaining is essential when doing business, Ji Chengde told Jiang Fu that I also like this thing.

Before he finished speaking, he heard a plop, and Jiang Fu knelt down in front of Ji Chengde. There was gold under the man's knees. Before Ji Chengde could react to the sudden change, Jiang Fu started crying with snot and tears. Will come.

According to Jiang Fu's words, his father loved comparisons and spent his whole life looking for comparisons. Looking at him, his old father was nearly 70 years old. If he couldn't find them again, he would be filled with hatred.

Ji Chengde was extremely excited when he walked out of Jiang Fu's mansion. He exchanged ten taels for two thousand taels. This can be regarded as the most successful business he has done in these years.

But not even half a month had passed since he was so happy. The visit of a mysterious businessman made Ji Chengde's mood instantly fall to the bottom.

On this day, Ji Chengde, who was in a good mood, set up a pergola in the garden, set up a tea table, went to the melon and fruit tea shop, lay on the rocking chair, hummed a tune, and enjoyed his leisure time.

The butler came to report that a wealthy businessman from the capital asked to meet him. After hearing the name reported by the butler, Ji Chengde racked his brains and could not figure out that he knew such a person.

However, Ji Chengde became interested when he heard that someone had asked the butler to inform him that he had important business matters to discuss with him. Jia Mingzheng, a wealthy businessman in the capital, claims to be looking for rare treasures among the people for dignitaries in the capital.

Such a person suddenly visited, making Ji Chengde a little at a loss. He immediately ordered the butler to prepare food and drinks, but unexpectedly, this kind intention was blocked by Jia Zheng.

was not polite. In a few words, Jia Zheng explained his purpose. Recently, Jia Zheng heard that Ji Chengde had shipped a batch of ambergris . If Ji Chengde still had the goods, he was willing to buy it for 500 taels of silver. All the inventory in Ji Chengde's hands.

500 Two one two!

When Ji Chengde heard the price, his feet softened. He felt stars rising in front of his eyes and almost lost his breath.

was frightened, but his mind started to work rapidly, 500 taels and one tael, that is to say, the twenty kilogram thing he bought for Jiang Fu a few days ago was worth almost 200,000 taels of silver, which he had earned in half his life. Less than.

At this moment, Ji Chengde finally understood the reason why he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and almost gave himself a big mouth on the spot.

Seeing that Ji Chengde did not respond, probably because he was afraid that Ji Chengde would be worried, Jia Zheng took out a piece of ten thousand taels of silver on the spot, saying it was as a deposit, and asked Ji Chengde to tell him the actual number of goods he wanted, and then set a date. Deliverable.

Ji Chengde was also considered a veteran. He pushed back the banknote , saying that the goods were on the way, and responded to Jia Zheng within two days.

Jia Zheng didn't say much. He left his address and said he had something to do. He said goodbye and left Ji's house. Looking at Jia Zheng's leaving figure, the sum of his money was as generous as 10,000 taels of silver notes, which kept tumbling in Ji Chengde's mind for a long time.

Immediately, he ordered the butler to prepare good wine and food. He would invite distinguished guests at night.

The distinguished guest was Jiang Fu. After changing glasses and drinking wine for three rounds, Jiang Fu also noticed that during the entire banquet tonight, Ji Chengde was not in his best state this time. After

asked, Ji Chengde vaguely stated the purpose of tonight. When he heard that Ji Chengde wanted the gray-black waxy thing back, Jiang Fu turned his face on the spot.

This person is humane and the businessman has business ethics. How can a married girl want to come back, and the goods sold are said not to be sold. The most important thing in doing business is integrity.

Ji Chengde also knew that he was in the wrong, and let Jiang Fu scold him with a shy face. He saw Jiang Fu gradually stop.

Ji Chengdecai whispered, "If you are honest, why didn't Mr. Jiang tell me that the thing was ambergris?"

may put it lightly, but its flavor is worthy of consideration. You, Jiang Fu, said that the goods I wanted to sell back were not in good faith. Then you knew that the thing was ambergris and deliberately concealed it.

Ji Chengde's army was so stunned that Jiang Fu choked back his words.

After a while, Jiang Fu said coldly, "Ten thousand taels of gold, no two prices."

Ji Chengde readily agreed, leaving Jiang Fu stunned on the spot. Perhaps he did not expect that Ji Chengde was willing to pay such a high price to buy back the ambergris.

was stunned for a long time, and Jiang Fu said that this thing was a joint venture between him and Mr. Zhao Guangchang, and he had to go back and inform Mr. Zhao.

Ji Chengde knew Zhao Guangchang, and he was also a squire in Qinghe County. The house where Jiang Fu lived was Zhao Guangchang's house.

In order to prevent changes, Ji Chengde followed Jiang Fu and rushed to Zhao Guangchang's residence overnight. In order to prevent Zhao Guangchang from returning because of himself, Ji Chengde did not follow Jiang Fu into Zhao's house.

After almost half an hour, Jiang Fu came out of Zhao Guangchang's house, sighed deeply, nodded to Ji Chengde and agreed to the business.

Ten thousand taels of gold is not a small amount. Ji Chengde asked Jiang Fu for half a month to collect the gold, and agreed to trade in half a month.

After sending Jiang Fu away, Ji Chengde rushed to the inn where Jia Zheng was staying overnight and promised to deliver the goods in half a month. Jia Zheng proposed that he would go home to deal with important matters and leave all matters to the housekeeper, who would inspect the goods on the day of the transaction.

Seeing Jia Zheng take out the deposit again, Ji Chengde said that he could trust Jia Zheng and pushed the deposit back.

On the day of the transaction, Ji Chengde arrived at Jiang Fu's house early with a full box of gold. Jiang Fu and Zhao Guangchang also waited outside the door early, but Jia Zheng's housekeeper was still missing.

The three of them were polite and then got down to business. After Jiang Fu inspected the gold, he handed a Huanghuali box containing ambergris to Ji Chengde's hands. He turned around and ordered his servants to carry the box into the warehouse. middle.

But even after waiting for a while, Jia Zheng's housekeeper came to inspect the goods, so he sent someone to invite him. The report said that the housekeeper was temporarily busy and asked all the gentlemen to wait.

The housekeeper didn't wait, but the county government servant came and said that the county magistrate had something urgent to discuss with Jiang Fu.

Jiang Fu stood up to say goodbye. Ji Chengde, who was immersed in joy, didn't think much about it. The partner Ambergris was there, Zhao Guangchang was there, and the warehouse was there, and he was worried that Jiang Fu might escape.

Seeing that it was getting late but the housekeeper was still missing, Ji Chengde sent someone to look for him again. The man left for an hour and reported that the housekeeper had an important guest who could not come over until dinner.

The wait lasted until midnight, and then someone was sent to look for the housekeeper. Seeing the housekeeper missing, Ji Chengde felt something was wrong when he heard that the housekeeper was missing.

took Zhao Guangchang to the county government office. When he asked the concierge, he learned that Jiang Fu only stayed at the county government office for half an hour and then left.

Standing in front of the warehouse of Jiang Fu's house, Ji Chengde was already covered in cold sweat. When the copper lock was knocked open and the empty warehouse in front of him made Ji Chengde instantly fall to the ground.

After a long while, Ji Cheng came to his senses and took Zhao Guangchang away to the county government office.

It happened to be a coincidence that on that day, the magistrate happened to be accompanying a big shot from the capital to stay at the county government office. In the middle of the night, the loud grievance drum interrupted the magistrate's elegance.

In court, Ji Chengde pointed out that Zhao Guangchang, who looked confused, conspired with Jiang Fu to defraud him of his money.

But Zhao Guangchang also complained repeatedly. He was interested in the close relationship between Jiang Fu and the county magistrate, and rented the house to Jiang Fu at a low price.

Jiang Fu claimed that he had discussed with him the night when Ji Chengde bought back the ambergris. When Jiang Fu entered the house, he just rambled on and left. He had never done any business with Jiang Fu at all. And participating in the transaction today was entirely due to Jiang Fu's invitation.

The most unjust person in this matter belongs to the county magistrate. This nonsense is actually related to him. In fact, he didn't know Jiang Fu.

only because he loves antiques, calligraphy and painting, and Jiang Fu happens to be proficient in Bi Dao, so he has frequent contacts. The reason why I sent someone to call Jiang Fu away today was entirely because a few days ago, the county magistrate collected a painting, set a time, and asked Jiang Fu to palm his eyes. He waited and waited for Jiang Fu to come, so he sent someone to look for him. Jiang Fu.

This matter was so serious that Ji Chengde said he was deceived.

Just when everyone was wondering what to do, someone walked out of the inner hall. The prefect and the county magistrate hurriedly came forward to salute. The person who came was none other than Song Chengfeng, the famous head catcher in the capital.

Jiang Fu's housekeeper and servants were brought to the county government office. After questioning, they found that these people were hired by Jiang Fu in Jiangnan more than a year ago. It has been more than a year and they still haven't received their wages.

The yamen servant who went to Jiang Fu's house to check the warehouse reported that there was a secret passage in the warehouse that led directly to the Xiliang River behind the house.

I was about to go find Jia Zheng and the steward's yamen to report back. The innkeeper told me that they had something urgent to do and left the city overnight.

Song Captou frowned slightly, thought for a while, and ordered five or six government servants, apart from everyone else, seven fast horses. Taking advantage of the night, he left the Yamen and ran out of the official road of the city.

Three days later, Jiang Fu, Jia Zheng, the housekeeper, and the unexpected beggar Zhou knelt in the county government hall in shackles. As everyone explained, a scam that had lasted for ten years gradually unfolded. Surface.

More than ten years ago, the boatman who lived in the ruined temple was Jiang Fu and others. Their purpose was to build the fake tomb.

After seven years of preparation, they allowed Beggar Zhou to come to Qinghe County with only one purpose, to fully understand the local situation and find candidates.

has a certain selection of people, and their people will arrive one after another. Among them, there is no need to go into details about how to deceive.

Jiang Fu and others left the warehouse entrance by the Xiliang River in order to create the illusion that they took the money and escaped from the shipping line.

Nazhi met Capt. Song, guessed their intention, and stopped everyone on the official road. If it weren't for Capt. Song, Jiang Fu and his group would have disappeared long ago.

You want to say that this group of people planned for ten years just for Ji Chengde's song? Then you are wrong. They have set up dozens of people like this. They are like snakes in the dark, crawling quietly, spitting out red letters, making no sound, just waiting for the final blow.

Conclusion

Since ancient times, there has been a group of people who enjoy leisure and work, relying on deceit and abduction tricks to defraud money, and also summed up: wind, horse, swallow, bird, porcelain, gold, comment, leather, color, hanging, known as Top 10 scams. Many of these ancient deceptions such as

are still used today. With the rapid development and popularization of the Internet, these deceptions have been continuously optimized and upgraded. They can be said to be full of tricks and difficult to detect.

Here, the little donkey once again advises everyone that there is no free lunch in the world, and there will be no pie in the sky. Only through continuous efforts can you get everything you want, and only the wealth that can be truly gained through your own hands , is the real property.

would also like to warn those who want to get money through these shameless tricks. However, there will be retribution in the end. It’s not that they won’t be repaid, it’s just that the time has not yet come! ! !

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