The main Bo surname of Honglu Temple is Chen Mingshuo, because he is a child of the family, and he is young and promising, and has a great future.

Seeing Chen Shuo come over suddenly, Wang Lin, who had already packed up his things and was about to go to the inner room to squint for a while, immediately became energetic again, changed his face to a smiling face, and bent over to greet Chen Shuo respectfully.

"I've seen Lord Chen, Lord Bo, you're here, but you still haven't ...... today Uh......"

Wang Lin paused directly without speaking, because he had been keeping his head down, and when he walked to Chen Shuo's approach, his eyes directly saw the small piece of rotten melon that was being held in Chen Shuo's hand at the moment.

It was a familiar feeling, seeing the arc-shaped green skin wrapped around the bright red melon pulp, Wang Lin's heart twitched, why did this look so much like the object that Xiao Tong's entourage was holding in his arms?

How did it end up in Chen Zhubo's hands? And looking at Master Chen's thin appearance, he seems to attach great importance to it, otherwise he wouldn't have held it in his hand like a treasure that was obviously stained with dust.

That bastard Taiyuan Mansion Yin, when did he hook up with Chen Zhubo?

I knew that you had this relationship, you just brought a piece of, and we could give it to you! You said that you are hiding it like this, aren't you a pit man?

"Alright, stop talking so much nonsense!" Chen Shuo obviously didn't have time to talk to Wang Linduo, and asked Wang Lin directly: "This kind of watermelon is a tribute from the local government?" Which state capital is it? Where are they now? ”

Hearing Chen Shuo's question, Wang Lin knew that he was afraid that he was thinking too much, if Chen Zhubo and Xiao Tong knew each other, how could they ask him these questions again? According to Master Chen's high-ranking status, if he wants to deal with him as an assistant, he only needs one sentence, and he will definitely not let go of his body and come to him in person.

"Wang Lin. What do you ask? Seeing that Wang Lin was distracted at this time, Chen Shuo couldn't help but feel a burst of anger, and sang directly to him: "Quickly answer this official, which state capital offered this watermelon as a tribute, and where are they now?!" ”

"Oh~oh!" Wang Lin came back to his senses suddenly, and hurriedly said, "Returning to Lord Bo's words." This watermelon was presented by Yin Xiaotong of Taiyuan Mansion...... Belch...... Watermelon?! Lord Bo, you said that the two round drum piers they brought were actually watermelons?! ”

"How is this possible, aren't watermelons only available in the Western Regions, how can they grow watermelons in Taiyuan?!"

After the shock, Wang Lin's face was suddenly overjoyed, and he directly reported to Chen Shuoyu: "Lord Bo, this Taiyuan Mansion Yin is really bold, he dares to take a specialty that is not a local product to Honglu Temple to deceive and abduct, it is simply lawless. Not severely punished is not enough to understand the law, and not severe punishment is not enough to show the majesty of my Honglu Temple......"

Deception has not happened in Honglu Temple, and when this kind of thing happened in the past, Honglu Temple's attitude is to get rid of officials and get rid of their duties to the end, and they are not merciful at all.

This time, Xiao Tong dared to risk the world's disapproval to commit a crime, which was simply seeking his own death, so now in Wang Lin's eyes, Xiao Tong, the Yin of Taiyuan Mansion. It's completely finished.

"You know a!"

Chen Shuo, who had always been polite and polite, suddenly burst into foul language, and at the same time, he flew directly and kicked Wang Lin to the side in anger.

"As a selection assistant of Honglu Temple. You don't even know watermelons, it's really a shame for me to lose the face of Honglu Temple! ”

"Look at your appearance, Taiyuan Mansion Yin was taken away by you, right? Not even such a good watermelon can't be selected, it's just blind to your dog's eye! ”

Chen Shuo suddenly became angry, which frightened Wang Lin and couldn't help but feel excited, this Chen Zhubo has always been kind and pleasant to everyone. I've come over a few times in a row in the past few days, every time it's a smiling face, and I've never seen him so angry with anyone, what's wrong with today, how to find unlucky things all for him to catch up?

"Lord Bo is angry. It's wrong for his subordinates to have a personal grudge against Taiyuan Mansion Yin, but he Xiao Tong dared to use watermelons to fool our Honglu Temple, isn't it even more evil, how can you ......? ”

Why did he turn his elbow outward, how could he Wang Lin say that he was also from Honglu Temple, and it didn't matter if this Chen master didn't look at his own people, but there was no need to help a foreign official who made a mistake to bully his own people, right?

Wang Lin was very unconvinced in his heart, and once again rummaged through Xiao Tong's mistakes, hoping to attract Chen Shuo's attention, and now the focus is not on his personal vendetta, but on Xiao Tong's violation of the taboo of Honglu Temple, okay?

"How do you know that there are no watermelons in Taiyuan?"

Wang Lin's careful thinking Chen Shuo could see it clearly, glanced at Wang Lin, Chen Shuo snorted coldly, "Do you know why these Japanese officials come here every day to inspect it?" To tell you the truth, what this official is waiting for is the watermelon of Taiyuan Mansion! ”

At the first glance of the rotten melon at the door, Chen Shuo was already seventy percent sure that the watermelon was from Taiyuan, and the reason why he came in to inquire about Wang Lin was just to finalize it.

I didn't expect this Wang Lin to be so blind-eyed, and others gave him credit for sending him to the door, he was good, not only was he grateful, but he directly blasted people out, which is simply unreasonable!

You don't want this credit, Honglu Temple still has a lot of people staring at it, you just drove people away so directly, didn't it also break the thoughts of the lords, Sicheng and even Yu Siqing?

That's a watermelon, a watermelon that even the emperor can't forget!

Since he got the news, Chen Shuo has been wandering around the vicinity of this yamen for several days on the order of Siqing, but he didn't expect to miss it in the end!

And all this is just because of Wang Lin's selfish grudge against a small official, who would have thought that Wang Lin would be so bold and dare to find a bad luck from Sanpin Mansion? Who would have thought that as the selection official of Honglu Temple, this Wang Lin would never even see a watermelon?

It's really not enough to succeed, more than enough to lose!

Now, Chen Shuo is too lazy to talk to Wang Lin anymore, even if he is the nephew of a certain big man in the court, this time he has committed such a big mistake and taboo, no one can protect him, and he should never see him again in this Honglu Temple in the future.

The top priority now is to find Xiao Tong as soon as possible and find those watermelons he brought, otherwise wait for two more days. When the batch of watermelons transported by Li Siwen arrives in Chang'an, there will be nothing to do with their Honglu Temple!

"How is this possible? Isn't it that Datang is not suitable for planting watermelons at all, Si Nongyuan has fiddled with it for more than ten years and has no results, how can Taiyuan grow watermelons? ”

Seeing Chen Shuo throw his sleeves and leave without looking back, Wang Lin's legs were weak and he sat directly on the ground.

Although Wang Lin has never seen a watermelon. But that doesn't stop him from knowing the importance of watermelon.

The watermelon in the territory was a thing that the emperor had always longed for but could not reach, but now, the opportunity to make a career that had been sent to the door slipped away from his fingers in a moment.

Finished!

Regardless of whether Chen Shuo can chase Xiao Tong and those watermelons back, his career in Wang Lin's life is over. After making such a big mistake, it is already doomed to be kicked out of Honglu Temple, whether it is Lord Bo or Lord Siqing, it is impossible to keep him in office.

"Smack!"

Wang Lin raised his hand and slapped himself hard. Regret not being at the beginning.

"Nope! I still have a chance! Wang Lin seemed to think of something, and a spirit jumped up directly from the ground, "If I can find Xiao Tong before Chen Zhubo and make up for it, this matter may have a turnaround!" ”

With a mouthful of words, Wang Lin rushed out of the gate like crazy.

On the other side, because it was inconvenient to stay at the inn with two carts of watermelons, Xiao Tong ordered someone to find a separate courtyard to rent temporarily.

Unload all the watermelons in the car and put them in the house. Looking at the stack of watermelons placed high in the room, Xiao Wan whispered to Xiao Tong for instructions: "My lord." ...... you see these watermelons? ”

"Take out a few to test the water first," Xiao Tong said lightly: "The asking price should be a little higher, don't be bought up as soon as you take it out." ”

Xiao Wan asked: "The price of the Tang Mansion in Taiyuan is fifty wen a catty, why don't we sell it for five hundred wen a catty?" With such a high price, there shouldn't be many people willing to eat it, right? ”

"Five hundred wen a pound?"

The corners of Xiao Tong's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at Xiao Wan with some surprise. I didn't expect this master to ask for such a ruthless price, so he directly raised the price tenfold.

"It's good!" Xiao Tong nodded and said: "Anyway, we are not here to do anything, no matter whether we can sell it or not, this price alone can make watermelons famous in Chang'an quickly." ”

Five hundred wen a catty, each of the watermelons they brought this time was at least twenty catties. If you calculate that one can be sold for ten dollars, and a watermelon for ten dollars a piece, there shouldn't be too many people who can afford it, right?

"So, the villain will take people away."

Chong Xiao walked with a salute, and Xiao Wan took people to pick two baskets of almost fifteen watermelons and went out.

"Alas!" Watching Xiao Wan and the others leave, Xiao Tong sat in the house and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that I, Xiao Tong, a dignified Taiyuan Mansion Yin, would have to be a small merchant and hawker one day......

Raised his hand and poured himself a bowl of hot tea, Xiao Tong sat there tastelessly and tastelessly, but before the tea was finished, there was a sound of the door opening outside, Xiao Tong looked up, but it was Xiao Wan who returned with someone again.

The basket is empty.

This is, what's going on? Didn't you encounter a robbery when you went out, otherwise why would the melon be gone?

Putting down the tea bowl, Xiao Tong stood up and walked out of the door, and asked Xiao Wan softly, "Why are you back again, melon?" ”

"Master, the people in Chang'an City are too rich, our asking price may be cheap." Xiao Wan said with a bitter face: "We just went out with watermelons, and we didn't even take a few steps before we met a boy, and we didn't even bargain before we directly gave all the two baskets of watermelons to Bao Yuan'er." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Wan took out a few gold bricks from his arms and said, "A total of eighty gold, a total of one hundred and sixty yuan, please take a look!" ”

Xiao Tong was directly dumbfounded, and stammered a little: "This ...... Is this sold? If this mansion remembers well, our two carts of watermelons only cost one hundred and fifty yuan when we bought them from the Tang Mansion, right? It's only two baskets to pay back, and I made ten more times? ”

Isn't that too lucrative?

At this moment, Xiao Tong even had the urge to resign to become a melon dealer. (To be continued......)