In mid-June, the wind was beautiful and the weather was clear.

There is a scholar named Ben Weicheng in the capital who is about to return to his hometown.

Before leaving, he was going to exchange the silver money in hand for better gold, the amount was about ten taels, and he was going to go back and leave it to his wife and concubine after exchanging it.

A fellow villager surnamed Deng dissuaded: "People who exchange gold in the capital are often deceived by swindlers who use fake gold made of copper. It's not that you don't know, and besides, you're not in a hurry to get the gold, so why do you have to change it in this place? ”

Ben Weicheng shook his head and said: "I know, but only the capital has good gold, besides, those who are deceived are stupid, I am different from them, if any liar can deceive me, I will also obey his good means." ”

After that, Ben Weicheng patted Student Deng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry." ”

Three days later, Ben Weicheng exchanged more than ten taels of gold, all of which were traded according to the fineness of the gold, and they were all fine gold.

Later, a young man came and exchanged a gold ingot for twelve taels, and said, "I heard that you are going to exchange it for gold, and I happen to have it." ”

Ben Weicheng took it and saw that it was almost full of gold, and he was overjoyed, and asked the young man, "How do you change the method?" ”

The young man whispered, "This is a township official who exchanged his life for a one-to-five ratio." ”

Ben Weicheng handed it to the student Deng next to him, and said to the student Deng: "This kind of gold is also okay at a ratio of one to six, and if it is exchanged at a price of one to five, the price is quite fair." If it weren't clean, I'm afraid there would be no cheap loophole. ”

Student Deng looked at it carefully, although he still had some doubts in his heart, but when he saw Ben Weicheng's excitement and the joy that he couldn't hide in his eyes, he said, "It's really good." You can weigh the gold in front of your face and put it away, and don't let the young man pass it, and then give him sixty taels of silver at the rate of one to five. ”

Ben Weicheng felt that Student Deng was reasonable, and nodded approvingly.

He did as Deng said, and first collected the gold, and then gave him the silver.

The young man saw that he had no chance to do so, so he took the money and returned home.

He sat down at the table with an irritated expression and drank two large bowls of tea.

His father also came in at this time, and when he saw his father, he reported: "Those two students are very cautious, so wary that the son of fake gold cannot make a move." ”

After his father heard this, he couldn't wait to slap him twice, stomped on his feet and said: "The whole family depends on this for a living, and now you have sent all the capital to others, how can people live?" Let's go and find out when this student will be home!? ”

Seeing this, the young man suppressed the bitterness in his heart and hurriedly led the order to go out.

Soon after, he came back and said, "Father, I have found out that I will leave by boat in three days." ”

The young man's father said, "Are you sure? ”

The young man nodded, "My son has inquired about them one by one and confirmed that they are correct." ”

Three days later, on the day Ben Weicheng and Deng students returned to their hometowns, the two of them had just arrived at the boat and sat down.

The young man's father, disguised himself as a Taoist priest, with neat clothes and hats, also asked for a boat, and the boatman agreed and sat down in the boat.

Ben Weicheng and the two did not deliberately pay attention to each other, but the old father did have two brushes, and when the two came back to their senses, the old father had already joined their conversation.

The old father spoke calmly, and some passengers talked about all kinds of things about the people in the official government in the capital, and the old father was authentic in the capital, and the person was very familiar.

He told those outrageous things, not to mention, he has a nose and eyes, and even knows a thing or two about some private things that he doesn't want people to say, which fully satisfies everyone's desire for gossip.

After going back and forth, Ben Weicheng and the others on the same boat were happy to talk to the old father.

The ship went on like this for two days.

On this day, it was already dusk, the old father deliberately talked about the method of distinguishing pearls and gemstones, everyone chatted for a while, and then talked about distinguishing real and fake gold, and the Taoist priest said that he was the best at distinguishing real gold and fake gold.

Ben Weicheng listened and looked at each other with Student Deng.

Ben Weicheng was a little nervous, and Student Deng knew that Ben Weicheng knew what he would do next, so he still persuaded: "I don't know whether what this Taoist priest said is true or false, and we don't know if he does anything from it." ”

Ben Weicheng didn't know if he could say anything about Student Deng.

He thought that no one else could deceive him, but he was annoyed by the persuasion of Student Deng.

The gold is his own, and he can't help but feel that Student Deng is managing too much.

Student Deng could only sigh when he saw this, just because he understood, so he said all he wanted to say.

has already said this, and there is no way for the other party to listen to him.

He's done what he's supposed to be a friend.

Coming out of the door and coming to the place where the big guys gathered, Ben Weicheng listened for a while, although he also felt that Student Deng was annoying, but in the end he still listened a little.

Although my brain kept telling myself, I couldn't hold it back in my heart.

When he listened to this, he couldn't help but boast to himself: "I once exchanged for a piece of real gold in the capital, and the price was cheaper. ”

The old father breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ben Weicheng take the bait, and he almost couldn't hold on.

When the rest of the audience listened, one of the people with pantothenic acid in their hearts said, "Blow, can you still have this cheapness?" You're afraid that you've been deceived and don't know it. ”

The old father couldn't help but be excited when he saw the man.

He didn't need to show up, this person could force the other party to come out with gold.

Sure enough, as the old father expected, the man heard Ben Weicheng's rebuttal and proposed: "Then take it out and take a look!" If you can't take it out, you're bragging! ”

Ben Weicheng gritted his teeth, "Take it!" Let you know a long time today! ”

Ben Weicheng went back to the room and took out the ingot of gold that he had hidden.

When the man saw this, he still didn't believe it, and said, "Show me!" ”

He just has to look at it to believe it.

Ben Weicheng didn't want to give it to everyone, but under everyone's coaxing, if he didn't give it, he would seem stingy, in broad daylight, and under his nose, I believe that as long as he keeps an eye on it, there should be no problem.

Student Deng couldn't help but pull Ben Weicheng's hand and persuaded, "Forget it." ”

Ben Weicheng was put on a high place at this time, and he was afraid of losing face, so he handed it to everyone regardless of the dissuasion of Deng students.

The big guys saw it and praised it as a good piece of gold.

Ben Weicheng smirked at the sour man.

After everyone finished reading it, the sky gradually darkened, and the gold was returned to Ben Weicheng, and Ben Weicheng breathed a sigh of relief when the gold arrived.

When he entered the room, and was about to put the gold into the box, the voice of the old father came from the door, and said, "Young man, can you come and see the poor road?" ”

Ben Weicheng didn't think much about it, opened the door, let the old father enter the room, and listened to the old father's words, he thought, so many people were okay just now, and now only this person can still adjust the bag in front of him?

Ben Weicheng was confident that there would be no problems, so he didn't think much about it and handed it over to his old father.

The old father took it, looked at it carefully, and said, "What a good piece of gold!" ”

As he spoke, the old father returned it to Ben Weicheng casually.

At this time, the old father was not in a hurry to leave, and he talked to Ben Weicheng about a new topic.

The two chatted for another half an hour, and at this time, Student Deng came over and asked Ben Weicheng to go to dinner together, and after Ben Weicheng and the old father said a few more words, they collected the gold and went to eat the evening food together.

At this time, the evening meal is just right, and everyone disperses to eat together, or alone.

Early the next morning.

The old father paid the ship's money, said goodbye to all the people on board, and went ashore and departed.

After everyone separated, half a month later, Ben Weicheng returned to his hometown, and when he returned home, he gave the gold to his wife and concubine.

Within two days, Ben Weicheng called a goldsmith to make gold jewelry for his wife and concubine.

Ben Weicheng first took out a small ingot of gold to beat, and the goldsmith couldn't help but boast with the gold in his hand: "This gold is good, the color is really good, the small one has been working for so long and it is the first time to see this kind of gold." ”

Ben Weicheng couldn't help but when he heard this, and sure enough, the gold in the capital was better than other places.

He boasted and said, "What is this, I have exchanged it for a large gold ingot of twelve taels, which is better." ”

The goldsmith has done a lot of work, so naturally there is news of his business, and he said when he saw this: "The official is in the capital? ”

Ben Weicheng nodded proudly.

The goldsmith smiled and said no more.

Ben Weicheng thought that he didn't believe it when he saw the goldsmith's appearance, so he said directly: "Don't believe it, there really is!" ”

"You don't think I've been scammed by a liar, do you?"

Seeing this, the goldsmith had to take the risk of not getting the business and said, "Most of the gold ingots in the capital are liars, and they are made of copper to deceive people. ”

When Ben Weicheng heard him say this, he was a little angry in his heart, and said, "I'll show you, what liar can deceive me?" ”

The goldsmith took the big ingot of gold from Ben Weicheng's hand, looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is exactly the fake gold made of copper." ”

Ben Weicheng was amazed, hurriedly took it and looked at it, and said, "This is impossible!" ”

Ben Weicheng touched it again, looked at it fixedly, and almost didn't come up in one breath, this is really ......

"How so? What I and Deng Xianggong both saw that day must be good gold. Besides, everyone in the same boat has seen it, and they all say that it is good gold, so it is impossible that those people have not seen it, right? ”

The gold in his hand now is so far from the color of the gold ingots before, and it is really fake for him to look like this today!

Ben Weicheng's face was painful, and he said in disbelief: "How can this be! ”

He muttered, his mind constantly flashing various fragments of his time in the capital and on the ship, he suddenly realized, the whole person bounced up, and said loudly: "It's him!" The last Taoist priest to see that day! ”

That day, it was late when he handed it back to him, and he didn't have time to check it again when he rushed to eat with Deng Xianggong, and he put it in the box after the Taoist priest left.

He must have changed the pillar of stealing the beam at that time!

However, how could this Taoist priest happen to have a piece of fake copper gold that was so similar to his own real gold, and he had already prepared it in hand?

How seamless is it?

He suddenly thought of the young man in the capital who had come to exchange gold.

These two people must be in a group!

At that time, he listened to Deng Xianggong's words and didn't let the young liar get his hands on it, and the other party failed to adjust it in time at that time, so of course the gold in his hand was real, and later the old liar would come to take a boat to cheat and exchange the real gold back!

Ben Weicheng is not as he imagined for himself, after reading a few books, he thought that he was hidden and smarter than everyone else, he ignored the dissuasion of Deng students, boasted about himself, brought disaster upon himself, and was deceived, which can only be said that he reaped the consequences.

After learning that Ben Weicheng's gold was really fake, Student Deng only sighed.

Student Deng thought that Ben Weicheng would swallow the bitter fruit like this and teach him a long lesson.

Who knows, the day after he learned the news, Ben Weicheng said that he would go to Beijing to find out the person who cheated him out of money.

Student Deng frowned, there are rampant liars in the capital, naturally they didn't get up for no reason, and there was support behind them.

If Ben Weicheng doesn't go, or if he returns in vain and can save his current life, if he really finds it out, he is afraid that he will be unlucky.

Student Deng told his guess, but Ben Weicheng didn't realize that the fake gold was the bitter fruit he had created for himself.

His boastful, blindly confident nature has not yet changed.

Ben Weicheng came here this time to invite Student Deng to go with him, after all, Student Deng is also a witness, and he will have a witness to prove when asked.

Student Deng rejected Ben Weicheng's invitation, "If Brother Ben is worried that there is no witness, I will write a testimony and send it when you successfully find someone." Now that my mother is seriously ill, I have to stay and fulfill my filial piety, I can't go with you, Brother Ben takes care of this trip, be very careful, and don't act impulsively. ”

Everyone is a fellow villager and a classmate, the two have known each other for many years, Ben Weicheng is not only overconfident, boastful, and likes to show off, but in fact, he is still very good, and he has nothing to say to his friends, brothers, and wives and concubines.

Student Deng also dissuaded again and again because of this, but if Ben Weicheng was willing to listen, it would not be him, and finally Ben Weicheng took his personal servant and set foot on the road to the capital again.

It's just that no one would have thought that such a small thing would bring a catastrophe to Wu Anhou.

The picture shifts to the capital.

The old father returned home after his success.

They earned a hundred and twenty taels of silver.

According to the commission, they still have to hand over seventy percent.

These seven achievements are the silver handed over to the "backer" in the mouth of the Deng students, which can be regarded as the bad return of some people.

Even so, they can still earn thirty-six taels of silver, which is much easier than moving goods honestly.

Fake money has been in successive dynasties until modern times, and it is also the key target of the imperial court and the state.

And the gang of liars in the capital suddenly met such a "fierce" stunned young man, and it can only be said that it is time for them.

Ben Weicheng was reluctant to let the child not catch the wolf, the two liars he brought out this time had never seen them, and now he repeated his old tricks, letting his little guy use the silver to fish out the young liar again, and then let the thugs he hired to catch the other party.

You say that Ben Weicheng has a good brain, but he can make people be cheated of money, you say that he is not good, he can make the liar take the bait again.

I don't know how this brain grows.

Ben Weicheng angrily asked the scammer to pay back the money, but all the money they got was handed over, where did they get so much silver.

Ben Weicheng said indignantly: "If you don't return the money to me, I will take you to see the official!" ”

The young dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he does not take the threat of Ben Weicheng to heart.

The seventy percent of the silver they paid was not given for free.

At that time, he will go to prison for a few days at most, but he will be able to come out again in a few days.

If he can stop this stunned young man, he can go and live for a few days.

Anyway, it's the same for him wherever he lives.

Ben Weicheng looked at the young liar who didn't eat oil and salt, and hated it.

Since you can't recover the money, don't blame him for being unkind!

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