The story of the rich and the young being tricked into farming

Because only Cheng Xiaofeng knew how to control a horse, the three of them could only find a hidden corner in the jungle before dawn, and then hid together in the carriage and fell asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, the morning light was faint.

Cheng Xiaofeng was the first to wake up. Counting today, he and Chen Mengchu hadn't eaten anything for two whole days. His stomach was regurgitated, and his hands and feet had no strength.

He pushed the sleeping Chen Mengchu and Ye Xiaozhou: "Wake up."

Chen Mengchu sat up abruptly, and said vaguely: "What's wrong? I thought they were chasing after me, and I was taken aback."

"I just took a look, there is a small town not far from here, I'll go buy some and come back early," Cheng Xiaofeng said, "Don't sleep, you two, watch the horse carefully, and wait for me to come back."

Both of them nodded obediently.

Not long after, Cheng Xiaofeng came back with two big paper bags and two water bags. He used the water bags to gently push the back of Ye Xiaozhou's head, who was leaning sideways on the carriage with his eyes closed and lazy, and said: "I bought a few steamed buns. One of these two water bags is filled with fetched water, and the other is ground soy milk. The three of us will make do with it and drink together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xiaozhou smelled the aroma of meat buns, the buns were hot, Ye Xiaozhou didn't care about getting his hands dirty at this time, followed them, grabbed a bun from the paper bag, and gnawed When he got up, the steamed stuffed bun was just out of the oven, it was so hot that his fingers were red, and he refused to let go.

After taking two bites, he choked on the steamed stuffed bun. Seeing this, Cheng Xiaofeng quickly opened the pot of water to grind soybean milk, Gao Fu raised it to his mouth and poured two mouthfuls. The lump stuck in his throat was fine. Only then did the crumbled buns fall down.

"Why are you in such a hurry to eat?" Chen Mengchu laughed at him, "Did you never eat buns in Pingjiang?"

Hearing what she said, Ye Xiaozhou felt sad again for a moment, he really didn't see steamed stuffed buns in Ye Mansion, this kind of cheap food couldn't be served on his family's dining table at all.

The only time he had an impression of eating steamed buns in Pingjiang was when some of his cronies dragged him to taste the steamed stuffed buns in one of the most famous restaurants in Pingjiang. give one.

But now, when he eats this, he suddenly feels that the delicacies of mountains and seas in the past are just as good as it, so delicious that he can't help but want to cry again.

But if Ye Xiaozhou felt very hungry, he only ate two buns in total, and Chen Mengchu, who was much thinner than him, actually ate three of them, not to mention the other Cheng Xiaofeng. , I ate four of them in one go, and drank the pot of water to grind the soy milk to the bottom.

I bought it earlier and there was nothing left.

After eating and drinking, the complexions of the three of them improved a lot.

Cheng Xiaofeng looked at the carriage and thought for a while, and then said: "This wooden box is too conspicuous, we can't take it into the city—Xiaozhou, Mengchu, please help me unload the carriage together."

The three of them worked together, and without taking too much time, they unloaded the entire wooden box behind the carriage.

"What shall we do next?" Ye Xiaozhou asked, because of what Chen Mengchu said last night, he seemed worried.

For a moment, they remembered that what they ate just now were meat buns. Although they were delicious, in order to save money, they should actually be more frugal and only eat steamed buns.

Cheng Xiaofeng tied the reins of the horses to the tree trunk, and then said in that confident tone: "You two go into the city and find any clothing store, and buy three sets of decent clothes."

Ye Xiaozhou was very puzzled. He didn't understand why they still spent money on unnecessary clothes when they clearly only had this little money on them. Shouldn't the top priority be to continue on their way?

But he felt that since Cheng Xiaofeng looked so confident, he shouldn't be fooling around, so he didn't ask anything, just took the money and went into the city with Chen Mengchu.

As soon as the two entered the city, they found a clothing store on a street. The clothing store was not too big, but there were quite a lot of clothing in it. The two tried on a set separately, and then gave Cheng Xiaofeng Choose a set.

"It's five taels of silver in total," said the shop owner.

Hearing this number, Ye Xiaozhou couldn't help frowning, and then he secretly tugged on Chen Mengchu's sleeve: "We don't have much money."

Chen Mengchu was obviously also shocked by this number, but he still comforted Ye Xiaozhou and said: "Don't worry, Cheng Xiaofeng has a sense of proportion, we just need to follow suit."

Ye Xiaozhou nodded slightly, but still couldn't help but want to bargain, "Boss, you see we buy a lot, can you give me some discount?"

"The discount has already been given. Our store rent, labor costs, and cloth costs all cost money. If we give you a lower price, we will lose money." The shop owner shook his big cattail fan and went Leaning on the reclining chair, "Forget it, since you are not very old, then it is worth four, two or nine hundred dollars for you. If you buy it, you can buy it, and if you don't buy it, forget it."

He said it was a discount, but in fact it was only a hundred dollars off.

But Ye Xiaozhou only negotiated the price once, and if he bargained again, he would not let it go, so he had to pout and obediently pay.

When he walked out of the clothing store, Ye Xiaozhou felt rather melancholy. He never thought that one day he would feel extravagant even buying such cheap clothes.

After the two bought the clothes, they rushed to the outside of the city to join Cheng Xiaofeng.

Not long after, the three of them put on brand new attire, and Cheng Xiaofeng took a rein and handed it to Ye Xiaozhou: "You take this horse, we will go into the city together."

Ye Xiaozhou took the reins, although he made up his mind to trust Cheng Xiaofeng, but he still couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help asking: "Xiaofeng, I don't understand, we don't have much money, why do we have to ask?" Spend nearly five taels of silver to buy clothes?"

Cheng Xiaofeng didn't answer directly, but just asked: "Do you know how much the two horses we are leading are worth?"

Ye Xiaozhou shook his head, he had almost no idea about these things—there was an unknown number of horses raised in one Ye Mansion, he didn't need to buy horses when he went out, and his father never asked him to buy horses.

"Even if it is a poor-quality horse, it costs about 35 taels per horse. If we dress like we are fleeing from famine, but lead two expensive horses, I am afraid that the soldiers guarding the city will treat them as The horse thieves were caught, and when they rob our horses, they might send us to jail." Cheng Xiaofeng explained.

Ye Xiaozhou's eyes lit up after hearing this: "I understand!"

Since Chen Mengchu said that they couldn't walk this way by themselves, they just sold all the horses and exchanged them for money, and then hired a groom who knew the way.

On the way, they don't have to eat dry food frugally, maybe they still have money to live in the inn to rest!

"This is a great idea," Ye Xiaozhou became happy, his steps were frivolous, his feet were bouncing towards the city gate, he praised Cheng Xiaofeng, "You are so smart."

At this moment, the two of them believed even more that this is a pampered and raised rich young master, he must not have suffered much, otherwise they couldn't be so easily happy.People like them who have experienced countless hardships will not let go of their hearts so easily, for fear that extreme joy will turn into sorrow.

Chen Mengchu and Cheng Xiaofeng walked behind, she couldn't help whispering in Cheng Xiaofeng's ear: "It's good that he is like this, some people are much luckier than us when they are born, and they can live to grow up like children. "

"Not necessarily." Cheng Xiaofeng shook his head.

The adversity they are accustomed to, for people like Ye Xiaozhou, may be more uncomfortable than the sky falling, and the pain cannot be distinguished from high to low.

He is lucky, but also unlucky.

The three quickly found the horse market in the city.

You can see many barbarians holding the reins here. Ye Xiaozhou was born in the south, and he has never seen so many foreigners at once. He thinks everything is very novel.

Chen Mengchu had sharp eyes, and at a glance, he saw a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance bargaining with a barbarian. The barbarian spoke fluent Chinese, with some local dialect in it.

The two debated for a long time, but in the end they broke up unhappy.

The three of them seized the opportunity and walked forward, Cheng Xiaofeng asked, "Boss, do you want to buy a horse?"

"Nonsense, I'm here at the horse market, what can I buy if I don't buy horses?" The middle-aged man turned his head, glanced at them with scrutiny, and then asked suspiciously, "Are you selling horses?"

Cheng Xiaofeng nodded: "The price is negotiable, how much do you need? We only offer these two horses."

The middle-aged man smiled wretchedly: "It's not just out, is it? But I only need two horses. Looking at your two horses, they are inferior in appearance, but the four legs are still strong. ——I will offer 50 taels of silver, and I want both.”

"The guest is joking," Cheng Xiaofeng said with a smile, "The cheapest horse on the market costs 35 taels of silver a horse. Is your bid too low?"

"Ordinary horses can naturally be bought for 35 taels. It's just my little brother. I'm afraid you didn't get this horse from a formal channel, right? How can you get a good price for something that is in a hurry to change hands?" The middle-aged man smiled. dismantled them.

Ye Xiaozhou felt a chill in his heart, thinking that the three of them are really too young, and in the eyes of these experienced people, they don't have a fig leaf on them at all.

Cheng Xiaofeng's face remained unchanged, and he just said lightly: "We are not in a hurry to change hands. There are so many people who want to buy horses in this horse market. Although there are many barbarians who sell horses, we may be the ones who sell horses in this horse market. The cheapest one."

The middle-aged man suppressed his smile: "You make an offer."

"65 taels," Cheng Xiaofeng said.

"No, no, up to 60 taels."

"64 taels."

"How about 63 taels?"

"make a deal."

After all, the middle-aged man got a bargain, so he smiled happily and said: "I originally wanted to trade with those barbarians, so I only brought silk and tea. Follow me to a bank not far away to get some money."

The three of them followed the man to the bank vigilantly, and then handed over the money with one hand and the horse with the other, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

This day and night, Prince Ning's Mansion.

Han Xiuping held the wild goose letter in his hand, and then knocked on the door of the prince's bedroom.

"Master," Han Xiuping said, "here is a wild goose book."

"Come in."

Only then did Han Xiuping push the door and enter. Jing Min was leaning on a wooden wheelchair, reading a book by candlelight.

He presented the wild goose book, and Jing Min took it casually, and then read it carefully under the lamp.

The orthographic lowercase letters inside are densely packed, and it is all written about what Ye Xiaozhou ate, what he did, and who he was with, without missing a single thing.

"This young man named Cheng Xiaofeng is interesting," Jing Min said indifferently, "It's just that he is more than smart, but he didn't consider that it is courting death to grab their business on the barbarian's territory. If there is no one behind him , They’re afraid they won’t even be able to get out of the horse market.”

Han Xiuping responded, "You are young after all."

Jing Min put the letter paper on the table, and then said: "Reply a letter, asking him to find out the identities of the two people, if there is any uncleanness, just kill them, don't take anything away." It can be attached to Ye Xiaozhou's body—and, let him take care of it properly along the way, and don't make him suffer too much."

"Yes."

"What about the emperor? Is he still unwilling to let go of my marriage?"

Han Xiuping bowed his head and said: "Yes, the Holy Majesty didn't say anything in detail, neither agreed nor vetoed, now it's time to investigate the details of the Ye family."

There was a shallow smile on Jing Min's face, as if he had predicted what the emperor would do: "It's fine if he is willing to investigate, I'm afraid he won't move - you will come with me into the palace tomorrow, and I will talk to the emperor about it." Let's talk about marriage."