He turned around and shouted to the bearers behind him: "Everyone, work harder and hurry up. If you delay my good deeds, I will beat you all to death! Grab all the ladies in your family to play with me!"
The group quickened their pace and soon arrived at the gate of the imperial city.
From a distance, Zhou Yuanwai excitedly waved his hand and was about to rush to the high platform. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the Forbidden Army.
He hurriedly asked his servants to open the sedan chair and take out the sunflower plant before he was released.
Boom, boom, boom.
Zhou Yuanwai dragged his fat body and angrily climbed up to the high platform. On the high platform, many people were busy moving boxes one by one.
In the center of the high platform, there are two figures, an older man and a young man.
Zhou Yuwai wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly came over.
He opened his eyes wide and saw the young man's appearance clearly, and was immediately startled: "Ah, isn't this Prince Consort Du?"
That young man was none other than Du He.
Du He turned around slowly and looked at a middle-aged fat man with a wretched face and a pig-intestine smile. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Hello, do we know each other?"
Zhou Yuanwai hurriedly smiled and said: "The concubine doesn't know me, but I know the concubine. Two years ago, I married an 18-year-old concubine. On the wedding day, I was snatched away by you on the street. The concubine finally returned.
You gave it back to me, don’t tell me, that concubine was trained to be very obedient by your consort..."
When Chen Shuda heard this, he suddenly couldn't help but look at Du He with disdain.
Back then, Du He was called one of the four pests of Chang'an, not without reason.
Du He touched the tip of his nose and hurriedly explained: "Don't talk nonsense, I am a scholar, how could I snatch your concubine... Don't talk nonsense, please leave quickly, lest I won't be able to bear it later."
Stop beating you."
Zhou Yuanwai shook his head like a rattle, "Consort, I'm not leaving, I'm here to receive the reward!"
"What?" Du He was stunned, "What kind of reward do you want?"
Zhou Yuanwai pointed to the reward list high up and said: "This is it. I have a fresh sunflower plant. I want to give it to the queen. I want to receive a reward of 200,000 yuan!"
Chen Shuda's expression suddenly became very exciting.
He hurriedly asked: "Do you have fresh sunflower vegetables? Where is it? Let me take a look!"
As soon as Zhou Yuanwai waved, a servant, under the guard of the imperial army, came up cautiously carrying a flower pot, which contained a sunflower plant.
Chen Shuda was surprised to find that it was exactly the same as the one Du He had just taken out.
The size and growth of the sunflowers, the size and appearance of the flower pots, and even the soil inside are all the same.
Chen Shuda asked curiously: "How much did you spend on this sunflower sprout?"
Zhou Yuanwai danced happily and said happily: "Your Excellency, you are really amazing. You can tell at a glance that Cao Min bought this sunflower plant. To be honest with you, sir, I spent 200,000 yuan to buy this sunflower plant! But it was a waste of time."
It took a lot of effort. To be honest, I spent 200,000 guan to buy a bunch of sunflower seeds, and finally received 200,000 guan as a reward. It was not for the purpose of seeking wealth. I was just grateful for the kindness of Your Majesty and the Queen. I heard
The queen has a poor appetite and needs to eat fresh vegetables. I have trouble sleeping day and night and spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to buy them..."
This guy cried a lot.
It was such a blast.
He hoped that this thin official could spread his words to the ears of His Majesty and the Queen. Maybe the Majesty would be happy and praise his character and give him an official position. In this way, it would really be an ancestral grave.
There's smoke!
As he said this, Zhou Yuanwai looked at Chen Shuda with great joy and expectation.
But I saw the corners of Chen Shuda's mouth twitching for a while, with a look of shock on his face. He recovered after a while and said: "Your thoughtfulness is really valuable, but you are late!"
But Zhou Yuanwai waved his hand: "Sir, it's not too late, not too late, it's the same sooner or later!"
Chen Shuda shook his head: "It's different. If you don't believe it, just look at it!"
As he spoke, he got out of the way.
Zhou Yuanwai took a closer look and saw a long table behind Chen Shuda, with five flowerpots neatly placed, each with a green sunflower in it.
The flowerpot and sunflower seeds are exactly the same as the ones I bought for 200,000 yuan.
boom.
In an instant, Zhou Yuanwai felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
He stood there stupidly, his smiling face suddenly twisted into a mess.
"puff……"
A mouthful of blood spurted out from him.
Zhou Yuanwai slowly turned his head and looked at Chen Shuda: "May I ask, sir, where did you get these sunflower seeds?"
Chen Shuda told the truth: "These were sent by Prince Consort Du. By the way, he bought each plant for 300,000 guan, which is 100,000 guan more than you did."
Three hundred thousand guan is a full 100,000 guan more than 200,000 guan. This is not a small amount of money.
This shows that Du He was taken advantage of and deceived.
But Member Zhou was not happy at all.
The imperial list for the reward said it was first come, first served, but it didn't say Du He was not allowed to come.
Now that Du He's five sunflower plants are in place, he is just one step late, but what's the use?
His bounty is gone!
His high-ranking official and generous salary are gone too!
What's more, all the 200,000 yuan he made by selling things was wasted!
He looked at Du He again, "Consort, you came up with this bounty, why did you buy sunflower seeds to collect it?"
Du He explained: "You don't understand this. The queen has a poor appetite. As a consort, I am more anxious than anyone else. I get angry when I get anxious, and I will hit people when I get angry. In order to benefit everyone, I
I hurriedly sent people to search everywhere, and finally found out that someone was selling fresh vegetables at the Chenghuang Temple five miles south of the city. I bought them at a high price just to please Queen Bo and fulfill my filial piety. Tell me, what did I do wrong?
"
Zhou Yuanwai: "..."
As for Du He, there's nothing wrong with it.
After a long while, Zhou Yuanwai asked curiously: "But why did you buy five plants? One plant is enough! This costs a lot of money!"
Du He pouted: "I have money, can you take care of it?"
Zhou Yuanwai: "..."
He was speechless again.
At this moment, the imperial army came to report: "Master Chen, someone has sent fresh vegetables, and there are many people!"
Chen Shuda was shocked and hurriedly asked someone to bring him up.
In a short time, seven or eight people came forward.
Everyone was holding a flower pot, and in the flower pot, without exception, was a sunflower plant, exactly the same as what Zhou Yuanwai brought.
Zhou Yuanwai's eyes darkened and he almost jumped off the high platform.
That damn beggar.
He actually sold so many sunflowers at one time, but the guy swore that he only had this one and would never have any others.
fraud!
Big liar!
When the other people who followed learned the truth, they all got angry and cursed.
After everyone communicated, they discovered that the sunflower seeds are all the same, but the prices are very different.
Someone spent 200,000 yuan!
Someone spent 150,000 yuan!
The cheapest one only cost 80,000 yuan!
Of course, the most expensive one is the Duhe one, costing 300,000 yuan per plant.
However, everyone's mentality was the same as that of Zhou Yuanwai, and they couldn't be happy at all.