Short story about the essence of true richdom/prosperity

[Jeffrey]

So years ago a story got read to me in high school.
It has stuck with me all this time and I'm dying to find the book it's from.

A traveller meets a certain person (shall call him 'x' from now on) and stays the night at his place.
X and the traveller start a conversation and in this dialogue x tells the traveller that he possesses all the riches the world has to offer (the way in which he tells this exactly I can not recall)
The traveller goes wild with excitement and spreads the news the very next day in a town nearby. The inhabitants get wild with excitement upon hearing the news as well and rapidly visit person x massively.
Person x then tells the crowd that he indeed possesses all the riches he could possibly wish for; the glistening reflection of dew he declares as being his gold for example. He also presents some other non-materialistic things as his great richdom.
The crowd feels cheated and become enraged. The story ends with the hanging of person x.

Thanks in advance.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Jeffrey, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Jeffrey]

Still looking :(

[Kate]

Jeffrey ~~
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