Chapter 285: Red Ginseng Case (2)

"What are you talking about?"

Li Wei was confused when he heard this, "What does it mean to be a cousin who is not qualified? What does this have to do with Gu Ying?"

Qianqian suddenly remembered that this thing should be told to her elder sister. It would be a bad thing if she told the guy in front of her. She quickly stopped her words and said with a smile: "Gu Ying's business wants to do trade in Japan. She has asked you several times, but you don't have time, so you are not qualified as your cousin."

Li Weizheng smiled and said, "It turns out that this is the case, it's not a difficult thing. Now the court encourages overseas trade. She can go directly to the Maritime Bureau, but I can write a letter for her, when will you invite her to dinner at home?"

Qianqian was happy when she heard that he was willing to help, so she hurriedly said, "Today she was going to come to our house for dinner, but she was in a hurry to go to the capital to find Gaoli Red Ginseng, so she didn't come. I'll let her come tomorrow or the next day."

Li Weizheng was slightly stunned, "What is she in a hurry to find Gaoli Hongginseng?"

"I heard that the Queen found her and wanted to buy a Korean red ginseng as a medicine guide. She originally had one, but she bought it yesterday, but she agreed to the Queen and had to buy it at another medicine shop."

Li Weizheng shook his head and smiled, "This kind of red ginseng is rare, and it is not available in general medicine shops. I remember that there seems to be one in our house. Go and tell my elder sister and ask her to find it and send it to Gu Ying."

"That's it!" Qianqian said angrily: "Her red ginseng has been placed in the warehouse for two years but no one cares about it. Now the emperor is eager to use it to treat the disease, so it is immediately bought. It is obvious that someone deliberately made a move!"

"Who bought it?" Li Wei asked curiously.

"I don't know! The buyer refuses to name it."

"You mean that this red ginseng is used to treat the emperor?" Li Weizheng asked suddenly in confusion.

"It seems that it was the Queen who found Gu Ying."

Li Weizheng instinctively felt a little vigilant. A few days ago, Lu Siyuan secretly sent someone to report that the King of Yan was going to take risks, but it was Yao Guangxiao who was manipulating it. He didn't know what the King of Yan would use. Li Weizheng was careful. Although this matter is very ordinary today, it was linked to Zhu Yunwen's illness, which made Li Weizheng involuntarily have an association...

But he didn't want Qianqian to know about this kind of thing, so he pointed to the tray and smiled as if nothing had happened: "Okay, I'm going to start dealing with government affairs, you can take it out!"

Qianqian took the bowls and chopsticks away. Li Wei walked to the window and pushed it open. He knocked on the window three times, and immediately a black shadow flashed out, "Please give me the order!"

"Go and call Fang Lan!"

Night was shrouded in the capital, and there were few pedestrians on the streets in the night. Several knights rushed towards him in a carriage and stopped in front of Xu Shouhui's mansion. There were already several people waiting in front of the mansion. An old man in gray was walking out of the carriage. He was tall, had a thin face, and a kind of sinister look. Several people immediately met him. The butler in charge asked respectfully: "But Mr. Wangyou?"

The old man snorted, took out a gold medal and shook it, "Do you know this?"

The butler immediately felt awe and quickly invited him into the mansion. The carriage drove away again. The old man followed the butler to the inner courtyard and came to a room. The butler said, "My master has been waiting for the sir for a long time, please come in!"

The old man smiled arrogantly, pushed the door and strode into the room. The room was brightly lit, and there were two people sitting, one of whom was the master Xu Shouhui, while the other was Li Jinglong, the defeated general who had been completely deposed. When they saw the old man come in, they stood up and bowed and smiled, "I have heard of Mr. Wangyou for a long time, and it is a great honor to see him today."

The old man bowed and replied, "I am just a doctor. I can only identify a few medicinal herbs and know a few prescriptions. I can't afford to be the rituals of two adults."

"Where! Where! Mr. Wangyou is too humble. Thirty years ago, the husband was known as the best national player in the world. The late emperor never gave him a few invitations. Only His Highness, King Yan, has such a face. Please sit down!"

The old man was surnamed Jia. He was an imperial physician in the Yuan Dynasty more than thirty years ago. He was once named the No. 1 national player in the world by Emperor Shun of Yuan. He claimed to be a member of Wangyou Mountain. He hid his name on the eve of the demise of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to find him several times, but he could not find him. Three years ago, Yao Guangxiao collected strange people from the people of the people of the Yan Dynasty and found this Jia Guozhe in Daming Mansion and became the gold medal worshiper of the King of Yan. This Jia Guozhe was the second best. His most powerful thing was to use poison, which could poison people invisible and tasteless. Ordinary poison identification tools could not test his poison at all.

Jia Guoshou was not polite, so he sat down and said, "I don't need to use poison. Master Daoyan asked me to listen to Lord Xu's instructions, and I will ignore the rest."

"Sir, just use poison."

Xu Shouhui took out a wooden box, opened the lid, and pushed it in front of Jia Guoshou. Under the light, a red ginseng was lying quietly in the wooden box. Jia Guoshou's eyes lit up, "It's red ginseng!"

He picked up the wooden box and looked at the red ginseng inside, nodded and smiled, "Red ginseng, also known as blood ginseng, is particularly effective in Guyuan Peibian. Using it as medicine is much better than ordinary ginseng, and can fully exert the efficacy of medicine. It is rarely seen in ordinary pharmacies, and this red ginseng has been at least three hundred years old, so it is even more precious."

Xu Shouhui smiled and said, "Mr. Wangyou is indeed a clever one. I bought this red ginseng for 3,000 taels of silver. The palace is looking for it everywhere. Whether the matter of Your Highness of the King of Yan is successful depends on it. Please give this matter to Mr.."

Jia Guoshou stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, and said, "It's not possible to rely on just one red ginseng. I still need a prescription before I can prescribe the right medicine."

Xu Shouhui and Li Jinglong looked at each other, and Li Jinglong said, "There is no problem with the prescription. Sir, let's stay in the mansion first. The medicine will be convenient tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll wait for news from you."

Early in the morning, the Gu Jifan store on Fudong Street opened its doors. As usual, more than a dozen men cleaned the streets in front of the gate first. This is the rule of the Gu family. After opening the door, cleaned the front of the store first to eliminate the bad luck accumulated at night. Gu Ying also came to the store early in the morning. Yesterday she sent people to look for red ginseng, but she couldn't find it. She had already agreed to Queen Ma, which made her a little difficult. She could only find a way to buy the red ginseng back.

Yesterday I heard that a guy knew someone who bought red ginseng. Gu Ying came over early in the morning to ask, and the shopkeeper brought the guy in. The guy hurriedly said, "If you go back to the boss, the man who bought the red ginseng should be the housekeeper in Governor Xu's mansion. I have seen him when I delivered the goods."

"Is it Xu Shouhui's mansion?"

“That’s right!”

Gu Ying nodded, she was about to visit her door. At this moment, a carriage came from afar, stopped in front of the store, and jumped out of the carriage and said, "Is Master Gu here?"

"I am!" Gu Ying knew the carriage, and there was a sign of the Li Mansion on it. She walked up and asked, "Are you from the Li Shangguo Mansion?"

"The villain is just that. My eldest wife ordered me to send something to Master Gu."

As he said that, he took out a jade box from the bag and handed it to her, "The eldest lady said that Master Gu is urgent, and I dare not neglect it."

Gu Ying opened the jade box and saw that there was a red ginseng inside. She couldn't help but feel happy and thanked her quickly: "Thank you, your wife, this is exactly what I urgently need."

She put away the red ginseng and said, "Please tell your wife, I will thank her again."

"My wife has an explanation that they are all their own people, so you are welcome. The wife invites Master Gu to have dinner in the evening."

"Okay! I will definitely come."

With this red ginseng, she could hand in the work. Gu Ying cleaned up a little and immediately went into the palace.

As soon as Gu Ying left, the Fanfu store returned to normal. Several folks in charge of delivery went to the backyard to prepare horses. They had to deliver some pre-ordered goods to the designated place early in the morning. The guys took the goods and went out. The big shopkeeper returned to the shopkeeper's room, but found that the person who had just delivered the red ginseng was sitting in his room. He was stunned.

The man stood up and smiled and said, "It's one thing for me to send red ginseng, my wife, and there's another thing. I want to ask who bought your red ginseng?"

Since he was forced to appoint Li Weizheng as prime minister, Zhu Yunwen's court pressure has been significantly reduced. Although every major military and political affairs required him to be promulgated before promulgation, most of the matters were done by Li Weizheng, which is normal in the Tang system. Generally, the emperor would ask the prime minister for questions about his decree, or directly summon the person to report the memorial. If he is not satisfied with the decree proposed by the prime minister, he would fight back and ask for re-presentation. If he is fundamentally opposed to the prime minister's opinion, he would convene a court discussion to re-conference. If it really doesn't work, he would change his appearance. Generally speaking, these are the powers of the emperor in the Tang system.

But when he arrived at Zhu Yunwen, Li Weizheng's Tang system seemed to have changed. First of all, he did not have the right to appoint and remove officials above the third rank, and the military power was not in his hands. This is the most deadly point. Without military power, he could not change everything. In addition, he could only agree to the draft proposal reported by Li Weizheng. Even if he did not agree, Li Weizheng would never change it. If it did not approve it for more than ten days, it would be considered as his approval. This article made him unacceptable. In fact, he was a puppet. Zhu Yunwen was angry and anxious and fell ill all at once. This time he was really sick. He didn't eat or drink, and he felt dead in his heart. He didn't speak, and quietly waited for the arrival of the god of death.

Zhu Yunwen was already discouraged. He was not the only one emperor. He just hated himself for being weak. When his grandfather handed over power to him, he could control everything in the world, but in just a few years, all the power of the emperor was lost in his hands.

He was sad that his important officials did not oppose Li Weizheng's approach to undermining the power of the emperor. Indeed, Li Weizheng's approach was very different from ordinary usurpers. He did not monopolize the power. Every major military and national affairs were the result of discussion by the Political Affairs Hall. When there was a dispute, he was decided by voting. Li Weizheng had only one vote, and the Ministry of the Secretariat was not a puppet, and he had the right to reject the decisions of the Political Affairs Hall and Li Weizheng. Because of this, the important officials were all full of energy and did not care about the loss of the Emperor's power.

Zhu Yunwen felt extremely sad. He felt that he had been abandoned by everyone, he had no power or ability to change everything, and he could not even summon the minister. Li Weizheng once told him: "I am the prime minister and should be responsible to Your Majesty. I am the leader of all officials. All officials are responsible to me. If you have any doubts, I should solve my doubts."

In this way, all his power was lost.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine."

Queen Ma appeared beside him with a bowl of medicine. She smiled softly and said, "I found a red ginseng. The imperial doctor said that he would use one tablet every day as medicine. In one month, His Majesty's body will be completely recovered."
Chapter completed!