Chapter 364: Aftermath
"Prime Minister Peng doesn't know, but someone knows!" Pi Xing thought for a while, looked at Wen Zhi, and said, "Do you remember the previous incident of Prime Minister Peng Cheng's investigation of Jun's pharmacy?" It was very strange for the princess to identify the herbs sold to Lord Wu by the Jun's pharmacy as Yanchun grass.
It stands to reason that everyone knows that Yanchun grass is a rejuvenating herb specially cultivated by Wan Lao of the medicine house for the queen, and this kind of herb is only available in the medicine house, even if the princess sees the herbs bought by Lord Wu and mistakes the herbs for Yanchun grass, then her first reaction should not be to stand up and testify for Lord Wu and identify the herbs bought by Jun's pharmacy as Yanchun grass!"
Wen Jin thought about it and felt that this was the truth.
The matter of Jun's pharmacy spread in Shangcheng, only Prime Minister Peng Cheng's search of Jun's pharmacy was fruitless, and he apologized to an ordinary pharmacy owner as the prime minister of a country, and the princess of Chenwangfu, who was born in a famous family, turned black and white upside down, and lied repeatedly, as the owner of Baiwei Shop, he couldn't even tell the difference between true and fake herbs, these two things were enough for the people to talk for a while, and no one had time to think about it, what was the reason for the two of them to do this!
What would she do if she were a princess?
Wen Jin followed his train of thought and said: "If I am the princess of the world, when I recognize that herb as Yanchun grass, my first reaction should be to confirm that there is no problem with the Yanchun grass in the medicine house."
Pi Xing nodded and said, "If there is no problem with the herbs in the medicine house, the herbs should not appear in the medicine shop, so the herbs in the medicine house should have been stolen!"
At that time, I felt that something was wrong, so I went to investigate, and found that this matter was secretly ordered by the emperor to be carried out by Prime Minister Peng Cheng, so the real news is only known to very few people, and the princess should have gotten the news from the prince!"
"But what does this have to do with my father's business?" Wen Jin asked puzzled.
"It doesn't matter much, but it's not completely irrelevant!" Phi Xing looked at Wen Jindao, "Wan Lao is the chief imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital, with his reputation, if the medicine house loses the herbs, he can ask whoever he wants to judge the case, but he just invited Prime Minister Peng Cheng, who is not good at judging cases, that is because Wan Lao is very arrogant and never makes friends, and in the Manchu Dynasty, he only has some friendship with Peng Chengxiang." ”
Wen Jin nodded and said, "So it is reasonable for Wan Lao to find Prime Minister Peng Cheng to help him solve the case...... Wan Lao ......"
Wen Jin seemed to think of something, "At Wan Lao's age, he probably knows what happened twenty-five years ago!" In this way, it was Wan Lao who told Prime Minister Peng Cheng's father something! ”
"It should have mentioned Village Chief Cao, and Prime Minister Peng Cheng guessed it himself!" Pi Xing guessed, "Although Wan Lao is arrogant, he is a medicine idiot, and he will not take the initiative to interfere in matters that have nothing to do with medicine, and my people told me that before this, Prime Minister Peng Cheng had sent someone to investigate Caojia Village, but he asked about the eldest young master and young lady." Prime Minister Peng should have heard something from Cao Wensheng!"
Wen Jinxin was shocked and said: "Since Prime Minister Peng Cheng has already learned about his father from Wan Lao, he lied to Wen Sheng that there are people from Wenren near the village, just let him testify that Xiang Gong and King Chen have been to Caojia Village, so as to make the emperor feel bad about King Chen and Xiang Gong, if Wen Sheng meets the emperor without knowing it, it may be dangerous!"
"It's hard to protect yourself, you still have to worry about yourself! Now that Prime Minister Peng Cheng has guessed this step, it is not difficult for him to guess that there is a problem with your identity, he has already sent someone to investigate Wen Jin's identity before, and now he may question your identity directly in front of the emperor! Because as long as you prove that you are the daughter of the village chief Cao, it is the best evidence to prove that the prince colluded with the people who heard the situation!
In other words, to convict the prince, you must first debunk your identity, with the ability of Prime Minister Peng, as long as the emperor agrees, this is a very simple thing!
Your disguise technique is an unbelievable thing for ordinary people, but if Prime Minister Peng invites Wan Lao, in front of Wan Lao, can your disguise technique withstand the test? Pi Xing looked at Wen Jin respectfully and said coldly.
Cao Yuan glanced at Phi Xing, pulled Wen Jin aside and persuaded her: "Phi Xing's words are not rough, but you don't have to worry too much about Wen Sheng, he kid wants to take a career in office, and he can be expelled from the village by the village chief, count him lucky!" How can a person with no identity be implicated by the village chief? ”
Wen Jin naturally remembered that her father deliberately drove Wen Sheng out of the village to protect Wen Sheng, but she was the one who grew up with Cao Zhijin, and she couldn't help but worry.
"Brother, I remember you mentioned to me before that the things in your hands can save my life at a critical time, can you use them now?" Wen Jin calmed down, looked at Wen Zhi and asked.
Wen Zhi nodded and said: "I came here for this matter, but the prince is not in Shangcheng now, and this method can only be tried!"
As he spoke, he took out a fold from his sleeve, handed it to Phi Xing, and said, "Now only the prince can present this fold to the emperor!"
"I have a way!" Phi Xing took the fold and put it in his sleeve.
"What's written on this?" Wen Jin saw that the two of them were secretive, and asked curiously.
"It's Prime Minister Peng Cheng's complaint to admonish the emperor to favor the prince and corrupt the rules!" Wen Zhi looked at Wen Jin and replied.
Wen Jin felt incredible, she knew that Prime Minister Peng Cheng and King Chen were not in harmony, if she wanted to say that Prime Minister Peng Cheng hated the emperor's favor for the prince, she believed it, but she didn't believe that Prime Minister Peng Cheng would honestly write his thoughts on the excerpt, if he really took the initiative to advise, the excerpt should be in the emperor's place!
At the beginning, he tried his best to chase and kill Wen Zhi for this excerpt, which shows that he was afraid that this excerpt would be presented to the emperor.
Also, with the emperor's trust in King Chen, when he sees this excerpt, he will definitely think that Prime Minister Peng Cheng is slandering King Chen!
One is a younger brother, the other is just a courtier, if it is about the ability to withstand the wrath of Long Yan, Prime Minister Peng Cheng is definitely inferior to King Chen!
"How could Prime Minister Peng write such an excerpt?"
"Prime Minister Peng Cheng is cautious, of course he will not write such excerpts." Wen Zhi smiled, "I wrote this excerpt, but it was written in the tone of Prime Minister Peng, I was still a guest of Prime Minister Peng's mansion at that time, I took advantage of Prime Minister Peng's unpreparedness, stole his official seal, and stamped it on it." ”
Wen Jin was stunned, but he didn't expect Wen Zhi to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion as a guest not only to give her an identity that deceived Prime Minister Peng, but also to forge a handle for Prime Minister Peng!
Although the excerpt accusing King Chen of not keeping his duty is fake, the official seal changed on it is true, and the content of this excerpt is handed over by Prime Minister Peng Cheng himself in the eyes of the emperor!
As long as the emperor sees this excerpt, he will definitely be angry, at this time, Prime Minister Peng said in front of the emperor that anything in the palace of King Chen is not, in the eyes of the emperor, it is just Prime Minister Peng Cheng's revenge on King Chen out of personal grudges!