Night falls in the inner courtyard of Gao Mansion.
Gao Changfu was drinking heavily with a wine glass in hand, and his eldest son Gao Mingxuan was dining at the same table.
"Mingxuan, dad, I'm so happy today! Do you know how much money our family can make once this batch of medicinal materials passes through my hands?"
“Dad, I’m not good at doing business, please let me know~~”
Gao Changfu looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, then stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of his son.
"Two hundred thousand taels, a full two hundred thousand taels! Mingxuan, it's so cool to have an official title!"
"Dad, the profits from the Chinese herbal medicine business are so huge? Can we slowly swallow up Shennongtang in the future?"
Gao Mingxuan narrowed his eyes and thought that this was feasible.
"Among my two sons, you are the one I am most optimistic about. If you can handle this matter, after a hundred years, the entire Gao family will be taken care of by you."
"But I'll say it first. Don't make it public when you do this kind of thing. You have to take your time, okay?"
Gao Changfu patted his son's shoulder sincerely, gave him an extremely fierce look, then slowly put his mouth on his son's ear, and said softly:
"The Shen family is causing me a lot of headaches now. I'll think of a way to solve the problem for them as well!"
Although Gao Changfu is only a seventh-rank county magistrate, his future career is still bright. If he can complete the tasks assigned to him by the governor this time, he will probably be promoted to a sixth-rank official.
He didn't want the people to know about his miserable life experience. Only by letting the Shen family close their eyes completely would this matter not be known to the world!
"Dad, don't worry, the children have long disliked the Shen family. Even if you don't say anything, I won't let them look good!"
"My son has grown up, and it's getting late. You should go back and rest quickly. Also, be sure to pay attention to Wang Youwei of Shennong Hall. If the time is right, you can directly make his head fall to the ground!"
Gao Changfu knew that his son had killed Wang Youwei's only son, and that this man would definitely avenge his son one day. He did not want to have an enemy with such deep resentment around him.
Therefore Wang Youwei must die!
Two days later, officers and soldiers surrounded the Shennongtang Palace, attracting countless people to watch.
"Wang Youwei appears quickly and comes with us back to the government office! Our master has something to ask!"
Wang Youwei did not panic at all in such a scene, and stood calmly in front of the officers and soldiers, as if he knew in advance that he would be in this disaster.
All the female relatives in his family burst into tears. Everyone knew that the government was a place that could eat people but not spit out their bones. No one who was taken for questioning could come back alive.
"Wang Youwei, I didn't expect that you would end up like this, didn't you? Who do you think you have offended? But you want to offend the imperial court?"
The officers and soldiers who took the lead were sarcastic towards Wang Youwei. In his eyes, this man was already a corpse. After all, no one who was captured from his hands could get out of the government prison alive!
"A dog slave talks a lot of nonsense. Let your master wash his neck and get ready to meet the King of Hell!"
Wang Youcai did not follow the trap of officers and soldiers. His calm and self-confident figure made everyone admire him. One sentence directly made the officers and soldiers shut up.
In the crowd, Shen Anran looked at Wang Youwei's retreating figure and knew that his plan was about to come true.
If his guess is correct, Gao Changfu will definitely use Chinese medicinal materials to frame Shennongtang and pass it off as inferior, and accuse him of being executed!
You must know that if there is a problem with the quality of the goods supplied to the imperial court, the consequences will be disastrous, and it may even implicate the nine tribes!
"Let's go and see what happened in Shennongtang and was taken away with such a big fanfare?"
"Master Wang is known as a kind person, right? Don't let anything happen to you!"
The people were talking constantly, hoping that Wang Youwei could survive this disaster safely and not lose his life because of some unfounded charges.
At the same time, Wang Youwei was brought to the court. Gao Changfu was sitting in the court looking like a dog, with his back straight.
"Prisoner Wang Youwei, do you know your crime? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
It is said that Gao Changfuguan is very powerful. It seems that this statement is true. Wang Youwei was asked to admit his crime without any explanation.
Seeing that he had no intention of kneeling, he immediately ordered the officers to come forward, press Wang Youwei's arms, and forcefully kneel him on the ground.
"We, Shennongtang, have always been engaged in business and have never done anything that violates laws. I don't know about the crime Mr. Gao mentioned!"
"You're brave enough! I think you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, right? Come on, bring evidence of your guilt to the court!"
With an order, a policeman went to court with a pack of herbs.
"Everyone, take a good look. These are the medicinal materials provided by Shen Nong Tang for the imperial court. They are all unsightly scraps! I think you are very courageous. You even dare to deceive the emperor?!"
Sure enough, everything was according to Shen Anran's plan. Wang Changfu wanted to solve Shennongtang as quickly as possible, and the only way was to use this batch of medicinal materials to manipulate.
"How could Shennongtang do such a thing? The quality of their medicinal materials has always been good, how could they do something inferior?"
"In my opinion, there must be injustice here!"
The eyes of the crowd were sharp. When they learned about Wang Youcai's crime, the scene exploded instantly. Everyone's opinions were one-sided. No one wanted to believe that Shennongtang could do such a thing.
"Wang Youwei, come up and take a look yourself to see if I have framed you!"
Seeing that something was out of control outside the court, Gao Changfu felt a little panicked, and even doubted whether the frame-up method his son came up with was a bit immature.
However, the arrow had to be fired when it was on the string. Now that he had a black gauze hat on his head and the power of life and death in his hands, he could not be afraid of a businessman no matter what.
"That pack of herbs is indeed scraps, and it is a defective product, but I can tell Master Gao with certainty that the herbs you are holding are not from our Shennong Hall! I hope Master Gao will notice clearly!"
Wang Youwei didn't get up to check at all. Just by looking at the pattern of the papyrus on the outer packaging, he could directly confirm that this package of herbs did not come from their Shennongtang!
Now the stone hanging in Wang Youwei's heart has fallen halfway. Everything has been determined by the prodigal son of the Shen family. If everything goes according to the plan, not only can he reverse the case for himself, but he can also successfully dispose of Gao Changfu!
If nothing unexpected happens, the result of facing Gao Changfu will definitely be heads falling!
"Bold! The evidence of guilt is here. Are you still unwilling to admit your crime? Come on, bring the witnesses to court!"
To say that the evidence was dead and could not speak, Wang Youwei still had a chance to refute, but Gao Changfu was quite well prepared, and there were actually witnesses?
Soon, a person who looked like a servant appeared in the lobby. This person looked very familiar. After careful inspection, I realized that this was the servant who was sweeping the floor in front of the palace that day and was kicked out for insulting me!
"Wang Wu, tell everyone everything you know."
The servant Wang Wu cleared his throat, and finally stared at Wang Youwei on the ground with a resentful look, and then puffed out his chest and said:
"I used to be a servant of Shennong Hall, and I know the quality of this batch of medicinal materials very well. This old bastard is greedy for profit. In order to earn more money from the court, he not only raised the price by 50%, but also used scraps to make up for it. good!"
"I couldn't stand his behavior, so I kindly reminded him. Who would have thought that this old bastard would kick me out! Please, Mr. Qingtian, please don't spare this black-hearted businessman lightly, so that the common people can Take the peace of mind medicine!"
This fifth-level servant is indeed a bit talented. His eloquence was fluent and there was no sign of any lag in the whole process. It was as if he had memorized the manuscript in advance and recited it silently in the lobby.
If Shen Anran remembered correctly, the last time he was stopped by this person, he stuttered a bit.
"Wang Wu, take a closer look. Does this pack of herbs come from Shennongtang?"
"Sir, I dare to use my life as a guarantee. This pack of herbs comes from Shennongtang!"
As soon as Wang Wu said these words, Gao Changfu immediately felt confident and shot the Jingtangmu with great momentum!
"Wang Youwei, now that the witnesses and material evidence are all there, what else do you have to say? Come here, give me twenty more blows, and then put you in jail to await your fate!"
"Wait!"
Seeing that the two officers were about to take action, Shen Anran knew that the time was ripe, so she quickly shouted and stood in the courtroom!
