"You have to go to Liu Residence in person and plead guilty." Yang Zhenshan stared at Yao Qing and said.
Yao Qing was stunned.
Yang Zhenshan continued, "Go to Liu Residence and admit in front of everyone that there is a problem with the Guiyuan Hall's elixir. It is Guiyuan Hall's lax supervision that has led to the leakage of inferior drugs."
"Then we will apologize and pay, and at the same time, we will recover the elixir from everyone who sold Qi-Nourishing Pill in the past month and pay tenfold compensation."
"Next, the recovered elixirs will be destroyed on the street, and the batch of raw materials will also be destroyed on the street."
"Finally, you only need to do one more thing to make Guiyuan Hall's reputation unbeatable and even more famous than before."
Yao Qing's face changed again and again. "Isn't this just picking up a basin of shit and slamming it on your head?"
"Whether there is any problem with the elixir is no longer important." Yang Zhenshan interrupted him, "What people want to see is not that you found evidence and that Guiyuan Hall is innocent."
"What they want to see is excitement. If you fail, Guiyuan Hall will fail and will close down in a few years."
"Either you go up the rapids, and people will be surprised and admired to the extreme."
He paused and then said, "Moreover, Young Master Qing, think about Liu Wenyuan's current situation. He is forced by Yao Ke to harm you. Isn't he worried? You are Chancellor's second son. If you give him a step up, he will be grateful to you."
"Last point, Master, he would like to see you act like this."
It is not an exaggeration to say that this plan kills four birds with one stone.
Yao Qing was silent for a long time, Yang Zhenshan was waiting for him to finish thinking.
After a long time, Yao Qing nodded and looked at Yang Zhenshan: "Okay, I'll go!"
Public opinion about Chancellor's property Guiyuan Hall is still spreading.
Although Yao Jingyi doesn't care about a small Elixir Pharmacy, he has been an official for many years, and this kind of humiliation is what he can't stand the most.
That night, he called Yao Qing to the study room and gave him a scolding.
Yao Qing did not explain the reason, and only said seven words: "You will find out tomorrow."
Yao Jingyi looked at the confident Yao Qing. He was stunned at first, and then waved his hand to let him go back.
The next day.
Yao Qing brought the generous gift of three carriages and came to Liu Residence in person.
Liu Wenyuan is Principal Fifth Rank, and Yao Qing's father is the first-class of the dynasty.
A seventh-rank official from the prime minister's family, not to mention the second son of the prime minister's family, came to visit in person.
Liu Wenyuan was leaning on the bedside to recuperate. His face changed slightly when he heard the servant's hurried report that Yao Qing was here.
He asked Madam Liu to help him sit up, and reluctantly straightened his clothes.
Liu Residence also welcomed Yao Qing with high-standard courtesy.
The servants and maids stood in a row waiting for Yao Qing to enter.
Madam Liu led a group of family members to greet him at the door and bowed to wait.
Liu Wenyuan had to sit on the bed due to injury, but he also sat up straight and waited quietly.
Yao Qing did not ride in a carriage. He strode along the middle of the road, followed by three carriages loaded with gifts.
The people around didn't dare to watch, but they all looked at it secretly.
The convoy soon arrived at Liu Residence.
Madam Liu led a group of people who saw Yao Qing from a distance and immediately went down the steps to greet him.
He stepped forward and gave a salute, and Yao Qing responded with a simple half- salute.
First, he was polite to Madam Liu, and then he was introduced to the bedroom where Liu Wenyuan was.
Everyone followed behind him, but when he walked to the backyard, he only followed his relatives and family members, while the rest of the servants were waiting on both sides of the entrance to the backyard.
Madam Liu leads the way, eliminating the need to knock on doors.
Although Yao Qing has no official position, he is the second son and one of the legal heirs of Chancellery Secretariat.
It itself represents the face of Chancellery Secretariat.
Yao Qing made no move after standing in front of the bed.
Liu Wenyuan struggled for a while and wanted to stand up and salute. Madam Liu hurriedly came over and helped Liu Wenyuan to salute.
According to etiquette, fifth-grade officials are middle- and lower-level officials, with a huge gap in grade and family status.
Liu Wenyuan needs to take the initiative to bow twice when seeing Yao Qing, while Yao Qing only needs to bow or bow halfway.
But at this time, Yao Qing is here to win people's hearts, and Liu Wenyuan must not be allowed to salute.
He stepped forward in two steps and pressed Liu Wenyuan's body, indicating that the other party did not need to get up.
Liu Wenyuan is also an old man, he is just pretending.
Yao Qing No greetings, no questions, just a small step back.
He bent down deeply and bowed his head to the ground.
"Master Liu, Guiyuan Hall's lax supervision has led to the leakage of inferior drugs. It is Yao Qing's fault. Today I come here to plead guilty. Master Liu wants to be beaten or punished. Yao Qing will not hesitate."
Liu Wenyuan was stunned.
The face is enough.
Even a little exaggerated.
The coward who was just pretending just now turned into a real panic, and even his voice trembled. "Young Master Yao! You can't do it! You absolutely can't do it!"
But as soon as he lifted up half of his body, he was pinned down again by Yao Qing.
Madam Liu was also panicking, holding her husband's arm, with a worried smile on his face, "Young master, get up quickly, this is embarrassing for us adults! How can such a trivial matter be worthy of being so solemn by the master?"
"No, it is Yao Qing's responsibility to bring bad medicine into the house. He came to the door today. He should have shouldered the blame and plead guilty, so how can he say anything about it?" After Yao Qing finished speaking, he stood up straight.
He stretched his hand back, took a tray from the attendant behind him, and placed it beside the bed.
On the tray are one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stone and three Upper Yellow Grade Foundation-Nurturing Pill.
Liu Wenyuan was extremely moved when he saw Yao Qing acting like this.
At the same time, I have secretly compared Yao Ke, and I immediately found that Yao Ke is not as good as Yao Qing.
He is not an ignorant person.
I also believe that Yao Qing is not a fool. He must have known that his elixir was framed, but he did not reveal it. Instead, he chose to plead guilty, chose to protect him, and chose to take this matter down.
Liu Wenyuan reached out and took Yao Qing's hand.
His hands were shaking slightly.
"Young Master Qing." His voice was hoarse, with a hint of choking, "This matter... is not your fault."
He paused and then added, "Someone deliberately framed the pill incident. Young Master Qing did this. It was the behavior of a gentleman. I, Liu Wenyuan... will keep it in my heart."
Yao Qing didn't ask "Who framed me?", he just nodded, said a few words to take care, and left.
In the afternoon of that day, Guiyuan Hall made a big announcement that it would recycle all Qi-Nourishing Pill sold in the past month and compensate them ten times the purchase price at that time.
Even if you have already eaten the food, you can still get triple compensation as long as you show proof of purchase.
It's approaching evening.
Yao Qing asked Sun Zhonghe, in the name of the big shopkeeper Guiyuan Hall, to pile up all the recovered Qi-Nourishing Pill and the same batch of materials in the small square in front of the Guiyuan Hall's door.
The sides are lined with chopped wood.
The streets on both sides were surrounded, and the people wanted to see what Guiyuan Hall was up to.
The yamen knew that it was Chancellor's family matter, so they didn't dare to get involved and only stayed on the sidelines to maintain order.
It was just getting dark when Sun Zhonghe stood in the center and said loudly:
"Everyone, everyone!"
"I'm Guiyuan Hall the big shopkeeper Sun Zhonghe."
"The supervision of the Guiyuan Hall was not strict, and inferior drugs were leaked out, causing injuries. Now we have recovered ten times the price of all batches of Qi-Nourishing Pill."
"This batch of Qi-Nourishing Pill and all the alchemy materials will now be burned."
"And Guiyuan Hall promises that all pills in the future will be inspected by the Imperial Medical Academy before they can be sold."
"Make sure every pill has a certificate of inspection."
After finishing speaking, Sun Zhonghe waved his hand. "Light the fire!"
The boy behind him stepped forward and threw the torch to the center, and suddenly the flames filled the air.
The onlookers were chattering, and the government officials were constantly controlling the crowd.
Everyone's face was illuminated by firelight.
The scene is grand and can be called the Humen Opium Destruction version of the Great Yong Dynasty.
Since then, Guiyuan Hall has become famous, and its momentum is gradually developing in the direction of Yongjing being the first Elixir Pharmacy.
Yao Qing finished this and met with Yao Jingyi that night.
He told the story of the incident and explained what Yao Ke had done.
And there is evidence for everything.
Yao Jingyi remained silent after listening.
Just staring at Yao Qing.
Yao Qing is neither humble nor arrogant, and looks back boldly.
This was the first time Yao Jingyi looked at this second son whom he didn't think much of so seriously.
The magnanimity shown by the other party, whether it is personal magnanimity or Lineage reputation.
They are far better than Yao Ke.
But it is a pity that the emotional gap of more than ten years will not disappear in just a few days.
After a long time, Yao Jingyi lowered his head and continued to review the official document:
"I understand, you can go back. The matter of the Guiyuan Hall ends here."
Yao Qing was startled.
He originally thought that his performance would be recognized and Yao Ke would be punished accordingly.
What I didn't expect was such a simple sentence.
The scene was silent for a minute, and Yao Jingyi had no intention of speaking again.
Yao Qing took a deep look at Yao Jingyi.
Get up and go out.