Tianliangyuan

Chapter 129 Jiang Wenhe became the laughing stock of the entire capital.

Cui Hu was Cui Youwang's favorite son and the most promising among the younger generation.

Who would have thought that in just a few days, he would have already gone mad?

Cui Youwang and his wife immediately ordered their son's residence to be sealed off. Afterward, they invited several doctors to examine the place and eventually focused their suspicions on the two jars of Zhuangyuan wine.

One of the jars was already empty, and the remaining jar only had half a jar of wine left.

After confirmation by several doctors, it was found that the wine had been drugged, which could cause confusion and lead to madness.

Cui Youwang immediately ordered his men to make preparations in various ways. One group went to report to the authorities, another group took the empty wine jar to the tavern to demand an explanation, and the third group went to find Jiang Wenhe.

After all, he was the one who brought the wine.

Soon, Zhao Changqing, the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, arrived first. After examining the evidence and hearing the judgments of several doctors, he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"Lord Cui, I will certainly investigate your son's matter thoroughly, but I will take these pieces of evidence with me. In addition, I will need to interrogate your servants."

"Thank you for speaking up for my son, but he is still unconscious and I'm afraid he can't go to the main hall."

"It's alright. I'll take some of the servants back for questioning first. Also, I'll take this wine with me."

"Please."

The two officials had just left the front hall when the servants they had sent to confront the tavern owner returned.

"Reporting to the master, the tavern manager and waiter both said that this wine was not sold by them, and it was not even brewed by Baiguoyuan."

Cui Youwang was furious: "How dare they make such a fuss?"

The servant bowed and said, "Master, they said that the color of this wine jar is different from that of Baiguoyuan, and the bottom of the Zhuangyuan wine jar is specially marked. In addition, there are also unique marks on the inner wall of this wine jar, just to prevent anyone from counterfeiting it. Moreover, according to the rules, the number of jars of wine taken away by the wine shop and the number of jars returned to Baiguoyuan are all recorded."

After the servant finished speaking, Cui Youwang looked at Zhao Changqing.

A yamen runner beside Zhao Changqing bowed and said, "Reporting to you, sir, we are aware of this matter. The name 'Zhuangyuan Wine' was bestowed by His Majesty. We heard that Baiguoyuan did a lot of work to show its respect for His Majesty and to ensure that everyone in the world could drink the most authentic Zhuangyuan Wine. Moreover, some special markings were registered at the government office."

My subordinate happened to be working there at the time, and I remember one thing: the bottom of the wine jars used for the "Top Scholar Wine" was painted with the three characters "Top Scholar Wine" in vermilion, and there was also a special seal from Baiguoyuan (Hundred Fruit Garden) on them.

"In that case, go and see if the wine jar he is holding is the same as what you see."

"Yes, my lord."

The constable simply turned the wine jar over. He didn't need to understand anything; everyone knew immediately because the bottom of the jar was empty, without any markings.

If the tavern denies that it was their product, who would dare say that they were deliberately deceiving him?

"Someone, go and invite Jiang Wenhe to the government office immediately to cooperate with the investigation."

"Yes, my lord."

Choi Yoo-wang was also a little confused at this point.

Is this "Top Scholar Wine" actually fake?

But it is true that Jiang Wenhe brought these two jars of wine into the mansion. Many people saw it at the time, so it is impossible to wrong him.

But Jiang Wenhe is the grandson of Grand Tutor Jiang, so how could he possibly buy two jars of fake wine on purpose?

I had never heard of any discord between the two of them before, so this all seems rather strange.

At this moment, Cui Youwang was eager to find out who wanted to harm his son. Of course, when he learned that this matter was related to the Zhuangyuan Wine, he couldn't help but have some ulterior motives.

If Pagoda Fruit could really be involved, it might not be a bad thing.

Inside the Prince Zhong's residence, Jiang Ning was initially furious upon learning of this matter, but upon discovering that it was related to the Hundred Fruit Garden, she was instead delighted.

"Send someone to inform the young master that he must insist he knew nothing about it. That wine was produced by Baiguoyuan, and no matter what, Baiguoyuan must take the blame!"

Behind Pagoda Fruit Garden is Xu Zhaozhao.

If Pagoda's reputation suffers, then no matter what kind of wine it is, it will be affected.

Jiang Ning hated Xu Zhaozhao to the core!

If it weren't for the fact that she no longer dared to act rashly, she would have really wanted to tear Xu Zhaozhao apart and bury her!

The people Jiang Ning sent out were a step too late.

When the people from the Prince Zhong's Mansion arrived at the Jiang residence, Jiang Wenhe had already entered the government office.

Regardless of whether Jiang Wenhe knew about it or not, based solely on the tavern owner's statement and the solid evidence presented here, Jiang Ning's idea of ​​involving Baiguoyuan is impossible to achieve!

Finally, Jiang Wenhe's servant received ten strokes of the cane and revealed the truth.

"The tavern said they didn't have any more Zhuangyuan wine to sell for three days. I was under orders from the young master to buy this wine. In desperation, I met an old man on the road who said he was selling the wine so he could get money to go back and save his wife. So I believed him."

Therefore, these two jars of wine are definitely not the wine for the top scholar.

So this blame can't be pinned on Pagoda Fruit!

Not only that, but the joke about Jiang Wenhe buying fake liquor as a gift spread throughout the entire capital.

The eldest son of the prestigious Jiang family actually allowed his servants to buy fake wine as gifts. This is simply ridiculous and laughable, and it completely disgraces the Jiang family.

When Jiang Yanping learned of this, he was still in the government office and was instantly stunned!

What is this thing called?

Why did that idiot Jiang Wenhe admit that he was the one who gave him those two jars of wine?

With so many people in the Cui family, and countless servants, who could guarantee that those two jars of wine hadn't been switched?

Jiang Yanping rushed to the courtroom and, using any excuse, ordered Prefect Zhao Changqing to suspend the trial.

Jiang Yanping knew that if he wanted to settle the matter peacefully, the key was still Cui Youwang.

Cui Youwang's act of reporting to the authorities was to clear Cui Hu's name, since no one could bear the thought of their most promising son suddenly becoming a madman.

Therefore, he deliberately made a big fuss about the matter, which ironically made Cui Hu, who had become a laughing stock in the capital, the victim.

This time, Cui Hu was met not with ridicule, but with sympathy.

Jiang Yanping intended to reach a reconciliation with Cui Youwang, but Cui Youwang was not a short-sighted person. He couldn't just look at his immediate interests and ignore the reputation of his descendants, could he?

Moreover, Choi Yoo-wang firmly believes that his son can still be saved, so why should he bow down to the Kang family?

Both men were important officials in the imperial court, and Zhao Changqing was already having a headache. Now that the two leaders were willing to settle things privately, he naturally had no objections.

Anyway, so far this case has only involved Jiang Wenhe and his servant. As for the wine seller they mentioned, there are no obvious characteristics, no home address, and no name. So how can we investigate?

It was already a difficult case to solve, and now that he didn't have to put in the effort, Zhao Changqing was naturally happy to see it succeed.

Just as the two were at an impasse, the old servant of the Cui family hurriedly arrived.

"Reporting to your master, the steward of the Marquis of Anxin's residence has brought a physician, saying that he has come because of the young master's madness. The madam is undecided and has specially asked you to return."