Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 279 Reaching Cooperation

"After all, the person in charge of the Wen family now is the second young master Wen Zhao."

"Wen Zhao must have done this without telling Young Master Wen."

"But the more people who take the golden paste, and the longer it lasts, the more difficult it will be to conceal the truth. It will definitely alert the imperial court."

"Even if Wen Zhao was the only one who did this, who would believe it if we tell others about it? I'm afraid the entire Wen family will be implicated by then."

"After all, Wen Zhao is the second young master of the Wen family. When the time comes to judge and punish him, no one in the Wen family will escape!"

Yun Fuling's mouth felt a little dry after talking so she took a sip of tea leisurely.

Wen Zhiheng was shocked when he heard this.

He looked at Yun Fuling deeply and asked, "Are you from the imperial court?"

Yun Fuling didn't comment, just smiled slightly and raised the teacup in her hand towards him.

"Master Wen, please consider my conditions carefully."

"By cooperating with me, you can not only save your life, but also have the opportunity to leave some sparks for the Wen family."

"I guess you don't want to drag the entire Wen family into hell just because of Wen Zhao, right?"

Wen Zhiheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can agree to your terms, but I want to know who you are."

Yun Fuling: "When the time comes for you to know, I will tell you naturally."

Wen Zhiheng looked surprised, "You don't even want to tell me your true identity. How can I trust you when you are just talking nonsense?"

Yun Fuling smiled calmly: "Besides trusting me, do you think you have any other choice?"

Wen Zhiheng was speechless for a moment.

After a moment, he finally nodded, his face heavy, and said, "Okay, I promise you, from today on, I, Wen Zhiheng, and all my subordinates who obey my orders will obey you until the one-year contract is up."

Yun Fuling smiled with satisfaction, "You will never regret your decision today."

She asked, "Maritime trade is booming in Jinzhou. I guess your Wen family also has maritime trade business, right?"

Wen Zhiheng nodded, "Yes, although the maritime trade business is risky, the profits are high. There is no one among the well-known families in Jinzhou City who does not want to get a share of the maritime trade business."

Yun Fuling asked again: "Does the Wen family have its own fleet?"

Wen Zhiheng nodded: "Of course there are. You can earn much more by setting up your own fleet and going out to sea than by buying goods from foreign merchants at the dock. Although the risk of going out to sea is high, the profit can be multiplied several times, so many people are willing to take the risk."

"The Wen family therefore has no shortage of ships and people to go out to sea."

After hearing this, Yun Fuling felt more and more that she had made the right decision on this trip.

"Very good. Select a few of your men who have been to sea and are familiar with the conditions at sea."

"I'm going out to sea, and I need some people who are familiar with the sea conditions to act as guides."

"Also, the Wen family's fleet travels the sea all year round. I guess they must have drawn their own sea charts, right?"

"Give me a copy of the chart!"

There was a flash of surprise in Wen Zhiheng's eyes, and he subconsciously wanted to ask him what he was doing out to sea?

However, as soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

He nodded. "Okay."

Yun Fuling glanced at him and said, "The sea charts and manpower must be handed over to me tomorrow."

Wen Zhiheng replied in a muffled voice: "I understand."

Yun Fuling had settled what she wanted to do, and then she took out a bottle of detoxification pills from the space under the cover of her sleeves.

"The medicine I prescribed for you is just a cover to keep you out of the public eye. You can handle it yourself."

"This is a detoxification pill, one per day. Here are five."

"After eating this, the poison in your body will be almost half removed. If you take good care of your body, it won't be a problem to live another year or two."

Wen Zhiheng's face froze when he heard this.

"This detoxification pill can only remove half of the poison?"

Yun Fuling threw the bottle of detoxification pills to Wen Zhiheng.

"Giving you half of the medicine is good enough."

"If I detoxify you today, and you break the promise and turn hostile tomorrow, wouldn't it be all in vain?"

"I have to leave myself a backup plan!"

Wen Zhiheng held the medicine bottle, his face looking a little ugly, "Not keeping one's word, how can a gentleman behave?"

"Am I, Wen Zhiheng, the kind of person who would destroy the bridge after crossing it?"

"You underestimate me too much, don't you?"

Yun Fuling saw that he seemed very angry, so she could only pat his shoulder and comfort him perfunctorily: "I am a villain first and a gentleman later. This is good for both of us!"

"Anyway, as long as you cooperate with me and don't deliberately cheat me, I will definitely help you get rid of the poison!"

Wen Zhiheng responded in a muffled voice, and suddenly thought of something.

"You said you were going to go out to sea, what if..."

The following words sounded a bit unlucky, so he swallowed them back.

Yun Fuling understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Then no one can detoxify you."

"When the time comes, you will have no choice but to be buried with me. Well, at least I have someone to accompany me on my journey to the underworld!"

"So, you must choose the people you choose for me carefully!"

"I can only survive if I come back alive!"

Wen Zhiheng originally thought that Yun Fuling was a good person.

Hearing this, he almost gritted his teeth.

Threat, this is a blatant threat.

But Wen Zhiheng had no way to deal with Yun Fuling.

After all, his life still depends on Yun Fuling to save him.

Even if Yun Fuling threatened him openly, he had no choice but to obey.

Wen Zhiheng spoke word by word, almost squeezing out the entire sentence from between his teeth, "Don't worry, the people I choose must be good!"

Yun Fuling raised her lips and smiled: "Thank you in advance!"

"I'll give you a few friendly reminders. You've been poisoned for about two years. This poison is chronic. Generally, it's mixed into your food or tea and enters your body, or it's made into incense powder and inhaled into your body as the spices burn."

"You should carefully screen the people around you."

"The person who could poison you for such a long time must be someone who has frequent contact with you."

"If this person is not found, your detoxification pills will be wasted!"

"You better be careful. Don't let yourself get killed before I come back from the sea."

Wen Zhiheng gratefully bowed to Yun Fuling: "Thanks for the reminder."

"I wonder what kind of poison I was poisoned with? What are its characteristics?"

Yun Fuling wanted to help the person to the end, so she said, "It's the Heart-Eating Powder."

"If you take this poison for a long time, it will initially feel like you have caught a cold, and you will be afraid of both heat and cold."

"Then he grew weaker and weaker, and became bedridden."

"In the end, he had many dreams and couldn't sleep, and died of palpitations."

"Because it looks like a sudden death from a heart attack, it's called the Heart-Eating Powder."

"This poison is impossible for ordinary people to diagnose, so it is extremely difficult for people to tell that the poisoned person died of poisoning. They will only be mistaken for dying from a long-term illness."

"But this poison has a characteristic, which is that it turns red when it comes into contact with acid. You can get some vinegar from the kitchen to check it out."

"Check the utensils you have around you carefully. The sooner you find it, the better!"

Wen Zhiheng took a breath when he heard this.