As soon as the women heard that Meng Chong had come with an order, they immediately understood what Meng Chong meant. As a former eunuch in charge of the seal, as a senior eunuch, even Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng could not order him.

Feng Daban, that is, Feng Bao, did not dare to point fingers in front of him. The only person who can give orders to him is the little emperor and the two queen mothers.

The little emperor was too young to command Meng Chong, the former celebrant eunuch, to control the seal. Empress Chen, now Empress Dowager Chen.

It was impossible for her to command Meng Chong to come here to find their husband and wife. The only explanation is that the little emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Li, asked Meng Chong to come.

Empress Dowager Li was very jealous of their husband and wife, otherwise Zhang Juzheng would not have persuaded them to leave the capital.

It seems that this matter is not small, and their husband and wife are about to be involved in the grievances of officialdom again. While taking Meng Chong to her husband, the woman began to worry about the future of her husband and wife.

Needless to say, their husband and wife are Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao. Even if they left the capital, the trouble continued, and now the Empress Dowager Li simply brought the trouble here.

Zhan Xiaoxiao was not very happy about Meng Chong's arrival, and even a little disgusted. The reason is very simple, the imperial court is a big nest of right and wrong, and every time the imperial court takes the initiative to find Qin Tai, there is nothing good.

Although Qin Tai completed the task every time, the final result was not good. Qin Tai will not only not get any benefits, but will also offend more and more people.

Some of these people are Qin Tai's bosses, some are powerful people in their hands, and some are people that Qin Tai can't offend, but in order to handle the case, Qin Tai offended all these people.

This led to Qin Tai's lack of popularity in officialdom, and almost all officials were unwilling to be colleagues with Qin Tai.

Even Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun, who have always been optimistic about Qin Tai and most supportive of Qin Tai's work, do not want to become a direct subordinate relationship with Qin Tai.

There is another reason why Zhan Xiaoxiao is unhappy, that is, her husband Qin Tai's mood is very complicated these days, and everyone will be unhappy when it comes to things like this.

Qin Tai's mood in the past few days can be described as ups and downs, which really scared Zhan Xiaoxiao's wife.

Not long after arriving here, Qin Tai learned that the parent official here turned out to be his old rival Jia Baishun.

This blow is not small for Qin Tai, you must know that the grievances between Qin Tai and Jia Baishun have been going on for a long time, and the first local official that Qin Tai used his legitimate rights to remove was this Jia Baishun.

Later, they had many head-on conflicts, and Jia Baishun had long hated Qin Tai. Jia Baishun is not only an insatiable and insatiable official, but also a very vindictive person, so he targets Qin Tai almost all the time.

It just so happened that Jia Baishun had a cousin Xu Jie, who was a big official, and Xu Jie was also a person who was not very strong.

Xu Jie and Qin Tai's father and son have two generations of grievances, so Xu Jie always uses Jia Baishun to target Qin Tai intentionally or unintentionally.

While Qin Taifu was waiting at home, Xu Jie deliberately transferred Jia Baishun to Qin Tai's hometown as a parent official, making it clear that it was aimed at Qin Tai.

Jia Baishun deliberately made things difficult for Qin Tai and Qin Tai's relatives, causing a lot of trouble for Qin Tai. I thought that the grievances between Qin Tai and Jia Baishun would end with Xu Jiezhishi, but I didn't expect Jia Baishun to become a magistrate here, and become the boss and employer of Qin Tai's good brother Xiao Lingzi many years ago.

Xiao Lingzi knew about the grievances between Qin Tai and Jia Baishun, but Xiao Lingzi still became Jia Baishun's subordinate, and he was a close master, which made Qin Tai puzzled.

Later, Qin Tai secretly asked his cousin Qiu Xiaoqiu to inquire about Xiao Lingzi to see if this little Lingzi had become bad.

Qiu Xiaoqiu reported back to Qin Tai, saying that everyone here said that although this master has some ability, he is not a good person, and he especially likes others

"Filial piety". Although this master is not very old, he has a quirk, that is, he likes to eat. As long as the complainant sends enough money and food, this master will help this person win the lawsuit, which has become an open secret.

Qin Tai didn't understand this news very much, although Xiao Lingzi was usually a little greedy, he would never do anything out of the ordinary because of greed.

Could it be that this little spirit has become bad? Or did he receive the influence of Jia Baishun and learn the dark methods of officialdom?

Just when Qin Tai began to have a little obstacle because of Xiao Lingzi's affairs, there happened to be a case that gave Qin Tai a chance to test Xiao Lingzi.

Qin Tai's family

"Yun Xiangsheng" had a case of economic disputes, which would have only been reported to the county government where it was located.

Zhan Xiaoxiao privately made the decision to let the shopkeeper here report the case to the government office, and deliberately found this little Lingzi who had been renamed Lucian to handle it.

Let's see if this little Lingzi has really changed, and see if this little Lingzi has become a bad person with no conscience.

If Xiao Lingzi changes, Zhan Xiaoxiao will persuade her husband Qin Tai to leave and not have to see this old friend again.

It is said that Xiao Lingzi was born as a scholar of the Qin Tai family, so he should know the business name of the Qin Tai family. Even if you don't take care of the Qin Tai family

"Yun Xiangsheng" will also secretly monitor and pay attention, but the shopkeeper here can't say it clearly. Zhan Xiaoxiao asked her husband Qin Tai privately, and Qin Tai remembered this

"Yun Xiangsheng" is a time-honored brand in the family, and it turned out to be managed by his father, and the signboard brand he and Xiao Lingzi used to use as a cover was not this.

So Xiao Lingzi only knows that this font size is from his hometown at most

"Xianghe" opened, I don't know about this matter Qin Tai's industry. Now as Qin Tai gradually grows up and matures, Qin Tai's father has handed over all the business to Qin Tai.

Nominally, Qin Tai is

The boss of "Yun Xiangsheng", in fact, wherever Qin Tai can do business, his good wife Zhan Xiaoxiao is helping to manage.

Everyone said that Qin Tai married a good wife, not only can she be literate and martial, but also take care of people, and now she has learned to do business as a housekeeper, she is simply an all-round good daughter-in-law.

The case of "Yun Xiangsheng" is not complicated, a local buyer wants a batch of goods, and should have paid a part of the deposit as a deposit.

But

The shopkeeper of "Yun Xiangsheng" saw that he was an old customer, so he didn't ask for too much deposit, but just charged part of the freight.

Unexpectedly, this buyer regretted it and didn't want it when the goods arrived. The shopkeeper negotiated with the other party, and the other party was unwilling to pay liquidated damages, and only gave half of the freight at most.

The shopkeeper could have resold the goods to other merchants, but this buyer indicated the style and font size when he asked for the goods, and could not sell them to others.

The shopkeeper was angry and had to sell it to this buyer at the original price. In fact, this buyer does not want the goods, but wants to lower the price before asking for the goods.

The shopkeeper of "Yun Xiangsheng" thought that this was against the rules of the business, so he was not only unwilling to lower the price, but also asked the other party to pay three times the original price for liquidated damages.

The buyer is also very single, saying that this rule is set by your Shanxi people, and Hunan's people do not accept it. The shopkeeper had no choice but to file a lawsuit and let the local yamen decide the case.

Zhan Xiaoxiao discussed with Qin Tai and asked the shopkeeper to come forward to find Lu Xian. The first is to report the case and let the yamen file a case for investigation.

The second is to see if this Lucian is a little lingzi. The third is to test whether this master Lucian is a person who dares to reach out and ask for money.

Before leaving, Zhan Xiaoxiao drew a portrait of Xiao Lingzi for the shopkeeper to remember. Qin Tai had a whim, and asked Zhan Xiaoxiao to make a few hometown dishes, and let the shopkeeper bring them to Lu Xi'an.

The shopkeeper came back and said that this master was very similar to the person who exhibited the small paintings, and told Qin Tai, the boss, that Lu Xian liked the food sent very much.

The shopkeeper also told Qin Tai and his wife, and Lu Xi'an said that as long as he wanted

"Yun Xiangsheng" is justified and is willing to give the yamen fifty taels of silver

"Filial piety", this lawsuit will definitely be won. Zhan Xiaoxiao was very angry after hearing this, Lucian was Xiao Lingzi, and after this was confirmed, Zhan Xiaoxiao was completely disappointed in Xiao Lingzi.

Xiao Lingzi not only became bad himself, but also dared to blatantly ask the informant for money, and asked for the so-called

"Filial piety". Zhan Xiaoxiao really wanted to rush forward and grab this original brother and beat him up, she was really disappointed in Xiao Lingzi.

On the contrary, Qin Tai, the person who had the highest expectations for Xiao Lingzi, was not angry after hearing the news. He sat alone in his chair and giggled, laughed for a while, and then began to frown again.

Zhan Xiaoxiao was worried that her husband would be hit by Xiao Lingzi's matter, so she hurriedly came over to comfort her husband Qin Tai.

Qiu Xiaoqiu was also worried about this cousin, and came over with Xiao Ping'an. Qin Tai waved his hand to let the shopkeeper leave, leaving only a few of them in the room.

Only then did Qin Tai tell everyone his intention to deliver the food, and told the result of his own temptation. After Zhan Xiaoxiao heard her husband Qin Tai's explanation, the whole person was also a lot more relaxed.

While hugging her son Xiao Ping'an and coaxing her son to play, she asked Qiu Xiaoqiu to listen carefully to Qin Tai's explanation.

It turned out that Qin Tai had a little cumin in the meal that Zhan Xiaoxiao cooked. Although cumin was not very common in the Ming Dynasty, it was not a rare thing.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, due to the operation of the Silk Road, a large number of merchants from the Western Regions came to the Central Plains to do business.

They fell in love with the silk and tea of the Central Plains, and at the same time brought their local specialties and spices.

Cumin is one of them, cumin originally has no taste, but when added to some meat products, this taste is very wonderful.

Especially on some barbecued meats, the taste is really good with Zi and then. However, some southerners do not like this taste, but some northern nomads like it very much.

When the Mongols ruled the Central Plains, cumin became a very in-demand commodity, which led to the emergence of merchants who specialized in cumin business.