After listening to Zhao Wenhua's narration and praise, Yan Shifan smiled proudly.

No wonder he was proud, Xiao Feng's actions were completely within his calculations. He had already guessed that Xiao Feng would start with the jade pendant, and he would definitely go to the person who made these three jade pendants back then.

Zhao Wenhua wanted to hide Zeng Zaoban from Xiao Feng, but was reprimanded by Yan Shifan for being stupid.

Although Zeng Zaoban is just a small office, after all, he is a skilled craftsman in the Ministry of Industry, and even Jiajing has heard of it.

What's more, at this juncture, if something really happens to Zeng Zao, it is difficult to say which way Jiajing will go.

Therefore, the most certain way is to let Zeng Zao tell the truth, Xiao Feng's clues are broken, but it is more difficult to do, and it also seems that Zhao Wenhua is bright and open, and there is no ghost in his heart.

It is important to clear Zhao Wenhua because Zhao Wenhua represents the Yan Party, and the Yan Party supports King Jing.

Now Jiajing is more suspicious of Yuwang's problem, if Xiao Feng wants to overturn the case for Yuwang, the best way is to arouse Jiajing's suspicion of Yan Dang.

Even if there is no solid evidence, as long as Jiajing can make Yan Dang's behavior suspicious, Yuwang may turn around and get away with it.

Therefore, during this period of time, the strict party could not let Xiao Feng seize any handle, and could not give Xiao Feng the excuse to obstruct the investigation of the case.

Zhao Wenhua really admired his godbrother, and he couldn't help but want to laugh when he remembered Xiao Feng's depressed appearance when he walked out of the Ministry of Works.

After Yan Shifan was proud for a while, he remembered another thing, so he waved at Zhao Wenhua.

"I got the news that Xiao Feng asked the people of Shuntianfu to investigate the source of the rumors. You asked Zhao Er and them to hide recently, don't show up. ”

Zhao Wenhua nodded again and again, but he felt that Yan Shifan was too worried.

"Don't worry, I've let them hide in the countryside outside the city. Xiao Feng may not be able to find out that they spread the rumors.

Even if they could, they wouldn't be found. Even if we can find it, Zhao Er will not betray us. ”

Yan Shifan's one-eyed eyes stared at Zhao Wenhua, and he was trembling.

"Confused! Do you really think that Xiao Feng will honestly use Shuntian Mansion to judge?

Although he didn't dare to mobilize Jinyiwei in this case, he was afraid that it would not be difficult to learn a few tricks from the edict.

How many hard bones does Zhao Er have, don't you know? ”

Zhao Wenhua was scolded with blood, and he didn't dare to refute it except nodding his head again and again.

Yan Song habitually played a round for the two: "East Building, speak politely, they are all their own people." ”

Yan Shifan gave his father a face: "I will send someone to keep an eye on Xiao Feng, but I can't keep an eye on it too closely, there are still Jinyi Guards near his house." ”

Zhao Wenhua said depressedly: "This thing is really strange, Lu Bing so blatantly used brocade clothes to protect Xiao Feng, don't you know, don't you care?" ”

Yan Shifan's expression became very strange, as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"When you say that, I find that I have been ignoring one thing."

"What's the matter?" This was asked by Yan Song, if it was Zhao Wenhua who asked, Yan Shifan might not be in the mood to deal with him.

Lu Bing protected Xiao Feng, perhaps out of guilt for Xiao Wannian at first, but in this matter, he has always been too tough.

This is not his usual style, could it be that there are other motives in it? ”

Everyone in the room fell silent, each calculating. After a while, Zhao Wenhua thought of a new topic.

"Xiao Feng shouldn't be going out tonight, Zhang Tianci has a batch of freight arrived.

Ten boats, loaded with dozens of carts. He drove several of the cars into Xiao Feng's mansion. ”

"What?"

"I asked the people from Caoyun, and it was seafood.

Zhang Tianci opened a fish shop on the side of Tianci Grain Store, which not only supplied live fish, but also marine fish. ”

Yan Shifan's eyes lit up, and he took the wine glass and drank it all.

"Is there any salted fish in it?"

Zhao Wenhua understood what Yan Shifan meant, and he shook his head in disappointment.

"I thought about this, and I asked it repeatedly, but there was no salted fish.

All fish were checked and the salinity was normal. Now that the weather is cold, even if it is not salted fish, it can be guaranteed that the transportation will not rot. ”

Yan Shifan was also very disappointed, he thought that Xiao Feng was finally going to be pitted by his pig teammate Zhang Tianci.

You must know that in recent years, the illegal salt trade has been very tight, and some businessmen have been selling sea fish under the pretense of selling salted fish, and then boiling the salt to sell.

The government's response to this is also simple and crude - taxing.

Salted fish can be eaten casually at the beach, and the price of the fish is set by yourself. If it is shipped to the mainland, the price of salted fish cannot be lower than the same weight of salt!

In this way, the business of boiling salt with salted fish is unprofitable. So the merchants began to carry salted fish in the normal fish.

The consequence of this is that once you are caught, you will be directly convicted of selling illicit salt!

Exile starts, if the number is large, you can directly kill the head!

Zhao Wenhua hesitated, but still added his own news. He was worried that this news would be boring and might be ridiculed by Yan Shifan.

"Two of the ships were carrying sea vegetables, which were carefully inspected, and there was no excessive salt, some were dry and some were wet."

Yan Shifan didn't laugh at him, but he didn't care.

"Although there are not many seafood in the capital, it is not a rare thing. Could it be that his drunken immortal building is going to research a new dish?

No matter how new it is, it's just a sea vegetable, so how delicious it is. ”

Sea vegetables are the general name of things such as kelp, seaweed, and seaweed in the Ming Dynasty.

The price of this thing is very cheap at the seaside, because the mainlanders eat very little, and the merchants are not profitable, so they are naturally reluctant to sell it.

Zhang Tianci bought two boats, although it was a bit abrupt, but it was not worth talking about, especially at this juncture.

The lights in the Xiao Mansion were bright, and Zhang Tianci took Zhang Da to transport all the sea vegetables into the Xiao Mansion and put them in the cabin.

Then Xiao Feng set up a banquet to invite Zhang Tianci to drink, and called Zhang Yunqing, Wang Yingxiang and Qiaoqiao out to eat together.

As for Qiao Niang and the lady of the Wang family, they refused to come, but they didn't stop their daughter from coming to the table.

They know Xiao Feng's temperament, and Zhang Tianci is not an outsider, so there is nothing to worry about.

Zhang Tianci asked his daughter to pour wine for Uncle Xiao, and Zhang Yunqing was so angry that he gritted his teeth and gagged him with vegetables.

Wang Yingxiang was also not happy, because although Zhang Yunqing was not satisfied with his father's title, in the end, he sat next to Xiao Feng in the name of pouring wine for Xiao Feng, and he was forced to sit at the far end with Qiaoqiao.

Only Qiaoqiao didn't care, eating meat and drinking in a big bowl...... Soup.

Xiao Feng didn't let Qiaoqiao drink because it was too small.

If Zhang Yunqing and Wang Yingxiang want to have a drink, Xiao Feng can agree, but it must be the lightest kind of rice wine, not the kind of rice wine that Xiao Feng and Zhang Tianci drink.

Zhang Tianci looked around, a little surprised.

"Big brother, I heard that General Qi and Zhan's guards are living in your house, why don't you invite them to drink together. They're not outsiders. ”

Zhang Tianci was very grateful to these two for the bloody battle in his family, although he knew that it was Xiao Feng's face, but it was his daughter who was protecting.

Xiao Feng smiled and raised his glass: "There are too many girls, it's inconvenient, I'll invite them to drink alone another day." ”

Zhang Tianci felt that this was a bit uninteresting, but Xiao Fengyan's obedience had been engraved into his bones, and he felt guilty of even refuting it.

So with a sense of guilt, Zhang Tianci drank three glasses in a row and threw this matter to the back of his mind.

In the dark, on a big tree in the distance, someone was staring at Xiao Mansion. Between the swaying shadows of the trees, you can vaguely see a tall figure and a graceful figure.

Her pair of Danfeng eyes were full of tears, and she stared at Xiao Feng without blinking, for fear that if she couldn't see it at a glance, she would be slipped away by Xiao Feng.

Zeng Zao's family lived in the capital, and although it was the one closest to the city wall, it was still his proudest thing.

Being able to live in the city is an indication of social status, at least not comparable to those countrymen who have to queue up to enter the city gates.

Even if you are a landlord in the countryside, if you want to enter the capital, you have to wait for the rooster to crow, and if you want to live in the city, you have to have a local guarantee.

As a craftsman, being able to do this is the light of the industry!

So before entering the house, Zeng Zaoban bought a piece of braised pork and prepared to drink two cups in the evening to celebrate that he had escaped trouble today.

Between the butcher shop and the house, there is a long black alley, and Zeng Zaoban walked in the alley with meat and humming a song.

A person stopped him, dressed in a flying fish suit, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist.

Zeng Zaoban was immediately paralyzed, and the man grabbed his arm and helped him stand firmly, his voice was low and cold.

"I'll only ask you one word, it doesn't matter to you, but if you dare to tell others, I promise you can't die!"

Zeng Zaoban nodded desperately, not daring to speak.

"If you still have the craftsmanship of the year, how long will it take from getting that jade pendant to grinding and engraving?"

Zeng Zaoban had no idea of lying at all, and Zhao Wenhua hadn't reminded him that he was going to lie on a certain issue, so he must be telling the truth.

"It will take ten days at the earliest."

"Where's your apprentice?"

"Fifteen days at the earliest. No matter who you look for, you can't go less than ten days! ”

Zeng Zaoban trembled with a hint of pride in his trembling voice, this is the spirit of craftsmanship!

The ability of a skilled craftsman is unquestionable! In my field, I am the king!

The man didn't question it at all, and when he turned around, he disappeared into the darkness.

"Mark my words!"