Luo nine needles

Chapter 181 A New Step

The autumn air is crisp, without the heat, the people and horses walking on the imperial street are much more agile.

There are mostly people in official uniforms and military uniforms coming and going, and from time to time they greet the man who leads the way, and every time they look at Qixing who is following behind.

Women rarely make it out here.

It's not that there are no women coming. The female family members of the powerful and powerful families can come during the festivals or when they are invited into the palace, but they are all in gorgeous carriages.

It is rare to see such a man walking like this.

Qixing lowered her head quietly, listening to the introduction of the man who led the way.

"It's a craftsman, recommended by Master Liu."

The officials who heard it would be stunned: "The thing about Guanxing Pavilion, the one mentioned by the fifth son-in-law?"

Although it has nothing to do with them, everyone seems to know about any yamen on this street.

After exchanging pleasantries, Qixing was led to continue walking.

"The seventh shopkeeper has never been here, has he?" the man said.

Common people have no chance to approach here.

Qixing said: "When looking at the lights, stand at the crossing."

The man smiled: "Walking in is different from looking outside, isn't it?"

Qixing nodded and looked forward. The end of the Imperial Street is the Imperial City Gate. Looking from here, the Imperial City Gate is so close. She only needs a few steps to rush in——

The next moment her gaze narrowed slightly.

The gate of the imperial city is not inaccessible, and people keep coming in and out. There are many carriages parked outside the gate, and one of them is slowly leaving.

There was a gaze in the carriage looking at her.

"Seventh Shopkeeper." The man turned his head and said, "Come in, please. We've arrived at the Ministry of Industry. Come with me to see Master Liu."

In response, Qixing withdrew his gaze and followed, disappearing outside the door.

The eyes on the carriage are still looking at this side.

"Miss, what are you looking at?" The maid asked after she poured out tea and raised her head.

Miss Xia Hou said: "I seem to see that..."

When she said this, her voice stopped again, as if it was difficult to speak, and she seemed not to want to say her name.

The maid became even more curious: "Who is it?"

"Miss Qixing from Linglongfang." Miss Xiahou said.

The maid was stunned, and squeezed over to look out: "She is a embroiderer, how can she come here?" After saying that, she was startled again, with a bit of nervousness, might she come here to stare at the young lady...

It's not uncommon to see this kind of thing. Some terrible women are extremely shameless in order to get a good marriage.

For example, a noble girl just got married, but she was found by the woman who was raised outside by that man. She knelt down in the street and begged the noble girl to give her a way out.

The noble girl fainted from anger, even if she divorced her, it became a joke, and she had to leave the capital to avoid it.

Thinking of this incident, the servant girl was very angry, it was really unlucky, no matter what happened to Miss!

That time, Mr. Lu's younger sister had a quarrel with the seventh shopkeeper on the street. After returning home, she, a maid, thought it was wrong. It couldn't be a business dispute. There must be something wrong between the seventh shopkeeper and Mr. Lu's family.

What's wrong with young men and women?Of course it's a sex thing!
Miss didn't see Third Young Master Lu again, it's not that Third Young Master Lu didn't come to see him, but Miss deliberately avoided him, and stayed for a few days by coming to the palace to teach the little princess homework.

I'm really pissed off, Miss You Qi went to that woman's shop to buy things, and Mr. Lu San and Qi Xing didn't know each other, this is a partnership to deceive Miss as a fool!

"She still dares to come!" The servant girl stretched out her hand and grabbed the curtain of the car, "I see how she dares to make trouble in the imperial street. As long as the young lady says a word, the guards can beat her half to death in the street!"

Said and sneered.

"Even if Lu Yizhi is here, he can't protect him."

Miss Xiahou hurriedly pulled her hand down: "Stop messing around." She then said softly, "Maybe I misread it."

She looked outside again, and the officials, soldiers and guards on the street outside were coming and going in a majestic and solemn way.

"Don't worry about what you don't know yet."

She lowered the curtains.

The maid muttered in a low voice: "Miss, are you also worried, or why do you avoid the third son? You don't want to know something."

Miss Xiahou didn't reprimand the maidservant for talking too much. Looking at the shaking car curtain, she smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to know, I just give everyone some time, so that it won't be embarrassing to deal with in such a situation."

The maid snorted: "Miss is so considerate." She lowered her voice again, "The family said that the third young master goes to see the master every day. If he does this, the master and madam know that you must have something to do. When you ask him, he actually said that you need to go to see the master first." Let’s talk about it after you have an interview with Miss.”

He was also very considerate in doing this, he did not hide something, but he did not let other people know the details before her, so as not to annoy her to deal with it.

Miss Xia Hou sighed and smiled again.

How could such a young master Lu not have other women falling in love with him?

"Okay." She said, "I'll go back and listen to what he told me."

I want to hear what kind of person that Seven Star is according to Third Young Master Lu.

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"Miss Qixing, I have been admiring you for a long time."

A fat old man in official uniform said with a smile.

The man who brought Qixing in introduced him, "This is Liu Tong."

Qixing saluted: "Minister has met Master Liu."

Liu Tongshi smiled and waved his hands: "I dare not call you an adult, I am just a craftsman, but my ancestors have worked for the officials for generations, so I got an official status." There are so many rules, everyone calls me Master Liu, and shopkeeper Seven can call me that too, just sit down and talk."

Qixing thanked him again, and then sat down.

This is really a craftsman who doesn't follow the rules. He just sits down, the man who led the way thought to himself, but he didn't say anything more. At this moment, you craftsmen are great.

"Master Liu, talk to you." He said, "I'll go prepare refreshments."

Liu Tong said: "Don't take the crude tea we drink in the shed, go to Master Qiu to find some good ones."

The man responded with a smile and went out.

Qixing said with a smile: "I can drink any kind of tea."

Liu Tongshi laughed: "If you can drink it, you can drink it, but take this opportunity to order something good." Having said that, he stopped gossiping and pointed to a wooden Linglong pagoda on the table, "This is the Seventh Shopkeeper, your Linglong Pagoda. Fang's craftsmanship, right?"

Qixing just glanced at it and nodded: "Yes."

"I have a granddaughter." Liu Tongshi said, "I'm about to get married, so let me make a dowry for you. Everyone knows that we are official craftsmen, which can be regarded as a small portion. The family also knows that I am busy, so don't ask me to do it." It’s so beautiful, you can pack it into a box, but…”

He smiled wryly at this point.

"I don't even have time to pack a box. Houses in the palace have to be repaired from time to time, and there are royal family members who don't like to use craftsmen from outside. It's all the work of the Secretary. I am a person who eats from the official family. You can't use your skills on your own family at all."

Qixing nodded, expressing her understanding.

"In a fit of rage, my granddaughter said that I don't need to make the dowry, and went to the street to buy it herself."

"I thought she was speaking out of anger. Although our family is small, she has followed me since I was a child. She is used to seeing the good things used in the palace, and those utensils sold outside are easy to look down upon."

"But unexpectedly, she actually bought one."

Liu Tongshi picked up the wooden tower on the table, held it in the palm of his hand, looked at it with a smile, and said, "This wooden tower seems to be expensive on pearls, but in fact, we craftsmen can tell at a glance that pearls are just wooden towers. The decoration of the pagoda, this small wooden pagoda, with the ingenuity of brackets—”

As he spoke, he slammed the wooden tower to the ground.

The pearls crackled and scattered, but the wooden tower that rolled to the ground was only slightly skewed.

This sudden movement did not frighten Qixing at all, she got up and picked up the wooden tower, and gently pulled it in her hand, the crooked wooden tower instantly returned to its correct position, no matter how shaken it was, it would not move at all.

Liu Tongshi nodded with a smile: "The combination of hardness and softness is amazing."

As he spoke, he stood up and pulled out a few drawings from the messy table beside him.

"Treasurer Seven, come and take a look, may this skill be used in this star-gazing pavilion?"

Qixing put the wooden tower back on the table, walked over to look at it, and then nodded: "But—"

Liu Tongshi interrupted her: "Seventh treasurer, don't be in a hurry to nod." He looked at the young girl, "This is a royal project, if it is not done well, it will be..."

He reached out and wiped it on his neck.

"You have to think about it."

Qixing thanked him first, and then said with a smile: "Master Liu, don't worry, this is very simple, if you do this, you will lose your head, and it is useless for me to keep my head."

Liu Tongshi immediately laughed, cupped his hands and said: "Okay, the Seventh Shopkeeper is confident enough, it seems that the ancestors were also disciples of our Lumen."

Luban, also known as Gongshupan, is the patriarch of craftsmen, and many craftsmen call themselves disciples.

Qixing smiled, and said: "The ancestors and the public losers do overlap." (Note 1)

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When Qixing returned to Linglongfang from the Ministry of Industry, Qingzhi Wei Dong's shopkeeper, Lu, was waiting anxiously. Although it was not a yamen that wanted to be killed, it was an official yamen located on Yujie.

Next to Dali Temple.

Who knows if there are any traps and conspiracies.

After hearing Qixing explain the whole story, it turned out that the craftsmanship was favored, and they wanted to assist Xiu Nei with work, the three of them were relieved, but still a little uneasy.

"The Guanxing Pavilion is in the imperial city." Wei Dongjia said, that is the imperial city, where the emperor is. "Is there any danger?"

Qixing shook her head: "No."

It doesn't matter if it's dangerous.

She looked up towards the direction of the imperial city.

"That's where I've always been."

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(Note 1: The story of Mozi Zhichu attacking Song Dynasty)
(End of this chapter)