The autumn air is crisp and the heat is gone, so the people and horses walking on the street have much more agile steps.
There are mostly people here wearing official uniforms and military uniforms coming and going, greeting the man leading the way from time to time, and every time they look at Qixing who is following behind.
Women rarely come here.
It's not that women don't come. Women from powerful families can come during festivals or when they are invited to the palace, but they always come in gorgeous carriages.
It's rare to see someone walking like a man.
Qixing lowered his head and listened quietly to the introduction of the man leading the way.
"It's a craftsman recommended by Master Liu."
The officials who heard this would be suddenly surprised: "Is it about the Guanxing Pavilion? The one mentioned by the Fifth Prince Consort?"
Although it has nothing to do with them, it seems that everyone in any yamen on this street will know about it.
He said and sneered again.
In doing so, he was very considerate and did not hide anything, but he also did not let others know the details before her, so as not to annoy her to deal with it.
The maidservant was stunned, and squeezed over to look outside: "She is an embroiderer, how can she come here?" After saying this, she was surprised again, with a bit of nervousness, could she come here to stare at the young lady...
Liu Tongshi said: "Don't take the crude tea we drink in the work shed, go to Mr. Qiu's place to find some good tea."
The maid whispered: "Miss, are you worried too? Otherwise, why would you avoid the Third Young Master? Maybe you don't want to know something."
Qixing responded and followed him, then disappeared out the door.
This kind of thing is not unheard of. Some terrible women are extremely shameless in order to get a good marriage.
How could it be possible that no other woman would fall in love with such Mr. Lu?
That time there was a quarrel between Young Master Lu's sister and the seventh shopkeeper on the street. After returning home, she, the maid, thought that something was wrong. It couldn't be a business dispute. There must be problems between the seventh shopkeeper and Mr. Lu's family.
The eyes on the carriage are still looking this way.
"Seven shopkeepers haven't been here before, have they?" the man said.
The maid became even more curious: "Who is it?"
"Miss, what are you looking at?" the maid poured tea and raised her head and asked.
"But I didn't expect that she actually bought one."
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Liu Tongshi picked up the wooden pagoda on the table, held it in the palm of his hand, looked at it with a smile and said: "This wooden pagoda seems to be expensive in pearls, but in fact we craftsmen can see at a glance that the pearls are just this wooden pagoda."
The embellishment of the tower, this small wooden tower, with its ingenious use of brackets——"
Common people have no chance to get close to this place.
I want to hear what kind of person that Qixing is in Mr. Lu's words.
Qixing salutes: "The daughter of the people has met Mr. Liu."
As he spoke, he stood up and pulled out a few drawings from the messy desk beside him.
Liu Tongshi smiled and waved his hand: "I don't dare to call you an adult. I am just a craftsman, but my ancestors have worked for officials for generations and got an official status." He said and extended his hand to invite, "I am just a craftsman.
There are so many rules, everyone just calls me Master Liu, and the seventh shopkeeper also calls me the same, sit down and talk."
"Don't worry about what you don't know yet."
Liu Tongshi laughed immediately, cupped his hands and said, "Okay, Shopkeeper Seven is very confident. It seems that his ancestors are also disciples of our Lumen."
"My granddaughter got so angry that she said she didn't need me to do the dowry and went to the street to buy it herself."
Qixing smiled and said: "My ancestors and Gongshujia did have some intersection." (Note 1)
Miss Xiahou said: "I seem to see that..."
Qixing nodded to express his understanding.
This sudden movement did not frighten Qixing in the slightest. She stood up, picked up the wooden pagoda, and gently pulled it in her hand. The crooked wooden pagoda instantly returned to its straight position, and it did not move at all no matter how much it shook.
"The Star Gazing Pavilion is in the Imperial City, right?" Wei Dong's family said. That is the Imperial City, where the emperor is. "Is there any danger?"
The pearls were scattered, but the wooden tower was only slightly tilted.
"Miss Qixing, I have admired you for a long time."
For example, a noble girl was approached by a woman who was raising him outside the house just after they were engaged. She knelt down in the street and begged the noble girl for a way out. She was willing to work as a cow and a horse to serve the noble girl, as long as she could stay with the young master.
"You have to think carefully."
It's next to Dali Temple.
I was really angry, especially when the young lady went to that woman's store to buy something. Mr. Lu San and Qixing looked like they didn't know each other. They were working together to deceive the young lady like a fool!
Qixing bowed and 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 will be useless for me to keep my head."
The maid snorted: "Miss, you are so considerate." She lowered her voice and said, "My family said that the third young master goes to see the master every day. If he does this, the master and his wife know that something must be wrong with you. When you ask him, he actually said that you must first
Let’s talk about it after you have an interview with the lady.”
Liu Tongshi interrupted her: "Seven shopkeepers, don't nod in a hurry." He looked at the young girl, "This is a royal project. If it is not done well, then..."
Thinking of this, the maid was very angry. It was really unlucky. How could this happen to the young lady!
This is really a craftsman who doesn't follow the rules and just sits down. The man who led the way thought to himself, but he didn't say anything more. The project in front of him was not big, but it involved a dispute between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Accounts in front of the emperor.
At this moment, you are the most skilled craftsmen.
"That Miss Qixing from Linglongfang." Miss Xiahou said.
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"I have a granddaughter." Liu Tongshi said, "She is about to get married, so she asked me to make a dowry for her. Everyone knows that we are official craftsmen, and we have a small salary. Everyone in the family also knows that I am busy, so they don't ask me to do it.
It’s so beautiful, it can be packed into a box, but..."
Who knows if there is any trap or conspiracy.
"She still dares to come!" The maid reached out and grabbed the car curtain, "I see how dare she make trouble on the imperial street. As long as the young lady says a word, the imperial guard can beat her to death in the street!"
"Even if Lu Yizhi is here, he can't protect him."
He smiled bitterly when he said this.
When Qixing returned to Linglongfang from the Ministry of Industry, shopkeeper Lu of Qingzhi Wei Dong's family was waiting anxiously. Although it was not the government office he wanted to kill, it was the government office located on Yu Street.
After greetings, Qixing was led away.
What's wrong with young men and women? Of course it's love!
The young lady never saw Mr. Lu again. It wasn't that Mr. Lu didn't come to see him, but that the young lady deliberately avoided him and stayed for a few days by coming to the palace to teach the little princess her homework.
The noble girl fainted from anger. Even if she broke off the engagement, it became a joke and she had to leave the capital to escape.
The man smiled: "It feels different when you walk in than when you look outside, right?"
Qixing only took one look and nodded: "Yes."
Liu Tongshi laughed: "You can drink it if you can, but you must take advantage of this opportunity to order something good." At this point, he stopped chatting and pointed to an exquisite wooden tower on the table, "This is the Seventh Shopkeeper, you Linglong
The craftsmanship of the workshop, right?”
Qixing said: "When looking at the lights, stand at the intersection."
Qixing put the wooden tower back on the table, walked over to look at it, and then nodded: "Yes--"
Her voice stopped again as she spoke, as if it was difficult to speak, and she seemed not to want to say her name.
Qixing nodded and looked forward. At the end of the Royal Street was the Imperial City Gate. Looking from here, the Imperial City Gate was so close. She only needed a few steps to run in -
The next moment her eyes narrowed slightly.
She looked outside again. Officers and soldiers were coming and going on the street in a solemn and majestic manner.
The man who brought Qixing in introduced him: "This is Liu Tongshi."
"Seven shopkeepers." The man turned around and said, "Please come in. We are at the Ministry of Industry. Follow me to see Master Liu."
He reached out and wiped it on his neck.
"I don't even have time to pack a box. The houses in the palace need to be repaired from time to time, and there are also relatives of the royal family. I don't like to use outside craftsmen. They are all repairs for the internal affairs. I am a person who works for the official family. This
You can’t use any of your craftsmanship on your own family.”
A fat old man wearing official uniform said with a smile.
…
Miss Xiahou hurriedly pulled her hand down: "Don't be ridiculous." She said softly, "Maybe I saw it wrong."
Miss Xiahou sighed and smiled again.
Liu Tongshi smiled and nodded: "It's a combination of hardness and softness, and it's so ingenious."
"I thought she was speaking angrily. Although our family is small, she has followed me since she was a child and is used to seeing the good things used in the palace. It is easy for her to look down on the utensils sold outside."
"Okay." She said, "I'll go back and listen to what he tells me."
The man smiled and said he was going out.
She lowered the car curtain.
"Seven Shopkeepers, come and see if this technique might be used in this Star Observation Pavilion?"
Lu Ban is the founder of Gongshu Pan Skills and Craftsmanship. Many craftsmen call themselves disciples.
The Imperial City Gate is not inaccessible, and people are constantly coming in and out. There are many carriages parked outside the gate, and one of them is slowly driving away.
As he spoke, he slammed the wooden tower to the ground.
There were eyes in that carriage looking towards her.
"Master Liu, you guys talk," he said, "I'll prepare tea."
Qixing thanked him again and sat down.
Qixing said with a smile: "I can drink any tea."
…
Miss Xiahou did not scold the maid for talking too much. She looked at the swaying car curtain and smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to know. I just want to give everyone some time to avoid being dishonorable in such a situation."
After hearing Qixing's explanation, it turned out that he was interested in his craftsmanship and wanted to assist Xiunei in the work. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but they were still a little uneasy.
Qixing shook his head: "No."
Even if there is danger, it doesn't matter.
She raised her head and looked in the direction of the imperial city.
"That's where I've always been."
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(Note 1: The story of Mozi stopping Chu and attacking Song Dynasty)