The autumn is high and cool, and there is no heat, and the footsteps of people and horses walking on the royal street are a lot neat.

There are mostly people in official uniforms and military uniforms coming and going, and they also greet the men who lead the way from time to time, and every time they look at the seven stars who are following behind.

Women rarely get here.

It's not that there are no women coming, the female scrolls of powerful families can come during the New Year's holidays or when they are invited to the palace, but they are all in gorgeous carriages.

This kind of walking like a man is rare.

Qixing hung his head quietly, listening to the introduction of the man who led the way.

"It was a craftsman, recommended by Master Liu."

The officials who heard it would suddenly be surprised: "The matter of the Stargazing Pavilion, the one that the five horses mentioned?"

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

After the greetings, Seven Stars was taken on his way.

"The Seven Shopkeepers haven't been here, have they?" The man said.

Civilians don't have a chance to get close to it.

Seven Stars said, "When you look at the lights, stand at the crossing."

The man smiled, "Doesn't it feel the same when you walk in and look outside?"

Qixing nodded, looking ahead, at the end of the royal street is the imperial city gate, look here, the imperial city gate is so close, she only needs a few steps to run in-

The next moment, her gaze was slightly condensed.

The Imperial City Gate was not inaccessible, and there were people constantly entering and exiting, and many carriages were parked outside the gate, one of which was slowly leaving.

There was a sight in the carriage looking at her.

"Seven shopkeepers." The man turned around and said, "Please come in, I'm at the Ministry of Works, and come with me to Master Liu."

Seven Stars retracted his gaze and followed, disappearing outside the door.

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

"Miss, what are you looking at?" The maidservant poured her tea, looked up, and asked.

Miss Xiahou said, "I seem to see that..."

At this point she said that her voice stopped again, and it seemed that it was difficult to speak, and she did not seem to want to say her name.

The maidservant was even more curious: "Who?"

"That Seven-Star Miss from Linglong Place." Miss Xiahou said.

The maid goddess was stunned, and squeezed over to look out: "She is an embroidery girl, how can she come here?" After that, I was shocked again, with a little nervousness, should I come here to stare at the young lady......

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Don't mess around." Then he whispered, "I guess I'm mistaken."

She looked out again, and the officials and guards on the street outside came and went, majestic and solemn.

"Don't worry about things you don't know."

She lowered the curtains.

The maidservant whispered, "Miss, aren't you also worried, otherwise why would you avoid the third son?" I don't want to know something."

Miss Xiahou didn't reprimand the maid for talking too much, looked at the shaking curtain, smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to know, I'm just giving everyone some time, so as not to deal with it undignified in that kind of scene."

The maidservant snorted, "Miss is so considerate." He lowered his voice again, "The family said that the third prince went to see the master every day, and when he did this, the master and the lady knew that you must have something, and when they asked him, he actually said that he would talk to the young lady first and then talk about it."

He was also very considerate in doing so, not hiding something, but also not letting others know the details before her, so as not to bother her to deal with it.

Miss Xiahou sighed and smiled again.

How could such a third son of Lu not have the heart of other women?

"Okay." She said, "I'll go back and hear what he has to say to me."

I want to hear what kind of person that Qixing is in the mouth of Lu Sangongzi.

……

……

"Miss Seven Stars, look up for a long time."

A slightly chubby old man in a servant's uniform said with a smile.

The man who brought the seven stars in introduced, "This is Liu Tongshi."

Seven Stars gave a salute: "The folk girl has seen Lord Liu."

Liu Tongshi smiled and waved his hand: "I don't dare to call myself an adult, I am also a craftsman, but my ancestors have worked for the official family for generations, and I have an official body." He stretched out his hand to please, "They are all craftsmen and don't talk about so many rules, everyone calls me Master Liu, and the seven shopkeepers also call me that, just sit down and talk."

Seven Stars saluted again, then sat down.

This is really a craftsman who doesn't pay attention to the rules, let him sit down, the man who led the way thought, but he didn't say anything more, the project in front of him is not big, but it involves the dispute between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household in front of the emperor, at this moment, your craftsmen are great.

"Master Liu, you speak." He said, "I'll go get some refreshments."

Liu Tongshi said, "Don't take the coarse tea we drank in the shed, go to Director Qiu to find something good."

The man smiled and went out.

Qixing smiled and said, "I can drink any kind of tea."

Liu Tongshi laughed: "If you can drink it, you can drink it, but you have to order something good when you take this opportunity." Speaking of this, he stopped gossiping, and pointed to a wooden carved exquisite tower on the table, "This is the craftsmanship of the Seven Shopkeepers, right?"

Seven Stars only glanced at it and nodded, "Yes."

"I have a granddaughter." Liu Tongshi said, "I'm about to get married, let me make a dowry, everyone knows that we are official craftsmen, and we can be regarded as thin noodles, and the family also knows that I am busy, don't ask me to do it beautifully, and I can make a box, but ......"

He smiled wryly at this.

"I don't even have time to make a box, the houses in the palace have to be repaired from time to time, and there are relatives of the emperor, and I don't like to use outside craftsmen, it's all about repairing the internal division, and I eat official food, this skill can't be used on my own family at all."

Seven Stars nodded in understanding.

"My granddaughter was so angry that she said that she didn't need me to make the dowry, and that she would go to the street to buy it herself."

"I thought she was angry, although our family is small, but she has followed me since she was a child, and she is used to seeing the good things used in the palace, and the utensils sold outside are easy to look at."

"But I didn't expect her to buy one back."

Liu Tongshi picked up the wooden tower on the table, held it on the palm of his hand, and looked at it with a smile: "This wooden tower looks expensive on pearls, but in fact, our craftsmen can see at a glance that pearls are just the embellishments of this wooden tower.

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

The pearls crackled and scattered, but the wooden towers that rolled on the ground were only slightly

Askew.

This sudden action did not make Qixing frightened in the slightest, she got up and picked up the wooden tower, and gently pulled it in her hand, and the crooked wooden tower instantly returned to Zhou Zheng, and no matter how much she shook it, she didn't move at all.

Liu Tongshi smiled and nodded: "Rigidity and softness are both skillful."

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

"Seven shopkeepers, come and see, this Stargazing Pavilion may use this technique?"

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

Liu Tongshi interrupted her: "Seven shopkeepers, don't be in a hurry to nod first." He looked at the young girl, "This is a royal project, if it can't be done, it will be ......"

He reached out and wiped it around his neck.

"You have to think about it."

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

Liu Tongshi suddenly laughed, and arched his hand and said, "Okay, the seventh shopkeeper is strong enough, it seems that the ancestors are also disciples of our Lu Sect."

Lu Ban, that is, the skill of the public losing plate is the ancestor of the craftsman's business, and many craftsmen call themselves disciples.

Qixing smiled and said, "The ancestor and the public loser do have an intersection." (Note 1)

……

……

Qixing returned to Linglongfang from the Ministry of Industry, and the shopkeeper of the Qing Pheasant Wei Dongjia Lu was anxiously waiting, although it was not a yamen to be killed, but it was an official office located on the royal street.

Next to Dali Temple.

Who knows if there are any traps and intrigues.

When they heard Qixing say the reason, it turned out that the craftsmanship was taken care of, and they wanted to assist Shunai Division in the work, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but they were still a little uneasy.

"Then the Stargazing Pavilion is in the Imperial City." Wei Dongjia said, that is the imperial city, where the emperor is, "Will there be danger?"

Seven Stars shook his head, "No."

It doesn't matter if it's dangerous.

She looked up in the direction of the Imperial City.

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

…….

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(Note 1: The story of Mozi Zhilu's attack on the Song Dynasty)