The Tianfeng Clothing Store was also in Shuanglong Lane not far from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Liu Ningshi, who couldn't find the imperial guard uniform for a while, could only change into a young man's dress and looked around at the entrance of the alley, thinking about how to investigate.
"Are you the one next to Master Ghost?" Behind Liu Ningshi, a figure patted her on the shoulder.
"Are you Li Chuan from the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Liu Ningshi turned around and saw a familiar face: "Yes, I am Lord Ghostface's follower Liu Cheng."
"So it's Mr. Liu. Why are you here on Shuanglong Lane?" Li Chuan looked at Liu Ningshi and then at the Tianfeng Clothing Shop not far away. He already guessed in his mind: "What if? I wanted to go to this shop to choose some clothes that fit me, but Li really tried his best."
"Then I'll help Brother Li." Liu Ningshi smiled. She felt more and more that Li Chuan was mysterious and unpredictable, and she couldn't tell whether he was helping her or not.
The main store of Tianfeng Clothing Shop is not big. On the counter is a dark-skinned, six-foot-tall man holding a brush and writing down something in an account book. His front, back and left are filled with colorful cloths.
"Shopkeeper Sha, long time no see." Li Chuan greeted the man at the counter who was familiar with him.
"Isn't this Brother Li? What brought you here?" This person is Sha Tianfeng, the shopkeeper of this shop, and the nephew of Shaerba, the left servant of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Last time, among the ten sets of official uniforms your shop made for the Ministry of Finance, one was slightly defective." Li Chuan said as he opened the package on his back, took out the official uniforms, and pointed at the collar: "Look, there is something missing here. Two needles, you also know that our Mr. Zhu is a master who can’t get rid of the sand in his eyes.”
"Oh, it's true." Sha Tianfeng took the uniform and looked at the collar carefully, and said with an apologetic smile: "This is an oversight on my part. I'm sorry to trouble Brother Li to make a special trip." ah."
"It's okay. It just so happens that my little brother also wants to see if there is any suitable cloth in your shop to make some clothes for his family." Li Chuan followed the words and introduced Liu Ningshi to Sha Tianfeng.
"Who is this brother?" Sha Tianfeng looked at Liu Ningshi's slightly unfamiliar face and wondered in his heart: Li Chuan usually knows the rules, so why did he bring a stranger here today.
"Brother Liu was personally arranged by Mr. Li to join the Household Department. He will stay in my poor room for a while." Li Chuan suddenly came close to Sha Tianfeng's ear: "He will definitely be entrusted with important tasks in the future. We must take advantage of this opportunity." It’s better to have a good relationship with him now.”
"Hey, thank you Brother Li for the tip!" Sha Tianfeng was an out-and-out businessman. He immediately understood Li Chuan's intention, and his dark face immediately became enthusiastic: "Brother Li's friend is me. Friends of Sha, Brother Liu, just look and see, and if you need anything, just ask."
"Shopkeeper Sha, let's go to the backyard to take a look and sew the official uniform." Li Chuan wrapped the official uniform with cloth again and looked at Sha Tianfeng with a smile.
"That's fine." Sha Tianfeng shouted towards the back hall: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu."
"Shopkeeper, I don't know what your orders are." A young man wearing a villain's costume came out from the back hall and bowed respectfully.
"Take Brother Li and Brother Liu to the back hall." Sha Tianfeng solemnly ordered: "Remember, you have to greet you two well."
"I understand." The young man named Xiao Wu was very smart. After hearing Sha Tianfeng's instructions, he immediately bowed to the two of them and spread his hands: "You two gentlemen, please."
The courtyard at the back is fifteen feet long and eight feet wide. The courtyard wall connects to the main pavilion to form a large circle. There are seven or eight large dyeing vats in the courtyard, with red, green, purple and other seasonings mixed in the water. There are about twenty men Hot
They were doing their work while facing the sky; some of them were stirring the seasonings and water with long bamboo poles, some were hanging the dyed cloth on the bamboo poles to dry, and there were a few men working in pairs, each grabbing the newly dyed cloth. He picked up both ends of the finished cloth and twisted the cloth with all his strength.
Liu Ningshi walked through the path between them, and every person she passed gave her a wary and hostile look; most of these men were sallow and thin, and there were some scratches on the skin on their bare arms or legs. Wrinkled and green, it looks like a burn but is not a burn scar.
"You all work hard, what are you looking at?" Xiao Wu saw that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly scolded these men, then smiled apologetically at Liu Ningshi and said: "Young Master, don't blame me, these people are all vulgar and tough men. Don’t understand the rules.”
"How can Mr. Liu argue with them?" Li Chuan smiled and patted Xiao Wu: "Let's go to the embroidery workshop quickly. I have to go back to do my job after changing my clothes."
"Master Li said, please come with me." Xiao Wu took the lead diligently, while Li Chuan followed him with a smile.
Liu Ningshi followed Xiaosi and Li Chuan to the end of the yard and entered a workshop; three or five girls in light yellow skirts were holding twisting poles and sitting in front of the textile wheel and working hard; in the corner of the workshop, The thin needles in the hands of several old tailors kept moving back and forth on the light red cloth. Extremely skillful technique.
"Luo Bei? Didn't you take leave recently? Why are you here?" Li Chuan, who had just entered the room, saw a thin man with fair skin standing in front of one of the old tailors.
"Is it Brother Chuan? The weather is getting colder. Let me see if Master Tian's robe for making Cuilan is finished?" Luo Bei looked at Li Chuan and looked a little unnatural.
"You and your wife are really in love, which is enviable." Li Chuan's face remained as usual, and he laughed at himself: "Hey! Unlike me, I am still a bachelor."
"Hey! What are you talking about, Brother Chuan!" Luo Bei also started teasing: "Who doesn't know that brother, you have a high vision and pursue freedom, otherwise you would already have a group of wives and concubines."
"Okay, don't tease your brother." Li Chuan smiled at Liu Ningshi, who looked at the girls in undershirts blankly, "Since Mr. Liu has a beautiful wife at home, stop thinking about these women."
"Make Brother Li laugh." Liu Ningshi came back to her senses, remembered the young master's current dress, and realized her gaffe, and nodded gratefully towards Li Chuan.
"Haha, is this young master a friend of Brother Chuan?" Luo Bei approached Li Chuan and whispered, "Sure enough, he is just like brother, with extraordinary vision."
"You brat, what are you talking about?" Li Chuan glared at Luo Bei: "This Mr. Liu was arranged by Mr. Li. In the future, we brothers will inevitably need help from others."
"Luo Bei, your robe has been sewn." Master Tian at the table shook the robe in his hand: "Do you want more?"
"If you want it, how can you not want it?" Luo Bei took the robe from Master Tian and carefully wrapped it with a piece of blue cloth and carried it on his back. He held his hands towards Liu Ningshi and Li Chuan: "Brother Chuan , Mr. Liu, I will go back first."
"Is this?" Liu Ningshi suddenly saw a vermilion birthmark on the back of Luo Bei's raised right hand. She could not suppress the anger in her heart, and a blue light appeared in her right palm: "He is the fake tax collector. Is he also the murderer of Xiaotuo and the others?"
"Master Liu, let's go over there and have a look." Li Chuan noticed that Liu Ningshi's expression was different from before, so he shouted.
"Calm down, calm down." Liu Ningshi suppressed the anger in her heart, and the blue light in her palm gradually disappeared.
"There are twenty-six people in the courtyard just now." Liu Ningshi followed Li Chuan towards Tailor Tian, while secretly thinking about the people and things she just saw.
"Master Tian, there are still a few stitches missing on the collar of this poor coat. Could you please help me make up for it." Li Chuan took out his official clothes and introduced to Liu Ningshi: "This Tianfeng Clothing Shop is amazing. It starts from cloth." From weaving to making clothes, we can satisfy ourselves; and the uniforms of our household department are all made by these embroiderers and Master Tian, there is no semicolon."
"Then how many errands should be done every year? Is there a quantitative rule in the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Liu Ningshi slowly withdrew the internal energy that surged from her dantian, and the anger she had just suppressed gradually calmed down.
"There are no specific rules. If the uniforms are old and need to be replaced, or there are a large number of new uniforms, there will be more." Li Chuan picked up a completed uniform and handed it to Liu Ningshi : "What a coincidence, this year the Ministry of Household Affairs has recruited about twenty new officers, and Master Sha just delivered ten sets last time."
"Brother Li, do you still remember the specific number of recruits?" Liu Ningshi looked at the brand new uniforms in her hands and said to herself: "This uniforms were made by Tianfeng Clothing Shop from beginning to end. Could it be that they made these uniforms Did you give the service to Luo Bei?"
"Well, let me think about it." Li Chuan held his chin and patted his head: "By the way, it should be twenty-six."
"Twenty-six?" Liu Ningshi was shocked: "Brother Li, did you remember it wrong?"
"It's not wrong." Li Chuan said categorically: "The list of personnel sent by me happened to be in my hands."
"There were exactly twenty-six workers in the courtyard just now? Is there any connection between the two?" Liu Ningshi was a little confused.
"Mr. Liu, you see my uniform has been sewn." Li Chuan smiled at Liu Ningshi and said, "You can't rely on others, go back."
"That's good, this Tianfeng Clothing Shop really deserves its reputation." Liu Ningshi said politely, but in her heart she wanted to go to Tingwei Mansion to check out this clothing shop.
In the D-shaped room No. 5 of Fengyuan Inn, a burly man came in again, smelling of alcohol, and said with a drowsy smile: "Brother, this Wujian Lefang is really well-deserved. A good drinker is a better person."
"Third brother, I asked you to contact me, why did you drink like this?" The eldest brother, a burly man, was still sitting cross-legged by the couch.
"There's nothing you can do about it. That bullshit special envoy is arrogant and says he'll meet Big Brother when the time comes." The burly man said and punched the square wooden table: "What an arrogance you're putting on."
"Brother, it's outside..." Another man in black night clothes quickly entered and closed the door with his backhand. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a pair of drunken eyes looking at him. He immediately pinched his nose and shook his head. : "It smells so bad."
"Don't worry about him. People who drink every time are neither human nor ghosts." The man sitting cross-legged continued to ask: "How is the situation outside?"
"All the hidden sentries at the four city gates have been removed. The Su family must have been identified." The man in black moved his mouth: "The other party is urging me again. Can we transport things out of the city now?"
"Could this be a trap?" The man sitting cross-legged snorted.
"It doesn't look like it. We have released a lot of bait before, but not all of them were bitten by the fish." The man in black took a cup and took a sip of water.
"Whether it's a trap or not, you'll know once you try it." The man who was sitting cross-legged looked at the drunk and stupefied burly man, and a contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
