A Well-Connected Imperial Guard

Across from Tongfu Alley at Dengshi Kou, there are hardly any customers at the gold and silver jewelry shop with the sign "Hairpin." Strangely, though, the things made by the shopkeeper, Silversmith Bao, are always in short supply. The officials in flying-fish robes coming and going from the Southern Branch of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's headquarters across the street are also friendly toward him. Why is that? Well, the answer is all in the workshop in the back courtyard! The auspicious-cloud filigree gold hairpin looks simple and elegant, and gives you a rather unusual angle for killing someone. The Five Blessings forehead ornament has a graceful design and can even serve as a breastplate in a pinch. The bamboo-joint earrings conceal a secret. Twist and fasten them, and they're perfect for hiding notes and passing messages. The twin butterfly clasp looks inconspicuous, but join its halves and you instantly have a pulley and rope. The raised-head ruyi robe weight can be tied to a long cord to strike enemies from afar, snag onto ledges, or climb rocks. No need to worry about flying through the air or scaling walls. There's also a fish-gut dagger hairpin, a collar clasp with a fine needle for picking locks, plum-blossom dart bracers, and more. For roaming the martial world, killing and robbing, it's just what you need! Silversmith Bao: A 26-year-old widower, raising his eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, with his 13-year-old nephew and two elderly servants. In the ancient capital during the Wanli era, he leads an ordinary yet extraordinary life as a supplier of equipment to the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Ding! Successfully crafted one bronze tiger-head belt buckle. Experience increased by 3 points. Dear customer, please keep up the good work! Golden finger: Artisan System. Experience can be exchanged for money and supplies, or used to purchase skills and more. Dear readers, the story is finally complete. Thank you for supporting me for so long! Chapters 8-13 New novel: Families of the Tang Dynasty Garrison Older works: Next Door to Wanmei Villa Solo Island Cultivation A Life of Striving in 1948 [Dream of the Red Chamber] The Cobbler's Wonderful Journey [Period Novel] Sports Made Me Rich A Relative of the Embroidered Uniform Guard From Little Tavern to Martial City Sixth Decade: Dungeons Flowers Like You Watching the Tang Dynasty as an Outsider I Picked the Wrong System [Dream of the Red Chamber] A Father and Son Transmigrate [Crossover] Together with Famous Figures from Antiquity Taking My Clan to Seek Survival Cultivating Immortality for a Better Future An Ancient General Store An Orphan Girl in the 1960s Sea Woman The Mountain God's Peach Blossom Haven in Troubled Times Jia Huan's Reborn Revenge The Price Difference Rules A Maoshan Taoist in Dream of the Red Chamber Peach Blossom Island and Dream of the Red Chamber The Eldest Daughter Runs the House Brother Jing of the Jia Family Xing Dequan of Dream of the Red Chamber [My Fair Princess] Blood-Red Pear Blossoms [Dream of the Red Chamber] Like the Sea, Like the Abyss [Wuxia Crossover] Together with Wuxia Protagonists [Dream of the Red Chamber] The Xue Family's Son Settling Down in the Mountains as a Hunter [Crossover] Saving Tragic Characters Zhen Fei's Rise in Dream of the Red Chamber [Crossover] Shameless Mom, Get Lost Theme: Craftsmanship means staying dedicated amid the ordinary.