A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 149 Liulu
Duan Rong walked into the Juyi Hall and was frightened by the scene in front of him.

Ruan Fengshan was still sitting on the tall, wide chair, but this time he was smiling faintly with a cheerful look on his face...

What surprised Duan Rong was that there were actually quite a few people sitting on the two rows of armchairs under the tall and wide chairs in the Juyi Hall. As soon as he walked in, all pairs of eyes were fixed on him.

In addition to the chief leader Luan Jingfu, the chief instructor Xiao Zongting, and the chief accountant Xu Shouxian, three of the six escort teams' leaders also came, including the second escort team's leader Sun Huang, the fifth escort team's leader Li Gu, and the sixth escort team's leader Zhao Meng.

Duan Rong knew that the first, third and fourth escort teams were still escorting goods outside and had not yet returned to the escort agency, otherwise the leaders of these three escort teams would probably have participated.

It seems that the matter of Ruan Jinghe and the thousand kilograms of gold did cause quite a stir in the Yuanshun Escort Agency.

"Duan Rong pays his respects to all the teachers!" Duan Rong stood at the door, clasped his fists and bowed deeply, which was considered as the respect for all.

After all, there are so many people on the scene, and if he were to pay his respects to them one by one, that would be like calling out the names of the dishes.

"Duan Rong!" Ruan Fengshan said in a warm voice, "You have done a great deed this time! I have discussed this with Mr. Luan, the chief escort, and Mr. Xiao, the chief instructor. May 15th is the assessment day for trainee escorts to become regular escorts. I have specially allowed you to participate and become a regular escort in advance."

The contract requires three years of internship!

He just made it on one escort mission, and he was already promoted? Isn't May 15th next month?
There is no harm in becoming a regular employee. You can escort goods just like an intern, but you will get paid less. However, you will do just as much work!
"Also, I have specially approved a sum of money for you from the chief accountant Xu Shouxian. The total is one thousand taels of silver, which will be used as your training expenses. It will be divided into ten months, and will be paid to you one month at a time!"

"I warn you, don't spend this money recklessly. Use it for cultivation."

Duan Rong clasped his fists and said loudly, "Yes!"

But he thought to himself, I'm worth tens of thousands of taels, why would I care about such a small amount of money and waste it?

What Ruan Fengshan said were all discussed in the hall before, and everyone knew it, so most of them didn't react much after hearing it, but just glanced at Duan Rong.

However, as soon as Ruan Fengshan said this, the expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became interesting...

"To the northwest of the martial arts arena in the middle courtyard, there is a house called Liulu. You don't need to live in the dormitory anymore. You can live in this house first."

Ruan Fengshan said casually: "However, this house has been empty for many years, I'm afraid you have to clean it up!"

Duan Rong was delighted when he heard that there was a house to live in. He had long disliked the cramped dormitory, which was not as safe as the escort agency. Among so many rewards, this last one was the most on point and solved a big pain point for him.

"Duan Rong would like to thank Manager Ruan for his kindness!" Duan Rong stood in the hall, clasped his fists and bowed to Ruan Fengshan with a respectful tone.

However, this reward can also be said to be what he earned with his life! To be honest, this amount of money is not much, it can only be considered average.

However, a few people in the hall looked at Duan Rong with strange eyes.

After all, Liu Lu has some history.

This house was built when the old manager was still alive, when Ruan Fengshan was still a young man!

For several years, the relationship with the old manager was very unharmonious. Ruan Fengshan was young and hot-tempered, so he moved out of the backyard in a fit of anger and built a house in the southwest of the martial arts field, named Liulu, where he lived all year round and refused to see visitors.

But later, the old shopkeeper passed away, and after Ruan Fengshan took over the Yuanshun Escort Agency, the house became empty...

This was the first time that Ruan Fengshan allowed someone to live in his house. The meaning behind this was a bit intriguing. After all, it was the courtyard where he had lived, so it was not an exaggeration to call it his secret residence.

After the reward was given, Duan Rong thanked him and left the Juyi Hall. It seemed that everyone in the hall had other things to discuss, but this had nothing to do with Duan Rong. He moved into Liulu that afternoon. Liulu was not like Xiao Zongting's house, which had two courtyards, divided into front and back yards. Liulu only had one courtyard, but it was very spacious.

There were willow trees along the walls of the yard. At this moment, their green ribbons were hanging down, dancing in the wind, like the dancing sleeves of a beautiful woman...

"What a nice yard!" Duan Rong couldn't help but exclaim.

The main building, facing north and south, consists of only a living room connected to a bedroom. It is a pure wooden structure, simple and elegant.

There are two wing rooms, a kitchen and a utility room on the east side.

In addition, there is a pavilion in the yard. The pavilion is a bit simple and even abrupt, as if it was added later.

However, this courtyard has not been inhabited for a long time, and there is dust everywhere!

As soon as Duan Rong entered the room, he immediately started cleaning. He first took a broom and cleaned the entire room inside and out.

Then he filled the large water tank at the kitchen door with clean water.

Then, he scooped water from a wooden basin and cleaned the entire house...

When Duan Rong was cleaning the house, he discovered that the north side of Liulu was separated from the backyard of Yuanshun Escort Agency by a very narrow corridor, just a wall away.

The guards in the backyard also take care of Liu Lu's safety when they patrol.

This means that the security conditions in Liulu are a level higher than other places in the Intermediate Court.

This benefit is quite significant for Duan Rong!
After all, he has been involved in quite a few things, both overt and covert, and having guards patrolling is at least an extra layer of protection!
After Duan Rong cleaned the house, he also washed himself by the well. He had not taken a proper bath in the more than one month since he was out escorting, and his body was covered with a layer of putty.

Duan Rong took off the bandage on his shoulder and found that the medicine Xiao Yu gave him was really effective. Although such a deep wound had not scabbed over overnight, the bleeding had completely stopped.

Duan Rong washed himself, changed the medicine, and bandaged the wound. By the time he finished all this, it was already dusk. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled into the courtyard, and the green willows looked as if they were coated with a layer of gold powder, even charming and attractive.

However, Duan Rong had no time to appreciate it. He put on his clothes and went to the cafeteria to eat. He hadn't eaten in the cafeteria for more than a month and he was really missing it.

After Duan Rong finished his meal, he left the escort agency and bought three doses of medicine from the herbal medicine shop before it closed!

This escort mission is over. The next one will depend on business arrangements. We may set off in a few days, or may not set off for a month.

After all, which escort team will take which escort route is basically fixed. Unless one escort route is really too busy, a new escort team will be temporarily transferred there. Such situations do not happen often.

In your free time, you must intensify your practice!

Over the past month, he had been in danger! If he hadn't practiced diligently and accumulated a lot of life-saving methods, he would have died.

In view of this, Duan Rong felt that he should seize the time and strengthen his own strength, especially to achieve the third level of Inner Breath Realm as soon as possible!

Duan Rong boiled the medicine in the medicine furnace room and then walked back to Liulu. The medicine was not ready yet and he could not do the Hunyuan Posture yet, so he would use this time to think about something else.

Duan Rong remembered the three nameless moves that Xiao Zongting taught him!

Time was too tight at that time, and he felt a bit rushed. Now, when he thought about it carefully, he felt that these three moves inspired him far more than he had imagined at the beginning!
(End of this chapter)