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

Chapter 211 Huang Qing
Early in the morning, just after daybreak, Duan Rong dragged his tired body back to Xiangu County.

The energy consumed by jumping from the top of the cliff was even greater than climbing up. Duan Rong barely managed to reach the bottom of the cliff.

By then, his internal energy had completely dried up, and his body had no strength left. He had also drunk up the soup in the gourd on his waist halfway up the mountain.

At that moment, he was even extremely weak and dangerous, and an ordinary warrior could easily kill him!

Fortunately, Duan Rong released his spiritual sense and was very sure that there was no single figure within a hundred meters.

Duan Rong panted heavily and sat at the bottom of the cliff for a long time before he finally recovered some strength and rushed back to Xiangu County!

Duan Rong had breakfast on the street and then returned to Liulu. He strode into the room as soon as he entered the courtyard, picked up a gourd on the table, and took a few big gulps.

There were also three gourds on the table, all filled with green medicinal soup.

After taking a few gulps, Duan Rong didn't care about the sweat and dust on his body, he fell on the bed and fell asleep like a dead dog.

Duan Rong slept until the afternoon.

He lay on the bed and moved his body around for a while, and found that his internal energy had recovered and was noticeably stronger.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered. His one-day and one-night practice in Gushan was equivalent to standing still in the courtyard for three days!
Duan Rong thought about it for a moment and decided to go to Gushan every three days.

Although Gushan is good, it drains the Dantian too clean. If you do it every day, it is easy to damage the foundation of the Dantian. But once every three days, it should be fine. After draining it, stand in the courtyard for two days to recover...

After Duan Rong finished his thought, he climbed up from the bed and went to the courtyard to wash himself thoroughly.

It was already afternoon. After Duan Rong finished washing up, he went to the street to eat something. After finishing his meal, he was originally planning to return to Liulu to practice standing meditation, but when he walked to the martial arts field, he suddenly heard several fellow disciples discussing the issue of monthly salary.

Duan Rong calculated the date and found that today was the seventh day of the first lunar month, the day for distributing monthly salary.

Although the monthly salary of the escort was almost like a drop in the ocean to Duan Rong now, it was not worth mentioning.

But he still went to collect his salary every month, at least to make himself look normal. Who would not collect their salary for a few months?
And because of Ruan Jing's matter last time, Ruan Fengshan specially approved a sum of one thousand taels for his training expenses, saying that it would be paid to him monthly.

But he only collected the money once. When he went to collect it the following month, the chief accountant Xu Shouxian said that the escort agency had been spending a lot of money recently and there was no extra money in the account, so he asked him to come back in two months.

It’s almost time for him to collect his second month’s salary.

Duan Rong turned and went from the martial arts field to the backyard.

The escorts usually received their monthly wages in the account office in the middle courtyard. But Duan Rong had to go to Xu Shouxian to receive the special training fee. Xu Shouxian usually stayed in the account office in the backyard and rarely came to the middle courtyard.

Duan Rong walked to the backyard door and explained his intention to the guard. The guard did not make things difficult for him. After looking at the badge, he let him in.

Duan Rong walked into the accounting office in the backyard and saw account books piled on several tables in the hall. Several apprentice accountants were flipping through the books and copying down the accounts with pens.

Duan Rong knew one of them, whose name was Huang Qing. He was the accountant apprentice who lived next door to Duan Rong when Duan Rong lived in the dormitory of the Central Courtyard.

It is not easy to get started in accounting. There are many tricks involved. It is difficult to get the hang of it without a few years of immersion and understanding.

Duan Rong was not very clear about other places, but in Yuanshun Escort Agency, it was said that it was more difficult for an accountant apprentice to be promoted to a full-time employee than for an escort master.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the room, several people looked up at him. Although the others did not know Duan Rong, Huang Qing recognized him at a glance and said with a smile: "Brother Duan, it's been a while since we last met! How come you have time to come to our backyard account office?"

Duan Rong smiled. When he lived in the dormitory, he and Huang Qing often greeted each other, but they were not close friends. However, Huang Qing was still very enthusiastic when he saw him. "Brother Huang, you are in the center, you are not like us rough guys who can meet you whenever we want." Duan Rong smiled.

Duan Rong described the accounting office in the backyard as the center, and this move not only affected Huang Qing, but also several other accounting apprentices.

As soon as Duan Rong finished speaking, several accounting apprentices looked up and glanced at him with a smile, obviously enjoying it very much.

Huang Qing said, "Brother Duan, you are joking. Although the backyard account office is important, I am just helping out and doing odd jobs."

Duan Rong glanced at Huang Qing and felt that he was quite steady. He smiled and said, "Brother Huang is modest."

Duan Rong stopped talking and changed the subject, asking, "Is Mr. Xu, the accountant, here?"

Huang Qing's eyes moved, and he said, "It's in the East Jia side room. Brother Duan can go there by himself."

Duan Rong clasped his fists and walked towards the east side room.

When the accounting apprentices heard that Duan Rong was looking for the head accountant Xu Shouxian, they immediately started talking.

"Who is this person? He doesn't look very old, but he is here to see Mr. Xu, the accountant?"

Huang Qing saw people were curious and talking about it, so he said, "He is Duan Rong."

"He is Duan Rong?"

"The one who saved Master Ruan Jing?"

"He looks very young, and speaks in a gentle and polite manner..."

It would have been better if Huang Qing didn't say anything. Once he did, those people started talking even more loudly.

Duan Rong walked into the east corridor. There were four rooms in the east wing with houseplates A, B, C, and D hanging in front of the doors. Duan Rong walked slowly to the door of Room A and was about to knock on the door when the door of the innermost room suddenly opened and a man with a thin face and a white beard walked out. He glanced at Duan Rong, took a few account books, and walked out.

Although Duan Rong was not clear about the personnel of the backyard accounting office, he obviously knew that the four rooms in the east wing were the most important places in the backyard accounting office.

Dongjia is where the chief accountant Xu Shouxian checks the accounts.

Sitting in the Dongyi and Dongbing rooms respectively were Wang De'an and Zhu Shicheng, both of whom were Xu Shouxian's confidants.

When Master Ruan Jing got into trouble, Ruan Fengshan asked Xiao Zongting to detain and guard four people. In addition to Zhou An, they were the three people in the accounting office in the backyard. From this, we can see their status in the accounting office.

However, the person who just walked out of the innermost ear room was obviously the person in charge of Dong Ding's room. But Duan Rong had never seen this person before, nor had he ever heard of him.

Duan Rong looked at the man's back and his eyes flashed. For some reason, he felt that the man's face was somewhat similar to Xu Shouxian.

Duan Rong turned around and knocked on the door three times until the man's back disappeared at the entrance of the corridor. Seeing no response from inside, Duan Rong paused for a few breaths and knocked on the door three more times with a little more force.

After knocking on the door this time, Duan Rong stood there, waiting.

After a long while, I heard a long, old voice from inside, saying, "Come in!"

(End of this chapter)