Yi Shangyan and Chang Siguo returned to the original city and took over two body-refining warrior waist badges from Captain Niu, as well as a sword and several other trophies. They both took one share equally, but you're welcome. .
The cooks and servants in the city picked up flatbreads, bacon, and meat and vegetable soup, and then made a meal to fill their stomachs.
In the afternoon, the Beirong people did not launch another large-scale siege. They only frequently launched more than ten small groups of harassment attacks on the four walls of the east, west, north and south. They came and went like the wind, leaving the soldiers at the top of the city in no peace. Both sides had new attacks. Many casualties.
Chang Siguo saw that the sun was tilting and there seemed to be no sign of the Beirong people moving out on a large scale. He discussed with Yi Shangyan and went to the service building to exchange the seized waist tags and swords. It would be a burden to have too many on him.
Yi Shangyan agreed with a smile. He gained more from defending the city this day than in the previous days combined. He also needed to replenish some elixirs for training.
Say hello to Lao Niu, then go to the west to ask Shan Liwen for instructions, and then the two of them go down the city road.
The streets in the city are extremely clean, with only the occasional hurried craftsmen and soldiers carrying wounded soldiers on simple racks.
Starting from the afternoon, the soldiers who defended the city began to take turns to return to the barracks to rest in order to maintain their energy and endure the stalemate with the Beirong people.
The front hall and backyard of the service building are relatively busy. Arrows are transported and distributed, seized materials sent from various city sections are counted and classified, people come in and out, and the limited manpower is busy without touching the ground.
Yi Shangyan took Chang Siguo to a spacious and clean room on the third floor.
The room was filled with heat. There was a row of heavy wooden cabinets in the middle, dividing the room into two rooms, the inside and the outside. There were seven or eight seats in the outside room, as well as coffee tables, fires, tea sets and other items. Yi Shangyan waved to the person sitting in the inner room reading a book. An elegant old man in black shirt said hello: "Old Yu, I have to trouble you again."
The old man stood up and saw three weapons hanging on each waist of the two men. He smiled and said: "The harvest is not bad." Then he looked at the big black man and said: "This little brother is a bit unfamiliar, isn't he?"
Yi Shangyan introduced vaguely: "Chang Siguo, a rising star in the army." He added: "My brother, please take care of me when I grow old."
Chang Siguo bowed his hands and said, "I've seen him before."
The old man shook his half-empty arm in his left sleeve and said with a smile: "I can't do the full ceremony, please forgive me, little brother."
Only then did Chang Siguo realize that the other party was disabled and hurriedly said: "You're welcome, Mr. Yu." He could feel the real energy fluctuations in the old man's body, but it was far behind compared to General Fang he had seen in the morning. He was probably solid. Cultivation in the middle and late stages of this realm.
After greetings, the old man asked: "Which of you comes first?"
Yi Shangyan glanced at Chang Siguo and said with a smile: "I'll go first." He took off the two swords from his waist and put them on the counter. Then he took out three waist cards and stacked them on the counter. "I don't have much stuff, so I'll go first." It’s a good idea.”
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The old man picked up the silver waist tag on the counter, tossed it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Is this still a little? Beirong patrol envoy, a big fish was also killed by you, one of them is two, Brother Yi is awesome ah!"
Yi Shangyan did not dare to take all the credit, and said: "This brand is the joint contribution of both of us, and it will be recorded in our accounts." He motioned to Hei Wa to take out the temporary waist card.
The old man carefully checked the quality of the two swords and verified the authenticity of the three waist tags. He took out a booklet from under the counter and opened it to the latest page. He then took Hei Wa's waist tag and looked at it for a moment. There was nothing written on it. He handed the badge back to Heiwa, picked up a small pen, slowly dipped the ink in the inkstone, and asked: "Are the credits recorded by the guards at the north gate of Sihuang City?"
Chang Siguo glanced at the smiling Yi Shangyan and said, "Well, this credit goes to the North Gate Supervisor."
He finally understood what Yi Shangyan meant by offering advice.
The old man wrote the names of the two people, recorded in detail the number of meritorious services, the time, and who was killed. He asked the two to sign and fingerprint respectively. He collected the sword and waist tags on the counter and settled the two sapphire coins and coins for Yi Shangyan. Forty white jade coins were taken out, and another fifty white jade coins were handed to Chang Siguo to complete the settlement of the trophies recorded in the book.
Chang Siguo collected the white jade coins in a brocade bag, took off a narrow knife and a waist knife and put them on the counter. Then he took out eight bronze waist medals from his arms, laid them out one by one, and stretched out his hand to indicate to Mr. Yu that he could check them.
There was a slight look of shock on the old man's face. He had gained so much, how long could he keep the credit without claiming it? I couldn't help but ask: "Brother Chang, are you a recent transfer from Sihuang City?"
Yi Shangyan laughed loudly: "My brother, before the Beirong people besieged the city, he was still guarding the warehouse by the bandit army. Unexpected? Haha, after a great battle, he stood out. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rising star in the frontier army. Bar."
Chang Siguo smiled and said humbly: "Good luck, just a fluke."
The old man shook his head and laughed, "Guarding the warehouse? Haha... He was able to kill eight Beirong cultivators, and also coordinated to kill a Beirong patrol envoy. With this strength, at such a young age, Brother Chang's future is limitless. General In front of you, I have to say something nice to you."
As an old man, he couldn't see that Yi Shangyan was trying his best to attract the big black man to Sihuang City, so he just went along with the flow and got a small favor.
Chang Siguo saw Yi Shangyan winking at him, and he politely handed over his hand: "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Yu, for your support."
"It's just the icing on the cake, little brother, there's no need to be polite."
After the old man carefully verified the weapons and badges, he raised his pen and looked at Chang Siguo. Should all the credit be attributed to the bandit army, or to Sihuang City?
Chang Siguo took out three bronze waist tags and said: "These three pieces are in the name of Zuo Wei's warehouse, the outpost of the thieves." He also took out the waist tag of the man with two axes who killed him, "This one is for Brother Yi and me." All in total, the credit is recorded by the supervisors at the north gate of Sihuang City. Well, the last four are all counted by the supervisors at the north gate." He raised his head again and smiled apologetically: "It's more complicated, and I'm getting older."
The old man caught a glimpse of Yi Shangyan's face and couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He knew that the matter was basically done, and said with a smile: "Compared to you fighting life and death in front, the old man just wrote a few times, where will the trouble come from? You guys will come here often in the future. The old man welcomes you to bother me like this, and it saves you the trouble of staying alone in the public room, which is too quiet and lonely."
While talking, he wrote on the account book without adding a dot, entering the credits one by one.
Yi Shangyan smiled from ear to ear and said, "According to the old auspicious words, we will come here often in the future to take credit for our achievements."
After recording, the old man checked it again, transferred the account book, and asked the two to sign and fingerprint respectively. He settled Yi Shangyan's twenty-five white jade coins, took out four sapphire coins and sixty-five white jade coins, and delivered them to Think about it often.
After chatting for a while, the two said goodbye and left.
The old man thought for a while, took up a pen and wrote a note, rolled it up in a bamboo tube, walked to the inner room, took out a bamboo cage, caught the carrier pigeon in the cage, put the bamboo tube on the pigeon's feet, opened the small window facing north, and the cold wind blew. Come in, raise your hands and let the homing pigeons fly, then close the window and leisurely drink tea and read a book.
The homing pigeon circled in a low altitude circle and landed on a certain building in the city.
