Chang'an night watchman

Chapter 15 The first day of social animals

The night watchman's yamen is in the east of the city, close to the moat, which is already the edge of the outer city, and there are many homeless refugees on the road.

This is very normal. Everyone knows that Chang'an City has a strong defense force. People from all over the world want to come to Chang'an to hang out. There are many people living on the streets.

In the afternoon, Lu Changge and Jingyang arrived at their destination.

At the gate, a night watchman wearing a green robe with the word "yellow" is leaning on the doorpost to take a nap, sleeping soundly.

Of course, it’s not that the night watchman’s discipline is not strict. It’s just that this job requires night shift, commonly known as night watch, because night devils are active at night, and no one cares about you during the day.

"Brother, hey, wake up!"

Lu Changge called out twice, and the yellow-ranked night watchman woke up rubbing his eyes. Seeing that it was two unfamiliar faces disturbing his sweet dreams, he immediately frowned.

Come to the night watchman's yamen during the day, are you sick?

"What are you doing here?"

Lu Changge smiled and said, "The new night watchman, I asked Brother Hu to report, can you help us pass it on?"

The gatekeeper said with a look of embarrassment: "Brother Hu is on a lunch break at this time, so I'm afraid he will be scolded."

Lu Changge understood immediately, and took some broken silver from his pocket, about five coins, and stuffed it calmly, "Brother, I'm sorry to trouble you."

The gatekeeper took the money and sighed: "Brother, since you know Brother Hu, you also know that he has a bad temper. For such a small amount of money, it's not worthwhile for me to be scolded! Why don't you wait here, at most half a day?" an hour."

Mom's appetite is not small
"You he!"

Jing Yang was about to greet his mother cordially, but Lu Changge stopped him, pulled him aside and said, "I don't have so much with me, take it out quickly!"

"Aren't you afraid that he won't have enough to eat? This is the money we got in exchange for our lives. I still expect it to buy a house in the capital." Jingyang was extremely reluctant.

Lu Changge chuckled, "Just take it, and I'll help you get it back later with the money and interest. Damn, I've always been the only one taking advantage of others, and he dares to take advantage of me."

"Okay, trust you!"

The two of them pooled a piece of silver, and the gatekeeper reluctantly said: "All right, for the sake of sincerity, brother, I will pass it on for you, and if you are scolded, you will be scolded."

Came back after a while, pointed inside: "Brother Hu told you to go in directly, go in and turn right, turn two turns and walk 200 meters to Honglei Hall."

"Thank you, brother!"

The two entered the yamen smoothly, and Jingyang frowned and said in a low voice, "Didn't you say you want the money back? Are we going to take advantage of him like this?"

"Not urgent."

In the Thunder Hall, the two of them saw the sturdy Song Changhu as soon as they arrived. The thick tiger eyebrows were still domineering, and there were two yellow-level night watchmen standing beside them.

A few night watchmen who came to Beijing together were left behind, and they should have been assigned to other churches.

Lu Changge stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Boss, we are here to report, and the scheduling of these two days is troublesome for you."

"Hey, don't follow Lao Tzu to the literati!"

Song Changhu waved his hand impatiently, but Lu Changge was familiar with him. He looked at the other person and asked, "What's your name?"

"Boss, the youngest is called Jingyang."

"Okay, give them the clothes."

The night watchman beside him handed over two sets of blue robes, which were the uniform of the night watchman in the capital, with a conspicuous yellow letter embroidered on it.

"Put on your clothes, it's so slippery!" Song Changhu said carelessly, "In ten days' time, there will be a big exercise. I will take you to get familiar with it first. If you can't make it by then, get out of here."

After saying that, he glanced fiercely at the surrounding subordinates.

Surrounded by old men, Lu Changge didn't shy away from it, so he took off and changed on the spot. The uniforms in this capital are made of high-quality silk, which is tight and close-fitting, so it is easy to fight. .

"go!"

On the way, Lu Changge asked his colleague in a low voice, "Brother, what is the big exercise that the boss said just now?"

"The big exercise is held once every three months. Yellow-level night watchmen must participate. Newcomers can only become official night watchmen if they pass the exercise assessment. If they fail three times in a row, they will be expelled from the yamen."

As expected of the capital, this Nima's introversion is too serious, it means that I am an intern now, haven't I turned into a regular?

Jingyang interjected: "The boss said that if we can't pass, we'll get out, so strict?"

"Ham, the boss is just trying to scare us."

"By the way, brother, what's the benefit of being an official night watchman?"

The colleague smiled: "The monthly money is only two taels of silver before the assessment, and the official night watchman's monthly money is four taels of silver and one stone of rice, and you can also get the qualification to go to Changye Pavilion to select martial arts stunts.

Only the official night watchman can perform tasks, accumulate merits, and be promoted to the Xuanzi level. "

Holy crap, that's so important!

Money is important, and martial skills are also important. This is the only way for him to become stronger. Lu Changge instantly lifted his spirits. It seems that this big exercise must be taken seriously.

When he came to the gate of the yamen, he saw the janitor again, Lu Changge suddenly stopped Song Changhu, clasped his fists and said, "Boss, I want to be a janitor!"

"What the hell!" Song Changhu frowned.

"The official night watchman earns four taels of silver a month, and the gatekeeper's message is two taels per pass, earning money!" Lu Changge said sternly.

Even with Song Changhu's brain, it is not difficult to understand such obvious words, and he immediately said, "Damn it!"

He strode to the door and mercilessly kicked the doorman on the buttocks, kicking him to a stagger on the spot.

"Hu, Brother Hu?" He rubbed his butt, a little confused.

"Damn, you dare to corrupt the money under Lao Tzu, hand it over!"

The man suddenly realized, looked at Lu Changge behind him, saw that he was whistling and pretended to look at the scenery, gritted his teeth and took out the one or two silver coins, and handed it over with a smile: "Brother Hu, that's all."

Song Changhu frowned, "You fucking spit out half a mouthful, right? How about one or two more?"

"Brother Hu, I really have so many."

"It's not just once or twice, my boy. I still don't know your virtue. Do you still want to be beaten?"

After weighing it, this person had to bite the bullet and add a tael of silver to himself, and Song Changhu was satisfied with taking people away.

Lu Changge played with the hot silver he just got, winked at Jingyang, as if to say: Do you believe it now?
"You're so cheap, but I like it!" Jing Yang grinned.

Under the leadership of Song Changhu, a group of five went out of the city in a mighty manner. The night watchman's special exercise field was set up one mile outside the city, and it was said that there were genuine goods inside.

Several colleagues on the road also got to know each other briefly. Deng Feng is a senior brother who has received a Grade B evaluation in the big exercise and is an official night watchman.

Mu He, a new recruit, joined about a month ago, and has not participated in the exercise yet.

The big exercise assessment is divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D. D means unqualified. If you fail three times, you can go home and farm. Grade C means you can’t go up or down. You can stay and continue to grow. Grade B can be promoted to the official night watchman. is excellent.

After riding a horse for a while, when we arrived at the destination, there was a forest in front of us, near the west gate of Chang'an, the terrain was desolate, and most people entered the city through the south gate.

"dismount."

"This is where we practice?" Lu Changge looked at Deng Feng, the oldest.

"Yes, this place is called Zhenmo Mountain, and it is covered with a sky-shattering formation. Except for the entrance, it is impossible to enter. Those living ninth-level night devils will be thrown into this place on weekdays. It is a special training ground for our night watchmen."

Good guy, professional venue, professional training, strict system... No wonder the night watchmen in the capital are so much better than those in the backcountry.

Lu Changge remembered the first time he encountered the Night Demon, the ninth rank of the most dishonest.

Now he has become his subordinate, fate.

"Wait. If the Night Demons are locked here, wouldn't they be?" Jing Sheng discovered Hua Dian.

Deng Feng nodded: "That's right, if you can't touch human blood for seven days, they will become unconscious corpse demons."

As we all know, night devils are no different from normal humans, but they must infect others through blood in order to distribute their own "demonic poison" to normal people, thereby alleviating their own symptoms and maintaining human sanity.

The time limit is seven days, if you can't do it, you will lose your sanity and become a monster, collectively referred to as "corpse demon".

That is to say, most of the demon towns are corpse demons, which are specially used to train the recruits of the night watchmen.Corpse demons don't know any spells, and only use their flesh to attack humans, just like hungry beasts.

At this moment, Song Changhu is handing over to the guards at the entrance. If he wants to go in and practice, he must report the number of people and the time. Although the people suppressed here are all ninth-level rookies, there is still a possibility of danger.

"Five people, one hour."

"Okay, no problem, let's go in."

"Little ones, keep up with me!"

Song Changhu waved his hand and led a few younger brothers into Zhenmo Mountain.

(End of this chapter)