Sneaky

The man took out half of the wooden tablet and gave it to Jiang Yue. He hung the other half back.

The man handed it to Jiang Yue and said with a smile as if he was coaxing a child, "Remember to come back in two months to pay. Otherwise, I'll have to take your sign. Don't forget."

"Alright, thank you." Jiang Yue thanked him again and walked out of the line. She walked to Xue Yan and handed the plate to him.

Xue Yan subconsciously took it and looked at the black characters on the wooden token. The black characters were only half of the specific position, so obviously the other half was on the other half of the wooden token. The two tokens were put together to be complete. There was also a pattern specific to the official on the wooden token, which would be difficult to fake.

"Let's go back," Xue Yan said after putting away the sign.

"Yeah," Jiang Yue replied.