Chapter 55 Escort

Li Yaochen comes from a decent family. His father is the owner of a restaurant and the family is not lacking in money. Li's father often does charitable deeds.
This is also why he is respected by Song Qichao, who comes from a military background and appreciates Li Yaochen's straightforward and honest personality.
This is also the situation where he has already had two personal disciples, but still accepts Li Yaochen as a disciple when he comes to Sichuan.
When Cui Chong woke up, his physical injuries were almost completely healed, even the doctors who came to treat him were amazed at how quickly his injuries healed. In just over a week, the wound from the shattered scapula had gradually started to heal.
有喜有忧，喜的是天无绝人之路这样的境地之下还有人施以援手相救，忧的是身体经脉皆有损伤，他如今的力气和正常人相比还有不如。
Only to wait for the injury to recover, while he was thinking, Li Yaochen pushed open the door and walked in.
"Thank you for your help, otherwise..."
While Cui Chong expressed his gratitude with a hand gesture, Li Yaochen said indifferently, "In the martial arts world, everyone has their own difficulties. Helping each other is a matter of course. But today is the time to say goodbye. Our escort agency has to deliver the goods, and the Taoist priest has to find another place."
Cui Chong took out the remaining money from his pocket and said, "Now it's still necessary to trouble you. This is all my savings. Can I join you for convenience?"
Li Yaochen widened his eyes and asked, "Master, we are going to Tianjin. Will you travel with us?"
"Sichuan is now unstable and I want to go to another place to avoid it."
He was worried that the other party would send someone to search for his whereabouts, and it would be dangerous for him to stay in Sichuan.
Those people are skilled and can take advantage of the situation to leave this place of controversy and make plans. They can come back to seek revenge or repay kindness when their injuries heal.
"Li Yaochen is on a mission, what are you still lingering for?"
Cui Chong heard a charming female voice outside and sure enough, a beautiful woman entered the room.
"Hey little Taoist, are you feeling better? If you are, then hurry up and leave! We don't keep idle people here. Li Yaochen may have a kind heart, but he's not someone to mess with."
She pretended to be fierce, thinking that Li Yaochen was being accused by the Taoist.
Li Yaochen spoke up and defended himself, "The Taoist did not pay to accompany this shipment of goods on a long journey."
She smiled with joy upon seeing the bag of money in the Taoist's hand and eagerly accepted it, "No problem, I'll do the job of taking people's money to dispel their troubles on behalf of the Tongxing Public Escort Bureau."
"Song Jingju, how could you agree when the master didn't promise it?"
Li Yaochen was so anxious that he even called her by her full name, while he usually called her "Ah Shu".
She widened her eyes and said, "Li Yaochen, how dare you yell at me? Watch me hit you!"
She rolled up her sleeves and playfully punched him, but Li Yaochen, with his thick skin and strong muscles, didn't dodge and just held out his arm to block.
It was all just playful roughhousing, and she didn't hit him hard at all.
As they tussled and left the room, Li Yaochen whispered, "We don't know anything about this person's background, and bringing an outsider along on such an important escort mission is risky."
Song Jingshu burst into laughter, laughing uncontrollably and intermittently saying, "Li Yaochen, when I went to escort my father's caravan, I was only in my teens and hadn't seen anything yet. Look at you, so timid."
"My father said that this Taoist is weak and doesn't even have any kung fu, and his strength is not even as good as an ordinary person."
"Song Qichao has been here during this period and he felt that Cuichong's pulse was weak and even weaker than an ordinary person. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the five aspects of the body, which are skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and pulses."
The muscle refers to all the muscles in the body, and as the saying goes, "if the muscles are strong, the body is strong, if the muscles are weak, the body is weak."
Such a body cannot practice martial arts, but Song Qichao does not know that Cui Chong's body is not a congenital defect, but is caused by the impact of internal force.
His body had already been modified by Bi Fang and was no longer that of a normal person. Even with such injuries, he could slowly recover.
The escort agency's delivery was quite impressive, with the attendants all being the agency's escorts.
Only a group of people riding on high-headed horses stopped in front of the procession of Tongxing Public. Song Qichao rode forward on a horse and talked with the leader of the group.
Song Qichao had a rugged face and a determined look in his eyes. He sat on his horse and clasped his fists: "Third Brother, are you also going on this trip?"
On the opposite side were a middle-aged man in brocade and a same-aged man with a kind face, who were none other than Liang Xiaohua and Dai the shopkeeper on this trip.
Behind them were a group of well-dressed people, who were also the armed forces funded by the Liang family's savings.
Everyone is equipped with weapons, and they are more fully prepared than the people of Tongxing Escort Agency.
Liang Xiaohua replied: "This is not a matter of not trusting the reputation of Tongxing Escort Agency. The reputation of the divine fist Song Mailun is known to everyone in both the white path and the green forest. We are just accompanying this batch of goods to meet the head of Tianjin branch for delivery!"
"So it should be."
Song Qichao led his horse back to the convoy and ordered the group to continue on.
Song Jingshu, despite her name meaning 'quiet and gentle', was actually quite feisty and hot-tempered. She only had contact with Song Qichao's three apprentices at the convoy.
Li Yaochen, who has the shortest time of getting along with, is the closest to me, as the eldest and second elder brothers are both stern and serious.
Although I am also close to Song Jing Shu, it is like treating a younger generation, and any mistake made will be pointed out and criticized.
Cui Chong can only sit at the back of the cargo carriage now, listening to the endless arguments between Song Jingshu and Li Yaochen.
Liang Xiaohua is of the same generation as Song Qichao in terms of seniority, although Song Qichao is only a head of a caravan, his background makes people not dare to underestimate him.
As the largest ticketing agency in Sichuan, Rishengchuan is regarded as a god of wealth by countless people.
Therefore, both Liang Xiaohua and Song Qichao showed respect to each other.
Song Qichao was somewhat puzzled. Since the Risun River Bank had dispatched these people to accompany the escort, it must attach great importance to this escort.
"If the third master regards this cargo as important, why not act low-key instead of making such a big fuss, afraid that others won't know about it?"
Liang Xiaohua laughed and said, "No matter how you conceal yourself, the potential enemies lurking in the dark will still target you. It's better to be open and honest."
Song Qichao nodded in agreement, but in his heart, he didn't believe the other party's words at all.
As a former military man, he always looks down on those so-called forest bandits, and he has killed countless robbers during his escort mission.
Li Yaochen felt bored all the way. He thought the first trip should be thrilling, but he didn't expect it to be just riding a horse on the road.
Chatting with Cuichong who was sitting behind the carriage, "Daochang, how did you get injured last time?"
Cuichong's face was indifferent, smiling and answering, "I was originally going to avenge, but I didn't expect to encounter disaster due to the huge gap in the strength between the enemy and us!"
It's not so much that he wasn't vigilant enough, as it is that he was lost in blind confidence, too believing in his own strength.