novelraw Chapter 811 433: A Cloud Drifting Along the Horizon
Chapter 811 433: A Cloud Drifting Along the Horizon
Overcast sky, the forest moves with the wind, and when the wind blows, the whole forest makes a rustling sound.
Even in winter, the road outside Linyin Town remains lush and green, as if the changing seasons or the withering leaves have little to do with it.
Wang Datie from Dashishi Escort Agency walked along the road with his escort goods, feeling at ease.
For this experienced escort guard, the toughest part of the journey was over; this was a place where he could relax a bit.
Not for anything else, because it was not far from Wangchun City.
Nowadays, Wangchun City is practically paved with gold, farmers don't pay taxes, and businesses see reduced protection and management fees. Everyone is getting rich, so who would still want to be a bandit?
Of course, under Young Hero Duan's leadership, there are many knights in this area. Anyone who causes trouble gets dealt with, and over time, there are no more thieves, robbers, killers, or rapists.
Thus, Escort Chief Wang Datie felt a sense of familiarity and peace walking on this road, as if going home.
After days of traveling, they had tangled with quite a few Green Forest Bandits, inevitably spending time and efforts, even drawing swords midway, losing a comrade.
It can only be said that the goods they were escorting this time were quite valuable; in normal times, they'd rather do anything but fight.
But this time, a band of Green Forest thieves in Yu State inexplicably refused even the worst concessions.
Can you believe it? In the great Yu State, even offering everything didn't work.
Wang Datie just blamed his own bad luck, encountering an entire group of women bandits.
The Martial World is becoming increasingly chaotic; in the past, some sects were fully female, which was understandable, like the Qiongling Sword Sect and the Fairies of the Red House, since their cultivation techniques could only be practiced by women, resulting in mostly female disciples over the years.
But nowadays, fly-by-night all-female gangs, all-female restaurants, and all-female teahouses are emerging, meaning only women can enter these places, claiming to dislike the gaze of men.
And there it was, they encountered these all-female bandits.
When bandits must all be women, isn't that madness?
These crazy women wouldn't listen to reason, insisted on robbing, leaving them no choice but to fight back.
In the end, they lost a brother, while only after cutting down more than twenty of the opponent's members did it end.
Only to say these all-female bandits were truly dim-witted fools, or rather, they were overly confident despite their mediocre skills, thinking they absolutely had them cornered.
And so...
His brother's death was undeserved, chasing a woman to slash at her, he got too excited, so much so that he suffered a burst of blood to the brain and died on the spot because of it.
Thinking of this, Wang Datie is still furious till now.
These stupid female bandits, couldn't even escape properly, truthfully they dealt with six of them with little loss, any sensible bandit would understand when to back off.
But this group of women were both inept and overconfident, continuing to charge, fighting until they were routed, that's when they realized to retreat, causing his brother to fall ill.
Reaching this region, the whole team from Dashishi Escort Agency relaxed mentally.
Because they believed that in the territory led by Young Hero Duan, there were no all-female restaurants or female bandit gangs.
To think initially, Wang Datie and his group referred to Duan Yun as Old Demon Duan, just like many others, thinking Wangchun City and its surrounding areas were a Human World Demon Cave, utterly desolate, an area they'd avoid escorting unless extra pay was involved.
But later, tempted by a client's additional payment, he grudgingly made the trip once.
And after that, it was an entirely new experience.
How could this be a demon cave filled with corpses, it was more like a heavenly paradise.
They had travelled far and wide for years and never seen such a peaceful place.
Let alone farming peasants, even martial artists were busy opening new fields and trading goods, everyone seemingly living peaceful and fruitful lives, with no bandits having the time to rob our escorts.
By now, everyone was tired, both people and horses.
Wang Datie looked at the sky, waved his hand, and said, "Keep pushing on, in a few hours we should reach Wangchun City."
The escorts cheered, spirits lifted, some already planning to indulge themselves in Wangchun City afterward, but recalling the healthy brothel women there, some were disinclined.
Yet others were willing.
If you entertained the unhealthy ones, you'd get caught by the wife upon return, enjoying healthy ones is better, after all, Yun Yu men, no matter how sturdy, fear their wives back home.
Seeing everyone becoming too relaxed, Escort Chief Wang Datie couldn't help but remind them, "Stay vigilant and keep your wits about you!"
The subordinates quickly complied after hearing the directive, making Wang Datie finally relax as he took a swig of rice wine.
The weather was already quite chilly, the faces of the escorts were reddened by the cold wind.
During a short rest on the road, the horses ate premium feed, while the escorts casually wolfed down dry, cold buns and steamed rolls.
It's safe to say that in the life of an escort, people live worse than dogs.
But after an escort trip, with silver, you're the boss.
Wang Datie shook his legs, feeling a bit numb, started to think he might be getting old, wondering if he'd still be up for this after some years.
Wang Datie looked into the distance, where Wangchun City was.
He contemplated whether to buy a courtyard there for his retirement life.
Surely buying a large compound within Wangchun City would be hard, but outside the city, it's possible to buy a larger one.
All in all, for Wang Datie, who has traveled far and wide, the area around Wangchun City is the most suitable place for a retirement life.