CH 182

Since the head of the escort agreed, the next steps were simple: open the bid, take the deposit, and press the seal.

Watching the things being loaded into his carriage, Li Huowang turned his head and looked at the head of the escort.

"By the way, head of the escort, may I ask if the recent war had any impact on business?"

"How could it not? Although the more chaotic the world, the more money we make in the escort business, if the world is really in chaos, we won't make any money. You know, soldiers don't follow any rules when they fight. But thanks to our ancestor's blessing, the war is over."

Upon hearing this, Li Huowang felt surprised. "Head of the escort, do you happen to know what happened? Why did the war suddenly stop?"

He remembered that many people died during the fighting, so it shouldn't have been just a minor conflict.

According to normal procedures, regardless of winning or losing, the current situation shouldn't have happened. There must have been some reason that caused both sides to stop, and not just two countries were involved in the war.

But they seemed to have agreed suddenly, which was very strange.

"I don't know. If I did, I would be sitting on the throne of the emperor of Qi."

"But I heard from people who were drafted and then returned that at first, everything was fine. Suddenly, the dead bodies on the battlefield stopped rotting, not even attracting flies."

Li Huowang's expression changed when he heard this. He thought of the nun again. This sudden ceasefire seemed to be related to the disappearance of rotting.

"Is it because in the eyes of those in power, the disappearance of rotting is more important than seizing cities and land? So those emperors stopped the war and worked together to solve this problem?"

"Could the disappearance of rotting cause a great change in the world?"

Li Huowang guessed wildly and turned his head to look at the bustling street on the other side of the town. The street was full of carriages and camels, and it didn't seem to be affected by the disappearance of rotting.

It seemed that something very important was happening in this world, but it had nothing to do with him. He was just a member of the common people like everyone else.

When the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.

Perhaps the disappearance of rotting was very important in this world, but since the nun died, Li Huowang had nothing to do with it.

Unknowingly, Li Huowang finished loading the goods. The two carriages were full, and he could only sleep under them at night.

"Young man, as long as you deliver these goods to the Fengteng Escort Agency in Jicheng in the Shu Kingdom, you will receive a reward of seventy taels of silver."

Seventy taels! Li Huowang was amazed by this reward. After all, the reward for the ghost show of the Lu family was only ten taels. It seemed that doing business in the escort industry during troubled times was indeed profitable.

"Don't think it's too little. After all, it's your first time. As long as you have good skills, everyone's business will naturally become more and more prosperous in the future. Here's the escort order. Please keep it close to you."Reaching out to take the proof of delivery from the escort bureau, Li Huowang bowed to the other party. "Chief Escort, see you later."

"Take care, have a safe journey."

After leaving the escort bureau, Li Huowang looked back at the small town he had traveled to and from several times, sighed with melancholy, and realized he had no more ties to Sizhi. This should be the last time he came to this place.

"In this vast world, where is my home?"

With everything ready, the wheels of the cart began to roll again, and he walked with the pace of everyone towards the increasingly barren Hou Shu.

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If there was any difference between being a escort bandit now and before, it was that they walked slower because they had more things, and the horses pulling the carts were tired.

To avoid revenge from the families of those who were killed in the opera, Li Huowang did not stay in the previous town and took a detour.

After walking for almost half a month, when they saw a village again, Li Huowang and his companions, who were covered in dust and had cracked lips, had to go in and rest. Not having water to wash up and being a bit messy was not a big deal, but eating dry food every day was really irritating.

At this moment, Li Huowang had a big, crystal-clear blister on the corner of his mouth.

"Ah-woo~" The howling mantou was patted on its soft, yellow head by Li Huowang's hand. "This is someone else's place, keep your voice down."

Feeling the slow tongue licking him, Li Huowang looked at the small Gobi village in front of him. It seemed to be painted red to resist the desolation outside, and there was nothing else special about it.

When he saw a man wearing a tattered sheepskin coat walking out of the village, Li Huowang immediately led his people to greet him.

"This is..." Li Huowang's words were cut off because the man's green snot was dragging from his face to his chest.

It was obvious that it had accumulated through continuous drying.

"Huh? Outsider?" The man stood there with his legs apart, looking at Li Huowang stupidly with his head tilted.

Li Huowang pulled his copper coin mask on his face with his hand, unsure whether this man was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He stood there vigilantly, watching him.

"Fool, fool, Wu's family is having a wedding! Come and help! You'll get roasted buns if you do well!"

Hearing the old man's shout in the distance, the man's eyes suddenly lit up and he ran towards there.

"What is this?" Just as Li Huowang was feeling confused, Gao Zhijian beside him spoke up.

"Village guardian...village...village guardian!"

"What?" Li Huowang looked at him and learned the meaning from his stuttering mouth.

Some villages have a fool who is called the village guardian. It is said that these people are born without their senses and are here to help the village resist disasters.

But that's just a nice way of saying it. Most village guardians don't have a good life. They are hungry most of the time and only eat enough to avoid starvation.Only by going to the village to help with the red and white happy events, and eating the leftover food, can they rarely eat to their fill.

Li Huowang nodded understandingly, "So that's how it is. I haven't encountered it before. It's really the first time I've learned about it."

At this moment, Li Huowang suddenly felt a shock in his heart and looked up at Gao Zhijian's simple and honest face.

"You don't know anything else, but you know this kind of thing very clearly? Were you... a village guardian before?"

Gao Zhijian shook his head like a drum, "No... no... no! I... I... I'm not!"

Looking at his panicked appearance, Li Huowang nodded, "Okay, don't explain. I know you're not."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dog beside him chimed in, "Yes, yes, you're not."

"I really... I really... am not!" Gao Zhijian said anxiously, his face turning red.