The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Starting from the Bodyguard

Chapter 142 Li Mochou Hires Escorts, Planting Potential Trouble
Li Mochou considered challenging Zhou Yan to a duel to win and then traveling to Zhongdu.

He also considered that if it failed, he could make another one-year or six-month agreement with Zhou Yan and then compare the two.

In fact, her thoughts were quite similar to Lin Chaoying's feelings for Wang Chongyang.

But I never imagined that when I saw Zhou Yan again, she would be like this.

Seeing Zhou Yan fall, she moved swiftly and gracefully, covering a distance of several feet in an instant to support him.

Among the martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect, the lightness skill is unparalleled. Li Mochou trained hard for a year and developed a remarkable movement technique using the "Heavenly Net Formation".

"Hey, how are you?"

Zhou Yan was unconscious and unable to speak. Li Mochou saw that his eyes were closed, his jaw was clenched, his face was as white as paper, and his body was covered in blood. His life was in danger.

She felt as if her heart was about to leap out of her mouth. Lacking any experience in the martial arts world, she frantically searched Zhou Yan's body for injuries, trying to stop the bleeding by pricking acupoints with silver needles, but she couldn't find a single external wound.

He had suffered internal injuries. Li Mochou helped Zhou Yan to his feet and used her internal energy to heal him, but the internal energy entered through the "Mingmen" acupoint on Zhou Yan's back and had no effect whatsoever.

Zhou Yan's body was jostled around, and bruises oozed from the corner of her mouth.

"Senior, save him!" Li Mochou cried out anxiously. She carefully laid Zhou Yan flat on the ground and used her movement technique to quickly move back and forth along the path through the woods, using her inner strength to raise her voice.

The sound carried for more than two or three miles, startling the forest birds into flight, but there was no trace of Hong Qigong.

Unable to find Qi Gong, Li Mochou landed beside Zhou Yan again, taking his pulse with her fingers. She found the pulse to be disordered, a very ominous sign.

"What should I do?"

Suddenly, Li Mochou thought of her master.

"Master will definitely be able to save him." At this moment, Li Mochou didn't care about the thousands of miles between Datong Prefecture and Zhongnan Mountain. She muttered to herself, "Senior is going to buy wine and look for someone along the way. He must be going into the city. If I can't find Senior along the way, I will hire a caravan to Zhongnan Mountain."

She is actually decisive and acts on her impulses.

Zhou Yan was too weak to be jostled, so he couldn't be taken into the city. Li Mochou carefully helped him to the mountain god temple, gently placed him on the ground, and after a few leaps and bounds outside the temple, they reached the green horse. She then jumped onto it and headed straight for Datong Prefecture.

……

As dawn broke, a thin mist floated in the air.

When the noisy noise came, Helian Zhantai, the owner of Changfeng Escort Agency, rubbed his temples, looking troubled.

The joint visit of the young prince of the Jin Kingdom and the renowned Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison, is an honor for our humble abode. Changfeng Escort Agency mainly deals with goods from the Western Regions and beyond the Great Wall, and the name of the Western Poison is well-known to Helian Zhantai.

Unlike Helian Chuncheng, who thought that climbing into the Zhao Prince's mansion would bring him wealth and power, and that he could ride on his coattails to rise to prominence.

Comparing Fu'an, Zhenwei, and Longmen Escort Agencies, Changfeng Escort Agency has been escorting goods to various parts of the north for many years. The Helian family's ancestors were generals from the Western Xia Dynasty. Helian Zhantai could see a bit of the current world situation. The Mongol army was strong, and the Jin Dynasty was losing cities and territories. Without a wise ruler and a general like Wanyan Wuzhu, it was very likely that the Jin Dynasty would follow the path of the Liao Dynasty's demise.

Therefore, he treated Yang Kang with great hospitality, but also cultivated a long-term relationship between Changfeng and Baituo Mountain.

With this plan in mind, after Ouyang Feng left Changfeng Escort Agency, Helian Zhantai arranged for clever people from the agency to follow him. His intention was to see which shops Ouyang Feng stopped at in the city and buy all the items he looked at.

This explains why, after Zhou Yan and Ouyang Feng's fight at Huayan Temple, the镖师 (bodyguards) from Changfeng镖局 (escort agencies) rushed over and donated incense money. Given Xi Du's (a person's) reputation for being poisoned, having his clothes burned with lime, he would never mention such a humiliating incident to anyone.

When Ouyang Feng arrived at Changfeng, he had already washed his eyes with sesame oil and changed his clothes. Helian Zhantai was unaware of the details and did not take the Huayan Temple matter to heart. Unexpectedly, Hong Qigong broke into the escort agency in the middle of the night.

After a fierce battle, the Northern Beggar and the Western Poison disappeared without a trace.

Helian Zhantai guessed that the person who fought between Huayan Temple and Western Poison was either a disciple of Hong Qigong or an important figure in the Beggars' Sect.

His distress stemmed from the fact that Changfeng was now expanding into the Central Plains and Jiangnan, opening branches.

The Beggars' Sect is the largest sect in the world.

Getting involved with the Beggars' Sect is an extremely troublesome matter.

"Good things rarely come in pairs," sighed the mature and composed Helian Zhantai. Hurried footsteps approached from afar.

A bodyguard crossed the courtyard and entered the hall.

"Master, a young lady needs to hire a bodyguard and a carved carriage to transport her to Zhongnan Mountain in five or six days."

In the past, arranging several bodyguards for such a personal escort would not have been a problem, but now Helian Zhantai was unaware of how the Huayan Temple incident would unfold, and had no time for such matters.

"Report back to the merchant that you are unable to accept the shipment."

"okay."

The bodyguard turned and left.

……

Outside the gate of Changfeng Escort Agency, Li Mochou was extremely anxious. She rushed along the road from the mountain god temple to the city, but she still couldn't find her senior. So she had to hire someone to escort Zhou Yan to Zhongnan Mountain for her master to treat him.

After some investigation, she discovered that the most powerful escort agency in Datong Prefecture was Changfeng Escort Agency. She went straight there and told the Changfeng escorts that they would send her in a carved carriage, and she would arrive at Zhongnan Mountain in five or six days.

The bodyguard said he would ask his employer.

The wait wasn't long, less than a hundred breaths, when the escort returned and came out of the escort agency.

"How is it?" Li Mochou asked hurriedly.

"I'm sorry, young lady, I cannot accept this dart."

At this moment, Li Mochou is a newcomer, not the Red Serpent Fairy of the Condor Heroes world, nor is she like Yin Susu from the Condor Trilogy, who was born into a gang and acted recklessly.

Otherwise, they would glare at them with fury and say, "What kind of escort agency is this if you won't accept the shipment?"

"Why?"

"The escort agency is sending goods over long distances, but we don't have any capable escorts. We're afraid of delaying your important business, young lady. Why don't you go to another agency and see if it can reach Zhongnan Mountain?"

The bodyguard spoke tactfully, his words sounding sincere and full of apology, leaving Li Mochou with no choice but to comply.

"Excuse me, where can I find a carved carriage?" She didn't want to waste any more time.

“There are car dealerships in the city, and many more in Tongluofang to the west.”

"Thank you."

Li Mochou turned around, and suddenly a figure loomed over her. The white-clad man appeared to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, dressed in luxurious clothes, and said with a smile, "Miss, it's been a long time."

"You despicable person!" Li Mochou scolded, inwardly groaning.

She happened to meet Ouyang Ke.

As Ouyang Ke gazed at Li Mochou's captivating eyes and rosy cheeks, his mind drifted back to a year ago.

Around this time, he traveled south to the Prince of Zhao's residence. On the way, he encountered a stunningly beautiful woman. Her demeanor was charming, and every smile and gesture exuded elegance. Compared to her, his own concubines seemed like dirt.

He was completely captivated, wanting to strike up a conversation and get to know her, hoping she would willingly throw herself into his arms. But she was cunning and escaped. The four ghosts of the Yellow River pursued them, only to be beheaded in the end. The beauty has vanished without a trace.

A year later, I still couldn't forget it. I never expected to meet him again in Datong Prefecture. This is what they call fate.

Ouyang Ke swished open his folding fan and said with a smile:

"So, young lady, you used to live in Zhongnan Mountain. Are you a disciple of the Quanzhen School?"

(End of this chapter)