After leaving the seed shop, Lu Qiqi suddenly remembered something and said, "Wait, I still have to go somewhere."
In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the two stopped in front of a security escort agency.
"Go in."
Lu Qiqi took the lead, lifting her skirt and stepping over the threshold.
After the servants led the carriage away, Lu Da immediately followed.
Although it was called a security escort agency, it was actually just a mansion.
As Lu Qiqi walked further in, she saw a vermilion flag taller than a person, with a large golden character for "dart" embroidered on it.
When she came to her senses, she saw a man walking towards her. He was dressed in black short clothes with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms. He was burly and had a full beard.
Lu Qiqi met his gaze, which startled him so much that he quickly covered his face with his hands.
Lu Qiqi, "..."
She doesn't look that scary!
Just as she was puzzled, the bearded man spoke up in a low voice to the side, "Someone come here right now, there's a young girl here, hurry up and come over!"
Lu Qiqi looked in the direction he called out and saw more than a dozen men in the courtyard, some holding knives, some holding swords, and some holding spears, standing there looking at her.
Then, a man wearing a light blue long robe jogged towards her, stopped, and gave her a slight bow.
Lu Qiqi nodded in return.
The man said, "I am Gu, the young manager of the Tianlang Escort Agency. Miss, have you come here to escort something?"
Lu Qiqi glanced at Manager Gu; he was handsome and would surely charm many girls.
At least in her opinion, it could be described as 'pleasing to the eye'.
She said, "There is something I would like to ask your esteemed escort agency to make a trip for me."
The young shopkeeper chuckled, "Miss, please come in."
Afterwards, Lu Qiqi and Lu Da were invited to the main hall.
As soon as she sat down, Lu Qiqi said directly, "I would like to ask you to help me send a letter to Luzhou Prefecture."
Sending the message was not difficult; Luzhou Prefecture was not far from Heshun Prefecture, and a fast horse could arrive in half a day.
As people who work as镖师 (bodyguards/escorts), they are naturally careful and cautious in their actions. Manager Gu poured a cup of tea for Lu Qiqi and Lu Da respectively.
He asked, "Where is this letter being sent? Is there anything important I should be aware of?"
Not many people come to the escort agency to deliver messages; if it's not something urgent, they usually won't spend a lot of money to hire an escort agency.
Moreover, the place to deliver the message is so close; a merchant could easily send it for a few coins, so why bother finding a security escort agency?
Lu Qiqi looked at the person in front of her. He looked to be no more than twenty years old, but he spoke with great maturity.
She said, "It's just to send a letter home. I've been away from home for too long, and I'm afraid my family will worry. Sending it as soon as possible will put my mind at ease."
Lu Qiqi's face showed homesickness, and since she was a girl, the young shopkeeper didn't ask any more questions.
They immediately brought out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the two wrote a contract on the spot, handing it over to Biao Li.
Normally, escort agencies would take a percentage of the profits from delivering goods to their destination, even if the journey was fraught with danger. But since it was just a message, Lu Qiqi wanted it delivered as quickly as possible, so she paid in advance.
Anyway, the security company is here, and she has the contract, so there's no way she can escape.
Lu Qiqi put away the contract and handed a sealed bamboo tube to the young shopkeeper.
She said, "Thank you for your trouble."
Manager Gu accepted it with both hands, saying, "You're too kind, young lady."
Then, he saw the two of them out.
When Lu Qiqi walked into the courtyard, she saw the burly man with a thick beard who had covered his face in front of her earlier standing back to back with a middle-aged woman in the center of the martial arts training area.
The woman had her hair tied up in a high bun and held a long whip in her hand, looking heroic and dashing.
The man held a long knife in his hand, its cold gleam gleaming.
Suddenly, the man turned around and swung his broadsword at the woman, who remained completely unaware and motionless.
Lu Qiqi stopped in her tracks and looked at the two of them.
Just as the man's broadsword was about to strike the woman, he suddenly stopped, still holding the broadsword high in the air.
How naive and simple-minded he must look!
Lu Qiqi even saw disbelief in his eyes.
Just as the man put down his knife and walked back dejectedly, the woman suddenly spun around and tripped him, causing him to fall to the ground.
The man suddenly fell on his backside, his face filled with shock, a look of both innocence and naivety on his face.
With a clang, the long sword was thrown two meters away as if in a fit of rage.
The man lay down on the ground, looked up at the blue sky, and shouted, "Master's wife cheated! Master's wife lied! She promised to let me have three moves!"
The man shouted as he stomped his feet on the ground, looking just like an ignorant child.
As the woman put away her long whip, she said, "This is called 'all's fair in war.' When you encounter the enemy while you're on your escort mission, a moment's hesitation will result in your death. Do you all understand?"
"Yes!" the men watching from the sidelines answered in unison.
The man was still rolling on the ground when the woman said, "I'll count to three. If you don't get up by then, you're not eating tonight."
Before the woman could even begin counting, the man quickly got up, not daring to waste a single second.
As the farce ended, Lu Qiqi slightly curled the corners of her lips.
"I'm sorry to have made Miss Lu laugh," Manager Gu said apologetically in a low voice.
Lu Qiqi smiled and said, "It's nothing, the atmosphere at your escort agency is quite nice."
"Huh?" Manager Gu didn't know what "good atmosphere" meant, but judging from Lu Qiqi's expression, he figured it wasn't a bad thing.
After leaving the escort agency, Lu Qiqi and Lu Da were finally going back to Tianxin Village.
Lu Da led the horse, helped Lu Qiqi onto the carriage safely, and then sat down himself.
We left the city gate.
On the way, Lu Da said, "Princess, you could have sent Xiao Dong and the others to deliver the message. Why go all the way to the escort agency?"
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