Unintended Immortality

The old man waived Song You's tea bill and also gave him a hundred wen as a fee for delivering the letter. He promised that his son would give another two hundred wen upon receipt.

He would be able to earn a total of three hundred wen.

Usually, payment for delivering a letter was divided into two parts like this. The letter itself was rolled up and placed inside a small bamboo tube, which Song You casually stuck into his bedding bag. He had already told the old man that he would be walking slowly and taking his time to enjoy the scenery so he mustn’t complain if the delivery was delayed.

Then Song You led his horse and set off again.

Looking back, he saw the old man bowing and asking a group of jianghu people again, seemingly still having letters to be delivered. This was quite normal. In this era, asking someone to deliver a letter inevitably meant more than one copy. If it was an important letter, delivering multiple copies was normal in case the letter was not delivered or arrived late.

“Xuzhou, Long Commandery, North Lingbo County, Ganzao Alley, Chen Han...” Song You muttered to himself.

He didn't really need to remember it as it was already written on the bamboo tube. The address seemed easy enough to find.

However, Xuzhou was still several hundred li away. According to the old man, Lingbo County in Long Commandery was quite remote within Xuzhou, with difficult roads. No wonder so many traveling merchants and jianghu people refused to go there or to accept the task.

Fortunately, this Chen Han at least lived within the county town.