Chapter 163 - The Wandering Escort Leader
Fang Dingwu had truly come to believe he was the reincarnation of a jinx.
He had worked as an armed escort, risking his life for years until he finally became an armed escort team leader. However, just as he reached that position, the entire escort agency was wiped out. He had gone into hiding, enduring countless hardships, only to finally reach the North Watching Pass to avoid the pursuit of the authorities... and now Northern Qiang was invading.
He had been in the North Watching Pass for over a month and went by the name Wu Dafang. The locals quickly accepted him. No one seemed to care about his past or why he was here.
The North Watching Pass was accustomed to new faces like his. Every year, people like him would arrive... those who had committed crimes in the Central Plains or offended powerful people. They all shared one thing in common. Staying in the Central Plains was not an option.
Fang Dingwu remembered that day well. He had left the escort agency, bringing most of his savings, and rode through the night toward Luzhou, hoping to warn Ye Beizhi and Chi Nanwei to flee.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t even find a trace of them, so he went to the residence of the great scholar Li Muxian, intending to demand their whereabouts. He was unceremoniously thrown out by the guards and servants without even being allowed inside.
He lingered in Luzhou for a day, but with no other options, he had to return to Jiading.
As soon as he entered Jiading’s city gates, Fang Dingwu sensed something was wrong. There were few people on the streets, and an air of tension seemed to hang over everything.
Something had happened.
Fang Dingwu’s chest tightened.
The closer he got to the escort agency, the more soldiers he saw on the streets. Abandoning his horse, Fang Dingwu continued on foot, hurrying down a few side alleys on his way to the agency.